CHAPTER NINETY-THREE

SONNY BEDROOM, THE PENTHOUSE:

Carly(cuddled up on Sonny’s chest)Feeling better now?

Sonny(sighed. He just exhausted all his anger and now all he wanted to do was fall asleep)Yes, loads better.

Carly: So you want to tell me what made you so angry before.

Sonny: No, I’m feeling too good right this minute to want to think about it. I don’t want to ruin this moment by thinking of it. (he rolled over and spooned his body against her back)I’ll think about it, tomorrow. Right now all I want to do is fall asleep with my wife in my arms.

Carly: I will find out what’s wrong, you know? (she didn’t get any response from him on that one) Sonny, did you hear me? (she looked over at him and he was fast asleep)Something happened tonight and I’m going to find out what it is.(then she snuggled deeper into his arms and fell asleep, herself, with plots and schemes running through her mind on just how she was going to do that.) Anything that upsets you, upsets me. I will find out what happened. I will.

STEFAN’S STUDY, WYNDEMERE:

Bobbie(stood in the doorway watching him bent over some papers)Stefan, when are you going to come to bed.

Stefan(looked up at her, coldly)I thought you were asleep a long time ago.

Bobbie: I’ve been waiting up for you.

Stefan: Barbara, I believe you’re forgetting your place in my household. You’re acting like you’re still my wife, but you’re not. You’re nothing more than my live-in courtesan. When I want use of your body, I’ll use it. And when I don’t want to have use of it, I won’t. Tonight, I don’t.

Bobbie(started to get mad)Really? Well, please forgive me for forgetting my place. Please give me some warning in advance when you wish to have use of my body next. Otherwise, it might be otherwise occupied.

Stefan(jumped to his feet in a rage)By DeLucca! Over my dead body. (he lunged for her before she could escape and yanked her to him)Let me make something perfectly clear to you, Barbara. You belong to me, and only me. Your body is mine to use or discard as I feel fit. But no one else is permitted to touch you. If you allow it, I’ll kill you.

Bobbie(shoved him away from her)Like hell you will. You don’t control me. No one controls me.

Stefan(yanked her back to him)You think so? Well, let me prove how wrong you are! (he yanked her to him, then shoved her to the floor and stood over her with his legs spread apart in an aggressive stance as he began to undress. Bobbie could have escaped if she wanted to, but she didn’t. This was exactly what she’d come in here for. She’d been lying in Stefan’s bed for hours aching for him to come to her and make love with her. So when he finally fell on her naked, she was more eager to feel his embrace.)

ALEXIS’ PENTHOUSE:

Alexis(came out of the bathroom after having just taken a shower and was shocked to find Helena sitting in a chair waiting for her)Helena, what are you doing here?

Helena: I heard through the grapevine that you discovered Sonny Corinthos was your brother.

Alexis: It has yet to be proven a fact.

Helena: Oh, it’s a fact, all right. Mike Corbin is your father.

Alexis(furious)You’ve known this all along?

Helena: Of course.

Alexis: I don’t understand you. You knew all along Mikkos Cassadine wasn’t my father. So why did you always hate me so?

Helena: Have you ever driven down a road in the summer with the hot sun beating down on it and you look in the distance and it looks like there’s water on the road up ahead?

Alexis: What does that have to do with what we’re discussing?

Helena: It’s an illusion. And, so as it turns out, am I.

Alexis: What are you talking about.

Helena: I’ve come here to tell you my story. To explain why I’ve always hated you so much and always felt so threatened by your mere existence. You see, Alexis, I’m not really Helena Cassadine, and you’re the only living person who could prove it.

Alexis: What are you talking about?

Helena: I met Mikkos Cassadine when I came to work at the Cassadine Greek compound as a nanny for his children and he fell madly in love with me, but he was already married to Helena Cassadine. I didn’t return his feelings, but I did love all the things he could give me with his wealth and power. So we fell into having an affair. I had to leave the estate when Helena discovered the truth, but we continued our affair as Mikkos set me up in the kind of lifestyle I always dreamed of living in as a child. I didn’t feel I had to remain true to him, since he was sleeping with me and Helena at the same time. I wasn’t careful enough and I got pregnant. The child wasn’t Mikkos’ but I let him think it was. If he had learned otherwise he would have killed me. This I don’t doubt for a second. Lucky for me the real father had just been on leave from the army and he left with his troops never to be seen, again. Do you get what I’m saying, Natasha?

Alexis(shook her head in denial)No! NO!

Helena: After I had Mikkos’ child, he became more and more determined to make me his wife, but Helena stood in the way. The Cassadine coffers had been depleted and he’d married Helena because she was a rich heiress. If they’d divorced, he would have lost all the money she’d brought to him. So Mikkos came up with a plan. Since Helena and I resembled each other, I would go to a plastic surgeon and have myself turned into her exact double. Once that was done, we made sure Helena discovered our affair was still going on and we lured her into our trap. You, unfortunately, witnessed the entire thing.

Alexis(held her head in her hands as the images of what happened when Helena had arrived at their home played before her eyes. She could see Helena Cassadine being held by Mikkos while her mother slashed at the poor woman’s face before finally slitting her throat. Afterwards, Mikkos let Helena’s body fall to the ground in a heap at his feet before pulling his lover into his arms and congratulating her on a job well done, before they both dissolved in helpless laughter.)

Helena: You’re finally remembering it all, aren’t you. I always feared that you would. That’s why I’ve always hated you so. You were a constant threat to my true identity being revealed. If Mikkos hadn’t falsely believed you were his daughter, I believe he would have killed you, as well. I longed to tell him the truth, but I knew he would have done to me what he’d done to Helena.

Alexis: No, what you did to Helena. I saw you. You’re the one who murdered Helena, not Mikkos. And you enjoyed doing it, too. You’re a monster.

Helena: Then what does that make you? My blood flows through your veins. You came from my body. (Alexis held a hand to her mouth as her stomach started to heave and she ran into the bathroom. Helena followed her and watched her as she vomited into the toilet)You always thought yourself so above Stefan, didn’t you. Sure, you both shared the same father, but at least Helena wasn’t your mother. (then while Alexis was still heaving over the toilet bowl, Helena took out the dildo and moved in for the kill).