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"Are you sure this is how you want to do this?" Shiloh asked Garrett, "I'm sure Kristina would more than happily bring Alyssa to Dawn of Day. Where Alyssa ends up from there is up to you."

"You know I prefer to do my own work when it comes to these matters," Garrett said, "Besides I want to keep Mrs. Corinthos-Morgan on her toes."

"Just don't draw any unnecessary attention to yourself," Shiloh said, "We need your merchandise to keep Dawn of Day's largest donors happy."

"I'll handle my business," Garrett said, "You stick to yours."

"Just remember you handling things yourself landed you in the tunnels of Spoon Island," Shiloh said.

"You'd do well to remember a lot of your money comes from me," Garrett said, "In exchange for running merchandise through Dawn of Day locations."

"Which won't exist if your charade exposes us all," Shiloh said, "I'm just saying be careful. We've worked too hard to lose it all now. Not when everything we want is so close."

General Hospital

Kellie regained consciousness before Jason and Johnny took her to the hospital. On the way to the hospital, Jason called Monica to let her know he was bringing Kellie in.

"I could walk, Jason," Kellie said, as Jason carried her into the waiting room.

"You fainted," Jason said as Monica approached them.

"We need to get an iv in her," Monica said, assessing Kellie, "She's definitely dehydrated. Have you been able to keep anything down?"

"No," Kellie said, "Not since yesterday."

"This way," Monica said, leading Jason and Kellie to a room, "We'll see about getting you some anti-nausea medication until we get some test results."

Jason laid Kellie on the hospital bed as Elizabeth went to work setting up the iv.

"I looked up your medical records," Monica said, "It doesn't look like you transferred your records from California here yet. I've already made arrangements to get your records sent here. When was your last physical or exam?"

"Two…three…years ago, maybe" Kellie said,

"You didn't get checked out when you were missing periods in California?" Jason asked,

"Sometimes I miss a period when I'm stressed," Kellie said, "That wasn't out of the ordinary for me. My regular doctor had moved and I just didn't find new one when Tyler got sick again."

Monica looked like she wanted to lecture Kellie.

"Why don't we just focus on what we can do for Kellie right now?" Elizabeth said, pulling a chart up on the computer, "What symptoms are you having?"

"Nausea, exhaustion," Kellie said.

"And missed periods," Jason said.

"I told you that's probably stress and not," Kellie said.

"We need to note it anyway," Liz said, "How many periods have you missed?"

"Two," Kellie said, "My last one was before Christmas."

"Has it occurred to you that you could be pregnant?" Monica asked.

"My tubes were tied when Alyssa was born," Kellie said, "If didn't know better, I'd wonder the same thing."

"So pregnancy is pretty much off the table," Monica said, "We'll take some blood samples and send them to the lab for testing. I'm also going to schedule you for an ultrasound. Then we'll go from there. I'm also going to ask Dr. Nero to look at your case since you've been missing periods whether they're related to the other symptoms or not. Does that sound like a plan?"

"Okay," Kellie said, "Thank you."

Monica left the room

"I'm going to get something to drink," Jason said, "Do you want anything?"

Kellie shook her head. Jason left the room.

"You know he's going to at least bring you water or something," Liz said, taking Kellie's blood.

"I can't even keep that down," Kellie said, "What the hell was I thinking, Liz? I know better than anyone the importance of keeping up on doctor's appointments."

"Don't beat yourself up," Liz said. "Do what you need to do now to take care of yourself."

Liz left the room and Kellie made a phone call.

"Garrett's been spotted in Port Charles," Kellie said when Director Vance of NCIS answered.

"He finally turned up," Leon said, "Has he been anywhere near your family?"

"Not yet," Kellie said.

"What else can you tell me?" Leon asked.

"Not much," Kellie said, "I only know because Valentine Cassadine did me the courtesy of informing me. "

"What's Cassadine's involvement in this?" Leon asked.

"I'm pretty sure he's the one who took Garrett from the airport," Kellie said, "in retaliation for trying to kidnap Charlotte in New York last year."

"He took matters into his own hands," Leon said, "And obviously lost control of him. Do you have evidence of Cassadine's involvement?"

"Nothing a court could use," Kellie said, "It's not like Cassadine was going to outright confess either."

"I'll get my agents looking into Garrett's activities," Leon said, "Is there anything else I can do for you?"

"Have you had any luck getting clearance to see the files on Hank Archer a.k.a. Shiloh?" Kellie asked.

"No," Leon said, "They are keeping those filed closed even from me. I need more than doing a background check for a friend to access them."

"What did this guy do?" Kellie asked.

"I'd like to know the answer to that too?" Leon said, "Be assured his little new dawn and love routine is legitimate. I'll keep you posted."

"If I hear anything else, I'll let you know," Kellie said. She hung up and then realized she had missed a call from Lorenzo. She called him back.

"I'm headed to Port Charles," Lorenzo said when he answered, "And I better not hear anything about you leaving the hospital."

"Uncle Lo," Kellie started to say.

"Johnny already called to fill me in about Garrett," Lorenzo said, "And how sick you've been. When I get there, we'll reassess your security situation. In the meantime, you take care of yourself. We'll worry about Garrett."

Outside the room, Jason pulled Monica aside.

"Is there anything else we should know about Kellie's illness," Monica asked, "Any other symptoms?"

"I think we covered it," Jason said, "Maybe I'm reaching for straws, but is there any possibility birth control procedures like the one Kellie had could fail."

"It's been known to happen," Monica said, "But it is incredibly rare with that type of procedure. If her procedure were to have failed, it would have failed when Tyler was still alive. As much as I wish I could tell you that pregnancy could be the reason Kellie's so sick, I can't get your hopes up like that. The reality is whatever is making Kellie sick is probably a lot more serious than any of us would like."