Chapter 14

Arriving at Wyndemere Alexis moved closer to Johnny and placed her hand on his arm.

"Johnny, there are enough guards hanging around this place that you can relax for a while."

"I'd rather not, if you don't mind Ms. Davis. Let me do my job, ok?"

"Ok, if you insist. I'll send you out something to eat in a few minutes."

"Thanks."

Smiling back at him she entered the home of her nephew. She hated this place. It held nothing but bad memories for her. She lost Chloe here. Shaking the memories away she went in search of Felicia. Entering the living room she saw her friend waiting anxiously.

"Hi Felicia. How are you?"

"Worried sick. What are you up to?"

"You'll see, but first we have to talk. Have you seen Nicholas?"

"Yes, he needed to leave, but he told me you would find what you asked for in the study. Come on Alexis, you're driving me crazy here."

Understanding her friend's anxiousness Alexis smiled at her comfortingly and hugged her.

"Come on, let's go to the study."

Leading Felicia through the ornate foyer and into the study she found what she asked Nicholas to set up for her on the desk.

"Have a seat, Felicia." Walking behind the desk she sat down and reached toward the phone system Nicholas laid out for her. Dialing the kitchen first she ordered something to be sent out to Johnny then dialed Zander's number and put him on the speakerphone.

"Hey, is that you Alexis?"

"Yes, Zander. I have you on the speakerphone and Felicia is with me. Where are you now?"

"I'm outside Sonny's just about to go in."

"Ok, do you know if the other two have arrived yet?"

"No, they aren't here yet. Sonny and I agreed that I would be in place before the others got here. He agreed to everything, Alexis. I'm putting the phone in my pocket now and going in."

"Ok, Zander. Hey partner, be careful."

"No problem. Sonny's got my back on this one. Talk to you after it's over."

Alexis hit another button on the phone system then sat back and studied Felicia whose jaw was headed toward the floor.

Laughing Alexis raised one hand toward her friend. "You have my word this is on the up and up."

"Shhhhh.. they can hear you." Felicia's mind was going ninety to nothing and couldn't settle on one cohesive thought.

"Don't worry, we can hear them, but they can't hear us. Listen..."

knock, knock , knock

"Zander, come on in."

"Hey, Sonny. How much time do we have?"

"Wait a minute, come here a second... I know you're there Alexis, and thanks."

Felicia did not know exactly what was going on, but she saw Alexis' head bow and a single tear escape the corner of her eye.

"Anything I can do to help, Alexis?"

"Right now Felicia, this is more about you than it is about me. Don't worry about me. I'm fine. Now, let's have a quick chat before Sonny's guests arrive. You are going to hear a very unusual conversation tonight between 3 men and you know all 3 of them. I'm still rather stunned that I could get them all in one room together."

"Who are you talking about? Alexis you're killing me with this cloak and dagger stuff. Just tell me."

"Sonny Corinthos, Mac Scorpio and Roy DiLucca."

"You've got to be kidding me. How did you do that? Why did you do that?"

"The object here is to end a war that never should have been started, a war that has cost me my sister. When it got right down to it, the boys were able to see things my way."

"But Mac is the police commissioner."

"Not tonight he isn't. He will be there strictly as a citizen of Port Charles."

"Oh, you're good."

"I am, aren't I! Wait... here we go. Sit back this may get a bit bumpy."

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Sonny was nervous. He knew that Alexis would hear everything that would be said tonight. It was a very disconcerting thought. Shrugging his shoulders to release a little tension he walked to the door to let in his first guest.

"Mac. Come in and make yourself comfortable. The bar is stocked help yourself."

"By your welcome, I would guess that you have talked to Alexis."

"No, just her partner Zander here."

"That's quite a big step for you isn't it?"

"Mac, you have no idea what this is costing me at this very moment." Sonny couldn't resist teasing Alexis about the predicament she had put him in.

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"Alexis, are you ok. You're face is mighty red."

"I never thought I would ever be able to get Sonny at a disadvantage. I'm not sure I can listen to this with a straight face. It's priceless."

"You really love him don't you?"

Shhhh... I don't want to miss any of this."

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"Mac, what does it mean to Roy and I that you are here without a badge tonight?"

"It means the playing field is level. Neither of you will end up in jail tonight or any other night from something that is said in this room about the current war."

"Tell me how she got you to agree to that."

"She asked me to trust her. What about you?"

"Same thing, she asked me to trust her. I guess by both of us being here it goes without saying that the woman is worthy to be trusted by both the law abiding and the not so law abiding citizens."

"I guess you could say that, since she has the life of my daughters in her hands as well."

"What do you mean, Mac?"

"It is my hope that once we've settled this current war I can use her considerable influence in cleaning up a few other matters."

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"Ok Felicia, what does that mean? He's your former husband, what is he getting at?"

"I believe he just told Sonny that he is going to try to use your influence over Sonny to get the organization out of Port Charles."

That was a possibility that Alexis had not considered and it wasn't very smart on Mac's part. Leaning forward apprehensively she whispered... "Oh Mac, please don't do anything you're going to regret."

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"You never know what kind of possibilities lurk out there, Mac."

Sighing with relief he went to the door to admit Roy who just arrived. Mac had hit him with something he wasn't prepared to discuss.

"Roy, come on in. Thanks for coming. Can I get you something to drink?"

"I don't know that I'll be staying that long. What's Mac doing here? Zander, you settin' me up."

"No Roy, this is on the up and up. Mac is not on duty tonight. Nothing that is said here tonight goes any further than just the ears in this room. He's one of us tonight."

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"Nice touch, Zander. He just covered for you and I, Felicia. I'm going to have to hug that boy for thinking on his feet. He's definitely got potential."