"What else did Jason have to say?" Robert asked.
"Kellie's safe and was not raped," Sonny said, "Garrett resurfaced. They suspect Valentine Cassadine had something do to with the disappearance from the airport. Garrett kidnapped Alyssa while Jason was rescuing Carly from Ryan Chamberlain. Kellie and Alcazar went to find Alyssa at the docks. Alcazar was shot. Kellie jumped on the boat and threw Alyssa into the water. Kellie's being sick, couldn't get herself off the boat."
"Sick how?" Dante asked, "Did Jason give you any clue as to how even if he didn't actually say."
"No," Sonny said, "He just said something about it being complicated and Kellie being in the dark about some things."
Sonny tried to call Jason back with no luck.
"What about Spinelli?" Dante asked, "He might know something."
"That might be a good idea," Sonny said, starting to dial the number.
"I'm sure Jason will call you as soon he can to fill you in," Robert said, being ignored by Sonny and Dante, "He might have his hands full with Kellie just being rescued from a pervert and a burning cabin. Not to mention with the way Spinelli talks, the message might come across garbled."
"Spinelli," Sonny said, putting the phone on speaker.
"Mr. Godfather sir," Spinelli said, "Oh my gosh, it's good to hear your voice. Was your mission to find the valiant detective a success?"
"I'm right here, Spinelli," Dante said, "We're on our way back to the states."
"That is the most wonderful news," Spinelli said.
"Spinelli," Sonny said, "What can you tell me about Kellie?"
"I believe Stonecold would be a better source of information seeing as how he is at the hospital with your daughter as we speak," Spinelli said.
"If he was answering my calls," Sonny said, "But he's not, so I'm calling you. I know Kellie's sick "
"I must respectfully out of respect for Wonder Woman's privacy decline to share any information on her condition," Spinelli said.
"So you do know," Sonny said, "I'm worried about my daughter. Spinelli, do I need to be concerned?"
"I couldn't tell you for sure at this time," Spinelli said, "As the doctors don't have a definite diagnosis for Kellie yet. If you would wait patiently for StoneCold to return your call, hopefully he will call with the better diagnosis."
"There's a worse diagnosis," Sonny said.
"Yes, which thanks to what we think were the machinations of Helena Cassadine was the only diagnosis Kellie or anyone was aware of at first," Spinelli said, rambling "But the Valkerie was determined to ferret out the truth and solicited my services to ensure that the better option."
"So Carly knows," Sonny interrupted.
"Well in a matter of speaking," Spinelli said, "But really you should just wait…"
"We'll talk later, Spinelli," Sonny said and hung up.
Florida
Kellie was stirring and waking up when Jason came into the hospital room.
"Did I seriously fall asleep?" Kellie said as Jason sat on the bed with her.
"You did," Jason said, "I don't know when the last time you slept was, but in your condition, once the adrenaline wore off, you were probably ready to crash."
"So about my condition," Kellie said, "Umm, I'm not sure…you know what I'm just going to say. I think I might actually be pregnant. I know that sounds really crazy. Because it's not possible and…"
Kellie kept rambling until Jason kissed her when he couldn't get a word in edge wise.
"I ramble like a crazy person about something that makes absolutely no sense and you just kiss me," Kellie said.
"Because you're not crazy," Jason said, "and it's a very real possibility. Monica and Spinelli reviewed your medical records from California. It doesn't appear that your tubes were tied. The doctor put in an IUD instead. Monica thinks it's more likely that you're pregnant than that you have ovarian cancer."
"This is for real," Kellie replied stunned.
"Yeah," Jason said, "Monica thinks the IUD would have become ineffective in the last few years….maybe even when Tyler was alive."
"But the leukemia and the treatments would explain why we didn't find this out then," Kellie said, quietly.
"Are you okay?" Jason asked.
"I don't know," Kellie said, "I want to believe it. But after all the crap that's already happened this week, I'm afraid to get my hopes up that I'm not dying. And even then if there's an IUD, I know could still lose the baby."
"That's why we're going to everything we to make sure that doesn't happen," Jason said, brushing Kellie's hair back and wiping stray tears from her face, "I'd say there's a pretty good chance she or he is every bit as strong as you are."
Kellie half smiled, blushing.
"Wait a second. Garrett knew about the tubes and the IUD," Kellie said, "That's what Obrecht told me. How did he know?"
"I don't know," Jason said, "The only people in Port Charles that knew were Carly, Monica, Charles, and Olivia. I heard Shiloh was sniffing around the hospital when Alyssa was brought in. We found evidence that Garrett and Shiloh crossed paths in the middle east."
"That cannot be a coincidence," Kellie said, "Please tell me Director Vance was finally able to get access to his file now."
"No, his bosses are claiming not enough evidence to unseal the file," Jason said, "All we have is a surveillance photo with Garrett and Shiloh. Assuming Shiloh's organization is a front similar to Garrett's Russian partner is a stretch. Garrett's partner used his groups in the middle east to move women and children. No one could ever find it because it looked completely legitimate or more like a cult or harem."
"Like Dawn of Day," Kellie said.
"Director Vance was going to let the foundation know and she what they also might be able to come up with," Jason said, "And the FBI is looking into Shiloh's finances now at least."
"It doesn't make sense that we can't access that file," Kellie said, "Maybe Spinelli could dig into it along with figuring out why my tubes weren't tied. Which why was Spinelli looking at my medical records?"
"Carly asked him to," Jason said.
"Say no more," Kellie said.
"Charles has theory on why your procedure wasn't done," Jason said, "He thinks Helena was behind it."
Kellie thought about it for minute, "The cigar she left me in her will. We never could figure it out. Let's face it, it's a very Helena Cassadine thing to do. Damn her. That's not anything against having a baby with you damn her, it's a damn her for being the second person to screw with my birth control and choices and…..two of my pregnancies happened because someone else decided I should have a baby."
"You have every right to be angry," Jason said, "I hate that the choice was taken away from you by Carlos and Helena."
"I guess I can get some satisfaction out of the fact that Helena's game didn't play out the way she envisioned I'm sure," Kellie said, half-heartedly.
"The important thing is that you going to be okay and this kid is going to be really lucky to have you as a mother," Jason said, "I know regardless of your feelings about Helena and Carlos and any of that, you'll love her or him as fiercely as you do Jared, Jamie, and Alyssa."
"I hope so," Kellie said, "None of this seems real right now."
They were interrupted with a nurse bringing in an ultrasound machine. She was followed by the doctor.
"Dr. Quartermaine sent us your medical records," the doctor said, "All I can say is that doctor should lose her medical license. But never mind that, let's take a look and get you definite answers."
Jason moved off the bed and sat in the chair next to the bed. Kellie reached out for his hand as the doctor and nurse set up the machine.
Kellie lifted her shirt so the doctor could put the cold gel on her stomach. The doctor had the ultrasound screen turned towards him, away from Jason and Kellie as he moved the wand over her.
"I'd say congratulations are in order," the doctor said, turning the ultrasound screen towards them and pointing out the baby on the screen, "That right there is your son or daughter. This is a rough estimation, but I'd say you're around the end of the first trimester. But I'm sure your doctor back home can give you a better estimation."
"What about an IUD?" Kellie asked.
"I can't find any trace of one," the doctor replied, "If there was one, it was taken out at some point. I know this next part isn't a shock, but if you look up here, you can see your tubes which appear completely unaltered. There are no signs of cancer of any kind. Let's check the baby's heart beat."
After several moments, the sound of a heart beat filled the room.
"After everything, Kellie's been through the last few days," Jason asked, "Are she and the baby healthy? Or is there anything we need to be concerned about?"
"Both appear to have come through this ordeal, relatively unscathed," the doctor said, "The baby's heart beat is normal and everything looks good on the ultrasound. That being said, we are going to keep you for observation until tomorrow."
"Okay," Kellie said, "If everything goes well, I want released first thing in the morning."
"We'll see," the doctor said.
"We'll stay until she gets the all clear to leave," Jason said.
"Do you have any other questions?" The doctor asked.
"Not right now," Kellie said.
"If you have any additional questions," the doctor said, "let the nurses know and they contact me."
"Thank you," Kellie said.
The doctor and nurse finished cleaning up and left Kellie and Jason to themselves.
Jason sat back on the bed next to Kellie.
"You heard the same thing I did right," Kellie said, tears of relief streaming down her face, "No cancer, no IUD. Just a completely unexpected baby."
"Yeah," Jason said, wrapping his arms around Kellie, "You're going to be just fine."