Sam and Kristina stood by the counter of Kelly's sipping their coffee, as they waited for their order. After checking in on their mother, the two had snuck out early to pick up Kristina's clothes from Michael's and get breakfast for the penthouse residents. Sam hoped that circling the Davis girl wagons would help the family grieve, and she had instructed Molly to start trawling Netflix with videos they should have on hand just in case.

Danny dropped his sippy cup and Kristina bent to pick it up. "So, can I give this back to him, or…"

-"It's fine. The mouthpiece didn't hit the floor did it?"

-"I don't think so."

Sam grabbed the cup, took a sip and scrubbed the top with a napkin. "There."

Kristina laughed. "If Mom saw you do that…"

-"Well she didn't and you better not tell her."

The pair were silent, and Kristina looked for any distraction to lift the pall that had enveloped them. "Have you heard from your father?" she asked.

-"No," Sam lamented. "And it's ticking me off. He picked a really bad time to disappear. Mom's not talking and I have no idea where he is."

-"You think she does?"

-"Yup. If she didn't she would have found some roundabout way to ask me if I'd heard from him. You know how she gets."

Kristina sighed. "Why does she still do that? Why doesn't she just ask directly?"

-"Because she feels guilty for loving him."

-"She told you that?" Kristina asked, surprised.

Sam threw her a look. "Of course not."

Her younger sister tried to hide her disappointment. "So Julian—no one knows where he is?"

Sam shrugged. "Maybe his sister. My Aunt Ava."

-"Oh, right. The mother of my sister/niece. When I think about it…" Kristina shuddered, then added bitterly, "Although I guess it was Morgan's turn. It's a Corinthos rite of passage—getting screwed over by Sonny."

-"So he's a man now—is that it?"

Her sister smirked, "Yes. But it sounds like Ava took care of it before Sonny had a chance."

Sam swatted her arm as she giggled. "You're terrible, Krissy. You know that?"

Kristina reflected, "I feel guilty laughing about it. Or laughing about anything right now." She looked at Sam helplessly. "But it's so ridiculous. You couldn't make this stuff up." She looked at Sam. "OK. Enough about my dad. Let's get back to talking about yours."

-"What do you want to know?"

-"Well since I know absolutely *nothing*, how about you tell me *everything*? What's he like? Do you guys get along? How does he treat Mom?"

Putting her hands up to ward off the questions, Sam pleaded, "Hold up, hold up. One at a time. You did NOT get your cross-examination skills from Mom. Jeez."

-"I'm going easy on you. Believe me, Sam, if I want to know something, I'll get it out of you."

-"Whatever. I was a professional con artist, Krissy. That means I was good enough to make a living doing it. So you're not getting anything out of me that I don't want to share."

-"We'll see."

-"So which question do you want to start with?" Sam asked.

-"Since it's easier to talk about Mom behind her back and she's conveniently not here, let's start with that one. What's he like with Mom?"

Sam put on a fake whine. "Krissy, seriously? He was the one."

Kristina shook her head. "You're only saying that because he's your dad. I've been there."

-"No. Really—this isn't wishful thinking. He is so kind to her, Kristina. And he respects her. If you could see how he looks at her—it's with this total adoration…he only has eyes for her. I can't remember the last time someone looked at her like that. I'm not lying, Krissy, he almost has everything on our checklist."

-"Except for…"

Sam sighed, "The mob ties, the lying about his identity, getting the house blown up, turning Ric into the cops…although that last one isn't really a problem for me."

-"Yeah. I know. Let's just table that one for now—I don't want to think about Ric right now. I'm too overwhelmed by Nikolas." Kristina looked at the clock above the bar. "This is taking a while. Let me go check on our order."

-"You're going to go in the back? I don't know how Shawn would feel about that. He and Mom aren't really speaking."

Kristina smiled. "I may be Alexis's daughter, but I am also Sonny's, Sam. May as well make it work for me. For once."

As her sister moved behind the counter, Sam turned to check on Danny and found him sleeping, his sippy cup dangling precariously from a partially closed fist. She bent to take it from him when her attention turned to the people entering the restaurant. Sam tensed as she greeted the new patrons.

-"Hello Dante. Det. Nagy."

-"Hey Sam," Dante greeted her without looking in her eyes. "How are you guys doing?"

-"Terrible. It's hard, as I'm sure you know. How are Lulu and Laura?"

-"They're a mess."

-"Yeah. Krissy and I stopped by to pick up some breakfast. See if Belgian waffles, pancakes and omelets will help. And if they don't then maybe the home fries will."

-"Kristina's with you?"

-"Yup. She's in the back, checking up on our order."

Det. Nagy took the moment to jump in. "It's actually lucky we caught you here, Mrs. Morgan. We were planning—"

-"Dina can I talk to you a minute?" Dante grabbed his partner's arm and pulled her away. The two began whispering sharply by the door just out of Sam's earshot. She turned her attention back to Kristina who emerged from behind the counter with their breakfast and TJ.

-"Hey Sam," he said. "I just wanted to tell you how sorry I am about Nikolas."

-"Thanks, TJ. Not much of a change from yesterday. We're all pretty devastated. Are you coming over later?"

-"I told Molly I didn't want to be in the way. She's gonna let me know when she needs me."

Kristina gave him a hug. "Well I hope you come over at some point. Any messages for Molly?"

TJ smiled. "Only the ones I'm texting."

Sam noted, "OK, well we should go before your hard work gets cold and Mom wakes up. See you later, TJ."

The sisters balanced the large bag of take-out, coffees and the stroller as they made their way to the door. As they reached the entrance, Kristina noticed Dante. She started to greet him when Det. Nagy stood in front of them.

-"Mrs. Morgan?"

-"Yup."

-"Will you step outside with me for a moment?"

Sam looked at her curiously, "Well, if you're going my way." She pointedly glanced at her overburdened arms as Det. Nagy hadn't moved. "We're actually trying to get outside but you're kind of in the way. If you could hold open the door that would be great."

The group awkwardly maneuvered themselves outside when Det. Nagy turned to her. Sam stopped her before she could start: "Look detective, I've got my son right now and I can't talk to you without my lawyer, anyway. Can we maybe do this interview in the next couple of days? We're still grieving Nikolas and—"

Det. Nagy interrupted her. "Samantha Morgan, you're under arrest for the murders of Silas and Nina Clay. You have the right..."

Sam stood stunned and looked at Dante who looked at his feet as his partner enumerated her rights. Kristina stepped forward. "Wait, what? You're arresting my sister?"

Det. Nagy continued with the Miranda. "Do you understand these rights as I've described them to you?"

-"Are you kidding me, I'm here with my son." Sam turned to her partner. "Dante? What's going on?"

-"I'm sorry, Sam. We were headed over to your place after breakfast."

-"Mrs. Morgan, you'll need to come with us," Det. Nagy stated.

Kristina opened the door to Kelly's and called inside. "TJ! We need you." She then turned to her brother. "Dante, you know she didn't do this. You can't arrest her."

TJ darted out the door with Shawn, "What's going on? Are you guys OK?"

Dante turned to his sister, "Kristina, you should probably call your Mom and take Danny home."

As though on cue, Danny started crying, awakened violently by the commotion. Sam took a deep breath. "Dante's right Krissy. Call Mom and take Danny home. And tell her I'm keeping my mouth shut."

Tears of anger started to work down Kristina's cheeks when she saw Det. Nagy reach for her handcuffs. "Wait, what are you doing?" She grabbed Dante and spun him around. "You're going to let her do this? You're going to let her cuff Sam. In front of her son."

He put his hands on her shoulders to calm her down, "Kristina…"

-"No Dante. Don't 'Kristina' me. Get off of me." She pushed him in the chest to emphasize her point. Shawn pulled her back, as TJ took Danny back into the restaurant. "We were all in that hospital yesterday. We all just lost Nikolas. He's not even cold yet, Dante, and you're arresting Sam? We're *family* Dante. How can you do this?" She pushed him again.

-"That's it," Det. Nagy said sharply as she finished cuffing Sam. "You've assaulted an officer. You're coming, too."

-"Krissy, please. You're not helping," Sam implored of her sister.

-"This is bullshit Sam. It's bullshit." Det. Nagy grabbed her arms and Kristina wrestled with her before twisting away. "You're arresting me for pushing my *brother*."

Det. Nagy's eyes were on fire. "Well, I was. But now I'm adding resisting arrest."

Shawn pulled Kristina behind him. "Look Detective. Kristina didn't mean anything by it."

Dante looked at Dina, "Just let it go, Dina."

-"No, Dante. She resisted arrest. She assaulted an officer."

Sam piped in bewildered, "Seriously? You're going to arrest her?"

Dante put his hands against his forehead. He went behind Shawn and pulled Kristina off to the side. "What the hell is wrong with you, Kristina?"

-"What the hell is wrong with *you*?"

-"You think I want to be here? You think I want to arrest your sister? There's been a warrant sitting on a desk for her arrest for three days. THREE days, Krissy. We couldn't hold off anymore. And now you're losing it and making a bad situation worse." He turned around and kicked a chair out of frustration. "Shit."

Sam quietly called. "Dante, let's go. I'm not resisting. Krissy, take Danny home."

Det. Nagy glared at Sam. "No, she's not taking Danny home. She's under arrest."

Dante turned to Kristina. "This is what's going to happen. We're going to go to the station and your Mom is going to come and after she's done yelling at me—which may not be until tomorrow—she's going to get you released." He turned to Sam. "Hey."

-"Yes?"

-"So here's the thing. We can either take Danny to the station with us or you can give your consent here to leave him with someone over 18."

Sam fought back tears. "I can leave him with TJ. He can take him back to the penthouse. I don't want Danny in the police station and I definitely don't want him in a police car."

Shawn shook his head. "Dante, is this really necessary?"

-"Yeah, Shawn. Unfortunately it is."

Det. Nagy took a step forward and put her hand on Dante's arm. "I got it, Det. Falconieri. Why don't you take Sam to the car?"

-"No, Dina. You've done enough. I've got this." He sighed and turned to Kristina shaking his head. "Kristina Corinthos Davis, you have the right to remain silent…"

Alexis was curled on her bed spooning her pillow. Her eyes were puffy, but she was in the stage of grief where everything was numb. She had tried to sleep, but she was plagued by memories of Stefan and Nikolas—and not happy ones. The light tapping on her door pulled her out of her trance.

-"It's open."

Molly's head poked around the door. "I'm sorry to bother you."

-"You're not bothering me sweetheart." Alexis replied flatly.

Her daughter took a moment. She tried to quell the panic that had started rising in her as soon as she got the call from TJ. Molly made her tone as even as possible, "So, Mom…"

Alexis shot up. "What happened?"

-"OK, don't panic."

-"Molly, when you tell me that, I'm going to panic."

-"Kristina and Sam took Danny out to get breakfast this morning."

-"Are they OK? Where are they?"

-"They're OK. They're just down at the police station."

-"Why? Where's Danny?"

-"Sam got arrested. And don't worry about Danny. TJ has him and is bringing him home."

Alexis sighed as she threw off the covers and went to the closet, "Thank God for TJ." She pulled out a suit and looked at Molly quizzically, "Why didn't Kristina just bring him home?"

Molly gulped. "Kristina got arrested, too."

Alexis pulled into a parking space, slowly rolled her neck and took a deep breath before she emerged from her Prius. The first familiar face she saw when she entered the PCPD was her former client's.

-"Sonny, why are you here?"

-"I heard about Kristina. I want to make sure she gets out."

-"How did you—" She spied Shawn standing behind him. "Never mind. Question answered." Alexis turned to Sonny. "I have to go get my girls released, so if you can just stay here and not make any noise? That would help me immensely."

She turned to walk away when Sonny grabbed her arm. "Hey. I'm really sorry about Nikolas," he said softly.

-"While I appreciate that Sonny, I'm kind of feeding off my anger right now so…"

-"Yup. We don't want to make you sad. Can I ask a favor though?"

-"What?"

His eyes lit up. "Can I watch?"

Alexis sighed, rolled her eyes and walked away. As she came around the corner, she saw Sam first, cuffed to a desk. She walked over and kissed her head. Alexis squatted down so she could meet her at eye level. "They arrested you for the murders?"

Sam nodded. "Yeah."

-"Alright. Stay here. Say *nothing*. I'm going to get your sister out of here first. Did you see it? What did she do?"

-"She yelled at Dante and shoved him. Det. Nagy really wanted to take her in, so Dante gave in to ease the situation."

-"I'm going to kill him. Probably not here, though."

Alexis stood and turned around to see Kristina secured to the desk closest to the door. As she approached, Kristina sank deeper into her chair. Alexis bent and whispered in her ear. "I am tempted to let you stay overnight and teach you a lesson, but since you didn't learn it the *last* time you were in jail, let's see if getting you out is a more effective strategy." She stood and mouthed to her daughter: "Not. One. Word."

She looked around the room to find a police officer she felt like talking to, as she was too angry to talk to Dante or his partner. Alexis eyed Nathan, but felt she should spare him any interactions with Sam or herself. As she weighed a series of bad options, Anna strode into the room. Problem solved.

-"Commissioner, I'd like to speak with my client."

Anna looked surprised to see her. "Alexis! You're here already?"

-"I'm sorry?"

-"Well, when my detectives called to arrange Sam's surrender, I just assumed you would want it later in the day."

Alexis turned to glare at the arresting officers and noticed that Dante's eyes were already burning into his partner.

-"Somehow her voluntary surrender was an ambush outside Kelly's while she was getting breakfast with her son."

-"What? What happened?"

Alexis put her hand up and shook her head. "Nope. You have that discussion with your detectives. And while you do that, I'd like to speak with my other client."

Anna was puzzled until she saw Sonny. "Ahh. Mr. Corinthos," a slow smile crawled across her face. "And to what do we owe the pleasure of your company?" Sonny silently beamed his widest smile at her. "Ah, I should know better than to ask you a question. You've been through this routine enough. OK, let's get you two an interview room—"

-"Anna." Alexis shook her head in frustration.

-"What is it Alexis?"

-"He's not my client."

Anna was puzzled. "He's not? Then why is he here? Is he waiting for Diane?"

-"Oh my God I can't believe this day," Alexis muttered to herself. "No Commissioner. He's not waiting for Diane. Sonny is here because *she's* my client." Anna's eyes followed Alexis's outstretched arm that pointed to Kristina.

-"So Sam was arrested outside Kelly's?" Anna asked.

-"Yup."

-"And Kristina was arrested, too?"

-"Yup."

Anna turned to a uniformed officer. "Please show Ms. Davis and her dau— *client* to the interrogation room. Detectives Falconieri and Nagy, can I see you in my office?"

Kristina became more nervous as the officer shut the door, leaving her alone with her mother. Alexis sat, arms crossed. "What happened?"

-"I'm sorry, Mom. It was just so ridiculous."

-"What was?"

-"We were getting breakfast, minding our own business. We had Danny, we were coming out of Kelly's and she just arrested Sam. In front of Danny. She went to put the cuffs on her—"

-"Det. Nagy?"

-"Yes. She went to cuff Sam and I grabbed Dante to make him talk to me. To ask him how he could do this. I was upset, and he put his arms on my shoulders and I pushed him off of me. I was just so MAD at him, you know?"

Alexis sighed. "Kristina, I know that you're upset, baby. We all are. And Dante shouldn't have put his hands on you. But you need to keep your temper under control." She shook her head. "Was that it?"

-"No." She looked at her mother who raised an eyebrow, signaling for her to continue. "Det. Nagy came over to put me in handcuffs."

-"For what?"

-"Assaulting an officer."

-"Dante?" Alexis asked incredulously.

-"Yes." Kristina watched her mother's eyes grow hard. "So she came to put cuffs on me and grabbed my arm. I twisted to get away from her and then Shawn stepped in to calm down the situation."

-"And that's her 'resisting arrest' charge."

-"Yes."

-"And that's it. That's all that happened. I mean it, Kristina, now is not the time to keep anything from me."

-"I swear, Mom. That's what happened."

-"Wait here."

Alexis emerged from the interrogation room and went straight for Anna. "Commissioner, a word."

-"Of course, Ms. Davis. We can go to my office."

They walked down the hallway and the door had barely caught in the latch when Alexis started. "You're not serious with this? Really? She's arrested for pushing her brother?"

-"He's a police officer, Alexis. Det. Nagy was just following procedure."

-"Oh cut the shit, Anna." Alexis snapped. She took a moment to breathe. "I'm sorry. That was uncalled for. We've had a terrible couple of days."

Anna's eyes looked to her hands. "I really am sorry about Nikolas, Alexis."

-"Not now, Anna. Please? I'm sure you're being sincere, but I'm having a hard time processing that right now when you've locked up two of my daughters less than 36 hours after their cousin died."

-"You could have told me this outside."

Alexis sighed. "I didn't trust my temper. OK, let's start with Kristina, then. She got in a fight with her brother, Anna. She was upset that you were arresting Sam in front of Danny on the street. You're seriously going to arrest her for that? And if you're not, please don't posture. Because then I give you my list of threats and you counter and I counter...and it would just save time if you aren't planning to charge her."

Anna smiled grimly. "We're not charging her. Det. Falconieri has insisted on it."

-"And Det. Nagy?" Alexis sat down. "Let me guess. She wants Kristina in jail?"

-"Laws were broken, Alexis," Anna said half-heartedly.

-"Whatever. I don't even know what to say to that, Anna. It's ridiculous. But whatever. Let's talk about Sam. Why now? Why are you arresting her now?"

Anna sighed. "I put it off as long as I could, Alexis. Scott has the press breathing down his back and we have a good case."

-"You can't believe she did this, Anna."

-"Alexis…we have some new, very compelling evidence."

She looked at Anna and tried to hide the terror from her face. If the new compelling evidence Anna had was Sam's gun, then Julian had either failed or his boss had double-crossed him. And it meant that on top of Sam potentially going to prison, Julian was likely dead halfway across the world.