Almost as soon as Blair had been kidnapped by Sonny and Jason, word began to spread around Llanview faster than lightning.
Todd Manning, Blair's ex-husband, was one of the first who was not at the party to find out. Since he worked for The Sun, the local newspaper, he usually found out about these kinds of things pretty quickly. He didn't attend the party, since he was watching the kids for the night while Blair went, but one of his other reporters did and called him as soon as it had happened.
Todd knew something was up the moment his cell phone went off, about a half hour into the party. Since the party only started at eight, he wasn't expecting to hear anything for at least two hours, if only for a recap of the events before the paper went to print.
Todd looked at the caller ID, and saw that it was Scott Chester, the reporter who had been assigned to the event. He immediately answered, and asked Scott, "What's going on?"
Scott replied, "It's horrible news from over here. Blair has been kidnapped under everyone's noses."
Todd was speechless for a moment, and then said, "By who?"
Scott replied, "A man named Sonny Corinthos. Apparently, his family and the Cramers were rivals back in the town of Oakdale, New Jersey about forty years ago. Sonny said he wanted payback for all the power that the Cramers had."
Todd replied, "So he kidnaps Blair? Oh, boy."
Scott then said, "There's more. Apparently there were undercover cops from Port Charles, New York down here, since that's where Sonny lives now. They had a feeling that something was up, so they came down here and were undercover at the party. Even with our boys, they couldn't stop him."
"I'm stunned," replied Todd, "Okay. I'll see if anybody finds out anything. Thank you, Scott."
"You're welcome," said Scott before hanging up the phone.
Just as Todd got off the phone with Scott, Tea Delgado, a lawyer in town, and Todd's girlfriend, had come downstairs after helping put Jack and Sam, Todd and Blair's two younger kids, to bed.
Tea saw the panicked look on Todd's face and said, "Something's up."
Todd said, "That's an understatement, Tea."
"Oh my God," said Tea, "What happened?"
Todd said, "Blair was kidnapped during Dorian's party tonight, right in front of everyone."
Tea said, "That's crazy? Does any body have any idea who did it?"
"Sonny Corinthos and his right hand Jason Morgan," replied Todd, "The Corinthos and Cramer families were rivals back when the two families lived in New Jersey some time ago. Sonny wanted payback for all the power that the Cramers had, so he went and did this tonight."
Tea simply shook her head and said, "That's just awful. I mean, Blair and I are sort of rivals, but I would never wish for anything like this to happen to her"
"I know you wouldn't," said Todd, with a distraught look on his face, "I just don't know if we should wake up the kids and tell them."
"Tell us what?" asked Starr, Todd and Blair's daughter, who had just come in with her daughter Hope.
"You're mother was kidnapped at Dorian's party, right in front of everyone," said Todd.
All the color went out of Starr's face at that moment. Todd then went on to tell her the story of events that happened that night.
Starr replied, "If I know Aunt Dorian, she's probably doing everything she can to get Mom back safe and sound."
"You're probably right," said Todd.
Starr was right, even though no one in the house knew about what had happened at La Boulaie that night after all the guests had left the party.