CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

SONNY‘S PENTHOUSE:

Sonny(wearing a tuxedo opens the door to Alexis)Alexis, what are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be getting ready to attend the Nurses Ball.

Alexis: I’m heading back to the gatehouse to do that, but I had to come here first. I need your help.

Sonny: That’s a first. Usually, I’m the one coming to you needing your help.

Alexis: I just found out that I’m not really a Cassadine. Mikkos Cassadine wasn’t my father. I need to know who was. Well you help me?

Sonny: Shouldn’t Ned be the one you should be asking you to help you. You two are planning on getting married, after all.

Alexis: Ned’s plotting some sort of revenge against Helena for what she did to me, recently. I don’t want to bother him with this. Besides, considering how you feel about a father knowing his child, I thought you’d be the one to come to. So, will you help me?

Sonny: Just tell me how?

Alexis: I want you to help me find my father.

Sonny: And how do we go about doing that.

Alexis: I know next to nothing about my mother. I want you to get your people to find out everything they can about my mother. Maybe they’ll be able to uncover some clue to my father’s identity.

Sonny: Consider it done. As soon as I get any information, I’ll call you.

Alexis: (leans over and kisses him on the cheek. As she does her eyes meet with a furiously glaring Carly standing on the stairs)Hello, Carly, I was just leaving.

Carly: Glad to hear it.(as soon as Alexis is out the door, Carly demands answers)You want to tell me what she was doing all over you a few minutes ago.

Sonny: Watch it, Carly, your jealousy is showing.

Carly: You didn’t answer my question. Why was she putting her lawyer lips all over your face.(she reaches over and starts rubbing at his cheek to wipe Alexis kiss off his face)

Sonny: Carly, if you don’t stop rubbing at my face your going to rub my dimples right off my cheeks. To answer your question, she was just thanking me for doing her a favor.

Carly: What’s the favor?

Sonny: Never mind. Are you ready to go to the ball, Cinderella.

Carly: Yeah, I just hope this isn’t a sign of how this evening is going to go.

STEFAN ROOM, GENERAL HOSPITAL:

Stefan(stares at his reflection in the mirror as he straightens his tie)That ought to do it. (he goes over to the nightstand and picks up the phone receiver)This is Stefan Cassadine. I’d like a report on Barbara Spencer’s whereabouts at present. (he listens for a second)Excellent, so she just entered the Nurses Ball. I’ll be arriving there shortly, myself, and be able to take over the surveillance of her, tonight. But when she leaves the Nurses Ball I don’t want you to let her out of your sight. She’s to be watched constantly until I find out what she’s up to.

Ned(enters)So, you’re planning on attending the ball.

Stefan: Do you have a problem with that, Ashton? I give generously to the ball every year, so why shouldn’t I attend. Shouldn’t you be shimmying into your tight leather pants to perform as you do every year. Just why are you here, anyway.

Ned: Have you heard that Alexis isn’t really your sister.

Stefan: Of course, Alexis told me at once.

Ned: Well, now that you know Alexis isn’t your sister, I think it’s time you cut her loose. That’s why I’m here. I want you to tell Alexis you wanting nothing more to do with her and I want your promise the next time you have a problem you won’t come to Alexis looking for her help in dealing with it.

Stefan: Ashton, Alexis and I have known each other since we were children. We’ve done a lot of terrible things to each other, but we share a bond that can never be broken. Not by the fact she isn’t really my sister or by you. That’s threatens you, doesn’t it? What’s the matter? Now that Alexis and I aren’t related are you afraid something of a romantic nature might happen between us?

Ned: I haven’t forgotten the way you caused Alexis and I to break-up when we first got together. If you’re honest with yourself you’ll admit your feelings for Alexis have never been that of a cousin or a brother. Just know I won’t allow you to take Alexis from me. I’m willing to fight just as dirty as you to keep her.(with that Ned walks out the door)

HELENA’S YACHT:

Helena(smiles at Andreas)Well, Andreas, tonight is the night.

Andreas: Are you sure you really want to do this at the Nurses Ball. I thought you wanted to wait until a few more women were murdered before disposing of Tammy Carson.

Helena: I’ve changed my mind. I want that annoying woman gone, now. As long as she’s around she’ll continue to interfere with my plan. Besides, killing someone well known by most of the people in Port Charles will make our killer’s reputation. I still haven’t decided what we should call him. The Sex Toy Stalker doesn’t have a really good ring to it.

Andreas: Madam, what if someone sees me killing her.

Helena: Andreas, you’re worrying about nothing. It’s the perfect place to commit a murder. It’ll be chaos. No one will be expecting a murder to happen, tonight. They’ll all be too busy trying to impress each other with their generosity to even notice that a murder is being committed right under their collective noses.(she holds out her arm to him)Now, shall we go?