"She's back!" screamed Carly, her voice echoing through her house.
"Carly, calm down," Jason insisted reaching for his friend.
"No," she demanded, pulling away from his grasp. "That conniving bitch..."
"Don't say it," he warned her.
"Why? You know I'm right," Carly expressed.
"I do, but some of the stuff you're going to say about her, you have done, too," the enforcer reminded her.
Carly scoffed, "I hate you." Jason smirked. "Where is she now?"
The man pursed his lips, "My penthouse."
"With Ally?" she questioned, receiving nodded. "Brenda will eat her alive."
"Ally can hold her own," Jason frowned.
"I don't know."
"She held her ground against you and you're more ruthless than anyone I know."
Carly smiled, "I'll take that as a compliment."
"Look...I wanted to let you know she's back before I tell Sonny," he informed, turning away.
"Why do you have to tell Sonny?" she questioned, spinning him back around.
"Breathe," he insisted. "I have people looking into who tried to kill Brenda. Sonny has to know I'm using manpower," Jason explained.
"I don't trust her," Carly admitted.
"Then trust Sonny." The blonde cocked her head at her friend. "Okay, I know his track record isn't the best, but you are his wife, not her. Remember that," he replied wrapping his arms around her.
"Thank you," she whispered into his shoulder. "You always know what to say to calm me down."
"That's what I'm here for," he whispered before kissing her cheek. "Call me if you need me to talk you doing again." She nodded as he walked towards the door. "And Carly..."
"Yeah..."
"Stay away from the penthouse," he demanded.
Once the words came out of his mouth, he walked out. He could hear her cursing at him as he stood outside. A smile spread across his face walking to his bike. His next stop was to see Sonny. He wasn't sure what he was actually going to say to his friend. His reaction to Brenda's return wasn't something he could prepare himself for. He knew just mentioning the model's name would effect the Mob Boss, but he wasn't sure in what way. He hoped that Sonny's marriage to Carly would stand the appearance of Brenda Barrett.
"Jason..." Sonny spoke the moment his enforcer entered the warehouse. "What are you doing here?"
"We need to talk."
"You should be home with Ally making sure she's healing," Sonny commented frowning.
"She's been home for three weeks. She's fine," Jason insisted.
"Okay, so what do you need to talk to me about?" he asked as they walked to his office. "Spinelli didn't bring another helpless girl home that you have to protect, did he?"
Jason shook his head, "Ally isn't helpless and this girl...showed up on her own."
Sonny looked confused by Jason's words. "What do you mean?"
Jason took his time to close the door. It didn't matter how long he took to get the words out of his mouth, it still was going to be difficult to say. He took a deep breath slowly facing Sonny.
"Jason? Who showed up?"
"Brenda," he answered quietly but knew his boss heard him.
Silenced loomed over the two men as the name echoed through Sonny's head. Jason could see the utter shock on his friend's face. HE wanted to say something, but really what could he say. He rubbed his hands together waiting for Sonny find the words to say.
"Brenda," he whispered turning towards his desk.
The enforcer took a step forward watching Sonny collapse in his chair.
Jason listened as he repeated her name a couple times. Nothing was going to snap him out of this unless the hitman said something. "Sonny, she's not going to be here long. I promise you that. It will just be long enough till I find out who tried to kill her. Once the problem is eliminated, I'm putting her annoying ass back on a place to Paris," he explained.
"Wait..." Sonny exclaimed quickly standing up. "Someone tried to kill her?"
Jason nodded, "That's what she said. I have some of our men looking into it. Spinelli is doing what he can from the penthouse, as well."
"Is she okay?" he asked, eyes glued to his employee.
"She's a little shaken up, but she's okay," he answered.
The Mob Boss fell back into his chair. "Jason..."
"Look, I'm taking care of this as quickly as I can. I don't want her being here to interfere with Carly and you," the man commented, leaning on the corner of the desk.
"Does Carly know Brenda is in Port Charles?"
"I told her."
"Jason..."
"Brenda is a distraction and you need to remember that." Sonny was about to protest but Jason stopped him. "You gave me advice when it came to Ally, so let me give you some. Stay away from Brenda. You belong with Carly," he instructed the man.
Sonny watched his friend walk towards the door. His words were true, even if he didn't want to accept it.
"Is she going to be safe?" he asked as Jason reached the door.
He slowly turned around, "Yes. She's staying at the penthouse until all this is cleared up."
Sonny chuckled, "You're penthouse is getting a little crowded, don't you think."
"Hell yeah, but I have to make it work. Spinelli and Maxie are in the pink room for another week and then they are gone back to Maxie's. Brenda has the guest room, so..." Jason breathed out just annoyed at the fact that he hadn't had any privacy in a long time.
"Isn't Ally in the guest room?"
"She was..."
Sonny was about to comment, but Jason quickly left the office before he could. He smiled slightly as he thought about how things had changed for his friend in such a short period of time. The hit man was happy and Sonny saw just how much every time he saw him. Sure showing emotions for Jason were rare, but Sonny noticed a huge difference in him.
The smile on Sonny's face disappeared suddenly as the thought of Jason was replaced with Brenda. Brenda Barrett, the woman that go away, the one he let get away. It didn't matter how much he loved her, they were always doomed from the start. Even with all that, he wanted to see her and make sure she was okay for himself. Accomplishing that task was going to be hard cause Max or Milo was always manned Harborview Towers.
