I still cannot get a feel for Sonny's character in this… I feel awkward writing him lol. Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 46

When Alexis, Sam, and Danny arrived home, Julian and Lucas were sitting on the couch. Danny darted for the stairs.

"Danny?" Sam called after him. "Can we please talk?"

But Danny disappeared up the stairs. Sam sighed, then followed after him.

Alexis sat in a chair with a huff.

"What happened?" Julian asked.

"We thought it would be nice to stop at Kelly's," Alexis said. "Get Danny some ice cream. Get him doing something normal. Jake was there with Ric and Elizabeth. Danny wanted to sit with Jake, which turned out fine. The boys were actually smiling a little. But then Jason showed up with Sonny and Carly's baby—"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Lucas cut in. "Jason had major surgery a mere few weeks ago… he should be resting."

"That's what I thought," Alexis said. "Anyway, he went over to Danny and Jake. Next thing we know, Danny is at our table on the verge of crying and begging to go home."

Julian scrunched his face. "Do you think he's afraid of Jason too now?"

Alexis shrugged. "Unless it just triggered memories of the kidnapping and the bombing on Christmas Eve. And it probably didn't help seeing Jason spending time with another child when he apparently doesn't have time for Danny and Jake. He wouldn't say a word on the way home. Hopefully Sam can get him to talk to her." Alexis sighed, then changed the subject. "So, Sam said you enjoyed your first day."

Julian grinned. "I sure did. Our big focus right now is searching for Drew and finding more info on the Marchesis. But we also have a client trying to find her birth mother."

Alexis' eyes grew wide. "Sounds like you'll be kept busy."

"Yep. We have a confidentiality thing though, so I can't say who this young woman is."

Lucas scratched his chin. "Sounds to me like you're hinting that we know her."

"My lips are sealed." He turned to Alexis. "How was your first day back?"

"Good," Alexis said. "I just have three clients for now, one of them being Lucas. I spent most of the day building a case against Car—oh my goodness. We forgot to tell her and Sonny about Morgan."

Lucas sighed.

"Can't we just pretend we didn't see him?" Julian suggested. "It would be good karma for Carly right now."

Alexis shook her head. "No, despite everything, she needs to know. Besides, I'm not keeping something this big from Kristina. She adored her brother."

Lucas nodded. "I agree. And we don't want to sink to Carly's level."

Alexis rose to her feet. "I better go get it over with."

"Well, I'm going with you," Julian said. "To make sure Carly doesn't give you a hard time."

"I'm honestly hoping she won't be there," Alexis said, grabbing her coat.

GHGHGH

Alexis locked eyes with Julian before knocking on the door of Greystone Manor. A few minutes later, the door opened, and Jason was standing there. Seeing him up close compared to at Kelly's, Alexis could see he was pale.

Alexis cleared her throat. "Is Sonny here?"

"He's in the living room with Carly and Donna," Jason said. "We're just eating dinner. Is Danny okay?"

Julian set his hands on his hips. "No. He's not. But he will be. With no thanks to you." He stepped closer to him, but Alexis held him back.

"Let's focus on why we're here," Alexis said.

Julian groaned.

Jason led them into the living room where Sonny and Carly sat on the couch laughing and eating burgers, presumably from Kelly's, with Donna in the stroller beside them.

Carly slammed her burger on the coffee table when she noticed them. "What hell are you doing here? If I'm not welcome in your home than you're not welcome in mine!"

Alexis closed her eyes. "Carly—"

"I've had enough of you trying to take other people's children and controlling everyone around you," Carly said.

Julian scrunched his face. "Really? Because that sounds exactly like what you're doing."

"Wiley will be with his family and Danny and Scout will be with Jason, if it's the last thing I do."

"Carly, we have something important—" Alexis started.

"You may have won Sam over, but the children are innocent."

"Carly, please, just listen—"

"Kristina didn't turn into your mini-me and neither will Danny, Scout, or Wi—"

"CARLY, MORGAN IS ALIVE!" Alexis shouted a little louder than intended.

Carly's face went completely still, and she locked eyes with Alexis. Sonny dropped his burger.

"We saw him in New York City on the weekend," Julian said.

Sonny turned to Jason.

"Whereabouts?" Jason asked.

"A couple blocks from Downtown North Precinct," Alexis said. "I tried talking to him… but he… he took off."

"Yeah, with Alessandro Marchesi," Julian added. "He's working for him."

"There it is." Carly clenched her jaw. "You have a lot of nerve making up sick lies about my son, all because I'm going for custody of Wiley."

Alexis' mouth dropped. "I would never make this up about Morgan. I cared about him very much."

"And he just happens to be working for the enemy?" Carly laughed, then she glared at Alexis. "You tell me not to say things about Sam, but this is a new low, even for you."

"Carly, I think we should look into this," Sonny said. "Jason, we'll start tomorrow."

Jason nodded. "I believe them."