~II~
Rolling her eyes at Sonny's declaration, Carly barely controlled her urge to choke him with her bare hands. Closing her eyes, she let his words wash over her. 'He always does this. Everything must revolve around him.' Groaning she forced herself to listen to his current explain for his actions.
"Carly, this is business. You don't need to know any more than that," Sonny dismissed her with his words.
'It's business. God, how many times has he used that excuse?' Staring at him coldly, she remained silent. Observing that Sonny started to fidget under her stare, she noted the guiltily look that flashed across his face. 'What has he done now?'
"Come on Carly, I have a dinner appointment to keep," Sonny smoothly stated as he stood up from behind his desk. He reached over and picked up his jacket. Gesturing for her to leave, Sonny tried hard to keep his forced smile in place.
'He's hiding something. Whatever it is, it's big.' Picking up her purse, Carly didn't say a word when she spun around and walked out of the room. As she strode calmly out of the small building, she quickly made her way towards her vehicle.
Hearing Sonny's car drive past her, she opened the driver side door. Depositing her purse, she tapped her foot for several minutes. Making sure that she had her car keys on her, she slammed her door and rushed back into the building.
Approaching Sonny's office, she noted that there were no guards. 'Where the hell is everyone?' Making short quick work of the alarm system, she unlocked the door. With sure steps she strode over to the desk. Testing several drawers, she wasn't surprised to find them all locked. 'Something's never change.' Leaning down, she easily found the extra keys to Sonny's desk. 'Thank god for his megalomania.'
Unlocking the desk, Carly started going through the desk. The lower left hand drawer contained financial sheets to several of Sonny's business. 'I'll have to come back and look at these.' Slowly closing that drawer and moving on to the one above it, Carly dismissed it altogether when she saw that it held desk supplies.
The lower right hand drawer contained shipping times and a full list of suppliers. 'Oh, just what the government needs to take you down.' Looking them over, she found that each one of the businesses didn't have Sonny's name attached to them but Jason's. 'He's setting up Jason! How could he?' Growling, Carly forced herself not to start ripping the office apart. 'He has just bumped up to number one on my list.'
The middle drawer held the most explosive revolution. 'Sonny's changing his will.' Leaning back into the leather seat, Carly carefully read it over. Noting that there were several major changes, she used a post it to mark the new changes he wanted Diane to make, that would bother her or her kids.
The last page was full of hand written notes that Sonny wrote to himself. The bottom of her stomach fell out as she read what Sonny wrote down. 'So this is what Sonny has been hiding. He's more deluded than I thought he is if he thinks that I'm just going to go along with this.'
Glancing at the clock on the wall, she noted that she had very little time to do anything. Opening the bottom drawers, Carly pulled all of the paperwork. Keeping them in neat piles, she strode over to the copier and photocopied one pile at a time. When she was finished, she placed the originals back into the drawers.
'Screw it.' Closing the drawers, Carly gnawed on her lower lip as she contemplated on what to do with Sonny's will. Pulling out a legal pad, Carly forged Sonny's handwriting making a series of changes. 'You can't slant everything your way otherwise people will be suspicious. Luke was stupid for trying that.'
Taking a deep breath, Carly placed the newly revised will back in the middle drawer. Twisting the lock, Carly heard it click. Returning the key back to its hiding place, she picked up her car keys. Glancing at the desk, she noted that everything was as it was when she arrived. Moving quickly, she rushed to the copier. Picking up the photocopies, Carly hugged them to herself as she made her way out of the building.
~II~
"Jason," Carly whispered as her eyes soaked in the site of him. 'He looks paler then the last time I've seen him.' Reaching up, she cupped his face. Staring into his crystal blue eyes, she knew that something was haunting him.
"I'm fine Carly," Jason reassured in his rough voice.
"What's wrong, don't lie to me. I can feel it," Carly remarked softly. 'You've lied enough already.'
"I thought I was doing what was best for Michael, when I stepped back. In retrospect, it was the worst thing I could have done," Jason gruffly answered. His blue eyes slide away from hers.
Leaning into him, she lowered her head so that he didn't see her cry. Carly swallowed tightly. Taking a deep breath, she took a step back. "That was as much my fault as it was yours, maybe even more so. Don't you ever doubt that you were the best thing that ever happened to me or to my children."
"I'm dangerous, Carly. My life style is dangerous," Jason bluntly stated.
"My god, who fed you this crap? No…no, don't you dare argue with me on this. Stop and think. When does all the danger start? Who is the one always pushing for a war? Even after you had arranged for peace? Because that was just not good enough, he had to have something more. Who is the one that never thinks of the consequences of their actions? Who thought that suddenly he was out and his children no longer needed guards? Huh, who?" Carly demanded as her temper started to flare. Cupping his beloved face, Carly made him look her in the eyes.
"Sonny," Jason slowly responded.
"Yeah, Sonny," Carly agreed swiftly. "I know that he hasn't come by to see you. He hasn't even stopped in to see Michael."
"Carly," Jason warned softly.
"He's busy right now, with his real family. He has instructed Diane to start proceedings for custody of Morgan," Carly refusing to listen to him.
"Accidentally left them for you to view, huh?" Jason grumbled softly as he took her hands in his.
"Something like that," Carly agreed softly. Looking him dead in the eye, she was thrilled to find that they could still speak to each other silently.
TBC
