Author's Note: Thank you to everyone who read or reviewed the last chapter. A lot of you were okay with the time jump because it did spare us lots of Betty/Daniel angst, but there will be a few flashbacks moving forward to fill in some of the blanks. This is going to be one of those chapters. I apologize in advance for the lack of Betty/Daniel fluffiness, but the plot comes first.

Chapter 19: The many sins of Alexis Summers and Bradford Meade

Cleveland, Ohio (or rather one of the suburbs) July 2005

"Why the fuck did you not tell me that the person you met with in April was actually my 'not as dead as we all thought' boyfriend?" Alexis heard Jamie screamed at Faye from the booth where she was hiding.

Faye wanted to prepare Jamie before the meeting. They also chose a public place to prevent a scene. Obviously, it wasn't working. Maybe, Jamie would be freaking out less, if Marc was there, but the man was too busy with his new boyfriend and his YEIT application to come to Cleveland for this. Marc said that they were still friends, but it was complicated. To Alexis, that pretty much sums up all relationships with Jamie.

"Well, first, there was the fact that in April, you just lost your unborn child because Wilhelmina most likely had Jordan pushed down the stairs." Faye said icily. The police have found the person hired to attack Jordan and the man was facing attempted murder for hire charges. She also became the case that everybody mentions in Albany as they tried to pass feticide legislation. However, the police have been unable to connect Wilhelmina to the incident because the source of the guy's money was essentially untraceable. "You already had too much to deal with."

"Good point, but it may have been easier to deal with everything if I knew Alex wasn't dead." Jamie shot back with pain in his voice.

"Then there's the fact that Alexis fell for one of Wilhelmina's schemes and was essentially trapped." Faye continued in anger. The woman has yelled at her numerous times for believing anything Wilhelmina Slater has ever said to her, including the fact that everyone in her family would hate her for her decision to transition.

"And what scheme was that?" Jamie asked with a mixture of annoyance and skepticism.

"That it would just be easier on everybody if Alex Meade died." Alexis said, getting up from the booth behind to sit next to Faye. She looked very different than she did in January now that she had breasts and her facial features now look slightly more feminine, even if she did have Jamie's nose. As soon as she took off the glasses, Jamie knew that it was her. There was this look of pain in his eyes that Alexis knew she was responsible for. She hated that.

"Well, it wasn't," Jamie whispered.

"I realized that now," Alexis said, with her voice, almost breaking. "I wasn't exactly thinking straight after hearing my dad say that he would rather me be dead than for me to live as my true self. Wilhelmina convinced me that everyone else would feel the same way, and she was the only one that could help me." Just for a second Alexis saw something like empathy in Jamie's eyes, but it was gone just as fast as it came. "After she heard the entire exchange with Bradford, she promised me a new life. I was desperate. So I made a deal with the devil."

"What did you have to give her?" Jamie asked quickly. Alexis wished she asked that question when this all began. She just needed a way out of being Alex Meade, so badly that she really did not calculate the true cost. She explained to Jamie, Wilhelmina's original plan to take over Mode magazine by having Alexis come back from the dead to take over the company once she had Bradford arrested for tax evasion or one of the other illegal things that the man was doing. She also explained how Daniel becoming a better man and Jordan becoming pregnant completely changed everything.

"The old plan would not work anymore because Bradford adjusted the will naming Daniel his successor when he went off to Paris to help take care of mom. That's when she told me that she started seducing Bradford for the sake of discrediting him." Alexis spat out with disdain. She did not believe the lie then, and she really does not believe it now.

"Claire, falling off the wagon so spectacularly was your fault. Losing you killed her. If it wasn't for DJ and Betty's baby I think she would still be freefalling," Jamie told him in a bitter voice.

"I know that." Alexis screamed on the verge of tears. She would like to blame the hormone treatments, but that would be a lie. The guilt has been slowly eating her from the inside for months now. It feels like she's about to explode. Faye stays quiet next to her because maybe a part of her feels just as responsible.

"In that case, you will be happy to know that she has been sober since her last little slip up after walking in on her soon-to-be ex-husband fucking your partner in crime." In their entire acquaintance, Jamie has never given her a look as hateful as the one he is giving her now. She deserved it.

"She is not my partner in crime. She hasn't been sent she moved on to plan B where she started fucking my fath-Bradford and paid for someone to push Jordan down a flight of stairs. I don't want to have anything to do with someone who thinks it is okay to hurt you or Jordan in any way." The name was whispered so softly that she almost wonders if Jamie heard her at all.

"So you know for a fact that she killed my child?" Jamie's voice broke as he spoke.

"It is nothing I can give to the police. Since I'm a dead woman, it's not like I can testify against her. She all but confessed to it the day after it happened. She expected me to be happy about it. For months, she has been trying to convince me that nobody actually cares about me, and you and Jordan were fucking behind my back the entire time. But I knew better because I have the real story."

"How?" Jamie asked her.

"I read every single letter you wrote me. Your therapy letters save me from becoming her pawn completely. I know I fucked up Jamie. I am here because I realize that I can't let Wilhelmina get away with it."

"Okay," Jamie said simply.

"Why are you here now if you were so trapped with Wilhelmina?"

"Alex Meade died May 5 of complications of plastic surgery," Faye said smirking.

"That doesn't surprise me considering you are an expert at faking your death," Jamie said bitterly. Alexis deserved that.

"It wasn't exactly that hard to convince the doctor to play along," Faye continued. "For one thing Alexis had a lot more money at her disposal. Bradford's 'special accountants' are indispensable for that reason alone."

"The incident wasn't exactly investigated because it's hard to prove that you killed someone who is legally already dead," Alexis added. "Especially because Wilhelmina paid the surgeon an obscene amount of money to do the surgery anyway, despite his concerns for my health."

"So where have you been for the last two months?" Jamie asked.

"Recovering from a successful breast augmentation and nose job. I really do like Puerto Rico this time a year." Alexis explain.

"You do have a nice tan," Jamie said offhandedly.

"I also now have Jordan's breasts." Alexis said pointing to her chest as Faye rolled her eyes beside her.

"I don't know, they are a little bigger now. It was one of the side effects of…" Jamie doesn't finish, and Alexis grabs his hand. She is shocked that he doesn't push her away.

"Unfortunately, there were unintended consequences of Wilhelmina losing her favorite minion." Alexis looked at Faye darkly as she spoke.

"You mean the thing she did with paying Betty's doctor to switch the paternity results and threatening her dad and your boyfriend with deportation." Jamie said out loud in this was the first time she heard about the deportation thing. However, Amanda told her about the paternity test being switched when she came to Alexis is hiding place in New Jersey to give her one of her makeup lessons.

"He's a nice man," Faye said defensively. "He cares about his daughters and his grandsons, including the one that's not even born yet. He actually cares about me."

"I'm sure you find that refreshing compared to the monster you use to date." Alexis mumbled, referring to the man who sired her. She doesn't even like calling him father, he doesn't deserve the title. He never did.

"I am the first one to admit that Bradford has made a lot of mistakes, but he did end things with Wilhelmina to try to fix things with your mom. Also, I really do believe that he wanted the grandbabies." Jamie said in defense of the man which completely shocked Alexis. The only nice things that Jamie ever had to say about Bradford Meade in the past usually revolved only around his business skills and usually those were backhanded compliments.

"I'm sure Wilhelmina thought that too, which is why she has conveniently removed the grandbabies one way or the other. She's desperate. A desperate Wilhelmina Slater is a dangerous Wilhelmina Slater." Faye said cautiously. "I don't trust her to just stop at deportation threats in an effort to keep your brother away from his girlfriend's child."

"You know if you weren't dead you could be the one in France taking care of DJ and Daniel would be here, and Betty would not be so vulnerable to the wicked bitch." Jamie said in an accusing tone.

"Do you really think the French courts are going to turn over custody of an 11-year-old boy to a transgender woman in the middle of transition? Especially with Lucy's parents fighting for their little trust fund grandchild. Daniel is the better choice." It shocks her to say that. A year ago Alexis would not even consider Daniel responsible enough to take care of a pet let alone an actual child, but she trusted him, probably more than anyone else to make sure DJ would be okay. Besides he needed a dad, not another mom.

"You may have a point. But you owe him so much," Jamie told her.

"I know. That's why I'm here to protect my nephew, my own child, and to take Wilhelmina Slater down by any means necessary," She said, looking Jamie directly in the eye.

"Is that the only reason?" Jamie asked.

"No, but I'm not sure you're ready to forgive me. I'm not sure you ever will be." Alexis said, looking down at the table.

"I don't know, but Jordan is going to kill you," Jamie said in all seriousness.

"I know."

July 2006

"I can't believe Wilhelmina actually used the funeral of the mother of Bradford's grandson to announce their engagement." Jamie said as he sat down on the couch between her and Jordan. "Although, you do have to hand it to Claire for not punching her out every time the woman flashed her engagement ring in front of her."

This funeral has been a disaster from very uncomfortable meetings with family members who don't know her to Wilhelmina using this solemn occasion to broadcast the fact that she somehow tricked Bradford into marrying her. Alexis wondered why she even came. Jordan and Jamie were Daniel's best friends, and it made sense for the couple to be there, especially because Betty couldn't be there, due to classes and Alex. As far as Daniel was concerned she was just their secret girlfriend that the public knew nothing about and the nice woman who babysits Alex. Daniel had no idea that she is his sibling. Then again, there are a lot of things Daniel is unaware of such as the fact that Alex is his son.

The public story, or rather the version that they told their friends was that Alexis started dating Jordan and Jamie in January. The truth of the matter is that they started rebuilding their relationship last July after her confession. That night she followed Jamie back to the beach house where Jordan was recovering from the miscarriage. She was simultaneously slapped and hugged. There may have been angry wall sex that became makeup sex at some point, but not that day. There was a lot of therapy involved, and thankfully, Marisol's cousin was very discrete. Jordan even stayed with her when she went through phase 2 of her transformation. It was a lot easier to go through everything, when she had someone with her.

"I'm not. This is Wilhelmina Slater. What do you expect from a woman who…" Jordan stated.

"You can't choose just one evil thing, can you?" Jamie asked with a smile as he placed his arms around both Jordan and Alexis. At least in Europe, they could be a little bit more affectionate with each other in public.

"Not really," Jordan said with a shrug.

"Can we just include everything that falls under the heading of trying to take over Faye's job?" Alexis suggested.

"I am personally going to go with her manipulating Bradford into marrying her," Jamie said. "I don't think he's taking Faye getting married very well, and this is his reaction."

"Or mo-Claire dating Cal Hartley," Alexis almost said mom in public. It's hard for her to think of her mother as Claire, it's even harder for her to say it out loud. Mom still didn't know that she was among the living, and she would hate for the woman to find out because she overheard something at this farce of a funeral.

"I don't think the revelation about the secret love child was doing him any favors either." Jordan added with a snicker.

In her defense, Alexis was going to tell her mother everything before she went under the knife for phase 2 and then she found out about Tyler by watching CNN and was a little upset that her mother kept the Tyler thing a secret. Let's just say she felt a little less horrible about pretending to be dead because of that particular bombshell.

"I still think it was Faye marrying Mr. Suarez that convinced him to propose, but it was mom and Cal Hartley that led to him dating her again." Daniel said as he placed his arms around Jordan to give her a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"Loneliness makes people do really strange things." Jamie said just as he hugged Daniel too.

"And unfortunately in my father's case that strange thing is marrying Wilhelmina Slater. I'm so glad you guys came." Daniel said, pulling away from Jamie.

"I wouldn't let them not be here. You need your friends at a time like this." Alexis said after a moment. Daniel just looked at her quizzically. She wondered if Daniel recognized her. Wilhelmina has not, and she sees the woman on a weekly basis. However, Daniel has known her his entire life. Jordan and Jamie tell her that the eyes give her away every time.

"Daniel, this is Alexis." Jamie says as Alexis extends her hand for him to shake.

"Yes, Alex's favorite babysitter. Betty talks about you all the time. You're such a big help for her." Alexis is sure Daniel doesn't bring up the fact that she's dating Jordan and Jamie because they're in public.

"It's nothing. I've recently discovered I love kids, and Alex is adorable." She loves her time with Alex. Sometimes being with her nephew is the best part of her day and she wouldn't trade it for anything. She didn't think that she would be good with kids at all, but she was actually great at it.

"Children are all great when their adorable and not talking yet, but when their upset 12-year-old boys, it's a mess." Her brother said, gesturing to the upset child sitting in the corner. He really does look like the ghost of her former self. She hasn't even tried to talk to her son yet. She doesn't feel like she has a right to. As far as Alexis's concern Daniel is DJs father, and she will just be the girlfriend of his father's two friends. Even that fact is difficult for most 12-year-olds to get. Betty's nephew has already asked a lot of interesting questions over the last six months.

"He lost his mom. This is going to be hard for him. You just need to be there for him. Lucy was a very remarkable woman, and I'm sure that both you and your son are going to miss her a lot." Alexis said as she closed her eyes as she remembered the beautiful and carrying woman she met 13 years ago.

She regretted sleeping with Lucy because she broke Daniel's heart. Even though, she doesn't really know her son, except for secondhand anecdotes from Betty, Jordan, and Jamie, she does not regret DJ's existence. Perhaps the real reason why she was here was to say her own goodbyes to Lucy.

"You knew Lucy?" Daniel asked, and Alexis realize that she said too much.

"We ran around in the same circle," Alexis responded cryptically.

"You're not one of Claudette's ex-girlfriends, are you? I don't think she can take anymore drama today."

"No, I never dated Claudette." Alexis said with a laugh. If only Daniel knew how much drama the truth could bring to this already dreadful funeral. "Like you, I'm a trust fund child and spent a lot of my childhood in Europe before I found myself. Now I'm a blogger and run a charity for transgendered youth in New York City. I think you need to spend quality time with your friends instead of chatting up some stranger. I'm going to let you three catch up." Alexis said excusing herself from the couch. Daniel needed his friends, not her.

For almost a moment, Alexis wished Daniel knew who she really was, but this wasn't the time or place. Unlike Wilhelmina Slater, she didn't need to be the center of attention. However, she did need alcohol, especially when she looked over to see her mother now hugging DJ in the corner.

With her mother and Jordan's trouble with the drink, Alexis knows that she should avoid the bar. She knows that she really should avoid it when she sees Bradford with glass in hand drinking the same drink he did the night that he destroyed the last bit of respect and love that she ever held for him. She tried to walk away, but he saw her. Also, if she was going to have to talk to the man at some point today she should have a drink. Even though she was at the Meade offices regularly, she rarely saw Bradford. Because Jordan was Jamie's public significant other Alexis did not even have to worry about running into the man at the annual Black and White ball or a very corporate Thanksgiving.

"Your Alexis, Jamie's…" He stops not exactly sure of the polite way to ask that. That unnerves Alexis because Bradford Meade is anything but polite.

"Girlfriend," Alexis said. She sat down next to him. "Although, I really think of myself as Jamie and Jordan's girlfriend," She added, just before ordering something very strong from the bartender and perfect French. For some reason, Bradford couldn't stop staring at her.

"Of course. Jamie says that you also run a charity for transgender youth." The fact that Bradford knew about her charity work shocked her. The fact that he cared at all was just as unnerving.

"Yes, I am the founder and chair of Alex's house." The idea for the charity came from a conversation with Betty about how she wanted to make things better for others like her, and she didn't think the blog was really making a difference. For some reason, Bradford actually seemed engrossed when she told him an edited version of this conversation. She also told Bradford about her goal of creating a safe house for transgender youth in New York by 2008. She wanted to make sure nobody ever felt as alone as she did especially if they were rejected by their family.

Her charity was a safe subject to talk about, and if she can convince him to make a donation all the better. She is perfectly happy taking the money of any rich person that will give it to her. Of course, the subject became unbelievably unsafe when Alexis made the mistake of asking him why he was so interested in her charity.

"I'm sure you heard the tabloid reports about the death of my oldest son." Bradford said as he took another drink.

"He died in a ski accident." Alexis said, giving the original cover story.

"And I'm sure that despite the confidentiality agreements, your lovers told you that it was no accident." She hates herself now for that video. It was such a mistake, and it was one thing that was the hardest for Jordan and Jamie to forgive her for. Sometimes she's not even sure if they really have forgiven her for that.

"We have a very honest relationship. It's the only way this thing is going to work. Jamie and Jordan did choose a name for my charity." Alexis told him truthfully.

"Then you know I said a lot of things to Alex that that I shouldn't have. I wish I could take it back now, but…" He stopped there unable to finish.

"This is my card. I think Alex's House can benefit from being the beneficiary of this year's Black and White Ball. This isn't the place to discuss this, but when you get back call my assistant to set up a meeting." With that, he finished his drink and left, leaving Alexis to stare at the card in bewilderment. What happen to the man who told her that he rather have a dead son, then a living daughter?

August 2006

There were some days where her namesake absolutely drove Alexis crazy. She loved her nephew when he wasn't throwing mushed carrots or Cheerios at her. Jamie and Jordan were at some dreadful business dinner that Alexis is glad she doesn't have to do any more. Betty was probably passed out in a library somewhere. Finals were slowly killing her.

Alexis doesn't mind because it means quality nephew time. Usually she shares lots of stories about dressing Daniel up in their mother's Bob Mackie dresses or all the other thing she did to torture her brother growing up. Alex just smiles and giggles at her and Alexis feels a little less horrible for her role in keeping Alex away from his dad. However, the Cheerios now covering her hair have pretty much alleviated that residual guilt.

As she started to remove the cereal from her body the doorbell rang. Because she doesn't trust Alex not to cover the kitchen with more cereal and baby vegetables she picks up the toddler to open her door. She is shocked to see Bradford standing there. The man rarely came to visit her when she was still Alex.

"If you're here to see Jamie, he is not here right now." She said, barely opening the door. "Jordan and Jamie are out to dinner trying to convince Brian's Boutique to buy six pages in the next issue of Hudson. The idiot enjoys looking at Jordan's cleavage just a little too much, so I expect that they will be very successful." Alexis said in slight annoyance. This was one of those times when she's glad she is not the public significant other. She would be halfway tempted to break the man's fingers if he even tried anything with her, but then again Jordan probably would be too. That's probably why she loved the woman so much.

"Jamie is very good at what he does, and it's because of him, Hudson is only second to MODE and only, by a very slim margin." Bradford said, praising Jamie.

"That's the healthy competition between him and Faye Somers." She said with a smile. Jamie and Faye really did respect each other now mostly because they both love fucking with Wilhelmina.

"Jamie and Jordan will probably be gone at least another hour. I can have him call you when he gets back. It must be something bad if you're here in person. We didn't lose Leo for the November cover?" She asked worriedly. It had to be something very bad for him to be here in person.

"No. I 'm actually here to speak with you." Bradford said, taking a step inside the townhouse. "You never contact me about Alex's House working with Meade Publishing."

"I felt it was better if I worked with your business partner, Claire Meade." For half a second Bradford's eyes closed as she referred to her mom as merely his business partner. She is well aware that the entire divorce was a very painful thing for the man.

She chose to work with her mom because it was less painful being around her, but only marginally. At least three times during the course of their hour-long business meeting, he wanted to tell her that Alex was not dead, but rather sitting in front of her as Alexis Summers.

"I know, but this was something that I wanted to work with you directly on." He told her for reasons Alexis did not quite understand. Bradford was never that into the more philanthropic aspects of Meade Publishing.

"As long as we get to help young people who really need it, it really doesn't matter," she told the man.

"You're right. Claire is very impressed by you. She reads your blog regularly. She finds it refreshing and believes we can use somebody with your perspective here at Meade Publications." Alexis was pleased that her mom actually likes her blog.

"Like a monthly article for Out in Business or Diversity Business?" Alexis asked, referring to Meade's two niche business magazines. She wasn't as good of a writer as Daniel, but it sounded like something she could do. She did miss the publishing world a little. "How do you feel about this?" However, she wouldn't say yes until she was sure that Bradford would be comfortable with her working for him even if he did not know who she really was.

"I think she is right, and I would like more from you than just a monthly article. Meade Publications is planning on launching a new women's magazine called MYW in January. We originally planned for acclaimed writer Sofia Reyes to become the EIC of the project, but there was an incident and both Claire and I no longer believe she is truly qualified for the position." Bradford said cryptically, but Alexis gets all the best gossip from Marisol and Amanda and already knew what really happened.

"You mean her trying to sleep with Claire's boyfriend's son, who just recently got out of rehab for sex addiction, for the sole purpose of getting publicity for her latest book." That little fiasco was all over the news last month before Tyler decided to take Matt to Canada.

"Essentially, that is what happened. Claire and I would like you to consider taking over for Sofia Reyes." Okay Alexis wasn't expecting that. As far as the man knew she was grossly under qualified.

"I run a little blog. I don't have any experience with the magazine industry." That statement was true only as applied to Alexis's history, but he didn't need to know that.

"I know that's not true. For example, I know that you helped Jamie with the April issue of Hudson when it was destroyed by a computer virus." It was a Wilhelmina introduced computer virus, but Bradford did not know that. It was meant only to cripple MODE, but it managed to get both magazines instead. The only reason why she was helping Jamie was because Jamie loaned out Monique and Marc to Faye just to guarantee that Wilhelmina would not win the latest round. "I also know you're already assisting Jamie and Monique with Hudson's 10 designers to watch for September fashion week."

"That's just helping out my overstressed boyfriend," Alexis said innocently. When things went to hell at Hudson, she was always willing to help out. Besides, the less work that Jamie had to do, the more fun private time Alexis had with both her boyfriend and girlfriend.

"Unlike our original candidate, Sofia Reyes, Alex, you have also launched a magazine before." If she was holding anything but her nephew, she would have dropped it to the floor. She almost felt her knees go out. He knows. How the hell can he know?

"You know who I am?" She asked, shaking, just as Alex started to cry. Wordlessly, Bradford took the boy from her arms. The way that he looked at Alex everything just snapped into place. "You know everything?"

"Just because it seems like I didn't care that did not mean that I did not pay attention to you and your brother. I was always very involved in you and your brother's life. I knew about Jamie, and I knew about Betty, as well as the fact that Alex is my grandson. You don't think it's a coincidence that Betty earns the same amount of money as any full-time assistant and is entitled to perks that most editors don't get or her dangerous ex suddenly got a new job in Baltimore?" Bradford's words shocked the hell out of her. She couldn't believe he was that aware of everything. "However, I still don't understand why she switched the paternity test."

She was also pissed.

"If it was actually Betty who switched the test I would say it's because she doesn't want money or anything else from you. But it wasn't Betty who did it. The only thing she really wants is Daniel to be here with her, but she can't have that because of that wretched bitch that you are about to marry. She threatened to have Betty's father deported if she stayed with Daniel or even lets him know that Alex is really his son. I guess she's afraid of another grandbaby taking another piece of your broken empire." Alexis shouted at the man.

"Alex,"

"That name only belongs to your grandson now. Your Alex is dead, Bradford." Alexis said bitterly as tears started to street down her face. "You killed him by trying to make him into your imperfect image. Honestly, I don't give a fuck if you believe me or not. I don't need your approval anymore; I'm a lot happier without it."

"Alexis," Bradford said softer this time.

"I think you need to leave." She said grabbing Alex from his arms. "I need to finish feeding Alex and I promised Betty I would try to give him a bath before she gets back from the library. He really is as bad as Daniel when it comes to bath time. Just let me be Alexis right now. She's a better person than Alex was anyway." Alexis said through her tears as she held baby Alex closer to her.

"Okay," He said leaving her house without protest. When Jamie and Jordan showed up 30 minutes later after the world's worst business dinner she told neither about the fact that her father knows that she is not dead.

She tried not to think about it at all until a text message from an unknown number showed up a few hours later.

You're right. It's over. I'm sorry, little bug.

She is sure it was from Bradford because he was the only one who ever called her 'little bug' and he hasn't done that since she was five years old and he screamed at her for running around in her mother's designer gowns.

Alexis made the mistake of letting Jordan use her cell phone to check on Betty when she doesn't arrive to the house on time that morning. The message is still up for Jordan to see. That's when she tells her girlfriend everything. She wasn't allowed to keep anything from Jordan or Jamie. It was a part of the conditions for her being allowed back into their life.

"Are you sure it was Bradford that texted you last night? I'm not even entirely sure he knows how to use his cell phone." Jordan joked and Alexis had to agree with her. She was the one who had to show him how to use his first blackberry.

"If he did break up with the wicked bitch, it will be all over fashion TV with her new minion spinning everything to make her look better," Jamie said, referring to the newest host of fashion TV Suzuki St. Pierre. By breaking the news about Faye secret relationship with the chef at Wilhelmina's request he was able to get his own TV show on the network.

Alexis was hoping to see the happy news of her fat-Bradford finally ending things with Wilhelmina once and for all. Instead, there's footage of a body being brought out of her childhood home. Her eyes are starting to blur, but she can still read the words on the screen. Her heart stopped. It can't be true. It's not true. That's when Jamie received a call from Marisol and Jordan gets one from Betty. She doesn't even listen because everything around her has gone blurry. The word heart attack was mentioned but Alexis knows better. Her father was perfectly healthy last night when he held his youngest grandson and offered her a job knowing full well who she really was. He listened to her when she told him what Wilhelmina really did to Betty so much that if the text message was to be believe he ended things last night.

"That fucking bitch," was the only thing Alexis said as she collapsed to the ground in shock as she comprehended what really happened. In her heart she knew this was no accident. Wilhelmina Slater murdered her father, she was sure of it.

To be continued.

I decided to give Suzuki his job earlier than in Canon because it's just easier on me if there is a regular Fashion TV reporter. At least I gave a good reason for him having the job sooner in this reality.