February 27, 2006 Transcript
"I Never Saw Her Again Because they Put her Up for Adoption that Day"

Ric: What happened?

Alexis: Um -- you fell asleep. That was the best thing for you.

Ric: It's a nice deflection, counselor.

Alexis: I have no idea what you're talking about.

Ric: You think I'm going to forget what you told me?

Alexis: I tell you a great many things.

Ric: About your daughter, Alexis. The baby girl -- the one you gave up for adoption.

Alexis: I don't suppose that you will think of that conversation as a delusion?

Ric: No. Sorry.

Alexis: Worth a try.

Ric: How'd it happen?

Alexis: How does it ever happen? I was 16 years old, I was in boarding school. "It's really terribly mundane and very common." At least, that's how Mikkos described it. He was less than pleased. Mikkos arranged for me to go to a clinic and have the baby. I was allowed to see her once, and then they took her away. And there was a very, very kind nurse who gave me a lock of her hair. And I have that. I never saw her again because they put her up for adoption that day.

Ric: Did you try to find her?

Alexis: I considered it, but then I reconsidered.

Ric: Why?

Alexis: Because I gave up my rights as a mother. I don't get to decide to take them back just because I feel like it, and besides, the law doesn't allow that.

Ric: The law -- look how the law works, Alexis. We've seen how the law works.

Alexis: I don't have the right at this point to disrupt her life, and so I won’t. I'll just wait and see if she decides to contact me.

Monica: All right, the antidote doesn't take effect right away. In fact, you may feel worse before you start to improve.

Ric: That's all right. We know what to expect, huh?

Alexis: I'm so glad that got here. Is there enough to save everyone?

Monica: Oh -- yes, there is.

Alexis: What about Sam?

Monica: I just gave her a dose.

Alexis: Is she going to be all right?

Monica: Well, she's been fighting as hard as she can, but I honestly don't know if she's going to make it.

Ric: Hey -- listen to me, I know what you're thinking. Don't go there, ok? Survivor guilt is way overrated.

Alexis: I could've turned down the antidote.

Ric: And you would've been dead.

Alexis: We don't know that. Maybe I was stronger than Danny, and if I just held out a little longer, then he would be all right and, in turn, so would Sam.

Ric: Alexis, this epidemic is not your fault. You are not responsible for who lives and who dies.

Alexis: I know that. I just can't get over the monumental injustice that everyone I love is going to be all right. But Sam --

Bobbie: We've got an emergency.