Chapter 44

"What's wrong?" Lorenzo asked once he, Sam, Stan, and Kellie were assembled in Sam's penthouse.

"Alexis is missing," Kellie said, "We think Luis has her. Did Jason get a hold of you?"

"No," Lorenzo said.

"He's on his way back. The lead was a set up," Kellie said.

"What do you need from me?" Lorenzo asked.

"Men to help with the search," Kellie said, "I know we already have men looking for Danny, but now that we know Luis probably has him as well as Alexis most likely it should be easier. The more men we have looking for them the sooner we'll find them."

Tyler walked in.

"What can I do to help?" he asked.

"Stay out of the way," Kellie said.

"The way I see it," Tyler said, "You need all the help you can get."

"I agree," Sage said, entering the room, "The more people you have working on this, the better our chances are of coming out of this alive."

"Because we even discuss Tyler and Sage being involved," Lorenzo interrupted, "I want to know how you know Luis has Alexis."

"I think we should discuss Tyler and Sage now," Kellie said, "Before they're involved any deeper in this."

"What are you hiding?" Lorenzo asked.

"Aside from the fact that I'm plotting Robert Scorpio's death as we speak," Kellie said, "Nothing you need to be concerned about at the moment."

Lorenzo stood up and walked over to Kellie.

"Don't even think you're walking out of this room without giving me the whole story," Lorenzo growled, "I won't hesitate to use your injuries against you if you try."

Kellie stared Lorenzo up and down.

"Everyone else leave," Kellie said, "This stays between me and Lorenzo."

Sage started to protest, but stopped when Lorenzo and Kellie both glared at her.

She and the others took that as their cue to leave.

"Now what has you acting like a brat?" Lorenzo asked.

"I'm just sick of having to be the one that ends up having to let all the cats out of the bag screaming," Kellie said.

"I'm guessing Scorpio had some information for you," Lorenzo asked, "Since he's seems to have gone straight to the top of your hit list far above the rest of the pack."

"They found a tape showing what Stavros did to Alexis," Kellie said, "He never raped her in the natural sense of the word. Some other family was causing problems for the Cassadines. Stavros had a plan for Alexis to turn up pregnant by one of the sons. He raped her with a turkey baster. So Stavros had the whole family murdered only to find out they had gone bankrupt. The child Alexis was carrying was worthless to Stavros as a result because there was nothing to inherit."

"But I'd already gotten her pregnant," Lorenzo said, "The dna test proved that."

"Not necessarily," Kellie said, "Apparently, Luis found a way to tamper with the test so he could use Danny to take over the business. Now you know why I didn't want to say anything."

"Luis kidnapped Alexis to ensure that if she remember what really happened the night Stavros raped her, she couldn't tell anyone," Lorenzo said, "How does Helena fit into all this?"

"As far as I know she has no clue about what Stavros did," Kellie said, "She has no reason to believe Sam and Danny are anything but related to us. I'm sorry you have to go through this. I know you wanted to make things work with Sam and now she might not even be your daughter especially after everything that happened with Diego and more recently, Gloria. I know I'm partly to blame for you missing out on Gloria's life. I took Skye's side for the most part."

"But you weren't completely wrong either," Lorenzo said, "You're just trying to protect her. I understand why you fought so hard to get me to see Skye's side. No more matter how hard you try to hide it, Kellie, the loss of your child is why you fight so hard to protect everyone else."

"And therapy was supposed to help that," Kellie said.

"I don't think you'll ever lose that," Lorenzo said, "Not completely. But the weight of that burden doesn't overwhelm you like it used to."

"Thanks, I think," Kellie said.

"Now there's the matter of everyone else wanting to be involved," Lorenzo said.

"Sage can stay around in case anyone needs medical treatment," Kellie said, "That's as close as she needs to be."

"I agree," Lorenzo said.

"What about Sam?" Kellie said.

"I don't want her near this," Lorenzo said.

"We both know she won't go for that," Kellie said, "When it comes right down to it, it's her fight. We both know she can hold her own."

"We'll find a limited way for her to be involved," Lorenzo said, "Enough that we know what she's doing and can keep her from getting into any trouble. Now Tyler?"

"He's not getting anywhere near this," Kellie said.

"He's already near this Kellie," Lorenzo said, "You're the one that brought him into it."

"Don't remind me," Kellie said, not noticing Tyler enter the room, "We're married because of it. I'm not budging on this one."