I got a request to find out about Kristina's life before she lived with Sonny, so I'm going to go into that in this chapter. There's big surprises, because I hate Alexis, and as evil as Ric is, I've loved him his character ever since I met Rick Hearst, so I've made Ric a little nicer than he really is. He won't be brought in until later though, and Alexis will be back, too. But remember, I only said a little.

Kristina sat in her beach chair, reading her magazine when she saw Thalia approaching the pool in her bathing suit. Kristina smiled because she could tell who won the bathing suit argument. Carly almost always gave her kids their way, even her. Thalia sat down next to Kristina, who knew she was angry.

"Something wrong, Thalia?" Kristina asked, fighting back a smile.

"Um, yeah," Thalia said furious, and clearly not sensing Kristina's sarcasm. "Mom gave me such a big deal about this stupid bathing suit, when she was just going to let me wear it anyway. What is the point? Why does she even bother arguing about it?"

"Well, because she's your mom and she cares about you. If she didn't she wouldn't make such a big deal about little things like this. You should be grateful you even have a mother who's around," Kristina told her, a little bit annoyed.

"Krissy, you have a mother," Thalia protested.

"My mother is going to be in Pentonville for the next fifteen years. After what she did, I'll never see her again," Kristina said.

"Your mom's in prison? What happened, what did she do?" Thalia asked confused.

"You don't know about it? I always thought you did," Kristina said surprised.

"No. I had no idea. Will you tell me? If you want to," Thalia replied tentatively. She knew how her sister could get when pressure to do something she was uncomfortable with. If Kristina was upset she could give you the cold shoulder for a week, and that was nothing.

"Oh, I'll tell you. You'd end up hearing about sooner or later. Let's see, where should I start from? Well, I guess it all began when daddy and Carly were fighting, and daddy slept with Alexis, formerly known as my mother. But Alexis didn't want Sonny to be part of my life– she thought he was too dangerous– so she and Ned lied and said that Ned was my father. Then–"

Thalia interrupted her saying, "So that's why Brook Lynn calls you her sister. Eew, that makes you almost related to Taylor Sage."

Kristina laughed and exclaimed, "Don't even say that! Let me finish, will you. That arrangement worked out until I was about two, when I got really sick. I don't even remember what it was, but I needed bone marrow. Alexis wasn't a match, and neither were Nikolas and Ric, who Alexis knew was my uncle. Alexis still didn't want to tell Sonny, despite the fact that it could have saved my life. She kept looking for another match. Carly already knew I was daddy's, and she told him. She didn't want to feel guilty if I died and there had been something she could do."

"Wait, my mom knew the entire time and she didn't tell daddy? Man, he must have flipped," Thalia said.

"Yeah, he did. He and Carly separated for a while, but he, Morgan, Grandpa Mike, and Aunt Courtney were all tested, they weren't matches either. Dr. Webber thought the only way to save me was to induce labor on Sam, who was pregnant with Sonny's child, and use stem cells from the umbilical cord. Sam didn't want to do it though, because there was a risk to her baby. Alexis tried to pressure Sam and then the placenta separated from the uterine walls, I think. They tried to save the baby but she died. Around that time, daddy told Alexis he'd fight her for custody of me. Alexis married Ric to make it seem like they had a more stable family life," Kristina continued.

"Wait, so Alexis was technically your mother and your aunt. Now that's messed up," Thalia said.

"Li, stop interrupting. They went through the trial and daddy won full custody , but then he had some strange realization and decided to share custody of me, which is totally out of character for him, but the setup worked. Alexis and Ric were great, and so were daddy and Carly. And I was happy. But Alexis couldn't stand the fact that I was so close with Carly. So one day Carly and I were in the car and Alexis drove us off the road, trying to kill Carly. That's when daddy took full custody back. And Alexis went to Pentonville for attempted murder. She was sentenced to twenty-five years. I haven't seen her since, and I have no desire to," Kristina finished.

Thalia looked at her sister sympathetically. "Kris, that sucks," she said as she gave her a hug. "I'm so sorry."

"Kristina! Thalia!" Michael called. "Dad's been shot!"

Well, you'll have to wait and see what happens in the next chapter! Sorry I'm so evil, lol. Please review.