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Chapter 7

The penthouse was empty since Carly and Jason had left it and Sonny sat there by himself. He hadn't much else to do. He was still fuming with AJ for lying to his wife… his ex-wife. She wasn't his wife anymore, he seemed to conveniently forget that an awful lot. He got up and poured a glass of rum before someone knocked on his door. He answered it to see Alexis standing there.

"Alexis."

" Hi Sonny," she took her glasses off. " I thought we should talk about what happened. Carly's not here is she?"

"No, she's out with Jason. They went to see Michael and Bobbie."

"Alright, I'm just going to say this before I lose my nerve. What do you want to do about what happened the night of Carly's accident. I mean. should we forget about it." she paused. "Do you want to forget it?"

He thought about what Alexis was asking of him. He wanted to forget ever having hurt Carly, but he didn't want to hurt Alexis. She meant a lot to him; she wasn't just an attorney, but a friend; a trusted friend. He couldn't really respond to her question without hurting someone's feelings.

"Sonny, I just saw our son! He's beautiful!" Carly came crashing into the penthouse as excited as a child on Christmas morning.

"Hello," she said spotting Alexis.

"Carly," Alexis nodded, "Jason, is that you? When did you get back?"

"Earlier today. How have you been, Alexis?" he asked.

"I'm good." She waited before addressing Sonny again. " We can finish our talk later. I'm going to go."

"No," Carly said to everyone's surprise. "It's almost dinner time, why don't you stay. Maybe we can talk and I might remember something about you."

"Oh, Carly I don't think I'm the best person for you to talk to."

"Why? We didn't like one another did we?" Carly said.

"No, not particularly. No."

"Well, maybe you could just stay for dinner anyway. I mean you seem to be friends with Sonny and Jason. If they like you then I must have been wrong about you. I know that I haven't exactly remembered enough about them to trust them, but I do and if they trust you than I must have been wrong about you."

Carly's response to Alexis surprised everyone, especially Alexis. This was the first time, she ever remembered Carly being nice to her. Carly even seemed as if she wanted to be friends with Alexis.

"Umm sure I'll stay."

Sonny was not the happiest man in the world when Alexis agreed to stay, he knew that Carly was remembering more and more things all the time, and that most of it just hit her all at once; like losing their son.

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Sonny eventually finished dinner in 'his kitchen'. Carly had offered to help him, but since she didn't remember that she couldn't cook he declined without laughing, which took a lot of self control on his part. When Sonny placed the plates on the table Carly took one look at it and made a face.

"Carly, what's wrong?" Jason asked.

" I don't think that I like this," she responded, "It looks to... Too healthy."

Sonny smirked at the words and Jason full out laughed. "You never did like what was good for."

Carly sat there with a sheepish smile on her face. " So, Alexis," she said changing the subject, " What do you do for a living?"

"I work for Sonny. I'm his attorney."

"Really, that must be interesting. You must be busy all the time then, with such a complicated career." Carly tried eating some of her food, but noticed that Sonny was staring at her and Alexis, like the two of them together made him some what uncomfortable. " Sonny, what's the matter? You're staring."

"No, nothing's the matter. Jason can I see you in the kitchen for a minute."

"Sure."

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"I want Alexis to stay away from Carly." Was the first words that escaped Sonny's mouth.

"Why?" Jason asked. Sonny had forgotten that he hadn't told Jason what had happened.

"Because something happened between Alexis and I and that's why Carly was in her accident. I'm the reason that she went over that bluff into the lake."

"You slept with her?" Jason asked

"Yeah I did."

The sound of dishes crashing to the floor caused Sonny and Jason to turn toward the doorway of the kitchen.

" Alexis and I… We …we ," only stammering came from Carly's lips before she turned and ran out of the door. Carly ran past Alexis and out the door; Sonny couldn't catch her before the elevator door had closed. He had just hurt her once more.