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19, 2007 Transcript Jax: Hey, Hey! We meet at last. Alexis: Hi. Jax: Hi. Alexis: Hi. I'm sorry about the other night. Jax: Oh, no, no. Don't apologize, okay? A mother should never tear herself away from teething children to have dinner with a friend, really. Alexis: Well, I'm glad I stayed for their sakes, but I'm really sorry that I missed you. Jax: Can I buy you a late breakfast? Alexis: No, because I'm meeting a client upstairs in about 15 minutes -- but that client is always late, so I have -- Jax: Oh. Alexis: 10 minutes -- Jax: Wow. 10 minutes. Alexis: To be very nosy and to find out how you are -- and don't tell me that you're fine, because I know that you're not. I know that your wife and your stepsons are sent away somewhere and you're lonely, so you've got 15 minutes to vent. Jax: Why would I do that, because you've already heard it all. Okay, Sonny's business directly affects the people around him, even his children -- especially his children. And while we're on the subject, do you feel that Molly and Kristina have enough protection at Wyndemere? Alexis: How much protection is enough protection? We're on an island; there are guards on the island. They guard the house, they guard the grounds, and don't confuse that with Sonny's guards, who guard the harbor and then follow me and the children whenever we go into the city. If you look over your right shoulder -- don't look -- you see that guy -- no neck, really bad suit? Jax: Uh-huh. Alexis: He's with me, whether I like it or not. Jax: Why don't you just leave? Why don't I just leave? I mean, I got houses all over the world. Mom would love it if I brought Carly and the kids to Australia or Alaska or Hawaii -- you know, it's surf season there. Alexis: Mm-hmm. Jax: It could be the house on the north shore. Alexis: Mm-hmm, that sounds nice. Jax: Really? Alexis: Mm-hmm. Jax: You could join us. I could get two houses next to each other right on the beach. You know, I know two places that are right at sunset, they're really amazing. Alexis: It's a really generous offer, but I'm not really the Hawaii type. "Surf's up" -- see, that's not me. You should go, though. Jax: I should. Alexis: Actually, you really should, because I don't know how you can live with the insanity and the violence of Sonny's life one more second than you have to. Jax: You're not really asking me that, you're asking yourself that, and I would really like to know the answer. Jax: I don't understand why you've never left Port Charles. Alexis: The warm and cheerful ambiance. Jax: Right. I mean, you had a great job with a Manhattan law firm; you were summoned down here by Stefan. Why -- why did you stay in Port Charles? Alexis: Are you trying to get rid of me? Jax: Look, you have two young daughters with two men who have treated you despicably. Alexis: That's the catch -- I have two young daughters who can't be taken away from their respective fathers. Jax: No, no, no, no, I disagree. No, let's start with Sonny, okay? The reason Kristina’s life and Molly's life are in danger is because of his -- his life. His life is surrounded by violence, okay, so he could not object if you decided to move Kristina and Molly to a safer place. Alexis: And in fairness, I don't think he would, not anymore. Not that he's become all enlightened and reasonable -- that's not it. It's just that he's mellowed a bit, and I think that he sees that his children aren't possessions, and that what's best for Kristina matters more to him than what's comfortable and convenient. Ric, on the other hand, would never in a million years let me move to Manhattan, London, Madrid, or any of the other thousand places that I would love to go. Jax: Why don't you just go? I mean, I'm sure between Sonny and me, we could get Ric to cooperate. Alexis: You are trying to get rid of me. Jax: No, I'm just worried about you, okay? You almost died of cancer last year, okay? You're in remission now, and -- and your life is being threatened by some mobster that you don't even know and have nothing to do with. Alexis: You're projecting. Jax: And you're avoiding. [Alexis chuckles] Alexis: Okay. I stay in Port Charles because I have a nephew here that I love. I stay in Port Charles because my best friend is here, and I dearly love you. And then there's Sam -- and I know that's a complicated relationship, but we keep trying to connect. But mostly, I stay because I want my daughters to know their fathers. Sonny, as it turns out, is a really good Dad, and he "loves" her. And Ric, with all his faults -- and there are many -- loves Molly. And I hope to God that whatever it was that I appreciated about him was real and will be accessible to Molly. But I'd rather that she know him and form her own opinions than feel his absence. Jax: You know I've told you this before, but you are an excellent mother. Alexis: Hmm. Thank you. I try. Yeah.
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