"Well, why is it no one invited me to this party?" Faith remarked as she stepped into the club from the stairs. Zander turned quickly to see her and sighed relief. "Well, Ms Roscoe, so nice to see you again." Helena replied as she went to greet her. "Ms Cassadine, to what do I owe this pleasure." Faith walked passed Helena and glanced at Peter with a confused look not knowing who he was. "Before you answer that, I have another question." she continued. She leaned into Zander and whispered her question so the rest couldn't hear. "Who is this?" she asked as she glanced back at Zander's brother. "Don't you know? This is my dead brother Peter, or at least I thought he was dead. Helena had him on ice for a few years to cause pain, hurt and heartache to my family because of my father." he replied boldly to so every one could hear. "Oh and you wanna know the kicker ..." Zander chuckled, while Peter didn't seem amused with his theatrics. "The kicker is Peter and I here, have a Cassadine sibling out there somewhere, that we never knew about!" he exclaimed as he wrapped his arm around his brother. Faith's eyes widened at the sound of money falling into her hands. "Wait. So the two of you are Cassadine's too?" she asked just thinking of how she was gonna spend it. "No, actually Peter and I are Cameron's, unfortunately. The sibling happened before Cameron and our mom met. It seems Helena here had other plans for the two of us." Elizabeth was in shock to hear the revelation but knew it all too well. "So wait, you did to them what you did to the Spencers?" she piped up and pointed her finger at Helena. Helena just shrugged with a smirk. "You certainly are the cruel, evil bitch everyone says you are, aren't you?" she continued. "Well, I do have a reputation of being cruel and evil, but I'd have to say that the bitch part would have to go to my new partner here, Faith." Helena replied as she slithered up to Faith. Faith shrugged her off coldly.
"Wait so you knew about all this?" Peter asked as he glared at Faith. "This? No I had no idea about you or Zander before now. Helena did this all on her own." Faith explained now having second thoughts about her dealings with the Cassadines. "See my dear, this plan was set long before, and really went off quite well." Helena replied as she turned towards Peter. "Yeah till now." Zander added. "Oh dear boy, I have many new things in store for the two of you." Helena reached with her hand and brushed Zander's jaw. Her touch sent shivers up and down Zander's spine. "Well, my work here is done. Ms. Roscoe, always a pleasure." Helena smiled at Faith as she turned and walked towards the staircase to leave. As soon as she was out of sight, Zander turned to Peter.
"So I guess it's true?" Zander asked as he faced his older brother. "Yeah I guess it is." The two of them feeling kind of awkward with each other, it had been 5 years since seeing each other and things certainly have been different since then. Zander couldn't help himself, he practically jumped into his brother's arms with joy. He had his brother back and he wasn't about to let the Cassadines take him away again. The brotherly reunion brought tears to their eyes as well as to Elizabeth's, who stood off to the side watching.
"I had plans for you today, but considering the circumstances, I've reconsidered." Faith leaned in as Zander felt the warmth of her breath on his ear. "So you and your brother can get re-acquainted, and I'll take Greg with me. Okay?" Faith kissed Zander's cheek that left her red lipstick on his skin. She wiped it away with her thumb and smiled at Peter as she walked passed him. Zander paid no mind to his boss, he had his brother back in his life as he and Peter embraced once more. "One question I have." Peter said as he pulled from Zander. "What's going on with my brother these days?" The two chuckled together like they had so many times before.
Zander offered Elizabeth a seat at the table, but she refused. "I have to get back to work, and I'm going to let the two of you get re-acquainted." She leaned in and gave Zander a kiss on the cheek goodbye. "I'll be finished with my shift around 7." she whispered. Zander smiled as he thought of seeing her later. "Hey aren't you suppose to be taking it easy?" he hollered after her as she walked towards the staircase. She turned back towards him and smiled. He watched her climb the stairs to the diner. He sat down at the table when she disappeared behind the door to Kelly's.
"Well, she was sweet." Peter said as he poured himself and his brother a drink. "Yeah she is, and she's the best thing that has happened to me in a very long time." Zander grabbed the shot glass in his hand and swallowed the alcohol hard. His body needed it after hearing and seeing his brother was alive and well. "So, where did you meet her?" Peter asked inquiring to know all about his brother's relationship. Zander chuckled. "Well, Elizabeth is my ex-wife's best friend." he smirked. Peter gave in return a strange look. "Yeah, I see there is alot to catch up on." Zander noticed the look and chuckled again. "Okay, well what about dad? Where is he now?" Peter asked as he took a swallow of the alcohol in his glass. "Mmm, well dad is working here in Port Charles at the hospital." Zander replied as he filled his glass one more time. "Heart surgeon?" Peter inquired. "No, a shrink, if you can believe that." Peter smiled shyly. "Oh, oh okay. When did that happen?" Zander knew it would be a very long night, the two of them had alot to talk about. "Don't really know myself. He and I were split for quite a few years, I don't really know what happened after I left Florida. He never really told me. Hell, he left me believe for the last 5 years that I shot you in the woods that day, so ...." Peter's jaw dropped as he heard Zander say those words. "He what?" he couldn't believe his father would be so cruel as to let his brother think he killed him. "Oh yeah, Dad explained it to me." Zander now becoming quite sarcastic with his answers.
The two brothers sat for a few hours just talking about what has happened over the past 5 years they had been apart. Peter certainly felt that he had missed so much of his brother's life, he sat in shock as Zander told him about his life before Port Charles and what happened to him after he got into all sorts of trouble with Sorel and the mob. "Where was dad through all this?" Peter asked as he poured another drink for himself. Zander shrugged. "Don't really know. I guess in Florida. He tried to tell me that he'd been searching for me for some time after I left home, and I guess I'll never know for sure, but I didn't believe him." Zander looked down at his watch. "Have someplace to be?" Peter asked as he noticed his brother was getting anxious and jittery. "No, just worried about Elizabeth is all. I don't trust Helena or Elizabeth's ex and both of them can be very lethal." Peter saw how much Zander loved her, even though he didn't think his brother would admit it. "So you love her?" he asked bluntly. "Who? Elizabeth?" Zander shrugged off the question. "Well, you must have some feelings for her, she's carrying your baby, no?" Zander stood up from the table and went to embrace his brother. "You know, it's good to have you back. But could ya lay off the questions?" Zander chuckled as Peter stood up and returned the embrace. The two chuckled like old times, and Zander was so full of joy to have his brother back in his life. "Well, it's good to be back and no I won't." Peter laughed.
"How bout some dinner?" Zander asked as he and Peter headed for the staircase. "Sure, where?" Peter answered as they climbed the stairs. "You still any good at shooting pool?"