CHAPTER THIRTY

SONNY’S PENTHOUSE:

Sonny: Bobbie, there’s nothing I can do.

Bobbie: Sonny, you owe Roy and me. You have to do something.

Carly: Look, Mama, I understand you’re upset, but Sonny doesn’t owe you and Roy anything. Whatever debt you think he owes you and Roy he repaid when he helped Roy save his skanky daughter and got shot in the process.

Sonny: Bobbie, I don’t know what you expect me to do. I’m not God, I’m just a mobster.

Bobbie: You’re not telling me what I want to hear.

Sonny: I’m sorry, Bobbie, but there’s nothing I can do.

Bobbie: You could buy off a judge and have the charges dropped.

Sonny: No judge is going to drop the charges against Roy for any amount of money. Are you forgetting who the victim is in this case? Stefan Cassadine. No one in their right mind would try and cross a Cassadine. There’s only one way you’re going to get the charges against Roy dropped and that’s if Stefan Cassadine drops them, himself. And I don’t see that happening, do you?

SANDUSKY, OHIO:

CEDAR POINT AMUSEMENT PARK:

Andreas(looks around as they walk through the milling crown)Madam, I think we may be a little overdressed. Everyone is staring at us.

Helena; Just ignore them, Andreas. Peasants always stare when in the presence of their betters. Now where are Juan Santiago and Ned Ashton having their little concert thing.

Andreas: I think it must be in the direction of all those screaming teenagers.

Helena: I think you’re right, Andreas. Let’s head over in that direction.(Juan is on stage singing as they approach. Helena makes a face as she listens to him sing)

Andreas: Is it just me, Madam, or does he stink?

Helena: He definitely stinks. It just proves these Americans have no taste. Come on, let’s head backstage and find Mr. Ashton. Time is of the essence for our dear Natasha.

STEFAN’S ROOM, GENERAL HOSPITAL:

Stefan(opens his eyes to see Bobbie standing by his bed glaring down at him)Barbara, what do I owe the privilege of this unexpected visit. Have you come to express your heartfelt sympathies over what the Neanderthal you’re sleeping with did to me. I’m touched.

Bobbie: How dare you! How dare you have Roy arrested!

Stefan: (smiled)So Alexis did what I asked of her. Excellent!

Bobbie: Do you have any idea what could happen to Roy. He could die! All the inmates know he was a snitch for the FBI.

Stefan: It’s none of my concern. If Mr. DeLucca didn’t want to suffer the consequences for being a stool pigeon then he shouldn’t have assaulted me.

Bobbie: Roy did not assault you.

Stefan: Of course, how silly of me to forget. I threw myself backwards against the edge of my desk.

Bobbie: It was an accident. Roy didn’t mean to do it. You provoked him.

Stefan: Roy is a grown man responsible for his own actions. The fact that I provoked him is no excuse for what he did.

Bobbie; Then you refuse to drop the charges against him?

Stefan: I most certainly do. If I have to face possible death, why shouldn’t he. He’s the one who put me in this hospital bed. It’s his fault I’m laying in this hospital bed in need of a kidney transplant.

Bobbie; Stefan, you and I both know that’s not true. Your kidneys were bad long before Roy pushed you.

Stefan: That’s another thing. How dare you go through my private medical file. If I wanted everyone to know about my condition I would have taken an ad out in the paper.

Bobbie; That’s exactly why I did it. To pay you back for trying to get me fired while I was on the run with Roy. You meddled in my life and I returned the favor.

Stefan: Get out!

Bobbie: Gladly, but this isn’t over between us. You will drop the charges against Roy.

Stefan; I will when Hell freezes over.

Bobbie; Well, that may happen sooner than you think. Very soon now, you may be in the position where I hold all the cards and you’ll be forced to do what I say.(with that she stormed out of the room)

BACKSTAGE AT THE CONCERT, CEDAR POINT:

Ned(is standing backstage watching as Juan performs on stage when he suddenly feels a chill go up his spine and he turns around to see Helena smiling at him)You!

Helena: Hello, Mr. Ashton. I do hope I haven’t missed watching you perform on stage. (she looks down at the crotch of his leather pants)I hear your act is very stimulating to the senses.

Ned; I know why your here. You’ve come to tell Emily that she’s your granddaughter, but you’re not going to get a chance to do it, because I’m not going to let you within ten feet of her.

Helena; How very protective of you. Too bad you didn’t have the same devotion towards Alexis. By the way, Mr. Ashton, just when was the last time you talked to her, anyway?