Alexis the Surrogate
Chapter 9
It was moving day at the Corinthos mansion. Kristina and Molly tossed themselves onto Sonny's couch and tried to catch their collective breath.
Molly sat up and observed her surroundings. "I'll race you upstairs and whoever gets to the best room first gets to claim it."
Kristina sat up not really up for a race. "Right now? Come on."
Molly bolted up from the couch while Kristina snapped out of her tired mood and nipped at her little sister's heels. Sonny caught the speed of the race in his chest as he made his way down the stairs. He cradled both squealing girls in each arm and ushered them back into the living room.
"What is going on?" He asked with a breathy laugh.
"Molly thinks she's going to get the better room, but she doesn't deserve it!" Kristina yelled.
Sonny's light demeanor stiffened up. "Wait a minute. How do you know which is the better room and why doesn't Molly deserve better?"
"Because I'm your biological child so I deserve the best." Kristina stomped her foot.
Molly pulled from Sonny and sat back down on the couch.
"Ok." Sonny reached in his pocket and pulled out a quarter. "We're gonna flip and whoever wins the flip gets to go up first and pick their room."
Molly stood up. "Don't Uncle Sonny. I don't want to play anymore. Kristina can pick first."
Kristina looked at Sonny and shrugged her shoulders.
"Go ahead." Sonny motioned for Kristina to go upstairs.
She raced up the stairs without another thought while Molly slumped back down on the couch. Sonny grabbed a glass of Scotch and handed it in Molly's direction.
"This is the first and the last time I will offer you a drink." He flashed his dimples at Molly.
She didn't budge as she played with the edges of her hair. He took a sip of his Scotch and sat down next to her.
"What she said was mean and untrue." He said. "You are just as much my little girl as Rick's."
"But he's not here so that doesn't say much." She mumbled with sadness in her voice.
"Maybe I said it wrong. I don't look at you and Kristina and see a difference. You don't have to call me dad, but I feel like I'm more than just Uncle Sonny to you."
Molly moved closer to Sonny. "Will Sam feel connected to her baby even though she's not giving birth to it? How does that work?"
"I can't really answer that question." He said. "But it helps that your mother is carrying the baby. And I will let you in on a little secret. All the rooms up there are great, but if there's anything extra special you want in your room, I'll do it."
Molly hopped up and gave Sonny a hug. "I just want a really really big bookcase."
"It's yours." Sonny laughed.
Molly released Sonny from her grasp just as Alexis came into the room.
"Adorable." Alexis pulled Molly into her arms. "I heard everything." Alexis kissed Molly on the head. "And you'll never drink Scotch as long as I'm alive.
Sonny yanked at his collar as Molly went upstairs. She stopped at the top of the steps and pulled herself out of sight. Alexis looked up to see if the coast was clear before sitting down next to Sonny.
"May I share something with you?" She asked.
Sonny nodded and continued to enjoy his drink.
"Maybe it's the drugs I've been taking, but I've been having odd dreams."
Sonny gave Alexis his full attention.
Alexis continued. "I've been dreaming about Sam's biological father. I heard what Kristina said. She's just turns into a diva when the attention is not on her. I'll speak to her about that."
"Good idea." He agreed. "You've never talked about Sam's father."
"She wants to find him."
Sonny sighed. "She has enough on her plate."
"You didn't ask me who he is?"
Sonny stared at her with his mouth slightly agape. "Why would I care? I mean I'm assuming I don't know him."
Alexis rested her hands on her knees and looked ahead. "You do."
Sonny pulled at his collar some more. "Who is it?"
"Lorenzo Alcazar."
Molly pulled her body into the crevice of the corner. She grabbed her stomach in shock. Sonny stood up and poured himself another drink. His eyes grew wide as he gulped hard.
"Alcazar?' He asked. "How? And don't give me some sex education story."
Alexis sat back and relaxed. "Basically it happened when I went to visit Oxford. He was studying there."
Sonny sat down next to Alexis again. "He was a history professor at Oxford?"
"Yes. Later he was. At this point he was just a student."
Sonny clicked his tongue. "Did he know?"
"No. He didn't know anything." Alexis was in a reverie. She slowly shook her head.
"Do you find it odd that Alcazar sent Spinelli to town to frame Sam?" He asked.
Alexis snapped out of her daydream. "He thought she murdered his son." She stood up and paced. "I wonder if he had known that she existed would he have maybe protected her. If there's one thing we know about Alcazar it's his desire to protect his family."
"He's dead so who cares." Sonny embraced Alexis. "Sadly it was Jason that had to do it."
Alexis pulled away from Sonny. "I always felt sorry for him. His brother was ruthless, but I always felt like he was just misunderstood. It was an eye for an eye for us."
"Luiz killed your sister. He deserved to die."
"It was his intent to kill you."
Sonny sighed. "Don't dig up something that doesn't exist. Lorenzo is dead. Jason assured me that he's dead. And Sam doesn't need to know a damn thing about it."
Sam and Jason waited quietly in Dr. Lee's office. Sam watched Jason as still as a statue biting at his nails which was his only sign of nervousness. Sam put her hand on Jason's leg and squeezed tight. Dr. Lee came with Dr. Jackson.
"Ok. This is the plan." Dr. Lee jumped right into the conversation. "Reconstructive surgery is pretty extensive. Dr. Jackson and I discussed it. We've had you on fertility drugs. We're going to take our chances with your eggs. Dr. Jackson is convinced that we should try it."
Jason perked up. "How does this involve Alexis?"
Dr. Jackson injected. "Alexis said she's willing to be poked and prodded as much as needed till we can get her pregnant. Luckily you're using your mother as a surrogate. Constantly doing trial and error like this is wearisome on the surrogate mother, but you have the money and the means to do it. And Sam really wants to use her own eggs."
Sam looked at Jason. "I think I'm ready for this."
Jason clapped his hands. "Alright." He stood up and shook Dr. Jackson's hand. "So in the next coming weeks what happens?"
Dr. Lee gave Jason a pamphlet. "Sam will see me starting tomorrow. We'll continue with blood work. We'll keep her overnight a couple days since she's a sensitive case. Once we get the embryos, Alexis is up."
"How many will you use?" Sam asked.
Dr. Jackson touched his face. "That's the hard choice. We don't want to implant too many, but in your situation we'll need to."
Jason's eyes grew wide. "What if all of them become babies?"
Sam held tight to Jason's arm.
Dr. Lee and Dr. Jackson both looked uncomfortable.
"Why don't we wait and see what happens?" Dr. Jackson said.
Jason wanted an answer. "I'd like to know."
"There is a law on how many embryos we can use. So, of course, we'll stay within those limits. But if they all become babies, as you describe, it's your choice whether to keep them all or not." Dr. Jackson advised.
"We'll stay positive that everything goes smoothly." Sam said.
Alexis made her way down into Sonny's basement. She pulled on the dangling light switch and noticed one of a couple brown boxes labeled "Kristina". She searched about herself and found a sharp objective to slice open one of the boxes. She gasped at the sight of a plethora of stuffed animals. Reaching in, she pulled up lamby-pie with its knotted fur. She caught a tear drifting down her face as she tried to untangle the fur of lamby boxed up for years.
"Mommy."
Alexis gasped and turned to Molly towering over her.
"Is that Lamby?" Molly asked.
Alexis held the lamb to her breast. "Yes. I thought one of you would have kept her with you." She held up the lamb and admired it from afar.
"Kristina took her from me and I never saw her again." Molly poked around in the box examining the contents.
"Baby, I'm sorry Kristina is being a terror. She's nervous about going to school. And I think she's sad that she'll miss out on her new niece or nephew." Alexis said.
"Did you love Lorenzo Alcazar?" Molly asked.
Alexis didn't flinch. She knew she could talk about those things with Molly. "At the time, I thought I loved Alcazar. It's like Kristina's love for Keifer I guess."
"If he were alive, would you tell him about Sam?"
Alexis cradled Lamby in her arms. "Molly, I'm just glad it doesn't matter anymore."
