Carly looked at Jason as they broke this kiss, unsure of what her next words should be. Should she acknowledge what happened or pretend as though nothing had occurred? "So, I talked to Morgan and Michael on the way here."

"Did you just kiss me?" Jason laughed, his hands still tangled in her hair.

She returned his laugh and nodded silently. Burning blue into brown, Jason gazed at her intensely, taking Carly to a whole different place as he leaned in to kiss her again.

Across town, Sonny Corinthos stared darkly at the water. A knock interrupted her concentration on the shadows dancing below. "Mr. C, Miss Quartermaine is here to see you."

"Let her in," Sonny ordered.

"Sonny," Emily murmured as she flew into his arms. Holding her tightly, Sonny kissed her briefly. Her body still shaking from the encounter with Jason and Carly at Kelly's, Emily tried to force herself to calm down.

"You saw him," Sonny told her knowingly. "How'd it go? What happened?"

"Everything is different now, Sonny. There's no going back. Everything everyone told me would happen is happening," she sighed as she threw herself on the couch. "The icy, indifferent man that everyone believes Jason to be is the person I just talked to. And Carly was with him, telling me to watch my step."

"Carly was with Jason?"

"Yeah, and I don't know what is going on between them, but something is definitely going on. He broke up with Sam."

"Everything is falling apart," Sonny replied, covering his face with his hands. Anger started to boil at the surface as he made his way toward the living room bar. Pouring himself a scotch, he continued. "I have to deal with this."

"This is going to end with you or Jason getting killed, and it's all my fault."

"It's not your fault, it's his. He needs to figure out a way to deal with this, or I will do it for him," Sonny said coldly. "He is not going to hurt you."

"Don't do anything, please. I couldn't stand to lose either of you," Emily pleaded.

"I have to do what I have to do to protect what is mine. You, my children, Mike, that's what matters to me now. Jason made his choice, and if Carly is on his side, she made hers too."

"Say what you want about Jason, but you know that you'd never let Carly get hurt. You are connected to her by Michael and Morgan, and I know that you don't want your sons to lose their mother."

"I would give up my life for Carly because of our boys, but her loyalty lies with Jason. It always has, no matter what we shared between us. As much as she loved me, she always loved Jason more. And I hate to admit it, but I was always jealous of that. No matter how loyal he was to me, I knew that if he had to choose, he would pick her. When I had no one else, they had each other. Until you," he said, leaning in to kiss her again.

"I'm telling you now, things are about to change," Sonny warned. "I don't know what is going to go down, but this is your last chance to walk away. If you leave now, you can repair your relationship with Jason."

"I won't live a lie, Sonny. I am in love with you, and I won't apologize for it. As much as I wish that I didn't have to choose, I do. And I choose us."