Love CollidesChapter 11
So soft and tender were his lips upon hers…oh how Carly could feel her body melt into his as her arms remained wrapped around his back and she moans deep into his mouth. This wasn't fair! Kissing Sonny wasn't supposed to be this damn addictive…now that she knew the powerful punch his lips packed in their kisses she couldn't help but imagine his lips on other parts of her body; but she knew it couldn't happen. This wasn't a real marriage and besides them together was just like begging for a stick of dynamite to blow up in your face. It would never work! Never in a million years… Finally coming to her senses, Carly pulls back from his lips and quickly places a finger on his mouth before he could attempt to pull her back in. Looking at her confused, Sonny asks Shaking her head
Lowering his hand from around her waist, Carly starts to turn around but Sonny holds onto her hand not breaking contact with her. As she starts to walk away, Sonny says
Turning around to face him again, Carly looks down at their still joined hands…after a moment of silence she gently pulls her hand free as she tells him "There's nothing else to say…"
With that said Carly turns her back to him and walks to the door without so much as looking over her shoulder. Sonny watches her open the door and just as she's about to walk out he calls out to her Just before the door closes, Carly calls out
For some reason when Sonny heard her say that she was going across the hall to Jason's he instantly got a knot in the pit of his stomach...his wife runs away from him and the first place she goes is across the hall to see Jason. What the hell was with that? It wasn't even a full minute after that when Sonny decided that he wanted to finish his conversation with his wife and that her hiding at behind Jason at his place wasn't gonna fly this time. Walking to the door, Sonny flings it open with a little grunt and then walks across the hall to Jason's door. With an unknowingly jealous scowl over his face, Sonny opens the door, walks inside and leaves the door open when he sees Carly bent over the pool table. Sighing Shaking his head, Sonny says
Carly jumps a little when the door suddenly opens and she sees Sonny standing there staring straight at her…she'd just started to rack up the balls on the pool table to play a game by herself. She needed this time to clear her head and thought a game of pool would help but it looks like that plan was shot to hell since Sonny was now standing there at the open door just staring at her.
"What are you doing?" Sonny says
"Just leave it alone Sonny…" Carly tells him then adds in "Go back across the hall and get back in bed so you can get some rest. You know actually try following the doctor's orders for once."
"Where's Jason?" Sonny asks since he didn't see him anywhere around
"You mean he didn't tell you?" Carly asks with a slight smirk "Nice to know I wasn't the only one…"
"What are you talking about? He didn't tell me what?" Sonny curiously asks
"He's gone…" Carly simply tells him as she walks over to where Sonny's standing
"Obviously" Sonny replies in a sarcastic tone then adds "Care to explain where to since you seem to have all the answers."
"Well if you must know, Jason has gone out of town to do me a favor." Carly smiles and says "He's a real friend…the best I've ever had in the whole wide world." Clearing her throat a little she tells him "Hopefully he won't be gone to long…"
"What do you mean hopefully? And just what is it that you have Jason off doing for you that is so important that he doesn't even bother to let me know he's leaving."
"That's none of your business…and besides you're not Jason's keeper! You act like Jason can't scratch an itch without asking your permission first! Chill out Sonny, he'll be back."
Frustrated, Sonny picks up the phone on Jason's desk and dials a number…Carly just shakes her head at him as she stands watching him. Hearing the person on the other line pick up, Sonny barks out
Carly began to panic…she didn't want Sonny knowing anything about her trying to find out who and where her birth mother is. No he'd just want to take over and be involved in everything which will make him become closer to her and then she'd be grateful to him and then one thing will lead to another with is where she knows they don't need to go. Snatching the phone away from him, Carly hangs it up then tells him before he could start his yelling
"Okay first of all don't ever grab the phone away from me again…Especially when I'm on a business call" Sonny starts out telling Carly while she rolls her eyes at him "And secondly it is my business when my right hand man takes off without so much as telling me where he's gone to! Right now isn't a good time for Jason to be missing in action especially with that idiot Sorel out on the loose!"
"For goodness sakes Sonny he'll be back…" Carly tries to tell him Cutting her off, Sonny says
"I'm not telling you anything because like I said it's none of your business what Jason's doing for me! And besides it wouldn't do you a bit of good to interrogate poor Benny because like I said before he doesn't know" she lies again Pissed off and wanting answers, Sonny takes Carly's hand in his and leads her out of the still open door at Jason's place until they are back across the hall at their own penthouse. Carly protests all the way
At that exact moment, Max and Johnny come walking out of the now spotless cleaned up kitchen. Seeing her two guards come walking out of the kitchen both smelling like a bucket of Lysol, Carly just shakes her head as she realizes what they were in there doing. Johnny finishes up by adding
"Boss we're finished cleaning up the kitchen…" Max starts out telling Sonny
After hearing their words confirm that they did indeed clean up the kitchen, Carly turns to Sonny giving him a dirty look as she says "I can't believe you…" she closes her eyes for a moment shaking her head then opens them again as she says "You had them in the kitchen all this time making them clean up the mess."
"Yeah, so…"
"So I just find it FUNNY that you'd rather have your guards clean up the mess in the kitchen instead of having Graciella get off her lazy behind and God forbid do her JOB! A job that you over pay her for to do absolutely NOTHING!"
Both Max and Johnny didn't dare say a word since it looked like the boss was in the doghouse with Mrs. C at the moment. With a tired sigh, Sonny replies
Max and Johnny take off running to the door…neither one dared to say a word in reply since they knew that Sonny wasn't looking for them to answer back. Once the guards are gone and the door is closed behind them, Sonny leads Carly over to the couch
Plopping herself down onto the couch, Carly watches as Sonny walks over to his desk and picks up the phone. Her eyes stay staring straight at him curiously as she watches him dial a number while walking back over to the couch where she was at and sits down next to her. Assuming that he was calling Benny again, Carly tells him With a cocky little grin, Sonny looks her straight in the eyes as the person on the other end finally answers
"I can't believe you called Jason…" Carly says in a sharp whisper as she shoots daggers at him Sonny just grins deviously at her as her eyes bugged out in frustration…he covers the bottom half of the phone receiver and silently mouths to her Carly reaches for the phone but Sonny stands up as fast as he could with a little grunt while walking around the couch to put some distance between him and her
"So uh, Jason just when were you going to let me in on the fact that you'd left town? And why the hell didn't you tell me? And for that matter just what is the big secret mission that you're on for Carly? She won't tell me so now you're gonna give me my answers instead…"
"Sonny give me the phone!" Carly snaps… She walks around the couch to get closer to him but Sonny just walks further around so that the couch is still between them so he could stay out of her reach…if she were to have caught up with him then she'd have gotten the phone away from him for sure since he wasn't back at his full strength yet. Shaking his head no, Sonny replies
Folding her arms, Carly gives him a smug little smile "You know what it doesn't matter…Jason won't tell you anything anyway." she confidently tells him Grinning, Sonny asks
Hearing their loud arguing voices on the other end of the phone, Jason sighs as he knew it would be too good to be true if they were getting along while he was out of town.
"Sonny I'm sorry I didn't let you know I was leaving…it was a last minute thing but I wrote Carly a note and I told Benny I wouldn't be gone long. He was supposed to tell you."
"Well obviously he didn't since I had to hear about it from my wife….and where are you at anyway? And just what is it that my wife has got you running off doing that you couldn't take the time to tell me what was going on. Just what is this big secret that she won't tell me?
Hearing Sonny call Carly his wife made a little hint of a smile come at the corners of Jason's mouth…he knew that whether his friend wanted to admit it or not that he was developing strong feelings for Carly otherwise why would he keep calling her his wife like he really means it. Clearing his throat a little, Jason replies
"Florida?!" Sonny repeats and begins to wonder what he's doing there "What the hell are you doing in Florida?" he asks Carly's eyes widen as she hears that Jason told Sonny where he was at…she couldn't believe that Jason was going to rat her out. She makes a quick run around the couch to get the phone away from Sonny but he sees her movements and runs as fast as he could around the couch to keep the distance between them.
"Sonny give me the PHONE!"
Jason continues on as if not interrupted "And as for what I'm doing for Carly…well that's for her to tell you not me. If you want to know then you're just gonna have to ask your wife."
Halting in place, Sonny's eyes bug out wide as he barks into the phone "What the hell do you mean you're not gonna tell me? I asked you a simple question Jason and I expect an answer!"
Hearing his reply back to Jason, Carly's smile returns as she realizes that he wasn't ratting her out to Sonny after all. She knew she could trust Jason
"Sorry Sonny but I can't…it's not my story to tell. If Carly wants you to know then she'll be the one to tell you. Why don 't you try being nice to her and maybe she'll…"
Cut off by a dial tone, Jason exhales a breath while hoping that they wouldn't kill each other before he returned home.
Carly watches as Sonny slams the phone back down onto its receiver on the desk…she smiles brightly and then gloats "Well I guess Jason didn't give you the answers you wanted huh?" she laughs "Told ya you were wasting your time…"she walks back over to the couch and sits down with a smug little grin across her face Looking over to her, Sonny smiles a little smile while giving her a slight nod
"Well you can certainly try but it doesn't mean that you will…that is not unless either I or Jason tell you and we both know I'm not and I think Jason just proved he wasn't either."
Walking closer to the couch, Sonny replies "Yeah…for now anyway." he says while inwardly planning to make sure all of his men, Jason included, know that he was the boss and the one in charge and they are the ones who follow the orders he issues out. Sitting down next to her on the couch Sonny decides to change the subject back to what he originally started out wanting to talk to Carly about before the whole Jason out of town issue came up Seeing how close he was sitting next to her and the look in his eyes, Carly had a sinking feeling that she knew what he was up to… Standing up from the couch, Carly looks down at him as she says
As Carly attempts to walk around the ottoman, Sonny stops her as he says "No I don't think you will…if you're hungry I'll have Max bring us some lunch from the No Name but right now you're gonna sit back down. There is something I want to discuss with you."
With a sigh, Carly sits back down on the far end of the couch making sure there space between them unlike before…
"Sonny if this is about what I think it is then there is nothing to discuss."
"Why? Because you say so..." Sonny asks then shakes his head and adds "Not this time…I'm not gonna let you avoid the subject or for that matter start ignoring me all over again."
Repeating his words, Carly asks "Why? Because you say so?"
"No because it's a real issue between us and I think we need to discuss it. It's never gonna get resolved if you continue to avoid it and push me away!" Sonny snaps "Stop running scared like a little girl and face this…whatever it is that's going on between us."
"Us…there is no US, Sonny! There never can be…" Carly tells him straight out
"Why not? What are you afraid of? You already admitted you're attracted to me and don't even try to deny it because when you're in my arms and we're kissing your body gives you way. You like it when we kiss…hell you more than like it you love it…admit it."
Exhaling a breath she didn't know she was holding, Carly says "Okay…I'll admit it. I won't deny it any more. You're right there is some sort of attraction going on between us…is that what you want to hear."
"Yes" Sonny nods
Cutting him off before he can say anything more, Carly tells him "But even so that doesn't mean that anything can become of it. We're too much alike Sonny. We have hot tempers we like to be in control we want what we want when we want it and we go after it…except this time. This time we can't go after it because in the end all we will end up doing is hurting each other." seeing that he's about to interrupt, she holds her hand up stopping him as she goes on to say "I will continue to pretend being the happily married and in love newlywed couple with you out there in the public eye but when we're here home alone in the penthouse that's where it ends."
With a little smirk, Sonny replies "You said that before…"
"Yeah well this time I'm going through with it…so that means when were home alone you can't kiss me." Carly holds up her hand again to stop him from butting in "I mean it Sonny…and I also think that it would be best that we don't share a bedroom. I think I should sleep in the guestroom."
Now that is what really got Sonny's attention…no way in the world was he gonna allow that to happen. "No…" he shakes his head adamantly "That's non negotiable…we have to share a bedroom." he tells her then goes on to say "What happens if we get a unexpected visit from the Feds or Taggart decides to stick his bald head back in where it doesn't belong like he just did today?" shaking his head again he says "No, I won't risk it. I won't risk going to jail because you're scared to give into what you want and that sure as hell is not moving out of our bedroom! You won't admit it but you want to stay in the same bed with me…you like lying in my arms at night and I'll tell you another thing you want to do way more than just fall asleep in my arms sweetheart! You want to be with me just as much as I want you too. So you know what you're just gonna have to find a way to suck up your fears because…"
Cutting him off, Carly yells "I don't have to suck up anything! And I'm not gonna let you talk me out of it this time." pausing for a moment she then continues to say "Now I'll keep my clothes and stuff in your bedroom to make it appear like I'm staying in there with you but at night when it's time to go to bed I'll be sleeping down the hall in the guest bedroom and that's final!" she tells him in no uncertain terms
"Fine! Run away scared like a little girl! I shouldn't be surprised since it's what you always do." Sonny tells her and then comes up with a quick plan as he says "Go ahead on and sleep in the guest bedroom but admit that the only reason you're doing so is because you can't help yourself. You want me" he flashes her a sexy dimpled grin then adds "You don't want to share a bed with me because you won't be able to resist the urge to…" he smirks then says "have your way with me." after a short pause he adds in "It's okay you can admit it or better yet why don't you prove me wrong. You think you can resist the urge to be with me then stay and prove it. What have you got to lose?"
With a little laugh, Carly shakes her head "You think I don't know what you're doing Sonny? It's not gonna work" she tries not to smile while still shaking her head Grinning
"Oh yeah…well if anyone is scared it's you to be alone!" Carly snaps back
"And you're scared to be with someone…me."
Sighing, Carly decides to try to get through to him again…she decides to tell him the real reason why she believes they can never be anything between them.
"Sonny listen…whatever this attraction thing that's going on between us is it just can't happen. Nothing can ever become of it! It can't go any further than us pretending for the rest of the world that we're happy and in love. But hey we both know the truth and the truth is that we're not in love. And you know what I wouldn't even call whatever is going on between us an attraction…it's more of a lust than an attraction. I can't be with you in an intimate way just because you're horny and want to get laid. You're in lust with me and I am with you since we got stuck got stuck in this…this phony marriage."
Nodding, Sonny realizes her point and knows it's true about the lust stuff and not being in love with each other but hell what were they suppose to do all while they're pretending to the world to be a happy in love couple.
"What's the alternative Carly?" Sonny asks and then adds "Are we suppose to stay celibate for years and years while we have to stay married to each other before we're able to get a divorce? And you're right what's going on between us is more of a lust than an attraction and no we're not in love with each other…at least we both agree on that. Hey and for that matter no one even brought up the word love. What we are though are two consenting adults…we know the difference between sex and making love; and I don't know about you but I'll definitely be one hell of a grouch if I have to go years without…you know" he says the last part with a smirk With a small smile, Carly shakes her head and tells him
Nodding, Sonny replies "That sounds nice and romantic and all Carly but you're leaving something out."
Confused, Carly asks "Something like what?"
"Come on…" Sonny smirks then adds "I've only known you a short period of time and I know you like money. You can't tell me in your vision you didn't picture this romantic man that loves you so much being filthy rich." he says with a slight chuckle than says "You like being rich and being able to spend as much money as you want without worrying about bills."
Interrupting "You're right, I do like having money and not having to worry about how much I spend or about paying bills. Yes, it's nice having all the money you want and need and not have to worry about anything. I'm not gonna pretend that I wouldn't like the man I fall in love with to be financially well off but what good is being in a marriage with a rich man that you don't love and who doesn't love you in return. Eventually you'll both wind up miserable. No…" she shakes her head then adds "I'd rather stick to holding out for my dream."
Sonny's frustration started to get the better of him as he couldn't believe that she was so set on going through with this…then add that to the fact that he was still ticked off about the secret she's sharing with Jason and has him running off to help her with. Then there is the fact that Sonny was feeling like he's losing all of his control; his frustration was quickly turning in to being pissed off once again. His mind became racked with thoughts of her and Jason and their true relationship…was there something going on that he didn't know? She trusts Jason and confides in him for everything…she runs to Jason just to avoid him…hey maybe she secretly has a thing for Jason and that's what she's holding out for with the big love scenario, he tells himself. Before he knew it, Sonny was saying
Carly couldn't believe what he just said! Her temper began to get the best of her as she raised up a hand and readied herself to smack him hard across the face. Sonny readied himself for the slap but is shocked when he sees Carly stop herself from doing so. Shaking her head no as she stares at him with a hurt look in her eyes, Carly tells him
And with that said she runs up the stairs… Standing up from his spot on the couch, Sonny calls out to her
Closing his eyes, Sonny curses to himself for being such an ass "Damn it!" he sighs as he stares up at the stairs where she took off running just moments ago. At that moment, Sonny felt like dirt! Hell even lower than dirt…the scum that hides underneath the dirt is what he was. He felt like the Scum of the Earth…
Shutting the guest bedroom door behind her, Carly sinks to the floor as the tears she fought from falling in front of Sonny streamed down her face. She wouldn't give him the satisfaction of ever knowing the depth of pain his words inflected on her…no she wouldn't give him that kind of power over her. Although, one thing was certain and was that their so called truce was terminated. Sonny was obviously a self-centered bastard who only cared about himself or he wouldn't have made the comments he did to her in the first place. However she would hold her end of the bargain and play the happily married wife for Jason's sake but any kind of hope of friendship between her and Sonny was out the window. She had tried to be honest with him and tell him something that actually meant something to her and open up to him about her feelings and he blew it BIG time. She would never ever make that mistake again. Sonny was scum and she would never again forget the kind of man she had to be married to for years and years.
Meanwhile in Florida, Jason hesitated to answer his cell phone when he saw it was Sonny from his caller ID…Sonny was obviously upset over the fact he wouldn't betray Carly and let him on their project. Letting out a sigh knowing that Sonny would just keep calling him over and over again getting madder and madder Jason bites the bullet and finally answers his ringing cell phone…
"Hey"
Rolling his eyes at Jason's response Sonny yells out, angrily "HEY!? Is that ALL you have to say for yourself?!"
What the HELL was wrong with Jason?! He ditches town, leaves CARLY a note instead of HIM all which made him look weak and all Jason had to say to him was HEY?!
Not hearing Carly's voice in the background Jason figures Carly either ran out of the penthouse to get away from him or went back to ignoring him by redecorating the place. With a heavy sigh, Jason replies
Pouring himself a drink at the mini bar, Sonny reminds him yet again…"Carly is MY wife Jason NOT yours but MINE! And it's my business to know what the hell is going on with MY wife! You work for me NOT CARLY! You don't get to take off when we're in the middle of a war to run errands for my wife without my say so! I need you here in Port Charles so you better damn will get back here and FAST!"
Why the hell couldn't JASON see that he had a right to know what the HELL was going on!? They may not be in love but as long as Carly was his wife he had the RIGHT to know what was going on in his wife's life! Carly was after all his responsibility as long as they were husband and wife. The last thing he needed was for the word to hit the streets that his WIFE was going to another man to fix her problems. They were supposed to be a happily married couple and yet Carly and Jason now couldn't seem the grasp the concept. He was her husband so it was Jason's duty to send Carly to him if she had a problem whether it be personal or otherwise.
"I can't do that" Jason tells him with regret "I gave my word to Carly"
No matter how mad Sonny got, Jason wouldn't go back on his word. If Carly wanted to let Sonny in on their project she would. Otherwise Sonny was just going to have to find away to deal with being left out of the loop for once.
After drinking down his drink in one huge gulp as he listens to Jason disobey him Sonny slams the glass so hard back onto the mini bar that it shatters in his hand.
"You're disobeying a direct order now?!"
What has Carly done to his once loyal friend, Sonny silently thought. Since when did Jason ever say no to him?! Since CARLY that's when! He answers his own question. He had to give the woman credit she was good. She managed not only to push every button he had, but she also manage to take the most loyal person on his payroll and turn him into her lackey.
Exhaling sharply Jason asks "So how bad was the fight between you and Carly?"
Jason figures the fight must have been a whopper because of the mood he was in. Sonny was always hard to reason with when he was frustrated and mad.
"How BAD?!" Sonny yells out "I'll TELL you how BAD! I was a JERK to her thanks to you! If you would have STAYED in Port Charles NONE of this would have happened!"
Which was true since his temper got the better of him. If Jason was there instead of in Florida he wouldn't have found out that Carly and Jason had a secret project and it wouldn't have pissed him off to the point where he said things to her he regretted.
"Sonny if you're upset that you hurt Carly, which you should be, then tell her you're sorry and make it up to her…" seeing the social worker that agreed to meet him coming towards him Jason quickly says "I got to go, talk you later"
Hearing the dial tone, Sonny shakes his head as he glances towards the staircase.
"Johnny! Max!" Sonny shouts out with his eyes still glued onto the stairway. Hearing the door open he barks out to them "Clean this mess up for me, I broke a glass and I don't want my wife stepping on any broken pieces by accident."
"Yes sir"
Satisfied that the mess he made will be cleaned up, Sonny makes his way upstairs to make up with his "wife".
Knocking onto the guestroom's door that Carly barricaded herself into, Sonny calls out to her "Carly, I don't know if you heard earlier but I said I was sorry…" waiting a little in hopes that she would say something Sonny lets out a sigh when he doesn't hear a sound from her "I was out of line and I was frustrated and I took my frustrations out on you and that was wrong…" Sonny tries to explain to her. When he doesn't get a response from her yet again Sonny says
Waiting a few minutes more by her door in hopes she would open it, Sonny slouches a little in defeat before making his way towards his empty room. Shutting her eyes, Carly chants silently to herself not to buy into his crap. Sonny wasn't sorry; he was just trying to manipulate her. The only thing he was sorry about was the fact he blew any chance of getting laid.
Laying her head against the pillow that was on the bed Carly fights back the urge to cry…she didn't want to cry another single tear because of him. She was taking back the power she didn't know she gave him and was never going to give it back to him ever again. From here on out nothing Mr. Sonny Corinthos Jr. says or does would get to her. She was a fighter and a survivor and she wasn't about to let The Almighty Sonny Corinthos take anything away from her…including her dreams and life goals.
*The Next Morning*
Sonny lets out a yawn as he glances at his clock for the millionth time. He hardly got a wink of sleep since all he kept doing all night was starring at the door in hopes Carly would walk through willing to make up with him. The other half of the night he spent starring at her side of the bed missing her and wishing she was laying there right beside him in his arms all the while looking at the clock as the minutes, and hours went slowly by until morning. Hearing the door open a smile appears onto Sonny's face when he sees Carly making her way inside… Walking straight towards the closet rolling her eyes at his stupid attempts to get her attention, like his dimples would make her forget what happen last night, Carly opens the closet door without saying a word to him. Letting out a sigh, when she gives him the cold shoulder, Sonny says
Once she grabbed the clothes she needed while having enough of hearing his nagging voice, Carly marches her way inside of the bathroom and slams the door shut behind her. Shutting his eyes when the door slams shut, Sonny let out a sigh as he wonders how long Carly was going to leave him freeze him out.
Looking up when the bathroom door opens, Sonny is disappointed to see that Carly had changed behind closed doors after taking her shower. She now wore a nice red but slightly faded sundress which was probably faded due to the Florida sun and from being over worn since she was on a fixed income before she became his wife. Her hair was still wet but twisted up with a black hairclip as strains of her natural curly hair framed her face. The woman was simply gorgeous he silently thought, and unlike a lot of women she didn't need to put make up on her face to look stunning…she had natural beauty. Looking down at her feet he could see her toes were painted in a dark red color nail polish; she goes back into the bathroom to get the first aid kit. Now holding the first aid kit, Carly opens it up and grabs what she needs to clean his wound and change his bandage. Once she had all she needed she makes her way towards him, looking at him with an impassive look across her face much like the way Jason stared blankly at people who annoyed him. Sitting herself down at the edge of his bed, Carly carefully peels off his bandage off. With his free hand Sonny lightly stokes her arm while whispering out to her Standing up once she was done Carly tosses his used bandage into the trash. Putting back the rest of the supplies into the first aid kit where she got them she then places the first aid kit back in its proper place. Walking out of the bathroom, Carly doesn't bother to look his way or say a word to him as she heads out of his bedroom. Her "wifely duty" to take care of him was done for the time being so she had no reason to stay.
By the time Sonny manage to put on some pajamas bottoms and carefully slip himself into his robe and make his way downstairs he spotted Carly sitting on the couch. As he approached the couch he rolls his eyes when he sees Carly was watching some woman's talk show as she finished up a bowl of cereal she obviously got at Jason's because there was no way in hell he had something called Coco Puffs in his cupboards…the box was now sitting on his Otto-whatever thing Carly replaced with his coffee table.
Now Sonny was starting to get frustrated with her; she was blowing their fight way out of proportion! She was the one who started the whole thing by keeping secrets from him and having Jason sneaking around behind his back which he's never done before.
"CARLY! I might have been out of line but it's not like you were all that innocent in all of this either!" Sonny practically yells When she raises the volume of the TV, Sonny shakes his head before making his way towards it… Shutting the television off Sonny tells her
Glaring at him, Carly places her now empty bowl of cereal onto the ottoman before standing up and making her way pass him towards the closet door. After slipping on some black heels onto her feet she hears Sonny asks…
"Where do you think you're going Carly? We aren't done here!"
"Out" Carly answers him before yanking open the penthouse door… Smiling at Johnny and Max who just started their shift a half hour ago Carly tells them
When they look at him Sonny singles them to go with a frustrated arm gesture, using his good arm. Seeing the boss telling them to go, both Johnny and Max scamper off towards the elevator doors as they started to open up for her. Making his way towards the door Sonny slams it shut angrily…he was mad that Carly had no problem spending Needing to feel some sort of control since he was feeling he was losing ground with everything lately, Sonny grabs the phone from off his desk and calls Benny to make an emergency meeting at the warehouse between him and his men…he felt that he needed to remind people just WHO was in charge and what would happen if someone FORGOT it! He also told Benny to put some more guards on Carly since he didn't think Johnny and Max could handle their job on their own.
Meanwhile Jason leaned his head against the leather seat he was sitting on as the jet headed back to Port Charles…it shouldn't be too much longer until he was back home. He left late last night after finding out that the search for Carly's mother was pretty much hopeless. By pure luck he'd found a document that was hidden inside of a parenting book that Carly placed into storage along with some of her other things of Virginia's that she hadn't sold. The document was a clue that he thought would lead him to finding out what he needed…upon reading it he found out what Orphanage Virginia had adopted Carly from. Immediately, Jason called the Orphanage and was pleased to find out that the social worker who handled Carly's case was still working there. After getting the woman to agree to meet with him on such short notice after throwing around his name as a fear tactic to discuss Carly's case he was disappointed to find out that they never knew who Carly's birth parents were. Apparently they found Carly as a baby crying and bundled up in a car seat on the Orphanage door step with a typed note from a typewriter attached to her blanket begging them to find their baby angel a good home to live in. The letter explained that they couldn't give the child a proper home to live in and that giving her up was hard but was what was best for her. The news upset Jason because he knew that Carly would be devastated to know that she had better a chance getting hit by lightning or winning the lottery then finding out who her mother was. The social worker had agreed to give him the note they still had in their file that was left behind with Carly when he asked for it. He just hoped that somehow this note would be of some sort of comfort to Carly, knowing that her parents wanted to give her a better life. Although he doubted it would since Carly didn't handle disappointment too well which is why he was going to promise her that despite the fact there was hardly any hope he wouldn't give up looking until he found her birth mother.
*Harbor View Tower's Penthouse 4*
It was a slow and careful process but Sonny managed to get through it by himself…Carly was gone and even if she was home he'd doubted if he would have been able to get her cooperation to help him. Yeah she replaced his bandage this morning with a clean one…he was still surprised she even did that but helping him get cleaned up and dressed Sonny knew would definitely be out of the picture. After making the call to Benny about setting up the meeting with his men that he was on his way to shortly, Sonny carefully made his way back up the stairs and to the bathroom where he took a shower while making sure to be mindful of his shoulder and then he went through the even longer and careful process of getting dressed. He'd told Benny that he would be at the warehouse within the hour but right now it seemed like he wasn't gonna make that deadline; but hey he's the Boss and the one in charge so let them wait for him! Some things needed to change and Sonny was going to see to it that today would be the day…lately it seemed to him like he was losing control, his orders weren't being listened to and his organization lax. That whole scene yesterday with Taggert popping up out of nowhere inside of the penthouse should have never happened! It was a close call that was for sure…if he hadn't have thought fast and pulled Carly into that kiss then that baldheaded jackass would have had him for sure. Sonny couldn't get out of his mind that If Taggert was able to get that far undetected and without being stopped then who was to say that Sorel couldn't do the same?! It was now more than obvious that his security was horrible and needed to be beefed up… Second was the issue how Max and Johnny couldn't seem to keep watch of Carly. For goodness sakes how hard could it possibly be to keep up with one woman? Although Carly wasn't just any woman but still it didn't make any sense how two tough and trained bodyguards couldn't keep track of one woman! This was his wife and he wouldn't have her unprotected and at the mercy of being easy pickings for Sorel's thugs to snatch. The Jason issue and the secret he's keeping with Carly was next; Jason left town and didn't even let him know about it and when he asked why Jason refused to tell him because he didn't want to betray Carly. Damn It Carly was his wife not Jason's and if there was a problem that she needed fixed then he damn well should be in the loop instead of on the outside looking in! Yes Sonny was going to claim his control back…no more Mr. Nice Guy! He was the Boss and the one in charge and it was about time everyone who forgot it remembered quick! Needing to rid his head of thoughts of "her", Sonny closes his eyes for a brief moment as he shakes his head and the opens his eyes back again. It was time to go and meet his men…first thing was first; he'd take care of what he knew he could handle and then tackle the task of getting his wife to try and forgive him.
Now standing in front of the bathroom mirror, Sonny stares at his reflection. Clearing his throat some he makes himself stand up straight and not slouch…he didn't want to appear weak even though he wasn't at his full strength. Dressed in all black with his hair gelled and slicked back he just stands staring into the mirror…his eyes were hard, dark and deadly and his mood wasn't much better.
Last but not least was the main issue that he wasn't sure how he was going to handle…Carly. It all came back to her. He still felt like complete and total scum for the things he said to her earlier but damn it she was really blowing this whole thing out of proportion…she wasn't even trying to hide the fact of ignoring him anymore. No matter how much he tried to speak to her and apologize Carly flat out ignored him to his face freezing him out! Why was he letting this get to him so much… it wasn't like he had real feelings for her? They weren't in love and besides it was just like she said…they were more in lust than attracted to one another. If that was the case then how come he hated her being mad at him and for that matter why was it tearing him up inside of how much he'd hurt her?
*Kelly's Diner*
Carly had just finished doing some school shopping in preparation for when her classes start on Monday. She stopped by the book store at PCU and got all of her books for her classes; she only had two. At the book store she not only got her books but also plenty of paper, pens and pencils, folders and a backpack. All while she was getting her supplies, Max and Johnny kept a very close eye on her and that drove Carly up the wall. She knew she had to have them with her at all times because of the Sorel situation and not to mention because Sonny was a paranoid Control Freak…but she also felt the need to have at least some space and Max and Johnny weren't giving her an inch. People in the book store were staring at her with her two shadows following behind her all through the store…ugh she could just imagine how it was gonna be when school started. Deciding to take a little break before she started shopping for clothes, after all a girl needed a new wardrobe for school, Carly decided to go to Kelly's; she was kinda hoping to see Bobbie again but if she didn't then a chocolate milk shake would do her just fine. Yeah it was still early yet but she needed the sweet treat to help calm her. Not only were Max and Johnny driving her nuts with how close they were following and watching her but she just couldn't get a certain husband of hers out of her head. How dare he accuse her of the things he did?! She'd practically for the first time opened herself up to Sonny and told him something personal that she'd never told anyone before, not even Jason and what does he do…instead of seeing what she was saying and where she was coming from he basically accuses her of being a money hungry gold digger and then to top it off call her a slut.
Well he didn't actually say the word slut but what else could he have meant when he said that if he was Jason then they'd have been upstairs in bed together. And what was with his problem with Jason…she knew that he didn't like Jason not telling him what he was doing for her but it seemed like he was more jealous of her relationship with Jason than anything. But why would he be jealous when all he thinks of her as is a gold digging slut. Oh yeah she needed that chocolate shake…maybe even a piece of chocolate cake too. As Carly walks inside of Kelly's with Max and Johnny behind her she is met with a surprise…it was Jason. He was just turning around from the counter with a cup of coffee to go in hand. Smiling As she practically squeezes him in the sudden hug she practically attacked him with, Jason grunts then says
Pulling back from the hug, Carly asks "You're back already? Wow that was fast!"
"Yeah I just got back not that long ago…"
Carly pulls him over to a table where they sit down and she starts immediately firing off questions… "So since you're back so quick that means you found out something right? Do you know who my birth mother is? What's her name? Where does she live? Tell me Jase I want to know everything…start from the beginning and don't leave anything out."
She was excited to say the least…after all this time she was finally gonna find out who her real mother was. After all this time she'd be able to get her revenge on the woman who gave her away like she was nothing. What kind of mother gives away her baby? Well she would make sure that whoever the woman was would pay dearly! Placing his cup of coffee down on the table, Jason sighs as he tries to find the words to tell her that finding her birth mother wasn't going to be so easy.
"What is it Jase?" Carly asks curiously when she sees the complex look on his face "You did find her right…"
"Carly uh…" Jason starts out to say "Well you see…the thing is…"
"What?"
It was at that exact moment that the doors to Kelly's chime open and in walks Sonny with Francis standing behind him; before he went over to the warehouse for his meeting Sonny decided to stop by Kelly's to get him a cup of coffee to go. Stopping in place, Sonny sees Carly and Jason sitting at a table together…it looked like they were deep in conversation and of course they didn't even notice that he was standing there. Deciding to make his presence known, Sonny walks over to the table
Carly just shakes her head up at him as she was really tempted to walk out on him but knew she couldn't since it would blow their image of looking like a happy in love married couple…although the way Sonny was acting right now he was about to blow their cover himself. Ugh why oh WHY did he have to pick this exact moment to come over interrupting like some jealous caveman…especially when Jason was about to tell her what he found out about her birth mother. She turns her head to the side without saying a word to him and then looks across the table to Jason as Sonny just stood staring down at her. Sensing that his friend was in a mood, Jason sighs then says Sonny realized that Jason was right…but he still hated the fact that Carly was still ignoring him since she wouldn't even look back up at him.
"Glad to have you back Jason…" Sonny tells him while keeping up a fake smile "Actually you have great timing" he clasps his hands together "I just stopped by to grab a quick cup of coffee and then I'm on my way to the warehouse for a meeting…since you're back you can come with me." there was no way Jason was gonna stay and continue to keep secrets with his wife from him. In fact he was gonna make sure Jason stayed busy so he wouldn't be able to spend any time with Carly and she couldn't use Jason to run to while still ignoring him. That got Carly attention as she looks up to her husband and says
Flashing her a dimpled smile, Sonny softly tells her as he keeps up the happy married couple appearance "Oh so now you're talking to me…"
Putting on a fake smile of her own, Carly stares into his eyes as she replies back "Only for the moment and that's only because you're interrupting my conversation with Jason. What's the matter are you scared I'm gonna tell him what you accused me of and he'll take my side over yours." her tone was soft and sweet and anyone who was looking at them from a far would think they were talking lovey doevy to each other Jason just shakes his head at them…well at least they weren't blowing their cover but he didn't know how much longer it would last before they burst.
"You know what Carly" Jason decides to cut in "I think I'd better go with Sonny. We'll talk later." grabbing his coffee from the table he stands up Carly turns a quick look over to Jason
Grinning "I'm sorry sweetheart but it will just have to wait until later. You understand…it's business."
Looking back at Sonny "Sonny please…" Carly does the unthinkable and starts to try to reason with him "It's important that I speak with Jason…maybe he can meet up with you later at the warehouse."
"Sorry darling but I really need Jason to go with me…"
Jason and Sonny start to leave but Carly walks up behind Sonny and places her hand on his good shoulder which causes him to turn around…
"Sonny wait…"
Cutting her off before she could say anything more, Sonny puts on a big show of saying "Oh I'm sorry baby, I didn't mean to leave without giving you a goodbye kiss" he grins knowing that she can't refuse him
Leaning into her, Sonny places a soft sweet kiss to her lips as his good hand wraps around her waist. Carly didn't want to but she couldn't help but kiss him back...she couldn't resist the pull that was still between them no matter how much she wanted to. Why did he get to her so much? How could he melt her with just one simple kiss? With her eyes closed she wraps her arms around his back…
Before the kiss could go any further, Sonny pulls back from her lips and Carly nibbles down on her bottom lip as he leans into her ear and whispers "I have to go …I'm very busy at the moment; or maybe I just don't have time for you since now you want to talk to me but before you couldn't be bothered."
After placing one last kiss on her cheek Sonny gives her butt a little caress with his hand as Carly stood looking at him with her mouth slightly parted at how he ended their kiss and what he just whispered into her ear. Keeping Jason right ahead of him, Sonny exits out the door without once looking back; he wanted to make sure Jason left out the door first so that he couldn't say anything else to Carly.
Carly stood there for a moment longer just staring at the door that Jason and Sonny just left out of…she couldn't believe him. She inwardly argues with herself that Sonny actually had the damn nerve to kiss her even though he knows she's still angry with him! Why did Jason agree to go with the jerk anyway?! Maybe the news about her birth mother wasn't good…maybe it was bad? He was acting kind of weird and hesitant to tell her what he found out before Sonny came. Ugh she wanted answers and Sonny just halted all chances of her finding out any time soon! Boy did she need the comfort of chocolate right about now. Walking over to the counter, Carly smiles at the waitress
"Sure" Penny replies
"Hey is Bobbie here by any chance?" Carly asks Shaking her head
With a sigh, Carly sits down a stool at the counter as the waitress sets down her chocolate delights in front of her…
*Sonny's Limo*
"So what's this meeting about?" Jason asks curiously
"You'll find out once we get to the warehouse…"
"Did something happen with Sorel while I was gone?"
"You'll find out once we get to the warehouse" Sonny repeats but this time with an added snap!
The rest of the drive to the warehouse was done so in a tense silence…Jason couldn't shake the feeling that Sonny was mad at him. Yes he knew that Sonny didn't take to kindly of him leaving suddenly and then not telling him what he was doing for Carly but for some reason to him it seemed like there was something more that since Sonny was glaring at him one minute then staring out the window watching the scenery go by the next.
The warehouse was filled with Sonny's men…they all stood around talking while waiting for him to arrive. All of them wondered what the meeting was about since they didn't have a clue what prompted the sudden meeting from their boss. As far as they knew Sorel was still in hiding and none of his men have made a move on Sonny and his territory since their last botched up assassination attempt which thankfully only left their boss hit in the shoulder instead of 6 ft under. Some of the guards tried to get a clue from Benny on what the meeting was about but Benny wasn't talking…he'd just tell them to relax and that Mr. Corinthos would be here shortly and they'd find out then. Benny wasn't stupid…he knew what the meeting was about and no way was he trying to get on Sonny's bad side right now especially with the mood he was in. When he got the call from Sonny to set up this meeting, Benny had to hold the phone receiver away from his ear because of how loud Sonny was barking his orders into the phone. Clearly whatever set him off must have been pretty bad and Benny wasn't taking any chances on being in the pathway of Sonny's wrath so he didn't question him at all and went right to work on getting everyone gathered at the warehouse. It wasn't too much longer before Sonny finally came walking through the door with Jason behind him. The room fell silent once Sonny started walking his way through the crowd of men that parted like the Red Sea as he went walking over to where Benny stood in front of the crowd of men. Before Sonny could ask anything, Benny tells him
Cutting him off, Sonny asks "What about the extra guards on Carly?"
"Their in place right now as we speak sir…and as you requested your wife won't know that they are there."
"She better not Benny or it's gonna be your ass!" Sonny tells the older man with a deadly glare in his eyes that stared straight at him which makes Benny nervous
"She won't" Benny quickly replies then adds "Paul and Anthony know your orders are to be carried out to the letter sir."
Seeing the box that Benny held in his hand, Sonny says "Is that it?"
"Yes sir, just like you asked for."
"Good"
Without another word to Benny, Sonny turns around ready to get the meeting started… Jason narrows his brow when he heard what Benny said about putting extra guards on Carly…now he was really curious to what was going on.
"You put extra guards on Carly?" Why?" Jason asks Turning a deadly look on Jason, Sonny stands toe to toe with his right hand and tells him in a low tone so only he could hear
Seeing in Sonny's eyes that he was dead serious, Jason nods and says "We're clear…"
"Good…now I intend to talk with you about this a little more in depth after this meeting with everyone else. We have some things we need to discuss and clear up."
"Okay" is all Jason could reply with With that said Sonny turns around and faces the crowd of his loyal soldiers… Clearing his throat some, Sonny continues on with his speech
"I bet all of you are wondering what this meeting is about and why I called it…" Sonny starts out speaking to the crowd of men "The answer to that is simple…" he walks back over to Benny. Benny opens up the box revealing a gun inside…Sonny reaches out his good hand taking the gun out. All of the men and Jason stood completely silent as they carefully watched Sonny walk back to where he recently stood but this time with the deadly weapon in tow
They all stood confused looking around wondering why Sonny would ask a question like that… Getting frustrated, Sonny snaps
All at the same time the crowd of men speak up answering yes and yes sir. Nodding his head, Sonny goes on to say
The group of men didn't dare speak as they quietly stood and took the chewing out rant from their boss… Sonny walks over to stand in front of one of his men as he asks Not getting an answer from Marco, Sonny walk over to stand in front of Greg Jason decides that it's time for him to step in
Cutting him off, Sonny turns to face Jason as he yells "Did I ask you anything?!"
Shaking his head, Jason replies "No, I think I can speak for the guys here when I say that they understand what you're saying. It won't happen again. We'll beef up security and…"
"You're damn right security is gonna be added to the building but that's just the beginning!" Sonny turns to look back the crowd of men "That was the LAST TIME something like that ever happens! You work for me and my orders are to be carried out as I say when I say it and how I say it! That bastard Taggart shouldn't have even made it to the damn elevator let alone able to walk inside my home like it was his own! If word gets out what happened and how sloppy all of you have gotten do you realize the danger we'd be in from the other families or any other enemy out there?! I will not allow that to happen! This Will NOT Happen Again! If it does…" Sonny leaves the last part unsaid as he raises the gun up pointing it out to the crowd of men…that definitely got their attention as they all stood in fear, silent and stiff as a board! Finally Sonny points the gun to a bag of newly imported coffee bags and fires off a shot. As the coffee beans spill out onto the ground he says "I trust everyone understands my meaning…"
This time the men quickly answer letting their boss know that they understood…
"Good…" Sonny says and then waves to Benny to come over. Once Benny is standing next to him, Sonny places the gun back inside the box and Benny closes and locks it up tight. Looking back out to the men, Sonny tells them "Benny is going to issue out the new security measurements I want put in immediate effect. I expect to have my orders followed to the letter. I trust you won't have any problems with your new assignments…"
Turning to face Jason, Sonny says "Follow me to my office"
*The Park*
After finishing up her milkshake and cake, Carly left Kelly's and decided that it was such a nice day that she wanted to take a walk through the park. As she walked along the sidewalk path she looks out at the many children playing throughout the huge open field and the many different families having picnics. She stops and smiles as she wonders to herself if she would be able to have a happy family like this one day. One thing she knew for sure was that it wasn't gonna be with Sonny. Walking a little further along the pathway, Carly stops when she sees a couple sitting on a blanket laughing and feeding each other until they start kissing and start the process all over again. With a sigh she sits down on a nearby bench and watches them. She couldn't help but envy them because what they had she wanted…they were happy and in love and for all she knew they were engaged or they could already be married and have a child on the way; anything was possible with the way they were making out. She began to ask herself would she ever be able to find a love like that…the couple was obviously madly in love with each other with the way they kept feeding each other and stealing kisses. Closing her eyes, Carly began to imagine that she had that dream she spoke of to Sonny but only the image wasn't clear…well not exactly. She could see everything in her mind all except for the face of the man she loves and who loves her in return; he was a blur. Feeling a shift of the bench she was sitting on and hearing a person clear their throat some, Carly realizes that she is no longer sitting alone. Sighing while thinking it was either Max or Johnny, Carly opens her eyes while saying
With a little chuckle the man replies "Obviously…I'm just glad I'm not them whoever he or she is since you don't seem too pleased with them at the moment."
"You can say that again…" Carly replies with a little smirk and then takes a better look at the man sitting next to her. Realizing that she's seen him before she says "I'm sorry I don't mean to stare but…you look familiar. Have we met before?"
Smiling "I should say so…for a moment there I didn't think you were gonna remember."
"Care to clue me in…I'm sorry I just don't seem to be able to recall your name at the moment. I have a lot of stuff on my mind."
"That's okay…and the name is Sidney. Well you can call me Sid. Remember we met while registering for classes at PCU." Sid reminds her. He couldn't believe his luck when he saw Carly sitting on the park bench alone. Monday was when their classes started so he didn't think that he'd see her until then but since she was there he decided to go over and make his move on befriending her.
"Oh yeah that's right, now I remember" Carly says with a little laugh "Sorry how could I forget the only guy in line that just happened to be registering up for the same classes as me."
They laugh
"Well it isn't everyday that you see a guy registering for design classes…" Sid tells her with a little chuckle then adds "So are you ready for the big day…Monday that is."
"Yeah I'm starting to get excited…how about you?"
"Looking forward to it…especially since now I have a friend to sit next to and copy off of." They laugh and then Sid says "Just kidding about the cheating part."
A few feet back near a bunch of trees stood Max and Johnny. Carly had asked them earlier to give her a little space… at first they refused but later agreed to not stand to close so she could have a little privacy and some breathing room.
"Hey who's that guy sitting next to Mrs. C on the bench?" Max asks with a frown
"I don't know but he looks kind of familiar doesn't he?" Johnny replies
"Yeah, as a matter a fact he does." Max agrees and then it comes to him "Now I remember…that's the guy Mrs. C was standing in line talking to when she was at PCU that day registering for classes."
Nodding, Johnny agrees "You're right…that's him."
"The boss isn't gonna like this…" Max says while shaking his head Max and Johnny began to walk over to the bench were Carly sat; they both had the intention of insisting that they be on their way. As they reach the bench and come in hearing distance, both Max and Johnny gulp as they cast a worried look at each other when they hear Carly say…
"Hey why don't you come back to my place? I could use a second opinion on how I plan on finishing the redecorations of the penthouse."
"Penthouse…sounds fancy." Sid acts surprised as if he didn't know where she lived and with who she's was married to.
"Yeah well right now it looks more like a bachelor pad…I'm working on changing that though. My husband isn't much for picking out furniture or looking through fabric swatches so I figure I could pick your brain instead to get a male opinion. What do you say?"
"Uh…Car, I mean uh Mrs. C…I don't think that's such a good idea" Johnny tells her then adds in "Mr. Corinthos won't…" Looking up at Johnny, Carly cuts him off
Standing up from the bench, Carly looks at Sid and says "Come on I can't wait to get your opinion."
Standing up Sid smiles and says "Lead the way pretty lady…"
Max shoots daggers at Sid when he heard him call Carly "pretty lady"…no the boss definitely wasn't gonna like this. Carly leads Sid back to the limo and they get inside the back…once the back door is closed both Max and Johnny get in the front with Johnny at the wheel. Pulling out his cell phone, Max dials a number that he was regretting having to call
*The Warehouse (Sonny's Office)*
"Sonny I'm sorry but I just can't tell you…" Jason tries to explain to Sonny for what seemed like the millionth time…why oh why did he allow himself to get in between Sonny and Carly. "I promised Carly I wouldn't and besides it's not my story to tell but I promise you that it isn't anything dangerous. She isn't in any kind of legal trouble or anything like that if that's what you're thinking. It's just…well it's personal and important to her, and if she wants to tell you then she will."
"Jason I'm getting real tired of your disobedience! Before when I told you to do something you'd do it but now you defy me! This has to stop! I give the orders and you take them!"
"Sonny this has nothing to do with business! If it did then I'd gladly do what you ask of me but it doesn't! I can't tell you what I was doing for Carly in Florida I'm sorry! If you want to know then you're just gonna have to go to her and ask."
Frustrated, Sonny decides to nip this Carly/Jason connection friendship or whatever they wanna call it in the bud. If Jason was too busy with business then he wouldn't have time to see or speak with Carly…yeah that's what he'd do. He'd make sure Jason was so busy that all he'd want to do in is free time is sleep.
"You're on duty tonight at Pier 35! I want you there supervising over everything. You make sure nothing goes wrong and I want a full report in the morning."
"Yeah sure, I can handle that…"
"I also need you over to Pier 20 to land a new shipment of coffee coming in today…you should get going since it won't be long before it comes in."
"But Sonny I just got back…can't one of the other guys oversee it instead."
"Everyone else is busy with the assignments I had Benny give them! And besides I want you to do it! Are you refusing?"
"No it's just…"
Cutting him off, Sonny says "Good then you should get going. After you're finished with the coffee shipment on Pier 20 then you can come back here and look over some paperwork I haven't been able to see to since I've been out of commission…Benny has been bugging me to sign some contracts. You can sign them instead since you're a co-partner in Corinthos/Morgan Coffee Imports. After that you can head on down to overseeing that shipment on Pier 35 I told you about."
Jason groans as he realizes that he was going to be very busy for the rest of the day…he didn't even have time to go home rest let alone go finish his conversation with Carly. Standing up from the chair he was sitting in, Jason gives Sonny a slight nod and then leaves out the office. Just as the door closes Sonny's cell phone started to ring…he groans as he reaches into his breast pocket.
"Hello…"
"Sir, it's Max…I uh just thought I'd call you and….
Cutting him off before he could get another word out, Sonny asks "Is something wrong? Don't you dare tell me that my wife gave you the slip again! It would be very bad for both you and Johnny if that's what I'm hearing from you Max!"
Shaking his head… "No, no sir I swear to you that we didn't lose Mrs. Corinthos. We're on our way back to the penthouse right now as we speak."
Exhaling a sigh of relief, Sonny says "Good, glad to hear it! You two just continue to keep my wife safe and we won't have any problems."
"Yes sir, you can count on me and Johnny to keep Mrs. C safe but…"
Not liking the sound of that, Sonny barks out "But what? Did you lie to me? Is something wrong with Carly?
"No sir, she's fine it's just…well she's not alone. She ran into a friend while walking through the park and well she kind of invited her friend to come back to the penthouse with her. They're both in the back of the limo sir…we're almost to the parking garage for the Harbor View sir."
"Friend? What friend? Who is she?"
"Well sir…that's just it. It isn't a she. Mrs. Corinthos' friend is a man…in fact he's the same guy she met at PCU when she registered for classes. His name is Sidney…I'm not sure about his last name though."
Sonny's blood pressure about shot through the roof when he heard that Carly was bringing some strange man back to their home…
"Let me get this straight…you allowed some strange man to ride in the back of my limo with my wife as you take them both back to my home!"
Johnny sucks in a breath as he could hear Sonny's loud yelling through Max's cell phone…Max on the other hand had to hold the phone back from his ear to keep his eardrum from exploding.
"Mrs. Corinthos insisted that…" Max starts out to explain but is quickly cut off
"I'm on my way over there! Don't let Carly know I'm coming; you got that Max!"
"Yes sir"
Max exhales a shaky breath as he ends the call and places his cell phone back inside his pocket…Johnny pulls the limo into the parking garage. Looking over at Johnny, Max tells him
Staying true to his word, Max kept his mouth shut and didn't let Carly know that he called Sonny or that he was on his way over. Carly was having a nice time talking with her new found friend…she found it easy to talk to him and it didn't hurt that he was quite handsome too. She knew that if Sonny knew she brought a male friend back to the penthouse he'd probably stroke…so it was a good thing that he did go out to the warehouse for his little meeting he just had to drag Jason off to. She reasoned with herself that Sid would be gone by the time Sonny got home.
After showing Sid the new couch and ottoman she'd bought, they both sit down on the couch and Carly starts to show him different magazines and fabric swatches she's been using on her quest to redecorate the penthouse. She asks his opinion and what he thinks would bring out the place better…Sid puts on the performance of his life acting like he's interested in fashion and decorating and gives her his fake opinion on what he thought a man seeking a interior decorating degree would say. Mainly he just made sure to stay away from anything masculine when he'd reply with his opinion.
It wasn't too long after that when Sonny came riding up the elevator…he made sure that Francis set a new record in driving from the warehouse back to the Harbor View Towers or else he'd have to answer to him. Once the elevator reaches the penthouse floor, Sonny comes walking off and makes his way straight to the door where both Max and Johnny stood guarding.
"They still inside?" Sonny asks
"Yes sir" both Max and Johnny reply at the same time Stepping past the two guards, Sonny places his good hand on the doorknob and opens it…Carly sees the door opening and inwardly hopes that its either Max or Johnny and not who she thinks it is.
"Sonny…" Carly calls out his name as she watches him walk inside; standing up she goes on to say "I uh, I didn't realize you'd be home so soon."
Flashing a dimpled smile, Sonny keeps his temper at bay as he closes the door behind him while saying "Yeah well I just couldn't wait to get back home…I missed you. Did you miss me?" slowly he begins to walk towards the couch where she stood and their "guest" still sat Carly could tell that he was pissed off even through the smile and blinding dimples he was flashing.
Smiling "Always" Carly replies in a loving tone while keeping up the facade of the happy in love newlyweds while in front of Sidney. Now standing next to her, Sonny wraps his arm around her waist and Carly turns her head to look down over at Sid who'd just stood up from the couch as she says
Sid stood quietly taking it all in…they certainly seemed to be happy and in love but in his line of work he knew that things weren't always as they seemed to appear to be.
"Sidney this is my husband, Sonny Corinthos…Sonny this is Sidney Moon. We met at PCU…he's taking the same classes as me."
Sid reaches out his hand to shake…after a moment or two Sonny reaches out his hand as well while staring straight at him. As they shake hands, Sonny gives Sid's hand an extra squeeze to assert his authority as his eyes bore into his prey; he held in the pain from his shoulder as he used all the strength he could to squeeze his hand to pass it off as a normal shake. Quickly Sid pulls his hand back and says
Sid shakes his now throbbing hand and then begins to inwardly wonder if that is the way he is with Carly behind closed doors…does he hurt her and pretend like he's done no wrong and if so how could he get her to confide in him so that he could help her. Grinning, Sonny turns to look at his beautiful wife as he says
The kiss came not a second later as Sonny captured her lips in a deep passionate kiss…soon after his mouth possessed hers in a most deliciously wicked way Carly unconsciously wrapped her arms around his back as she moaned into his mouth and tingles went through her body. Sid stood in a stunned silence that they both seem to have forgotten that he was still in the room with them… By Deonna a.k.a. DCORINTHOS & Linda (LindyLou)
End of Chapter 11