A New Life
Chapter 2
"Thanks for coming over" Jason utters out as Sonny sits himself down onto the couch near the playpen where Michael was sleeping in.
"Where's the kid's mother?" Sonny questions, not really liking the fact that HE had to come all the way over to Jason's to discuss business because Carly was someplace NOT watching her own kid and pawning it off on Jason when he should be working and NOT babysitting her offspring.
"Carly's out shopping with Francis. She needed a few things so I gave her some cash and told her to get whatever she needed"
"And she couldn't take her son with her?" Sonny questions back
"He's my son too now so I offered to stay with Michael so she could shop and have a little alone time. She hasn't had any time to herself since she gave birth to Michael." Jason explains.
"I get that you're committed to being the boy's father but you still have a job to do Jason and I need to be able to rely on you when I need you."
"You can still count on me Sonny. I called Benny and he told me he knows someone named Leticia Juarez and she is willing to become Michael's nanny. Leticia's mother watched Benny's kids and he reassured me that Leticia would make a good nanny for Michael. She's someone we can trust according to Benny and you know Benny doesn't trust people easily when it comes to business."
"Fine..." Sonny sighs out, although silently he tells himself that Benny better come up with something that will make Carly and her boy leave town and never come back. Carly and her son would be better off away from Jason anyways. The longer they stay in Port Charles the more of a chance history repeats itself.
Getting to business, Jason states "I have a meeting with Sorel tonight at ten. We're going to meet at The No Name and I'll remind him who's truly in charge in Port Charles."
"Good" Sonny nods pleased; having complete faith in Jason since he always got the job done, and done right.
~**~**~**~
"You're so sweet Francis..." Carly grins at him as he takes her shopping bags out of her hands; she wasn't used to having guards around her all the time but she wasn't complaining. She had a limo ride to the mall and she was being treated like royalty everywhere she went.
Blushing a little, Francis states "I'm just doing my job Miss Benson" he wasn't use to guarding a woman, especially a pretty woman like Miss Benson but he sure as hell loved every second of it.
"Carly. Call me Carly sweetie. I don't like that bullshit Miss Benson stuff."
"Alright Carly it is" Francis smiles figuring it wouldn't be a problem since it's not like she was Sonny's girlfriend. Jason wasn't into the formal stuff like Mr. Corinthos.
"Oh good the candy store" Carly grins as they come upon a store that was filled with all sorts of candy.
With a smirk across his face Francis follows Carly into the candy store as she scanned the store like a kid.
"If tonight's meeting doesn't go well. He's going to have to be permanently taken care of Jason because I won't stand for that piece of shit to be pushing drugs into my territory."
"I agree. Sorel has had way too many chances in the past" Jason nods in agreement; seconds later Carly comes barging into the penthouse with Francis following behind.
"Hey how are my two favorite guys doing?" Carly asks while looking at her son who was still sleeping peacefully in the playpen
"We're great Carly. Michael slept the whole time you were gone."
"We're in a meeting" Sonny informs her as he frowns a little noticing the candy necklace around her neck.
"So? Like I care who you plan on tossing into the harbor with a nice pair of cement shoes"
"You need to take the boy and go upstairs" Sonny orders out
"You may be the Port Charles God Father but don't you dare think for one second you can order me around, especially in my home. If you want your privacy than YOU need to leave and go back to that cave you call a home because I will never kiss your ring Mr. Corinthos"
"Is she for real?!" Sonny questions looking at Jason with an exasperated look across his face since the building was HIS and she was just an unwelcome guest that he planned on getting rid of ASAP.
"Carly could you please go upstairs with Michael and give Sonny and me a moment alone so we can wrap things up"
"Sure, since you asked nicely unlike tight ass over there" Carly replies as she walks over to the playpen to pick up her son
"Thanks" Jason sighs out heavily as Sonny shoots him an annoyed look.
"No problem" Carly grins before making her way up the staircase.
"That woman is going to be nothing but trouble" Sonny growls out as he watches Carly disappears upstairs with her son.
"Carly isn't that bad…well unless you cross her. She reminds me of you a lot actually" Jason comments, which causes Sonny to shoot him a deadly glare.
"She's nothing like me" Sonny spats out, not caring for his friend to compared him to that woman.
"I really wish you would give Carly a chance. She may surprise you and might actually find yourself enjoying being around her"
"Not even if she was the last woman on earth"
"I don't understand why you dislike Carly so much it's not like she destroyed your kitchen. Oh while were on that subject don't let Carly cook. Every time I've witnessed Carly try and cook something it didn't end well."
"The woman isn't welcome in my home let alone my kitchen" Sonny huffs out as he silently wonders what kind of sick hold Carly had on his best friend. Jason wasn't the type to be tied down and yet this woman comes in like a tornado and Jason is suddenly the family man type.
"Sonny she's the mother of my child. I'm asking you as a friend to give Carly another shot."
"Fine" Sonny grumbles out although he still planned on getting rid of Carly out of Port Charles ASAP.
~**~**~**~
Shutting Michael's bedroom door, Carly held the baby monitor in her hand; noticing Jason walking towards her Carly comments "Is the Godfather gone?"
"Sonny's back at his place yeah..." Jason sighs out before going on to say, "I asked Sonny to give you another chance and I'm asking you to do the same. I'm not really sure why you hate each other but I'm asking you to be nice to Sonny as a favor to me."
"I hate Sonny because from the moment he saw me he wanted me gone Jason. The guy acts entitled because he's the all mighty Sonny Corinthos."
"Sonny is just protective of the people he cares about. We're like brothers Carly and he's concerned that history will repeat itself."
"What are you talking about? What history? You were never a father"
"Sonny was…" Jason sighs out, he didn't want to go into detail with Carly but he also felt that Carly needed to know that Sonny had reason for concern when it came to him being a father.
"Was? What happened to his child?" Carly questions curiously
"His child was a casualty of the mob Carly"
"Oh God, how sad. I guess that explains last night" Carly replies
"Last night?"
"Sonny stopped by while you were working last night. He was trying to get me to leave. He said I would be doing Michael a favor if I just left. I told him that you would keep Michael and me safe and he kept trying to convince me to leave. I thought he was just saying anything he could think of to scare me into leaving because he hates me"
"Carly I won't lie to you but you need to realize that there is a chance that I might not be able to protect you or Michael. I will try my best to protect you but I can't promise you that you or Michael won't get hurt in the end."
"I can't go back to Florida Jase. I know it's selfish but I need you and I know you can protect us. Please don't change your mind. I'm sure what happened to Sonny's child was horrible but that won't happen to my son. Please Jase. Let us stay and be a father to my baby"
"I'll be your baby's father as long as you understand the risk Carly" Jason states
"I do but nothing is going to happen to us. You need to have faith Jase because I have faith in you." Carly states as she pulls Jason into a hug.
~**~**~**~
A little while later, Sonny was about to call Benny about Carly's file since he wanted it stat but stops when Francis opens the penthouse door and lets Carly into his home.
As Francis shuts the door behind her, Carly lets out a heavy sigh. She didn't want to do this but she owed Jason at least this much and give Sonny a chance. "Jason wants us to get along so I'm here to call a truce"
"Fine" Sonny nods his head before making his way towards the mini bar.
Shifting on her feet, Carly goes on to say "I also wanted to give you my condolences"
"Condolences?" Sonny asks with a puzzled look across his face as he pours himself a drink.
"Yeah. Jason told me about your loss. I'm sorry you had to lose your child but that's not going to happen to me."
"Jason TOLD you about my SON!?" Sonny asks angrily as he slams his glass onto the mini bar since Jason had no fucking right to tell Carly a damn thing about his CHILD!
"Yeah Jas-"
"I don't want to hear it!" Sonny shouts out, not wanting Carly's pity or anyone's for that matter as he storms away from his mini bar pass Carly towards his penthouse door. Opening the door Sonny makes a beeline towards Jason's penthouse. His body distraught with rage as Carly follows behind him.
~**~**~**~
Walking out of his kitchen with a bag of chips and a nice cold beer Jason was about to enjoy a football game that was about to start when his penthouse door suddenly opens with a loud bang. "Son-"
"YOU TOLD CARLY ABOUT MY SON?!" Sonny screams out, cutting Jason off
"I didn't go into detail" Jason tries to explain
"I DONT CARE YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO TELL HER A DAMN THING ABOUT MY SON JASON! YOU CROSSED THE LINE!"
"HEY don't you DARE yell at Jason like that. He was just trying to explain to me why you're such a JERK!"
"I never called you a jerk" Jason quickly adds which causes Carly to roll her eyes at him.
"Right I DID" Carly states, not afraid of Sonny whatsoever.
"I'm sorry I told Carly" Jason goes on to say with a heavy sigh. He knew Sonny losing his unborn son and Lilly was hard on him but he didn't think Sonny would blow up the way he did.
"Don't apologize to him Jase. You did nothing wrong"
"Don't let it happen again Jason!" Sonny warns before shooting Carly a dirty look and heading back to his penthouse.
As the door slams shut behind him, Carly shakes her head as she defends herself "I tried to be nice Jase. I just told him I was sorry for his loss and he totally flipped out on me"
"It's a sore subject Carly" Jason explains
"Yeah no kidding. I can't imagine how hard it would be to lose a child but that still doesn't give him the right to yell at you. You risk your life on a daily bases for him." Carly states
"Sonny gave me more than you'll ever know Carly. Sonny was right I shouldn't have told you about his baby because it's not my story to tell. Sonny is still grieving for his child. Probably seeing Michael doesn't help. He's a constant reminder of what he doesn't have"
"I'm sorry for his loss Jason but you have a right to have a family even if he lost his. You have a right to be happy."
Hearing Michael crying over the baby monitor Jason states "You should go see Michael. I'm going to go check in on Sonny"
"Fine" Carly nods before heading up the stairs to see her son.
Shutting the penthouse door shut behind him Jason watches as Sonny suddenly tosses everything off his mini bar with one big swipe of the hand. As glass wear goes flying and crashing to the floor breaking into million pieces Jason again apologizes "I'm sorry. I screwed up."
"You sure as hell did screw up Jason!" Sonny snaps out, as he fights back the tears that threaten to fall.
"Carly won't ever bring it up to you again" Jason reassures him.
"She still knows" Sonny grumbles out
"I can't change what I did. I can just promise you she won't ever bring it up to you again"
"Make sure she doesn't" Sonny mumbles out as he looks at the shattered glass that was on his floor.
"I will" Jason promises… "I'll clean up that mess for you" Jason goes on to offer.
With a heavy sigh, Sonny mumbles out "Thanks" before making his way up stairs. He needed a drink and since his liquor was now all over the floor he had to go upstairs and drink the memories of Lilly and his unborn child dying out of his memory.
~**~**~**~
MANY, MANY drinks later Sonny waited for the demons to show their ugly faces since they always did whenever he thought about Lilly and his unborn child dying in that limo explosion but to his surprise the memories of Lilly didn't come to haunt him. Instead his bedroom door opens and SHE walks in like she had every right to be in his room.
"Who the hell let you in?!" he grows out with venom laced into his voice.
"I'm a very charming person. I always get what I want" Carly states as she shuts the door behind her.
"Charming? What's charming about you? The candy necklace around your neck that kids wear or the cheap clothes you have on?" Sonny asks as he stood by the veranda windows with an empty glass in his hand.
"You know I never met a person who didn't like candy necklaces but I guess I shouldn't be surprise that you don't like candy. You don't like anything now do you?"
"Not if it involves you I don't!"
"Really?! Are you sure about that?" Carly questions as she struts her way towards him wearing a skin tight dress that left nothing to the imagination
"Yeah. I know you're type and you're nothing but trouble and not the good kind of trouble you're the pain in the ASS kind of trouble!"
"Well I think you hate me because you really want me and you're afraid to face whatever feelings I'm stirring up inside of you. You don't want me gone because of my son you want me gone because you're SCARED of feeling something real for me."
"I'm not scared about a damn thing! I'm Michael Sonny Corinthos sweetheart no one scares me. I SCARE them! And I sure as hell wouldn't want you in my bed. I like brunettes NOT blondes" Sonny yells out as he flings his glass sideways towards the fireplace; not wanting to throw the glass at her but hoping it would scare her off.
Rolling her eyes at him as the glass shatters into his fireplace Carly asks "Really? Is that the best you can do? Because if that's your way of scarring me away it sure as hell isn't going to work so you better think of something else if you really want me gone because I don't frighten easily."
"You should be SCARED!" Sonny yells out since she was a damn FOOL for not running when she could. He didn't care whatever hellish life she felt she had because he knew life in the mob for her and her child would be worst for them. Sure there was a code in the mob that woman and children were off limits but not everyone followed that rule, his dead wife and child were proof of that.
"I'm not afraid of you or your life" Carly states, not giving Sonny a chance to reply back she grabs his face and kisses him hungrily.
Moaning into her mouth, Sonny's places his hands onto Carly's hips and pulls her closer as he took command of the kiss. As their tongues swirl together in a heated kiss the annoying sound of someone knocking on his door interrupts their kiss. Reluctantly Sonny pulls away from her sinfully good lips as he looks past Carly towards his door
"WHAT?!" Sonny shouts out to whoever had the bad timing of knocking on his door
"It's Benny sir I have Carly's file you wanted"
Letting out a small groan he waited for Carly to blow up at him and ask him about the file he had Benny made about her but instead he hears nothing. Frowning he looks away from the door back at Carly, but Carly was nowhere near him.
"What the fuck?!" Sonny whispers out to himself. Shaking his head he scans the room to see where Carly disappeared to but he couldn't see her anywhere. "Damn it. I think Carly is driving me crazy. That does it she needs to go before I truly lose my mind" Sonny mutters out to himself before calling out to Benny "Come in Benny"
Opening Sonny's bedroom door, Benny states "Carly's file is complete boss"
"Good, good. Hand it over Benny"
Walking over towards him, Benny goes on to say "But you're not going to be happy boss"
"Why the hell not?" Sonny asks
"Well Miss Caroline AKA Carly Benson is surprisingly clean boss. She got herself into trouble a lot in her teen's boss but nothing you can use against her today. I will still try and look for something but so far I have nothing"
"You need to FIND something Benny!" Sonny snaps out as he takes the file Benny offered him.
"I'll keep looking"
"Good. Now go look and don't come back until you have something I can USE Benny!" Sonny yells out frustrated since he KNEW there had to be something Carly did that he could use to drive her out of town. He could tell from the moment he laid eyes on her that Carly caused trouble wherever she went so there was noooooooooooooo way in hell she was clean.
"Yes, yes sir" Benny nods before practically running out of his room.
As Benny runs out of his room Sonny tosses the file onto his bed, deciding he needed a COLD shower before he looked over what Benny had on Carly so far which wasn't promising according to Benny anyways.
~**~**~**~
Meanwhile across the hall, in Jason's penthouse Carly asks "Jase do we really need a nanny?"
"Yeah we do. Look I'm not doubting your mothering skills by hiring a nanny. I just want to make sure you always have someone to help out with Michael. I can't always be here to help with Michael. My job takes me away at all sorts of hours and neither one of really know anything about babies. Benny, my accounted assured me that Leticia Juarez will make a great nanny for our son and she's trustworthy which is hard to find in my business" Noticing Carly smile Jason goes on to ask "What?"
"You called Michael our son."
"Well he is my son now" Jason shrugs out
"I know but it's nice hearing you say it" Carly grins
"I know earlier I was warning you about the risks but I am honored that you would pick me to raise your son Carly"
"You're the only man in my life other than Michael's father that I could truly trust. I knew that you would love my son and take him on because you're an amazing man Jase"
"I could be better"
"We could all be better but what fun would that be?" Carly laughs out
"True" Jason smirks… "Look if you don't like Leticia Juarez we'll find someone else. I just want to give our child the best. Having a nanny will also be good for you. You'll be able to go out and have some time just for yourself."
"I love my son but I do admit it would be fun to be able to go out and pamper myself while the nanny babysits Michael" Carly admits
"So you'll give Leticia Juarez a chance?"
"Yeah" Carly nods. Seconds later they hear someone knocking on the door.
"That must be her" Jason states before making his way towards the door. Opening the door Jason asks as he comes face to face with a brunette "Are you Miss Juarez?"
"Yes but you can call me Leticia." She smiles
"Thanks for stopping by. This is Carly Benson. She's the mother of my son." Jason introduces Leticia to Carly as he lets her walk inside the penthouse.
"It's nice meeting you" Leticia smiles as she extends her hand out to Carly
"It's nice meeting you too. Please sit down on the couch." Carly grins
Walking past Carly, Leticia sits herself down on the couch as she comments "You have a lovely home"
"Its needs to be redecorated Sonny Corinthos Jason's boss decorated the place which is why it looks like a cave much like his place."
"Oh. Well I'm sure whatever changes you make will just make this place that much better"
Taking a seat on the armrest of the armchair that was by Jason's leather couch Carly asks "So how much experience do you have?"
"I just got out of school actually. My mother was Mr. Abrahms nanny so I spent my life around children. I used to help her with Benny kids. I also babysat children while studying at school. I gave Benny my recommendations letters from the parents I worked for while studying he was supposed to give them to Mr. Morgan to read over"
"Benny e-mailed me them and I did look them over and I was happy with the references but Benny's recommendation was the one that mattered to me most. You do realize that the rules that were in Benny's home apply here as well right?" Jason asks
"Of course and I'm fine with having a guard with me wherever I go with Michael." Leticia nods
"I'm not a trusting person but Jason has reassured me that you're trust worthy and I know he wouldn't allow just anyone to care for our son so I'm willing to hire you on a trail bases. If I like your work you can stay. Jason will discuss your salary with you"
"Actually salary has already been discussed Carly. Benny handled that part on my behalf and Leticia has agreed to the salary that was offered to her" Jason states
"Wells it's a very generous wage" Leticia states since she was shocked at how much Mr. Morgan was willing to pay her especially since she just got out of school.
"I like to pay the people who work for me generously" Jason states since it encouraged loyalty in return, something Sonny had taught him when Sonny took him into the business.
"Michael is sleeping upstairs. He pretty much just sleeps and eats right now. He's only one month old. So would you like to see him?"
"Love to" Leticia grins.
"Alright follow me"
Following Carly and Leticia up the stairs Jason was pleased that so far everything was going okay. He was kind of weary of a female nanny because he knew that Carly didn't get along with most women but then again most women hated Carly because their boyfriends were always flirting with her.
~**~**~**~
After reading the file and finding NOTHING like Benny had told him Sonny lets out a heavy sigh figuring his best bet was to go down to Florida and have a chat with Virginia Benson. He had a feeling once Miss Benson finds out of her daughters plan to have Jason, a hit man for the mob play daddy to her grandson that she would be more than willing to help him get Carly to leave Port Charles for good.
Pulling out his cell phone from his pockets Sonny dials his pilot; seconds later he hears his pilot answer the phone…
"Hey get the plane ready because as soon as I'm packed and ready I'm going to Florida" ending the call once he hears his pilot say that he was on his way to the airport Sonny shoves his phone into his pants pockets and heads for his closet to grab a duffle bag.
He wanted to bring extra clothes just in case Virginia wasn't home when he got to Florida but he was pretty sure his trip would be short and sweet because he didn't think for one second that Virginia would approve of her daughter having a hit man for the mob play daddy to her grandson.
Well that's all for now. I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as well. I want to thank everyone for all their wonderful feedback. As always any feedback is welcomed and appreciated, it encourages me to write.
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