Faison's Mansion, Port Charles: Robert:Faison! Faison:(pulls a gun and points it at Anna's head)Don't move, Scorpio, or I'll blow Anna's head off. Robert:What do you want? Faison:You've been a bad boy, Row-bear. You and Anna going around trying to destroy my Nanny Network. If you'd left well enough alone, I'd never even know you and Anna survived the explosion on the boat. Just how did you survive. I thought I had you and Anna trapped on that floating death trap.(he sits down in a chair and lights up a cigar)You thought you'd snuck on my ship, undetected. That I wasn't aware of your arrival. But I knew you were coming even before you arrived. You see the members of the Nanny Network that I have working for me in the WSB told me. Flashback of the night on Faison's ship: Faison(as Anna looks at the photographs he's just given her of Robert and Holly)Take a good look at what your husband is doing while you're being held prisoner by me. He's out having a cosy, candlelit dinner with his precious Holly without giving you a single thought. He's forgotten all about you now she's back. Anna:You're lying. Even if Robert wants Holly, now, he won't forget about me. I'm the mother of his child and if it takes him the rest of his life he'll never stop trying to find me and rescue me. Faison:Anna, forget about him. He's not worthy enough to touch the hem of your skirt. Forget about him and finally give into your true destiny with me. Anna:What is it going to take for you to get it. I don't want you. I've never wanted you. And if you were the last man on the planet, I still wouldn't want you. Faison(comes back to the present)That was your last chance, Anna. If you would have agreed to give me a chance, I would have taken you with me when I made my escape from the ship. But you didn't. You remained true to him. So after you repulsed me, since I knew he'd be arriving soon, I planted explosives all over the ship. If you wanted Scorpio so much, then you could die with him. The past: Robert(with Sean's warning that Faison could have programmed Anna to kill him enters the cabin with his gun at the ready. Robert and Anna stare for an endless moment at each other not knowing what to expect from the other before they run into each others arms and begin kissing each other)For awhile there I didn't think I'd be able to find you. Anna:I know you would. I never doubted it for a second. Robert:Faison sent me theses tapes of your voice saying you wanted to be with him. Anna:And he gave me photos of you and Holly. Robert:(smiles)But it didn't work. Anna(smiles back)No, it didn't. Robert:(holding Anna's face in his hands)I love you, Brown Eyes. Anna:I love you, too. Robert:(leans his forehead against Anna's)Forever and beyond that. Anna:Forever and beyond that. Faison(enters)How touching.(he points a gun at them)Drop your gun, Scorpio.(Robert complies)Now walk out of the door ahead of me and don't try anything or I'll shoot Anna and don't think I'm bluffing. Robert:Just where do you want us to go, Faison? Faison:Up on deck.(once there they spot Larry Ashton whose dressed similarly to Faison and staring unseeingly from the trance Faison put him in, earlier) Robert:What's Ashton doing here? Faison:The WSB are on their way, here. From the air they'll believe he's me. You see, it was no coincidence Ashton showed up on your and Anna's honeymoon and tried to ruin it. I sent him there to do just that. You see, he was a member of the cartel. Robert:Anner and I could never figure out what the A stood for in Baft. Ashton. Barrett, Ashton, Faison and Taub. Anna:Larry Ashton? That idiot was a member of the cartel. No wonder Robert and I had so little trouble bringing it down. Faison:He was a silly fop, but he had his uses. He had valuable connections Barrett, Taub and myself needed. And now he'll perform an even great task. He'll give his life so I can escape the WSB and start a new life over somewhere else.(he tosses Robert a pair of handcuffs)Cuff yourself and Anna to the railing.(Robert does as ordered)When the WSB arrives, I'll be safely away from here. Ashton will be standing in the shadows smoking one of my trademark cigars and from the air they'll believe he's me. Then I'll detonate the explosives I've planted and it'll be bye-bye, baby. The present; Faison:So how did you and Anna escape? Robert:I managed to pick the lock on the handcuffs and Anna and I jumped overboard seconds before the ship exploded. You didn't answer my question. Why are we here? Faison:You'll know that soon enough.(he exits) Sean and Tiffany's Hotel Room: Tiff:So, Sean, darlin, what are you going to do if this V Ardanowski is really your daughter? Sean:You mean, will I tell her I'm her father? I don't know. Tiff:Sean, I can understand you not telling Anna because you've known her for years and never said anything to her. But this girl is an unknown quanity. Wouldn't it be better to start off your relationship with her by being honest with her about who you are? Sean:She's going to have a lot thrown at her at once. Her whole life is going to turn out to be a lie. The last thing she'll need is a father. Tiff:Sean, that's exactly what she is going to need. She's going to find out she was kidnapped frm her family as an infant and her sister had been kidnapped by the insane maniac whose become obsessed with her. She's going to need a port in the storm and you could be that for her. Sonny and Lois' Penthouse: Sonny(as Lois hangs up the phone)Who was that? Lois:You know, Trudy Wiggins, that actress we're handling?(he nods)Well she's gotten the lead role in a play in London, only she's been struck with a major case of stage fright and wants me to go with her. Sonny:What's the problem. Lois:Sonny, I'd have to leave town, pronto. Like tonight. I can't leave you right now. You're trial is supposed to start, tomorrow. Sonny:Look, Cerullo, if I have a choice between you being in court to hold my hand and being off in London away from all this stress which can't be good for the baby, I'd pick London. Lois:You mean that? Sonny:Go to London. Justus and Jason have got this whole thing handled. It might be all resolved by the time you get back. So just take care of business and have a good time in London. Lois:If you're sure... Sonny:Cerullo! Lois(kisses him)All right, I'll go. I promise I'll get back here as soon as possible. Brenda(smirking at the top of the stairs)Yes! Now I'll have Sonny all to myself. Bobbie and Jerry are hot! Tony and Bobbie are not! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com