April 15, 2004 Transcript
"It's Possible that Sonny is Kristina's Father"

In the Quartermaine living room. Alexis and Emily are sitting on the couch.

Alexis: Emily, nikolas would want you to have a memorial wherever you decided to have it.

Emily: Yeah. It's so hard to say good-bye. You know, maybe it'll help to celebrate Nikolas' life and remember all of the wonderful things he did and all the people whose lives he touched.

Alexis: Where are you going to have the ceremony?

Emily: There's a beautiful little church in the woods that Nikolas found. It's where we were going to get married.

Alexis: It sounds like a perfect place to have the ceremony, Emily.

Emily: I think he would've wanted to have it there.

Monica: Uh -- Alexis, my condolences. I know how close you and Nikolas were.

Alexis: Thank you. Excuse me.

Monica: Mm-hmm.

Ned and Alexis run into each other in the hallway.

Ned: Alexis. I'm so sorry about Nikolas.

Alexis: Thank you.

Ned: I know how close he and Kristina had become.

Alexis: Nikolas made a point of visiting every couple of days. He would do puzzles with her, read her books. He was very sweet with her, and she loved every minute of it.

Ned: Yeah. Well, I hope this isn't going to be too tough on our little girl.

Alexis: "Our little girl"? Ned, in light of everything that's happened, forgive me for asking, but you don't literally mean "our little girl," do you?

Man: D.A. Lansing?

Ric: Jim Walsh, I assume? Have a seat.

Jim: I have the information you asked for.

Ric: Good.

Jim: But with all the resources at your disposal, I'm wondering why you needed a private investigator.

Ric: Yeah. It's a family matter. So tell me, what'd you dig up on Alexis Davis and Sonny Corinthos?

Jim: Alexis Davis was put on retainer by sonny corinthos in 1998. She moved in across the hall from him a year later. That Christmas, Sonny was shot on the steps of the police station as he was protecting Alexis. (Note: THESE DATES ARE WRONG -- Alexis and Sonny didn't even MEET until Feb. 1999!)

Ric: What do you mean, protecting?

Jim: Two men with machine guns opened fire. Sonny stepped in front of Ms. Davis to shield her from the bullets. Now, Ssonny separated from Carly in 2001. Alexis was still living across the hall. He also took her on a trip to Puerto Rico. Then Carly disappeared and was presumed dead. When Carly resurfaced, Sonny went back to her. Alexis moved out shortly after.

Ric: Mm-hmm. Wasn't Alexis pregnant during that time?

Jim: That's correct.

Ric: And nobody speculated that the baby could possibly be Sonny's?

Jim: Apparently not. When Alexis was running for district attorney, she denied ever sleeping with Sonny.

Ric: Well, now that's interesting. See, during a recent custody battle, Alexis admitted to having a one-night stand with Sonny. And those dates would certainly match. Which means it's possible that Sonny is Kristina's father.

Ned: Until you decide to tell Sonny the truth, I think it's best that I continue to be the only father Kristina has.

Alexis: As well intended as you might have been, I really wish you had never done that in the first place.

Ned: Oh, I understand that. You've made that perfectly clear. I definitely volunteered for the job. I was only trying to protect you and your unborn child from Sonny. All I ever wanted was what was best for Kristina. Which is why I agreed to give you sole custody.

Alexis: Thanks. She's where she belongs, Ned. She's happy and she's healthy.

Ned: Good. Well, you're a very good mother.

Alexis: I never thought that I wanted to be a mother. But now that I am, it's the best part of my world.

Ned: Well, then it was worth whatever we went through -- whatever we're still going through -- to keep Sonny from finding out that he's the real father.

Alexis enters Kelly's and heads toward the front counter.

Ric: Was a D.N.A. Test ever performed on Alexis' daughter?

Jim: I didn't check. But Ned Ashton's name is on the birth certificate.

Ric: Well, that doesn't mean he's the child's father. Keep digging on this.

Jim: You got it.

Ric: I have an offer for you.

Alexis: No, thank you.

Ric: It's about Sonny.

Ric: You were Sonny's attorney for about a year or so, and much of the information that you gathered wasn't subject to the attorney/client privilege seeing as how it was introduced in open court, and then later became a matter of public record.

Alexis: Exactly what are you getting at?

Ric: I'm offering you a deal. You give me information about Sonny and his business dealings, and in turn, I'll protect you.

Alexis: So this is about your lifelong obsession with your brother, then?

Ric: No, Ms. Davis, this is about being the district attorney. I'm sure you understand that.

Alexis: Hmm.

Ric: My job is to put criminals in jail. It just so happens that my brother happens to be the biggest criminal of them all.

Alexis: I'm not interested in getting caught in between you and your brother.

Ric: You know, you might need my help more than you think. You were fairly close with Sonny when you were his attorney.

Alexis: The operative word being "were." That's past tense.

Ric: Some ties are not so easily broken.