Sonny and Lois' Penthouse: Lois(as she and Sonny enter)I can't believe you told Brenda the truth. Sonny:Don't worry, she didn't believe me. Lois:But why would you tell her in the first place. Sonny:Because when Brenda said I owed her the truth, I realized she was right. I once wanted to spend the rest of my life with this woman. I asked her to be my wife and gave her my mother's engagement ring. I owe her better than to continue lying to her. Cerullo, we just got caught up in this mess and have been letting it control us ever since. We keep putting off telling Ned and Brenda the truth because we both know when it finally comes out it isn't going to be pretty, but the more we keep putting this off, the deeper we sink into this quagmire of lies and deception we've trapped ourselves in. Lois:I know you're right, Bensonhurst, but everytime I think of telling Ned the truth my throat closes up and I can't get the words out. I know I have to tell Ned the truth, but I just don't know how to do it. Sonny:What if I do it for you? It's my fault we've had to keep our relationship a secret. If I hadn't been in trouble with the mob and had to pretend to marry Carla to get myself out of it we could have told Ned and everyone else the truth when we first returned to town. Lois:You'd really do that for me. Sonny:Look, Cerullo, you're the mother of Ned's child and I'm the person he's never liked. I think it's better if I tell him. Then he can take out all his anger on me and it won't effect your relationship with him. He'll probably end up blaming me and think I took advantage of you. Lois(hugs him)I love you for offering to do this for me, but like you owe Brenda the truth, I owe Ned the same thing. When Ned finds out, it should come from me. Hall Outside of Bobbie's Bedroom, the Isle of San Monique: Stefan:So am I forgiven for tricking you into coming into the island. Bobbie:No, Stefan. I'm still mad at you. But I've decided you're right. It's going to be a miserable two weeks if I continue to snipe at you. So, since I can't do anything about his situation, I've decided to enjoy myself. Stefan:An excellent decision. Most logical of you, Barbara.(he moves in for a kiss) Bobbie(turns her head away and pushes at his chest to hold him at bay)I said I was going to enjoy my time here. I didn't say I was going to be your island bedwarmer. Goodnight, Stefan.(she slips into her room and closes the door behind her) Stefan(smirks)We shall see. The Gatehouse: Ned(opens the door to Brenda)Brenda, what are you doing here so late. Brenda:I wanted to talk to someone who would know how I'm feeling and I immediately thought of you. Ned:What's wrong or do I need to ask. Corinthos? Brenda:Something really weird happened, tonight, when Sonny and I were filming that commericial for Katherine. Sonny told me he and Lois were married and they were going to have a baby. Ned:What! Brenda:Relax, Ned, it's not true. Ned:Then why would he say something like that if it isn't. Brenda:Ned, Sonny is so sick and twisted who knows why he does anything he does. Actually, I think he was trying to get back at me for accusing him of marrying Carla because he couldn't have me. He was just trying to prove he's over me by claiming he and Lois were married. But he didn't fool me for a second. Lois would never do something like that to me. Still, it got me thinking of how I'd feel if it really were true. Ned, I don't think I could ever forgive Lois is she became romantically involved with Sonny. How would you feel if it was true. Ned:There's no reason for me to even think about it since it isn't true. Brenda:But it could happen. Stranger things have. Especially what with them dating, now. Ned:Dating? What are you talking about? I thought Lois was dating Jerry Jacks. Brenda:They broke-up, now she and Sonny are dating. I think it's a rebound thing for the both of them. Ned:I saw them at the Port Charles Grill, but I thought it was just business. It never crossed my mind it was a date. Brenda:So, how would you feel if Sonny and Lois got together romantically. Ned:I wouldn't like it. I'd have to do something about it. As long as I have a breath in my body, I'd never allow Sonny Corinthos to be a stepfather to my daughter. Lois and Sonny's Penthouse: Sonny(answers the door to Jason)Jason, what's wrong? You look how I feel. Jason:Robin interrupted a mob meeting, tonight, so I've decided to do as you suggested. I'm going to get married tomorrow night and I want to know if you'd be my bestman. Sonny:Congratulations, I think. I know you don't love Carly, but it's obvious she loves you. Maybe in time you'll be able to return her feelings. Look on the brightside. By marrying Carly, you'll be Michael's legal father. Jason:Sonny, I'm not marrying Carly, I'm going to marry Carla. Sonny:What! Are you nuts! Jason:Sonny, I don't have a choice. Carla's trying to take over my business and she's using Robin to do it. If I don't marry her, she's going to end up getting Robin killed. Somewhere in the Outback: Robert(holding Anna in her arms and comforting her after she has a bad dream about Faison)It's all right, luv. I'm here. You're safe. I won't let Faison ever hurt you, again. Anna;Robert, will this nightmare ever really be over? Faison has been a plague on my family long before I was even born. This whole thing started when Faison became obsessed with my mother when they were growing up together. Robert:I know. From what I was able to learn while I was looking for you when Faison kidnapped you, your grandparents realized that Faison had formed an unhealthy attachment to their daughter and they told him to stay away from Madeline, which was a mistake that cost them their lives. Anna:You really think it was Faison who tampered with their brakes. That he killed my grandparents? Robert;It had to be him. Your grandparents had no enemies and from our experience with Faison we both know that something he'd do. Only it backfired on him, since your mother was sent away to live with her aunt in another country. Which is what lead Faison to join the DVX when he was old enough. Then he used their resources to track your mother down. Anna:But it took him years to find her, because my great aunt was a gadabout and she and my mother kept moving around. He wasn't able to finally locate my mother until she was happily married to my father and the mother of two children, me and Gillian. Now that I've finally been de-programmed I remember Faison showing up at our house. I don't think it was until my mother spurned him and told him to go awar, that he decided the only way he could have her was to destroy her family. Robert:He started with you and your sister. He used mind control on you to help him kidnap your sister and leave one of his trademark orange orchild behind so your mother would know who was behind it. He probably thought that would be enough to destroy your parents marriage, but when it didn't he decided to put a bomb in your father's car. Only instead of just killing your father, he also killed the object of his obsession, as well. Anna:Then as a crowning touch before I was sent off to live with my aunt and uncle, he programmed me to join the WSB when I was old enough so I could become his mole in the agency. Robert, do you think even back then he was planning to transfer his obsession with my mother on to me. That all those years he was simply waiting for me to grow-up. Robert:I don't know, but it's entirely possible when you think about who we're dealing with. Anna:What about my sister? Do you think there's any hope of us ever finding out what he did with her? To her? Or do you think she's dead? That Faison killed her. Robert:I'm hoping that once we dismantle Faison's last bastion of power, The Nanny Network, that we'll have all the answers to our questions. Anna:Then we can finally go home? Robert:(he kisses her forehead)We'll finally be able to go home. Sean and Tiffany's Room, Sydney Hotel: Tiffany(watching Sean pace the room in the mirror of her dressing table as she brushes her hair)Sean, we're going to be seeing Robert and Anna, tomorrow. Don't you think it's time you tell Anna the truth about who you really are to her? Sean:What purpose would that serve after all these years. Tiffany:Anna's eaten up with guilt about the part she played in her sister's kidnapping. I think it would make her feel better to hear her father tell her he didn't blame her for what happened. Sean:God, I wish I'd never told you my name was originally Phillip Devane before the WSB recruited me and changed it to Sean Donely. Tiffany:But you did tell me and you need to tell Anna, as well. She has a right to know her father didn't parish in the same car explosion her mother did. That you survived and had to undergo reconstructive surgery. Sean:Do you really think Anna's going to understand me deceiving her for all these years. For never telling her who I really was when she came back into my life. That I chose vengeance against Faison over being a parent to her. That I let her be told I died with her mother and had her sent away to live with her aunt and uncle, while I took on a new identity as a WSB agent to dedicate myself to the all-consuming goal of making Faison pay for what he did to my family. Tiffany:That wasn't the only reason you agreed to join the WSB and give up the only remaining family that you had. You also thought with the bureaus resources you'd be able to find out what Faison did with Gillian. Any parent would have done the same. Sean:Yeah, and I did a great job with that, didn't I? In all those years with the bureau I didn't find one clue to Gillian's whereabouts. It's like she disappeared off the face of the earth. Gillian must be dead. Faison must have killed her. Tiffany:That's all the more reason to tell Anna you're her father. Sean, she forgave you for making that deal with Faison and ruining her marriage to Robert and she didn't even know the real reason you did it. You told Anna it was because you didn't want to lose her and Robert as WSB agents, but the real truth is after all those years you were finally within your goal of having your revenge on Faison. Thanks to you the DVX were about to kill him. But when Faison came to you and told you Anna was working for him you gave up all that you'd been working towards for years to save your daughter from him. Sean:Forget it, Tiffany. Anna's got enough to deal with now. I'm not going to drop this on her plate, as well. The Docks: V(is walking through the foggy night back to her apartment over the Outback when she hears footsteps echoing behind her. When she stops, so do the footsteps and all is eerily quiet except for the mournful cry of the foghorn)Hello, is anybody there?(no one answers and she resumes walking)My ears must have been playing tricks on me.(she hears the footsteps echoing behind her again)That's not my imagination.(she speeds up her pace and the footsteps do the same to keep up with her. By the time she reaches her front door, she's running and panting for air. As V inserts the key in the lock, she notices an orange orchid laying on her doorstep. As she leans down to pick it up she hears the floorboard squeaking behind her as someone approaches and she looks up and screams as she sees a shadowy figure looming over her) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com