The Brownstone:
Carly(as Sonny enters)Where did you go when you left here?
Sonny:I went to see Luke and Edward. I got them both looking for AJ and 
Michael.(he goes over to the bar and pours himself a drink)
Carly:But shouldn't we call the police before AJ has a chance to get so far 
away with Michael that we'll never be able to find them, again.
Sonny:I want to give Luke and Edward a chance to find AJ and Michael, first. 
If they can't find them within 48 hours, then we'll call in the police. 
Besides, by not calling in the police we'll be giving AJ a false sense of 
security. And by enlisting the Quartermaines help by promising not to press 
charges against AJ if Michael is brought back to us, when he contacts his 
family, they'll do everything in their power to convince him to give Michael 
back to us. So between Edward and Luke, we should be hearing something 
pretty soon.
Carly:Why are you so sure AJ will contact his family.
Sonny:From what AJ said on the phone to me, I think he decided to kidnap 
Michael on the spur-of-the-moment when he found out you were pregnant, 
again. So, I doubt if he has this well-planned-out. He's probably taking it 
as it comes and he's going to need money and passports if he's planning to 
leave the country with Michael. And the minute he tries to get them, either 
Luke or Edward will find out and he'll be caught. You look beat. Why don't 
you go up to bed. I'll call you as soon as there's any news.
Carly:What about you. You must be as tired as I am.
Sonny:After everything that's happened, tonight, I couldn't fall asleep if I 
tried. Besides, I want to be awake when the news comes in.
Carly:So do I. So I'll just wait up with you.

Veronica's Room, The Port Charles Hotel:
Veronica(opens the door ans smiles when she sees Stefan standing 
there)Stefan, I knew you'd be backa. I knew you didn't mean it when you said 
you wanted me to leave town.
Stefan:(smiles)Roberta, dear, Roberta.(then his hand fastens around her 
throat and he slams her against the wall, slamming the door closed behind 
them as he enters)
Veronica:Stefan, what's the meaning of this. Stefan, take you hand off my 
throat. I'm having a hard time breathing.
Stefan(tightens his grip on her throat a little bit more)Since you know so 
much about me, Roberta, you must know I detest being made a fool of.
Veronica(gasps)Stefan, I don't know what you're talking abouta.
Stefan(tightens his grip a little bit more)Liar! I know you're no more 
Roberta Anderson than I am. Barbara is the real Roberta Anderson. The only 
question remains is who you really are and what I'm going to do about you.
Veronica:Stefan, I can't breathe. Stefan, let me go, you're strangling me.
Stefan(doesn't loosen his grip)Who are you!
Veronica:Stefan, please, I'm going to pass out.
Stefan(puts his face close to hers and snarls)I said, who are you!
Veronica(breathlessly)Veronica...My name is...Veronica Barrett.
Stefan:And who set you up to pretending to be Roberta Anderson?
Veronica:Your...mother...
Stefan:I knew it!(he removes his hand from her throat, and she collapses to 
the floor choking as she takes in great gulps of air. Stefan looks down at 
her, disdainfully)Don't expect me to feel sorry for you. You used the death 
of your own daughter to get me in your bed. You made both me and your 
daughter think I was her father. You're beneath contempt.
Veronica(rubbing her throat)What are you going to do to me?
Stefan:Nothing! You're going to leave town, immediately, so I never have to 
look at your revolting face, ever again. And you're never going to return, 
again, is that clear. Because if you do ever have the nerve to show your 
face in Port Charles, again. I will kill you. Next time when I have my hand 
wrapped about your scrawny neck, I won't let go until I've cut off all the 
air to your windpipe.
Veronica:You can't force me to leave town. You don't own Port Charles. And 
you seem to forget something. You slept with me. If I tell Bobbie, you'll 
lose your precious Roberta, forever. So that means I've got the power, here, 
not you. That puts me in the driver seat and I'm the one calling the shots 
in this situation.
Stefan:You stupid fool! Do you honestly think I'm going to take order from 
the likes of you? I'm Stefan Cassadine and you, my dear, are going to find 
out what happens when someone is stupid enough to mess with me.(he goes over 
to the door and opens it)You may come in, now, gentlemen.(two burly looking 
thugs enter)
Veronica:Who are they?
Stefan:These are the men that will be escortnig you out of town, not to 
mention the country, as well.
Veronica:You can't do this to me.
Stefan:Just watch me. Who do you think is going to stop me? My mother. I 
don't think so. If you expect Helena to come to your rescue, don't waste 
your time. You mean absolutely nothing to my mother. I can do whatever I 
like to you and my mother won't lift a finger to come to your aide. You see, 
my dear, you mean as much to her as a piece of toilet paper does. Once 
Helena's done using it, she simply flushes it down the toilet and doesn't 
give it another thought.
Veronica:That's not true. I'm important to Helena. She has great plans for 
me. She said so, herself.
Stefan:Don't kid yourself, Ms. Barrett.(he turns to the men awaiting their 
orders)You may begin packing up Ms. Barrett's things, now.
Thug #1:Yes, sir.(he and his partner begin removing her clothes from the 
closet and dresser)
Veronica(rushes over to them to try and stop them)Stop it! Take your hands 
off my things.(but they simply ignore her, shove her aside and continue 
removing her things. She rushes back over to Stefan)You can't do this to me!
Stefan:Consider yourself lucky, Ms. Barrett. I'm simply having you escorted 
out of town. There are worse things I could do to you and will do to you if 
you ever try to return or try in any way to contact Barbara and fill her 
ears with filth about us.
Veronica:Such as?
Stefan:Well, I could keep you drugged up in a sanitarium the way I did 
Leslie Webber for more than a decade. Or I could shoot you in the back and 
paralyze you the way I did Katherine Bell. Or I could come up with some 
other particularly nasty way of dealing with you.
Thug #2:Were done, Mr. Cassadine.
Stefan:Excellent. Take Ms. Barrett out the back way. My car is waiting for 
the three of you in the alley by the service entrance. And my plane is all 
fueled and waiting on the runway to depart as soon as you
arrive.
Thug #1:Yes, sir. (he fastens one beefy hand on one of her arms)Come along, 
Ms. Barrett, it's time that we were leaving.
Thug#2:)(fastens a beefy hand on her other arm)That's right, Ms. Barrett. 
You heard Mr. Cassadine. We don't want to keep his plane waiting, do we?
Veronica(struggles to break free of their iron grip as they drag her out of 
the room)You won't get away with doing this to me, Stefan. You can't get rid 
of me this easily. I'll be back, Stefan, you just wait and see, and when I 
do come back, I'm going to make you sorry for this. You haven't heard the 
last of me!
Stefan(closes the door behind her)Now I've dealt with that problem, it's 
time to deal with my mother.























































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