Chapter 5

The girls are in the Spencer's kitchen. They have just finished reading the article in the old newspaper. Everyone is still oblivious to the fact that Lindsey is having the time of her life painting the kitchen wall red and purple. She has started to sing the song that never ends, but she is still being ignored. Lucky comes into the house through the kitchen door.

Lk = Lucky
Li = Lindsey
La = Laura
Lu = Lulu
Lo: Lois

Lk: Walks in and sees the girls, but doesn't notice the somber mood. "Hey how's my favorite girls? How's your project coming Lu?" They all look up at him and he realizes he has just walked into something big.
Lu: "Hi Lucky, why aren't you at work?"
Lk: "Cases are running kind of slow right now. Nobody wants to hire a detective these days. What's got you girls in such a quiet mood? You are usually talking up a storm."
Lu: Lulu hands the newspaper to Lucky. "This."
Lk: Takes the paper as he sits down at the table next to Brooke, and across from Jessi. He sighs. "I guess the can of worms has been opened. Does mom know that you found this, Lu?"
La: Walks into the kitchen, "I do. I just called Brenda and Lois, they're on their way over."

Lindsey has started singing really loud. Everyone turns to look at her.
La: "Lindsey! What are you doing?"
Li: "Painting pretty picture mommy!!"
La: "Honey, it's very pretty, but it should have gone on the paper, not the walls."
Li: "But Mommy, the wall is bigger than the paper."
La: "Yes, honey it is, but the wall needs to be one color. Come on lets get you upstairs so I can clean you up."
Lk: "Mom, I'll do that. Looks like you have your hands full here." Walks over to Lindsey, wipes her hands on her paint apron, and picks her up.
La: "Thanks Lucky."
Lucky heads up the stairs with Lindsey. As they go up the stairs Lucky's voice is heard saying that Lindsey needs a bath. Lindsey is heard screaming with delight, "Bubbles! Bubbles!" After they leave, we see Jessi. Her face, which has showed everything from shock to anger to sadness to curiosity now has a hint of a smile on it. She suddenly bursts out laughing.
J: "I'm sorry. I shouldn't be laughing, it really wasn't funny, but… but it was!"
La: looks over to the wall and also starts to laugh. Soon everyone is joining them. "It is kind of funny, but Luke won't think so when he has to paint the walls again."
Lu: "Yeah, your right mom. Especially since he had to paint them last month after Jess and I got carried away with our permanent marker fight."
J: "That was pretty funny."
The doorbell rings.
La: "That's probably your mothers."
The smile disappears from Jessi's face and is replaced by a look of fear. She was about to hear the truth from her mother and she didn't know if she really wanted it. Brooke took her hand and squeezed it.
La: "Honey, it will be okay. Everyone will be here with you."
J: "Thanks, I know."

Laura leaves the room to go answer the door. The girls sit in quietness because Brooke and Lulu have no idea what to say to Jessi. They never imagined this is what happened to Sonny Corinthos in their worst nightmares.

A few seconds pass and Brenda and Lois rush into the kitchen with Laura behind them. Jessi turns around and sees her mother. She gets up and looks her straight in the eyes.
J: "Why didn't you tell me that my father was a bad guy?!"
B: Those words cut through Brenda's heart. She didn't want Jessi hating her father because of the business he had been in. "Honey, he wasn't a bad guy, just a guy who made some wrong decisions."
J: "Don't tell me that! He was in the mob! Better yet he ran part of the mob! They kill people! My father was a mob man and you thought I didn't need to know!"

Brenda sighed. How was she going to explain her relationship with Sonny to their nine year old daughter? Better yet how was she going to explain it without falling apart? She had barely made it through this day and now she had to deal with something that she wasn't prepared for. Ten years had gone by fast. It seemed like only yesterday that he had died holding her hand in the ambulance. Now their daughter wanted her to explain Sonny to her? She prayed that God would give her strength and was grateful she was in the company of friends.

***

Meanwhile at Luke's Clive Johnson is talking quietly on the phone.
C: "Sam, I have some good news for you."
S: "Yeah? Shoot."
C: "How fast can you pack?"
S: "Fast, why?"
C: "I can get you home tonight, if you still want to go."
S: "You kidding? I can be packed in a flash. Just tell me details and I'll be there."
C: "There will be a cab waiting for you in about an hour. Whatever you can't get packed will be shipped to you later. I have an airplane ticket for you under your current alias Sam Danto headed for Port Charles. I'll be there when you get here. After that it's up to you."
S: "Wait, you'r e in Port Charles?"
C: "Yeah, does that bother you?"
S: "No, but why are you there?"
C: "Making sure things are safe for you."
S: "You already said they were, are you not telling me something?"
C: "No, just double checking. I gotta go, and you need to pack."
S: "Fine, bye."
C: "Bye."

As Sam hung up the phone, he had a feeling that Clive was keeping something from him. He would figure that out later. Right now he had get things ready. He was going home. Ten years was a long time. Time changes things. He wondered how much time had changed things at home. He was about to find out.