Dear Alexis,

It's been a long time since we've spoken, but I felt that the news I need to share with you is important enough to break the silence between us now. Ned Ashton came by my home this morning with a strange request. I have to tell you that I had my doubts about being one of Sonny's references, I mean considering all that has gone on between you, him and my daughter. But now that I think about it, who could be more qualified than I to enlighten you regarding the man I know Sonny to be today.

Quite honestly, 3 years ago, I wouldn't have given you the time of day where he was concerned. But, that was before I found out just what my daughter put him through. I am sure that Sonny will not tell you what he has endured these past 3 years, but I think you have a right to know just how hard he has fought to become the man he thought would be worthy enough for you and his daughter.

After you left, Sonny hit rock bottom. He disappeared for days at a time and when he would finally resurface, you had to look long and hard to even be able to recognize him. I remember the first time I saw him after one of his disappearances. I asked him what he thought he was doing and didn't he care that he was slowly destroying himself. He looked at me with the most dead eyes I have ever seen. I had to strain to hear what he said he spoke so low. He said, "It doesn't matter anymore. The price has to be paid." I asked him what he meant and he wouldn't answer, he just walked away.

It wasn't long after that incident that I read he was arrested for abuse against my daughter. Now, I don't know a lot about Sonny's past, but I do know that Sonny would never raise a hand against a woman no matter how much he was provoked. And you know my daughter is very good at provoking people. When he couldn't prove where he was on the night in question they put him in jail. He was there for 3 days before I could prove to Taggert that my daughter had been with me on that particular night. I went to the police station the day they released him. The man I saw that day was not the man I knew to be Sonny Corinthos. The man I saw was a shell, defeated, he jumped at his own shadow. Something happened to him those 3 days he was locked in that jail. It broke my heart and I resolved right then that I would do anything I could to help him get away from my daughter. It took the two of us a couple of months working together to get him released from his marriage.

He and I talked quite often during those first couple of months. He shared with me how he felt about you and the guilt he shouldered because he didn't stand by you when he had the chance. We talked about the guilt he felt when he thought he killed my daughter. Now I understand what you saw in him. He is a good man, all he needed was the right woman to bring it out of him. That woman was not my daughter. That woman was you. The day he received the final divorce papers I was with him. I asked him what his plans were now. His response touched me deeply then and as I relate to you his response now, it touches my heart all over again. He looked me straight in the eyes and said; "I have to find the man Alexis fell in love with. And when I do, then I can go find her. Only then can I tell her that I love her. I have to find him, Bobbie. He is the key to my future."

I asked him if there was anything I could do to help and he said no, that this was something he had to do for himself and for you. I have kept in contact with him over the past 3 years and I can tell you with all honesty that Sonny Corinthos is the most honorable man I know today. I have watched him grow from a self-centered, egotistical criminal to one of the most caring and loving men I have ever known.

Alexis, he is a man you would be proud to have in your life. He is a man who is deserving of the family he has craved most of his life. I am asking you as the mother of the woman who almost destroyed him, please give him another chance. You will not be sorry. Please come home to him. The only thing I find missing in him now is peace. Only you can bring him that.

Always your friend,

Bobbie