Chapter Eight
Alexis, Katerina(or Katya as Alexis calls her), and Dimitri walked out of the elevator on the top floor of Harborview Towers. Both Katerina and Dimitri gazed around at the place where their mother lived.
"Pretty posh, mom. You must be doing really good work to afford a place like this," Katya said as they headed for their penthouse.
"Working as the main lawyer for Sonny Corinthos can make a person afford a nice place like this," Alexis told her as she unlocked the door.
They walked into the penthouse and saw that it was tastefully decorated. "Nice place, mom. Who decorated?"
"Hannah Scott did when Jason Morgan still lived here. I haven't changed it at all," Alexis explained to her son.
"What do you have to eat, mom? I'm hungry," Katya said, licking her lips.
"Some microwave popcorn and some cookies. I'm not much of a cook, so I usually order out," Alexis said with a laugh.
"That's good enough for me, mom. I just want to get rid of these hunger pangs," Katya said before she sprinted into the kitchen.
Alexis laughed at her daughter as she disappeared into the kitchen. She was so happy to see her daughter so enthusiastic about being at home. She looked over at her son, who was also laughing at his twin's antics. She was glad to see her son so happy as well.
"Well, Dimitri, are you hungry too? You could go join your sister in the kitchen," Alexis told him.
"No, I'm not hungry. I think I'm just happy to be with you again," Dimitri said, approaching his mother and embracing her.
Alexis teared up as her son embraced her. She was so happy to have her children home and now she was going to cherish every moment she had with them. "I'm so happy to have the two of you back," Alexis said.
"And no one can ever separate us again. Aunt Alana has already made sure of it. No one will ever take us away from you again," Dimitri said with a smile on his face and a determined look in his eyes as they parted.
Alexis nodded at her son as Katya came back into the room with a big bowl of popcorn. "I thought you guys might want some as well."
"You'd better believe it. I can't resist a bowl of popcorn. It's my main food in life these days," Alexis said as they all collapsed on the couch, Katya on one side of Alexis, Dimitri on the other side. Alexis grabbed the bowl away from her daughter and placed it on her legs so that they could all reach it. Immediately they all dug in and began to devour the popcorn.
One with the earth, with the sky
One with everything in life
Where are the dreams that we once had?
This is the time to bring them back.
What were the promises caught on the tips of our tongues?
Do we forget or forgive?
There's a whole other life waiting to be lived when...
One day we're brave enough
To talk with Conviction of the Heart.
Lucky, Alex, Elizabeth, Nicholas, Gia, and Lorelei gathered in Lorelei's room above Kelly's after they had finished moving her in. They were catching her up on everything that had happened in their family. She was absorbing everything they were telling her.
"My god, the things I have missed out on, thanks to Helena. And there is no way I am missing out on anything ever again. This is my family and there is no way that she can hurt us ever again," Lorelei said with conviction.
"And we are going to make sure of it. I can't wait to see Helena's bullet-ridden corpse after her execution. She deserves everything she's getting and more," Lucky said determinedly.
"Same here, bro. She separated our family for so long and now we are together and there is nothing she can do about it," Alex said.
"And plus, she can't separate Elizabeth and I ever again. I'm out of her reach. The programming is gone forever. Alana made sure of it," Lucky said with a smile.
"And I am so happy that it is gone. The programming has wrecked enough havoc on our lives. And now, Helena will pay for it all," Elizabeth said with a smile.
And down your streets I've walked alone,
As if my feet were not my own
Such is the path I chose, doors I have opened and closed
I'm tired of living this life,
Fooling myself, believing we're right, when...
I've never given love
With any Conviction of the Heart
"So, we are all making the trip to Greece, right?" Nicholas asked.
"Yes. We are all going. And Alana is even going to honor dad's eccentricities," Lucky said.
"You mean a wooden cross and a string of garlic to put in her coffin?" Alex asked with a smile.
"Yep. He wants to make sure that she stays dead. She's been thought dead before," Lucky said.
"We all have too much at stake now. Reunited families that she tore apart for what she believed was vengence or retribution when we were the ones who really deserved it," Nicholas said
"Well, we're not the only ones. I have friends in Salem that have had some of the same things happening to them and it's all because of a man named Stefano Dimera," Lorelei said. "He has wrecked havoc on my good friend Sami Brady's family."
"I guess Helena isn't the only evil person out there in this world. But I bet some of the things that Stefano has done can't compare to Helena's evil," Lucky said.
"Well, both of her parents were believed dead thanks to him. She believed that another man was her father. Her aunt was believed dead, when he had taken her to replace her exact double in fencing rare paintings. Then her mom was kidnapped by the bastard and held in a cage in Paris and her lover almost lost his head. And I mean literally. Then her aunt almost lost her life again when that bastard turned her back into her double, Gina. Need I go on?" Lorelei asked.
"Alright. He is just as bad as Helena," Lucky said with a laugh.
"Exactly. It drives Sami's family nuts. They call him "The Phoenix" because he seems to die, yet rises from the ashes," Lorelei said.
"How do you kill a man like that?" Alex asked.
"They are still not sure. But I did tell Sami that the next time he dies, to put him twelve feet under rather than six feet. Maybe then he'll stay dead," Lorelei said.
"Maybe that will work. I hope they do the same thing with Helena," Nicholas says with a laugh. "It may be the only way for us to be rid of her.
They all laugh at him, enjoying the fact that they are back together and that Helena can't hurt them anymore. They would make sure of it.
One with the earth, with the sky
One with everything in life
I believe we'll survive
If we only try...
How long must we all wait to change
This world bound in chains that we live in
To know what it is to forgive,
And be forgiven?
It's been too many years of taking now.
Isn't it time to stop somehow?
Air that's too angry to breathe, water our children can't drink
You've heard it hundreds of times
You say you're aware, believe, and you care, but...
Do you care enough
Where's your Conviction of the Heart?
Alana stared out the bay window of the yacht, thinking of how happy her family was now. Stefan had his children back, as did Alexis. Luke had all of his children with him now as well. She and her children were with Stavros and would soon make Helena pay for her crimes. Life was good.
Alana jumped slightly when a kiss was planted on the side of her neck by her beloved husband. She turned and kissed him passionately. She loved her husband so much that the years without him had been agony, but now, the agony was gone. They were together again.
When they parted, they were breathless. "Ready to go to bead, darling?" Alana asked with a twinkle in her eye once she caught her breath.
"With you, always," Stavros said with a similar twinkle in his eye as he scooped her up and headed for their room.
One with the earth, with the sky
One with everything in life
I believe it will start
With conviction of the heart
One with the earth, with the sky
One with everything in life
I believe it will start
With conviction of the heart