Kellie ran into Liesl as she entered the MetroCourt.
"Dr. Obrecht," Kellie said, getting Liesl's attention.
"What could you possibly want?" Liesl replied, "Unless you planned on being trapped in a cabin again?"
"And you wonder why people don't like you?" Kellie said, "You know what, not why I wanted to talk to you."
"I do have places to be," Liesl said, "Maybe you could get to the point unless you can get me in touch with Agent Gibbs."
"Why would you need me to get you in touch with Agent Gibbs?" Kellie asked, "Actually I don't want to know. And trust me when I tell you Gibbs isn't likely to take a call from someone I referred him to. Liesl, I just wanted to say thank you for helping me in the cabin and keeping me from totally losing it when I realized…well just Thank You."
"No need to thank me," Liesl said, "Just remember you can't say no when I come asking for a favor."
"Actually, I can say no," Kellie said, "If it's not the kind of favor I should be granting. I'm almost late for a meeting. Again, thank you."
Kellie rushed off as Liesl huffed and muttered, "I would have thought the mob would have taught her better manners."
Kellie was stopped by Carly on her way to the restaurant. Carly wrapped her in a big hug.
"I am so glad Alyssa is okay," Carly said, "How is she? I'm surprised you're not glued to her side."
"She seemed okay enough, I had her go to school instead of missing another day," Kellie said.
"I don't understand what Kristina was thinking," Carly said.
"Pretty sure there's a line for that," Kellie said, "Nothing I said earlier seemed to get through to her. There's nothing else I can do, but keep her away from my kids."
"That is awful. You know since you're here, why don't we set up a time to go shopping," Carly said, "Then I don't have to text you again."
"Carly, I told you I'd let you know when I was ready to do that," Kellie said, "Besides Sam gave me some things to use in the meantime."
"I still need to go shopping," Carly said, "There's no reason you can't pick up some other things for yourself."
"Carly, not now," Kellie said, "And Charles is waiting for me."
Kellie rushed off. Carly pulled out her phone and called Jason.
"You have a problem," Carly said.
"What's wrong?" Jason asked.
"I don't think Kellie's come to terms with having a baby," Carly said, "She's ignored my texts about going shopping for maternity clothes. She completely brushed me off when I tried to get her to put a date on the calendar. She doesn't even want to talk about getting the clothes she's obviously going to need."
"Carly, leave Kellie alone about shopping for maternity clothes," Jason said, "Sam gave her a few things and that seems to be working for her."
"For now," Carly said, "To say nothing of the fact that you'll need to put together a nursery."
"Which is between Kellie and I," Jason said, "along with whatever reservations Kellie has about having another kid right now."
"I don't get it, Jason," Carly said, "I figured she'd be ecstatic especially she doesn't have cancer."
"Carly, she is relieved she doesn't have cancer," Jason said, "Considering that Kellie didn't think there was any possibility she could get pregnant, you can't honestly be surprised that finding we're having a kid together would throw her for a loop."
"But it's been what a couple weeks since you found out," Carly said.
"A really crazy couple of weeks," Jason said, "Between Dante leaving, Kristina kidnapping Alyssa to see Shiloh, Danny running away, and the issues she's having at the foundation, she's been going non-stop with all of that."
"Still doesn't change Kellie's due date," Carly said, "Or the fact that she's already showing. If you're not busy, I think you should come over here and…"
"Carly, stay out of it," Jason said, "Kellie will go shopping when she's ready."
"I think you should come over anyway," Carly said.
"And Kellie will think I'm hovering," Jason said, "She asked for a little space when I offered to meet with Charles with her."
"She's is so independent when she doesn't need to be," Carly said, "How are you holding up with everything with Danny and Kellie?"
"Alright," Jason said, "I spent the morning with Danny. He was even concerned about Kellie with her morning sickness this morning. I think I've turned corner with him."
"That's great, Jason," Carly said, "I know you've been wanting to spend time with him. How do you feel about being a dad again?"
"Fine, Carly," Jason said.
"Just fine," Carly said, "The woman you are madly in love with is having your baby and all you can say is fine about it."
"Because it's fine," Jason said, "and in a lot of ways an unexpected surprise, but a good one. I just…."
"You just what, Jason," Carly said.
"I just wished Kellie's walls hadn't of gone back up with me," Jason said, "She's got a wall up with me that wasn't here before. I haven't been able to figure it out."
"Just ask her," Carly said.
"I'm not sure realizes she's put a wall up," Jason said.
"But why would Kellie feel like she needs to protect herself from you now that's she's having a baby with you," Carly said, "The two of you have been a couple and married for awhile now."
"Carly, I just have to wait her out and show I'm there for her," Jason said, "Give Kellie the space she needs."
"Wait a minute," Carly said, "You've been a couple since last year, but your marriage was a business arrangement. What exactly is the status of your relationship with Kellie now?"
"Married and having a child together," Jason said, "What exactly are…"
"Jason, you can't really be that dense," Carly said, "Have you even said the "L" word to each other?"
"Yeah, awhile ago," Jason replied, confused.
"And have the two of you discussed actually being committed and married for the rest of your lives?" Carly asked, "Because if you haven't, all Kellie knows at this point is she's in love with a man who married her for business reasons, has no idea if he wants to spend the rest of his life with her, and is now pregnant with his child."
Jason didn't answer.
"You are in love with Kellie right?" Carly said, "And want to spend to spend the rest of your lives together?"
"Yes, of course I do," Jason said, "I've thought of Kellie as my wife in every sense of the word."
"Then you need to tell Kellie that," Carly said, "Right now she doesn't know where she stands with you and that wall stays up."
"I'll figure it out," Jason said.
"Jason," Carly said, exasperated, "You can't just figure it out. You have to romance your wife. Get her away for a few days from all this craziness and focus on just the two of you. In fact, I'm going to make those arrangements for you."
"Carly," Jason said.
"You'll thank me later," Carly said, ignoring Jason's protest and hanging up.
In the MetroCourt dining room, Kellie took a seat at the table with Charles.
"How's Alyssa doing after last night?" Charles asked.
"Alright other than being scared of Kristina right now," Kellie said, "I sent her to school. Having Danny stay at the house last night also seemed to be a good distraction for her. She's a got serious case of hero worship for him right now."
"Danny stayed at the house?" Charles asked, skeptical.
"My Dad brought him there with Alyssa," Kellie explained, "When he fell asleep there, he got to stay there."
"How'd he take that?" Charles asked.
"Tried to walk right out the front door," Kellie said.
"The guards stopped him I take it," Charles said.
"I was waiting for him to try that," Kellie said.
Charles chuckled, "You definitely would have done that with some of the foster homes you were in."
"Would have, I did," Kellie said, "So what exactly did you get from Helena Cassadine's Estate?"
"You got a letter from Helena," Charles said, handing Kellie an envelope, "There conditions of Helena's will that would only be triggered if certain events occurred."
"What events?" Kellie asked, opening the envelope, finding a letter.
"All I've been told is the letter inside would explain it," Charles said, "I have a second envelope that can only be opened after you've read that letter."
Kellie read the letter, "Well, we were right about Helena being behind my tubes not being tied."
"She admitted that," Charles asked.
"In black and white," Kellie said, "And according to this the doctor that was supposed to do the procedure put in the IUD without Helena's knowledge. When I didn't turn up pregnant, Helena figured it out. She paid the doctor who did my gynecological exam in 2015 to remove the IUD. Apparently, according to this letter both doctors can no longer be found."
"That's nothing we didn't already suspect," Charles said.
"Nothing else would have happened on her end," Kellie said, "Since Helena died that same year. And Tyler was already showing symptoms of the leukemia. He probably wasn't capable of having more children by then…..That Bitch!"
Kellie managed to refrain from yelling and slamming the letter on the table so as not to cause a scene.
"Whatever Helena did," Charles said, "I doubt it's anything we can't handle. What is it?"
"Her whole reason for wanting Tyler and I to have another child was to bestow a portion of her estate on that child," Kellie said, "Leaving nothing to Jared, Jamie, or Alyssa. She wanted to create tension between all of my children, so they could prove themselves worthy of her blood running through their veins. What kind of person does that?"
"A psychotic one," Charles said.
"The jokes are on her," Kellie said, "Since I'm pregnant and the baby's not Tyler's. Helena take her so called estate and shove it."
"Hold on," Charles said, "We still have the other envelope to open. Are you finished reading the letter?"
"Yeah," Kellie nodded, "You can open it."
Charles opened the envelope and found legal documents. He looked them over. Charles grimaced.
"What is it?" Kellie asked.
"The way Helena's will and these documents are written," Charles said, "the next child you had regardless of who the father is inherits what Helena left. It's contingent on you being the mother, not whether Tyler was the father."