CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE

HELENA’S ROOM, GENERAL HOSPITAL:

Helena(smiled at Andreas as he entered)It worked like a charm, Andreas. The oaf Mac Scorpio bought it hook, line and sinker. By the time he left Stefan came off looking like the hysterical, paranoid, sniveling little whelp that he is.

Andreas: How could it fail to work, Madam. Especially with you playing up to Commissioner Scorpio’s protective instincts.

Helena: It’s amazing, Andreas. All a woman has to do is act sniveling and wishy-washy and a man will eat it up anything she dishes up for him. But I have to give credit where credit is due. You did a fantastic job pretending to be Jax. You completely convinced that chrome-dome detective that Jax was the Sex Toy Stalker. By the way, once you made your escape what did you do with the latex mask you were wearing to make you look like Jax?

Andreas: I burned it, Madam. It’s been completely destroyed. No one will ever be able to prove it wasn’t Jasper Jacks who tried to attack you.

Helena: That is, unless Jax can prove he has an alibi for the time of the attack. Which is why we must find Jax and dispose of him.

Andreas: Won’t it look suspicious if Jax is killed right after he’s revealed as the Stalker.

Helena: Well, we’ll kill him now, but make it look like he’s still alive so we can finish off the rest of the women on my hit list. Then once that’s accomplished will make it look like Roy DeLucca killed Jax to avenge his trashy daughter’s death.

Andreas: It sounds like a plan, Madam. By the way, something very interesting came off of the tap we have on the Corinthos’ phone. The tape is being brought to the yacht, as we speak.

Helena: Good, get my clothes. I’ve had more than enough of this hospital. I wouldn’t have had to have my lungs infected with that nauseating hospital smell if it weren’t for Carly Corinthos and her refusal to do her duty to her father. Now that I’ve got the Sex Toy Stalker mess well in hand, it’s time to deal with my granddaughter and her husband.

Andreas: Madam, do you think it’s wise to check yourself out. You just had major surgery.

Helena: I’m fine, Andreas. Besides, we have too much to do for me to be wasting my time laying flat on my back in a smelly hospital bed.

STEFAN’S ROOM, GENERAL HOSPITAL:

Alexis: Do you think it’s possible? Do you think Jax could really be the Sex Toy Stalker.

Stefan: No, not for one moment. This has Mother’s fingerprints all over it. She’s obviously set Jax up to get herself off the hook and throw suspicion off of herself.

Alexis: If that’s the case, then we’d better find Jax fast. The only thing that can ruin her plan is if Jax shows up in town and is able to prove he wasn’t the one who attacked her.

Stefan: Yes, and Mother will know that, so Jasper Jacks is living on borrowed time unless we can find him in time and warn him of the danger he’s in.

MAC’S OFFICE, PCPD:

Mac: I still can’t believe it’s Jax. That he’s the Sex Toy Stalker. Why would he be going around killing women.

Taggart: When you think about it, it just might fit in with his personality profile.

Mac: How so?

Taggart: Jax makes a habit out of trying to rescue women. Maybe he thinks by killing these women, he’s rescuing them.

Mac: That makes no sense, Taggart.

Taggart: Maybe it does. Didn’t the killings start after you slept with Chloe Morgan. What if he found out about that and he snapped realizing his perfect Chloe wasn’t so perfect, after all. I mean, look at the man’s history with women. His first wife, Miranda, pretended to be dead and he felt betrayed by her when she came back from the dead. And I’m sure Jax lost count of how many times Brenda Barrett betrayed him for Sonny Corinthos. Chloe Morgan betraying him, too, may have just made him snap.

THE DOCKS:

AJ(deposited money into the pay phone as he waited for Carly to show up. But before she arrived he just couldn’t resist the temptation to gloat to Sonny about what was about to happen. When Sonny answered the phone he spoke in a sneering tone)Hello, Sonny. It’s midnight. Do you know where your wife is? She sure isn’t in bed servicing you, is she?

Sonny: What do you want, Quartermaine.

AJ: I just wanted to let you know that I’ve won.

Sonny: You’ve been playing the lottery, have you? Well, congratulations. Now that you’ve won big, maybe you’ll do us all a favor of leaving town and never returning.

AJ: No, that’s not what I’m talking about. Remember that little accident you had on your honeymoon when you got thrown from the horse? It wasn’t an accident. I was behind it. Just like I was behind what almost happened to you on the docks.

Sonny; Why are you telling me all this, right now.

AJ: Because Carly called me, this afternoon. and offered me a deal. If I leave you alone, she’ll leave you and come back to me. You’re lost Sonny and I’ve won. Once Carly and I are remarried and she gives birth to your spawn, I might even be willing to trade you your ownership of ELQ for it.(with that he hung up)

Sonny(looked at the phone receiver he was holding in his hand like it had just turned into a snake. This was insane. Carly would never leave him. He knew that deep in his heart and soul. But she’d obviously conned that idiot AJ into thinking she would. But why? What was she up to? Then he noticed that his desk drawer was slightly ajar. He lunged towards the desk and even as he opened it he knew what he would discover. His gun was missing.).

AJ(wore a smirk on his smug weasel face as he saw Carly approach him)It’s about time you got here. It’s not smart leaving me waiting.

Carly: When I’m through with you, you may wish I’d never shown up.