Chapter 4
"You actually want me to risk my relationship with Carly?" Lorenzo asked. Sam rolled her eyes.
"What relationship? Lorenzo, you are lying to Carly. I'm willing to bet that you planted that bomb in Sonny's limo at the courthouse."
"You don't know the first thing about me."
"I know you're obsessed with Carly Corinthos. I know you're willing to do anything to keep her in your life, including killing her husband."
"If I kill Sonny, I'll lose Carly forever," Lorenzo replied.
"Not if it's an accident," Sam replied.
"Like those brake lines? That was supposed to be a sure thing," Lorenzo replied angrily.
"So you did it? You paid somebody to cut those brake lines?" Sam asked. Lorenzo laughed a little.
"Yeah. I did. But it didn't work. Cary's already suspicious."
"There's a reason why she's suspicious. She doesn't trust you. She doesn't love you. She loves Sonny," Sam replied.
"That's not true," Lorenzo replied.
"You know it's true!" Sam replied. "You're too blind, no pun intended, to see it!"
"Shut up!" Lorenzo exclaimed. A nurse walked in.
"Is every thing alright, Mr. Alcazar?" she asked.
"We're fine, nurse. Thank you," Lorenzo replied quietly. The nurse eyed Sam suspiciously and she left the room again.
"Think about it, Lorenzo. If you kill Sonny and make it look like an accident, you'll have Carly for the rest of your life. You'll be her husband and a father to her children," Sam whispered. "Sonny has broken a lot of women's hearts, including Carly's." Lorenzo shook his head.
"You leave my no choice. It'll be done," Lorenzo replied. Sam smiled to herself. She would have revenge. Sonny Corinthos was going to lose and Sam was going to win. That's exactly how she wanted it to be.
**
Carly sat downstairs on the couch in her quiet home. Bianca was upstairs napping with Miranda. Michael was refusing to speak to her, and Morgan was upstairs napping in his nursery. Carly had poured herself a glass of wine and she had her feet propped up on a footstool. She had a fire roaring in the fireplace. She remembered drinking wine by the fire with Sonny so many times before.
There was a knock at the door. Carly got up to answer it. Jason was standing there.
"Hey Jase," she said slowly. "What are you doing here?"
"Can I come in?" he asked. Carly nodded.
"Come on in," she replied. Faith walked in behind Jason.
"What in the Hell are you doing here?" Carly asked.
"She's with me," Jason replied, rolling his eyes.
"What?" Carly asked, her eyes wide with surprise.
"I have some information that you might find valuable," Faith replied.
"And what information could you possibly have that I might be remotely interested in?" Carly asked with a fake yawn.
"It's pretty serious, Carly," Jason replied.
"You're on her side now?" Carly asked.
"No, but what she has to say is pretty important," Jason replied with a nod. Carly shook her head.
"Go ahead Faith."
"I think it's safe to say that Lorenzo Alcazar had that bomb planted in Sonny's limo. First of all, because he told me, and second of all because I have proof that he tampered with Sonny's brakes."
"Why should I believe you?"
"I don't have evidence on the bomb, but I do know that Alcazar hired somebody to mess with Sonny's brakes." Faith tossed Carly the package of pictures, and Carly began to look through them.
"Oh my God," Carly whispered.
"Now you know that your blind lover boy is a fake," Faith replied. "He lied to you, sweetie. I'd say that's serious." Carly shook her head.
"How could I have been so stupid?" she asked.
"I've been asking myself the same thing," Faith said with a snicker.
"How could you have been so stupid?"
"Shut up, Faith," Jason replied.
"Oh come on," Faith said rolling her eyes. "Whatever, I'm out of here. I'll take my pictures." Carly threw the pictures at Faith and she grabbed her purse.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm going to do something I should have done a long time ago." Faith left the house and Jason stayed downstairs as Carly walked upstairs. She knocked on Bianca's door and Bianca opened it.
"Hey," Bianca said tiredly.
"I'm sorry I woke you," Carly replied.
"It's okay," Bianca replied. "What's up?"
"I'm going to take Morgan with me. I need to go do something important. Michael's a little mad at me right now, so could you watch him and make sure he doesn't do anything he's not supposed to? He has the tendency to run off occasionally."
"Um, uh, okay," Bianca said slowly. "I'll keep an eye on him."
"Thanks," Carly replied. She went into Morgan's nursery and picked him up out of his crib. She went downstairs and grabbed his blanket, wrapped him up, and headed out to the car with Jason right behind her.
Carly put Morgan in his car seat and jumped into the driver's seat. Jason got in the passenger's side and Carly drove off toward General Hospital.
"Carly, maybe I should drive," Jason started.
"I'm fine," Carly replied as she slowed to a stop and a stop sign and went on.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to tell Lorenzo exactly what I think of him," Carly replied. "He tried to kill my husband and he lied to me about it."
"What did you expect, Carly?" Jason asked.
"I don't want to hear 'I told you so,'" Carly spat angrily. "I'm already pissed off enough at myself for ever believing his lies. He held me hostage for God's sakes! He put my children in danger. How could I have been so selfish?"
"You were confused, Carly," Jason replied.
"Now you're defending me. Right. Before you were screaming at me for being with Alcazar. Now you feel sorry for me?"
"Carly, you're my friend. I care about you and I don't want to see you hurt. I was trying to get you to see that Lorenzo was no good. I'm just glad you've finally realized that."
**
Bianca carried Miranda down the stairs and into the living room. It was a beautiful spring day and Bianca wanted Miranda to enjoy it. She walked over to the big picture window and held Miranda next to it. Miranda opened her tiny eyes.
"Look how pretty it is outside, Mimo," Bianca whispered. "Are you happy here? I think you'll love it here. I'm sorry that we're not around family, but we're all each other needs, right? We don't need Erica or anybody, do we?" Bianca let tears come to her eyes. She missed Lena and she missed Maggie. She just wanted life to be normal again. But life hadn't been normal for a long time. Life had never been normal.
Bianca let a tear escape and fall down her cheek. Miranda cried a little and Bianca rocked her back and forth.
"Mommy loves you so much, Mimo," Bianca said softly. "I'm never going to let anybody hurt you. I'll never judge you. I've been judged enough in my life. I'll never do that to you." She nuzzled the baby's soft cheek with her own and kissed her on the nose. "My sweet Miranda."
A knock came to the door and Bianca looked at Miranda. She held her close and walked over to answer the door. When she opened it, Bobbie Spencer was standing there.
"May I help you?" Bianca asked.
"I'm Carly Corinthos' mother. Who are you?"
"I'm Bianca Montgomery," Bianca said with a sweet smile. "Carly invited my daughter and me to stay here for awhile."
"I see," Bobbie said with a smile. "Where is she right now?"
"I'm not sure," Bianca replied. "She took Morgan with her and said she had something important to do. Michael's upstairs though."
"Grandma!" Michael exclaimed as he came running down the stairs. He hugged her and Bobbie picked him up.
"Hey Michael!" she looked at Bianca. "Do you have any idea when Carly will be back?"
"She didn't say," Bianca replied.
"She probably went to see the bad man again," Michael replied. Bobbie sighed. "How about we go to a movie, Michael?"
"Okay!" he exclaimed.
"Go upstairs and get cleaned up and we'll go," Bobbie replied. Michael rushed upstairs and Bobbie smiled at Bianca. "This whole thing has been really rough for him. The divorce, I mean. I've been trying to spend as much time as I can with the boys. They need to know they're loved."
"Michael's mad at Carly, I think," Bianca said. "He's afraid that Carly is going to marry some man named Alcazar."
"Yeah. Lorenzo Alcazar," Bobbie said, shaking her head. "I wish somebody would knock some sense into Carly's head, but I guess she's happy for now."
"I don't know about that. She doesn't seem happy," Bianca replied. She cradled Miranda in her arms.
"My daughter loves her family so much. It hurts to watch her have to go through all of this. I hate what's happening to her."
"I'm ready!" Michael called out as he hurried down the stairs. He grabbed his jacket out of the closet.
"Bye Bianca. Bye Miranda," Michael said with a wave.
"Tell Carly we'll be back before dinner and that I won't give him too much candy to spoil his appetite," Bobbie said with a laugh. Bianca smiled and nodded.
"Okay. Have fun!" She shut the door and looked at Miranda. "Well babe, it's just the two of us right now. What do you want to do? Watch a movie? Take a nap?" Miranda had already dozed off on Bianca's shoulder. "That answers that question."
Bianca put Miranda down on the couch for a moment and she stretched her arms. She watched as Miranda squirmed in her blanket. She grinned at her daughter.
"Mimo, you're mommy's miracle," she whispered. "Never forget that."
**
Jason walked into Sonny's hospital room with Morgan in his arms. Sonny was surprised to see them both. But he smiled when he saw his son.
"Hey! What's he doing here?" Sonny asked curiously.
"Carly's getting ready to rip Alcazar a new one, so I figured I'd bring Morgan to see his dad," Jason replied.
"Thanks for doing that," Sonny replied. Jason put Morgan in Sonny's arms. "Hey buddy! Hey . . . how are you?" Morgan grinned up at his dad. Sonny's eyes went wide. "His first bottom tooth is almost completely grown in!"
"Yeah, Carly said he's been fussy for the last couple of nights," Jason replied. Sonny smiled. He hadn't smiled in awhile now. Seeing his beautiful son's face brought back all of the happiness that he had lost. Sonny pulled the baby close.
"It's so good to hold you in my arms," he whispered. "I've missed you so much." Morgan leaned his head on his father's shoulder. "Papi's here." He looked at Jason. "So you and Faith showed Carly the pictures?"
"Yeah. She's not happy with Alcazar. But I think she's angrier with herself for not seeing it sooner." Sonny nodded.
"Sam didn't take what I had to say very well either," Sonny replied. "I told her she shouldn't waste her time with a man who isn't going to return her feelings."
"So did you break up with her?"
"I guess you could call it that," Sonny replied.
"This is the perfect opportunity for you to get back with Carly," Jason replied.
"I can't do that. I won't burden her with what's happened to me," Sonny replied. "I'll be fine, Jason."
"How can you be absolutely sure of that?" Jason asked.
"Because I'm sure," Sonny answered. Jason rolled his eyes. He shook his head.
"Maybe I better get downstairs in case Carly need me to break Alcazar's legs," Jason said with a quiet laugh. Sonny chuckled.
"Can you leave Morgan here with me? They're going to move me to a regular room in awhile. I want to spend some more time with him before he has to go home," Sonny requested. Jason nodded.
"No problem," he replied. "You don't have to ask me though. He's your son. Jason left the room and Sonny smiled at Morgan.
"You're getting so big, buddy. You're so beautiful," Sonny said with a sigh. "You and your brother are happy with your mom, I hope. I know your momma loves you. Papi loves you too." Unbeknownst to Sonny, Sam was standing outside of his room watching his every move, waiting for Carly to leave with Morgan and Jason so that Alcazar's hired assassin could do his job.
**
Carly stormed into Alcazar's hospital room and slammed the door behind her. Alcazar jumped in his bed and he heard Carly clear her throat.
"Hi honey," he started.
"Shut your damned mouth," Carly replied angrily.
"But," he started.
"Shut up! You're going to listen you piece of slime! I know that you paid somebody to mess with Sonny's brakes. I'm pretty sure you had the bomb planted in his limo. I don't know what the Hell you were trying to prove by trying to kill my husband, but let me get this through your thick skull. I hate you, Lorenzo Alcazar. I have lost all respect for you. If you ever do anything to put any of my family in danger again, I will kick your ass all the way to Greenwich Village. You got that?" she asked.
"Carly, I can explain," Alcazar began.
"There's no reason to explain!" Carly exclaimed. "I was so stupid to ever think you were capable of love, you insensitive bastard. Do you know how stupid I feel for ever caring about you? It's over Lorenzo. Don't think I'm going to feel sympathy for you ever again. Goodbye." Carly stormed out of the room, leaving Alcazar completely alone.
"You actually want me to risk my relationship with Carly?" Lorenzo asked. Sam rolled her eyes.
"What relationship? Lorenzo, you are lying to Carly. I'm willing to bet that you planted that bomb in Sonny's limo at the courthouse."
"You don't know the first thing about me."
"I know you're obsessed with Carly Corinthos. I know you're willing to do anything to keep her in your life, including killing her husband."
"If I kill Sonny, I'll lose Carly forever," Lorenzo replied.
"Not if it's an accident," Sam replied.
"Like those brake lines? That was supposed to be a sure thing," Lorenzo replied angrily.
"So you did it? You paid somebody to cut those brake lines?" Sam asked. Lorenzo laughed a little.
"Yeah. I did. But it didn't work. Cary's already suspicious."
"There's a reason why she's suspicious. She doesn't trust you. She doesn't love you. She loves Sonny," Sam replied.
"That's not true," Lorenzo replied.
"You know it's true!" Sam replied. "You're too blind, no pun intended, to see it!"
"Shut up!" Lorenzo exclaimed. A nurse walked in.
"Is every thing alright, Mr. Alcazar?" she asked.
"We're fine, nurse. Thank you," Lorenzo replied quietly. The nurse eyed Sam suspiciously and she left the room again.
"Think about it, Lorenzo. If you kill Sonny and make it look like an accident, you'll have Carly for the rest of your life. You'll be her husband and a father to her children," Sam whispered. "Sonny has broken a lot of women's hearts, including Carly's." Lorenzo shook his head.
"You leave my no choice. It'll be done," Lorenzo replied. Sam smiled to herself. She would have revenge. Sonny Corinthos was going to lose and Sam was going to win. That's exactly how she wanted it to be.
**
Carly sat downstairs on the couch in her quiet home. Bianca was upstairs napping with Miranda. Michael was refusing to speak to her, and Morgan was upstairs napping in his nursery. Carly had poured herself a glass of wine and she had her feet propped up on a footstool. She had a fire roaring in the fireplace. She remembered drinking wine by the fire with Sonny so many times before.
There was a knock at the door. Carly got up to answer it. Jason was standing there.
"Hey Jase," she said slowly. "What are you doing here?"
"Can I come in?" he asked. Carly nodded.
"Come on in," she replied. Faith walked in behind Jason.
"What in the Hell are you doing here?" Carly asked.
"She's with me," Jason replied, rolling his eyes.
"What?" Carly asked, her eyes wide with surprise.
"I have some information that you might find valuable," Faith replied.
"And what information could you possibly have that I might be remotely interested in?" Carly asked with a fake yawn.
"It's pretty serious, Carly," Jason replied.
"You're on her side now?" Carly asked.
"No, but what she has to say is pretty important," Jason replied with a nod. Carly shook her head.
"Go ahead Faith."
"I think it's safe to say that Lorenzo Alcazar had that bomb planted in Sonny's limo. First of all, because he told me, and second of all because I have proof that he tampered with Sonny's brakes."
"Why should I believe you?"
"I don't have evidence on the bomb, but I do know that Alcazar hired somebody to mess with Sonny's brakes." Faith tossed Carly the package of pictures, and Carly began to look through them.
"Oh my God," Carly whispered.
"Now you know that your blind lover boy is a fake," Faith replied. "He lied to you, sweetie. I'd say that's serious." Carly shook her head.
"How could I have been so stupid?" she asked.
"I've been asking myself the same thing," Faith said with a snicker.
"How could you have been so stupid?"
"Shut up, Faith," Jason replied.
"Oh come on," Faith said rolling her eyes. "Whatever, I'm out of here. I'll take my pictures." Carly threw the pictures at Faith and she grabbed her purse.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm going to do something I should have done a long time ago." Faith left the house and Jason stayed downstairs as Carly walked upstairs. She knocked on Bianca's door and Bianca opened it.
"Hey," Bianca said tiredly.
"I'm sorry I woke you," Carly replied.
"It's okay," Bianca replied. "What's up?"
"I'm going to take Morgan with me. I need to go do something important. Michael's a little mad at me right now, so could you watch him and make sure he doesn't do anything he's not supposed to? He has the tendency to run off occasionally."
"Um, uh, okay," Bianca said slowly. "I'll keep an eye on him."
"Thanks," Carly replied. She went into Morgan's nursery and picked him up out of his crib. She went downstairs and grabbed his blanket, wrapped him up, and headed out to the car with Jason right behind her.
Carly put Morgan in his car seat and jumped into the driver's seat. Jason got in the passenger's side and Carly drove off toward General Hospital.
"Carly, maybe I should drive," Jason started.
"I'm fine," Carly replied as she slowed to a stop and a stop sign and went on.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to tell Lorenzo exactly what I think of him," Carly replied. "He tried to kill my husband and he lied to me about it."
"What did you expect, Carly?" Jason asked.
"I don't want to hear 'I told you so,'" Carly spat angrily. "I'm already pissed off enough at myself for ever believing his lies. He held me hostage for God's sakes! He put my children in danger. How could I have been so selfish?"
"You were confused, Carly," Jason replied.
"Now you're defending me. Right. Before you were screaming at me for being with Alcazar. Now you feel sorry for me?"
"Carly, you're my friend. I care about you and I don't want to see you hurt. I was trying to get you to see that Lorenzo was no good. I'm just glad you've finally realized that."
**
Bianca carried Miranda down the stairs and into the living room. It was a beautiful spring day and Bianca wanted Miranda to enjoy it. She walked over to the big picture window and held Miranda next to it. Miranda opened her tiny eyes.
"Look how pretty it is outside, Mimo," Bianca whispered. "Are you happy here? I think you'll love it here. I'm sorry that we're not around family, but we're all each other needs, right? We don't need Erica or anybody, do we?" Bianca let tears come to her eyes. She missed Lena and she missed Maggie. She just wanted life to be normal again. But life hadn't been normal for a long time. Life had never been normal.
Bianca let a tear escape and fall down her cheek. Miranda cried a little and Bianca rocked her back and forth.
"Mommy loves you so much, Mimo," Bianca said softly. "I'm never going to let anybody hurt you. I'll never judge you. I've been judged enough in my life. I'll never do that to you." She nuzzled the baby's soft cheek with her own and kissed her on the nose. "My sweet Miranda."
A knock came to the door and Bianca looked at Miranda. She held her close and walked over to answer the door. When she opened it, Bobbie Spencer was standing there.
"May I help you?" Bianca asked.
"I'm Carly Corinthos' mother. Who are you?"
"I'm Bianca Montgomery," Bianca said with a sweet smile. "Carly invited my daughter and me to stay here for awhile."
"I see," Bobbie said with a smile. "Where is she right now?"
"I'm not sure," Bianca replied. "She took Morgan with her and said she had something important to do. Michael's upstairs though."
"Grandma!" Michael exclaimed as he came running down the stairs. He hugged her and Bobbie picked him up.
"Hey Michael!" she looked at Bianca. "Do you have any idea when Carly will be back?"
"She didn't say," Bianca replied.
"She probably went to see the bad man again," Michael replied. Bobbie sighed. "How about we go to a movie, Michael?"
"Okay!" he exclaimed.
"Go upstairs and get cleaned up and we'll go," Bobbie replied. Michael rushed upstairs and Bobbie smiled at Bianca. "This whole thing has been really rough for him. The divorce, I mean. I've been trying to spend as much time as I can with the boys. They need to know they're loved."
"Michael's mad at Carly, I think," Bianca said. "He's afraid that Carly is going to marry some man named Alcazar."
"Yeah. Lorenzo Alcazar," Bobbie said, shaking her head. "I wish somebody would knock some sense into Carly's head, but I guess she's happy for now."
"I don't know about that. She doesn't seem happy," Bianca replied. She cradled Miranda in her arms.
"My daughter loves her family so much. It hurts to watch her have to go through all of this. I hate what's happening to her."
"I'm ready!" Michael called out as he hurried down the stairs. He grabbed his jacket out of the closet.
"Bye Bianca. Bye Miranda," Michael said with a wave.
"Tell Carly we'll be back before dinner and that I won't give him too much candy to spoil his appetite," Bobbie said with a laugh. Bianca smiled and nodded.
"Okay. Have fun!" She shut the door and looked at Miranda. "Well babe, it's just the two of us right now. What do you want to do? Watch a movie? Take a nap?" Miranda had already dozed off on Bianca's shoulder. "That answers that question."
Bianca put Miranda down on the couch for a moment and she stretched her arms. She watched as Miranda squirmed in her blanket. She grinned at her daughter.
"Mimo, you're mommy's miracle," she whispered. "Never forget that."
**
Jason walked into Sonny's hospital room with Morgan in his arms. Sonny was surprised to see them both. But he smiled when he saw his son.
"Hey! What's he doing here?" Sonny asked curiously.
"Carly's getting ready to rip Alcazar a new one, so I figured I'd bring Morgan to see his dad," Jason replied.
"Thanks for doing that," Sonny replied. Jason put Morgan in Sonny's arms. "Hey buddy! Hey . . . how are you?" Morgan grinned up at his dad. Sonny's eyes went wide. "His first bottom tooth is almost completely grown in!"
"Yeah, Carly said he's been fussy for the last couple of nights," Jason replied. Sonny smiled. He hadn't smiled in awhile now. Seeing his beautiful son's face brought back all of the happiness that he had lost. Sonny pulled the baby close.
"It's so good to hold you in my arms," he whispered. "I've missed you so much." Morgan leaned his head on his father's shoulder. "Papi's here." He looked at Jason. "So you and Faith showed Carly the pictures?"
"Yeah. She's not happy with Alcazar. But I think she's angrier with herself for not seeing it sooner." Sonny nodded.
"Sam didn't take what I had to say very well either," Sonny replied. "I told her she shouldn't waste her time with a man who isn't going to return her feelings."
"So did you break up with her?"
"I guess you could call it that," Sonny replied.
"This is the perfect opportunity for you to get back with Carly," Jason replied.
"I can't do that. I won't burden her with what's happened to me," Sonny replied. "I'll be fine, Jason."
"How can you be absolutely sure of that?" Jason asked.
"Because I'm sure," Sonny answered. Jason rolled his eyes. He shook his head.
"Maybe I better get downstairs in case Carly need me to break Alcazar's legs," Jason said with a quiet laugh. Sonny chuckled.
"Can you leave Morgan here with me? They're going to move me to a regular room in awhile. I want to spend some more time with him before he has to go home," Sonny requested. Jason nodded.
"No problem," he replied. "You don't have to ask me though. He's your son. Jason left the room and Sonny smiled at Morgan.
"You're getting so big, buddy. You're so beautiful," Sonny said with a sigh. "You and your brother are happy with your mom, I hope. I know your momma loves you. Papi loves you too." Unbeknownst to Sonny, Sam was standing outside of his room watching his every move, waiting for Carly to leave with Morgan and Jason so that Alcazar's hired assassin could do his job.
**
Carly stormed into Alcazar's hospital room and slammed the door behind her. Alcazar jumped in his bed and he heard Carly clear her throat.
"Hi honey," he started.
"Shut your damned mouth," Carly replied angrily.
"But," he started.
"Shut up! You're going to listen you piece of slime! I know that you paid somebody to mess with Sonny's brakes. I'm pretty sure you had the bomb planted in his limo. I don't know what the Hell you were trying to prove by trying to kill my husband, but let me get this through your thick skull. I hate you, Lorenzo Alcazar. I have lost all respect for you. If you ever do anything to put any of my family in danger again, I will kick your ass all the way to Greenwich Village. You got that?" she asked.
"Carly, I can explain," Alcazar began.
"There's no reason to explain!" Carly exclaimed. "I was so stupid to ever think you were capable of love, you insensitive bastard. Do you know how stupid I feel for ever caring about you? It's over Lorenzo. Don't think I'm going to feel sympathy for you ever again. Goodbye." Carly stormed out of the room, leaving Alcazar completely alone.