April 7, 2006 Transcript
"Maybe I Should Tell Her the Truth"

Alexis: Hey, do you mind having a seat with me just for a second? I want to ask you a question or two. Is it ok if it's free advice?

Lainey: Of course. What's going on?

Alexis: I know this woman who could perhaps be in an unhealthy situation. I witnessed something last night that appeared to me to be abusive, and I approached her about it and she denied it. So what do I do?

Lainey: Well, women who've been abused are often the last to admit there's a problem. It's not uncommon for them to send friends to seek advice.

Alexis: It's not me. It -- Ric and I have fights. Excuse me, we have conflict, but it -- it never escalates to that kind of verbal abuse.

Lainey: Ok. Well, that's good. I'd hate that.

Alexis: To be honest, it's a -- a woman that I don't know very well. I'm certainly not close to her, but I still feel a need to help her. I owe this woman a great deal.

Sam: I would give anything to be able to have just one moment with you. To be able to see your face finally. To be able to hold you and tell you how much you were loved and wanted. But I'll never have that chance. I could give it to Alexis. I'm just not sure that I should. Telling Alexis that I am her daughter could turn out to be a disaster. I don't know if I could take it if I open my heart to her and she just blows my life apart again.

Sam: I'm scared. Jason is slipping away, I can feel it. He needs me to support him and I didn't, and at first he -- he used to yell, and now he doesn't even fight back anymore. He -- he just shuts down. And if it were just because of Sonny and Emily, I -- I know that we could get through it. But Jason knows that Alexis is my mother, and I know it's changed the way he feels about me. He hates her so much. I am just -- I'm afraid he's going to stop loving me.

Father Coates: Sam.

Sam: Hey.

Father Coates: Hey. You ok?

Sam: I don't know how this works. Um -- I'm not Catholic.

Father Coates: It's all right. You don't have to be Catholic for me to listen.

Sam: If I were to tell you something, would you promise -- I mean, would you have to promise that it would just stay between the two of us?

Father Coates: Of course.

Sam: After my brother died, I found out that I was adopted.

Father Coates: Well, I'm sure that came as quite a shock.

Sam: Yeah, but what came as more of a shock was who my biological mother was. I already know her and we have this really, really complicated, complicated relationship. My mother is Alexis Davis.

Father Coates: Does she know that you're her --

Sam: No.

Father Coates: Oh.

Sam: And I am not sure if I should tell her.

Ric: How's the research going?

Alexis: Huh? Oh, hi.

Ric: Hi. Tanner case?

Alexis: I haven't gotten to it yet.

Ric: Well, we do have to file the motion by tomorrow morning.

Alexis: I know, I know. I'm well aware of that.

Ric: Alexis, you know, if this partnership is going to work out, we're going to have -- uh -- look, I know you and I have been under a lot of stress lately, but if I've ever done anything --

Alexis: Not for you!

Ric: You should read these. Don't do that. See?

Alexis: Actually, you know what? I saw something yesterday and I -- I'm a little worried about Sam.

Ric: You think that Jason is hurting her?

Alexis: No, I don’t. I saw something at the police station yesterday. The way he treated her was not ok, and it just made me feel compelled to help her.

Father Coates: So you're worried how Alexis would react if she finds out that you're her daughter?

Sam: I know how Alexis would react -- she hates Jason. If she found out that I was her daughter, she would make sure that she did everything possible to cut me out of Jason’s life.

Father Coates: Well, she couldn't succeed unless you and Jason allow her to.

Sam: Alexis borders on obsessive behavior. Kristina can't be around Sonny for five minutes without her hyperventilating.

Father Coates: So what do you think? You think that you would come to resent that kind of worry and attention, or do you think it would reassure you on some level?

Sam: Oh, gosh, I don't know. I don't know. I -- I mainly wish that Alexis wasn't my mother. I just -- I have so many reasons to hate her.

Father Coates: "Hate" -- that's a very powerful word.

Sam: I know, but she's -- she's deserving of the word "hate." I -- I had almost carried my -- my daughter full-term when Alexis started pressuring me to induce my labor. Kristina -- she needed a bone marrow transplant and they couldn't find a match. The stem cells from my baby were her only hope. When I refused to induce my labor and risk my daughter's life, she -- she was furious. She started screaming at me, and -- and I collapsed, and I woke up and my baby was gone.

Father Coates: Sam --

Sam: Kristina is alive because of my daughter, and how does Alexis repay me? By letting my brother die.

Father Coates: Look --

Sam: She could've -- she could've given my brother the antidote and she didn’t. She kept it for herself.

Father Coates: Ok. I know it's not always easy to understand, but God does have a plan. With forgiveness comes acceptance.

Sam: You can tell me that I need to forgive Alexis. I just -- I don't know if that's possible, and not just because what happened with my -- my brother and my daughter, but for what she did to me. I -- I don't know. How could I ever forgive a woman who didn't care enough to keep me?

Father Coates: Well, you could start by thanking her.

Ric: All right, so what exactly did you witness at the police station that would give you the impression that Sam needs help?

Alexis: Jason got way too volatile. Look, I've known him for a while, I understand that he kills people, but I also know that he is gentle to the people that he cares about, and he just snapped and that concerned me.

Ric: Ok, well, couples do get into arguments from time to time. I mean, you and I have been in one or two.

Alexis: We don't get into -- all right, you don't speak to me that way, and I don't speak to you that way.

Ric: Right.

Alexis: I don't ever feel threatened verbally. I was scared, and I was on -- on the other side of the glass, and Sam was frightened. She cowered like a puppy and then she whispered "I love you" -- it was classic behavior.

Ric: Ok. While I appreciate your concern for Sam, I think it's a little displaced.

Alexis: Maybe she feels like she can't fight back with him, so she takes it out on everyone else -- or me, for instance.

Ric: All right. Even if all of this is true, I don't think there's much that you can do about it unless Sam is willing to address, you know, the problem.

Alexis: I just feel like I want to help her.

Father Coates: How old was Alexis when she gave birth to you?

Sam: 16.

Father Coates: Wow. Wow, she was faced with a very adult decision. It seems to me that the selfish choice would've been for Alexis to keep you. I mean, at that age, there would be no way that she could support herself as well as a child. Look, by putting you up for adoption, she gave you a chance at a better life, you know? I -- I get it. You're angry at Alexis and -- and you have your reasons, but her putting you up for adoption shouldn't be one of them.

Sam: There are moments when I want to reach out and tell Alexis the truth, but I just -- I don't know.

Father Coates: Ok. So in those moments, what holds you back?

Sam: She thinks that her daughter died, and I -- I think that it would probably be best if everyone --

Father Coates: Uh-uh, no, no. This isn't about everyone. This is about you, Sam. If you want a chance to get to know your mother, then you should tell Alexis the truth. It might be the best for both of you.

Sam: Maybe you're right. Maybe I should tell her the truth.