CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

MAC’S OFFICE, PORT CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT:

Mac: So what exactly do you want to do about this?

Chloe: Mac, I would say it’s obvious. I have to go to Tammy and warn her she’s in danger.

Mac: Because you had a bad dream.

Chloe: Mac, you know it was a lot more than that. I thought you believed my dreams were psychic premonitions of the future. Were you just humoring me?

Mac: No, I believe what you’re telling me is true, but will Tammy. She barely knows you, and for you to come up to her and tell her she’s going to die because you looked at her and saw her looking like a corpse... Well, she’s liable to think you’re crazy. Besides, you said this wasn’t a dream. You just looked at her in the church and saw her looking like a corpse. Don’t you think your mind just conjured about that image because Tammy was part of the bachelorette auction at the Nurses Ball and that’s where Hannah was killed.

Chloe: No, that isn’t it. I know if I don’t warn Tammy she’s going to die and if you won’t do anything about, than I will.(with that she storms out of his office)

Mac(looks to Taggart who was standing in the doorway listening to everything.)So, what do you think?

Taggart: I don’t know what to think. Either she’s for real or she’s one very clever psychopath.

Mac: Whatever the case, I think we’d better start keeping a close eye on Tammy Carson.

SONNY’S PENTHOUSE:

Sonny: Now you know what I want you to do, Johnny?

Johnny: Yeah, while you and Carly are getting married me and Francis are to go over to the Port Charles Hotel and nab AJ Quartermaine, then we’re to take him to the warehouse you’ve purchased in his name and keep him there on ice until you and Carly return from your honeymoon.

Sonny:(smiles) By the time we return the little saucepot should be climbing the walls needing a drink. He’ll be coming apart at the seams, and when I get there, I’ll make sure he comes apart even more. It’s important no one sees you grab him. If anyone sees you it’ll ruin everything.

Johnny: Mr. Corinthos, Francis and I know what we’re doing. That goes without saying. What do you think he’ll do after you let him go?

Sonny: He’ll go to the police and try to convince them that I abducted him and tortured him. Of course, he’s going to have a little trouble getting them to believe it when they investigate. I’ve covered all the bases. I’ve paid witnesses who’ll testify that AJ bought the warehouse and I siphoned the exact amount of money from Quartermaine’s bank account that he used to buy the warehouse. I’ve thought of everything. I’ve left no stone unturned.

DR. MEADOWS OFFICE, GENERAL HOSPITAL:

Carly(finishes getting dressed after her examination)Why did you want to do all those tests?

Dr. Meadows: I noticed something a little bit strange.

Carly: Is it anything I should worry about?

Dr. Meadows: No, you’re perfectly healthy. It’s just something I need to check out.

Carly: So there’s nothing preventing Sonny and I from enjoying our wedding night in every sense of the word?

Dr. Meadows: None whatsoever. Feel free to enjoy your wedding to the fullest extent.

NURSES STATION, GENERAL HOSPITAL:

Bobbie(watching Tony looking over Emily’s test results)So, is Emily a compatible donor for Stefan.

Tony: No, they’re not a match, either. I’m going to have to contact the National Organ Bank and put Stefan on the waiting list to receive a new kidney. With the lists being as long as they are, there’s no telling when he may get a kidney.

Bobbie: Who knows, Tony. Maybe there’s still someone related to Stefan who hasn’t been tested, yet. Something could still come up.

Tony: The only member of Stefan’s family who hasn’t been tested is Helena and considering the way she feels about him, I think we’ve got a better chance of hell freezing over before she offers him one of her own kidneys.

Bobbie(watches Tony walk away)Well, I guess Roy’s right. There’s no reason to delay this any longer. It’s time I went to Stefan and told him the truth.

WYNDEMERE:

Alexis(as Stefan enters)So, how did it go?

Stefan: It was the same house. I’m positive Barbara was the whore I slept with that night. The question is why has she kept this from me.

Alexis: Stefan, maybe she doesn’t remember it’s you. I’m sure you were just one in a long line of johns for her.

Stefan: No, she remembers. I know she does. And this has something to do with why she’s been acting so strange, lately. Why she’s so interested in who might be donating a kidney to me. Why she was so relieved you weren’t a match for me.

Alexis: Stefan, she hates you. Isn’t that reason enough.

Stefan: No, it’s more than that. I even had this bizarre idea on the plane ride back from Florida about what it could be. The timing is right for me to be the father of her daughter.

Alexis: Stefan, that’s absurd. For starters, Bobbie was with a lot of men then. I doubt she even knows who the father of her child is.

Stefan: Alexis, Father wanted to make sure we didn’t catch anything from any of the whores he was taking us there to be with. So he paid a great sum of money to have our doctor examine them to prove they weren’t diseased and he paid Ruby Anderson a large sum of money to make sure they weren’t with any other men around the time we were. So it is possible she would know if I were the father or not. And if I am, Carly Benson would be a perfect candidate to donate a kidney to me.

Alexis: Then why hasn’t Bobbie come to you before this.

Stefan: She’s doing what I would do if our situations were reversed. She intends to use her knowledge to the best of her advantage. Probably something involving her jailbird gigolo. She’ll give me what I want, in exchange for what she wants. Apparently, Barbara picked up a few pointers from me when we were married.

Alexis: Are you going to confront her about what you suspect?

Stefan: No, I’m going to sit back and wait for her to make her move, then I’m going to turn the tables on her. If this is true and Barbara kept from me that Carly Benson is my daughter, she’ll will pay for that dearly. I’m make sure of it.

QUEEN OF ANGEL’S CHURCH:

AJ(slips inside and examines the structure for the best place to position himself so he can kill Sonny as he and Carly are getting married. He decides on the balcony overlooking the altar. It’ll be the perfect spot to shoot Sonny from. Then he looks at his watch. In twelve hours the wedding was scheduled to take place. He slipped into the confessional to wait. Taking a seat inside, he made himself comfortable as he took out his flask and took a sip.)Not long. Not long, at all.