Hi everyone, I've tried making the Davis girls scene a little longer as requested by a guest. More Davis girls scenes will happen around Molly's wedding, especially the night before. Gosh, I wish I'd been naming the chapters all along. Would have made it so much better to go back and re-read things. I'll be sure to do that with book 2. Enjoy!

Chapter 52

Alexis left Sam's hospital room and headed over to the nurse's station. Monica and Steve Webber were standing there in white coats.

"Monica? Are you back to work?" Alexis asked.

She smiled. "Yes, this is my first day back. And Dr. Webber has returned to GH as well."

"That's great. I was wondering if you have an update on Sam's condition. She's getting anxious to go home."

"I can check over her chart, but Dr. Finn has been overseeing her." She flipped through the charts.

The elevator doors opened, and paramedics wheeled in a stretcher, Carly trailing behind, pale in the face with bags under her eyes.

"We need a doctor over here!" Carly shouted.

Monica's mouth dropped open and her face paled. Alexis saw why: Jason was lying on the stretcher. He opened and closed his eyes, his face sweating. Monica rushed over to him. "What happened?"

"He was complaining of chest pains. It happened so fast!"

"Oh no," Monica said as she and Steve checked him over. "Not like Alan."

"Like Alan?" Carly said appalled. "Jason is the calmest person ever. He can't have heart problems!"

"What was he doing at the time?" Monica asked

"We were just talking!" She glared at Alexis. "He said Sam ended things with him for good. I simply told him to fight for her. That's when he grabbed his chest. I say it's her fault!" She pointed a shaky finger at Alexis.

Alexis' eyes grew wide. "Excuse me?"

"You've been trying to keep them apart since you found out Sam was your daughter!" Carly crossed her arms. "All of your manipulating has been causing him stress."

Alexis shook her head.

"If anything, Carly, it's his life as a mobster and doing things for you constantly has caught up to him," Monica shot at her. "Now get out of the way so we help my son!"

Carly stepped aside and they wheeled Jason away. "I hope you're proud of yourself."

"You're really going to stand there and blame me for this?" Alexis groaned. "I suppose I shouldn't be surprised because you blame everything on me."

"That's right, nothing is ever your fault. Perfect Alexis Davis. You're not controlling, but yet everyone chooses to be under your wing. Everyone chooses to live at your house."

Alexis squinted her eyes. "Perhaps you should take a little responsibility for all the people you control in your life, Carly. Especially Jason."

She laughed. "That's funny coming from you. Me controlling?"

"You had him out getting fast food and babysitting just weeks after having major surgery. And let's not forget Sonny sending him out looking for Morgan. And you're surprised something like this happened?"

The elevators opened and Kristina and Molly stepped out.

"Mom! Lucas just told us about Sam," Kristina said.

"Is she okay?" Molly asked.

"Yes, she's doing much better," Alexis said. "Let's go see her." She wrapped her arms around both of them and didn't even look at Carly as they passed her.

When they entered Sam's hospital room she was flipping through a magazine. Her eyes lit up when she saw her sisters.

"Hey!" Kristina and Molly said as they rushed over and hugged Sam at the same time.

"How are you, Sam?" Kristina asked.

"I'm just ready to get out of here," Sam said.

Sam scooched over so Kristina could sit beside her and Alexis and Molly sat close to them on the edge of the bed.

"We were so worried when Lucas told us," Molly said. "We'd just arrived at your place, Mom. We wanted to go over ideas for the catering and I found a poem I thought you could read at the wedding."

Alexis grinned. "Which poem?"

"It's called When I Die I want Your Hands on My Eyes by Pablo Neruda," Molly said.

Sam and Kristina looked at each other and laughed quietly.

"Oh and Sam, I thought you and Kristina could say a speech at the reception. Up to you if you want to say it together or separately. Oh, and I spoke to Michael yesterday. He's going to be the MC."

"Michael will make a great MC," Sam said.

"Do you mind if we get ready at your place, Mom? I was thinking we could sleepover. The men are going to stay at our place," Molly said.

Alexis placed a hand over her heart and began to tear up. "Having all my girls under one roof again?"

"Awe, Mom." Sam squeezed her hand. "You still have us even when we're not under your roof."

"Sam's right. I have the eleven voice mails from yesterday to prove it," Kristina said. "And that was before Sam was in the hospital."

Alexis rolled her eyes. "I got caught up here that's why I didn't call you about Sam."

"Only eleven?" Molly said. "She called me thirteen times yesterday."

"Yeah, and neither of you picked up," Alexis said.

"Well, I guess that's the silver lining of living with Mom," Sam said. "She doesn't call me that often anymore. She only calls me twice when I'm at work."

"Yeah, and you hardly pick up either," Alexis said.

"You probably shouldn't call us that many times," Kristina said.

Alexis frowned. "But you're my babies. I miss you."

"Krissy, Molly… we're lucky to have Mom," Sam said. "That just shows she cares. She will always be there for us and calling us that many times just proves that she's just one call away."

"I suppose so," Kristina said.

Alexis nodded. "Thank you, Sam."

"Well, shall we do it?" Molly kissed her two fingertips and placed them in front of her. "Haven't done this in a while."

Alexis smiled. "Absolutely! Okay, girls. One… two… three!" They all kissed their two fingertips and placed them in the middle together and through their arms in the air, giggling.

"Sam?" Steve's voice appeared in the doorway. "I've just gone over your chart and your latest chest x-rays give you the all clear to be discharged."

"Finally," Sam said.

GHGHGH

After taking Sam home, Alexis went to her office to work on Lucas' case. She turned on her laptop and sighed when it said Working on Updates 1% complete. She leaned back in her chair and rubbed her chin. She smiled at a photo of herself and Julian, then one of herself with Sam, Kristina, and Molly, and finally of Danny and Scout. Then, she reached into her coat pocket and pulled out the envelope Sam retrieved for her. She stared at it. And stared at it. And stared at it. Besides Nikolas and Spencer, and now Charlotte whom she'd grown to care for, she wanted to leave the Cassadines behind her. And she wanted the same thing for Nikolas. She reached beside a vanilla candle on her desk for her matches. She lit a match and held it close to the envelope, the flame barely a centimetre from it. Her chest feeling heavy, she blew out the flame. She groaned at her own curiosity and began to slowly rip open the envelope. She slipped the piece of paper out and the first sentence she read made her jerk her head back unexpectedly.

Action Plan for the New Port Charles by Helena Cassadine in association with Cesar Faison, Salvatore Marchesi, and Dr. Arthur Cabot.

"What?" Alexis blurted out, then continued reading.

For the purpose of bringing the citizens of Port Charles under submission.

Brenda Barrett—FAIL

Richard Lansing—FAIL

Courtney Matthews—FAIL

Lucas Spencer II—FAIL

Patient 1—The Counterfeit Leader

Patient 2—The Authoritarian

Patient 3—The Forbidden Love

Patient 4—The False Love

Patient 5—The Spare

Patient 6—The Bondsman

Alexis laid the paper flat on her desk and stared at it, mouth slightly agape. The top right-hand corner said page one. She peeked inside the envelope once more, but it contained no other pages.