Chapter 5
Riley sighed and turned back to the counter, trying to hold back the tears that she knew were going to come.
"I grew up on the Cassadine Island in Greece."
After a minute she turned back to Sonny.
"I had a daughter, Lena Alexandria Cassadine."
~~~
Jason stood right outside the door and listened quietly. He didn't want to interrupt, he knew that whatever Riley had to say was hurting her.
~~~
"I know what you're thinking, no, I never slept with Nikolas. He was her father but not biologically. No one else knew that though. We told everyone that Nikolas was my child's father. We were going to get married soon when it happened.
"I was eight months along when I went to Russia, to visit a friend. Helena showed up and poisoned me. Lena died. Of course Stefan began to believe that Lena wasn't really dead, that Helena had paid the doctors to tell me that she was."
~~~
Zander later found himself at Jake's. He ordered a beer and racked up for a game of pool.
"Zander? When did you get back?" Lucky Spencer asked walking over.
"A few hours ago," Zander answered. "My sister wanted to come."
"Sister? I didn't know that you had a sister."
"Yeah, she's back at the PC Hotel."
~~~
Zander's sister walked out of the bathroom towel drying her hair. She sat on the bed and let out a low whistle.
"I was wondering when you were going to show up," she said.
A man walked in from the terrace. "How'd you know I was there?"
She gave him an incredulous look. "Both of my parents were spies, what do you expect?"
He shook his head and sat down on the sofa.
"Well?" She probed.
"Well, what?"
"What now?" She asked.
"I don't know..." He began as his phone rang. "Frisco Jones. She's right here," he said handing the phone to her. She glared at him before taking it.
"Hello."
"Robin, what the hell were you and Zander thinking?" Demanded the voice on the other end of the line.
~~~
"That was six years ago," Riley said, "today. I left two months later and I haven't seen any of them until I came here."
He nodded and began to approach her as sobs began to rack her body. He looked up to see that Jason was standing in the doorway. After having a small conversation with their eyes, Sonny left and Jason walked over to Riley and wrapped his arms around her. She melted against him. He lifted her up in his arms and carried her upstairs.
~~~
Zander left Jake's and found himself on the docks. He sat down on a bench and tried not to think about the past. He smiled as he remember the day he found out about his real father, almost seven years before. He had been in Canada at the time and had just broken up with his girlfriend. He'd been wandering the streets afterwards and had gotten caught up in a kidnapping in progress when several WSB agents stormed the area.
He backed away and was later approached by Frisco Jones who questioned him before escorting him to WSB headquarters in New York City where he was introduced to Robert and Anna Scorpio. He had felt a strange connection to Robert and later found out that RObert had felt it too.
One night he had walked in on Robert going through an old photo album that contained several pictures from his past; One of those pictures happened to be of Zander's mother. Robert suddenly realized the connection and a blood test was done the next morning. That afternoon it had come back positive. He was Robert Scorpio's son.
Zander brought himself back to the present when he heard something from behind him. He concentrated on the sound and realized that it was footsteps. He stood up and turned to see Nikolas Cassadine.
~~~
Robin sighed. "Well, Dad," she began.
"Well, what?" Robert Scorpio asked.
"Well I wanted to see Uncle Mac."
"Uh huh," Robert said. "And this sudden urge to see Mac doesn't have anything to do with the fact that Jason Morgan is in Port Charles right now does it?"
"No," Robin answered.
"You two are putting yourselves in danger by being there."
"I know."
"Where's Zander?"
Robin hesitated. "He went to Kelly's."
"You're lying."
"And how would you be able to tell?" She asked amused.
"You hesitated."
"I was thinking," she answered.
"Sure," Robert said disbelievingly. "When he gets back have him call me."
"Okay," she answered before he hung up.
~~~
"Zander," Nikolas said coldly.
"Nikolas," Zander replied just as coldly.
"Come to ruin any more of my friends' lives?" Nikolas stepped towards him.
"Not that it's any of your business, but no, I'm strictly here on family business." Zander turned and began to walk away but Nikolas's voice stopped him.
"Emily isn't here anymore. She left for college last month."
Zander whirled around to face him. "You're never going to get over what happened in Canada, are you?"
"Which time, huh? The time when you kidnapped one of my best friends and held her hostage for weeks? Or the time when you broke my best friend's heart?"
"That was a long time ago," Zander said quietly.
"Only seven years," Nikolas said coldly. "Do you even know what happened after you left her?" Nikolas asked as he stepped closer to Zander.
"How could I? You and your psychotic family wouldn't let me near her."
"Those were my orders," Nikolas replied. "You had hurt her, I wasn't going to allow you to do it again. Besides, when Helena found out who your father was, she wasn't going to allow your..." Nikolas stopped. "Just stay the hell away from her, or you'll answer to me." He turned and walked away, leaving a confused Zander behind.
"My what?" He asked himself quietly.
~~~
Sonny walked into the panthouse that he shared with Carly and Micheal. Carly was sitting on the sofa waiting for him and looked up when he entered.
"Where've you been?" SHe asked standing up.
He gave her a grim smile before he walked over to the bar and poured himself a drink. He downed it quickly before he looked at her.
"I was talking with Riley," he said as he began to tell her everything that RIley had said.
By the time he had finished, Carly was crying quietly. He wrapped his arms around her knowing that she too, was thinking about the child they had lost.
Riley sighed and turned back to the counter, trying to hold back the tears that she knew were going to come.
"I grew up on the Cassadine Island in Greece."
After a minute she turned back to Sonny.
"I had a daughter, Lena Alexandria Cassadine."
~~~
Jason stood right outside the door and listened quietly. He didn't want to interrupt, he knew that whatever Riley had to say was hurting her.
~~~
"I know what you're thinking, no, I never slept with Nikolas. He was her father but not biologically. No one else knew that though. We told everyone that Nikolas was my child's father. We were going to get married soon when it happened.
"I was eight months along when I went to Russia, to visit a friend. Helena showed up and poisoned me. Lena died. Of course Stefan began to believe that Lena wasn't really dead, that Helena had paid the doctors to tell me that she was."
~~~
Zander later found himself at Jake's. He ordered a beer and racked up for a game of pool.
"Zander? When did you get back?" Lucky Spencer asked walking over.
"A few hours ago," Zander answered. "My sister wanted to come."
"Sister? I didn't know that you had a sister."
"Yeah, she's back at the PC Hotel."
~~~
Zander's sister walked out of the bathroom towel drying her hair. She sat on the bed and let out a low whistle.
"I was wondering when you were going to show up," she said.
A man walked in from the terrace. "How'd you know I was there?"
She gave him an incredulous look. "Both of my parents were spies, what do you expect?"
He shook his head and sat down on the sofa.
"Well?" She probed.
"Well, what?"
"What now?" She asked.
"I don't know..." He began as his phone rang. "Frisco Jones. She's right here," he said handing the phone to her. She glared at him before taking it.
"Hello."
"Robin, what the hell were you and Zander thinking?" Demanded the voice on the other end of the line.
~~~
"That was six years ago," Riley said, "today. I left two months later and I haven't seen any of them until I came here."
He nodded and began to approach her as sobs began to rack her body. He looked up to see that Jason was standing in the doorway. After having a small conversation with their eyes, Sonny left and Jason walked over to Riley and wrapped his arms around her. She melted against him. He lifted her up in his arms and carried her upstairs.
~~~
Zander left Jake's and found himself on the docks. He sat down on a bench and tried not to think about the past. He smiled as he remember the day he found out about his real father, almost seven years before. He had been in Canada at the time and had just broken up with his girlfriend. He'd been wandering the streets afterwards and had gotten caught up in a kidnapping in progress when several WSB agents stormed the area.
He backed away and was later approached by Frisco Jones who questioned him before escorting him to WSB headquarters in New York City where he was introduced to Robert and Anna Scorpio. He had felt a strange connection to Robert and later found out that RObert had felt it too.
One night he had walked in on Robert going through an old photo album that contained several pictures from his past; One of those pictures happened to be of Zander's mother. Robert suddenly realized the connection and a blood test was done the next morning. That afternoon it had come back positive. He was Robert Scorpio's son.
Zander brought himself back to the present when he heard something from behind him. He concentrated on the sound and realized that it was footsteps. He stood up and turned to see Nikolas Cassadine.
~~~
Robin sighed. "Well, Dad," she began.
"Well, what?" Robert Scorpio asked.
"Well I wanted to see Uncle Mac."
"Uh huh," Robert said. "And this sudden urge to see Mac doesn't have anything to do with the fact that Jason Morgan is in Port Charles right now does it?"
"No," Robin answered.
"You two are putting yourselves in danger by being there."
"I know."
"Where's Zander?"
Robin hesitated. "He went to Kelly's."
"You're lying."
"And how would you be able to tell?" She asked amused.
"You hesitated."
"I was thinking," she answered.
"Sure," Robert said disbelievingly. "When he gets back have him call me."
"Okay," she answered before he hung up.
~~~
"Zander," Nikolas said coldly.
"Nikolas," Zander replied just as coldly.
"Come to ruin any more of my friends' lives?" Nikolas stepped towards him.
"Not that it's any of your business, but no, I'm strictly here on family business." Zander turned and began to walk away but Nikolas's voice stopped him.
"Emily isn't here anymore. She left for college last month."
Zander whirled around to face him. "You're never going to get over what happened in Canada, are you?"
"Which time, huh? The time when you kidnapped one of my best friends and held her hostage for weeks? Or the time when you broke my best friend's heart?"
"That was a long time ago," Zander said quietly.
"Only seven years," Nikolas said coldly. "Do you even know what happened after you left her?" Nikolas asked as he stepped closer to Zander.
"How could I? You and your psychotic family wouldn't let me near her."
"Those were my orders," Nikolas replied. "You had hurt her, I wasn't going to allow you to do it again. Besides, when Helena found out who your father was, she wasn't going to allow your..." Nikolas stopped. "Just stay the hell away from her, or you'll answer to me." He turned and walked away, leaving a confused Zander behind.
"My what?" He asked himself quietly.
~~~
Sonny walked into the panthouse that he shared with Carly and Micheal. Carly was sitting on the sofa waiting for him and looked up when he entered.
"Where've you been?" SHe asked standing up.
He gave her a grim smile before he walked over to the bar and poured himself a drink. He downed it quickly before he looked at her.
"I was talking with Riley," he said as he began to tell her everything that RIley had said.
By the time he had finished, Carly was crying quietly. He wrapped his arms around her knowing that she too, was thinking about the child they had lost.