~X~

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'Sonny and his stupid mind games, does he really think that I care about who he's sleeping with today?'

"Leave my mother alone!" Morgan bellowed echoing within the nearly empty church. In defense of his mother, he lunged at Sonny causing the older man to sharply release Carly from his grasp. Morgan's tiny fists landed several blows upon Sonny before the older man reacted. Sonny violently landed a solid punch to Morgan sweet face causing the little boy to crumble against a pew.

Enraged Carly balled up her fists, kicked off her shoes and sucker punched Sonny in the lip. "You want to hit someone, try me!" Carly snapped enraged. He landed a solid hit to her face before Carly got in another punch.

"You're dead," Sonny hissed angrily as he rushed towards hers. His foot landed awkwardly on one her discarded shoes, causing him to stumble. With a power punch, Carly knocked Sonny down to the ground. He groaned painfully but didn't get up.

"Mama!" Morgan cried as he threw himself at her.

"It's alright, we're fine," Carly reassured Morgan as she held him tight. Quickly inspecting her son, she moved towards the exit. "Why don't we get out of here? Huh?"

"Yeah, before he wakes up," Morgan agreed as he slowly twisted within his mother's embrace to walk out of the church.

"You're not going anywhere Carly," Katie ordered as she tried to block the way. "I'm going to have you arrested for assaulting Sonny."

"Morgan, sweetie can you get my shoes?" Carly asked sweetly, she smiled down at him trying to reassure him that everything was going to be fine. Slowly he nodded and with great reluctance she let him leave her side. Inhaling sharply, Carly slammed her fist into Katie's eye. Satisfaction gleamed from Carly's eyes as Katie sunk to the floor.

"Go ahead and call the cops. I'm sure they would love to lock Sonny up for child abuse. Not to mention the fact that Kristina will never speak to him again after she finds out that Sonny hit Morgan. Go right ahead Connie, I dare you," Carly sneered down at Katie.

"Your shoes, mama," Morgan stated as he held out her shoes.

Quickly taking her shoes from Morgan, Carly lead him towards the exit. 'Sonny won't be down for long, I can hear him starting to wake up from here.' Glancing backwards, she narrowed her eyes at Sonny who was sitting up. 'Great Sonny's planning something.'

"Kristina will just have to understand that Morgan assaulted his father," Katie called out as she pulled out her cell phone.

"No, Katie. Carly is right about one thing, Kristina would never speak to me again," Sonny stated as he caught her statement.

"But Sonny, it was Carly that hit you not the other way around. And not only did she hit you, she hit me," Katie complained as she cupped her eye. "How am I going to go to New York fashion week with a black eye?"

"Who cares as long as I never see either of you again!" Morgan dismissed as he snaked his arms around his mother's waist. "Let's get out of here." Silently agreeing with her son, she gracefully made her way towards the exit.

"Carly!" Sonny shouted at her back. "He's my son! Mine! He will always be my son!"

'Don't worry about New York fashion week, Connie, you're not going.'

~II~

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'Oh boy! Here we go.'

"What happened to you? And where were your guards!" Jason demanded hotly as soon as he enter the visitors room.

"Ric's funeral happened to me," Carly tried to dismiss only to have him grasp her upper arms and start to inspect the rest of her. Shaking her head, she mentally prepared herself for what was going to come next. 'I can't wait for you to get out of here.'

"Morgan," the guard cautioned gently.

"Sonny got all up in my face at the funeral," Carly huffed as she took her seat. "I'm fine."

"Carly!" Jason growled as he took his seat.

"Fine!" Carly exploded erupting out of her seat she paced her side of the cell. "The funeral was over, we were getting ready to leave…"

"Who is we?" Jason probed gently.

"Morgan and I," Carly winced as Jason's entire body stiffened. Signing heavily she retook her seat. Reaching out a hand, she covered his. "We were leaving when Sonny grabbed me. Morgan took exception to that. He ah… Morgan that is, pushed …well tried to push Sonny away. When that didn't work, Morgan hit him."

"Morgan?" Jason inquired sharply. "We both know how Sonny reacts to being hit."

"Yeah… I took Morgan start to GH. Patrick looked him over while Bobbie checked me out," Carly answered.

"Did it get reported?" Jason wondered as he tightened his grip on her hands.

"Oh yeah. It was also witnessed by quite a few people. Sonny was released on bail. That's not what scares me," Carly stated as she dragged in a breath.

"What?" Jason smiled reassuringly.

"Sonny … he … he had this look, like he was planning something," Carly informed Jason feeling slightly scared. For the rest of their visit Jason calmed her down and gave her several strategies to implement. 'I knew talking to Jason would help.'

TBC