CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX

STEFAN’S ROOM, GENERAL HOSPITAL:

Bobbie(stood watching as Stefan was being prepared for surgery when Tony came up to her)So, how does it look to you? Do you think he’ll make it?

Tony: If you asked me to, I could make sure that he didn’t.

Bobbie: Tony! What are you saying!

Tony: Come on, Bobbie, I know you’re not back with him of your own free will. He’s got something on you and he’s made you go back to him. The world would be a better place without him in it, especially if it frees you from him once and for all.

Bobbie: Tony, I don’t want anything to happen him, do you hear me.

Tony: A lot of people don’t survive transplant surgery. No one would be the least bit suspicious if that’s what your worried about.

Bobbie: Tony, whatever is going on between Stefan and I is our business, not yours. Stay out of it.

Tony: (suddenly grabbed Bobbie into his arms)Bobbie, I think you know that I still love you. I’ve never stopped wanting you back. Not when I was with Carly or when you were with Jerry and Roy. It could be good between us again and we can be together again if only Cassadine doesn’t make it.

Bobbie (pushed away from him repulsion)My God, Tony, you’re a doctor. What are you saying. You’re supposed to save lives, not take them.

O.R. Nurse #1:Dr Jones, were ready to take him into surgery.

Tony(in a rather condescending tone)I don’t want you to worry about anything, Bobbie. I’ll take care of everything. (he kissed her on the forehead and walked away from her) .

Bobbie(chased after Tony and the gurney taking Stefan into the operating room)Tony! Don’t do it, Tony! Tony!

Tony:(had a rather psychotic look on his face as he stared back at Bobbie before the operating room doors closed behind him. He silently whispered back at her) Don’t worry. I’ll take care of everything. (Apparently, while Tony seemed to be back to his normal self on the outside, inside he was still the same disturbed man who had kidnapped Baby Michael. After all, he’d never gone through any psychiatric therapy after the charges had been dropped against him, so how could he be completely well)

Bobbie(didn’t know what to do. If she didn’t do something Tony was going to make sure Stefan died on the operating table in some bizarre belief that they’d get back together, afterwards. Suddenly, an insidious voice whispered in the back of her head that if Stefan was gone, then she could go back to Roy. But Bobbie completely ignored it. To her horror, she realized the truth. She didn’t want to lose Stefan. As sick and twisted as it was, she wanted Stefan to survive even if it meant he’d continue to keep her in sexual bondage. That being the case she had to do something to stop Tony from doing what he planned.)

AJ’S ROOM, THE PORT CHARLES HOTEL:

AJ(opened his door and smiled when he saw Carly standing there)Carly, what do I owe the pleasure of this visit.

Carly: I know what you did. (she shoved her way past him into his room)

AJ: Why, Carly, I don’t know what you mean.

Carly: Cut the crap, AJ. I know you followed Sonny and I to England and you tried to kill him.

AJ: If someone tried to kill Sonny, don’t try and pin it on me. You married a man who makes enemies the way some men make friends.

Carly: You were seen, AJ. The description was of a runt with the face of a weasel. It could only be you.

AJ: Always the flatterer, aren’t you.

Carly: Look, AJ, I’m not going to play games with you. That’s not why I came here. I came here to say what I had to say then I’m going to leave.

AJ: And just what is it you have to say?

Carly: You even look at Sonny the wrong way, and you’re a dead man.

AJ(waited until she reached the door to deliver his response)That wasn’t the first time, you know.

Carly(spun around to him in shock)What are you talking about?

AJ: I was planning to shoot him at your wedding. I even had a gun aimed right at his head. I was waiting for the moment you were pronounced husband and wife before I splattered his brains all over the church. Only his bodyguards got to me before I could pull the trigger. But I won’t miss next time.

Carly: There isn’t going to be a next time.

AJ(poured himself a drink)Oh, yes, there is. I’m not going to stop trying until he’s dead. (then he grabbed her by the arms and shook her trying to make her see things the way he saw them)Once Sonny’s out of the way, we can be together, again. As Sonny’s widow, you’ll inherit ELQ. Once Sonny’s dead, we’ll have it all.

Carly:(shoved him away from her in disgust)Get away from me. Do you think I’d honestly want you anywhere near me after you murdered my husband. After you murdered my child? There’s not enough booze in the world to make me ever want you. The only reason I ever slept with you in the first place was because I was so tanked up on booze I didn’t even know what I was doing. But the thought of ever letting you touch me again makes my skin crawl. You make my skin crawl.

AJ(grabbed her by the arm)But Sonny doesn’t, does he? I’ve watched the two of you together. It’s disgusting. The two of you can’t keep your hands off each other. Why couldn’t you have ever acted the way with me. I bet you didn’t take off on your wedding night with him while he was in the bathroom the way you took off on me.

Carly: Why would I? I want Sonny, but I’ve never wanted you. Are you finally getting it now. (she screamed in his face)I’VE NEVER WANTED YOU!

AJ(he put his face into hers)But you will when he’s dead and gone and you’re all alone with no one to turn to. You’ll turn to me.

Carly(gave him such a hard shove away from her that he fell backwards on to his butt)This is your last warning. If you go near my husband again, I’m going to kill you.(with that she stormed out of the room).

OPERATING ROOM:

Tony(looked down at Stefan laying on the operating table. Stefan’s life was in his hand. He was at the more crucial point in the operation. Just one slip of the wrist and it would be all over for Stefan and Bobbie would be free of him.)