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Portia’s Secret DESTROYS Curtis — “You’re Carrying HIS Child!” _ General Hospita
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00:11The opulent living room of the Curtis Ashford estate, a space usually reserved for high-stakes business meetings or lavish, impersonal parties,
00:18had become an unlikely war room for a family in quiet crisis.
00:22The late afternoon sun streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting long, dramatic shadows across the polished marble floor.
00:30It was a golden, forgiving light, but it did nothing to soften the harsh lines of worry on Curtis Ashford's face.
00:36He stood by the window, a crystal tumbler of amber whiskey clutched in his hand, not drinking,
00:41just holding it as if its solid weight could anchor him to a reality that was rapidly disintegrating.
00:47Portia Robinson, his wife, sat on the edge of a velvet settee, her posture unnaturally rigid.
00:52She was a vision, as always, her stylish clothes and carefully applied makeup a fragile shield against the turmoil within.
01:00But the shield was cracking.
01:02Her hands, clasped tightly in her lap, trembled slightly.
01:06The silence between them was a living entity, thick and heavy, punctuated only by the faint, rhythmic clink of ice against glass as Curtis finally took a slow sip.
01:15He had known something was wrong for weeks.
01:17The distance, the evasive answers, the way her smile never quite reached her eyes anymore.
01:24Portia had always been a fortress of strength and faith, her belief in their future unshakable even during the most tumultuous times.
01:31But lately, the fortress walls had shown signs of a siege from within.
01:35He had attributed it to the lingering trauma of her kidnapping, the pressure of being a public figure's wife,
01:41or perhaps the subtle but persistent tensions with his children, Drew and Trina.
01:45He had been prepared for any of those battles.
01:48He was armed and ready to be her protector, her champion.
01:53He was not prepared for this.
01:54You've been quiet all day, Portia, Curtis said, his voice a low rumble that seemed to vibrate through the spacious room.
02:02He didn't turn from the window, his gaze fixed on some distant point beyond the manicured lawns.
02:08Quiet for weeks, if I'm being honest.
02:11I'm your husband.
02:13I can't help you if you don't tell me what's weighing on your soul.
02:17Portia flinched, the words your husband striking her with the force of a physical blow.
02:21She drew a shaky breath, the air tasting thin and insufficient.
02:26Curtis, there are things, it's complicated.
02:30Complicated?
02:31He finally turned, his dark eyes pinning her in place.
02:35They were the eyes of a businessman who had built an empire from nothing,
02:38a man accustomed to assessing truths and lies with unnerving accuracy.
02:43Our life has always been complicated.
02:46Complicated I can handle.
02:48It's the silence I can't stand.
02:51It's the feeling that you're a million miles away from me, even when you're right here.
02:56He set his glass down on a side table with a definitive click.
03:00Talk to me.
03:02The command was gentle but absolute.
03:05It was the tone he used when he knew a deal was about to close,
03:08when there was no more room for negotiation.
03:11Portia felt the last of her resolve crumble.
03:13The secret, a corrosive acid she had been carrying inside for too long, was demanding release.
03:20She could no longer contain it, the pressure was splitting her in two.
03:24Her eyes welled with tears she had been stubbornly holding back.
03:28She looked down at her hands, at the wedding band that felt suddenly like a brand.
03:32The words hung in the air, suspended for a moment that stretched into an eternity.
03:42Curtis's stern expression dissolved into one of pure, unadulterated shock.
03:47His brows furrowed, his mind racing through calculations, through timelines, through possibilities.
03:52The anger and suspicion that had been brewing were momentarily washed away by a tidal wave of stunned confusion.
03:59Pregnant, he repeated, the word foreign on his tongue.
04:03He took a step toward her, his head cocked.
04:07But, how?
04:08We've been, careful.
04:11And with everything you've been through, his voice trailed off as he saw the profound anguish on her face.
04:16This was not the joyful announcement of a wife sharing blessed news with her husband.
04:20This was a confession.
04:24The air in the room shifted, growing colder, denser.
04:27The golden light now felt accusatory.
04:31A cold dread began to uncoil in the pit of Curtis's stomach.
04:35His eyes narrowed, the businessman's instincts roaring back to life.
04:39He was no longer looking at his grieving wife,
04:41he was looking at a subject from whom he needed to extract a painful truth.
04:46Portia, he said, his voice dropping to a deadly calm.
04:49How far along are you?
04:52She squeezed her eyes shut, a single tear tracing a path through her makeup.
04:57The doctor said, about ten weeks.
05:00Ten weeks.
05:02Curtis's mind became a calendar, flipping back through the pages of recent history.
05:07Ten weeks ago, he had been immersed in the chaos of his club, dealing with a supplier dispute.
05:12Portia had been, where had she been?
05:14A deep, chilling freeze began to spread through his veins as a specific, horrifying memory surfaced.
05:21Ten weeks ago.
05:23The time of the kidnapping.
05:26The time she had been taken, held against her will by that monster, Simon.
05:30The color drained from Curtis's face.
05:33A violent, nauseating wave of protectiveness and rage washed over him.
05:38The thought of that man touching his wife, violating her, and leaving her with this,
05:42this consequence was too monstrous to bear.
05:45His hands clenched into fists at his sides, his knuckles white.
05:50Is it?
05:51He couldn't even say the name.
05:54Did that animal?
05:56Simon, did he do this to you?
05:58The question was a guttural whisper, laden with a promise of vengeance.
06:03Portia's eyes flew open, wide with a fresh horror.
06:06No!
06:08Curtis, no!
06:10It wasn't him.
06:12It wasn't like that.
06:14The vehemence in her denial was genuine, but it did nothing to reassure him.
06:18It only deepened the mystery, and the dread.
06:22Then who?
06:24Curtis's voice rose, the calm fracturing.
06:27If it wasn't him, then who, Portia?
06:30Who is the father of my wife's child?
06:33He emphasized the words my wife's with a biting sarcasm that made her flinch again.
06:38This was the moment.
06:40The point of no return.
06:43There was no elegant way to say it, no gentle phrasing that could cushion the blow.
06:47The truth was a jagged rock, and she had to throw it.
06:50She looked up at him, her vision blurred by tears, her heart hammering against her ribs
06:56like a trapped bird.
06:57She saw the man she loved, the man who had fought for her, stood by her, and built a
07:02life with her.
07:03And she was about to shatter that life into a million unrecognizable pieces.
07:07Her lips trembled, the words sticking in her throat.
07:12She forced them out, each one a painful, separate effort.
07:16It's Isaiah's.
07:18The room did not simply go quiet, it became a vacuum, sucking all sound, all light, all
07:24air out of existence.
07:26Curtis stood perfectly still, his body rigid.
07:30He didn't breathe.
07:32He didn't blink.
07:34He simply stared at her as if she had just spoken in a language he had never heard before.
07:39Isaiah.
07:41Isaiah Temple.
07:42The man who had been his rival, his adversary, his enemy for years.
07:48The man who had tried to destroy his business, his family, his very life.
07:53The man whose own son, Marshall, was Curtis's half-brother, weaving a tangled web of bitterness
07:57and betrayal that stretched back decades.
08:00Isaiah was more than just another man, he was the embodiment of a feud, a symbol of a long
08:05and painful history.
08:06And he was the father of the child Portia was carrying.
08:11The information seemed to short-circuit Curtis's brain.
08:14He could process a pregnancy.
08:17He could even process, with unimaginable difficulty, a pregnancy resulting from an assault.
08:23But this?
08:24This was a betrayal of an entirely different magnitude.
08:28This was not an act of violence forced upon her, this was a choice.
08:33A conscious, willing choice his wife had made with the one man in the world he despised above
08:37all others.
08:38The silence stretched, becoming a physical weight pressing down on them both.
08:43Portia watched the emotions play across his face like a devastating storm, the initial,
08:48uncomprehending shock, the dawning realization, and then, finally, the cataclysmic eruption of
08:53betrayal and pain.
08:54He took a step back, as if her very presence had become toxic.
08:58The love and concern in his eyes evaporated, replaced by a glacial coldness that was more
09:03terrifying than any outburst of rage.
09:06When he finally spoke, his voice was not a roar, but a whisper of shattered glass.
09:12It was flat, devoid of all emotion, and it carried the weight of a final judgment.
09:17He looked her dead in the eye, his gaze stripping away every layer of her being, every excuse,
09:21every plea for understanding, until only the bare, ugly truth remained.
09:25And he delivered the six words that would forever cleave their lives into a before and
09:30an after.
09:32You are no wife of mine.
09:34The words landed not like a slap, but like a guillotine.
09:38Clean, precise, and utterly final.
09:41Portia felt them in her soul, a killing blow to the identity she had held for so long.
09:46Wife.
09:48Partner.
09:50Confidant.
09:51In six words, he had revoked it all.
09:54A broken sob escaped her lips.
09:57Curtis, please, let me explain.
10:01Explain?
10:02He let out a short, harsh bark of laughter that held no humor.
10:06Explain what, Portia?
10:09Explain how you ended up in bed with Isaiah Temple?
10:12Explain how you could betray me, our marriage, everything we've built together, with him?
10:17What possible explanation could there be?
10:20It was a mistake, she cried, her composure shattering completely.
10:25A terrible, horrible, one-time mistake.
10:29It was after we had that huge fight about the trust fund for Trina.
10:32You were so distant, so consumed with business and your issues withdrew.
10:38I felt so alone, Curtis.
10:41So invisible.
10:43I went to the Metro Court bar, and he was there, and we started talking.
10:47Talking?
10:49Curtis interrupted, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
10:52Is that what they're calling it now?
10:55You talked yourself into his bed?
10:58You talked yourself into carrying his child?
11:01He shook his head, a look of profound disgust on his face.
11:05Don't.
11:06Don't insult my intelligence by blaming this on my distance.
11:10I have spent my entire life building a legacy, protecting this family, providing for you.
11:16And you repay me by spreading your legs for my worst enemy?
11:19The crudeness of his words was a deliberate weapon, and it hit its mark.
11:24Portia recoiled as if she'd been struck.
11:27It wasn't like that.
11:29It was a moment of weakness, of stupidity.
11:33I had too much to drink, and I was vulnerable, and he was, there.
11:38It meant nothing.
11:40Nothing?
11:41Curtis took a menacing step forward, his body trembling with suppressed fury.
11:46It meant enough for you to forget your vows.
11:49It meant enough for you to come home to my bed, to my house, and lie to my face for weeks.
11:54And now, it meant enough to create a child.
11:58A living, breathing consequence of your nothing.
12:01He spat the last word out as if it were poison.
12:05I was going to tell you, she pleaded, desperation clawing at her throat.
12:08I just...
12:10I didn't know how.
12:13I was terrified of this, of seeing that look in your eyes.
12:17Well, now you see it, he said, his voice returning to that terrifying, flat calm.
12:22You looked into the heart of our marriage and you chose to set it on fire.
12:27With Isaiah Temple.
12:28Of all the people in this godforsaken town, you chose him.
12:33He turned away from her, walking back to the window, his back a rigid, unyielding wall.
12:39He was shutting her out, brick by brick, and she could feel the finality of it with every fiber of her being.
12:45Do you have any idea what you've done?
12:47He asked the windowpane, his reflection a ghostly, haunted version of the man she knew.
12:52This isn't just about us.
12:54This is about Drew, and Trina.
12:57This is about the business.
13:00This is about the entire damn town.
13:03Isaiah will use this.
13:05He will use this child as a weapon.
13:08He will hold it over my head for the rest of my life.
13:11You haven't just broken our marriage, Portia.
13:15You've handed my enemy the ultimate victory.
13:18You've given him a permanent piece of my life, of my family's legacy.
13:23A living, breathing Ashford Temple heir, conceived by my own wife.
13:27The sheer scale of the betrayal, the strategic implications he was laying out, overwhelmed her.
13:33She had been so consumed by her own guilt and fear that she hadn't allowed herself to think that far ahead.
13:39She had only seen the personal catastrophe, not the dynastic one.
13:43He doesn't have to know, she whispered, a last, futile attempt at damage control.
13:48I could.
13:50I could leave town.
13:52I could handle this on my own.
13:55No one ever has to know.
13:58Curtis turned slowly, a look of utter contempt on his face.
14:02And what?
14:03You think I would let you do that?
14:05You think I would allow the wife of Curtis Ashford to disappear,
14:08pregnant with another man's child, and have the entire town speculate?
14:13Have my children wonder what drove their stepmother away?
14:17Have Isaiah, who is no fool, eventually put the pieces together and come looking for what he would see as his?
14:23No.
14:24The truth always comes out, Portia.
14:27It's out now.
14:30Between us.
14:31And it changes everything.
14:33He walked toward the center of the room, his movements stiff, like a man moving through a nightmare.
14:39He stopped and picked up his whiskey glass, draining the contents in one long swallow.
14:44He placed the empty glass back on the table with a sense of finality.
14:49You need to leave, he said, his voice devoid of any warmth.
14:53Curtis, please, this is my home, Portia sobbed, her body shaking uncontrollably.
14:59Not anymore, he stated, his tone leaving no room for argument.
15:03I cannot look at you right now.
15:06I cannot be in the same room with you.
15:09I need you to pack a bag and go.
15:11Go to a hotel.
15:14Go to your mother's.
15:16I don't care.
15:18But you will leave this house.
15:20Where will I go?
15:21She asked, her voice small and broken.
15:24That is no longer my concern, he replied, the words icy and precise.
15:29You made your choices.
15:31You made your bed, as they say.
15:34Now you get to lie in it.
15:37Alone.
15:38He walked to the door of the study, pausing with his hand on the knob.
15:43He didn't look back at her.
15:45I will have my lawyer contact you, he said, his voice echoing in the cavernous room.
15:50Regarding the divorce.
15:51And with that, he opened the door and walked out, closing it softly behind him.
15:57The gentle click of the latch was louder than any slam could have been.
16:01It was the sound of a life ending.
16:04Portia sat alone in the opulent, silent room, the golden light of the setting sun now feeling
16:09mocking and cruel.
16:11She wrapped her arms around herself, a wave of nausea and vertigo washing over her.
16:16She was pregnant.
16:18She was homeless.
16:20And she was, according to the only man she had ever truly loved, no wife of his.
16:25The six words echoed in the silence, a relentless, painful mantra.
16:30You are no wife of mine.
16:32They were not just a rejection of her action, they were a revocation of her identity.
16:37He had not just ended their marriage, he had erased it, declaring it null and void in his heart.
16:43She thought of Isaiah.
16:45The brief, reckless encounter that had felt like a desperate grasp for validation in a moment of profound loneliness.
16:51He had been charming, attentive, a mirror reflecting back a version of herself that felt desired and seen,
16:57a version she felt was fading in her own marriage.
16:59It had been a catastrophic error in judgment, a poison pill swallowed in a moment of weakness,
17:05and now the poison was coursing through every vein of her life, destroying everything it touched.
17:10She thought of the child growing inside her.
17:13A life that should have been a blessing, a symbol of love, was now a permanent brand of her infidelity,
17:18a ticking time bomb that would forever link the Ashford and Temple families in a web of shame and conflict.
17:23This child would never know a united family, would always be a source of pain for Curtis,
17:28a point of leverage for Isaiah, and a living reminder of her own failings for Portia herself.
17:33The weight of it all crashed down upon her, and she doubled over, great, racking sobs tearing from her chest.
17:40She cried for the love she had shattered, for the future she had obliterated,
17:43for the innocent life that was now born into a legacy of bitterness.
17:46She cried until she had no tears left, until she was just a hollow shell,
17:52sitting in the ruins of the life she had chosen to destroy.
17:55In the days that followed, the Ashford estate became a mausoleum of what once was.
18:00Portia moved out, as instructed, finding a temporary, sterile refuge in a suite at the Metro Court.
18:06The news of her sudden departure spread through Port Charles with the swift, silent efficiency of a virus.
18:11Whispers followed Curtis wherever he went, but he offered no explanations,
18:16his face a stony mask of impenetrable resolve.
18:20He threw himself into his work with a ferocious intensity,
18:23using the chaos of business to numb the gaping wound in his heart.
18:27But in the quiet moments, in the deep silence of the empty house,
18:30the six words he had spoken echoed back to him.
18:33You are no wife of mine.
18:36He had meant them in that white-hot moment of betrayal.
18:38But the finality of them now left him standing in a vast, empty space,
18:43a king in a castle stripped bare of all warmth and light.
18:46He thought of Portia's laughter that used to fill these halls.
18:50He thought of her unwavering faith in him, her gentle strength that had been his anchor.
18:55He had loved her with a depth that had surprised even him.
18:59And now, that love felt like a phantom limb,
19:01an ache for something that was irretrievably gone, amputated by her actions.
19:05His anger at Isaiah was a cold, constant flame.
19:09This was the ultimate humiliation,
19:11the final move in a long-standing game of chess between them.
19:15Curtis knew, with a sickening certainty,
19:17that Isaiah would eventually discover the truth.
19:20And he would revel in it.
19:23The child would become a pawn,
19:25a claim on the Ashford legacy,
19:26a permanent thorn in Curtis's side.
19:29For Portia, the Metro Court Suite
19:31was a gilded cage of her own making.
19:33Every ring of the phone,
19:35every knock at the door,
19:36sent a jolt of fear through her.
19:38Was it Curtis, ready to talk?
19:41Was it Isaiah, having somehow found out?
19:44Or was it just the press,
19:46sniffing around for a story?
19:48She was paralyzed by shame and regret,
19:51her future a terrifying, blank canvas.
19:53She considered her options,
19:55each one more bleak than the last.
19:57She could have the baby and raise it alone,
20:00forever marked as the woman who destroyed her marriage to Curtis Ashford.
20:04She could tell Isaiah and face his unpredictable reaction,
20:07knowing it would only pour gasoline on the already raging fire between the two families.
20:12Or she could make a different, more permanent choice,
20:15one that filled her with a deep,
20:16moral conflict that warred with her desperation.
20:19Weeks turned into a month.
20:22The silence from Curtis was absolute.
20:24His lawyer had, true to his word,
20:27sent over a thick envelope of divorce papers.
20:30Seeing the formal, cold language that sought to legally dissolve their union made her physically ill.
20:36She couldn't bring herself to sign them.
20:39Signing them would make it real,
20:40would be the final, administrative stamp on Curtis's six-word decree.
20:44One afternoon, driven by a despair she could no longer contain,
20:48she found herself standing outside the gate of the Ashford estate.
20:52She didn't have the courage to go to the door.
20:55She just stood there, hidden by the foliage,
20:58watching the house that had been her home.
21:01She saw Curtis emerge, getting into his car.
21:04He looked older, the lines on his face deeper,
21:07his shoulders set with a weight that hadn't been there before.
21:10He didn't look like a victorious man who had cast out a disloyal wife.
21:15He looked like a man in profound pain.
21:18And in that moment,
21:19Portia understood the full, devastating impact of what she had done.
21:23Her betrayal hadn't just triggered his anger,
21:26it had broken his spirit.
21:28She had taken a man of immense pride and strength
21:30and had shown him to be a fool in the eyes of his greatest enemy.
21:34He drove away, never seeing her.
21:37Portia stood there for a long time,
21:39the chill of the evening seeping into her bones.
21:42She placed a hand on her still flat stomach,
21:44where the child, Isaiah's child, was growing.
21:48The six words were now a part of her,
21:50etched into her soul as indelibly as the life inside her.
21:53They were the title of this new, painful chapter of her life.
21:56A chapter of isolation, of consequence,
22:00of a love loss not to fate or circumstance,
22:02but to a single, unforgivable choice.
22:05She had gambled with her happiness and had lost everything.
22:09And as she turned and walked away from the home she loved,
22:12she knew the painful echo of those words
22:13would be her constant companion for the rest of her days.
22:16You are no wife of mine.
22:19And in losing that title,
22:21she feared she had lost herself completely.
22:24Curtis sat in the dim light of the Metro Court's private lounge,
22:27the glass of bourbon in his hand untouched.
22:30He had been quiet for most of the day,
22:32ignoring messages, ignoring the world.
22:35His mind was racing,
22:36replaying what he had overheard at the hospital earlier that afternoon.
22:40Words that shattered his already fragile heart,
22:43words that would change everything.
22:45Portia was pregnant.
22:47And the child wasn't his.
22:50The name Isaiah echoed in his head like a curse.
22:54He never expected that name to be tied to the woman he loved,
22:57to the marriage he fought so hard to save.
23:00When the door opened,
23:01Portia's soft footsteps echoed across the room.
23:04Curtis, she said quietly,
23:06her voice uncertain,
23:07trying to gauge his mood.
23:09She could sense the tension immediately.
23:12His posture,
23:13the stiffness in his shoulders,
23:14the clenched jaw,
23:15it all screamed danger.
23:18She approached slowly,
23:19her heart thudding.
23:21You've been avoiding me all day.
23:23What's going on?
23:25Curtis didn't look at her at first.
23:28He stared at the glass in his hand,
23:30watching the amber liquid swirl.
23:32Finally,
23:33he set it down,
23:34his eyes meeting hers with a pain so deep it took her breath away.
23:38You really want to know what's going on,
23:40Portia,
23:40he asked,
23:41his tone calm but laced with something dark and broken.
23:45Portia frowned.
23:46Of course I do.
23:48You're scaring me,
23:50Curtis.
23:51He stood up slowly,
23:52taking a step closer until they were face to face.
23:55I heard you at the hospital,
23:57he said,
23:58his voice trembling despite his effort to stay composed.
24:01I heard you talking to Elizabeth.
24:04About the baby.
24:06Portia's face went pale.
24:09Curtis.
24:10Don't,
24:11he cut her off sharply,
24:12his voice echoing.
24:14Don't lie to me.
24:16Not this time.
24:18His breathing was shallow,
24:19his chest heating as the truth clawed its way out.
24:22You're pregnant,
24:24and it's not mine,
24:25is it?
24:26Tears immediately welled up in Portia's eyes.
24:29Curtis,
24:30please,
24:30just let me explain.
24:32He shook his head,
24:34a bitter laugh escaping his lips.
24:36Explain what?
24:38How you found comfort with another man while your husband was learning to walk again.
24:43How you betrayed me when I needed you most.
24:46Portia's tears spilled over.
24:49It wasn't like that.
24:51Curtis,
24:51you pushed me away.
24:53You were angry,
24:54you were hurting,
24:55and I didn't know how to reach you.
24:58Isaiah was just,
24:59someone who listened.
25:01It wasn't supposed to happen.
25:03Curtis looked at her as if he didn't recognize the woman standing before him.
25:08Wasn't supposed to happen,
25:09he repeated softly,
25:11as though tasting the words.
25:13You think that makes it better?
25:15He stepped back,
25:16his voice breaking.
25:18I gave you everything,
25:20Portia.
25:21I fought for us when I could barely stand on my own two feet.
25:25I believed in you.
25:27Portia reached for him,
25:28but he stepped out of her grasp.
25:30I never stopped loving you,
25:32she whispered desperately.
25:34It was a mistake,
25:36Curtis.
25:37One night.
25:38I swear to you,
25:40it meant nothing.
25:42His eyes glistened,
25:43filled with disbelief and sorrow.
25:45One night was enough,
25:47he said hoarsely.
25:48Enough to destroy everything we built.
25:51Enough to bring another man's child into our marriage.
25:55He paused for a long moment,
25:57the silence suffocating.
25:59Then,
25:59with a raw voice that cut through her heart,
26:01he said the six words that would haunt her forever.
26:05You killed what we had left.
26:07Portia's knees almost gave out.
26:10She covered her mouth,
26:11sobbing uncontrollably.
26:13Don't say that.
26:15Please,
26:16Curtis,
26:17don't.
26:18But Curtis couldn't stop.
26:20The floodgates had opened,
26:22and years of pain and betrayal came pouring out.
26:25You think I haven't suffered enough?
26:27I lost my ability to walk,
26:29my independence,
26:30and now I've lost you,
26:32too.
26:33And for what?
26:34For a man who'll never love you like I did?
26:38His voice cracked on the last word,
26:40and he turned away,
26:41running a hand over his face.
26:43Curtis,
26:44she pleaded,
26:44I didn't plan any of this.
26:46I was scared,
26:48I was lonely,
26:49and you were shutting me out.
26:50I made a terrible mistake.
26:53But please,
26:54don't throw away our marriage over this.
26:57He spun around,
26:58eyes blazing.
27:00Our marriage?
27:01Portia,
27:02that died the moment you lied to me.
27:05The moment you looked me in the eye every day,
27:07knowing you were carrying another man's child.
27:10Portia clutched her stomach protectively,
27:12instinctively.
27:13I was going to tell you,
27:15she whispered.
27:16I just needed time.
27:19Time?
27:20Curtis echoed bitterly.
27:22How much time,
27:24Portia?
27:25Until the baby was born?
27:28Until I figured it out on my own,
27:29like last time?
27:31His voice grew louder with every word,
27:33his pain turning into rage.
27:35You lied to me about Trina's paternity once.
27:39You swore you'd never lie to me again.
27:42And here we are,
27:43right back in the same place.
27:45Portia's tears fell harder now.
27:48Don't bring up the past,
27:49Curtis.
27:51This isn't the same.
27:53It's exactly the same,
27:54he snapped.
27:56You keep secrets.
27:58You play with people's lives.
28:01And every time,
28:02you expect forgiveness.
28:04He exhaled sharply,
28:06pacing the room.
28:07You know what hurts the most?
28:09I still believed you changed.
28:12That you were done lying.
28:15She took a trembling step forward.
28:17I have changed.
28:19Curtis,
28:20please,
28:20I'm begging you,
28:21don't walk away from us.
28:23He looked at her for a long moment,
28:25the war in his eyes clear.
28:27He wanted to believe her.
28:30He wanted to hold on.
28:32But the betrayal cut too deep this time.
28:35I can't,
28:36he said quietly.
28:38Every time I look at you now,
28:40I'll see him.
28:41I'll see Isaiah.
28:43Her heart shattered.
28:45It's over,
28:46then,
28:46she asked through sobs.
28:49Curtis hesitated.
28:51He walked closer,
28:52his expression softening for a fleeting second.
28:55Portia,
28:56I wish I could forgive you.
28:58I wish love was enough to fix this.
29:00But you've taken something from me,
29:02I can never get back.
29:04He swallowed hard.
29:07Trust.
29:08Portia shook her head violently.
29:11Don't do this,
29:12Curtis.
29:13We can get through this.
29:15I'll do whatever it takes.
29:18Therapy,
29:19honesty,
29:20anything.
29:21Please,
29:22just don't give up on me.
29:24He turned away,
29:25his voice barely above a whisper.
29:27I already did.
29:30For a long moment,
29:31neither of them spoke.
29:33The only sound was the quiet ticking of the clock and Portia's soft sobs.
29:37The reality of what had just happened settled between them like ashes after a fire.
29:42The love that once burned so brightly had turned into something cold and heavy.
29:47After several minutes,
29:48Portia wiped her eyes,
29:50trying to steady her voice.
29:51Does Isaiah know?
29:54Curtis's jaw tightened.
29:55Not yet.
29:58But he will.
30:00Her eyes widened.
30:01You can't tell him.
30:04Please,
30:04not yet.
30:06Let me figure out how.
30:09Curtis cut her off again.
30:11He deserves to know he's going to be a father.
30:14You've kept enough secrets,
30:16Portia.
30:17I won't help you lie anymore.
30:20She closed her eyes in anguish.
30:22You're angry.
30:23I understand.
30:26But please,
30:27don't make this worse.
30:29He laughed bitterly.
30:31Worse?
30:32You think this can get worse?
30:35He looked at her like she was a stranger.
30:38You just destroyed everything we had left to protect,
30:41and you're worried about damage control?
30:43Portia's voice cracked.
30:45I'm worried about my family.
30:48About Trina,
30:49about this baby.
30:51Don't,
30:52Curtis interrupted harshly.
30:54Don't use Trina to justify this.
30:57She's the only good thing that's ever come from all your lies.
31:00That hit her like a slap.
31:02She covered her mouth again,
31:05sobbing.
31:06You're cruel.
31:08I'm honest,
31:09he replied coldly.
31:11Something you should try for once.
31:13The silence that followed was suffocating.
31:17Portia turned away,
31:18clutching her stomach,
31:19feeling the baby inside her move.
31:22For a brief moment,
31:23she thought about the future,
31:24the one she imagined with Curtis,
31:26and realized it was gone.
31:28Curtis finally exhaled,
31:29rubbing his temples.
31:32His voice softened,
31:33exhaustion replacing the anger.
31:35I loved you,
31:36Portia.
31:38More than anyone.
31:40I thought we could survive anything.
31:43But this,
31:43he shook his head.
31:45This broke me.
31:47Portia looked at him,
31:48her face streaked with tears.
31:51Then what happens now?
31:53He sighed.
31:54Now,
31:55I figure out how to live with what's left.
31:58And you figure out how to raise Isaac,
31:59Isaiah's child without destroying what's left of your soul.
32:03Those words gutted her.
32:05She fell to her knees,
32:06sobbing uncontrollably as Curtis walked toward the door.
32:10He paused,
32:11his hand on the doorknob,
32:12hesitating for just a second.
32:15For a moment,
32:16he looked back at her,
32:17the love still there beneath all the pain.
32:20But it wasn't enough.
32:22Not this time.
32:24Without another word,
32:25he walked out,
32:26leaving her alone with her guilt and her unborn child.
32:29When the door closed,
32:30Portia pressed her hand to her belly,
32:32whispering through tears.
32:34I'm so sorry.
32:36She knew those words would never undo what she had done.
32:40Outside,
32:41Curtis stood in the hallway,
32:42trying to breathe.
32:44His heart felt like it had been ripped from his chest.
32:47He pulled out his phone,
32:49scrolling through his contacts until he reached one name,
32:51Trina.
32:52His thumb hovered over the call button,
32:55but he couldn't do it.
32:57Not yet.
32:58How could he tell his daughter that her mother had once again blown their world apart?
33:03He slipped the phone back into his pocket,
33:05whispering to himself,
33:07you killed what we had left.
33:09Meanwhile,
33:09across town,
33:10Isaiah was standing at the hospital,
33:12unaware that his world was about to change too.
33:15When the truth finally reached him,
33:17that Portia was pregnant with his child,
33:19it would ignite a storm that would ripple through every corner of Port Charles.
33:23And as Curtis drove away from the Metro Court,
33:25his reflection staring back at him in the rearview mirror,
33:28one thing was clear,
33:29this betrayal would leave scars none of them could ever heal.
33:33But in the quiet darkness of his car,
33:35Curtis couldn't help but feel the faint sting of love still buried beneath the wreckage.
33:39No matter how much he wanted to hate her,
33:41a part of him always would love Portia.
33:44That, perhaps,
33:45was the cruelest truth of all.
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