Save Me Forever
Chapter One
Alexis was tired, she heard voices coming from the lake as she walked up the steps to her new house. She walked over to the edge of the balcony to look at her family. Viola was sitting on the grass with Molly, helping her "walk". Kristina was swimming from Ric to Sam and back again. They were all joking and smiling and just having a great time. Alexis smiled and breathed easy for once in her life. Her press conference about the Manny Ruiz and Escobar case went well and everyone pretty much accepted that they were over. She knew that Jason killed Escobar. Everyone did, but Alexis didn't want to put him in prison for it. She wanted Sonny to stay out of the mob, which meant that Ric would have to as well. Suddenly someone grabbed her arm from behind and spun her around.
"Where's Emily?"
"Sonny?" He looked horrible. He was sweating and she could tell that he'd been crying and destroying things.
"Nikolas told Carly that he took Emily away. That's all he said to her. Alexis, I swear to God! Where are they?!"
"Sonny, calm down…I haven't talked to Nikolas in days. I have no idea."
He slapped her and she fell. Her hand reached up to where he hit her. It burned. Not only from the force of the slap, but the fact that the father of her child just hit her.
Sonny just looked down. He had no idea what was going on. He bent down and pulled her back up, dragging her into the house. He threw her onto the couch.
"Sonny, NO!! Stop!"
He slapped her again and again, he shook her violently and threw her to the ground. Alexis was stunned. She knew that she should try and defend herself, but she was taken by so much surprise, she couldn't move.
"Sonny!"
He hit her hard and she fell, hitting her head on the coffee table. She was out. Sonny just looked at her. His eyes widening. He finally realized what he'd done.
"Oh my God. Oh my God … Alexis? Alexis …" He didn't know what to do. He knew that Ric, Sam, or someone else would be coming in soon, so he picked Alexis up, carried her to his limo, and avoided Max's questions.
"Drive me home … NOW!"