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Chapter 16: Real

Michael stretched out on his bed and stared at the door Lila had just walked out of. He couldn't believe it was just last night that he'd told her how he felt. He'd been terrified that morning, first when she'd woken up so freaked out, then when Kristina emerged from Lila's room with a frown. He'd been shocked when she'd smiled and said, "Don't break her heart." He wouldn't. He had no intention of letting something as amazing as Lila get away from him. He was brought out of his thoughts by the ringing phone.

"Hello?" he answered lazily.

"It's me. How is she?" the other voice asked.

Michael rolled his eyes. This guy really was a piece of work."She's fine."

"Just fine? You're supposed to be making sure she's safe."

"Alright, she's safe."

"She'd better be. You're her guard, unless you want me to find someone more qualified for the job, I suggest you make sure she's more than safe."

"She will be don't worry," Michael said, impatient to get off the phone.

"I do worry, Lila's my daughter."

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Lila sat in stunned silence. She couldn't believe what Georgie was telling her.

"You're absolutely positive that there's no way.." she trailed off afraid that if she said it, it would be true.

Georgie looked at the girl sadly, "I'm sorry, but there's less than a 1 margin of error with these types of tests. There is some good news though.

Lila highly doubted that but asked anyway. "What?"

"I figured that if Sam wasn't you mother, it had to be someone that Sonny new. If that was the case, then she was probably in Port Charles at one time or another, and may have been treated at General Hospital. You were born in 2004, at least that's what we believe, so I compared your DNA to other women in Port Charles at that time. There was no match, so I looked closer at your blood. You have a genetic predisposition for something called Higgins Disorder."

Lila frowned,"I've never heard of that."

Georgie nodded understandingly, "It's a very rare brain disease. The first case wasn't documented until 1938. It's characterized by hallucinations and suicidal tendencies. For the gene to appear, an immediate female family member has to have suffered from it. Lucky for you, you're just a carrier; you could never actually suffer from it, but if you had a daughter she could. Anyway I ran a sacn of your DNA and the predisposition against every woman's blood who was ever treated at General Hospital. These samples date back to 2000, so we're talking hundreds of thousands, if not millions of samples. In those we found one exact match. She is the only women who combined with Sonny could create you." Georgie opened a desk drawer and removed a file folder.

"This is everything the hospital has on your mother. It's yours if you want it."

Lila hesitantly took the floder but refrained from looking at the name on the tab. "Thank you for doing all this Georgie. Is there any way we could keep this just between us?"

Georgie gave a tiny smile. "Absolutely, I'll give you some privacy. If you need anything, don't hesitate to call."

Lila watched her leave, then turned her attention back to the file. How could she read this knowing that once she did, her mother wasn't her mother anymore? She quickly stuffed the unread file into her bag and stood. She moved so quickly she jostled a photo on the desk in front of her. She righted it and saw it was Georgie and a petite blonde, obviously her daughter. Georgie was zipping the girl into a red formal dress, they both wore smiles. Lila felt a jolt of jealousy go through her body. She had been deprived of this moment with both Sam and Brenda.

She suddenly wished she were safe back in Michael's arms. How could she not be Sam's daughter? She suddenly felt so angry she had to sit the photo down for fear of breaking it. Obviously someone had to know about this but who? One thing she knew for sure, whoever was behind all this would pay dearly. She would make sure of it.