Carly finally showed up at GH like a whirlwind coming in before a door closed on it. Of course this force of unholy nature had a narcissist streak attached and she put it on full display.
She eyed Alexis standing next to Jax and frowned.
"Alexis you can leave now. This matter about Jax and my daughter really doesn't concern you."
Alexis folded her arms.
"Carly where were you? Oh right visiting Sonny in his prison cell. Nice to see you finally show up for your kid."
The other woman shrugged.
"Someone has to be there for Sonny. He's very traumatized by what he's going through in prison and I'm the only person who's there for him."
Alexis sighed.
"But your daughter needs you too…and I'm here as Jax's friend not that it's any of your business."
Carly glanced at the both of them.
"Where's Joss? I want to see her."
Jax sighed.
"She's in a room under observation. She's been catatonic since last night…."
Carly grabbed onto him like a lifeline.
"Oh my god…what could have happened to her? When I left her, she was watching that silly movie that she likes so much."
"She's become obsessed with that movie Carly? How could you let her spend hours watching it over and over and not notice her fixation?"
Carly pulled away from him, getting defensive.
"I was…busy with everything that was going on with Sonny…Michael…Franco…Morgan…Sonny, the MC, my mom, Sonny…"
Jax put his hand up.
"I get it. Now that you're here We'll wait together for the doctor's update…"
Alexis watched the two of them. She thought Carly needed even more time on Kevin's couch than Joss might. She smiled at Jax.
"I have to go to court but I'll check by later…."
Jax hugged her while Carly threw her a snarly look. Alexis started walking away and ran into Anna.
The commissioner was all business.
"Alexis I need to talk to you about something…"
"What?"
"Julian…"
Sam bumped into Julian as he exited the bank. He looked at her dressed in her favorite uniform of black jeans and a long sleeve turtleneck. She smiled at him.
"Hi Julian…nice to see you…"
He smiled back at her, delighted as always to see his daughter.
"Good to see you….I hope everything is going well…"
She nodded.
"Danny's spending time with his Uncle Lucas…learning the finer points of punting…He's really good with him."
Julian smiled again.
"I'm happy everything's going well for my children. Lucas is applying for a residency at GH."
"I know he told me. He'll make a great doctor and his father…Tony was a great influence…"
Julian sighed.
"I know he did a great job raising Lucas. I wish I could have met him…Lucas is a fine young man."
The wistfulness he felt betrayed itself in his voice slightly. Lucas was a much better man already than Julian could ever be. Sam just looked down at her hands then back up at him.
"Yeah he is…he's really taken it upon himself to be the uncle to Danny that his namesake could never be…"
Julian didn't know how to respond to that. He knew that Sam still missed her deceased brother very much. Sam tucked a strand of loose hair behind her ear.
"Well I'd better be going. I'm supposed to pick up Molly. It's sisters' night and I've got to do some more errands…good to see you…"
She hugged him awkwardly and then he watched her go. He walked back down the tree lined sidewalk back to the gallery.
Ned sat at Kelly's after getting off the phone with Olivia who was at the Q house. She'd been upset about something at the MC and Alice had baked her a quiche. muttering about something Julian had done or not done. He'd ordered a streak sandwich with a side of wedge fries with ranch dressing after getting off the phone with her. Lord knew he cared a lot about her. But he still smarted from Alexis dumping him not long after the NYE fiasco.
She'd just told him she didn't love him and didn't want to pretend anymore. It's not like she ran back to Julian. She'd buried herself in her legal cases no doubt and there'd been last night at the Floating Rib.
Damn Alexis she didn't know a good thing when she had it. He was the man for her and just when he'd gotten close enough to feel that this time it'd work out between them, she'd bolted in a much different way than that wedding day nearly two decades ago. She hadn't jumped onto a semi but she might as well had done so.
The redux of their relationship, an epic fail and his difficulty accepting it made it clear to him he was much more old style Quartermaine than he'd ever admit. He hated losing…at least this time Alexis leaving him hadn't hit the front pages of the paper not even with her ex, Julian in charge.
Thank goodness for small blessings.
The door opened and in walked Maxie and Nathan holding hands. Now there was a couple clearly in love. He'd read about their exploits in the newspaper in exposing the wrongdoings of the Crichton Clinic. That photo of them kissing on top of corpses had earned over a zillion likes.
Then in walked Ric and Liz alongside him. They looked cozy enough, with Liz looking up at Ric smiling at something he'd said.
"Ned do you want to order?"
He looked up to see Shawn looking down at him. He blinked his eyes.
"Okay I'll order a chocolate malt to go with my order…"
Shawn jotted it down in his notepad.
"Anything else?"
Ned paused, feeling really grumpy right now.
"No…nothing that you can prepare for me…"
Shawn shrugged his shoulders and then headed back to the kitchen. Ned watched him go, hating so much that he wasn't in control of the destiny he'd designed for himself. He got up to head to the john and then bumped into Ric who turned around to glare at him.
"Hey, watch where you're going…"
Ned put up his hands in surrender.
"Sorry just got a lot on my mind…"
Ric huffed.
"Well I'm busy taking my love out to the celebratory meal now that I'm PC's heroic figure of the year. Yes it's true, Mayor Scorpio just gave me the news."
Ned reared back not believing it.
"Really…"
"Yes really…I was unjustly prosecuted for a crime I didn't commit, forced into hiding where I suffered incessively and then I freed myself…"
"I thought Shawn and Foxy Brown liberated you."
Ric shrugged.
"They just helped. I can take care of myself. I had to fight to return to Liz…and my daughter of course."
"Of course…"
Ric's phone buzzed. He looked over at Ned.
"I got to take this call…"
He walked away and clicked on his phone.
"Yes I'm here…yes I realize the terms…look I've been too busy…but I'll get it done…"
Julian entered the art gallery and found Carlos waiting there. His associate looked at him expectantly.
"Boss I did what you asked me too. I checked the shipment and it's all in order."
Julian nodded in approval expecting no less from him.
"Okay so now that's taken care of we need to find out about tomorrow's shipment…"
Carlos shook his head.
"Not me boss. I'm cutting out of here soon. I've got a hot date and I've got to get ready."
Julian sighed.
"We've got tons of work to do tonight finalizing tomorrow's shipment."
Carlos shrugged.
"You can do it. I've got a dinner date with the very fine Alexis Davis at the new Cuban joint."
Julian frowned.
"You can't be serious. You're still going out with Alexis? She's not interested in a guy like you. She abhors mobsters."
Carlos smirked.
"We hit it off real good last night. She's foxy, damn sexy and she can hold her tequila much better than even my Sabrina…"
Julian fumed, not liking this development at all. Alexis with Carlos? Just craziness…what could she see in a guy like him? Carlos must be trying to take advantage of her. Carlos read his mind.
"Boss, she's the daughter of one of the most formidable of Cassadines. She knows what she wants and what she's getting herself into…so layoff with the criticisms."
Julian glowered.
"You are entirely wrong for her."
"So are you boss…by her own words and she and I had fun last night. We hit it off so we're going out tonight to that Cuban eatery that just opened."
Julian didn't like the sound of that. He didn't like the look on Carlos' face either.
"You can't be serious."
Carlos looked unflappable.
"I am…hey she's a great woman and I'm a free agent since…me and Sabrina…it'd never work since she's locked up in a padded cell now."
Julian didn't like what he was hearing at all.
"Carlos…"
"Hey boss it's just dinner. This new Cuban hole in the wall just opened up and we both want to check out the cuisine. Besides from the way I heard it, you gave her a list of all the reasons Pasta Mama was better than her so the way I see it you forfeit any veto power."
Julian sighed.
"Did she say that?"
"No…but I know how you operate. I know that this woman's thrown you for a loop, broken all your rules and since she's not ride and die, you punished her."
Julian shook his head.
"She decided to stick with Ned."
"She broke up with him," Carlos said, "She's focusing on rebuilding her law business since she lost her biggest client Sonny when she stuck by you."
"But…"
Carlos interrupted his boss.
"You had your chance. Let the rest of the men in PC have a go at it...I'm sure they're lining up for a foxy woman like that…Go home to your pasta mama while she's knitting booties."
Alexis smiled at Anna though she felt annoyed. The commissioner had always disapproved of her association with Julian but since they weren't together anymore…it shouldn't be an issue. Yet here she was wanting to talk to her.
"Yes Anna. What do you want to talk about?"
The commissioner pressed her lips in a firm line.
""It's about Julian…"
Alexis rolled her eyes.
"It's always about him. What part of the fact that I'm no longer with him do you not understand?"
Anna shook her head.
"I know you broke up but there are charges pending against him. He's out on bail and during that time he was implicated in Ric Lansing's kidnapping along with other felonies."
Alexis shrugged.
"Like I said what does that have to do with me? I'm not with him anymore. You have any issues with him, any questions about his actions, take it to him or his attorney. Not to me."
Anna shrank back slightly.
"You're serious aren't you?"
Alexis stared straight back at her.
'Damn straight. I told you. I'm not representing him, I'm not involved with him and I'd rather not hear about anything criminal pertaining to him."
Anna nodded.
"Okay but there is some additional information that I just received that might lead to some more rather serious charges against him…"
Alexis frowned.
"Really? What kind of charges?"
Anna paused.
"Some new serious charges on top of attempted murder and kidnapping charges involving Ric Lansing."
Alexis felt impatient despite herself.
"What kind of charges?"
Anna shook her head slightly.
"I can't tell you now. Let's just say you made the right decision to extricate yourself from his life."
Alexis folded her arms.
"Look I'm sorry that Julian's facing more charges but as I told you, I'm not even legally representing him or his interests."
Anna pressed her lips together. She just looked more uptight than she usually did….like something was missing from her life.
"Well I'm sure if he can't afford to retain an attorney one will be appointed for him," she said, "He's going to need a really good one."
Alexis narrowed her eyes.
"Why do you care? You've always hated him. I don't blame you for that but why are you telling me this?"
"I don't know really…oh and we've been working on a lead from a WSB agent who's been running a tail on someone and then lost them somewhere outside of town."
"What lead?"
"Helena Cassadine. She's been pretty out and about lately…meeting with all kinds of sordid characters."
Alexis could only imagine. Helena's crowd had always included the nefarious types of people. The only people who really tolerated her actually.
"I haven't seen her if that's what you're wondering but she's not interested in me. She's interested in random people like Robin…Dr. O…maybe Nikolas on occasion…"
Anna sighed.
"I know she's up to something…so if she does approach you at all, will you contact me immediately?"
Alexis nodded.
"Sure but it's not likely to happen. Like I said, I'm not at the top of her list of people to bump into lately. You might want to try others like Nina Clay, Kiki Jerome or perhaps the artist only known as Franco."
"Okay duly noted. I've got some of my best detectives working with the WSB on the matter. Hopefully we can apprehend her before she brings more trouble to our town."
"You'll have to catch her doing something…"
Anna's face hardened slightly.
"Oh we will…she's not going to get away with anything. There's still the matter of the missing embryo that her son created with…um…contributions by himself and Lulu Falconari. It hasn't surfaced yet."
Alexis sighed.
"If it actually exists, my guess is that Helena's picking her surrogate as we speak or that's been done already."
"Perhaps…well again we're on it and do contact me if she approaches you…"
Alexis watched Anna walk towards the elevator. Not entirely surprised by the news that once again her evil step monster was running about loose but she doubted that she'd see her.
She left the hospital to go home and get ready for her date…her dinner with Carlos.