January 30, 2003 Transcript
"Wind Chimes"

Cameron arrives at Alexis' apartment door and is just about to knock when he hears her yell.

Alexis: (From inside the apartment) No!

Cameron: Alexis?

He tries the doorknob but the door is locked. He kicks down the door and walks in.

Cameron: Alexis?

Alexis is sitting up on the couch looking very tired. She looks at Cameron walking in the room very concerned.

Alexis: What -- what are you doing?

Cameron: I heard you scream.

Alexis: Oh. I fell asleep. I -- I must have had a nightmare.

Cameron takes off his coat.

Cameron: What was it about? (He sits down)

Alexis: I don't know. I don't remember. What -- what did you do to my door? Do I need to call a locksmith?

Cameron: No, if I broke it, I'll fix it. Answer the question. What was the dream about?

Alexis: I don't remember, honestly. I don't remember falling asleep. I didn't mean to fall asleep just now.

Cameron: You must be exhausted.

Alexis: I am. I am exhausted. I'm spreading myself too thin between the trial and between this (throws some papers on the coffee table and bumps a wind chime) -- this surgery stuff.

The chimes tinkle.

Cameron: Wind chimes?

Alexis: Those were in my suitcase, and I don't remember packing them when I was in New York. I obviously bought them, but I don't remember that, so how's that for being distracted?

Ned and Faith meet in the lounge at the hospital.

Faith: Do you realize how long you've kept me waiting?

Ned: 10 minutes. I was visiting my baby daughter after surgery. Now, what's the problem?

They sit down.

Faith: I want to move against Sonny.

Ned: We will.

Faith: Well, I am tired of procrastinating. Morgan has been released. Sonny is not as vulnerable as we had hoped.

Ned: Which is all the more reason why we need to take it one step at a time.

Faith: No, we need to hit hard and fast before Sonny can regroup.

Ned: No.

Faith: We need to hijack a shipment, burn down his warehouse.

Ned: No. Look, the minute Sonny sees us coming, he's going to come right back at us with guns blazing. We need to go slow.

Faith: We need to hurt him badly and soon.

Ned: Listen to me --

Faith: Ok, if we don't, we will be finished before we even start.

Ned: We can't challenge Sonny directly. We need to undermine him.

Faith: Great. What if your oh-so-subtle plan doesn't work?

Ned: Do it my way or find another partner -- although I doubt you'll find a partner with as much to offer.

Faith: Fine. We'll do it your way. For now.

Ned: Good girl.

Skye goes to Alcazar's suite and stands out on the balcony trying to remember the night of the murder. She's interrupted by Nikolas who has rented the room for the night (he and Gia had a fight). She tells him she sometimes blacks out when she's drunk. She's sure she must know something about he murder but doesn't remember.

Alexis: The trial's over. Kristina is doing much better. I am going to catch up on my sleep, which will raise the level of my awareness when I shop.

Cameron: Wind chimes don't exactly seem like your style.

Alexis: They annoy the hell out of me. It's like nails on the chalkboard.

Cameron: I'm still curious about that dream of yours. Was your sister in it?

Alexis: I don't remember, really. Maybe. Could be.

Cameron: You mentioned you've had other dreams about Kristina. Would you call those nightmares?

Alexis: No.

Cameron: But there were disturbing elements?

Alexis: Cameron, if I want to have my dreams analyzed, I promise you I will go straight to your office with a $100 check.

Cameron: Oh, I'd charge you way more than that.

Alexis: That's because you're a crook.

She stands up and he follows suit.

Cameron: Now, are you sure you don't want to talk about your dreams? It's clear to me they've been bothering you.

Alexis: Not as much as my sleepwalking.

Cameron: How did you know you were sleepwalking?

Alexis: (Talks with her hands) Because I -- when I stay at a hotel, I always put the chain on the door. And I remember specifically before I went to sleep, I put the chain on the door. And when I woke up, the chain was off the door and my robe was moved to a different chair.

Cameron: You have a history of sleepwalking?

Alexis: When I was a little girl, yes, but not since then.

Cameron: Do you know where you went?

Alexis: I have no idea where I went. Maybe I went out in the hall. Maybe a burglar came in and decided he wanted to put my robe on. I'm fine.

Cameron: All right. I'll drop the subject.

Alexis: Ok. Why did you want to see me?

Cameron: Oh, I wanted to give you some advance warning. I ran into Ned. He was upset that you took Kristina for surgery without consulting him.

Alexis: Well, that wasn't Ned's decision to make. It was mine.

Alexis' phone rings.

Alexis: Excuse me.

She walks over to the desk and picks up the phone.

Alexis: Hello?

Scott: Sorry to bother you.

Alexis: What do you want, Scott?

Scott: I need you to come down to the police department as soon as possible. It's about Alcazar's murder.

At the hospital, Ned is just about to get on the elevator when Cameron walks up to him.

Cameron: Ned -- how's the baby?

Ned: I just left her. Surgery was a success, and she's out of I.C.U. and back in regular neonatal care.

Cameron: So Alexis made the right decision.

Ned: She took Kristina away without my consent. I wouldn't call it right to exclude a father from a major medical decision.

Cameron: Well, she's been under a lot of pressure.

Ned: Yeah, that seems to be the all-purpose excuse for everything she does these days.

Cameron: And she was in the middle of a murder trial.

Ned: Mm-hmm. Defending Brenda, a woman that she barely even knows, and my cousin Jason, who she doesn't even like.

Cameron: That's quite a juggling act.

Ned: Yes, which she handled by walking out in the middle of the trial to fly Kristina to another state for a surgery that she doesn't even need for another six months.

Cameron: I guess she felt her daughter took priority.

Ned: Or maybe she was just trying to prove that she's Supermother and lawyer of the year all rolled into one. Either way, I wouldn't call that acting in Kristina's best interest.

Cameron: Well, your attitude isn't in anyone's best interest. You need to understand, Ned, Alexis is on serious overload. On top of everything else, I think she's still processing her sister's death.

Ned: Yeah, well, so am I.

Cameron: Not everyone grieves in the same way. Some people run away. Some start a whole new life. Some pretend it never happened. Whatever the case, you need to cut Alexis some slack.

Alexis arrives at the PCPD.

Alexis: If you're thinking of stepping down from your position as District Attorney due to public humiliation, you should know that I'm no longer interested in the job.

Scott: Everyone makes mistakes. They're all out there ready to be made. But I'm on the trail of the real killer as we speak.

Alexis: Is that so?

Scott: Yes, that's so, and I want you to hand over all the Alcazar defense files to my office.

Alexis: Fine. I will have Gia drop them off. In the future, do not summon me for something that you could have handled over the phone.

She starts to leave but Scott stops her.

Scott: Oh, wait just a second. Just a second. I just want to hear your thoughts on the case.

Alexis: Why?

Scott: I'm factoring in all the opinions.

Alexis: Your trail isn't quite as hot as you suggested.

Scott: I'm just wondering -- if you had to make a guess on who you thought was the real killer, who'd you say?

Alexis: Don't you think that you should be having this conversation with your detectives?

Scott: And if I make an arrest, are you going to defend him?

Alexis: That would depend.

Scott: On what?

Alexis: First, they'd have to request my services. Secondly, my daughter is my priority, and I probably wouldn't have the time. Third -

Scott: And? Yes, yes, yes?

Alexis: I'll make the time if I find out that you have railroaded yet another innocent person.

Alexis walks out.

Ned: Alexis is a survivor.

Cameron: You sure about that?

Ned: Beginning with her childhood from hell, she has faced situations that would crush a weaker person. She may hyperventilate, fly off the handle, completely shut down, but in the end she knows how to take care of herself.

Cameron: Does Alexis seem like the kind of woman who would pick up souvenir yin and yang wind chimes?

Ned: Wind chimes? No, that's more like her sister's personality. Kristina was into mystic bells, meditation, feng shui. It used to drive Alexis crazy.

Cameron: Yeah, she told me as much.

Ned: Did she tell you why she bought them?

Cameron: That's what worries me. She doesn't even remember buying them.

Ned: Well, then, she is under stress.

Cameron: What Alexis needs right now is compassion. And if you're truly committed to Kristina's welfare, you'll start showing some.

Cameron walks away from the nurses' station and notices Alexis sitting with Kristina in the lounge. He smiles and approaches them. Kristina fusses and cries a little and Alexis bounces her and speaks into her ear to soothe her.

Alexis: Your mommy is strong, and she loves you very much. I can tell she does.

Cameron: Alexis?

Alexis: Your mommy would do anything in the world for you. She won't let anything happen to you ever. No, no, she won't.

Cameron: Alexis?

Alexis: She won't. It's ok.

Carly takes Sonny down to the old speakeasy and shows him all her plans for the new club. While speaking, someone comes down the stairs and opens fire on them.