At Ric and Alexis's place
"I know it's none of my business," Ric said while Alexis put the girls to bed, "But was Ethan the father?"
Kellie laughed, "Sonny asked the same thing. No, Ethan wasn't the father. It was someone I loved enough to let him go." Kellie tried not to cry, but some tears escaped.
"You lost your baby when Ethan kidnapped you, right?" Ric asked. Kellie nodded. "Dare I ask how my brother found out?"
"Stan," Kellie said, "I walked in on them discussing it. Sonny made a comment about how I was too young to be a mother and I tried to beat the crap out of him and broke down in tears, embarrassingly enough."
"Is everything alright?" Alexis asked.
"Ric can explain it to you later," Kellie said, "I'm going to go. I mentioned this to Ric already, but I'm having extra security put on Kristina and Molly starting tomorrow."
"The big showdown," Alexis asked, "What about Sam?"
"There's extra guards on her too," Kellie said.
"Are sure you want to go back to Sonny's like this," Ric asked, "The last thing either of you two needs is to start World War III. You're already emotionally agitated. There's no sense making it worse."
"You can stay in the guest bedroom," Alexis said, "Ric will let Sonny know you're staying here."
"I don't want to inconvenience you," Kellie said.
"Nonsense," Alexis said.
"Okay," Kellie said, "Let Jason know where I am too."
"Jason," Alexis asked.
"Sonny has very little to do with this except for what I tell him," Kellie said, "Jason been doing most of the planning with me. Strangely enough I actually trust him."
"You want to gag just saying that," Ric said.
"Yes," Kellie said, "To trust someone to have my back is a new concept for me"
"Do you need anything from us?" Ric asked.
"Just be ready to defend Sonny, in case Durant tries any funny business," Kellie said.
"Durant? Why would he be involved?" Alexis asked.
"You'll understand later," Kellie said, "Where's the guest room?" Alexis showed Kellie to the guest room while Ric called Sonny.
"What do you want, Ric?" Sonny asked.
"I'm just letting you know Kellie's crashing at my place for the night," Ric said.
"Send her home," Sonny said.
"She's on edge emotionally and really wasn't up for World War III if you rubbed her the wrong way," Ric said.
"I knew Durant would upset her," Sonny said.
"That's not it," Ric said, "She came to talk to Alexis and I about extra security for the girls. It was bringing up a lot of painful memories for her."
"She told you about the child she lost," Sonny asked.
"Yeah," Ric said, "I know you have issues with letting her handle this and I think both of you need to remain in your separate corners until this is over. So both of you can do what needs to be done."
"Thanks for looking out for Kellie," Sonny said and hung up