Change of Heart
Chapter 11
Sonny's POV
"God damn son-of-a-bitch!!" I scream slamming down the phone.
"What happened?" Jason immediately asks.
"Alcazar's man never showed for the meeting, and I have a really bad feeling about this. Alcazar needed me to land his shipment and if his guy didn't show that means something happened," I tell him worry plainly expressed on my face.
"I'll make some calls, but I think we're just going to have to wait on this one, Sonny."
"Like hell I'm going to just sit around here and wait!"
RING RING RING
Picking up the phone quickly I yell, "What??"
"They found the guy that worked for Alcazar dead in some alley," says the voice of over the phone quickly.
"Do we know who's responsible yet?"
"No. It wasn't one of the Five Families either. It was probably done by an outsider."
"Alright, thanks."
Hanging up the phone, I try to think of any enemies that I have that would do this. I can't think of any though and I get the feeling that this had nothing to do with me.
"The guy Alcazar sent was found dead in an alley," I tell Jason. "I want you to find out anything you can and see if anybody's taking responsibility for it."
"Alright," Jason replies leaving the penthouse.
I had a bad feeling about this whole thing. I need to find Carly, now. If anything happened to her I don't know what I would tell Michael. I promised I would bring his 'momma' home.
'No!' I can't think like that. I'm going to bring Carly home.
Carly's POV
When I came to, I wasn't surprised to find myself at the home I once shared with Vinny Puretti. I'm glad he brought me here instead of somewhere else, at least here I'll be found sooner.
As if reading my thoughts, a voice says from its hiding place in the corner, "Nobody's gonna look for you here, Caro."
'Yes, somebody will," I tell myself. 'Maybe not Sonny or Jason, but Lorenzo will.' Out loud I tell him seriously, "You just keep telling yourself that, Vinny."
"What...you think your former captor, Alcazar, is going to tell your husband someone took you from him? That would ruin his deal with Corinthos and cause him to lose a lot of money. Neither Corinthos or Morgan know about me, courtesy of you, so no one's going to rescue you!" he says with more confidence then he should. Cockiness is what will cause him to fail. That's always been his one weakness, Cockiness.
"Maybe, maybe not. Doesn't change the fact that I'm going to get out of here and you're going to regret ever meeting me."
"Sure, whatever you say, Lover," he says mocking me.
Once he's gone I say a silent prayer that Lorenzo is alright and that he'll come rescue me. At least I hope he does. Maybe he will just leave me here. He can still go through with his deal, but without the added headache of dealing with me. It seemed like he was beginning to genuinely care about me, though. Maybe I just seeing what I wanted to see because of my own feelings.
My feelings. Yep, I've definitely got some feelings for that man that definitely aren't friendship related. I don't know when it happened, but it did. Maybe it was when he told me about Sophie or when I told him about my miscarriage, but they're definitely there. I doubt he returns those feelings. I'm just a bargaining chip in his deal with my HUSBAND.
Remember your husband Carly? You aren't supposed to have feelings for anybody else but him. He's your soulmate. Your true love. I should feel guilty but the truth is I don't. I think that whenever I do get back to Port Charles, I'm going to see about some therapy!
"Oh Lorenzo, please be alright and come find me!"
Stepping away from the door, Vinny looks troubled and angry. "I guess I was wrong. Something did happen between you and Lorenzo. Well, I'll make you forget about Corinthos and Alcazar. I'll take care of them for you," Vinny says to himself while walking away, already formulating a new plan.
Back at Alcazar's villa in France, a group of his men are arriving.
"Search the villa for the boss and Mrs. Corinthos!!" orders the head man Sean.
The guards go off in all directions. Sean heads to the basement searching through the bodies as he is heading to the basement hiding room. Upon entering the room he spots his boss on the floor with blood all around him.
"Boss....Mr. Alcazar...Sir, wake up..." Sean shouts while trying to get his boss to wake up.
One of the other guards walks in and is about to say something when he is interrupted by Lorenzo, "Where's Carly?" he chokes out.
"She's gone, sir," the guard says leaving to go round up the others and wait for the orders.
Lorenzo's POV
The minute the guard confirms what I already knew to be true, a sense of dread fills me. I have to get her back unharmed! I promised her that nothing would happen to her or her child. Standing up I gasp at the pain in my chest and shoulder. For the first time I'm thankful for kevlar vests. My chest is bruised from the impact of the bullet to my chest and my shoulder wound is a straight through shot. I can't worry about that now though, I need to find Carly.
"Get a team of the best guys we've got. We're headed to Florida. I want the rest of the men to clean up all of the locations that were hit and send somebody to Port Charles. Tell whoever is going to tell Corinthos why the shipment didn't go through and who took his wife and where. Hopefully we'll find her first though," I say to Sean. I know he'll get everything done. He's probably the only one of my people I trust completely.
'Yes, I'm coming to get you Carly, No matter what it takes.'
Port Charles
I can't believe I got stuck being the messenger. Corinthos is probably going to kill me for bringing the bad news. I don't know why I have to go tell him in person. Phoning would be the best thing for my health, but my orders are to tell him in person. I don't know how his does it but the boss always knows if you don't follow his orders to the letter. The guy must have eyes and ears everywhere in the fucking world. I wouldn't be surprised if Corinthos kills Mr. Alcazar in the end for all the shit he's pulled. Kidnapping the guys' pregnant wife is not the smartest move. From what I hear though, Corinthos blames the boss taking his wife on the late Mr. Lansing. How he came to that twisted conclusion is beyond me. I pull up to Harborview Towers with a sense of impending doom.
As I'm riding the elevator up to Corinthos' penthouse I contemplate how I'm going to say this. When the elevator gets to the floor I step out and tell the guard I want to speak to Corinthos.
"Mr. Corinthos doesn't want any visitors right now," the guard informs me.
"Well tell him it's about his damn wife," I snap. Upon hearing that I'm here about his boss' wife he immediately announces me to Corinthos.
"What the hell is going on?!" Corinthos immediately starts yelling at me.
"The deal was sabotaged by Vinny Puretti..." I begin but am immediately cut off by Corinthos.
"What the hell does a Florida Boss have to do with this deal?!"
I don't know how Mrs. Corinthos stands this fucking idiot. I'm tempted to start swearing at him, but I don't want to give him an extra reason for killing me. He fucking annoys the shit outta me!!
"Apparently a long time ago your wife took a lot of money from him and he wants it back. So he set up a bunch of traps, shot up the villa your wife was at and grabbed her..." I try once again but I get interrupted a second time.
"Why the hell should I believe anything that comes out of your mouth?" he shouts.
I swear to GOD if he interrupts me ONE MORE TIME I'm going to snap!!
"Believe what you want, then. You can either LISTEN to me and go help your wife or you can IGNORE me and kill your wife. Either way it's your choice," I snap. I can't help it. I'm not a patient man. I need to meet the boss in Florida now. Heading to the door I add, "She's in Florida."
Before stepping on the elevator I hear a ton of glass crash to the floor.
Getting into my car start on my way to the air strip thinking to myself chuckling, "That guys got issues, wouldn't be surprised if his wife killed him herself, if she doesn't go insane first." I'm glad I don't work for him. I better call the boss now.
Lorenzo's POV
RING RING RING
"Yeah!" I shout into the stupid phone.
"I informed Corinthos of the situation, Boss." replies an angry, annoyed voice.
"He headed to Florida?" I ask
"Who the fuck knows?!"
Normally I'd have the guy killed for speaking to me like that, but I know how Corinthos probably reacted. Corinthos probably interrupted and annoyed the hell out of him before he got to tell him what was going on. If I had been in his place I would have snapped too. I'm actually surprised he got out alive. Then again, Corinthos was probably to busy smashing his place to think twice about him.
"Alright" I reply chucking at the man then hang up.
We're almost half way to Florida now. The plan is to get to Carly and get the hell out of there. Corinthos will probably do a little checking before he does anything so if he shows up, we'll probably arrive at about the same time. I need to get to her first though. If he get her first I'll never be able to get within reach of her again. Corinthos will be too paranoid; he'll probably either lock her in the penthouse or have a dozen guards follow her everywhere. Controlling bastard. Maybe that would work to my advantage. She'll probably leave him for being to controlling that's if she doesn't kill him first. Then I can swoop in and comfort her.
Yes, that definitely has possibilities.
I see Sean heading my way with the info I requested.
"He's back at his home in Florida, Boss. Our guys there say he's got Mrs. Corinthos with him. Seems awfully stupid to bring her to the obvious place you'd look, doesn't it?" he asks.
"He's not counting on me coming for her. He thinks that I'll just go along with it to finish my deal with Corinthos and that I'll just pretend that I still have her. What he doesn't know is that I didn't do this to get him to move my merchandise. It was about revenge; I just figured I'd make a little money in the process. He doesn't think it terms like that," I explain to Sean. I wouldn't waste my time explaining this to anyone but him.
"True, very true," he says thinking about what I said. "How are we going to proceed, Boss?"
"When we arrive in Florida, it'll be dark out already so we'll immediately head for Puretti's house. We'll need to figure out which room Carly's in, then we have to QUICKLY and QUIETLY take out the guards. Hurry up and get Carly out preferably before Corinthos gets there, but if he gets there before we get Carly out we let him take her. I don't want another gunfight. We lost to many men already. If he gets her, I'll just have to go about my plan another way," I tell him.
Before I know it we're touching down in Florida. Sean starts to go over the plan with the rest of the men and telling them where each of them are located using the plans of Puretti's house and grounds.
Halfway to Puretti's I get a call informing me that Corinthos and Morgan just arrived. Hopefully we get her out before they get to Puretti's but I doubt that we will. DAMN IT!!!
'The important thing is getting Carly out of there unharmed' I tell myself. 'Doesn't matter what happens after, just as long as she's okay'
'But it does matter to you' the other part of me argues. 'You want to be the hero and her to go with you'
'NO, she just needs to be safe' the other side argues back.
Jeez, I must be losing it to be having a fight with myself. It's like ones of those cartoons were there's a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. This isn't the time to be losing it. I need to concentrate on getting Carly out.
After what seems like hours we finally get to the house. We parked a block away to avoid being spotted by his men. Like I told Sean, I don't want another gunfight. I lost too many men already.
Spreading around the property we count guards, look at their location and search for the room Carly's being held in. I finally spot her familiar figure moving around in a room on the second floor farthest to the right. Radioing in to the other guys her location, I order them to move now.
We manage to get rid of the guards relatively fast and quiet. When we see that nobody heard us we head inside. A guard spots us right away and starts yelling. Just as quickly a bunch of guards come running to the back where we are. So much for not having another gunfight.
The guys manage to hold them off long enough for me to head upstairs to get Carly. Surprisingly enough I get to her room without any trouble. Breaking into her room I see why I didn't encounter any trouble on the way up. Puretti's got a knife to her throat.
"Put your gun down or I'll kill her," he demands.
"Just let her go," I yell right back.
For the first time ever, I see Carly is scared. I think that if she weren't pregnant she wouldn't be scared because I can tell that's why she's afraid. She doesn't want anything to happen to this child too. I look to Carly to see what she wants me to do. She gives me a nod to indicate she wants me to put my gun down so I do.
"Now let her go, Puretti."
"I don't think so. Why do you even care? You could've just pretend that you still had her and went on with you deal, but no, you had to come after her, why?" he shouts.
I decide not to answer. I don't know what to say anyway.
"You're in love with her, aren't you?" he asks me. It's not meant as a question though.
I decide I might as well be honest and stall him long enough for the other men to get their asses up here.
"What's not to love about her?" I reply looking her over.
"How true," he replies, "but are you willing to die for that love? You don't even know that she shares those feelings."
Sonny's POV
Arriving at Puretti's, the first thing I see are the dead guards and I start to worry that Alcazar got to her first. Then I see Alcazar's men and know that I'm just in time. I'm a bit surprised when they don't try to fight us. They just lower their guns and step aside letting us through. I tell my men to stay downstairs to watch Alcazar's men then head upstairs with Jason. I can hear voices at the end of the hall so we head down there.
"I don't think so. Why do you even care? You could've just pretend that you still had her and went on with you deal, but no, you had to come after her, why?" I hear a voice shout. The voice belongs to Puretti. I motion for Jason to stop, and indicate for us to just listen for now.
"You're in love with her, aren't you?" he asks. It's not meant as a question though.
Silence.
"What's not to love about her?" I hear Alcazar's reply.
"How true," Puretti replies, "but are you willing to die for that love? You don't even know that she shares those feelings."
"Doesn't matter whether she does or not. I'd still do whatever it takes to protect her," I hear Alcazar reply. I'm definitely going to kill him when this is all over. When I take Carly home, he'll probably try to get at her there. What happens next surprises the hell out of me.
"Well, you might as well die knowing that Caroline prayed for your safety and that you be the one to rescue her." Puretti replies.
I want to think that he's lying but I can tell he's not. I can see what's going on in the room by a mirrors reflection in there. I can see the truth written all over Carly's face. She shares Alcazar's feelings. It's like being run over by a train.
Puretti presses the gun more into Carly and says, "Tell him Carly. He's going to die anyway," he shouts. "TELL HIM, CAROLINE!" he screams.
That's when everything goes bad.
Carly's POV
When Vinny screams at me, I decide to just do what he says. My baby's life depends on my honesty.
"Yes, alright, I'm in love with you, Lorenzo. I don't know how it happened or why but it did. When you told me about Sophie, telling you about my miscarriage, Florida, Vinny and watching the lengths you'd go to protect my baby and me. I just fell in love with you. I know it's wrong, but I can't help it!!" I say rushed and sobbing. It's true; I'm in love with him. I didn't know it until this moment but I am.
Lorenzo's POV
I can't believe it...She's in love with ME!!! I can't believe what's happening. I don't think she knows it yet, but her husband and Morgan heard every word she just said. I won, but it doesn't feel like it. I need to get her away from Puretti. If I can't protect her here, I'll never get the chance to ever be with her. To get her to come away with me.
That's when it happens.
A gun is fired from behind Puretti. He goes down with a sickening thud. I look to see who fired and I see Sean with a big grin on his face. He heard every word. Rushing forward I grab hold of Carly.
"Get your hands off my wife!" Corinthos yells finally making himself known. From his angry look, it confirms that he heard what Carly said.
Carly's POV
When I see Sonny, I know from the look on his face that he heard me tell Lorenzo that I'm in love with him. That's when I realize something. He's just angry. He should look hurt, betrayed or sad, but all he looks is angry. I know that he loves me just like I love him, but we're not in love with each other. I don't think that we ever really were. If we had been, then we never would have gotten divorced that time and he never would have slept with Alexis.
Like Lorenzo said, we were just making the best of a bad situation.
Sonny's POV
Looking at Carly, I can see the thoughts fly across her face. She's come to the same realization that I just did.
We aren't in love with each other. We never were.
Jason's POV
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE???? DID I STEP INTO AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE OR WHAT??? THIS IS INSANE!! CARLY'S IN LOVE WITH ALCAZAR AND SONNY HASN'T KILLED HIM YET?!?!?!?
WAIT...IS THAT RELIEF I SEE ON THEIR FACES?
OH MAN...I'VE DIED AND GONE TO HELL.
Sonny's POV
"God damn son-of-a-bitch!!" I scream slamming down the phone.
"What happened?" Jason immediately asks.
"Alcazar's man never showed for the meeting, and I have a really bad feeling about this. Alcazar needed me to land his shipment and if his guy didn't show that means something happened," I tell him worry plainly expressed on my face.
"I'll make some calls, but I think we're just going to have to wait on this one, Sonny."
"Like hell I'm going to just sit around here and wait!"
RING RING RING
Picking up the phone quickly I yell, "What??"
"They found the guy that worked for Alcazar dead in some alley," says the voice of over the phone quickly.
"Do we know who's responsible yet?"
"No. It wasn't one of the Five Families either. It was probably done by an outsider."
"Alright, thanks."
Hanging up the phone, I try to think of any enemies that I have that would do this. I can't think of any though and I get the feeling that this had nothing to do with me.
"The guy Alcazar sent was found dead in an alley," I tell Jason. "I want you to find out anything you can and see if anybody's taking responsibility for it."
"Alright," Jason replies leaving the penthouse.
I had a bad feeling about this whole thing. I need to find Carly, now. If anything happened to her I don't know what I would tell Michael. I promised I would bring his 'momma' home.
'No!' I can't think like that. I'm going to bring Carly home.
Carly's POV
When I came to, I wasn't surprised to find myself at the home I once shared with Vinny Puretti. I'm glad he brought me here instead of somewhere else, at least here I'll be found sooner.
As if reading my thoughts, a voice says from its hiding place in the corner, "Nobody's gonna look for you here, Caro."
'Yes, somebody will," I tell myself. 'Maybe not Sonny or Jason, but Lorenzo will.' Out loud I tell him seriously, "You just keep telling yourself that, Vinny."
"What...you think your former captor, Alcazar, is going to tell your husband someone took you from him? That would ruin his deal with Corinthos and cause him to lose a lot of money. Neither Corinthos or Morgan know about me, courtesy of you, so no one's going to rescue you!" he says with more confidence then he should. Cockiness is what will cause him to fail. That's always been his one weakness, Cockiness.
"Maybe, maybe not. Doesn't change the fact that I'm going to get out of here and you're going to regret ever meeting me."
"Sure, whatever you say, Lover," he says mocking me.
Once he's gone I say a silent prayer that Lorenzo is alright and that he'll come rescue me. At least I hope he does. Maybe he will just leave me here. He can still go through with his deal, but without the added headache of dealing with me. It seemed like he was beginning to genuinely care about me, though. Maybe I just seeing what I wanted to see because of my own feelings.
My feelings. Yep, I've definitely got some feelings for that man that definitely aren't friendship related. I don't know when it happened, but it did. Maybe it was when he told me about Sophie or when I told him about my miscarriage, but they're definitely there. I doubt he returns those feelings. I'm just a bargaining chip in his deal with my HUSBAND.
Remember your husband Carly? You aren't supposed to have feelings for anybody else but him. He's your soulmate. Your true love. I should feel guilty but the truth is I don't. I think that whenever I do get back to Port Charles, I'm going to see about some therapy!
"Oh Lorenzo, please be alright and come find me!"
Stepping away from the door, Vinny looks troubled and angry. "I guess I was wrong. Something did happen between you and Lorenzo. Well, I'll make you forget about Corinthos and Alcazar. I'll take care of them for you," Vinny says to himself while walking away, already formulating a new plan.
Back at Alcazar's villa in France, a group of his men are arriving.
"Search the villa for the boss and Mrs. Corinthos!!" orders the head man Sean.
The guards go off in all directions. Sean heads to the basement searching through the bodies as he is heading to the basement hiding room. Upon entering the room he spots his boss on the floor with blood all around him.
"Boss....Mr. Alcazar...Sir, wake up..." Sean shouts while trying to get his boss to wake up.
One of the other guards walks in and is about to say something when he is interrupted by Lorenzo, "Where's Carly?" he chokes out.
"She's gone, sir," the guard says leaving to go round up the others and wait for the orders.
Lorenzo's POV
The minute the guard confirms what I already knew to be true, a sense of dread fills me. I have to get her back unharmed! I promised her that nothing would happen to her or her child. Standing up I gasp at the pain in my chest and shoulder. For the first time I'm thankful for kevlar vests. My chest is bruised from the impact of the bullet to my chest and my shoulder wound is a straight through shot. I can't worry about that now though, I need to find Carly.
"Get a team of the best guys we've got. We're headed to Florida. I want the rest of the men to clean up all of the locations that were hit and send somebody to Port Charles. Tell whoever is going to tell Corinthos why the shipment didn't go through and who took his wife and where. Hopefully we'll find her first though," I say to Sean. I know he'll get everything done. He's probably the only one of my people I trust completely.
'Yes, I'm coming to get you Carly, No matter what it takes.'
Port Charles
I can't believe I got stuck being the messenger. Corinthos is probably going to kill me for bringing the bad news. I don't know why I have to go tell him in person. Phoning would be the best thing for my health, but my orders are to tell him in person. I don't know how his does it but the boss always knows if you don't follow his orders to the letter. The guy must have eyes and ears everywhere in the fucking world. I wouldn't be surprised if Corinthos kills Mr. Alcazar in the end for all the shit he's pulled. Kidnapping the guys' pregnant wife is not the smartest move. From what I hear though, Corinthos blames the boss taking his wife on the late Mr. Lansing. How he came to that twisted conclusion is beyond me. I pull up to Harborview Towers with a sense of impending doom.
As I'm riding the elevator up to Corinthos' penthouse I contemplate how I'm going to say this. When the elevator gets to the floor I step out and tell the guard I want to speak to Corinthos.
"Mr. Corinthos doesn't want any visitors right now," the guard informs me.
"Well tell him it's about his damn wife," I snap. Upon hearing that I'm here about his boss' wife he immediately announces me to Corinthos.
"What the hell is going on?!" Corinthos immediately starts yelling at me.
"The deal was sabotaged by Vinny Puretti..." I begin but am immediately cut off by Corinthos.
"What the hell does a Florida Boss have to do with this deal?!"
I don't know how Mrs. Corinthos stands this fucking idiot. I'm tempted to start swearing at him, but I don't want to give him an extra reason for killing me. He fucking annoys the shit outta me!!
"Apparently a long time ago your wife took a lot of money from him and he wants it back. So he set up a bunch of traps, shot up the villa your wife was at and grabbed her..." I try once again but I get interrupted a second time.
"Why the hell should I believe anything that comes out of your mouth?" he shouts.
I swear to GOD if he interrupts me ONE MORE TIME I'm going to snap!!
"Believe what you want, then. You can either LISTEN to me and go help your wife or you can IGNORE me and kill your wife. Either way it's your choice," I snap. I can't help it. I'm not a patient man. I need to meet the boss in Florida now. Heading to the door I add, "She's in Florida."
Before stepping on the elevator I hear a ton of glass crash to the floor.
Getting into my car start on my way to the air strip thinking to myself chuckling, "That guys got issues, wouldn't be surprised if his wife killed him herself, if she doesn't go insane first." I'm glad I don't work for him. I better call the boss now.
Lorenzo's POV
RING RING RING
"Yeah!" I shout into the stupid phone.
"I informed Corinthos of the situation, Boss." replies an angry, annoyed voice.
"He headed to Florida?" I ask
"Who the fuck knows?!"
Normally I'd have the guy killed for speaking to me like that, but I know how Corinthos probably reacted. Corinthos probably interrupted and annoyed the hell out of him before he got to tell him what was going on. If I had been in his place I would have snapped too. I'm actually surprised he got out alive. Then again, Corinthos was probably to busy smashing his place to think twice about him.
"Alright" I reply chucking at the man then hang up.
We're almost half way to Florida now. The plan is to get to Carly and get the hell out of there. Corinthos will probably do a little checking before he does anything so if he shows up, we'll probably arrive at about the same time. I need to get to her first though. If he get her first I'll never be able to get within reach of her again. Corinthos will be too paranoid; he'll probably either lock her in the penthouse or have a dozen guards follow her everywhere. Controlling bastard. Maybe that would work to my advantage. She'll probably leave him for being to controlling that's if she doesn't kill him first. Then I can swoop in and comfort her.
Yes, that definitely has possibilities.
I see Sean heading my way with the info I requested.
"He's back at his home in Florida, Boss. Our guys there say he's got Mrs. Corinthos with him. Seems awfully stupid to bring her to the obvious place you'd look, doesn't it?" he asks.
"He's not counting on me coming for her. He thinks that I'll just go along with it to finish my deal with Corinthos and that I'll just pretend that I still have her. What he doesn't know is that I didn't do this to get him to move my merchandise. It was about revenge; I just figured I'd make a little money in the process. He doesn't think it terms like that," I explain to Sean. I wouldn't waste my time explaining this to anyone but him.
"True, very true," he says thinking about what I said. "How are we going to proceed, Boss?"
"When we arrive in Florida, it'll be dark out already so we'll immediately head for Puretti's house. We'll need to figure out which room Carly's in, then we have to QUICKLY and QUIETLY take out the guards. Hurry up and get Carly out preferably before Corinthos gets there, but if he gets there before we get Carly out we let him take her. I don't want another gunfight. We lost to many men already. If he gets her, I'll just have to go about my plan another way," I tell him.
Before I know it we're touching down in Florida. Sean starts to go over the plan with the rest of the men and telling them where each of them are located using the plans of Puretti's house and grounds.
Halfway to Puretti's I get a call informing me that Corinthos and Morgan just arrived. Hopefully we get her out before they get to Puretti's but I doubt that we will. DAMN IT!!!
'The important thing is getting Carly out of there unharmed' I tell myself. 'Doesn't matter what happens after, just as long as she's okay'
'But it does matter to you' the other part of me argues. 'You want to be the hero and her to go with you'
'NO, she just needs to be safe' the other side argues back.
Jeez, I must be losing it to be having a fight with myself. It's like ones of those cartoons were there's a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. This isn't the time to be losing it. I need to concentrate on getting Carly out.
After what seems like hours we finally get to the house. We parked a block away to avoid being spotted by his men. Like I told Sean, I don't want another gunfight. I lost too many men already.
Spreading around the property we count guards, look at their location and search for the room Carly's being held in. I finally spot her familiar figure moving around in a room on the second floor farthest to the right. Radioing in to the other guys her location, I order them to move now.
We manage to get rid of the guards relatively fast and quiet. When we see that nobody heard us we head inside. A guard spots us right away and starts yelling. Just as quickly a bunch of guards come running to the back where we are. So much for not having another gunfight.
The guys manage to hold them off long enough for me to head upstairs to get Carly. Surprisingly enough I get to her room without any trouble. Breaking into her room I see why I didn't encounter any trouble on the way up. Puretti's got a knife to her throat.
"Put your gun down or I'll kill her," he demands.
"Just let her go," I yell right back.
For the first time ever, I see Carly is scared. I think that if she weren't pregnant she wouldn't be scared because I can tell that's why she's afraid. She doesn't want anything to happen to this child too. I look to Carly to see what she wants me to do. She gives me a nod to indicate she wants me to put my gun down so I do.
"Now let her go, Puretti."
"I don't think so. Why do you even care? You could've just pretend that you still had her and went on with you deal, but no, you had to come after her, why?" he shouts.
I decide not to answer. I don't know what to say anyway.
"You're in love with her, aren't you?" he asks me. It's not meant as a question though.
I decide I might as well be honest and stall him long enough for the other men to get their asses up here.
"What's not to love about her?" I reply looking her over.
"How true," he replies, "but are you willing to die for that love? You don't even know that she shares those feelings."
Sonny's POV
Arriving at Puretti's, the first thing I see are the dead guards and I start to worry that Alcazar got to her first. Then I see Alcazar's men and know that I'm just in time. I'm a bit surprised when they don't try to fight us. They just lower their guns and step aside letting us through. I tell my men to stay downstairs to watch Alcazar's men then head upstairs with Jason. I can hear voices at the end of the hall so we head down there.
"I don't think so. Why do you even care? You could've just pretend that you still had her and went on with you deal, but no, you had to come after her, why?" I hear a voice shout. The voice belongs to Puretti. I motion for Jason to stop, and indicate for us to just listen for now.
"You're in love with her, aren't you?" he asks. It's not meant as a question though.
Silence.
"What's not to love about her?" I hear Alcazar's reply.
"How true," Puretti replies, "but are you willing to die for that love? You don't even know that she shares those feelings."
"Doesn't matter whether she does or not. I'd still do whatever it takes to protect her," I hear Alcazar reply. I'm definitely going to kill him when this is all over. When I take Carly home, he'll probably try to get at her there. What happens next surprises the hell out of me.
"Well, you might as well die knowing that Caroline prayed for your safety and that you be the one to rescue her." Puretti replies.
I want to think that he's lying but I can tell he's not. I can see what's going on in the room by a mirrors reflection in there. I can see the truth written all over Carly's face. She shares Alcazar's feelings. It's like being run over by a train.
Puretti presses the gun more into Carly and says, "Tell him Carly. He's going to die anyway," he shouts. "TELL HIM, CAROLINE!" he screams.
That's when everything goes bad.
Carly's POV
When Vinny screams at me, I decide to just do what he says. My baby's life depends on my honesty.
"Yes, alright, I'm in love with you, Lorenzo. I don't know how it happened or why but it did. When you told me about Sophie, telling you about my miscarriage, Florida, Vinny and watching the lengths you'd go to protect my baby and me. I just fell in love with you. I know it's wrong, but I can't help it!!" I say rushed and sobbing. It's true; I'm in love with him. I didn't know it until this moment but I am.
Lorenzo's POV
I can't believe it...She's in love with ME!!! I can't believe what's happening. I don't think she knows it yet, but her husband and Morgan heard every word she just said. I won, but it doesn't feel like it. I need to get her away from Puretti. If I can't protect her here, I'll never get the chance to ever be with her. To get her to come away with me.
That's when it happens.
A gun is fired from behind Puretti. He goes down with a sickening thud. I look to see who fired and I see Sean with a big grin on his face. He heard every word. Rushing forward I grab hold of Carly.
"Get your hands off my wife!" Corinthos yells finally making himself known. From his angry look, it confirms that he heard what Carly said.
Carly's POV
When I see Sonny, I know from the look on his face that he heard me tell Lorenzo that I'm in love with him. That's when I realize something. He's just angry. He should look hurt, betrayed or sad, but all he looks is angry. I know that he loves me just like I love him, but we're not in love with each other. I don't think that we ever really were. If we had been, then we never would have gotten divorced that time and he never would have slept with Alexis.
Like Lorenzo said, we were just making the best of a bad situation.
Sonny's POV
Looking at Carly, I can see the thoughts fly across her face. She's come to the same realization that I just did.
We aren't in love with each other. We never were.
Jason's POV
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE???? DID I STEP INTO AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE OR WHAT??? THIS IS INSANE!! CARLY'S IN LOVE WITH ALCAZAR AND SONNY HASN'T KILLED HIM YET?!?!?!?
WAIT...IS THAT RELIEF I SEE ON THEIR FACES?
OH MAN...I'VE DIED AND GONE TO HELL.