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Mr. Immigration Man-Chapter 23
The Nurses Station. Nikolas, Alexis and Stefan are talking when Bobbie walks in.
" Hello Stefan, Alexis, Nikolas."
" Barbara"
" Bobbie. You look well rested."
" Thank you Alexis. I am. We had a wonderful time in Chile. Nikolas, may I speak to you?"
" Sure, Bobbie. Let's go over there."
Bobbie and Nikolas go over to the Lounge area.
" What is it Bobbie?"
" I just thought you'd like to know that Laura, Lesley and Lulu are coming home tomorrow."
" Tomorrow? Are you sure?"
" Very sure. I'm going over to Luke's now to clean. I think that I'll be able to get the place in shape by the time they come. And that's another reason why I wanted to see you. Tony is busy and I was wondering..."
" If I could see Lucas this afternoon?"
" Exactly."
" Sure. Anything to help."
" Thanks"
" No problem."
Nikolas gets up and begins to walk away.
" Nikolas?"
" Yes, Bobbie?"
" I'm glad we're friends again. I really have missed you."
" I missed you too, Bobbie."
" Well, gotta go. So, you can pick up Lucas at Felicia's. Bye."
" Bye."
Stefan comes over to Nikolas.
" Nikolas, what did Barbara want?"
" She wanted to know if I would watch Lucas, and..."
" And?"
" To tell me that Laura, my grandmother and my sister will be home tomorrow."
" TOMORROW?"
" Tomorrow. Bobbie was on her way to the Spencers to clean up the house for their arrival."
" She was?"
" Yes. Well, I have to go, Uncle. My next shift will start soon."
" Of course. I'll see you for dinner?"
" Yes. Bye."
" Bye."
Alexis comes over.
" You look worried."
" Not worried. Concerned. I have to accelerate the plan Alexis."
" Why? What's happened?"
" Laura Spencer, her mother, and the child are returning."
" When?"
" Tomorrow."
" And you didn't know?"
" No."
" You said accelerate the plan. How?"
" There's something I need to have done. Can you arrange it?"
" Of Course. Whatever it is."
" Good. Meet me at Wyndermere with Leo in about an hour."
" Done."
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" Hi Nikolas."
" Emily?! When did you get back from Europe?"
" Yesteday."
" The continent seems to be losing its most beautiful visitors."
" Huh? What do you mean?"
" I just found out that my sister, grandmother and Laura will be returning."
" Really? When?"
" Tomorrow."
" Are you excited?"
" It will be good to see my sister again."
" Only your sister?"
" Well, my grandmother, too."
" OK. Are you going to get them anything?"
" Get them anything?"
" Yeah, like welcome home gifts?"
" You think they'd like that?"
" Yes, of course they would."
" I wouldn't know what to get. Would you go shopping with me Emily? To Help?"
" Sure."
" OK. Let me finish this paperwork and I'll still be ready."
" I'll sit over here."
Emily waits a bit. Nikolas finishes his work and they go.
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The Wyndermere Conservatory. Stefan dials the phone.
" Hello?"
" Lasha, what is this I hear about you returning?"
" Hello, Stefan. Yes, my mother, daughter and I are coming home."
" I warned you about returning."
" Yes. Well, I've decided to no longer allow you and your directives to run my life any longer. Port Charles is MY home, and I have been gone far too long. My relationship with Nikolas is about as bad as it can get, so revealing you as his father won't fray it. And Luke will forgive me too. But considering the distance between you and Nikolas....Will he be so apt to forgive you? I don't think so. So, if you want to tell the world who Nikolas' father is, go ahead. It will hurt you more than me. And before you even start with me Stefan, please know that I find your bullying tactics and threats tedious. And have better things to do than be subjected to them. Goodbye."
Laura hangs up the phone.
" Lasha? LASHA?!"
Stefan slams down the phone as Alexis and Leo walk in.
" You're LATE!"
" No, Stefan. We're on time. What is the matter?"
" Nothing. So, Leo, do you think you're up to completing this very important task?"
" Yes, Master Cassadine. Whatever you set forth before me, I will accomplish."
" Good. Let's sit down and I will explain your mission."
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Bobbie has been cleaning the house. She decided to go from the top down. She'd just finished Lulu's Room, when she hears the doorbell. She opens the door and there is Stefan.
"Stefan? What are YOU doing here?"
" Would you believe me if I said I missed you?"
" No."
" How about I'm hungry and did not want to eat alone?"
" I may buy that."
" OK.....then I'm hungry and do not want to eat alone."
" How did you know where I was?"
" Nikolas."
" Oh."
" I had Mrs. Lansbury prepare an excellent basket. Won't you join me in the park?"
" Somehow, I can't quite picture you on a blanket, in front of a picnic spread."
" Then why not come and relish the memory. You must eat sometime, Barbara."
" I AM starving."
" See. Perfect timing."
" One question....Why?"
" I haven't figured out the answer to that either. Honest enough?"
" Honest enough. Honest & Stefan Cassadine in the same phrasing......will wonders never cease?"
(laughs) "I suppose not. So. Will you join me?"
" Sure. I have to freshen up, but will be out to the car in a few minutes, OK?"
" I'll be waiting."
Bobbie gets ready and leaves to go on the picnic.
After Bobbie has been gone for sometime, Leo picks the lock to the Spencer Home. After surveying the room, he goes to the downstairs closet. He rearranges things in the closet to where it looks like an absolute mess. On top of a shelf, he places, precariously, the item that Stefan had given him.....a yearbook.
Leo slips out of the house as easily as he slipped in. His job was over.
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" Well, Mrs. Lansbury has outdone herself. Everything was excellent."
" I'm pleased that you enjoyed it, Barbara."
" So, are you going to tell me the reason for all of this?"
" I told you, I don't have one, other than I wanted to go on a picnic with you. Should there be any other reason?"
" For others, no. For you, yes."
" Well, I apologize if I breed such cyncicism."
" No need for apologies....You know the phrase, " Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." I've had enough shame for a lifetime.....Well, I have to be getting back to the house. There's tons to do before they get here."
" Of course. Let us gather everything and I will take you back to the Spencers."
" Thanks."
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Nikolas and Alexis are in the Conservatory when Stefan enters.
" Nikolas, Alexis. Good evening."
" Good evening, Uncle."
" Stefan."
Stefan spies the giftwrapped presents.
" May I assume that those gifts are for your mother, et al."
" Yes, I got one present for her. The rest are for my sister and grandmother."
" And you did all this shopping by yourself?"
" No, Emily Quartermaine helped me. I think I'll take them upstairs before dinner."
" Alright. See you soon."
" Uncle, Alexis."
Nikolas goes upstairs.
" So.....how did the picnic go?"
" Did Leo accomplish his task?"
" Yes, exactly as per your instructions. Will you please tell me what an American High School yearbook has to do with getting Bobbie back?"
" My dear Alexis. We just detonated a nuclear weapon with the Spencers. Only in my wildesnt dreams did I think Luke Spencer would give me a weapon of such magnitude. But he has, and now is the time to use it."
" Do I finally get the whole story?"
" Let's just say...Luke told a lie. A lie that has layer upon layer stacked on top of it. And at the bottom, is a betrayal so deep, that Barbara's world, as she knows it....ends tonight. I would appreciate it if you would take Nikolas and be elsewhere tonight."
" Of course."
Nikolas comes down the stairs.
" Nikolas. Alexis. Shall we dine?"
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Bobbie had finished the rest of the house. All she had left was the downstairs closer. Part of her wanted to save it, but she decided to go ahead.
" My God. What a mess....", as she opened the closet. The light switch was up under something. As she pulled at it, the book came down and hit Bobbie on the head.
She picked up the book. Saw it was a yearbook.
" This isn't from Port Charles High..It says Florida."
Then she spots the engraved name on the cover....Caroline Bensen.
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