"Hi Skye."

I looked up to see Tori working at the desk by Harry.

"How was your trip?"

I forced a smile to my face. "It went okay."

Sam walked up to Tori and kissed her passionately.

"Hey you two. Get a room." Harry commented as he went back to his desk.

"Harry, Is Frisco in?" I asked as I walked towards his office.

"Yes, but he's in a meeting."

I went to open his door. "That's fine. This won't take long."

Harry ran forward and put himself between the door and me. "It's an important meeting and he shouldn't be disturbed."

Like hell. I had the entire flight back to Port Charles to worry, wait and wonder. Wait? I don't thing so. I pushed passed Harry. Harry grabbed my arm to stop me. The next thing he knew, he was flat on his back on the floor. All the room looked up as I flipped him.

"Ouch. Jeez Skye, that hurt. It's a cement floor for heaven's sake."

"Sorry," I said as I leaned against Frisco's office door. "But I really need to see Frisco." Just then the door moved. As Frisco opened the door, I lost my balance. I just about hit the floor when Frisco grabbed me under the arms and propped me back up.

"Is there a problem out here?" Frisco asked as he took in the picture. Harry was on the floor. Tori and Sam were still kissing and everyone else was focused on Skye. "What is going on out here? Harry why are you on the floor?"

"Aha, Skye wanted to talk to you." Harry commented as he started to get up. "I slightly underestimated how badly."

Frisco looked at me. "Skye?"

"It's important."

"Come in." Frisco stepped back to give me some room to walk into the office and then closed the door.

As I walked into the room, I noticed two men sitting around the desk.

"Gentleman, this is our head of Deception, Skye Chandler Quartermaine Jacks. Skye, you said you this was important."

I looked at the two men sitting by the desk and started to think about what I was doing here and why. I really don't want a lot of people to know about my pregnancy. I don't think that I am ready for that yet. "Your busy. Harry is probably right. This can wait."

"Don't wait. We are ready for a break."

I looked from the two men sitting by the desk to Frisco who looked like he was guarding the door. I'm not going to get by him with out one hell of an explanation. Well, I came this far. "I need to know what was in that cocktail you and Sam gave me the night that Alcazar died."

"Why?"

"I need to know how it will affect my pregnancy."

Frisco's jaw dropped momentarily. The two men by the desk looked at each other, got up, and made their excuses, and said that they would be back in the morning.

After they left the office, Frisco sat back down at his desk.

"The next time Harry stops me to tell me that you are in a meeting, I think that I will wait."

"The next time that you say that it's important, I'll find someplace private for us to talk. You're pregnant?"

I nodded.

"Have you told Jax?"

"I don't know that it's his."

"What?"

"It happened about the same time that Alcazar died. The timing is right. It could be either of them."

"I think may have something here that will help." Frisco brought up a file on his computer and turned the screen so Skye could see.

"What's this?"

"It's Sam's partner's report for that night. It's a list of things that they removed from the room."

"So?"

"Alcazar had used condoms in his garbage. You're the only action that man had had in a while."

I looked at Frisco in disbelief. "You removed the condoms from the room?"

"Since he used protection, chances are, it isn't his. Especially if you and Jax weren't using anything."

I leaned over in relief. "We weren't."

"Speaking of Jax, I think you should see this."

"What is it?" I looked up and took the paper that Frisco held out to me. "Oh my god. Is this for real?" I had a sudden urge to hit something. "How could he suspect me of doing this to him?"

"You two haven't exactly been on the best of terms for a while."

"There is a big difference between that and burning his buildings down and sabotaging his businesses."

"It's not like you are number one on his list."

"Is there anything else that I need to know?"

"He put out a memo. He's putting together a group to hit back at the people on the list. I think that he is trying to stir up the waters a little to help flush out who is doing this to him. We have one of our people in his little think tank. So nothing will happen to you that we won't know about first."

"He suspects me. How could he say that he wants me back when he suspect me of this?"

"Skye, this probably isn't personal. He probably put together a list of people who would have reason to hurt him. You have to admit that you have good reason to hurt him."

"I took over a few companies. Even Jax understands corporate raiding. This is different. Frisco, the man suspects that I am trying to ruin him. Look at the date on this memo. How could he say what he said to me at the hospital and then turn around and put this out? Unless that's his plan?"

"His plan."

"Jax can be absolutely ruthless to those he thinks are out to hurt him. He would even romance them if he thought that it would give him an advantage. I wouldn't put it past him. Jax is perfectly capable of stabbing someone in the back. The difference is, he won't admit when he is doing it. He will just put a spin on it, justifying his actions. I can't believe this. How could he break my heart that badly then turn around to suck me back in just to do it again? How much does he think I can take?"

"Skye you don't know that that is what he is doing. You're a beautiful, intelligent woman. Any man would want you."

"Jax had me once and he walked away." I shook my head. "I can't let him do that to me again. I won't."

"Skye calm down. You have to think about this rationally. This is a business move. It isn't personal."

"Like hell it isn't personal. What would you do if Felicia put you on a list of people who was trying to hurt her in a bad way?"

Frisco was silent.

"Exactly. She wouldn't do that. Not to you. It would be a betrayal of everything you once felt for each other. The difference is, Jax already betrayed everything we felt for each other when he crawled out of my bed and straight into Brenda's."

"Didn't you once sign a deal to take Jax down?"

"Yes, I did."

"That wasn't a betrayal?"

"Yes, it was. It was also an act of pain. I never actually did anything that hurt Jax. In fact, I did everything possible to try to make that go away."

"Don't you think that this could be something like that for Jax?"

"No. There is a big difference here. He put this out after he made a move to get me back. Well, it's not going to work. He is not going to destroy my life again. He walked out. He can stay out."

"Skye, you're pregnant with his child."

"He doesn't know that. As far as anyone in this town is concerned, it's Alcazar's."

"Skye, you don't want to do this."

I looked straight into Frisco's eyes. "Yes Frisco, I do. As far as the world is concerned, this is Alcazar's baby. It's actually better this way. I won't have to worry about custody rights. No one will fight me for Alcazar's kid. She will be all mine."

"Skye"

"No, you said that you would help me. You said that you would back me up."

Frisco looked grim. "If this is what you really want, when the time comes, all the tests will say that it isn't Jax's. But please, take some time. Calm down. This doesn't have to be decided tonight."

"I will take some time. I need it anyway to adjust to the idea of having a baby, but I won't change my mind."

--

"Damn it." I swore as I strode into my assistant's office. I slammed the papers down on his desk in front of him. "How could you let this happen?" I said in quite but angry voice. I kept my eyes directly on him as he visually squirmed in his seat.

"Mr. Jacks, we needed to put out a list if we were going to act on it. That is the reason you put together that little group. You wanted to shake things up. They couldn't shake things up if they didn't know who to go after."

"Why didn't you come to me? They needed a list? I would have given them one. My wife's name shouldn't be on that list. It should never have made any list that implies that she would hurt me."

"Excuse me. Not hurt you? You seem to be forgetting that she has been raiding your companies."

"That is business. Everything my wife has done has been legal."

"You put out a memo declaring her a corporate enemy that should never be handed any information."

"Sure I did. She is the competition. She's smart, imaginative and if you gave her so much as a drop of information, she would run a mile with it. That memo was meant to shut people's mouths, not put her on a hit list."

"Even you have to admit, Skye has reason to hurt you."

"Yes, Skye has good reason to knock me down a peg or two, but when she comes after me, it won't be with a match."

"Are you telling me that it never crossed your mind for even a second that Skye wasn't behind these attacks on your companies?"

"I'm telling you that Skye didn't do this. I want her name off of this list. I want it off of this list now. In the future, any list of enemies comes directly from me."

"I think you're making a big mistake. Someone should be keeping an eye on your wife."

"The only person who will be tracking my wife will be me."

--

"Skye, I finished the report. It is on your desk and I am going home for the night."

I nodded my head to acknowledge that I heard my new secretary. "Thank you Maple. Did you give Frisco a copy?"

"No, I thought that you might want to look over it first. Frisco is great agent and wonderful director, but he doesn't know anything about business."

I smiled at Maple's comment. "Go home. Enjoy you night."

"I will. You should try doing the same. All work and no play is a very unhealthy philosophy."

"I won't make it a long night." A part of me was amused by Maple's motherly attitude. Maple has been a secretary for the WSB for years. The first day that we meet, she said that after everything the WSB had asked her to do over the years, working for me was almost like retirement. She was out of the danger, but still sitting in a position where she could see what was going on.

I sat down to review the report, but every time I tried to concentrate, my mind went back to my meeting with Frisco.

"You know what? It will be better this way." I said out loud as soothed my hand over my stomach. Something in my heart just clenched as I remembered the words on that memo. "How could he? How could he believe that I would do that? What kind of monster does he take me for? I thought he knew me better than that. Who am I kidding? We are talking about a man who fell for Brenda's lies. Someone who left me after make vows to me. Someone who has been lying to me since the day we got married. Why wouldn't he believe it? When hasn't he thought the worst of me?"

I walked over to the window of my new office. "Maybe Carly was right. I was just a body to fill the gap since he couldn't have Brenda. Didn't he prove it by his actions? The second that Brenda came back, all of his loyalties belonged to her. He only turned his attention to me when Brenda was locked up."

"He can't have her. I'm not even sure that he is turning to me to fill that gap again. Now this memo, Is he romancing me for information?" I sighed. "It's very possible. No one knows better than me how far Jax would go to get back at someone he feels has wronged him."

"If he is out for my blood, if that is the reason that he has been doing what he has been doing, then I can't take any chances. He would never let me raise his child if he thought I was capable of that. I won't be parted from you. You are the first real ray of hope that I have had in a long time."

I walked over to the couch and sat down. "You know what? When I was young, I wanted a lot of children. I wanted a large family. I found this man who already had a child and wanted more to settle down and have more. Then there was the accident. They told me that I couldn't have babies. They were wrong, or they lied. Why did they do that?"

"You'll be better off with Luis Alcazar's name on the birth certificate. No one is going to interfere with our lives. I'm going to be the greatest mother. You are going to have a rather strange mix of relatives. Between the Quartermaines and the Chandlers, Oh god, what am I thinking? Those are two of the most screwed up families that I have had the misfortune to be part of. We might be better off if I try to do this on my own."

I jumped up, up slightly startled as I heard the sound of a door close in the outer office. "Who is there?" I walked out and opened the door. No one was there. I shook my head. "All of this spy stuff is making me jumpy."

--

I don't know why Luis Alcazar worried about payback. I've burnt a building down here. Caused an accident there. It really has been quite easy. I remember the early days of our marriage. He would spend hours planning. He looked at things from all angles before he would make his move. Until that ***** from Port Charles, no one could ever touch him. She paid for that mistake. He let his feelings become involved. That was my husband's downfall. I won't make that mistake. This has nothing to do with emotion. This is about business, plain and simple. No one will ever taking me seriously in my husband's world if I don't make a loud and clear statement. What better place to start than in the town of my husband's death. After all, anyone who works for me needs to know that I will protect what is mine. I may not have lived with Luis, but was mine. A statement needs to be made. Yes, Port Charles will be the perfect place to make it.

At the sound of the door opening, I pulled away from the window. "You're back early, to early. Did you deliver the message?"

"Ma'am, I was on my way when I heard some news. I felt that it was important that you were told."

I gritted my teeth. The fool didn't deliver my message to Skye. I'm getting so sick of this. Every time I give an order around here. They hesitate or try to talk me out of it. I understand that they were hired by my husband to make sure that my plans didn't interfere with his, but he's dead. You would think that things would have changed. It's a wonder that I managed to accomplish what I have. I would kill a couple of them to make my point but the rest would just turn on me. No, I need to have patience. Once I make my place in my husband's world, I can hire anyone I want to get rid of these overcautious idiots. Instead of yelling at him, I took a deep breath. "Please, tell me what could be more important than delivering a message that would get Skye to make our next move for us."

"When I entered the office, I heard Mrs. Jacks talking to herself."

"What? Are you afraid that the woman is delusional? It wouldn't matter if she was, as long as she did the job."

"No Ma'am, I don't doubt the woman's sanity. I overheard her saying that she is pregnant. She was naming Alcazar as the father. Isn't that wonderful, Ma'am? You're husband may have a son to take over the business someday. Should I have someone grab the woman so we can isolate her and take the baby when the time comes? You will of course want to raise you're husband's child."

For god's sake, do I look like a mother? No way am I building up an empire just to turn it over to someone else, not even to a child of my own. I went to the doctor years ago to take care of that little problem. I'm sure not going to turn it over to someone else's brat. I looked at the man again. On the other hand, these leftover rejects of my husbands might just start following my orders if they think that I'm protecting the child's interest. I can always get rid of the kid along with these idiots after I establish my position. Now how can I get them to do what I want without being saddled with a baby?

"That's wonderful news. However, I don't believe kidnapping the woman will be necessary. As you are constantly pointing out, we don't want to call too much attention to ourselves. Disappearing with the new head of a company would raise a small stir. She is not going anywhere."

"You are absolutely correct. It will be much easier to grab the child and cover our tracks after it is born."

The way that this jerk is talking, he thinks he actually has a say in this company. I bought myself some time. If I can just accomplish my goals before this woman's brat enters the world, I could get rid of these archaic idiots. As far as I am concerned, Skye Jacks is more than welcome to Alcazar's brat.

"Meanwhile, I still need to take down Jasper Jacks. After all, we don't want him in a position to track down his wife's child. He is to much of a white knight to just back off."

"Yes, ma'am, I do believe that you are correct. Mr. Jacks will have to be dealt with."

"It fit's my sense of irony to have his wife throw the final blows. That's just the sort of thing my husband would have enjoyed."

"It would be a fitting tribute to the man."

"So you will deliver the message."

"First thing in the morning ma'am. A pregnant woman needs a good night sleep."

---

"Hi Frisco. Have you read the latest projections?"

I looked up as Skye walked into the office. "I saw them when I got here this morning. Congratulation on opening the French office so soon."

"I couldn't have done it so quickly without your backing."

"I have a list of agents who could fill those positions."

Skye's raised her eyebrows slightly, "You do, do you?"

"It's not like that. The list is for you. I said you would have the final say when it comes to Deception's business decisions and I meant it. The list includes their qualifications. I have given you several choices for each position."

Skye skimmed through the list. "I see you have even marked your preferences."

"I only marked which one of them are the more experienced agents. I will understand if some of them might not be the best choice for certain positions. I'm leaving that for you. I hope that you will at least keep them in mind while you are filling those positions."

"I will want to interview the candidates for the head positions myself. So you can tell them to put on their best poker faces, spy suits or whatever it is that you do and make appointments with my office. I'll leave the lower positions to my new human resource department."

"That's fair."

"That's all I have on my agenda." Skye got and gathered her papers together.

"Slow down. Where are you rushing off to?"

"I had the most unusual phone call this morning. They had a proposal on how to expand my business faster. I'm meeting them for a late breakfast."

"Make sure that you look at the fine print. Don't get yourself tangled in anything that could give anyone a legal hold on you're new company."

"Relax. I'm not going to do anything that would expose this operation. I'm just going to listen."

"Before you go, Chris dug up some information on Alcazar's wife."

"Did he locate her?"

"Not yet. But he did find a few new points to add to her file. We even located a current picture." I pulled out the file and handed it to her.

"Who are the men in the photos with her?"

"Most of them are Alcazar's men. She is surrounded by them at all times."

Skye quickly skimmed the file. "It looks like his wife has her own little deals going on."

"He didn't marry her for her angelic personality. He got a lot of good contacts when he took her on. He stayed with her just long enough to take over the reigns."

"Then what?"

"He surrounded her with people who were loyal to him to keep her out of his way and set her loose."

"I would feel much better if you knew where she was."

"We will find her."

Skye picked up her briefcase and turned toward the door. "Call me when you do."

--

The hairs on the back of my neck started to bother me as I walked into the restaurant. I casually looked around the restaurant, trying to locate the source of my unease. No one jumped out at me as being menacing.

"Can I help you Mrs. Jacks?"

"I'm here to meet someone."

"Ah yes, you're party isn't here yet. Would you like to take a seat?"

"That would be fine. Could you see that someone brings me a water."

"I will send someone right over."

As he walked away, that voice in my head that said that something was off, screamed. As I looked around, I focused in on a man walking toward me. I know him. I've seen him somewhere before. As he stopped at my table, I suddenly remembered where.

"Mrs. Jacks, we talked on the phone this morning. My name is Jack Monte."

I schooled my face, smiled and pretended that I didn't have a clue who he was. "You said you had some business information that would be of interest to me. I'm more than willing to here you out."

"I heard recently that you had raided you're husband's holdings."

"As my husband once said, business is business, it should have very little to do with emotions."

"So you just up and decided to raid you're husbands holdings solely for business purposes."

"Well, the fact that he was cheating on me might have had something to do with it."

"My business associates have good reason to see that you take a few more companies off of his hands, if you are interested?"

"Well, that depends on the company."

"How about a makeup company in Spain, a warehouse in Italy, and a fashion outlet in Switzerland? Here are the statistics."

Skye looked down at them briefly. "I'm interested. I assume you already have a plan."

"I will call you when the details are set."

"I look forward to you're call." I started to gather my things to leave.

"Aren't you going to stay for breakfast?"

"I'm afraid that I don't have time. I have to get back to the office."

"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Surely you could spare a few minutes."

"I ate before I went into the office this morning." I lied as I rose from the table.

The man nodded. "It was a pleasure to meet you."

I nodded. "It was definitely interesting meeting you." I turned and walked out of the restaurant and took the first taxi back to the office. I turned to my secretary as I passed by her and told her to get Frisco on the line.

The phone was blinking as I entered the office.

"You have only been gone an hour. What could have possibly happened?" Frisco said when I punched the button.

"You can tell Chris to narrow his search for Mrs. Alcazar to the local area. The meeting turned out to be with one of those men that were among the photos you showed me this morning."

"What? Just wait. I will be right up."