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  1. SoapQueen89
    In the limo --


    The rain still pouring down in buckets, Marcus drove as fast as he could trying to keep the car under control as they passed the city limits sign. "About 20 more minutes, sir ..." he said as they passed into the Port Charles limits.

    Emily trying her best to keep the child comfortable, but she knew with an ear infection there wasn't much she could do to take the hurt away. She held him against her, he still wrapped in the blanket, she tried to bounce him gently in her arms. Marcus must of given the limo wings because it didn't take long before they were pulling up to the hospital's ER.

    Marcus stopped the car and got out. He rushed to the back door and left Emily out, Zander climbed out the other side and the two of them raced in together.



    At the hospital - ER --


    Bobbie was on duty and was jotting down some notes on a clipboard when she heard Devon's screams as Zander and Emily rushed through the sliding double doors of the ER. Bobbie dropped what she was doing and went to see how she could help.

    "We think he has an ear infection ...." Emily said as Bobbie guided her quickly along to one of the exam rooms, Zander following close behind.

    "Well he definitely has a fever." Bobbie replied when she saw how flushed he was.

    As they turned into an exam room, Monica and Alan rushed through the sliding double doors of the ER. They looked around frantically for Emily but didn't see her, but they did hear the screams of their grandchild. They followed Devon's cries and found Bobbie giving him an initial exam. Emily turned to see her parents standing inside the curtain and went to them.

    "We got him here as quickly as we could." Emily said with a worried look on her face.

    Alan wrapped his arm around her and tried to comfort his daughter. "He's going to be okay now, he's in good hands." he said as Bobbie looked up and smiled.

    "How long has he been like this?" Bobbie asked as she took an shiny instrument and checked Devon's ears.

    "He's been crying for over an hour and I just noticed the redness at his ear a little while ago, before we got here." Emily replied and then went to her husband's side as they watched over their child.

    "Well, it's good you brought him in when you did. One can never be too careful with ear infections and fevers, especially in a child his age. We'll give him something for the pain in his ear and also for the fever." Bobbie explained as Emily reached down and caressed the back of Devon's head.

    Bobbie left the room to go get the medication Devon needed and Monica and Alan stepped farther into the room. Emily still worried about Devon, as was Zander. Devon had never been sick like this before and it scared both of them. Monica noticed the scared look on their faces.

    Emily heard Zander's cell phone ringing inside his jacket pocket. He looked down at Emily and saw in her eyes she didn't want him to leave her, that he needed to be there instead of doing business. He wrapped his arm around her and she leaned back into him. The ringing of the cell phone could be heard as the two of them watched over their son, Devon.

    The stormy summer night was the longest night of Zander and Emily's life, or so it seemed. Devon's fever broke a few hours after he had gotten the medication he needed and they were allowed to take him home the next morning.



    Outside the hospital - in the limo --


    The skies cleared for the beautiful sunshine, white puffy clouds could be seen in the blue sky for miles and it felt like a calmness had come over the city of Port Charles. Zander escorted Emily down to the limo which was waiting out in front of the hospital entrance. Marcus was waiting for them as he stood with the back seat door open. He helped Emily climb in and waited for Zander to follow her. Before Zander did so, he gave Marcus a few instructions.

    "You will take her and Devon back to the cabin, but you will be dropping me off at the warehouse .... there's some business that I have to take care of."

    Marcus nodded before Zander climbed in the back seat of the limo and he shut the door. There was still the matter of Zander's missing shipment to take care of, and thought since he was in town, he'd take care of it now. Marcus drove the warehouse as his boss instructed and stopped the limo in the alley behind the main building.

    "Marcus is going to take you and Devon back to the cabin. I have some things to take care of here in town." Zander said to Emily and then leaned in and gave her a kiss.

    "This is about last night's phone call, isn't it?" she asked before he got out.

    He evaded her question with another kiss. "I'll be back as soon as I can." he replied as he got out of the car.

    He closed the door behind him leaving Emily and his son inside. Marcus stood guard by the car as Zander walked to greet his other man, Thomas who was approaching.

    "I want you to go with Marcus back to the house with Emily. I don't want her to be alone out there." Zander said concerned.

    "Are you expecting something?" Thomas asked before getting in the limo.

    "Let's just say I'm taking precautions. I'll have someone bring me back in an hour or so." Zander replied and Marcus opened the door for Thomas. He climbed in and sat next to Emily, Devon wrapped in the blanket in her arms. Emily wasn't expecting to have company on the ride back to the cabin, and it worried her that perhaps Zander thought she needed the extra protection.

    "Something bad is going to happen, isn't it?" she asked Thomas as Marcus got behind the wheel and started to drive away. "That's why he sent you along with me ..." she continued.

    "It's just an extra precaution, Emily. Nothing to be concerned about." Thomas replied trying to calm her fears the best he could without giving her too much information that she didn't need to know.




  2. SoapQueen89
    Judge Cooper's Chambers --


    Ric glanced around the room to see who was in attendance and then focused back on his mother who still had his hands in hers. He pulled a chair from the corner of the room and sat down next to her. She latching onto his hands once more as she stared at him, memorizing every inch of his face.

    Judge Cooper introduced everyone in the room to each other and then opened the case file that laid on his desk in front of him. Ric noticed that Sonny's attorney was not present and began to wonder if she had been called to the meeting or if the judge was not going to to give in to his request to let his mother testify.

    "Are we all in agreement here about Mrs. Smith testifying in chambers instead of open court?" Judge Cooper asked of those in his office.

    Ric looked at his mother wondering who had made the decision for her to testify in chambers, but he thought too it a better solution then in open court where she would be amongst strangers and the press.

    "I have one request your Honor, that is if my mother agrees to it as well." Ric began and looked towards his mother sitting next to him.

    "And what is your request counselor?" Judge Cooper asked as he looked over his wire rimmed reading glasses.

    "If my brother and I could have some time with her before she goes back? My brother has yet to see her and I think we need to have some time spent together as a family, just the three of us." Ric's request didn't sound unreasonable to Judge Cooper.

    "I have no objections. Mrs. Smith?" Judge Cooper replied and gave it to Ric's mother now to decide.

    A smile came over her face as she thought of spending time with her two sons. "Alex is here?" she asked of Ric.

    "He will be, I told him and it was his request to see you."

    Elenore was elated to hear that her other son would be arriving soon, and she agreed to meet with them after her testimony. Ric knew Zander would be overjoyed with the news of meeting with their mother afterwards, it was what he wanted.

    "Okay, I guess we're all finished here, we'll get her testimony on record and we'll reconvene in say 30 minutes." the Judge ordered as the others stood from their seats and left his chambers, leaving Ric and his mother sitting in their chairs still.

    "I'm going to see if Zander's here yet." Ric said as his mother left go of his hand reluctantly. Ric got up from his seat and left the judge's chambers to go look for his brother.

    Ric wasn't looking for his brother long, before he found Zander and Emily sitting on a bench outside the courtroom waiting. Zander stood up from his seat as Ric approached.

    "So, did you see mom yet?" Zander asked anxiously.

    "I did. She's in with Judge Cooper now. We're going to take her testimony in chambers and she's agreed to spend some time with us before they take her back home."

    A smile came across Zander's face. "So .. is she alright? Tell me ....how does she look?" Zander anxious to hear all about his mother.

    "She's fine. I didn't get to talk with her much, but she's very anxious about seeing you." Ric told him. "I have to get back to chambers, but I'll be back out soon to get you." Ric added as he led his brother back to his seat with Emily.

    When Ric returned to the judge's chambers, he saw Sonny's attorney enter and he followed her in. His mother still in her seat, and she turned to see Ric come in and sit back down beside her. Ric saw the look on her face of concern. "He's fine, mom....." Ric said and his mom cracked a smile.

    The stenographer took down Elenore's lengthy testimony word for word. It had taken a little longer then expected, so Judge Cooper was ready to reconvene his court as soon as they had finished. Ric had decided that he would care on the case before Judge Cooper and allow his mother to spend some time alone with Zander in one of the empty witness rooms down the hall from the courtroom, Ric would join them later after the Judge's ruling.

    The tall gentleman in a suit escorted Elenore to on of the witness rooms to meet with Zander, and Ric went back to the courtroom to let him know he could meet with her now. Ric approached his brother who sat waiting for him outside the courtroom and Zander stood once again from his seat. Ric accompanied by an officer that would take Zander to meet Elenore in a room down the hall. Ric explained to Zander that she was waiting for him and that he'd be there as soon as the judge gave his ruling.

    Zander went with the tall man down the hallway to the room where Elenore was waiting for him. Zander's insides were tied in knots, his palms were moist, his heart was racing, it was the first time he would see his mother in 10 years. He took a deep breath and opened the door of the witness room. As he did, she turned to see who was coming into the room and as she recognized her son's face, a smile came across hers. Zander stood in the doorway, not sure what to do, but his instinct was to rush over to her and embrace her as any son would.

    She reached out her arms to him and he rushed to her, falling into her loving embrace. Tears welled in his eyes as he wrapped his arms around her and held her close to him. She latched on to his upper arms and pulled from him to take a better look at her son.

    "It's really you isn't it, Alex .." she sniffled back the tears and smiled..

    "Yeah mom, it's really me."
  3. SoapQueen89
    Emily steadied herself against the bed post so she wouldn't fall over from shock when Zander told her that Michael was name Sonny used when he first got into the business with Frank.

    "Sonny Corinthos is your father?!" she replied in complete amazement at Zander's revelation.

    Zander scratched the top of his head and really wondered to himself if what he had dreamt was the truth. "I don't know Em, I'm just telling you what I remembered. Sonny shot Frank because Frank was going to shoot him for betrayal and for sleeping with my mother."

    Zander quickly got passed the tears and found himself quickly with anger building inside him as he remembered more of the conversation between Frank and Sonny.

    "Wait.... " he got up from the bed and began to pace the room, like pacing would make him remember more. "Frank was furious with Sonny for sleeping with my mother, but it wasn't a mutual fling .... that son of a bitch raped her!" Zander yelled out in anger as he remembered more clearly the argument between Frank and Sonny.

    His fists clenched in rage, he felt the urge to release it on something and picked up the vase and threw it against the wall. The impact shattered the vase and all that was in it on the floor. Emily jumped as the shattering vase made a loud sound as it hit the wall and broke in a million pieces. She had never seen such anger from Zander before and she was over come with fear. She knew he'd never hurt her that way, but she was afraid for him, and what he might do now knowing what he knew.

    Zander realized what he had done and what he had remembered so vividly now, his knees buckled underneath him and he went down onto the floor. Tears began to fall from his eyes and Emily went to him and held him in her arms wishing she could take the pain he was feeling all away.

    Zander cried out in pain as he realized what his mother had endured all those many years ago and that he was the result of the violent attack that was done to her.

    Emily wrapped her arms around him and tried to comfort him the best she could. He klinged to her like he had become the small boy he once was, the small scared little boy who witnessed the murder of his father by the hands of another.

    Emily sat with him on the floor of their bedroom rocking back and forth, as the tears just flowed from him, as if all 15 years of sorrow and pain was released. As she sat with him in her arms she smoothed back his hair with her hands, trying to soothe him the best she could. She just wanted to take the pain away, but she knew he was the one who was going to have to work through his knowing what had truly happened that night.

    "I am so sorry ...." he whimpered under his breath over and over again.

    "Shhh .. Zander this not your fault, you are not to blame for any of this." she whispered to him hoping he was listening to her on some level.

    She had felt for some time that as a little boy had suffered something very traumatic but she would of never guessed something like this.

    They sat a while on the floor before she tried to get him to the bed where he'd be more comfortable. He stood up with her and followed her to the bed. As he wiped away the tears that he had cried, more just fell from his eyes. He felt his chest tighten as he tried to choke back the tears, she handed him a tissue to dry his eyes with and sat down next to him on the edge of the bed.

    It seemed all the emotions he had built up inside him had been released and as he tried to piece together a coherent thought.

    "I'm sorry about the vase." he apologized as he glanced over to the shattered vase lying on the floor.

    "Oh don't worry about the vase ... to tell you the truth, I didn't like it anyways." she replied and cracked a smile. He chuckled.

    The tension in the room was broken and they both felt relief when it had dissipated from the air. Now that he remembered, it was time to take the next step.... to make sure Sonny was brought to justice for all his crimes.

    Emily left Zander sleeping as she headed downstairs to make a phone call to Ric. He needed to know that Zander remembered, but she'd let Zander tell him what it was all about. She quietly picked up her cell phone and called Ric.

    She listened to it repeatedly ring, Ric wasn't answering. She decided to leave a message for him on his voice mail, hoping he'd return the call as soon as he got it. She flipped the phone closed after she left Ric message to call her and laid it back down on the table before heading back upstairs to bed.

    She slipped back into bed with Zander, trying not to wake him, after the night he had, he needed his rest. She laid awake listening to the silence of the night and watched over her husband laying next to her. She smoothed back his forelock wondering what was going on inside his head as he slept. She hoped now that he remembered what had happened that night Frank was shot, his nightmares about it would subside.


  4. SoapQueen89
    At the hospital --


    Zander and Emily stepped off the elevator on the 5th floor of the hospital, they were on their way for Emily's appointment with Dr. Meadows. With smiles across their faces, they walked down the corridor to the doctor's office, knowing what the results would be made it a little easier for Emily to be there, there was no stressing about what the results would be, she already knew. Her appointment was just for confirmation and to get set up on a routine of vitamins and doctor's visits for the next 7 months.

    Her and Zander waited for Dr. Meadows to finish with another patient in the waiting room of the office. After a short time, Dr. Meadows emerged from behind the closed door and invited Emily in, Zander waited in his chair for her.

    "So how are we feeling, Emily?" Dr. Meadows asked as she took Emily's chart in her hands and looked down at it.

    "A little nervous, but fine otherwise." Emily replied as she hopped up on the exam table.

    "No morning sickness, dizziness ...."

    "No not this time." Emily replied as Dr. Meadows turned towards her.

    "Okay then, I guess we'll take a look to see what we have and get you on the schedule. You can put this on and I'll be right back." the doctor said as she handed Emily a blue paper gown to wear.

    Emily got down off the exam table and removed her clothing, so she could slip on the gown she was given. As she slipped on the blue gown, she noticed the fullness of her breasts, a sure sign of pregnancy, she had that with Devon. Emily got back up on the exam table and waited for Dr. Meadows to come back.

    She waited a few minutes till the doctor returned and then she laid back on the table after Dr. Meadows closed the door. The doctor approached her and took a seat on the swivel stool at the foot end of the table. Emily could feel the pressure inside her as Dr. Meadows examined her and she relaxed her body as she breathed in deeply and exhaled.

    Dr. Meadows pulled back from Emily and removed the gloves from her hands as she stood up from the stool. "Well, you are definitely pregnant, and we'll see how far along with an ultrasound at the next visit. I want to take some blood and run some tests, but from what I can tell, you shouldn't have any trouble with this baby."

    Emily sat up on the table and a concerned look came over her. "As you know, the first time I was at high risk, any indications of that this time?" Emily asked as Dr. Meadows jotted down some notes.

    "Well, with any pregnancy there are always risks and no guarantees. We'll take precautions now, so we can prevent the risks the best we can. We'll know more as you progress with this baby." Dr. Meadows reassured her. "I'll send in the technician to draw some blood and we'll get those tests done." Dr. Meadows added with a smile.

    "Thank you ...." Emily smiled in return.

    She left out a sigh of relief, all was well for now. She caressed her lower abdomen as she heard a knock at the door to the room. Zander peered in and saw her still sitting on the exam table, her feet dangling over the end of the table. She motioned for him to come in and he stepped inside, closing the door behind him. He walked over to her and stood in front of her, her legs opened to let him slip snugly in between them.

    "What did Dr. Meadows have to say?" he asked as he brushed back her auburn hair around her ear.

    "She said all looked good. She wants to get some blood for some tests, but she said I'm healthy to carry this baby and should have no problems carrying to term." Emily said and Zander noticed the worry that filled her eyes as she said it.

    "If all is so good, then why are you worried?"

    "Who's worried? I'm not worried." she replied trying to hid the fact that she was.

    "You are .... I can see it in your eyes, Em." Zander asked knowing that the first pregnancy was rough for Emily, she had almost lost Devon more then once and was put on the strictest of bed rest for the last 4 months before delivering him.

    "I guess, I just don't want anything to happen to this baby, Zander. It was a miracle for us to have Devon and we've been truly blessed with him. I guess I'm just worried that perhaps this time we won't be so blessed." she replied as she leaned into him, wrapping her arms around his waist. She felt his arms wrap around her and his hands caress her trying to soothe her fears away.

    She felt him against her and held onto him as tight as she could. She could feel the new life fluttering inside her and she smiled realizing now that all was going to okay.



    On the docks ---

    "You have your orders, now I don't care what you have to do, I want him dead!!" the voice ordered the dark haired stranger who stood on the docks of the Port Charles Harbor.

    The stranger flipped closed the cell phone and stuffed into his jacket pocket. He pulled out a picture of the target he was paid to get rid of, and stared down at it. The picture burned into his mind as he crumbled it up and threw it into the water.

    He looked up into the night sky and noticed the storm clouds were moving in as thunder could be heard in the distance. He pulled his jacket up to cover his neck as a chill came over him and he stood contemplating his next move. He pulled the 9mm gun from his jacket pocket and admired it, feeling how comfortable it was in his hand and his eyes became cold and bitter as the thoughts of killing Zander Smith filled his mind.

    The dark haired stranger walked off and disappeared into the pitch blackness of the night as another storm brewed over the city of Port Charles.


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    The sequel called WICKED will begin next week on Monday, May 14th.
  5. SoapQueen89
    EPISODE 30



    On the docks --



    The two burly men took the stairs and headed for the hospital.

    Trent and Jerry followed Greg close behind, but not close enough that Greg noticed. "I think Cory's paranoid, Greg isn't that stupid to betray the organization." the words slipped from Trent's mouth.

    "Are you sure about that, Trent? I mean there would a whole lot of money involved if he did." Jerry replied.

    "Yeah but Greg should know that if Zander found out, he wouldn't live long enough to spend it."

    "This true, doing something that stupid would be signing your own death warrant. But this is Greg we're talking about." The two men chuckled at Jerry's remark and soon they had arrived at the warehouse, where in a few hours would be filled with brand new product.

    Trent still laughing under his breath .... "Come on, we got work to do."





    Zander's ICU Room --




    Cory and Wade walked into the ICU area looking for Zander's room. Ric was standing outside watching as his mother sat with Zander while he slept.

    "You lost, DA Lansing?" Cory asked as he and Wade approached.

    "No Cory I'm not lost, I just stopped by to see my brother before going back to the station."

    Elenore emerged from the room when she heard voices in the hallway. "Do you guys mind? This is a hospital."

    "Sorry ... we just came by too see how Zander was doing." Wade spoke up and glanced into Zander's room.

    "The boss man is doing fine!" Zander shouted from his bed loud enough so his men could hear that he was awake.

    Cory and Wade went to Zander's bedside while Elenore and Ric watched on from outside the room.

    "Aren't the two of you suppose to be at the warehouse with Greg?" Zander asked as his men stood next to him.

    "Yeah, that's what we came to talk with you about."

    "There's a problem?"



    PCPD Squad Room ---




    Ric took the files from the officer and thanked him. He laid the folder down and opened it up. There was a stack of papers in front of him, bank statements and copies of transactions that had been occurring for the past 6 months. Ric looked over the statements and followed the money from one account to the next, it finally leading him to the original source. He looked up and noticed a few officers gathered around the desk next to him.

    "Bring in me Lorenzo Alcazar!" Ric ordered the officers.

    "On what charge, sir?"

    "Three counts of attempted murder!" he bellowed and Mac came hurrying over to him.

    "You got proof?" Mac asked before allowing the officers to go anywhere.

    "Proof enough?" Ric handed the bank statements to Mac.

    Mac looked over the paperwork in the file and nodded to the officers. "Go pick him up."

    "You got this evidence, where?" Mac asked as he handed the file back to Ric.

    "Martinez. He said he found what I was looking for and handed me the paperwork."

    "Martinez!" Mac called for the officer.

    "Yes, sir." he came rushing over to Mac.

    "This paperwork, where did you get it?"

    "It came special delivery, sir."

    "Messenger service?" Ric asked wondering who would of went through the trouble of gathering it and sending it to the police station.

    "Yes, sir. About 20 minutes ago."

    "Get it to forensics right away and lift the prints. Hopefully the person who sent it, left some behind." Mac ordered.

    "Do you think the statements are legit?" Ric questioned.

    "One way to find out." Mac replied and handed Ric the phone receiver.

    Ric dialed and reached the bank that the funds were drawn on. He checked the transactions with the teller and she confirmed they were factual and had been signed for by the account owner. Ric hung up the receiver and handed the file back to Mac.

    "They're legit. But is it enough?"

    "We'll soon find out." Mac replied.


  6. SoapQueen89
    EPISODE 4


    Ric's Office --



    Ric conceded and after Mac left the office, Ric picked up the phone and called Zander.

    It rang a few times before Zander picked up. "Yeah!" Zander shouted into the phone sounding very angry with something or someone.

    "Bad day?" Ric joked.

    "Yeah you could say that." Zander replied calmly realizing it was Ric.

    "We need to talk."

    "About what this time?" by Ric's tone it was police business again.

    "I need to know what you know about Morales, Zander."

    "Ric, I already told you what I know about Sal .. I don't know what you want else you want from me."

    "Zander we know Morales was in town to do business ... the trail has led us to you..." Ric's words drifted off.

    "You have got to be kidding! Ric, I swear I had no idea Morales was in town!" Zander got defensive realizing that once again the police would do anything to get him behind bars. "It's a set up, Ric!"

    "Look, I just had a talk with Mac, he's giving you one more chance to tell me, or he's going to haul you in here for questioning!"

    "You gotta do what you have to do, Ric." Zander said before hanging up on his brother.

    "Dammit!!" Ric shouted as he heard the line go dead.

    Ric got up from his chair and grabbed his suit jacket from the chair. He slipped it on and buttoned it before storming out of his office, heading to the squad room. As he made his way down the hallway towards the squad room, he ran into Alexis, literally.

    "Woah, what's your hurry?" Alexis said as she bent down to pick up the papers that scattered all over the floor when Ric bumped into her.

    "Zander's making me do my job!" he replied as he bent down to help her.

    "Come again?"

    "He's not telling me everything about Morales and now Mac's going to have to go pick him up." Ric explained.

    "I thought you had a talk with Zander about that?" she asked as she stood up with the files in her arms.

    "I did, but ... there's evidence stacking up against him this time and Mac is on my butt to get Zander to talk. And well, Zander's not helping."

    "I see .... I guess I should expect a phone call then." she hinting that Zander would call her for her legal services.

    "Yeah, I guess you should." Ric smirked before walking off.



    The Squadroom---


    Ric walked into the squad room looking for the commissioner. He noticed Mac in conversation across the room, with a few patrolmen, and he approached.

    Mac turned around and saw Ric approaching.

    "I had a talk with Zander. He says he's being set up." Ric offered.

    "Well, let's see what he has to back it up." Mac said implying that he'd have Zander picked up and brought in.

    Ric sighed knowing that Mac had intentions of bringing Zander in for questioning about the shooting and Morales. He wasn't sure how much longer he could protect his brother from being arrested for 2 counts of murder.

    Mac stood in the middle of the squad room and bellowed the order ...."Carson, Spencer, and Williams .. go find Zander Smith!" .... Mac turned towards Ric ... "Care to tell me where I can find him and make our job a whole lot easier?"
  7. SoapQueen89
    EPISODE 6



    At the cabin - Zander's office --


    "Alexis ....."

    "Yeah .. " she replied as she looked back towards Zander.

    "Thanks."

    Alexis smiled and then turned away from him and left him with his paperwork.

    Zander leaned back in the chair and placed his hand across his brow, contemplating what would be his next move. He needed to be careful, he didn't need the cops breathing down his neck right now. The last thing he wanted to have was Ric and Mac arresting him for Sal and Miguel's murders. But if he wanted to make his move on Jason, now was the time to do it. Jason had enough on his mind besides Zander, if he played his hand right, Jason would be easy pickings.

    Emily stood in the doorway of the office and saw Zander leaning back in the chair, obviously thinking hard about something on his mind.

    "Hey ..." she said and stepped in towards him.

    Zander peered underneath his hand and saw her step into the office ...."Hey .. and what can I do for you?" he asked.

    "Can't a wife just want to come and spend time with her husband?" she said as she approached him.

    Zander sat up quickly in his chair and patted his lap for her to sit. She raised her eyebrow and then sat down slowly on his legs as he wrapped his arms around her.

    "Are you okay?" she asked as her fingers got entangled in the hair around the nape of his neck.

    "Yeah I'm fine .. I should be asking you that .. you're the one who's pregnant." he smiled.

    Emily noticed his expression and saw there was something that weighed heavy on his mind. She didn't want to press him, she knew he wouldn't tell her what was bothering him, it would just make it worse for her to keep asking.

    "I'm fine .. I'm fat ... but, I'm fine."

    "You are not fat!" he argued.

    "Zander, yes I am and you don't have to tell me I'm not to make me feel better." she pouted as she looked down at her tummy.

    "Em, you are beautiful and I don't want to hear the word "fat" coming from your mouth." he replied being playfully stern with her.

    "Okay .. I'm not fat .... but I'll ask you that in 4 months from now when I'm as big as a house!" she replied as she quickly got up from his lap and he chuckled at her remark.

    "Now you're laughing at me?" she turned towards him not believing he was laughing at her.

    "No .. Em, I'm not laughing at you." he stood up from his chair knowing that he needed to get himself out of this and fast..

    She stood in front of him with her hand on her hip and raised her eyebrow waiting for an answer and he couldn't help but snicker. She saw his reaction and turned on her heel to leave the office, not waiting for a verbal answer from him, she smiling all the way to the door before turning back around to look at him with a straight face.

    He threw his hands in the air, knowing he was defeated. She thought she'd let him off the hook and smiled sweetly. "You know, one of these days, I'm gonna get you back for all the times you get me, Em." he said as she stood in the doorway smiling.

    "Uh, huh ... sure you are." she giggled and turned back around quickly and left, leaving him chuckling to himself.




  8. SoapQueen89
    Zander's warehouse --


    Zander walked into the warehouse with another man, Cory. He was Zander's General Manager, for the lack of a better word. Cory oversaw everything that came and went from the warehouse and knew the inner workings of all that happened there. Cory and Zander walked into the office and Zander took a seat behind his desk. Cory sat down in the chair after he closed the office door.

    "So tell me about the partial shipment we have sitting here. What's missing, how much is missing, and who's responsible for taking it?!" Zander demanded to know.

    "The best we can tell is, it was no amateur, this was a professional hit. And since Morgan isn't cooperating with us, we've run out of culprits. There isn't anyone else in Port Charles who would have enough balls to steal the large amount that was taken. Besides no one else would have the connections to make such a large amount disappear like it has. It has to be Morgan. He's seriously becoming an annoyance, sir."

    "Yes I know he is, but I made some promises that I can't go back on, at least not yet. So Morgan still breaths till I say so. We just have to keep our eye on him for the time being. Which is why I want to heighten security around here and I'll be adding a guard on Emily at all times." Zander wanted to be sure his family was protected even if his gut instincts were wrong.

    It was going to come to a head between him and Jason, he could feel it. The tension between the two organizations had been building for some time and after the explosion a month or so ago, it was becoming quite apparent that there would be more then just a shipment lost, soon enough.

    "We have another shipment coming in at the end of the week that will fill what we lost with the first one. I'll be sure to have extra manpower here at the warehouse." Cory replied as Zander flipped through some paperwork that laid on the desk.

    "Good and I want a 24 hour watch on this warehouse after it comes in. I don't want anything happening to it." Zander instructed as he looked down at his watch.

    "Why don't you go home to your wife and son, sir? Gregory and I can handle things here." Cory suggested as he got up from his seat. "Randy can take you home." Cory added.

    Zander got up from his seat and walked towards the door, passing Cory. "I want to take a look at that shipment first." Zander said as he walked out of the office and waited for Cory to follow.

    Cory led the way to the very large containers that had arrived a few days earlier. He saw a few other men standing off in the distance and motioned for them to come and help him open the boxes so Zander could take a look for himself at what was missing.

    Three big burly men approached and helped Cory open the containers that Zander wanted to see. Once opened, Zander sifted through the paper stringy packing in search of the product that was deep within the crate. Zander reached in with his hand, up to his elbows in packing and pulls from the crate a clear plastic package filled with white as snow powder. Cory pulls a pocketknife from his belt loop and stabs the bag with the tip, extracting some of the product from the bag as he removes the knife. He licks the knife with his tongue to taste the quality of the powder as the others look on and waited for his stamp of approval.

    Zander walked away from his men once Cory nodded that the product was quality powder and the men nailed the crate shut once more. Zander put his hand to his head and massaged his forehead with his fingers as Cory approached him.

    "Do you want to distribute the stuff?" Cory asked and Zander turned on his heel towards him.

    "It's business as usual, Cory." is all Zander said as he began walking towards the enormous overhead door to leave.

    Cory walked towards the others and called for Randy. "Take Zander back to his wife at the cabin." Cory slapped Randy on the shoulder as he passed. "And don't let him out of your sight till he's inside the house!" Cory hollered after Randy. Randy waved in acknowledgment and followed his boss out the door to the limo that was parked in the alley.

    Zander looked down at his watch and noticed he had spent more time at the warehouse then he had expected to, so he used his cell phone and called Thomas to see if everything was okay at the cabin.

    "I take it everything went smoothly getting Emily back?" he asked as Thomas answered.

    "Yes it did, no problems here." Thomas replied.

    "Good, Randy's driving me back now, I'll be there shortly." Zander closed his phone and put it back in his jacket pocket as Randy opened the back door of the car.

    "Is everything alright, sir?" Randy asked noticing his boss looked drained.

    Things were not fine with Zander, he had a bad feeling about things for a while now, he just couldn't shake it. He was hoping that the feeling would pass, like all the others before had. He sighed deeply as he lied to his guard ..."Things are just fine, Randy ....." With that, Randy closed the limo door and climbed in behind the wheel of the limo.

    Zander wasn't sure which is was more worried about, the fact that at that very moment he had a couple hundred thousand dollars in powder in his warehouse, or that he had his wife and child at home waiting under guard for their protection.

    He leaned his head back against the seat and closed his eyes to rest them. He was so completely drained from what had been happening over the past few weeks, he was surprised he knew his own name. He just hoped that the trial would be over soon and he could finally put the past behind him and concentrate on the present and what the future held for he and his family.


  9. SoapQueen89
    EPISODE 29



    Lorenzo's Penthouse --




    "Zander's still alive and latest report is that he's going to make a full recovery." said the voice on the other end of Lorenzo's cell phone.

    "Dammit!!! I swear that guy has 9 lives!" Lorenzo shouted as he took his anger and frustration out on his cell phone and threw it against the wall of his apartment.

    "Look on the bright side, boss, he's only got 5 more lives left."

    "He wouldn't have any more lives left if you would of done a better job!"

    "Hey we can try again .."

    "No ... we can't Greg, this was a one shot deal! The cops are going to be all over this like ugly on an ape, we can't take the chance try it again."

    "Look, Zander trusts me, he's got me second in command now, there's no way he suspects one of his own. Lorenzo, I can do this .. I want to do this."

    "My question to is why? Why do want Zander dead? He's been good to you for a long time, Greg."

    "I'm tired of being the second, I want to be first for a change. You know how it works in this business Lorenzo, never getting your hands dirty, it's always the other guy who takes care of things for you, yet you get all the credit. Zander would be a big feather in my cap, Lorenzo."

    "Oh so your doing this for notoriety? You want your name in the paper saying that you were the one who took out Zander Smith, big time mob boss? Are you crazy or just plain stupid? No one does this for the glory, it's all about money and power, not for some front page news story!"

    "Look, I pretty much come from nothing, Lorenzo. Yeah the money is a major part of it, but so is recognition, acceptance from others like Zander. I've been his henchman for far too long, it's time for me to move up on the food chain. And if that means killing Zander, then .... then so be it."

    "But see, that's just it ... you had your chance and you fucked it up. I can't take this chance again, Greg. There's too much police activity right now about this shooting. They're soon going to put two and two together and get Lorenzo Alcazar."

    Greg was obviously disappointed that Lorenzo wasn't going to give him another shot at Zander. In Greg's mind, he didn't need Lorenzo take Zander out and to make it worth his while, he was in perfect position to frame Lorenzo for a killing that he did. A devilish smile came across Greg's face as these thoughts entered his mind, the plan was starting fall into place.

    "Okay fine. You take care of Zander yourself, Lorenzo. But just know that Zander will be back in business and he will still be a thorn in your ass." Greg replied and turned to leave Lorenzo's apartment.

    "Greg, wait." Lorenzo walked towards his desk and then pulled on the drawer to open it up. "Here, it's the last installment." Lorenzo handing Greg a overstuffed white envelope.

    Greg pulled open the envelope and exposed a wad of hundred dollar bills. "What's this for?" he asked shocked that Lorenzo was giving him the money.

    "Consider it severance pay." Lorenzo replied, his eyes stone cold. "Now get out and if you tell anyone about our arrangement, you won't get time to spend it." he threatened.

    Greg left Lorenzo's apartment and stood out in the hallway, grinning once again, the pieces to his plan were falling very nicely into place. He stuffed the envelope in his jacket pocket and left the apartment building, heading back to the warehouse. With Thomas and Zander both in the hospital, the warehouse was in need of someone to look after the shipment that was due later that night.



    On the docks --




    As Greg walked down on the docks towards the warehouse, he was met by a few of Zander's other hired hands. Greg stopped dead in his tracks when he noticed them blocking his path.

    "Gregory ... in a hurry to get someplace?" Cory asked as he smoothed out Gregory's suit jacket with his strong hands.

    "I'm heading over to the warehouse." he replied standing his ground and not letting on that he had just come from seeing Lorenzo by being nervous.

    "Oh, well ... we got the warehouse covered, we just came from there. Unless there was another reason you were headed there?" Cory said suspicious about Greg's motives for wanting to be at the warehouse.

    "Oh, okay .. I just wanted to check a few things out .. thinking you guys might need some help, you know with Thomas and the boss in ...."

    "Yeah we know ... I have one question for you though before you go." Cory replied as Greg made a step to walk away and Cory stopped him.

    "What's that?" Greg asked as he felt his heart racing, hoping they didn't notice the over stuffed pocket of his suit jacket.

    "If you're here, then who's at the hospital protecting Zander and Emily? Weren't you on guard detail?"

    Greg sighed a relief. "Frank's on Zander and I got Marcus to cover Emily's room. Don't worry, about it, I got it handled." he smiled.

    Cory raised an eye brow suspiciously and then left Greg go. He had a feeling there was more to Greg then any of them knew. He wasn't ready to bring his suspicions to Zander just yet, he wanted more proof that Greg had betrayed the organization.

    Cory pulled two of them with him closer. "You watch him like a hawk. You got me. I don't want him out of your sight for a minute."

    "You think something's up?" Trent asked as he watched Greg walk further and further away from them.

    "Yeah I do .. and it isn't good." Cory replied and then motioned for them to go.

    "You really think there's something going on, Cor?" Wade asked.

    "Yeah I do ... there's just something going on with Greg, I just can't put my finger on it. Come on, let's go see Zander and Thomas."


  10. SoapQueen89
    The Cabin --



    "I don't want to hear that Cory .. what's the problem?" Zander asked as he walked into the other room to talk business.

    "Those containers that came in this morning are not filled with all of the product, some is missing." Cory replied.

    "How much is missing, this time?!" Zander replied sternly.

    "Enough not to make the quota and certainly enough to cause concern, sir." This was not what Zander wanted to hear, his mind filling with ideas of who would steal from his warehouse and be bold enough to do so.

    "Dammit .. this is the third shipment in 6 months that we've had problems with!" Anger consumed him as he began to pace the floor of the kitchen.

    "What do you want me to do about it?" Cory asked waiting for more instructions

    "I'll take care of this, Cory. Just let it sit for now. Gregory, Thomas and Marcus are on their way back to the warehouse on Pier 12 to clean up a mess that was made earlier, I want you to go meet them and assist them with that. Keep me posted." Zander ordered and flipped closed the phone in disgust with the situation.

    He walked back into the living with purpose and noticed Emily had laid down and fallen asleep while waiting for him. He scooped her up in his arms and carried her up the stairs to the bedroom. As he laid her down on the bed, she sighed. Sleep was probably the best thing for her, right now. He covered her with the blanket that laid on the edge of the bed and kissed her cheek softly. He walked towards the door and turned off the light. He closed the door quietly and walked down the hall to check on Devon. His naps in the afternoon were usually a few hours and he had just put him down before all hell had broken loose at the warehouse. Devon slept peacefully in his crib and Zander closed the door, leaving it ajar slightly. He walked quietly down the hall and then down the stairs. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone once more. He needed to find out who was stealing from him, though he had an idea, but he had hoped he was wrong for Emily's sake.

    Zander made a few phone calls to some of his contacts. The shooting that had almost taken his life a few months ago was still being investigated, though the police didn't have any new leads, the trail was going cold and it was becoming more and more clear that he and Jason would soon find themselves in alot more trouble then either of them bargained for, he suspected. His thoughts went immediately to Jason as the culprit of his missing product. Jason would certainly be bold enough to come into the his warehouse and he would have the means to make the product disappear into the streets and not be found again.

    Zander deep in thought was startled back as his cell phone rang again. He flipped it open and answered it hoping it was better news this time.

    "Sir, it's Thomas. It's been taken care of." Zander heard from the other end of the line.

    "Good. Now I want you and Gregory to find out what the hell happened to the rest of that shipment that came in this morning! You can start with Jason Morgan!" Zander instructed his men before closing his phone.

    Thomas flipped closed his cell phone and told Gregory what he had been instructed to do. The two of them left the warehouse knowing what needed to be done to get the answers their boss was looking for. As they walked down the docks on a mission, the person they were looking for was standing a short a distance from them. The two men stayed back and just watched as Jason held a conversation with someone else he was with.



    On the docks --


    Jason handed an envelope to the stranger and the stranger took it. He shoved the overly stuffed envelope in the pocket of his leather jacket and walked off. Jason left standing alone on the docks, Thomas and Gregory approached him.

    "So now, Zander sends his goons ... where's the boss man himself?" Jason asked as the two men walked up on him.

    "The boss man is none of your concern Morgan." Gregory snapped back.

    Jason didn't waste his time on pleasantries and pulled his 9mm from the back of his waist band as the two men came closer.

    "There is no need for the weapon, Morgan. We didn't come here to hurt you. Just to talk." Thomas replied as Jason held the gun in his hand, steady.

    Jason's glared at the two men, not yet ready to put his weapon away, held it tight in his hand. His finger laid gently against the trigger, ready to shot if he needed to. The two men were calm, not showing fear at any time while standing in front of Jason with his gun pointed at them.

    "What does your boss want to know?" Jason asked as Thomas walked around him to the other side.

    "The boss wants to know where his shipments have gone to, Morgan." Gregory stated as he didn't back down, like Jason expected him to.

    "Oh so Zander thinks I took them? And he sent the two of you to make me confess?" Jason laughed at Zander's intentions.

    Thomas and Gregory stood their ground with Jason, they weren't going anywhere till they had the answers they had come for. Jason wasn't about to confess to Zander's men, he had no intention to give them what they had come for. He put his piece back in his waistband and began to walk away from the two men.

    "We aren't finished with you yet, Morgan." Thomas said as he stepped towards Jason.

    "Yes, I believe we are." Jason replied as he quickly pulled his piece again on the two men. "I have nothing left to say. And you can go back and tell your boss whatever you like, but I am not the one who took his product." Jason added as he backed away from the men, his gun still pointed in their direction.

    Jason disappeared into the darkness and Zander's men stood on the docks alone. Thomas flipped open his cell phone and called Zander to give him a report as to what just happened.



    At the cabin--


    "Sir, Morgan's not cooperating. He's not giving us anything." Thomas said as he reached his boss.

    Zander sighed. He knew it would come down to this, he was just avoiding the inevitable. "You know what to do to Morgan, he's stolen from me for the last time."

    Emily was hidden in the shadows of the stairs as she heard Zander's orders and she cried out .... "Zander, noooo!"


  11. SoapQueen89
    The cabin --


    The alarm went off at 6:30am, like every morning before and Zander turned over and smacked the clock till the alarm stopped buzzing. He rubbed his face with his hands trying to revive himself from his restful sleep. The day had come he dreaded, Sonny's trial started this morning and he and Emily were to be there by 10. He turned over and watched her sleeping peacefully.

    "Em .. baby..." he said softly as he caressed her arms to wake her.

    He leaned in and kissed her cheek which aroused her some as she turned in towards him and groaned. "What time is it?" she asked sleepily.

    "It's 6:30 .. we have to be in court by 10, so get your tush in gear. Today is not the day to sleep in." he replied as he climbed from the bed and walked towards the bathroom.

    She turned over and grabbed his pillow in her hands and pulled it to her. She curled up with it and dozed back to sleep. He emerged from the bathroom and noticed she was still in bed, curled into a ball with the pillow to comfort her.

    He walked towards the closet and opened the doors to see all the dark suits hanging on display. He picked out one of his black suits and a deep blue dress shirt to match. He walked with it in his hands over the bed and laid it down as he sat on the edge of the bed.

    She began to stir as the alarm buzzed again after the 10 minute snooze had passed. She laid on her back and her eyes opened slowly, the sunshine was hard on her sensitive morning pupils as she protected her eyes with her hand.

    "You're not wearing that are you?" she asked as she saw the black suit laying on the bed beside him.

    "What's wrong with it? You know I only have 2 colors in my wardrobe." he cracked a smile.

    She rolled her eyes and cracked a smile at his remark about his taste in clothes. He looked over his shoulder at her as she propped herself up against the head board and yawned.

    "What are you wearing?" he questioned and she raised an eye brow.

    "Clothes?" she snickered. "I don't know, maybe my red suit." she shrugged.

    "Okay you wear the red suit and I'll wear the red shirt, satisfied?" he smirked and then went to the closet and picked out the red silk dress shirt.

    "Okay .." she yawned and climbed from the bed. She walked into the bathroom and closed the door.

    She opened the door and peered out. "Are you okay?" she asked. She was expecting him to be nervous about the trial but he didn't seem to be at all shaken up about what was going on today.

    "Yeah I'm fine." he replied as he shoo'd her back into the bathroom.

    He heard the water being drawn for the shower as the images of that night returned in his mind, just like a silent movie, he remembered more vividly the details of the shooting. His body jerked as the gun went off in his head and he tried to shake it off before she emerged after her quick shower.

    She noticed he was a little shaky when she returned to the bedroom, he was a little uneasy on his feet as he walked towards the bathroom once more. "Are you sure you're okay?" she asked as he steadied himself against the doorway. He shrugged off her question and went into the bathroom closing the door behind him.

    She felt something had happened while she was out of the room, another vision she suspected. He had been having them more frequently since the hearing, but they were not consistent. The shooting of his father had haunted him for so long, she had hopes that after Sonny's trial, things would be easier for him and the nightmares would fade away.



    At the courthouse --


    Zander and Emily dropped off Devon at her parent's for the day, and arrived at the courthouse before 10. The doors of the courtroom stood open, as they walked across the hallway they were met by Ric. Zander didn't look at all relaxed by then, he was fidgety and Ric noticed.

    Ric patted Zander on the back as the three of them walked into the courtroom together, as they walked down the aisle, Zander noticed Carly sitting in the first row behind the defense table. She didn't make eye contact with him and he thought it best not to stare in her direction. He and Emily took seats in the first row behind Ric and Alexis, who was already sitting at the prosecution table waiting.

    Emily smiled as she saw the look between Ric and Alexis, she thought it was sweet how the two of them were with each other. She and Zander sat together and waited for his turn in the witness box. She trying to keep him relaxed as they listened to other witnesses that Ric had called for the prosecution.

    Zander glanced over towards the defense table and caught Sonny's eye. Their eyes made a connection and Zander certainly didn't feel the love coming from his so-called father. Sonny may have been his biological father, but he truly was never going to be his dad. Frank Smith was all of those things to Zander while he was growing up. He felt the love from Frank and he spent time with Zander, even though he ran the biggest organization on the east coast, Frank still made time for him .... and Sonny took that all away from him.

    Sonny's attorney finished with the witness and he existed the box. Ric stood up and looked over his shoulder at Zander sitting behind him.

    "Mr. Lansing, call your next witness if you will." the judge announced and Ric buttoned his suit jacket.

    Ric turned towards Zander and called his name .. "The prosecution calls, Zander Smith."



  12. SoapQueen89
    EPISODE 17


    Backseat of Zander's limo --



    A short time had passed and Zander sat waiting for Ric in the back seat of his limo. He didn't want to give up Lorenzo but if it meant staying out of prison, he'd hand Lorenzo over on a silver platter to Ric.

    "Thomas ...."

    "It's 10 minutes since the last time you asked, Sir."

    "Where the hell is he, Ric should of been here by now."

    "Maybe he's not going to show, Sir?"

    "Oh he'll show, he wants answers. This has been going on far too long. If anything, I know Ric and he's desperate to punish someone. He'll be here."

    Thomas looked in the rearview mirror and saw an unmarked police car pull up behind the limo.

    "I think your guest has arrived, Sir."

    Zander turned around to see the unmarked car parked behind them. Ric emerged from the driver's seat and walked towards Zander's car. The back door opened and Ric climbed in.

    "This better be good." Ric said as he closed the door.

    "It is but I want some assurances before I give you anything." Zander replied wanting some promises first.

    "Zander ... " Ric shook his head side to side.

    "Look, I'm not going down for something I had nothing to do with and if you want the person responsible for it, you'll give me what I want, Ric."

    Ric sighed knowing Zander knew exactly what buttons to push to get what he wanted. "Okay, what do want?"

    "I want is full immunity from this case, Ric. No questions asked."

    "So you are in over your head again, huh?" Ric replied, thinking on Zander's offer.

    "Do you want this man or not?"

    "Yes I do want him, but .. full immunity?" Ric contemplated what he should do, he really needed the information Zander had to stop the violence that had been happening over the past few months.

    "You are the DA, Ric .. you make deals all the time. Now I'm asking for a deal for me. What's the problem?"

    "The problem is, is that you are my brother, Zander. I don't want to be compromised for giving you a deal of full immunity!" Ric replied laying out for Zander the situation he could be in.

    "Then I guess you have a choice to make, now don't you? You either give me, your brother the deal of full immunity or no dice. I will go after this man myself and there will be more violence and more killing, Ric. I can guarantee you that!"

    "Alright! I'll take the heat for this if it comes back on me ..... you have your full immunity."

    Zander grinned. "Thank you."

    "Now .... tell me .... who is this person? Who are we up against?"

    Zander reached in the back pocket of the seat in front of him and pulled out a manilla file folder, at least an inch thick. He handed it to Ric.

    "This is all the information you need to put a stop to the man. I've done all the leg work for you Ric, all you need to do is prosecute him." Zander said as Ric looked down at the file folder he was handed.

    Ric opened up the folder and began looking through all the paperwork inside. A picture of the man was attached to the reports Zander's men had compiled.

    "I don't know what to say, Zander."

    "A thank you might suffice. And tell me that I will not have to worry about this man again. He has hurt my family, our family, Ric .. I want him punished!" Zander replied reminding Ric that it wasn't only Zander's family but Ric's family as well.

    Ric looked up from the folder and looked at Zander .... "Oh you don't have to worry about that, Mr. Alcazar will be punished for all he has done, trust me."

  13. SoapQueen89
    "Emily! .... " he was shocked to see her standing there listening. "Don't do anything yet, I'll call you back." he continued and flipped closed his cell phone.

    "You're going to have Jason taken out, aren't you?" she said as she came down the stairs and rubbed up against him as she passed by. "He's my brother, Zander .. how could you do that to me?" she scolded her husband for even thinking such an awful thing.

    "Emily, listen to me .. this is business, it has nothing to do with family relations." Zander tried to make her see that what he was doing was protecting what was his.

    "Screw the business, Zander! This is personal and I can't believe you were ready to take out my brother without a second thought!" she hollered back at him in return.

    "Wait a minute, Jason wouldn't take a second thought about taking me out! But you're okay with that!"

    "No I'm not okay with that ... Jason promised not to touch you, Zander .... he promised me he wouldn't!" she cried and fell down into the cushions of the couch as she sat down. Her face buried into her hands and she leaned over her knees like in pain. Tears began to fall from her eyes and she began to cry, cry out of disgust, cry out of disappointment and sadness that this was happening to her family.

    "Wait you saw Jason? When?" Zander asked as he went to her and sat down with her on the couch.

    "This morning before Damien nabbed me in the parking garage. I was there to see Jason about you!" she snipped back as she brushed off his consoling and got up from her seat.

    "When were you going to tell me this, Emily? You know with one phone call world war 3 could start between Jason and I!" he barked back.

    "I'm sorry .. in all the chaos this morning I forgot to tell you, okay?!" Her forgetfulness could of cost her, her brother's life, or worse, her husbands. Guilt of not telling Zander overcame her.

    "What did Jason have to say?" Zander asked.

    "I convinced him not to come after you .. at least not till all this mess is over with Sonny."

    "Well thank you for going to bat for me, Em .. but I think I can handle Jason!" he replied thinking now his reputation with Jason was damaged at least some by Em going to battle for him.

    "You know I didn't only do it for you Zander, I did it for me and Devon too! I don't know what I would do if we lost you!" tears began to trickle down her cheeks once more. She almost did lose him, not too long ago and she was never going to go through that again, whether he liked it or not, she was going to protect him if she could.

    He went to her and pulled her to him, she stood up and wrapped her arms around him as she cried against his chest. "I'm sorry, Zander. I guess being a mob wife I am not." she sniffled back the tears, her voice muffled against his chest.

    He wrapped his hands around her cheeks and lifted up her chin, her eyes red and puffy from crying, he wiped the tears away with his thumbs. "Now you listen to me .. I don't ever want to hear you say that, okay. It took alot of guts to go to Jason this morning. That was a very bold thing to do and I thank you for going there on behalf. Em, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me, you know that and I don't know where I'd be without you. This life isn't easy and I never said it would be, but I will protect you and keep you safe the best way I know how, but you have to tell me where you're going so I can protect you from another Damien Smith. Okay?" he said as he cracked a smile hoping she understood that if she had told him she was going to see Jason, he would of been more on his guard to protect her and Damien may have never found her in the parking garage.

    She understood and agree the next time she'd go into town she'd tell him and not leave herself unprotected like she had this morning with Damien. "Okay, I promise but you have to promise me something too, Zander." she replied.

    "What's that?"

    "You have to promise me not to go after Jason, he promised me he wouldn't come after you, now I want a promise from you that you won't go after him."

    He didn't answer her and flipped open his cell phone and dialed. She watched him wondering what he was planning on doing now.

    "Thomas .. leave Morgan alone." .... "Yeah you heard me, leave Morgan be."....."Yeah this is a direct order, I don't want Morgan touched, you got that." Zander flipped closed the cell phone and stuck back in his pocket.

    Emily stood up from her seat and went to him. She wrapped her arms around his waist and looked up at him. "Thank you for calling off your plans ..." she said as he pulled her into him.

    "No, thank you for making me realize just what's important..." his words drifted off as he couldn't help but think of the day he'd get his chance to take down Jason Morgan.


  14. SoapQueen89
    EPISODE 12


    At the hospital --



    "She can't be in labor yet, Alan .. it's too early!" Zander said as he held onto Emily's hand for comfort and reassurance.

    "I don't think it's labor pains .. this is something else." Alan replied with worry.

    Tears began to well in Emily's eyes as the pain she was feeling became stronger, too much to bear. She cried out in pain again and squeezed Zander's hand with all that was inside her.

    "You have to do something!" Zander yelled at Alan as he felt Emily squeeze his hand.

    Monica returned with Dr. Meadows and she did an examination of Emily and the baby.

    "I can't lose this baby, Dr. Meadows! Please save our baby!" Emily cried, the tears warm as they rolled down her cheeks.

    "Just try to calm down, Emily ....I'm going to do all I can."


    Dr. Meadows asked for Monica and Alan to leave the room so she could do a thorough examine of Emily and the baby, Zander would of been asked to leave as well, but Emily wasn't about to let go of him.

    As Dr. Meadows did the examine, Emily could feel the pain subside and she became more relaxed. "Is the pain diminishing, Emily?" Dr. Meadows asked as she noticed Emily didn't seem to be in much discomfort.

    "Yeah it is ...." Emily sniffled back the tears.

    "Good. Now I'm seriously keeping you here longer the 48 hours. Stress caused this episode and we can't be having it happen again." Dr. Meadows explained hoping her patient would understand.

    "The baby? How's the baby? He's okay, right?" Emily concerned, she looked at Zander then at Dr. Meadows for reassurance.

    Dr. Meadows hesitated and all went silent, it was deafening and the pause from the doctor, gave Zander the overwhelming feeling there was more that she wasn't telling them.

    "Dr. Meadows ... what about the baby?!" Emily's tears began to well in her eyes again as she noticed the doctor's somber look.

    "The baby seems to be feeling some discomfort but that can be expected after the ordeal Emily's been through." the doctor replied as she pulled back from Emily's bed and stood up from her swivel stool.

    "What can we do for him?" Emily asked worried about the welfare of her unborn baby.

    "Right now all we can do is wait and see. There isn't anything medically we can do, you just need to relax and sustain no stress, which was the case the last time. And again I'm prescribing complete bed rest. Which means, I'm not releasing you just yet. I'd like to keep an eye on the baby tonight and then do an ultrasound tomorrow to see what's going on in there."

    Zander reached down and caressed Emily's head with his hand as a reassurance to her he was there with and not to be afraid. But it would take more then Zander's touch to keep her from feeling afraid, she was afraid she was going to lose this baby, something she wasn't going to be able to handle. She couldn't lose this baby.




  15. SoapQueen89
    EPISODE 19



    At the hospital --


    "Look, the deal was straightforward and it was done between my brother and I. I didn't want to drag you into this Alexis."

    "Drag ... me into this? Zander, I'm your attorney of record, don't you think you should of consulted with me first before going and making deals with the DA?"

    "Alexis I didn't have time to consult with you."

    She sighed heavily. "Okay, so what kind of deal did you make that you shouldn't of ."

    "Full immunity ...."

    "Really ... for what? I mean, there has to be a catch?"

    "In exchange for the information on the man whose been behind all that's been happening around here for the past 6 months."

    "And Ric was okay with this?"

    "Well, not at first .. it took a little convincing, but he went with it."

    "I don't like the sound of that, Zander." Alexis replied.

    "Ric and I have an understanding ... let's leave it at that."

    Alexis sighed. "Well, let's just hope this deal of yours don't come back and bite us in the ass."




    Ric's Office --


    Ric returned the PCPD and headed straight to his office. Zander might have gotten immunity from the case about Sal and Miguel but he surely didn't have any deals about exporting and importing illegal product. Ric had no other choice but to write out an arrest warrant for his brother. Ric had seen too much and confiscated too much evidence from the warehouse to look the other way.

    Ric walked into his office and he was startled to see someone sitting in the chair waiting for him.

    "Mom?! What are you doing here?" Ric said as he realized it was his mother waiting for him.

    "I came to visit with you, can't a mother visit her son?"

    "Yeah you can, but I'm ... quite busy with work at the moment." Ric answered not wanting to write out the arrest warrant in front of their mother, but he had no other choice, he had to act now.

    Ric sat down at his desk and opened a file drawer. He pulled out the proper paperwork for the warrant and began filling out what he needed to. Elenore sat and watched as Ric made a phone call to the courthouse and she listened as Ric asked for the judge to sign a warrant for Zander.

    "You can't do this Ric!" his mother blurted out as she rose from the chair.

    "I can mom and I am. I have evidence on Zander, I can't turn my back on it!"

    "He's your brother! How can you do this to him?!"

    "Do this to him? Mom, he's been conducting illegal activities in Port Charles for the last 5 years now, and I've always looked the other way, it's time I stopped and did my job!"

    Ric grabbed his coat and stormed out of his office, leaving his mother alone worried about what was happening with her two sons. Ric hurried down to the squad room and grabbed a few officers to go with him.



    The PCPD Squad Room --


    "Let's go, pick up Zander." Ric ordered.

    "Ric ..." Commissioner Scorpio called.

    Ric turned around to see Mac standing only a few feet from him with a stack of files in his arms.

    "You're doing the right thing." Mac said.

    "I'm just doing my job." Ric turned on his heel and he and the officers walked out of the squad room on their way to serve the arrest warrant on Zander for the illegal product and shipments they had found in the warehouse.

    With Emily asleep still, Alexis and Zander talked for a while in the lounge just outside her room when Zander's cell phone rang.

    "I'm sorry, I have to take this." he said to Alexis as he pulled out his phone and flipped it open.

    "What's going on, Thomas?"

    "I need you here at the warehouse on Pier 53.....right away."

    "Okay, I'm on my way." Zander flipped closed the cell phone and said goodbye to Alexis, who became concerned something was going down that needed Zander's attention.



    Zander's Warehouse --


    Ric had the officers positioned out of sight, but he had a clear view of the alley behind the warehouse on Pier 53. He had hoped that Zander was still tending to business as usual, and soon enough, Zander would show to check on the shipments that had come in the night before. He looked down at the warrants he held in his hand, they covered all of Zander's warehouses and the vehicles in Zander's fleet. Ric had covered all his bases this time, there was no way Zander was going to wiggle out this time.

    Thomas was inside the warehouse uncrating the recent shipment when Zander arrived. Ric held back the officers till Zander was inside and then gave him another few minutes just to be sure.

    "Okay ... let's go." Ric ordered into the walkie talkie he held in his hand.

    Zander and Thomas were discussing the manifest as Ric and the officers busted through the back door of the warehouse. It had all happened so fast, there was no time to run and Zander was surprised to see Ric with 4 officers approach him.

    Ric saw Thomas reaching for his 9mm he kept in a shoulder holster. "Don't even think about it." Ric said as one of the officer approached Thomas with caution and took the gun from his side.

    "Alright Ric, what's this all about?" Zander asked.

    "This is an arrest warrant and this is a search warrant." Ric handed his brother two folded documents. "Now turn around, I believe you know the drill."

    Zander rolled his eyes, he couldn't believe this was happening. "How could you do this to me Ric?!"

    "Why is everyone asking me that! This is my job, Zander. I am here arresting a criminal ... that is you, right?" Ric said as he turned his brother around to face him.

    "I thought we had a deal?!"

    "We have a deal on the murders of Sal and Miguel ... we have no deal for illegal product distribution and possession." Ric smirked.

    "You have got to be kidding!"

    "Does it look like I'm kidding, Zander? I have enough evidence on you, I can't turn a blind eye on this one. I'm sorry, Zander, not this time."




  16. SoapQueen89
    At the cabin --


    The morning sun filtered through the trees and into the bedroom window, she awoke to being alone and she sat up in bed quickly. "Zander?" she called out for him with no answer.

    She slipped from the bed and put on her robe and slippers before she headed out the door of the bedroom and down the stairs. She searched the down stairs and found no one, but a fresh pot of coffee that was made. She went to the front door and opened it, thinking that Zander had gone to see his brother, she wasn't expecting to find him sitting alone on the front porch.

    He turned and looked towards the door when he heard it open. "Morning....." he said as he saw her standing in the doorway.

    "Morning, what are you doing out here, Zander?" she asked as she stepped out onto the front porch with him.

    "Just thinking." he replied as he held a cup of coffee between his hands to keep them warm. Emily sat down on the step with him and snuggled close.

    "Have you told your brother yet?" she asked as she looked up at him. His arms wrapped around her as their hands wrapped around the one cup of coffee.

    "Not yet." he replied and she didn't question his reasons for not calling Ric, he'd do it in his own time she guessed.

    As they sat with each other on the steps, they were startled by the sound of a vehicle coming down the dirt road. Zander rushed Emily into the house and he followed closely behind, not wanting anyone to know they were there. He peered out the window from behind the curtain as the vehicle pulled up to the rustic cabin. He realized he knew the vehicle and went to open the door for their visitor.

    "Hey little brother ..." Ric said as he emerged from the black SUV and then came into full view as he walked around the front of the truck. Zander handed his cup of coffee off to Emily before he stepped out onto the front porch of the cabin.

    Zander came down the stairs to greet Ric with a brotherly embrace. "Hey you weren't kidding when you said it was a well hidden place." Ric chuckled as the two of them went into the cabin.

    Zander explained to Emily that he had called Ric earlier that morning to come and see them. He didn't want to tell his brother all that happened in the middle of the PCPD, the cabin was more appropriate.

    Zander and Ric took seats on the sofa in the living room as Emily went to get them all some coffee.

    "You're call sounded urgent, so I came as soon as I could." Ric said as he unbuttoned his suit jacket and made himself more comfortable on the couch.

    "Yeah urgent would be a good word for it." Zander smirked.

    "I hope you have some good news for me, and we can pick up Sonny again for murder." Ric replied anxiously awaiting what Zander had to tell him.

    "Good news? Well, for you maybe, but not for me. What I remembered just brought on more questions for me, Ric. But I do remember that Sonny shot Frank." Ric found it strange that Zander used their names and didn't call Frank, father like he had done before.

    "Is there something more, Zander? If there is, I'd like to hear it." Ric replied as Emily came into the room with a tray and she set it down on the coffee table in front of them. Zander reached for a cup of coffee and took a sip before beginning his story what had happened. Emily heard the cries of Devon from upstairs and excused herself to check on him.

    "Have anything more to tell me, Zander?" Ric asked as he held the cup of coffee between his hands.

    "You mean like from what I remembered last night that Frank Smith was not my father, but that Sonny is?" Zander replied.

    "Sonny? .... Is your father? Are you sure, Zander?" Ric questioned surprised to hear what Zander had told him.

    "As sure as I want to be right now, believe me, it was a shock to me too. But that's what I remembered about the argument between Sonny and Frank that night. Frank accused Sonny of raping my mother 8 years earlier, he had found out that I was Sonny's son, not his. He was furious with Sonny, and wanted to kill him for doing what he had done to his family and to his wife. Sonny shot Frank before Frank got a shot at him."

    Ric sat and listened as Emily came down the stairs with Devon in her arms. She turned the corner with him and headed into the kitchen to feed him his breakfast.

    "Well, I'm sure the statute has run out on the rape of your mother, but we certainly can arrest Sonny for killing Frank....with your testimony, Sonny should get alot of years behind bars." Ric replied.

    Zander's stomach churned at the word "testimony". He didn't want to talk about that night to anyone, it was painful for him just to think about it. But if it would put Sonny in jail for what he had done, he'd have to tell his story in front of a judge.

    "Are you ready for that?" Ric asked as he saw Zander went pale at the mention of testifying against Sonny.

    "No, I'm not ready to testify against Sonny ... my father, but I have to, I'm the only witness you have that can put him away for this." Zander replied.

    "I'm sorry for all the pain that Sonny has caused, he certainly deserves the punishment that the judge hands down on him. He's hurt alot of people over the years and it's time he pays for all he's done." Ric said trying to be sympathetic towards his brother.

    "Yeah he has caused alot of pain to many people, but my only concern right now is that Sonny gets charged with murder and that he go to prison for a very long time for it. He's taken way too many years from me, Ric. I'm not going to let him get away with it!"



  17. SoapQueen89
    EPISODE 18


    At the hospital --


    Zander feeling pretty good about his deal with Ric, he had Thomas drive him back to the hospital to see Emily. He had been gone for quite a while and he was sure she'd be worried about him. Thomas pulled the limo up in front of the hospital and Zander gave him a few last instructions before he climbed out of the car.

    Zander walked down the corridor towards Emily's room and saw the guard he had posted, was there as instructed. Zander approached and the guard nodded in acknowledgment of his boss. Zander opened the door to Emily's room and peered inside. He noticed she had visitors and he hesitated, but Emily saw him before he had a chance to back out.

    "Zander .. where have you been?! I've been worried sick about you!" Emily scolded as Zander stepped into the room and closed the door behind him.

    "I've been keeping you safe ...." he began as he stepped towards her, glancing to her mom and dad standing on the other side of the bed.

    "You call this keeping her safe?" Alan replied as he pointed out to the guard outside the door.

    "Dad, please. Zander's doing all that he can to protect me!" Emily spoke up as she reached for Zander's hand.

    "May I speak with Emily, alone, please?" Zander asked implying for Alan and Monica to leave.

    "Come on Alan, let's leave them alone." Monica said as she coaxed Alan towards the door.

    Zander didn't say anything more till he saw the door close behind them. He took a seat on the edge of the bed and caressed his unborn child with his hand.

    "Now are you going to tell me where you have been? Ric was here looking for you and I didn't know for sure what to tell him."

    "Yeah I know, I spoke with Ric. He gave me a deal, Em."

    "What kind of deal?" she replied as she tried to sit up.

    "A kind of deal that guarantees me the rest of my life with you and our children."

    "What does that mean? Ric's not looking to arrest you, is he?" she became worried now because of Zander's answer to her.

    "No, he's not and it's nothing for you to worry about. I have it all under control." Zander tried to reassure her.

    "Yeah where have I heard that before ..." she snickered and raised his brow.

    "It's different this time .. promise." he replied.

    "Okay, Zander .. I trust you that it is." she answered as he leaned down and laid his lips against hers gently.

    "I won't let anything happen to you, Em. You can trust that."

    "I do, Zander .. I do." she reached up and embraced him, pulling him to her.

    He pulled back from her and caressed her cheek with his hand. "Has Dr. Meadows been to see you today yet?"

    "She was here earlier. She says everything looks good, but still wants me here so she can monitor the baby." Emily replied as she rubbed her hand over her belly.

    Zander stood up from the swivel stool and removed his suit jacket, he laid back on the chair that sat in the corner and rolled up his sleeves. Emily gave him a confused look, she wondered what he had planned now, as he went to the door and turned the lock.

    "Well, since Dr. Meadows insists that you spend all the time in that bed, I guess the only way a husband gets some TLC is if he joins you." he smirked as he turned down the lights and walked back towards Emily.

    Emily moved herself over to make room for Zander, being careful of the monitors she was connected to, he climbed into the bed with her. She leaned into him and laid her head in the crook of his neck, as he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her to him.

    His hand instinctively laid gently on their unborn baby and her hand joined his. "She's going to be okay, you know?" Emily said softly.

    "I know .. I'm just worried about the two of you. We've been here before and I don't want anything to go wrong." Zander replied as his thoughts traveled back to when Emily was pregnant with Devon. "Speaking of Devon, I guess Alice isn't tired of him yet?" Zander added jokingly.

    "Are you kidding? They love having him at the mansion. I'm probably going to have a hard time tearing him away from them when I get out of here. Don't worry about Devon, he's being spoiled rotten as we speak." Emily laughed.

    "I'm sure he is. Between Edward, Lila and your mother, Devon I'm sure is getting the best care. I'm not worried, just that he's been with them a while now ..."

    "Mom and dad don't mind to watch Devon, they're glad to have him when they get the chance." Emily replied as she snuggled close to him.

    Before Zander realized how exhausted they both were, he found himself drifting off to sleep with his wife in his arms. It wasn't very long before a knock on the door startled him awake. He slipped from Emily's arms and walked to the door. He unlocked the door to see Alexis standing in the hallway waiting for him.

    Zander could see Alexis was agitated.

    "I just got off the phone with Ric ... when were you planning on telling me about this deal you made with him?"



  18. SoapQueen89
    At the cabin ---


    Emily and Elenore had taken Devon for a walk down to the lake, leaving Zander alone in the house to work in peace and quiet. With his mom staying with them, it was a little more crowded and alot more noisy then before, so to give him time to do some paperwork, Emily decided to give him a break from the family for a little while.

    Zander sat at the desk staring at the paperwork in front of him, he knew exactly why he was still looking at the same page for the last 20 minutes, his mind was filled with memories of his past, he wish he could forget. Though the memories of his father's shooting had dissipated, new memories filled their place now, those memories of he and his mother, and what they endured after his father's death. The moving around from town to town, not really settling down any one place so he could call home. Elenore had always told her son that it didn't matter where they lived, they had each other and that was enough. And he guessed it was, but looking back on the life they led for years after Frank died, he would never want that for his children or for Emily.

    He got up abruptly from his seat, his head spinning from the numbers he had been staring at for the last hour, he needed something to get his mind off of the business for a while. As he walked into the kitchen, he noticed a date circled in red and wondered why it was marked. He hadn't noticed it before, he made a mental note of it and he'd ask Emily when she came back from the walk with his mom and Devon.

    As he sat at the round table, the red circle caught his eye again and he stared at it till it became fuzzy. He remembered the last time he had seen one of those red circles and a smile came across his face. Numbers once again filled his head, this time, the numbers were dates, and dates he remembered quite well. He sipped the coffee he had just poured in his cup and grinned.

    Emily and Elenore waltzed through the front door with Devon giggling like he always did and Zander got up from the table and when to greet them.

    "Did you have a nice walk?" Zander asked as he walked towards them, Devon reaching for him as he got closer.

    Zander took Devon from Emily and smiled at him. Devon giggled into his chest as he buried his face against his daddy. Zander held Devon against him and he wrapped his little arms around Zander's neck and held on as Zander walked with him into the living room.

    "We had a nice walk and a nice talk, dear." Elenore said as she sat down with them.

    "Talk? I'm sure that talk was about me ...." his words drifted off when he heard the snickers come from the ladies who sat with him.

    "You and then some, sweetheart." Emily replied with a grin.

    "And while you were out talking about me, I noticed something myself." he got up from his seat and took Emily's hand. "Come with me ....." he said as he led her to the kitchen.

    They stood together in front of the calendar with the big red circle around the date and pointed at it, to show Emily what he had discovered. Her eyes widened, he never looked at the calendar hanging on the wall for as long as they had been living at the cabin, yet today of all days, he noticed it. She had made that red circle quite a few days ago and just kept her eye on the days that went by, hoping.

    He noticed Emily's reaction to his discovery and grinned, he knew what it meant. Emily saw the grin come across his face, and thought she better say something before he jumped any further with his conclusions.

    "Zander .. I'm ... this doesn't mean that I'm ..." she stuttered as she tried to get out the words so she could explain the red circle.

    Emily had her own suspicions but she didn't have the proof that she wasn't or even if she was, she needed another week to be positive, she had to deter him for a little while longer.

    The longer she paused before explaining the more excited he got and the more convinced he was that she was pregnant again.

    "Look the red circle doesn't mean anything ... I mean it probably meant something at one time, but it doesn't mean anything now. Let's just forget we saw it, okay?" she said hoping he'd agree to forget that it was there and not to worry about why it was there. She hated to cover up why it was there, but she wanted to be sure before she'd tell him. It wouldn't be the first time that she thought she was pregnant and wasn't. And with the risky pregnancy she had with Devon, she just wanted to be sure before turning their life any more upside down.

    Zander raised an eyebrow to her explanation, and certainly didn't believe her. Emily was never a good liar, he saw right through her but trusted her enough to tell him when she was ready to. He knew what kind of stress would fall upon her again if she were pregnant, it was a rough pregnancy with Devon, and he understood her motives for not wanting to tell him if she wasn't sure.

    "I'm sure you'll tell me when you're ready to ...." he smiled and walked away from her.

    She laughed nervously, taking one last look at the red circle then glancing down at her flat stomach and smiled.


  19. SoapQueen89
    The Courthouse --


    Zander stormed down the hallway, and punched the first wall he came too with a closed fist. He pulled back his hand, the knuckles all red from the small drips of blood that seeped from the cuts the wall had made when his fist connected with it. He shook off the pain and stormed down the stairs, his temper still flared. As he walked down the front steps of the courthouse, the defenseless trash can that sat on the sidewalk found itself air born as Zander kicked it with his foot, trash scattered as the can flew and then hit the cement.

    He was angry with at himself for giving Sonny's attorney the shadow of doubt to use from his testimony, and he was angry with Sonny for being a bastard of a father who didn't give a damn about him. His temper flared even more as he thought about so many years he had without a father because of Sonny, because of what he did and probably get away with. He ran his hands through his hair in frustration as he paced the sidewalk trying to cool down.

    Emily was worried about her husband and went looking for him. She found him outside the courthouse and just watched him from a distance, keeping an eye on him so he didn't do something stupid. She knew what kind of temper Zander had, and anyone who would get near him during this time was in for alot more then they would bargain for.

    Zander had release the anger he was feeling before going back into the courthouse, and he stood down on the sidewalk, his fists clenched at his sides. He looked up towards the sky and just left it all out. It came from deep inside him, he felt it in his gut as it built inside him and he released it in a loud scream. The anger, the pain, the hurt .. all of it left him and he shook off the little bit that was left.

    Emily heard his cries from inside the doorway of the courthouse and rushed out the door to be with him. As she came down the cement steps, he turned to see her coming towards him. She ran into his arms hoping he was alright and he wrapped his arms around her, holding her close to him. His heart racing and his breathing erratic, she looked up at him and saw the pain still in his eyes.

    "Are you okay?" she asked as they stood together underneath a lit streetlight.

    "Now that you're here with me, I am." he replied as he held her close and her head leaned in tight against his chest.

    Emily noticed his blood soaked hand and knew something had happened. "Zander ... your hurt." she said as she took the bloody hand in hers and examined it for cuts.

    "Yeah, the wall won." he chuckled and then winced as she poked at the cuts on the hand. "I'll be fine." he added and she looked up at him.

    "We're going to take you to the hospital and get your hand checked out." she noticed his reluctance. "And I want no arguments." she said sternly.

    Zander reached into his pocket for his cell phone to call Marcus to pick them up. Marcus was not too far from where Zander and Emily were and had told Zander he'd be there in a few seconds to pick them up. Zander and Emily waited underneath the street light for Marcus and Zander noticed his limo making the turn onto the street only a few short blocks from where he and Emily were standing.

    Marcus pulled the car up to the curb and climbed out to go open the back door for Zander and Emily. He then opened the trunk and got a towel for Zander's hand. He handed it to Emily who applied pressure to Zander's hand, hoping to stop the blood from coming out of the wounds he had.

    "Take us to GH, Marcus ..." Emily instructed when Marcus got back into the car. He nodded in acknowledgment and turned the car around and drove to the ER.



    Meanwhile at Sonny's trial --


    Inside the courtroom, Ric was about to call his next witness. "The prosecution calls Detective Jake Steele."

    Jake got up from his seat and walked towards the witness box. He took a seat in the chair and waited for Ric to ask his questions.

    "For the record, Detective .. please tell us your name, occupation and where you are from?" Ric asked.

    "Jake Steele, I'm a Detective with the Miami Police Department, Miami Florida." the detective replied.

    "Thank you. And what makes you involved in this case, Detective?"

    "My father was the investigating officer on this case 15 years ago, Mr. Lansing. He retired a few years ago and I inherited his quest to find out what happened to the deceased, Frank Smith. My investigation led me here to Port Charles and to Frank's son, Zander Smith."

    "Did you make initial contact with Mr. Smith when you arrived in Port Charles?" Ric asked of the Detective.

    "I tried to but when I arrived there had been a shooting a few days prior and Mr. Smith was in the hospital, heavily sedated, so there was no chance to talk with him at that point, I had to wait a week or so till I got the chance to meet him with him face to face and to talk about the case."

    "Can you tell us, Detective what led you to Port Charles and Zander Smith?" Ric asked.

    "Most of the leads that my father had been investigating had been exhausted, but there were a few that he hadn't had the chance to chase after, and that's where I had begun my investigation. Zander's mother and her accusations against Michael Corinthos was a good place to start. I read through the reports from 15 years ago, hoping to find a report from Mrs. Smith, but found nothing which sent up a red flag for me as to why she hadn't reported the alleged crime. So my investigation with the death of Frank Smith, started 8 years prior with the alleged assault of Frank's wife. It all led me here to Port Charles to find Zander." Steele replied.

    "So when you met with Zander, you already knew he wasn't Frank's son?" Ric asked wondering why Steele hadn't told Zander the truth from the beginning.

    "I didn't have conclusive evidence of that fact, but I had my suspicions, yes. The reports that I had access to didn't give me much to go on, and there were things reported in the case file that didn't add up. I just needed to finish what my father had started, it just so happens it led me here."

    "Thank you Detective Steele. Nothing further from this witness, your Honor."



  20. SoapQueen89
    In the limo--


    "You didn't come here to hurt him, did you?" Emily asked now afraid for her husband's life.

    "Of course not. I came to help him, Mrs. Smith. It's Emily isn't it?" Damien replied as he leaned forward and laid his hand on her knee.

    She pulled herself from his hand quickly. "Yes it is, and I wish you didn't do that." just the thought of being in the car with him made her nervous and afraid. He may have been Zander's uncle but it didn't give him the permission to make advances like he did.

    "I'm sorry, it isn't my intention to make you afraid, Emily. I just wanted for you to take me to see Zander. I had exhausted all my avenues to find him, so when I saw you come to town ... well, I thought you'd be able to help me." he explained as she heard the driver's side door open and Marcus slip in the driver's seat.

    "Marcus are you okay?" she called to him keeping her eyes focused on the man who sat before her.

    "Yes, maam, I'm fine. Are you okay?" he asked genuinely concerned for her.

    "Yeah, I'm fine. We can go home now." she replied and instructed Marcus to drive back to the cabin.

    "But ... " Marcus hesitated and began to question her instructions.

    "It's okay Marcus, I'll call Zander once we're out of the parking garage, I'm getting no service whatsoever right now."

    Marcus started the car, and drove out into the traffic of main street, and Emily pulled her cell phone from her bag. She hadn't realized that she left the phone on and it quickly dialed the last number she had called, Zander was already on the other end listening and knew about Damien before she realized he was there.

    "Don't talk, just listen." Zander instructed. "Tell Marcus to take you the warehouse, he'll know which one and tell him that I am there waiting for him to pick me up." he continued.



    At the cabin--


    Zander had already set a plan into motion to rid him of his uncle and the problems that were about to arise. He had men already set at the warehouse, while hanging on with Emily's cell phone, Zander used the phone in the cabin to call who he needed to, for his men to be waiting at the warehouse. He knew his uncle was about to take everything he worked so hard to keep and he wasn't about to let it happen. He couldn't let Damien take everything from him, though worried and afraid for his wife, he made sure his men knew to do what they needed to keep her safe. She was to be safe at all costs.

    Emily did what she was told before they got too far towards the end of town. "Marcus ... you are to take us to the warehouse, Zander is there, he had to go in to meet some suppliers. He asked if you could bring his uncle there instead." she lied hoping Marcus understood his instructions correctly from Zander.

    "That's good, baby. Now when you get here, I don't want you to get out of the car. When Marcus gets out and opens up the back door, you let Damien out first and Marcus will close the door, leaving you inside. You understand?" Zander instructed her.

    "Yeah I do. We'll see you in a few minutes." she flipped closed her phone and knew there were steps being taken at this moment to ensure her safety, but she was still afraid and worried about the ambush they were about to drive into.

    Marcus pulled the limo up to the back of the warehouse and stopped the car. He got out and came to the back door and opened it, Damien wasn't suspecting a thing as he climbed from the back seat and Marcus closed the door quickly leaving Emily inside away from harm. When the it closed, the doors locked automatically, a safety feature Zander had installed when he bought it. Marcus heard the doors lock and then walked Damien into the warehouse without questions.



    In the limo --


    Emily sat inside the limo, and she jumped in her seat startled when the shots rang out. A few seconds later the back door opened and a few of her husband's men got in. Marcus climbed in the driver's seat and started the limo. "Let's go Marcus .... now!" one of the men ordered from the back seat as Emily sat frozen in her seat but filled with worry and concern about Zander. "We have to get Mrs. Smith back to the safe house!" he added as the limo pulled away in a hurry, leaving tar from the tires on the pavement.

    "Where's Zander? Please tell me he's back at the cabin!" she yelled in a panic worried about her husband.

    "He's fine .... we're taking you too him now." Gregory said as he put his weapon back in it the holster he was wearing.

    "And Damien?" she not sure she wanted to know what happened to him but asked.

    Neither of the men answered her and she figured it was for the best, she already knew what had happened to the man, the look on their faces was enough.

    Gregory's cell phone rang as the limo raced through the city streets. He flipped it open and answered it. "Yes sir, all taken care of. Yes sir, she's right here." he said and handed the cell phone to Emily.

    "Zander?"

    "Emily, are you alright?" he asked concerned for her.

    "Yeah I'm fine, I was worried about you ..." her words drifted off as the night of the shooting months prior flashed in her mind.

    "I'm fine, sweetheart. The boys are going to take good care of you." he said calmingly.

    "Oh my God, Zander, I was so scared. Damien just came out of nowhere, he was in the car, Zander! I didn't know what else to do but to do what he said." she replied frantic, tears began to fill her eyes as she told her husband about what had happened.

    Emily sniffled back the tears and tried to calm herself down, she wanted to be the strong wife who could handle such situations, but her fear got the better of her.

    "I know but your safe now, and the boys are going to bring you back to the cabin."

    Emily wiped the tears from her eyes and an "I love you" passed across her lips before she handed the phone back to Gregory. She sank deep into the back seat of the limo, still shaken from what had happened.

    "Gregory, I want you to take good care of her till you get here, you got that! She's upset and scared .... I want you to do all you can to make the ride up here comfortable for her." Zander instructed him.

    "Yes sir, don't worry, we'll take good care of her." Gregory replied before closing his phone and slipping it back into his jacket pocket. He wasn't quite sure what he could do to curb Emily's fears but he would do what he was told.

    The limo turned onto the dirt road that led back to the cabin, the hour drive seemed like an eternity for Emily. Marcus pulled the limo up in front of the house and Gregory opened the door and stepped out. He helped Emily from the back seat as Zander came out onto the front porch. Emily's eyes locked on him standing there and she ran towards him thankful they both were alright and she was back with him again.



    At the cabin--


    Zander came down the steps of the cabin and met her with an embrace. She fell into him and wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. Tears filled her eyes once more as she held onto him, not wanting to let him go. His hands caressed her back as he held her against him, trying to comfort her and letting her know she was safe now. Gregory, Thomas and Marcus stood and watched the tearful reunion and waited for their orders from Zander.

    "Shhhh .. it's okay, baby." his voice soothing to her as he whispered the words to her.

    He pulled away from her for a brief moment to give the boys instructions, but she lingered beside him not wanting him to leave her.

    "I want you to go back to town and make sure there is nothing left to find of my uncle! You got that?!" Zander barked with Emily still with him.

    The three men nodded in acknowledgement of their orders and got back into the limo. They headed back to town like they were told as Zander and Emily walked back to the cabin, she still shaken. His arm wrapped around her, and helped her up the steps and into the house.

    Zander's cell phone rang as he helped his wife to the couch. "Dammit, now what?" he replied as he flipped open the phone and answered it.

    "Sir ... It's Cory at the warehouse .. we have a problem."



  21. SoapQueen89
    The courtroom --


    Zander stood up from his seat and felt all the eyes in courtroom were now on him. He buttoned his suit jacket and walked to the witness box, and before he sat down, he unbuttoned it again. He noticed Alexis and Emily both smiling at him, trying to reassure him he was doing the right thing and he would be okay.

    Ric walked towards him as he straightened out the crinkle in his suit jacket. Zander smirked when he noticed that Ric was still meticulous as he was when he was younger. Ric stood in front of him and paused a moment before asking his first question.

    "Mr. Smith, would you please tell the court your relationship to the deceased?"

    "Frank Smith was my father." Zander replied, not giving away that he found out Sonny was truly his father. Frank was the only father he had known.

    "And when Frank died, how old were you?" Ric questioned.

    "I was 8 years old."

    "At that age, a traumatic experience was difficult to handle, wasn't it?"

    "Yes it was, very difficult." Zander replied and once again the images of that night flashed one by one in his mind.

    "Please tell the court in your own words, what happened the night that Frank Smith died."

    Zander sat straight in the chair and cleared his throat before he began telling his story. "It was after midnight, and I couldn't sleep, so I went downstairs to the kitchen to get a drink. I noticed that my father was in his study, the light was still on and it shone underneath the door. I went to the kitchen and got my drink. As I walked back to the stairs, I passed my father's study again. The door was ajar this time, and I heard voices arguing inside." Zander began and Ric interrupted his story with a question.

    "Did you recognize these voices that were arguing?" Ric asked of his witness.

    "The voices were my father Frank and his right hand man, Michael Corinthos." Zander replied and he glanced over to Sonny sitting at the defense table.

    "For the record, Michael Corinthos is the defendant Sonny Corinthos." Ric stated and then let Zander continue his story.

    "The argument ensued and shouting could be heard from inside the room. Frank threatened Michael, he had betrayed Frank and Frank told him that Michael knew what happened to those who betrayed him. Frank pulled a gun on Michael, and Michael then pulled his gun on Frank. Michael told Frank that Frank would be the one to pay and then Michael shot him." Zander finished his story and Ric picked it up with another question.

    "Mr. Smith, what was the argument about?"

    "The argument was about my mother and the affair Michael had with her 8 years prior." Zander replied knowing that this question was leading to his paternity.

    "This act of Michael with your mother, was it consensual? Ric asked, making sure not to mention the word rape in his question.

    "No it wasn't. When Frank found out about the details of the event, he was furious with Michael. Michael threw it in Frank's face that he wasn't my biological father and that infuriated him more to know that his wife had another man's child."

    "Mr. Smith, are you the child of the non consensual act between Michael Corinthos and Frank's wife?" Ric asked.

    "Yes .... I am." Zander stuttered the truth. "Michael Corinthos is my father." Zander's eyes drawn to Sonny looking for a reaction from him, but got none.

    "Thank you Mr. Smith ... no more questions for this witness, your Honor." Ric finished his questioning of Zander and returned to his seat at the prosecution table.

    Victoria stood from her seat and stepped towards Zander in the witness box. He had become more relaxed now that Ric's questioning was over, and Victoria noticed. She had hoped now that he was more relaxed his guard was down as well.

    "As you testified, Frank pulled his gun first .. is that correct?" Victoria asked her first question.

    "Yes Frank pulled his gun first, but ...."

    "So, Mr. Corinthos was being threatened bodily harm by Frank, so Sonny pulled his gun in self defense." Victoria twisted the truth.

    "Self defense? No that's not what I saw. What I saw and heard was Sonny threaten Frank and then shoot him." Zander stood his ground against Victoria's questions.

    "But Sonny only threatened Frank after Frank threatened him .. correct?"

    Zander sighed heavily because he knew Victoria found a discrepancy in his memories of that night to shed a shadow of doubt that Sonny shot Frank in cold blood.

    Zander sat and pondered his answer to her question. He didn't want to say the wrong thing and as he sat in the witness box, Ric noticed Zander tense up. He needed to get his brother off the stand and quickly before Sonny's attorney had devoured Zander completely.

    Flashes of the shooting revolved in and out of Zander's mind as he sat in his chair. He jerked in the chair as he heard the gunshot go off in his head. He was reliving that nightmare over and over again and he had to rid himself of it happening again.

    "Look, I know what I saw and I know what I heard! Sonny Corinthos shot and killed Frank Smith!" Zander shouted from the witness box.

    Victoria's eyes widened at his outburst and went back to the defense table. "We have no further questions, your Honor."

    Zander's body was shaking in anger as he stepped down from the stand. He walked passed Sonny and glared at him. Sonny stared coldly in return and smirked as if he just got away with murder. Zander clenched his fists at his side and walked passed Ric and reached for Emily's hand to go with him. She did and followed him out of the courtroom.

    Zander was feeling nothing but anger for the man who was his biological father. His anger overwhelmed him and walked away from Emily, leaving her standing outside the courtroom, alone and worrying about him as she saw the anger consume him.



  22. SoapQueen89
    Ric's Office --


    A few days later, Zander had agreed to meet Ric in his office to talk about the case against Sonny. Ric had already served the arrest warrant and searched Sonny's penthouse for anything that may help build his case. Alexis was asked to sit in on the discussions, since she and Ric both would be handling this case.

    Ric sat behind his desk jotting down some notes on his legal pad, when he heard a few knocks on the door. "Yeah, it's open." he called from his desk. The door opened and Ric looked up from his papers and saw Zander standing in the doorway. He invited his brother into the office and to have a seat. They'd wait for Alexis who would be showing up at any minute.

    Zander and Ric didn't wait more then a few minutes before Alexis walked into the office with her briefcase in hand.

    "Alexis and I will be working on this case together, Zander. I asked her to sit in on our get together this morning, so she can get up to speed on what's going on." Ric explained.

    Zander glanced towards Alexis who took a seat next to him in the empty chair. Alexis cracked a smile as she and Zander made eye contact for a brief moment.

    "Zander, I need you to tell us about the night Frank Smith was shot. And I need every little detail you can remember, even if it doesn't seem important, it could be helpful." Alexis said as she took out her legal pad and pencil to take notes.

    Alexis was very thorough and she wanted to be sure she had all the information she needed to win. Ric took out the mini tape recorder from his desk and set it up in front of Zander. Zander saw the recorder and froze in his seat. The last time he saw the recorder, it wasn't a pleasant experience for him, and he certainly didn't like his story being on tape for everyone and anyone to hear.

    Ric noticed Zander's reaction to the tape recorder. "Sorry, we need to have this down on record." Ric replied hoping that Zander wouldn't let the recorder or Alexis keep him from telling his story.

    "Nah, that's okay. You need to get this down, I understand." Zander replied as he tried to get comfortable in his seat.

    "Whenever you're ready, Zander." Alexis said as she sat waiting for him to tell his story to her.

    He tried to relax in the chair as he began telling them what he remembered about the night Frank was killed, but his insides twisted as he thought of what Sonny had done to his mother and the man he knew to be his father.

    "It was late, after midnight, I think. I woke up and was thirsty, so I went downstairs to get a drink. I saw a light on in my father's study, which wasn't unusual, dad often worked late. I went to the kitchen and got a drink, and on my way back to bed, I heard loud voices coming from the study. The door now slightly open, so I could see who was in with my father, before the door was closed tight and I didn't hear the voices when I came down, just when I was going back. I stood and listened at the door, making sure they didn't see me. Frank and his visitor were arguing back and forth, dad was furious with Michael about something but I didn't understand why, and he didn't tell the whole story while I listened. Dad shouted about betrayal and what he did to those who betrayed him. He shouted at Michael about sleeping with my mother and then he said that Michael would pay for his crimes, and it wasn't fair that I had to pay for what he had done. Michael said that he would make my father pay for the crimes he committed against my mother and then he shot him. After hearing the shot, I hid in the shadows till I saw Michael leave the study in hurry. I ran upstairs and back to bed like nothing had happened."

    Ric turned off the tape recorder as Alexis finished up writing down notes on her legal pad. Zander sighed heavily as he sat a little more relaxed in his chair after telling his story for the third time.

    "Okay is that everything you remember, Zander?" Alexis asked and Zander glared at her.

    "Isn't that enough?! I just gave you Sonny Corinthos on a silver platter, what more do you want from me?!" Zander snapped back as he stood up from his chair in disgust.

    "We just need to be sure we're not missing anything, Zander. Any little detail can be called on and then we have problems." Ric said trying to convince his brother why they needed all of what he remembers.

    "Look, I found out last night that my mother was raped by my father's ... sorry, Frank's right hand man, and that the right hand man, is my real father, not Frank. Let me make this clear, for the two of you, my father is Sonny Corinthos! Is that clear enough for you?" Zander said as he noticed the looks coming from Alexis and Ric both. "And the two of you want more? What do you want, blood?!" Zander continued and Alexis raised an eyebrow.

    "A blood sample wouldn't hurt, we could prove conclusively that you are Sonny's son." Zander returned another glare towards her.

    "You're kidding right? I already know that the man is my father, why would I need to have DNA to prove it?! He raped my mother, and he murdered my stepfather! I want nothing to do with the man and I hope he spends the next 25 years to life in prison for it!" Zander stormed out of his brother's office in anger.

    Ric leaned back in his chair and watched his brother storm out of the office. "Wow, that went well, don't you think?"


    "Do you think he'd see a professional?" Alexis asked as she put the legal pad back into her case. Ric sat up and leaned forward on his desk.

    "Zander? Are you kidding? No, I'd say a shrink is not something Zander would do willingly." Rick chuckled. "Besides, he's not on trial here, Sonny is." he added and got up from his seat.

    "Okay, you're right. He wouldn't go willingly, but he needs to talk with someone, Ric. He's very angry and ..."

    "And what, Alexis? I can certainly understand why Zander's angry! Hell, I'm angry about it .. remember, this was my mother too! But I'm handling it alot better then Zander is. I didn't witness the killing of Frank or hear it first hand what happened, and of course I'm not the child of a rape! But taking into consideration all that boy has been through over the past 15 years and more importantly over the last few days, he's doing considerably well."

    Alexis could see that Ric was getting more agitated the longer she stayed and tried to convince him otherwise about his brother, so she decided to take her thoughts and her case elsewhere.

    "If you need anything else, I'll be in my office." she said as she headed out the door.

    After Alexis left the room, Ric's knees buckled underneath him and he fell into the chair. He had heard Zander's story, but he didn't really listen and once he did, it finally sank in that what had happened to Zander's mother, had happened to his. He was too busy trying to build a case against Sonny to realize what Sonny had done, he had done to his mother. Ric was 12 at the time, and didn't live with his mother and her new family. He had been enrolled in boarding school and spent most of his time away from home. He only came home to visit during the summer.

    Ric sat alone in his office and stared at his surroundings. He had worked so hard to get where he was, his mother made the sacrifices any other mother would make for her child, a good life, a good school, all the love she could give him and for someone like Sonny Corinthos to strip that from her was inconceivable, it didn't seem real. As he sat alone, he could feel his eyes fill with tears, he couldn't imagine what Zander was going through.

    He was startled by a knock on the door, and he quickly wiped his eyes dry with his hands, hoping that no one saw him crying in the dark. He composed himself and got up from his seat. "Yeah, what is it?" he asked as he approached his visitor.

    "I just thought you'd like to see this, sir." the young intern said as he handed Ric a manila colored folder. Ric thanked him for bringing the information to him and closed the door. He went to take a seat behind his desk and opened the folder to read what it had to say.

    He read over the papers inside and slammed down his fist on his desk in disgust. "Dammit!" he shouted to an empty room. "He's not going to get away with this! Sonny Corinthos is not getting off this easy!" Ric got up from his seat and stormed out of his office. Ric was on a mission and he wouldn't rest until he saw Sonny Corinthos behind bars, and no one was going to get in his way to put him there.


  23. SoapQueen89
    The Penthouse --


    Emily waited till she heard the door slam before she took one step down the stairs. She had put Devon back in his crib after feeding him his breakfast, she figured he'd go back to sleep for a few more hours, that seemed to his routine lately. She made her way down the stairs just as Zander and Ric began talking about something she shouldn't be hearing, because as soon as they noticed she was in the room, they clammed up as usual.

    "Don't mind me, I'm just heading to the kitchen, please continue to hold your conversation that you don't want me to hear." she cracked as she passed through the living room on the way to the kitchen to get breakfast for herself.

    "Is she always like that?" Ric asked with a chuckle. "The attitude?" Zander asked. "Yeah ever since Devon came along, it's gotten worse." he added with a roll of his eyes.

    They both sat down on the couch as Emily walked through the living room again, and smirked in Zander's direction. As she made her way up the stairs he shouted to her ...."And no listening at the top of the stairs, either." She peeked down from the landing ... "I wasn't going to, but that's not a bad idea." she teased. "Hey aren't you suppose to be resting? she asked. "Can't rest, not with Steele out there building a case against me or whatever he's out there doing." Zander replied and watched her disappear up the stairs.

    "So what do you want me to do?" Ric asked as he poured coffee from the decanter that sat on the table, into a coffee cup that sat on the tray next to it. "About Steele? Nothing. Let's see what he digs up first. He may end up doing all of the work, and we can reap the rewards." Zander replied as he placed his hand on his side again.

    "First thing we have to take care of is Jason. I have that shipment coming in tonight and I don't want anything to go wrong with it." Zander continued as he winced because he leaned to reach his coffee cup on the table in front of him. "You don't have worry, I've got things taken care of." Ric replied.

    "Yeah that's what I heard the last time, and I got shot. I'm not taking any chances this time. I spent a week cooped up in the hospital, and I didn't waste my time playing checkers. I have a plan already set to go in motion tonight, a few hours before the shipment is suppose to be delivered. Just make sure someone else in the department knows about the shipment tonight and the rest will take care of it itself. Trust me." Zander said with a devilish grin.

    Ric wondered what his little brother had up his sleeve. He was planning something and usually that meant Sonny or Jason was taking the fall. "Care to fill me in?" Ric asked wanting to know what he should expect at the warehouse.

    "No, the less you know the better. It keeps you out of danger and lets you keep your job." Zander replied as he got up from the couch and started walking around the room, hoping by moving the twinges he was feeling would go away.

    Ric took the last swallow of his coffee and set the cup down on the table. "Well, I must be going. I have a few appointments this afternoon at the courthouse. We will talk later." He excused himself and left.

    Nightfall came soon enough as everything Zander had planned was in place. He had sent his men to the warehouse and had them prepare for the shipment, just as they were expected to. He knew if Jason couldn't be there, Sonny would, he wouldn't let a shipment pass through his territory that wasn't his own. Zander laid back against the cushion of the couch and thought about the satisfaction he would be getting in a few hours.

    Emily had taken Devon to visit with her parents, so Zander was left alone to fend for himself till she returned. He was interrupted though as Cord knocked. "Yeah, what?" he asked as he lifted himself from the couch, holding his bandaged area with his hand.

    "You have a visitor, sir." Cord announced as he opened the door and stepped inside. Zander didn't get the chance to ask who it was before they stepped inside the apartment. "Sorry sir, she didn't want to wait. She says it's important."

    "Elizabeth, you shouldn't be here." Zander said as she stepped further inside the penthouse.

    "Yeah I know but I wanted to see the man who shot my husband." she said as he stepped towards her. His eyes widened in surprise that she'd risk it to confront him about the shooting.

    "Hey wait I didn't shoot Jason, remember I was shot myself." he replied as he showed her his bandages.

    "Yeah well, Jason isn't that lucky, Zander. He's still in the hospital thanks to you."

    "Okay, I can see this isn't going to go anywhere, so why don't you go back to the hospital and be with your husband." Zander replied trying to convince her to leave. She turned to leave just as Cord opened up the door and Emily stood face to face with her friend.

    "And what are you doing here, Elizabeth? Shouldn't you be at the hospital with my brother?" Emily lashed out. "I just came to see Zander and to confront the man who put your brother and my husband in the hospital! Zander should be the one lying in the hospital bed, not Jason!" Elizabeth snapped back at Emily.

    "You know what, don't even go there with me, Elizabeth. We both know that Zander nor Jason deserved to be shot that night, they should of been with us, but they weren't, they made their own choice to be on docks. It happened, and there's nothing that can change it. Now I am sorry Jason was hurt and that he's still in the hospital. He's my brother for God sake and I love him! I never wanted any of this to happen, but it did. Now if you want to stand here and compare rap sheets .... by all means, fire away. Cause you and I both know, neither of our husbands are saints and neither of them have a squeaky clean background! But go ahead, let's see who racks up the most points. Shall we?" Elizabeth turned to leave after Emily's rant. "Yeah didn't think so." Cord followed Elizabeth to the elevator and Emily slammed the door.

    "Wow, you are a fiesty one aren't you?" Zander said as he followed Emily into the living room area.

    "Yeah got something to say about it?" she spouted off at him.

    "No I just think it's mighty sexy on you, though." he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to him. She giggled at his remark.

    "Uh huh, I suppose you're going to tell me I shouldn't of done that, ranted like that with Elizabeth?" she asked as he leaned down and kissed her.

    "No not at all, actually I found it quite entertaining." he said jokingly.

    "Hey I thought you were bringing Devon home with you?" he asked as he noticed he wasn't with her.

    "No mom's keeping him overnight. He was out like a light and I hated to wake him to bring him home, besides they love to have him sleep over." she replied.

    "Have you had dinner yet?" he asked as he still held her in his arms.

    "No what did you have in mind?" she teased.

    "Well, not that since I'm suppose to be taking it easy, doctor's orders." he smirked.

    "We could order in .. I don't feel like cooking tonight, if that's okay with you?" she sighed heavily as if she was exhausted from a hard day's work.

    "Yeah that's fine with me." he replied as she smiled cause she got her way again.

    "Great, I'll go get the take out menus, you sit and relax. You're suppose to resting." she giggled as she squirmed away from his grasp on her and left the room.

    He sat down on the couch and leaned back, still snickering at the fiestiness she possesses. He didn't know she had it in her, but when push comes to shove, he knows Emily will stand by him, she always has.



    Later that night ---


    He and Emily had ordered in pizza for dinner, which made her happy, and that in turn made him happy. He was glad Devon was spending the night with the Quartermaines, just in case the plans for bringing down Sonny were to go wrong, he was sure Mac would be knocking on his door first. His cell phone rang shortly after midnight, which wasn't unusual. Emily turned away from him as he got up to answer it.

    "Yeah, this better be good news." he said to the person that was calling.

    "Turn on your television, boss." You're not going to like it." the voice said and he quickly went to turn it on.

    The screen became clear as he stood watching the chaos that had erupted on the docks.

    "Dammit! Talk to me, what did we lose?" he questioned.

    "I don't have the exact figures, but enough, whatever was in that shipment is now scattered across the Port Charles bay."

    Zander wasn't liking what he was hearing about his shipment. "Anyone hurt?" he asked concerned about his guards who went down to make sure the shipment arrived.

    "Nobody hurt, just a whole lot of bang." said his contact.

    "Yeah I can imagine. Well, get the men back here, I want to meet with all of you .. now." he ordered as he stood and watched what the local news was reporting about the explosion in the harbor earlier that night.
  24. SoapQueen89
    EPISODE 33

    Outside Harborview Tours in the car --


    Cory and Wade drove around the city looking for Greg's car, finally finding it on State Street. The parked their car in the shadows, and just watched for any movement.

    "You know who lives here, right?" Cory asked of Wade.

    "Morgan, lives here, don't he?"

    "Yep, the penthouse. I didn't think Greg was this stupid." Cory replied.

    "Apparently he is."

    "He has to know that Zander will be looking for him?" Cory watching the front door of the building for Greg to emerge.

    "Yeah I'm sure Greg knows that much ... but why Morgan? I mean, why would Morgan be at all interested in what Greg has to offer?"

    "Well, I'm sure Greg is running scared. He's obviously not thinking clearly."

    "Yeah or he has a plan."

    "We gotta get our hands on him before he leaves town, and I'm sure that has already crossed his mind."

    "Yeah with Morgan's help."

    "I'm sure ....."

    Greg emerged from the building and walked towards his car, aware of his surroundings, he climbed in and started it up.

    "I wonder where he's going now ..." Cory spoke up.

    "I don't know, but we better follow him. Zander will not be happy if we don't nab Greg before he leaves town."

    Cory and Wade followed Greg back to his apartment. Being discreet, Cory parked the car out of Greg's sight. They climbed out of the car and headed off Greg before he enter his building. Cory and Wade approached, Greg frozen in his tracks when he saw them coming towards him.

    "Zander would like to see you ....."


    Zander's Hospital room --

    Cory held Greg by the scruff of his neck and pushed him hard into Zander's hospital room, Greg stumbling in and coming face to face with the boss he betrayed. Zander propped up with pillows, sitting straight in the hospital bed, he glared at the man who was disloyal to him and to the organization.

    "Thank you Cory .. Wade."

    "Would you like us to stay, sir?"

    "No that's not necessary" Zander replied.

    Greg stood cowering at the foot of the hospital bed, awaiting the lashing he was about to get from Zander. Greg wasn't waiting for Zander, he wanted to explain before his boss laid into him.

    "Can I explain?" Greg began hoping Zander would be at least willing to hear his side.

    "No I don't want to hear your explanations, Greg!" Zander shouted, wincing as the anger inside caused him some pain.

    "But ...."

    "No, there is no explanation you could give me that will make this any less then what it is, Greg! You know damn well that what you did was disloyal to me, to the men you worked with and to the organization! And you tried to kill my family, my children, my wife!!" Zander's anger was beyond control as he lifted himself up and pointed his finger at Greg.

    "Woah wait a minute, I didn't ..."

    "Don't give me that, Greg!"

    "Sir, I swear I didn't do anything to hurt the family, I swear!"

    "Why should I believe you, Greg?!"

    "Look that attempt at the cabin was all Lorenzo Alcazar, I swear!"

    "You obviously told him where we were, Greg! You're just as much to blame for that as Alcazar! You could of killed my wife and my child! I can't let that go unpunished Greg!"

    "I'm sorry sir."

    "No you're not!" Zander barked and then motioned for his guards to come into the room. Cory and Wade did as they were instructed.

    "Need something sir?" Cory asked when he and Wade re-entered the room.

    "Yeah I do ... I need to you get Greg out of my sight!"

    "Yes, sir ..... Let's go Greg!" Cory grabbed Greg once again by the scruff of his neck and pushed him back out into the hallway. Wade about to walk out the door, but Zander spoke up.

    "Wade .. make it look like an accident this time, okay?"

    "Sure boss." Wade replied knowing exactly what Zander wanted.

    Cory returned to Zander's room after leaving Greg in the hands of Wade out in the hallway. Cory knocked lightly on the doorframe and waited for Zander to invite him inside.

    "I just wanted to tell you a few more things before we go, sir. Things I think you should know."
  25. SoapQueen89
    EPISODE 13


    At the hospital --


    "Thank you Dr. Meadows. I can promise you Emily will get all the bed rest she needs." Alan spoke up and he glanced at Zander from across the bed.

    "I'm sure you will, Dr. Quartermaine. I'll check on Emily later on tonight." Dr. Meadows replied and then left the family in the room with Emily.

    Dr. Meadows closed the door of Emily's room before Alan spoke and tried to keep his anger contained so not to upset Emily. "I don't think we should stay too much longer, Emily needs her rest."

    "Right, doctor's orders." Zander replied smuggly, knowing that Alan was trying to keep him from his wife.

    Alan turned on his heel and brushed passed Monica as he headed out the door of his daughter's room. Monica apologized for Alan's reaction and then kissed Emily on her cheek goodnight. "I'm sure you are in very capable hands ...." Monica said as she glanced at Zander.

    "Yeah I am .." Emily smiled. "See you tomorrow though, right?"

    Monica nodded that she would be back to visit. Monica left the room, leaving Emily and Zander alone together.

    "Do I even want to know what is up with you and dad?" Emily replied as Zander took a seat on the swivel stool.

    "No, you don't. It's not good for you to know, it will just bring more worry, and it's the last thing you need right now. He'll get over it soon enough. He always does." Zander remarked and then leaned in towards her, she leaning in to him and their lips meeting for a sweet kiss.

    Emily noticed the guard that now stood outside her room and Zander noticed him as well. "The guard is just an extra precaution, nothing to worry about. I asked Thomas to have someone outside round the clock. While you're here in the hospital, I want you and the baby to be safe."

    "As long as you're here, I am." Emily replied as she latched onto Zander's hand.

    "I'm not going anywhere, I will be right here by your side .... there is no getting rid of me." he cracked a smile and brushed back a few strands of her hair that caressed her cheek.

    She felt more secure knowing her husband wasn't leaving her side, she didn't know what she'd do without him. She just didn't want him to feel like all this was his fault, because it wasn't. Emily knew that her father was blaming Zander for this, he always had blamed Zander for everything, since the first day she and Zander had met, it was nothing new. Zander didn't need the extra pressure from her father, he had enough to deal with, he certainly didn't need to have the guilt of this on his shoulders too.

    Emily slowly drifted off to sleep with Zander holding her hand in his, he watched her drift off. "Sweet dreams, sweetheart ...." he whispered and kissed her softly on her forehead as he stood up from his seat.

    He left her side and went out into the corridor and had a look around, the hallway was empty and he acknowledged the guard who stood at his post as he was ordered to. Zander walked back into Emily's room and sat on the chair once more. He watched her sleeping peacefully and soon he too had drifted off to sleep.

    The morning sun had woke him as his eyes opened and adjusted to the sunshine that filtered in through the blinds that hung in front of the windows. He stretched and twisted his tired body and stood from the chair. He walked towards the bed quietly, Emily still a sleep, he looked down at her and said a little prayer for her and the baby to be alright. He was startled by a knock on the door and quickly went to see who it was visiting so early in the morning.

    He was greeted with a huge bouquet of flowers carried by one of the duty nurse's and she stepped into the room, then walked towards the table and set down the vase. "These are for your wife ... beautiful aren't they?" the nurse remarked as she took a sniff at the flowers before leaving the room.

    Zander went to check for a card and he found one buried amongst the baby's breath. He pulled it from the bouquet and opened up the envelope, thinking it probably was from Ric or his mother. He certainly wasn't expecting what he found.

    Emily's name written across the front of the envelope and inside a small note card, harmless enough. He opened the card and began to read the message that was inside.

    "For Emily,

    I am sorry to hear that you and your baby are not well. My well wishes to the both of you.

    Best Regards
    Lorenzo Alcazar"

    Zander took the note and envelope from the flowers and stuff it in his jacket pocket, he had heard of Lorenzo Alcazar and nothing good. He was a major arms dealer among other things. Zander wondered why Lorenzo Alcazar would be sending Emily well wishes and how did he know Emily was in the hospital unless he was the one who who had sent the assailant to the cabin.




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