Chapter 21

Somebody Told Me … You Gotta Keep Moving to Stand Still

Alexis and Sonny have always been running. Away from abusive relationships, from past mistakes, from happiness and most of all, from each other.

Sam had met with Spinelli to ask him to find out more about her father, Adrian Maikov. She gave him all the necessary details she could think of, which were sparse.

On her way out, she ran into Maxie. She had been very close to Maxie at one time and Maxie was a permanent fixture at Spinelli's now that they were seriously dating.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

"I just needed a word with Spinelli. How's it going?"

"Just peachy," Maxie replied sarcastically.

"O-kay." Sam replied confused. "Is this about Georgie?"

"What else? What does she think? She can just waltz back in to our lives and everything will be fine? We thought she was dead. Uh…I am so angry at her. I mean I know I have done some pretty stupid things in my life and she was always there to get me out of it, but faking your own death, that's not what we do. We are Jones' not Cassadines…, no offense," Maxie ranted.

"Maxie, believe it or not, you will get over it. Georgie is your only sister."

"But, how could she do that to us, me and Mac and Robin that's all we had… was each other. My mom and dad skipped town and so did Georgie."

"May be you should tell her that. The Georgie I remember was always level headed and open to reason, unlike some people," Sam said humorously looking pointedly at Maxie, "Including me," she added.

"I get it, though, sometimes leaving everything behind and starting a new life is what you need and maybe Georgie felt that," Sam continued meaningfully. "Besides, I think you are really upset that she didn't think you were good enough for her to stay behind, which may or may not be true. So, just talk to her."

"Well, I wasn't thinking that and when did you get so deep?" Maxie asked slightly annoyed.

Kelly's Diner:

"So, let me get this straight, your boss was Sonny's ex bodyguard?" Dante asked digging into a plate of fries. He and Georgie were at Kelly's discussing the new developments.

"Yeah, that's it."

"Your biological parents are spies, who left you and Maxie with Mac, who is your stepfather, the police commissioner and my boss."

"Yeah that's it," George replied taking a bite of her burger. Kelly's still made the best homemade hamburgers.

"What have I walked into?"

"That's not the half of it."

"No. You're kidding!" Dante replied sarcastically.

"Do you want me to tell you the sordid past of Port Charles or not?" Georgie asked, rolling her eyes at him. He nodded his assent.

"I must warn you it doesn't paint your father in a positive light."

"I am all too aware of his faults. Alexis told me a little bit about him when she worked for him," Dante assured her.

"About that, what's up with Alexis and Sonny? Are they together? I love Alexis. She was one of the saner women in Port Charles, successful, smart, but her taste in men…Sonny is…" Georgie couldn't find the appropriate word to describe him. She didn't want to offend Dante. Besides, it had been years since she saw Alexis or Sonny, so things might have changed.

"Complicated." Dante supplied.

"Let's go with that," Georgie relented which earned a dimpled smile from Dante.

Lakehouse:

"I think I need a drink."

"Make it a double and I'll join you."

"What is happening? Why are all these people coming out of the woodwork with information about this, that and everything in between? Though, wasn't it good to see Johnny after all these years?" Alexis mused.

"Yeah, just dandy," Sonny replied sarcastically, while opening a bottle of water. Sometimes, he wished Alexis had something stronger in the house.

"Dandy, since when do you use words like dandy?" Alexis replied playfully.

"So, what are we going to do?" Sonny asked coming over to sit beside Alexis on the couch.

"About what?"

"What do you mean, about what? About what Johnny told us about TPTB, Ivanov, the Bauers. What's wrong with you, Alexis?"

"There is nothing wrong with me," Alexis turned toward Sonny, punctuating every word in response to question. "I am just focused on getting Kristina back home and on her own two feet. And Johnny made it very clear that Keifer won't be a problem anymore. I think we should just let it go and let them take care of it. Sell it to Johnny." Sonny was about to protest, but she continued, "Once upon a time, you trusted him with everything, your life, Michael's life, my protection, just trust him again."

"On what grounds?"

"He told us the truth about so many things, Sonny. I know you don't trust easily but, Jason is not here anymore, you need all the friends you can get. So please, just sell it to him and make a clean break," she added meaningfully.

"Then?"

"Have the life you want." Alexis replied taking his hand.

"With the one you want," Sonny squeezed her hand.

"Something like that."

Kelly's Diner:

"So, what do we do next?"

"What is this we business?" Georgie asked air quoting "we."

"What do you mean? Gianna, we are in this together," Dante replied in between bites of Kelly's famous chocolate cake.

"No, we are not. I work for WSB…"

"And I am an officer with the PCPD. I am pretty sure I can get myself on this case considering Kristina's attack, Sonny's history, my vast experience as an officer and -"

"You forgot your irresistible charm," Georgie added sarcastically.

"Of course," Dante replied in equal measure.

Lakehouse:

"So, is everything ready for Kristina's homecoming?"

"Yeah, for the most part. Molly and the boys have been making banners. They have planned a whole family dinner with heaven knows what."

"Am I invited?" Sonny asked hesitantly.

"Of course, you are, Sonny, but I don't know how Kristina is going to react. I don't know what to do."

"Neither do I."

"She'll come around Sonny, she needs time."

"When? Why can't it be now?"

"You never were patient, maybe this is a good time to practice," Alexis teased.

"I think I had enough practice with you Alexis," Sonny groaned.

General Hospital:

"Yeah, Spinelli, any news?" Sam was on her way to see Kristina when she received a call from Spinelli.

"I am afraid not much. Adrian Maikov's last known address was St. Petersburg, Russia and that was from five years ago. I am sorry there isn't a lot of information after that. He was a student at Remington Prep for Boys in New England for about two years in the early 80s."

"That's it?" Sam asked in frustration.

"Yeah, I think your best bet might be to go to Russia and follow up there."

"Thanks, Spinelli." Sam ended the call. Now, there was an idea.

Kelly's Diner:

While Dante was settling the bill, Georgie got a call from Johnny. She was to meet him in 10 minutes. It sounded urgent. Actually, every call with him was urgent.

She wished Dante goodnight and left.

His final words to her, "Keep me posted."

Lakehouse:

Sonny left to take care of business which left Alexis alone in the house. Not exactly alone, she was mulling over the events of the last few weeks especially today. Johnny was back with sensational news about WSB and Stefan. Could he be alive? It wouldn't surprise her, but for him to stay hidden all these years. Was it Stefan's style? How could they not know? He was Stefan Cassadine after all. Deep in her thoughts, she must have missed the sound of the doorbell because now someone was knocking at her door.

She walked up to open the door and was surprised to see the man on the other side. It had been a long time.

Across Town:

"You are going to Turkey. You leave in the next 24 hours. Make sure you know everything you need to know about him."

Offices, Port Charles:

"That's where we stand. What's our next course of action?"

"Call him. Set it up."

Port Charles:

"I remember. I remember everything!"