The cabin ---

It had been a few weeks since the verdict and Zander was not all too happy about the idea that Sonny was still walking the streets, he was anxious to find out about the federal case that was pending against Sonny. He had exhausted all his personal avenues, including his brother and had decided what was best for his family was that Sonny needed to be removed from their lives for good. He had others to worry about besides himself, and now that his mother was living in Port Charles, it made it all the more important to take out Sonny.

Zander had been working in the study for the last few hours, trying to make the connections he needed to put his plan into motion. He needed an alibi for the exact time, and he needed more then Emily to be his witness. She was his wife, she would sure be a problem as a credible alibi, he needed more. He relaxed back against his chair and it leaned back with the pressure of his body against it. He closed his eyes and went into deep thought about what he was planning on doing. There could be no mistakes, no slip ups, this had to come off perfectly if it was going to work and for him not to go to prison for the next 20 years or worse. As he laid back thinking, he didn't hear Emily come into the study.

"Zander?" she waited for him to notice her in the room.

He still laid back in his chair, turned his head towards her and opened his eyes to look at her. "Hey sweetheart ..." he said and he reached for her as he extended his arm and hand to her.

She walked to him and took his hand as he led her to him. He popped up from the relaxed position and sat up straight in the chair, he then pulled her to him and back into his lap as her legs hung over the arms of the chair. She left out a gasp as she was surprised that she ended up in his lap.

"I need for you to make sure you have the 18th open. I made a doctor's appointment with Dr. Meadows. I wanted it sooner but she didn't have anything open till then." Emily said as Zander reached his arms around her and flipped his calendar to the week of the 18th.

"That's 3 weeks from now." he replied as he took the pen and wrote in the small space a note about the appointment. "Can't we find out sooner then that? I don't know if I can wait that long." he pouted, disappointed that he'd have to wait for 3 more weeks to find out of Emily was pregnant again.

"Well, I could always use the home test I have left, but it's not as accurate as a blood test from Dr. Meadows." She remembered she still had one test left in the box she had bought a month or so ago.

Zander lifted her up off his lap and she stood up. "What are you waiting for? Go take the test!" he smiled. "Maybe we can finally have something to be happy about!" he continued as she began to walk away from him, nervous about taking the test herself.

As she left the study, she heard the phone ringing and figured he would be busy with business till she got back. She climbed the stairs slowly, on one hand not wanting to know and yet on the other she couldn't wait to see the positive result. She knew she was with child, she could feel it. Just like she had when she was pregnant with Devon. She knew weeks before the blood test confirmed it. She walked into the bathroom and closed the door behind her. She pulled the test out of the drawer and opened up the box. Her insides twisted with nerves as she ripped open the plastic wrapper and then stared at the stick. She breathed in deeply knowing what ever the results were, it was meant to be. If she and Zander were meant to have another baby, they would. She couldn't predict their future, but she was confident that whatever would come their way, they would overcome it together.

While Emily was upstairs all Zander could think about was what the results would be. He became anxious to know and began to pace his study, back and forth. A few minutes had passed, but it felt to him a lot longer and he then heard footsteps coming down the stairs. He wrung his hands together and ran them through his coal black hair in frustration. He couldn't take it much longer, he had to know.

Emily came down the stairs with the results in her hands, she was shaking so bad as she held the stick tightly so she wouldn't drop it. She had not looked at the results, she wanted her and Zander to find out together. A silence came over the room as she stepped into the doorway of the study. He stopped pacing and looked at her, by the expression on her face, he couldn't tell if it was good news or bad.

"Here .. you look, I can't." she said as she extended her hand to him, her hands shaking from being so nervous.

He took the stick from her and pulled off the cap. He released a deep sigh and looked up from the results. She looked at him, and he didn't say anything just looked at her with a blank face. He replaced the cap and handed it back to her, then stood there, still not saying a word.