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Authors Notes: Thank you everyone who has given me feedback. Please continue to give me comments. Once again, I would like to say a special thanks to my beta reader and general sounding board.
In the Best Interests of the Child
Chapter 5: Announcement
Once again, she was dressed in her best suit. Alexis knew that this time she didn't need to go to him. Michael had granted her a reprieve yesterday, but her time had just run out.
Two sharp knocks and it was time for her plan to begin.
Alexis straightened her spine, strode across the floor, and opened the door for him.
"Hello Alexis, how was your vacation?" Sonny asked as he entered her apartment.
"Fine," Alexis answered. "We have several things to go over today." She turned away to pick the contracts up off her desk.
"Did you enjoy being back in Greece?" Sonny inquired.
"Actually it was the Caribbean. We need to go over your contracts with Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia," she continued as she flipped through the papers in her hands.
"I thought Cleveland and Pittsburgh weren't up yet. Do we have a problem?" Sonny asked.
"There is no problem. I am going to be taking some time off in a few months so I wanted to get these contracts settled." She still could not look him in the eye.
"Going back to spend more time with Stefan?"
Alexis finally raised her eyes from the contracts and looked straight at him, "Actually, I will be taking maternity leave," she stated in a calm voice.
Sonny just sat there.
For just a moment Alexis savored the fact that for the first time in their relationship, it was Sonny who was not in control of the conversation.
"Congratulations," he said. "When will you be taking time off?"
"There is no need for you to do any math. I said I would take care of any consequences and I will," Alexis stated.
What little express that had been on his face was now gone. "Take care of it," he repeated.
Alexis nodded her head. "This is my child," she stated.
"Your child," he said in a soft tone.
"Yes," she said firmly.
Alexis put her glasses back on and once again got back down to business, "I will of course be getting a list of lawyers for you to select a temporary replacement from. Now in Cleveland I think we can go up another quarter percent.."
Sonny stopped listening to Alexis. She was pregnant. For just a second he let himself imagine what their son would look like. Whether he would take after Alexis or himself. Would he be someone totally different; someone who had her smile and his eyes?
".you have been a reliable supplier. The rest of the contract has not changed."
Then Deke's voice sneered, "Didn't you hear her, this is Her child. Why would someone as classy as her let you anywhere near her kid? What can you give it except a headstone?"
".on page 33 there is some language that I believe could cause some problems."
"I don't turn my back on my responsibilities," Sonny interrupted.
"Of course not," she responded. "You have been a wonderful father to Michael and I am sure you will have a positive relationship with my child."
"You were sick before your trip. Have you seen a doctor?" Sonny asked.
"I am perfectly healthy. As I was saying, I think you should restructure the language on page 33," Alexis said.
"Did you have a real breakfast this morning?" Sonny inquired.
Alexis looked at him over her glasses, "Don't do that. I don't need you to take care of me. I am healthy, I have been eating regular meals, and I am taking my vitamins."
Alexis took off her glasses, "We are going to need to make some ground rules. First and foremost is that just because I am pregnant does not give you the right to attempt to run my life. I will not stop you from trying to be a part of my child's life. I know what it is like to be a stranger to your own father and I don't want that for her. However, if you feel the need to mother hen someone, then I am sure Carly is waiting for you next door. I see no reason why this should affect our relationship at all. You have your family and I have mine."
"Do I get any say in this?" Sonny asked.
"What could you say? That you are going to leave the woman and child you love in a move that is guaranteed to make you miserable, Carly hysterical, and me crazy? Not to mention what it would do both to Michael and my child," Alexis said.
The look on Sonny's face told Alexis that he had not even considered this, "You are my friend and I want you happy. You have your family back and I am not going to stand by and let you throw it away. We both know how precious happy homes are; don't throw yours away. Don't worry about the two of us. If I can take care of the Cassidines, one little baby should be no problem."
Before Sonny could say anything there was a knock on the door.
"Uncle Sonny, Mommy said that if you were through we could go to the park," Michael's excited voice came through the door."
Alexis opened the door and smiled down at the boy waiting with his Johnny shaped shadow. "I am all done with him," she assured the boy. "You can take him out to play now."
"Thanks Ms. Davis, I need to show Uncle Sonny how high I can go on the swings," Michael said.
Sonny walked through the door to Michael with his eyes never leaving Alexis. "We will go over that last contract later," he promised.
Alexis looked him in the eye and said, "You go take care of your family. I will take care of everything else." She firmly closed the door on the men.
Alexis listened to the group go across the hall and then sat down on the stairs. "I really will take care of everything for both you and your brother," she assured her daughter. "All right little one, your father knows, I will tell the family tonight, and then all we need is to pick out a name. What do you think about Abigail?"
Authors Notes: Thank you everyone who has given me feedback. Please continue to give me comments. Once again, I would like to say a special thanks to my beta reader and general sounding board.
In the Best Interests of the Child
Chapter 5: Announcement
Once again, she was dressed in her best suit. Alexis knew that this time she didn't need to go to him. Michael had granted her a reprieve yesterday, but her time had just run out.
Two sharp knocks and it was time for her plan to begin.
Alexis straightened her spine, strode across the floor, and opened the door for him.
"Hello Alexis, how was your vacation?" Sonny asked as he entered her apartment.
"Fine," Alexis answered. "We have several things to go over today." She turned away to pick the contracts up off her desk.
"Did you enjoy being back in Greece?" Sonny inquired.
"Actually it was the Caribbean. We need to go over your contracts with Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia," she continued as she flipped through the papers in her hands.
"I thought Cleveland and Pittsburgh weren't up yet. Do we have a problem?" Sonny asked.
"There is no problem. I am going to be taking some time off in a few months so I wanted to get these contracts settled." She still could not look him in the eye.
"Going back to spend more time with Stefan?"
Alexis finally raised her eyes from the contracts and looked straight at him, "Actually, I will be taking maternity leave," she stated in a calm voice.
Sonny just sat there.
For just a moment Alexis savored the fact that for the first time in their relationship, it was Sonny who was not in control of the conversation.
"Congratulations," he said. "When will you be taking time off?"
"There is no need for you to do any math. I said I would take care of any consequences and I will," Alexis stated.
What little express that had been on his face was now gone. "Take care of it," he repeated.
Alexis nodded her head. "This is my child," she stated.
"Your child," he said in a soft tone.
"Yes," she said firmly.
Alexis put her glasses back on and once again got back down to business, "I will of course be getting a list of lawyers for you to select a temporary replacement from. Now in Cleveland I think we can go up another quarter percent.."
Sonny stopped listening to Alexis. She was pregnant. For just a second he let himself imagine what their son would look like. Whether he would take after Alexis or himself. Would he be someone totally different; someone who had her smile and his eyes?
".you have been a reliable supplier. The rest of the contract has not changed."
Then Deke's voice sneered, "Didn't you hear her, this is Her child. Why would someone as classy as her let you anywhere near her kid? What can you give it except a headstone?"
".on page 33 there is some language that I believe could cause some problems."
"I don't turn my back on my responsibilities," Sonny interrupted.
"Of course not," she responded. "You have been a wonderful father to Michael and I am sure you will have a positive relationship with my child."
"You were sick before your trip. Have you seen a doctor?" Sonny asked.
"I am perfectly healthy. As I was saying, I think you should restructure the language on page 33," Alexis said.
"Did you have a real breakfast this morning?" Sonny inquired.
Alexis looked at him over her glasses, "Don't do that. I don't need you to take care of me. I am healthy, I have been eating regular meals, and I am taking my vitamins."
Alexis took off her glasses, "We are going to need to make some ground rules. First and foremost is that just because I am pregnant does not give you the right to attempt to run my life. I will not stop you from trying to be a part of my child's life. I know what it is like to be a stranger to your own father and I don't want that for her. However, if you feel the need to mother hen someone, then I am sure Carly is waiting for you next door. I see no reason why this should affect our relationship at all. You have your family and I have mine."
"Do I get any say in this?" Sonny asked.
"What could you say? That you are going to leave the woman and child you love in a move that is guaranteed to make you miserable, Carly hysterical, and me crazy? Not to mention what it would do both to Michael and my child," Alexis said.
The look on Sonny's face told Alexis that he had not even considered this, "You are my friend and I want you happy. You have your family back and I am not going to stand by and let you throw it away. We both know how precious happy homes are; don't throw yours away. Don't worry about the two of us. If I can take care of the Cassidines, one little baby should be no problem."
Before Sonny could say anything there was a knock on the door.
"Uncle Sonny, Mommy said that if you were through we could go to the park," Michael's excited voice came through the door."
Alexis opened the door and smiled down at the boy waiting with his Johnny shaped shadow. "I am all done with him," she assured the boy. "You can take him out to play now."
"Thanks Ms. Davis, I need to show Uncle Sonny how high I can go on the swings," Michael said.
Sonny walked through the door to Michael with his eyes never leaving Alexis. "We will go over that last contract later," he promised.
Alexis looked him in the eye and said, "You go take care of your family. I will take care of everything else." She firmly closed the door on the men.
Alexis listened to the group go across the hall and then sat down on the stairs. "I really will take care of everything for both you and your brother," she assured her daughter. "All right little one, your father knows, I will tell the family tonight, and then all we need is to pick out a name. What do you think about Abigail?"
