April 1, 2003 Transcript
"I Didn't Steal the Baby"

Edward, Cameron, Alice and A.J. and Skye race upstairs after hearing Alexis scream.

Edward: The nursery --

Alexis' voice: Help! Somebody, help!

After everyone has left, Emily walks in the front door.

Everyone arrives in the nursery to find Alexis standing over the crib holding a note.

Edward: What the hell are you -- where's the baby?

Alexis: She's gone. (Hands Edward the note)

Edward: (Reading the note) "I have the baby. Instructions will follow. Tell no one if you want to see her again."

Edward: How long has this child been left unattended?

Alice: Well, I put her down for her nap at the usual time.

Edward: You didn't stay?

Alice: Well, no, I just waited for her to fall asleep, and then I left, like I always do.

Edward: Let's get the police on this.

A.J.: All right, when did you leave the room?

Alice: Well, about an hour ago.

Cameron walks up to Alexis.

Cameron: We'll find her.

Alexis: How? We don't know where she was taken. She could be anywhere by now.

Cameron: Did you see anyone on your way up here?

Alexis: No.

Edward: No, of course she didn't see anyone.

Cameron: What do you mean?

Edward: You have been forbidden to come into this house, so why are you here? What have you done?

Alexis: I came here to see my baby, and she's gone.

Edward: You were trespassing on our property. You broke into our home.

Alexis: I wanted to see my daughter.

Cameron looks down at his feet and sees a baby carrier.

Edward: You were crazy to see your daughter, so you thought you would just come here and take her away from us.

Alexis: That's not true, Edward.

Cameron: Edward, we don't know what happened.

Cameron nonchalantly kicks the carrier under the crib out of sight.

Edward: Oh, you know something, lady? You are absolutely crazy. You are justifiably insane. Now, look, the judge told you that you were to stay away from this child for the next six months until you're mentally healthy, and now look at you. You're breaking and you're entering and you're --

Alexis: I would never do anything to hurt my daughter, Edward! What have you done?

Edward: Call the police.

Alexis: No!

(Camera switches to the front door of the house)

Emily walks in the door and shuts it behind her. She can hear Edward bellowing from upstairs.

Edward's voice: I'll see you locked up for the rest of your life! Just forget about prison, what you need is a padded cell and --

Skye's voice: All that matters now is Kristina. We have to find her.

Edward: Well, we know damn well where she is. Alexis took her.

Emily hears the front door opening and races off to a side room and hides.

Reginald races to the phone as Monica and Alan walk in the front door.

Monica: What -- what's going on?

Reginald: (Into the phone) Yeah, a baby's been kidnapped.

Alan and Monica: What?

Reginald: (Into the phone) Ok. Yeah, I'll have the guards lock the gates and check the grounds. Thank you. (Hangs up)

Monica: Kristina has been kidnapped? Oh, my god.

Monica, Alan and Reginald run upstairs. Emily sneaks a look from her hiding place.

(Camera switches to the baby in a crib)

Everyone has gathered in the Q foyer. Alexis hands the note to Edward.

Alexis: The note said call no one.

Edward: You wrote that note yourself to keep us from calling the police.

Alexis: Edward, alerting the police could put her in more danger than she's already in!

Edward: Come on, Alexis. Why don't you just save us all this fuss and bother and confess?

Alexis: I have nothing to confess.

Edward: You do. You kidnapped your own little girl, and everybody here knows it.

A.J.: We don't know that.

Skye: Yeah, grandfather doesn't speak for everyone in this room.

A.J.: Right.

Cameron: Edward, a crime has been committed. We have to concentrate on finding Kristina.

Alexis: Edward, search the grounds, search the house, for that matter.

Reginald: It's already been done.

Alexis: Thank you, Reginald.

Edward: Oh, fine, you've spirited the little girl off the property already, huh?

Cameron: Alexis is innocent.

Edward: Oh, this from the man who got her off of a murder charge? What is a little kidnapping compared to stabbing a man and throwing him over the balcony rail?

Alexis: We don't have time for this.

Edward: What -- you don't even know where your baby is. What did you do, just steal her and then misplace her during some psychotic break?

Alexis: She was in your house under your control when this happened, Edward.

Edward: Yes, because the judge told us that we were better equipped to raise that child.

Alexis: You have servants, you have security all over this place, and you couldn't even protect her! First the fire, now this, and you have the nerve to blame me?

Alan: All right, let's just stop it! Arguing is not going to help us find Kristina.

The doorbell rings. Reginald goes to answer it and Alexis runs after him.

Alexis: Reginald, no, please, don't open the door. It could hurt Kristina if you tell the police.

Edward: Open the door.

Reginald: I'm sorry.

Reginald opens the door to Scott and a police officer. Immediately Alan and Edward jump up to Scott and start talking.

Alan: Kristina's been kidnapped.

Edward: We have a good idea who did it.

Alan: It had to have happened within --

Skye: No one saw her.

Scott: All right, all right. Hey, hey, Quartermaines! Quiet, will you? Who discovered the baby missing?

Alexis: I did.

Scott: Case closed. Where's the baby, Alexis?

Alexis: Scott, I swear to god, I don't know where she is.

(Camera switches to the baby again)

A woman adjusts Kristina's blanket and rubs her belly.

Cameron: A child has been kidnapped, and you're wasting time accusing the mother?

Scott: Well, she happens to be my prime suspect.

Cameron: You haven't even investigated, gone to the nursery, looked for clues. Instead, you're leaping to your own biased conclusion.

Edward: Now, look, Scott Baldwin is a very experienced law enforcement official.

Alexis: Who wrongly accuses people on a daily basis.

Cameron: The kidnapper could be on a plane right now, taking the baby to god knows where.

Alexis: Scott, you have to check the airports. You have to check the train stations.

Scott: Oh, come on, come on, cut it out, will you, Alexis?

Alexis: If I kidnapped her, why would I be here?

Scott: Well, because that's the plan -- throw us off track, crying for the baby, then grab her and leave town.

Alan: Well, we're all a little bit concerned about Alexis' alternate personality. She may have taken the baby and has no recollection.

Scott: Yeah, the same trick she did with the Alcazar murder. It worked once. Why not do it again, huh? Just grab the baby, leave town, and then discover that the baby's missing.

Alexis: Go check my apartment, Scott. Check my credit cards.

Scott: Oh, we will.

Alexis: You won't find anything.

Cameron: Then you'll finally start a search when the trail is cold. Brilliant detective work, Baldwin.

Edward: Come on, come on. Just put her in a straitjacket and be done with it. Come on.

Scott: Well, now, Edward, I don't think we need a straitjacket.

Edward: Well --

Scott: Cuff her. You're under arrest for kidnapping your own daughter.

The officer pulls Alexis' hands behind her back.

Cameron: Oh, this is ridiculous.

Alexis: You can't get away with this, Scott.

Ned walks in. He's all bruised and has a cut lip from a beating by Sonny.

Edward: He has every right.

Alan: What in god's name happened to you?

Ned: What's going on? What are you doing here?

Edward: Ned, little Kristina has been kidnapped.

Ned: What?

Scott: Are you in on this, Ned? Or did she do it all by her little self?

Ned: Are you accusing me of kidnapping my own daughter?

Scott: You had the means.

Ned: As you know, I happened to be otherwise occupied.

Scott: Yeah, yeah, I know that pip-squeak Corinthos gave you quite a beating. I also know that you don't want to lose your child, so maybe you dug into your deep pockets and you paid a professional to grab the kid.

Ned: Stop making a fool of yourself and start looking for my child. Does anyone have any idea who might have done this?

Scott: Yeah. (Points to Alexis) She's right there.

Alexis: I swear to you, I had nothing to do with this.

Ned: And why is Scott so sure that you did?

Alexis: Because he's an idiot!

Scott: Well, now, maybe a trip downtown to fingerprint and book might change your mind. Or we could bypass that and you could just tell us where the kid is.

Alexis: Will you stop harassing me and find my child?

Scott: Ah, you're going to stick to your story, huh? Cuff her.

Cameron: Look, Baldwin, give me two minutes. I have some information for you.

Cameron motions for Scott to follow him and Alexis into the living room. They walk in and shut the door.

Cameron: On what charge are you arresting Alexis?

Scott: A court order to stay from the baby, and she was caught red-handed on the premises in the nursery.

Cameron: But the baby's not on the premises, so you have no grounds for the arrest.

Scott: I can work with that.

Alexis: Kidnapping is a federal offense. You call the F.B.I., you let them do their job, you step aside, or we will report you to the authorities.

(Camera switches back to the foyer)

Ned: How did you let this happen?

Alan: We didn't.

Ned: Then how did a child just disappear from a house full of people?

A.J.: Why don't you ask your ex-fiancée?

Ned: Shut up, Junior. If you hadn't torched my gatehouse and framed me for neglect, my child would be home with me in my gatehouse --

Skye: You know what?

A.J.: Safe and sound.

Skye: A.J., we -- we really can't help here, ok? I think we're only making things worse.

Edward: That's the most intelligent thing I've heard since this whole nightmare started.

Skye: All right, let's go. They'll call if they need us.

Skye and A.J. leave.

Edward: Oh, what the hell is Baldwin doing in there? Why doesn't he just take her down to headquarters and force her to admit that she took Kristina?

Ned: Don't you dare try to shift blame onto Alexis. You started this whole thing --

Alan: How dare you talk to him that way when you have the gall to say that we -

Monica and Emily appear on the stairs.

Emily: (Yelling) Stop! Just stop!

Edward: Emily!

Everyone rushes up to Emily and starts hugging her.

Alan: Sweetheart!

Edward: Oh, my goodness.

Alan: Oh!

Alan: It is so wonderful to see you.

Ned: We had no idea you were coming home.

Emily: I decided to surprise you.

Alan: I missed you so much.

Edward: I tell you, this house is not the same without you.

Ned: Now, there's an understatement.

Edward: And your grandmother's going to be so thrilled to see you.

Alan: How long are you going to be staying for?

Emily: A while. I'll tell you everything later.

Alan: Ok.

Emily: You need to focus on Kristina.

Ned: Yeah, well, the police are still searching the grounds. Hopefully, they'll come up with something.

Edward: And if they don't, I'm going to take care of it myself. I'll talk to the F.B.I. Personally. I'll hire private detectives. I'll move heaven and earth --

Ned: Grandfather, too little, too late.

Edward: What?

Ned: See, your only job was to keep Kristina protected, and you blew it.

Edward: She was taking a nap, and we didn't expect her to be kidnapped.

Ned: Incredible, isn't it? There's someone out there who's actually more underhanded and conniving than you.

Officer: We've searched the entire estate. There's no sign of the child.

Ned: Of course there isn't. Because while Baldwin was standing there making false accusations, the kidnapper made his escape.

Edward: Baldwin has the kidnapper in custody in there.

Alan: Oh, for god's sake, you're as bad as he is.

Ned: How in the hell did someone come in here and just walk off with my daughter?

Edward: Alexis had a motive.

Scott walks out of the living room.

Monica: Yes, but what about the evidence? What about the proof?

Edward: He will get the proof.

Scott: Oh, I will.

Monica: Why is everybody accusing Alexis?

Alan: Yeah, what if it isn't her? Look at all the time we're wasting trying to find the baby.

Monica: Yes. Thank you.

Cameron: What were you doing here, Alexis?

Alexis: I didn't steal the baby, Cameron.

Cameron: Then what was your baby carrier doing in the nursery? (Walks up behind her) Don't stonewall me, Alexis. (She turns around) I risked my career covering for you during the murder trial. I'll cover for you again, but only if you tell me the truth.

Alexis: The baby carrier is mine.

Cameron: So you came to this house planning to steal Kristina from the Quartermaines.

Alexis: I can't very well leave her here. I came here to pick her up. I was going to leave town and disappear, but someone else got her first, and now she's at the mercy of some stranger.

(Camera switches to Skye's cottage)

Skye holds baby Kristina with A.J. looking on beside her.