"LiRic Reunited"
Ric exited the cab to a place he once called home. He was ready to get to business and quickly checked into the Metro Court hotel. He looked forward to trading insults with Carly, but she was out of town. As he settled into his suite, he had to admit that the hotel was pretty impressive. He would never tell Carly that however. Ric changed into one of his finest Italian suits to prepare for his business meetings. He had a few people to speak with and would also spend time with his daughter before going back to New York. He took an elevator up to the office suite for the Sun newspaper. He could hear a man and woman arguing. "You sound weak and distracted. If I were your enemy, I could sneak up on you and take you out with no problem," Ric said. "Mr. Lansing, what are you doing here? We were expecting you to call," Ava said surprised. "I thought I'd come in person and see what you been up to. I want to know why we still haven't acquired the Corinthos territories. I thought you wanted to reclaim your family's property." "We do Mr. Lansing. We've just had some speed bumps along the way. I found out I have kids and my sister here has been shagging Sonny's son," Julian said. "Well Sonny is probably on to me by now. My advisors said a person from his organization was asking around; trying to find out who the silent partner is. That means that while you two are playing around, Sonny is keeping his head in the game. He can blow this whole plan to bits if you two don't stay focused. I'm offering one more chance, if you blow it I will pull my funding. Understand," Ric stated. "Ok Mr. Lansing we understand. Thank you for helping us reclaim what rightfully belongs to our family. We won't let you down."
Ric made his way to another office. Ric stood by the door waiting for the perfect time to enter. Sonny was yelling at his employees to find out more information. He smiled as he walked in shocking Sonny. "Hello brother. I told you I'd be back someday. Are you happy to see me?" "Ric you slimy little, what are you doing here," Sonny yelled. "Since you are having such a hard time figuring out certain information, I thought I'd help you out. You see, I'm the silent partner. I'm helping the Jerome family." "What? You slimy snake. Why would you do it Ric? You're still holding a grudge," Sonny said. "For what it's worth, in the beginning I didn't know that their aspirations had anything to do with you. When I learned it just made the deal sweeter. Look, I'm giving you worthy adversaries. I know you've been having a hard time and Jason isn't here to protect you. You didn't have much to do, so I gave you a purpose. Your mind is sharper than ever. Everyone is scared of you again. So many people were trying to come after you, but now they know you're not weak." "So you're saying I should thank you. Julian and Ava have been thorns in my side since they got here. Especially Ava. She's pretty much begging for her death." "I'm sorry she's sleeping with Michael." "Michael is involved with her daughter. No, Morgan is the lucky sap. Poor boy is head over heels in love with her. He doesn't want to believe she's using him. I never thought my enemy would come at me this way." "I must say it's a brilliant strategy if he actually knew anything about your business but I know you've kept him out with good reason." "Yeah, a lot of good it's done. She got my boy's nose wide open and I trying to stop it without driving him away again." "Well, I've warned them to strike or my funding stops. Let's face it, they're too distracted. I know they won't take over your territory. Don't worry brother. Soon they both will be gone." "Why are you telling me this? Why should I trust you? Why did you even get involved with them," Sonny said. "Ah, it was something to do. Besides, having connections in the underworld is always profitable. It's common knowledge that we don't get along so I can approach people you wouldn't believe. Now that I'm in Port Charles again, I'm starting not to care about that as much," he said. "You must've seen Elizabeth." "Actually, I haven't spoken to her since I left 5 years ago." "You probably won't ever hear me say this again but maybe you shouldn't give up on her."