8 hours later, Stefan Cassadine and AJ Quartermaine confer over the dining table in Quartermaine's modest cottage in Switzerland.
"So, do I need to catch you up on all the Port Chuck goings on, or did they let you read the newspaper in jail?" asks AJ, refilling Stefan's coffee.
"No media for me whatsoever; that would mean at least minimal exposure to the outside world, and that's not exactly my dear mother's style."
" No, I suppose it wouldn't be. So, how much do you know?"
" Just about everything, with the added bonus of being filtered through Mother's point of view", replies Stefan. "She particularly enjoyed telling me of the double that she paid to impersonate me who murdered an unfortunate soul. I have never seen mother exhibit such glee as she did when she told me that I had 'died' a contemptible man, hated by everyone."
"I must admit I thought you were a goner", says AJ, handing Stefan a copy of his obituary.
Stefan reads the obituary and frowns.
"It is no wonder they all loathed me."
"Did Helena tell you about Alexis' baby?" asks AJ.
"Yes, she did, and if what she told me is true, Kristina is actually the daughter of the mobster."
" That is very true. Disgusting, isn't it? Everytime I turn around, he's got a new kid popping up."
" Helena updated me on all the Port Charles happenings, including you", says Stefan. "She said something about you embezzling money from your family."
AJ takes the last sip of his coffee and chuckles.
"Don't shed any tears for that brood", he says. "They'll be okay. In fact, they'll be ecstatic when they see what I'm using the money for."
"She also told me about…your son's kidnapping. I am sorry for your pain."
"I appreciate the concern, Cassadine, I really do. He and Sonny's son Morgan are out there somewhere. We've been looking for them day and night, and we will find them."
"I trust that will be so", reassures Stefan. "Can we dispense with the formalities, and refer to each other on a first name basis? After all, I assume we will be working together? That is the reason for the rescue, isn't it?"
"The reason for the rescue? Hardly. It was strictly by chance that I happened to catch a glimpse of Helena during my last trip to Prague. I had her followed and we discovered you. Hannah and I have been planning your rescue for the last 2 months. But you can walk out that door into freedom with nothing but a 'thank you', if you'd like. But I figured you'd want a bit of the action when I bring forth revenge and justice."
"Revenge and justice … on Helena? I must warn you not to underestimate my mother, AJ. She has a way of eluding the hunt."
"Don't we all? But we'd be setting our sites pretty low if we were only going to take care of your mother. Throw a certain mafia king into the mix and I'd say we've got quite a time ahead of us."
"Sounds like fun, AJ, and I wouldn't miss it for the world."