Visitor's Room, Port Charles County Jail:
Miranda:My brother? You're lying. Stefan wouldn't do something like 
that.
Deke:Oh, sure he would. That Alexis Davis woman contacted me, first. She 
explained that you had married an undesirable. That's Sonnyboy, all 
right. The plan was for me to get Sonnyboy so upset he'd have an attack 
of his manic depression.
Miranda:How do you know Sonny has manic depression?
Deke:I told you. Your brother told me. Now how do you think Sonnyboy's 
going to feel about you when he learns what your brother had done to 
him. You obviously love him, for some unknown reason. But Sonnyboy never 
has to know, if you'll help me. We'll just keep it between you and me. 
Do we have a deal?
Miranda:You're right. I do love my husband very much. So why do you 
think I'd help you, the man whose made Sonny's life a living nightmare 
since he was a child. You go ahead and tell Sonny my brother hired you 
to torment and torture him. He won't hold it against me or hate me. 
He'll know I'm not to blame for my brother's actions.(she notices the 
look of shock on Deke's face)Oh, I've surprised you, haven't I? You're 
probably used to women knuckling under to you. Well, I'm not Adella 
Corinthos. I'm not afraid of you. I see you for exactly what you are. A 
coward who beats up women and little boys. That's all bullies like you 
are. Yellow-bellied cowards. You go ahead and do your worst, Deke, but 
know one thing. While you're trying to poison Sonny against me, I'll be 
urging him to testify against you so you'll be sentenced to prison for 
the maxium time allowed under the law. You know, Deke, if I were you I'd 
be starting to sweat. I've heard criminals in prison really have it in 
for dirty cops, like you. You have a nice day. (she gets up and walks 
calmly out the door)

Bobbie's Room, General Hospital:
Bobbie:So, just how do you figure we'd deal with Helena, Carly? Shove 
her in the moat and let the aligators devour her?
Carly:Knowing Helena, she's probably end up devouring them. No, I 
thought we could start by trying to find the poison she used to poison 
you. It could still be hidden somewhere in Wyndemere. And if we could 
find her fingerprints on it, we'd have something against her.
Bobbie:Carly, Helena wouldn't be stupid enough to keep it around. She'd 
have gotten rid of it, by now. 
Carly:Don't be so sure about that. The old lady's just arrogant enough 
to keep it around. She thinks she's some omnipotent being or something. 
It would never occure to her that you and I would team up against her.
Bobbie:If I agreee to what you're suggesting, that means I'd have to go 
back to that house and I'm not sure I can do it.
Carly:Come on, Bobbie. Where's your Spencer fighting spirit. Uncle Luke 
always says a Spencer never lets anyone get away with doing them dirty. 
They pay them back in full. You're not really going to let Helena get 
away with poisoning you, are you?

Stefan's Study, Wyndermere:
Stefan(as Miranda enters)Isabella, how's Michael?
Miranda(slaps him across the face, hard)You bastard!
Stefan:Isabella, what is the meaning of this. Explain yourself at once.
Miranda:I just got back from visiting your...what should I call him? 
Your associate? Your partner-in-crime? Your henchmen? Tell me, Stefan, 
how do you refer to Deke?
Stefan:Deke? I don't know any Deke.
Miranda:Don't play dumb, Stefan. He told me everything. I know you paid 
him mess with Sonny's head.
Stefan:I did it for you, Isabella. He's not worthy to be a member of the 
House of Cassadine. And when I learned he was mentally ill, that only 
reaffirmed my opinion of him.
Miranda:You know who you remind me of, right now? Mother. I remember 
when I was a child and her prized blue-blooded afghan bitch got 
impregnated by a mongrel dog. Do you remember what she did to the 
puppies when they were born? She had them drowned because their blood 
wasn't pure. Do you even care that I love Sonny? That he makes me happy? 
Tell me, Stefan, when my baby is born, since you believe Sonny is a 
mongrel unfit to mingle his tainted blood with a blue-blooded Cassadine, 
will you drown it in the bathtub the same way Mother did the puppies?
Stefan:Don't be ridiculous, Isabella. You're becoming hysterical. And I 
resent you trying to say I'm anything like Mother. I'm nothing like her.
Miranda:I used to think that before, today, now I see you're just like 
her. Look at what Helena did to Bobbie? She poisoned her to force you to 
hand over power to her. She didn't care if Bobbie lived or died. All 
that mattered was she got what she wanted. She didn't even see Bobbie as 
a living, breathing human being, just as a tool to help her get what she 
wanted. And if you hadn't given into her demands, she would have let 
Bobbie die without a second thought. Now look at yourself. You brought 
the man who abused Sonny as a child back into his life to torment and 
torture him because you wanted him out of this family.
Stefan:I had no idea he was Michael's stepfather.
Miranda:It wouldn't have made any difference to you if you did. You 
would have still brought him to town to make Sonny doubt his sanity when 
he was suddenly haunted by the spector of his dead, abusive stepfather. 
Just like Mother.
Stefan:(bellows)Stop saying I'm like Mother. I'm nothing like her. 
Mother is a monster.
Miranda:From where I'm standing, so are you. What would you call a man 
who tried to drive someone over the edge of sanity? Take a good look in 
the mirror, Stefan, and yhou'll see Mother staring back at you.(she 
leaves the room)
Stefan(follows after her)Isabella, where are you going?
Miranda:Upstairs to pack. I'm not going to stay another night under the 
same roof as you.
Stefan:Are you going to tell Barbara what I've done?
Miranda:I really should. I should let her know what kind of man she's 
married to.
Stefan:If you tell her, Barbara will be finished with me for good.
Miranda:All right, Stefan, I won't do to you what you tried to do to me. 
I'll make a deal with you. As long as you leave Sonny alone, I'll keep 
quiet, but if you so much as look at Sonny the wrong way, speak to him 
or come anywhere near him, I'll tell Bobbie everything. Do I make myself 
clear.(she heads up the stairs)
Stefan(catches a glimpse of his reflection in the mirror)I'm not like 
Mother. I'm nothing like her. (unable to bare looking at himself in the 
mirror, he yanks it off the wall and hurls it to the floor)

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