Claudia speeding down the highway with Carly in the backseat as her hostage.
Claudia looked at Carly in her mirror, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I had to use you to get away, you were just the closest to the door. Carly, breathing hard trying to control it and not let Claudia know she's in labor, Claudia if you just let me go I can try and talk to Sonny. I can get him to…" Claudia, "No. No one can, once he's got something in his head that Jason's told him that's it, there is no reasoning with him. Not even now that…" She stopped herself before she said to much and just placed her hand on her stomach, which Carly saw. Carly, " what about (breath, deep breaths) what about Johnny?" Claudia's silent for awhile while the tears just pour down her face, "He'll be fine. He's had to be by himself before. He'll be fine." She was more or less trying to convince herself, not Carly. Claudia, "I just…I just need some time. I have to prove to Sonny that what Jason told him was a lie, I was set up. I could never hurt a child, I just couldn't. If you grew up where Johnny and I did than you'd know. I could never do that. I may be a bitch, but I could never do that. You have to believe me." Carly was taking deep breaths, "I do. I do Claudia, but this…(breath) this isn't looking good for you. I mean you freak out and kidnap the mother of the child you were suppose to have put in a coma." Claudia's in tears again, "I didn't do that. Think about it, if I did would I turn around and marry his father? Would I have a child with… (Claudia covers her mouth and try's to start over) I mean would I have had a child with his father?" Claudia was slipping up, and Carly was piecing together her mistakes, " Claudia, I'm in labor, and I know you don't want to hurt our babies so please, please stop at the nearest hospital. I need a doctor, you know my pregnancy is high risk, Please." All Claudia heard was "I'm in labor" and immediately knew she had to do something, "I…I Carly why didn't you say something! You just let me go on and on…I can't…." Carly could tell Claudia was freaking out and now is not the time for this when they were traveling at high speeds in the rain, "Claudia calm down. I need you to help me consintrat on something else. Anything." Next thing they knew Claudia was explaining step by step how to bake the most perfect canola's. About an hour later and Claudia pulled the car to a stop. Carly, "Why are we stopping?" Claudia parked and went around to the back door to help Carly out, "were here."
Carly was now gazing at her daughter when she noticed Claudia was trying to quietly leave, "Claudia, Thank You." Claudia nodded and left the hospital. Carly wanted nothing more than to call her family so they could come and get her, but she knew she needed to wait a few hours so Claudia could have a head start. Maybe it was that she knew that Claudia was pregnant with her children's sibling, or maybe it was that she actually felt bad for her, but she learned tonight that Claudia isn't a bad person like everyone likes to believe. Either way Carly decided to take a nap and then call her family.
Claudia had been driving for about three hours now and she just realized what Carly said earlier, "our babies" Shit, she knows! Claudia immediately pulled over to the nearest gas station and used their phone. Carly picked up the phone even though everyone kept telling her she needed to rest (Sonny and Jax mostly) "hello?" Claudia, "How did you know I'm pregnant?" Carly noticed Sonny watching her, "I um…before you starting with the cookie recipes, your hand slipped." Claudia, "Please don't tell him. He'll come after me. Please. Just look out for Johnny for me, I'll tell him myself one day, just please don't." Carly smiled to try and act normal, "I understand, but one day you are going to have to share that recipe with me again. For the kids, they'll love it no matter what." Claudia sighed, she understood. And Sonny must be in the room, "thank you. Thank you so much Carly." Carly hung up and immediately was attacked with questions, "who was that?" Carly, "just someone I met earlier and told me this wonderful cookie recipe."
Claudia's Escape: chapter 1 - Getting Out