Notes- It's a short chapter, and for that I am sorry.
Sarah- Thanks for your continued reading and I am glad you are enjoying this. Hope my update came soon enough.
Shadow- Yes, part of the purpose of the chapter was to give Mac and Maxie their time in the sun. The other part was to provide Kyle with the drugs, which will indeed have some effect on him and other people soon enough.
Story-
Corinthos Household-
Jason had come inside after Michael ran to his door. For some reason he wanted to be with his Uncle Jason. Jason was all too happy to oblige. He might not ever be a father, but Michael had given him a taste of what it was like. Even if he was just 'Uncle Jason' for the rest of his life, he could live with it. "Uncle Jason?" Michael said as he moved one of his trucks against the table.
"Yeah, buddy?"
"How come mommy doesn't like Damian?"
Jason didn't exactly have an answer for that, "What makes you think that she doesn't like him?"
"Every time mommy looks at him I can see her eyes, they don't look very happy."
"She's got a lot on her mind right now, that's all."
"He's not bad, Uncle Jason." Michael stated, "I think mommy believes that he's a bad person, but he isn't."
"Michael, she's only trying to protect you and Morgan. She loves you both so much that she doesn't want anything bad to happen."
"Nothing bad will happen because of Damian."
"You think so?"
"You don't like him either, do you?"
Jason wasn't exactly liking where this conversation was going. "I don't know how well enough to make an opinion. I do know that I will give the benefit of the doubt unless he gives me an impression otherwise."
"Can you talk to mommy?" Michael pleaded, "She listens to you more than she listens to daddy or Aunt Courtney. If you tell her that he's not a bad person I know she'll listen."
Jason shook his head, "I'm sorry, buddy, but I can't make this decision for your mom, she has to do it herself."
Michael's head was hanging low as his parents and brother entered the house. He didn't even look at the door. He wanted his family to get along. He knew he couldn't understand everything that was going on, but he also knew that things weren't as bad as he felt his mother was making them out to be.
"Jason?" Sonny put his jacket on the rack, "Everything okay?"
"Yeah, Sonny. Michael just didn't want to be alone. I told him I'd spend some time with him."
"Leticia was upstairs the whole time watching your brother, sweetie," Carly pointed out as she walked towards Michael, "You were never alone."
"I just wanted to talk with Uncle Jason," Michael replied in a monotone voice.
"Michael, is something wrong?" Carly knew there was a shift in her son's mood.
"No." Michael got up, "I'm going up to my room."
"Okay," Carly kissed him on the cheek, "I love you." Michael ran up the stairs, "Jason, why is he acting like I just put his puppy to sleep?"
"He was saying that he was tired," Jason lied. He would tell Carly the truth, but not in front of the other kid.
"Baldwin tried to put my son in the slammer," Sonny said.
"Why?" Jason focused his attentions on Sonny.
"Some false charge of assault. I managed to work him out of it."
"I didn't know you had a brother," Damian said to his father.
"Half-brother who I'd rather not have, Damian." Sonny pointed out, "And you really need to listen when I tell you this, stay away from Ric Lansing."
"Why would he do that to Carly?"
She turned her cold eyes on him as Sonny answered, "It's not really something we like to talk about. Don't ask. It's best left in the past."
"A lot of things are," Carly commented.
Sonny ignored the subtext of her statement, "Now the DA knows that Damian is my son. Scott's got another person to bring into his vendetta."
"We both know that every claim that Scott Baldwin brings up against either of us can be acquitted," Jason said. "He's a mockery."
"You think we should file a harassment suit for wrongful questioning?" Sonny asked.
Jason thought about it for a second, "Will it be able to go through?"
"Probably."
"I'd really like to be part of this conversation," Damian said, "After all it was me that the cops brought in."
"Sonny knows what he's doing," Carly said, "He's fought against the District Attorney plenty of times before."
Damian shook his head, "I don't want to drag a long court battle out of something so small. They were just doing their job."
"They would have put you in jail if they could have," Sonny reminded his son.
"But they didn't because you got there in time. Sonny, nothing happened that would be worth a lawsuit. If I were put in jail, if I were handcuffed, then I'd support the notion of a lawsuit. But right now I just feel that I'm more fuel to fire that you have against the police in this down and I'd rather not be a second party, or whatever number I may be in this little scuffle." He sat on the couch, "Please leave this one alone."
"Sonny?" Jason said, awaiting his final word.
"Scott Baldwin will end up messing up against one of us again before we can blink," Sonny decided, "We won't use this against him."
"Sonny if you let this go what happens if he can get a better case against you? One that you can't as easily turn into a lawsuit?" Carly wasn't going to let that boy run her husband, she rather enjoyed the job.
"If Damian won't cooperate we don't have much of a case, Carly," Sonny wished otherwise as well, but this wasn't his choice. "Jason's right though, Scott always ends up getting his hopes up and making a mistake that we can capitalize on. All we have to do is wait."
Lorenzo's Home-
One of the guards came into the living room with a few pictures, "Mr. Alcazar, Capelli said you would enjoy these photos that were taken at the station earlier today."
"Has Sonny been arrested again?" Lorenzo asked as he moved his hand forward, grabbing the pictures.
"It doesn't appear that way, but these are pictures of his son, the one that you have most recently been informed of."
Lorenzo looked at the pictures, he knew that face. "That's the boy that was following Faith Roscoe." He smiled, "So this is who Sonny's heir is. Interesting."
Sarah- Thanks for your continued reading and I am glad you are enjoying this. Hope my update came soon enough.
Shadow- Yes, part of the purpose of the chapter was to give Mac and Maxie their time in the sun. The other part was to provide Kyle with the drugs, which will indeed have some effect on him and other people soon enough.
Story-
Corinthos Household-
Jason had come inside after Michael ran to his door. For some reason he wanted to be with his Uncle Jason. Jason was all too happy to oblige. He might not ever be a father, but Michael had given him a taste of what it was like. Even if he was just 'Uncle Jason' for the rest of his life, he could live with it. "Uncle Jason?" Michael said as he moved one of his trucks against the table.
"Yeah, buddy?"
"How come mommy doesn't like Damian?"
Jason didn't exactly have an answer for that, "What makes you think that she doesn't like him?"
"Every time mommy looks at him I can see her eyes, they don't look very happy."
"She's got a lot on her mind right now, that's all."
"He's not bad, Uncle Jason." Michael stated, "I think mommy believes that he's a bad person, but he isn't."
"Michael, she's only trying to protect you and Morgan. She loves you both so much that she doesn't want anything bad to happen."
"Nothing bad will happen because of Damian."
"You think so?"
"You don't like him either, do you?"
Jason wasn't exactly liking where this conversation was going. "I don't know how well enough to make an opinion. I do know that I will give the benefit of the doubt unless he gives me an impression otherwise."
"Can you talk to mommy?" Michael pleaded, "She listens to you more than she listens to daddy or Aunt Courtney. If you tell her that he's not a bad person I know she'll listen."
Jason shook his head, "I'm sorry, buddy, but I can't make this decision for your mom, she has to do it herself."
Michael's head was hanging low as his parents and brother entered the house. He didn't even look at the door. He wanted his family to get along. He knew he couldn't understand everything that was going on, but he also knew that things weren't as bad as he felt his mother was making them out to be.
"Jason?" Sonny put his jacket on the rack, "Everything okay?"
"Yeah, Sonny. Michael just didn't want to be alone. I told him I'd spend some time with him."
"Leticia was upstairs the whole time watching your brother, sweetie," Carly pointed out as she walked towards Michael, "You were never alone."
"I just wanted to talk with Uncle Jason," Michael replied in a monotone voice.
"Michael, is something wrong?" Carly knew there was a shift in her son's mood.
"No." Michael got up, "I'm going up to my room."
"Okay," Carly kissed him on the cheek, "I love you." Michael ran up the stairs, "Jason, why is he acting like I just put his puppy to sleep?"
"He was saying that he was tired," Jason lied. He would tell Carly the truth, but not in front of the other kid.
"Baldwin tried to put my son in the slammer," Sonny said.
"Why?" Jason focused his attentions on Sonny.
"Some false charge of assault. I managed to work him out of it."
"I didn't know you had a brother," Damian said to his father.
"Half-brother who I'd rather not have, Damian." Sonny pointed out, "And you really need to listen when I tell you this, stay away from Ric Lansing."
"Why would he do that to Carly?"
She turned her cold eyes on him as Sonny answered, "It's not really something we like to talk about. Don't ask. It's best left in the past."
"A lot of things are," Carly commented.
Sonny ignored the subtext of her statement, "Now the DA knows that Damian is my son. Scott's got another person to bring into his vendetta."
"We both know that every claim that Scott Baldwin brings up against either of us can be acquitted," Jason said. "He's a mockery."
"You think we should file a harassment suit for wrongful questioning?" Sonny asked.
Jason thought about it for a second, "Will it be able to go through?"
"Probably."
"I'd really like to be part of this conversation," Damian said, "After all it was me that the cops brought in."
"Sonny knows what he's doing," Carly said, "He's fought against the District Attorney plenty of times before."
Damian shook his head, "I don't want to drag a long court battle out of something so small. They were just doing their job."
"They would have put you in jail if they could have," Sonny reminded his son.
"But they didn't because you got there in time. Sonny, nothing happened that would be worth a lawsuit. If I were put in jail, if I were handcuffed, then I'd support the notion of a lawsuit. But right now I just feel that I'm more fuel to fire that you have against the police in this down and I'd rather not be a second party, or whatever number I may be in this little scuffle." He sat on the couch, "Please leave this one alone."
"Sonny?" Jason said, awaiting his final word.
"Scott Baldwin will end up messing up against one of us again before we can blink," Sonny decided, "We won't use this against him."
"Sonny if you let this go what happens if he can get a better case against you? One that you can't as easily turn into a lawsuit?" Carly wasn't going to let that boy run her husband, she rather enjoyed the job.
"If Damian won't cooperate we don't have much of a case, Carly," Sonny wished otherwise as well, but this wasn't his choice. "Jason's right though, Scott always ends up getting his hopes up and making a mistake that we can capitalize on. All we have to do is wait."
Lorenzo's Home-
One of the guards came into the living room with a few pictures, "Mr. Alcazar, Capelli said you would enjoy these photos that were taken at the station earlier today."
"Has Sonny been arrested again?" Lorenzo asked as he moved his hand forward, grabbing the pictures.
"It doesn't appear that way, but these are pictures of his son, the one that you have most recently been informed of."
Lorenzo looked at the pictures, he knew that face. "That's the boy that was following Faith Roscoe." He smiled, "So this is who Sonny's heir is. Interesting."