Chapter 18
Carly woke the next morning in one of Sonny's guest rooms. Faith and Bianca were all sleeping in the same bed. They were all so tired that they had just passed out at about three in the morning. Sonny had slept downstairs because it was difficult for him to get upstairs. They had a small elevator installed so he could get upstairs, but he couldn't leave Brenda out of the feeling of guilt he had over her death.
Carly could hear muffled voices downstairs. She pulled herself off of the bed slowly and carefully. She tried to swallow to find that her throat was parched and scratchy. She cleared her throat a little and walked out into the hallway. She looked down the stair case to see that Sonny was showing out the paramedics. The downstairs had been cleaned up and they had just taken Brenda off. Carly watched as Sonny closed the door and stared down for a moment. Carly put her hand over her heart as tears formed in her eyes. She couldn't believe Brenda was gone. It seemed so unreal.
Carly watched Sonny and she shook her head a little. Every time she looked at him she fell more and more in love with him. She felt so incredibly guilty because he was the husband of her friend who had just died. But Brenda knew how Carly felt about Sonny. She knew how Sonny felt about Carly. Carly shook her head again and quietly stepped off of the last step. Sonny looked up at Carly.
"They just took her away," Sonny said quietly.
"Yeah . . . I know," Carly answered.
"I sent the baby with them. She's probably going to be there for a week or so." Carly nodded.
"She'll be okay," she replied quietly.
"You okay?" Sonny asked.
"I'm fine," she answered sheepishly. "You?"
"I'll be alright. Um, can you bring Kristina and Stone down here?"
"Sure," Carly replied. She went upstairs to get the kids and she brought them downstairs a few minutes later. She put them in their playpen. "Can I get you anything?" At that moment, Mark opened the door and Michael and Cadence ran in. They ran straight to Carly and Jason followed in behind them.
"Mommy!" Michael exclaimed.
"Mommy!" Cadence cried. Carly grinned as her kids ran into her arms. She picked them up and squeezed them tightly.
"I'm so glad you're okay," she whispered. "Thank God." Jason looked at Sonny.
"Is Faith still here?"
"She's upstairs," Sonny replied with a solemn nod. Jason nodded back and headed upstairs to find his wife. Carly looked at Mark and he hurried over to her and he pulled her and the kids into a hug. Sonny looked away. He felt out of place in his own home. He cleared his throat a little. Mark pulled away from Carly.
"Baby, we should get the kids home," he began. Carly nodded slowly.
"Yeah," she replied. She looked at Sonny and he looked at her. Mark watched as their eyes shifted to each other several times. Bianca came down the stairs with Miranda and Morgan in her arms.
"Jason's up there with Faith. I figured I'd give them a few minutes."
"We're actually about to head home. You want to ride with us?" Mark asked.
"Sure," Bianca replied quietly. She turned to Sonny. "I'm sorry about Brenda."
"I heard about that, man," Mark said quietly. "I'm sorry." Sonny only nodded.
"Carly, can I have a few minutes with the boys?" Sonny asked. Carly nodded. Bianca put Morgan in Sonny's lap and Carly handed Cadence over to Mark. Carly put Michael down and she, Bianca, Mark, Cadence, and Miranda exited the penthouse to give Michael, Morgan, and Sonny some time together. "Michael, I'm so glad you're okay."
"Daddy, I don't want to leave. Can I live with you?"
"You're a lot safer living with your mother."
"I don't care!" Michael exclaimed. "I want to live with you! I'll run away if I have to!"
"Running away won't solve anything. Believe me, I know. It'll only make things worse."
"You don't know it yet, but your little brother looks up to you. You don't want him to run away too do you?"
"No," Michael replied, looking down.
"Then you set a good example."
"I don't want to live with Mark anymore. Why can't you and mommy just get back together?"
"It's complicated," Sonny replied.
"What happened to Brenda?" Michael asked. "Why isn't she here?"
"Brenda died, Michael," Sonny replied flatly.
"Why?"
"Because God decided that she would be better off with him."
"Is God going to take Mark too? Then you and mommy can be together."
"Michael, don't think like that! Mark is your step dad."
"But you hate him too," Michael pointed out. Sonny sighed and put Morgan down to walk around.
"You better go. Your mom is waiting." Michael took Morgan's hand.
"Okay." Michael led his brother to and out the door, wishing that Sonny and Carly would get back together again.
**
Faith was lying on the couch with a pillow under her head. Jason was sitting on the coffee table talking to her so she could have the whole couch to herself. Faith smiled as she looked at Jason.
"Why are you so good to me?"
"Because you deserve to be treated like a queen," Jason replied. Faith burst out laughing.
"Please tell me girls never fell for that line."
"Only you," Jason replied. Faith rolled her eyes.
"Funny," she replied.
"The babies are okay?" he asked.
"Yes. I've answered you a million times! The babies and I are okay," Faith replied. "They missed their daddy. I had morning sickness last night."
"Sorry I missed it," Jason said sarcastically. Faith threw a pillow at him. She sat up and Jason sat down next to her. He pulled her against him and she rested her head against his chest. "I'm so glad you're okay." Faith sighed heavily.
"Jason?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm scared."
"Scared? Of what?"
"I'm scared of giving birth," Faith replied. "I was so excited to be pregnant and when I saw Brenda pregnant with her and Sonny's baby, I thought that it would be a wonderful experience to be pregnant. But . . . when I saw what happened to her . . . I saw it happen, Jason, I got scared. What if I die like Brenda did?"
"Baby, that isn't going to happen. If Brenda had been at a hospital, she wouldn't have died."
"You don't know that," Faith replied.
"That's not going to happen to you, okay? You're going to carry our twins to term and then you're going to give birth to them. I'll be there with you at the hospital and I'll hold your hand. I'll force the doctor to give you the drugs for the pain and I'll never leave your side. You know why?"
"Why?" Faith asked.
"Because I love you," Jason replied, pressing a tender kiss to Faith's forehead. Faith smiled. "I'll be here the whole way. You can count on me. I'll never leave you." Faith wrapped her arms around Jason and hugged him tightly. She was thankful for him because she knew that she could count on him. She knew he would never hurt her. He would never let her down. Faith knew that she and Jason were meant to be together.
**
Sonny wheeled himself into the NICU at General Hospital where his newborn daughter was stretched out in a little bed in the corner. Sonny could hear the unfortunate breaths of the ventilators for some of the sicker babies. Baby girl Corinthos didn't need anything but a little oxygen. She was breathing on her own and her color was perfect. Sonny couldn't help but beam with pride even though he felt horrible for the parents of the unlucky babies.
Sonny sat next to his daughter and he stuck his hand inside of her crib. He touched her hand and she gripped his finger tightly. She opened her eyes and looked at her father. Sonny grinned at her.
"Hello little one," he whispered. The baby kicked a little and Sonny rubbed her hand with his finger. "You know you're a lucky little girl? You survived and you're a fighter. Thank God for you." He looked away for a moment and then turned his gaze back to her. "Your mom isn't going to be around. She worked hard to get you into this world, but she couldn't hang on. But I'm here and I'm going to protect you with my life." He cleared his throat and a young doctor came in. He was tall with short black hair.
"Mr. Corinthos?" he asked.
"Yeah," Sonny replied.
"I'm Dr. Turner. I'm your daughter's pediatrician."
"Nice to meet you. How is my little girl?" Sonny asked, shaking the doctor's hand.
"She's going to be just fine. You can take her home in a few days." Sonny nodded. The doctor gave Sonny a little more info on the baby before he left. Sonny looked back at his daughter.
"Sweetheart, I'm going to make sure you have a mommy that loves you. I'm going to get Carly back. I love her so much and I know you will too. I can't spend the rest of my life without her. I know you're going to love her, baby girl. I'll tell you all about your real mommy some day, but for now, we've got to focus on getting Carly in our lives again." He kissed his fingers and pressed them to her cheek. "I love you baby."
**
After the crazy evening before, Michael and Cadence were upstairs napping. Bianca and Miranda were also sleeping because Bianca was worn out. Carly was in the living room with little Morgan. Morgan was sitting on the floor with his blocks. Carly was trying to help him build a little house but he kept knocking them down.
"Sweetie, we're trying to build a house."
"A how!" Morgan said with a grin. Carly giggled and pulled up Morgan's shirt and blew raspberries on his belly. The baby giggled with delight and Carly pulled him into her arms.
"How much do you love mommy?" Carly asked. "Hmm?" The baby grinned at her and Carly laughed. "Mommy loves you very very very very much." Carly sighed and held her baby close. She was so completely in love with her beautiful children, but she still couldn't help but feel guilty that she was here with her children and Brenda would never get to see hers again.
As Carly was thinking, Mark came into the room quietly. He sat down on the couch and Carly looked up at him. He had a sad tint to his eyes and Carly knew that something wasn't right.
"Mark? What is it? What's wrong?" Carly asked. Mark stared at her for a long moment before he cleared his throat and rubbed his eyes with his knuckles.
"Um . . . last night you and I talked on the phone. You hung up but you accidentally pressed the speaker phone," Mark started. Carly's eyes went wide with realization. "I heard you and Sonny tell each other that . . . you still love each other."
Carly woke the next morning in one of Sonny's guest rooms. Faith and Bianca were all sleeping in the same bed. They were all so tired that they had just passed out at about three in the morning. Sonny had slept downstairs because it was difficult for him to get upstairs. They had a small elevator installed so he could get upstairs, but he couldn't leave Brenda out of the feeling of guilt he had over her death.
Carly could hear muffled voices downstairs. She pulled herself off of the bed slowly and carefully. She tried to swallow to find that her throat was parched and scratchy. She cleared her throat a little and walked out into the hallway. She looked down the stair case to see that Sonny was showing out the paramedics. The downstairs had been cleaned up and they had just taken Brenda off. Carly watched as Sonny closed the door and stared down for a moment. Carly put her hand over her heart as tears formed in her eyes. She couldn't believe Brenda was gone. It seemed so unreal.
Carly watched Sonny and she shook her head a little. Every time she looked at him she fell more and more in love with him. She felt so incredibly guilty because he was the husband of her friend who had just died. But Brenda knew how Carly felt about Sonny. She knew how Sonny felt about Carly. Carly shook her head again and quietly stepped off of the last step. Sonny looked up at Carly.
"They just took her away," Sonny said quietly.
"Yeah . . . I know," Carly answered.
"I sent the baby with them. She's probably going to be there for a week or so." Carly nodded.
"She'll be okay," she replied quietly.
"You okay?" Sonny asked.
"I'm fine," she answered sheepishly. "You?"
"I'll be alright. Um, can you bring Kristina and Stone down here?"
"Sure," Carly replied. She went upstairs to get the kids and she brought them downstairs a few minutes later. She put them in their playpen. "Can I get you anything?" At that moment, Mark opened the door and Michael and Cadence ran in. They ran straight to Carly and Jason followed in behind them.
"Mommy!" Michael exclaimed.
"Mommy!" Cadence cried. Carly grinned as her kids ran into her arms. She picked them up and squeezed them tightly.
"I'm so glad you're okay," she whispered. "Thank God." Jason looked at Sonny.
"Is Faith still here?"
"She's upstairs," Sonny replied with a solemn nod. Jason nodded back and headed upstairs to find his wife. Carly looked at Mark and he hurried over to her and he pulled her and the kids into a hug. Sonny looked away. He felt out of place in his own home. He cleared his throat a little. Mark pulled away from Carly.
"Baby, we should get the kids home," he began. Carly nodded slowly.
"Yeah," she replied. She looked at Sonny and he looked at her. Mark watched as their eyes shifted to each other several times. Bianca came down the stairs with Miranda and Morgan in her arms.
"Jason's up there with Faith. I figured I'd give them a few minutes."
"We're actually about to head home. You want to ride with us?" Mark asked.
"Sure," Bianca replied quietly. She turned to Sonny. "I'm sorry about Brenda."
"I heard about that, man," Mark said quietly. "I'm sorry." Sonny only nodded.
"Carly, can I have a few minutes with the boys?" Sonny asked. Carly nodded. Bianca put Morgan in Sonny's lap and Carly handed Cadence over to Mark. Carly put Michael down and she, Bianca, Mark, Cadence, and Miranda exited the penthouse to give Michael, Morgan, and Sonny some time together. "Michael, I'm so glad you're okay."
"Daddy, I don't want to leave. Can I live with you?"
"You're a lot safer living with your mother."
"I don't care!" Michael exclaimed. "I want to live with you! I'll run away if I have to!"
"Running away won't solve anything. Believe me, I know. It'll only make things worse."
"You don't know it yet, but your little brother looks up to you. You don't want him to run away too do you?"
"No," Michael replied, looking down.
"Then you set a good example."
"I don't want to live with Mark anymore. Why can't you and mommy just get back together?"
"It's complicated," Sonny replied.
"What happened to Brenda?" Michael asked. "Why isn't she here?"
"Brenda died, Michael," Sonny replied flatly.
"Why?"
"Because God decided that she would be better off with him."
"Is God going to take Mark too? Then you and mommy can be together."
"Michael, don't think like that! Mark is your step dad."
"But you hate him too," Michael pointed out. Sonny sighed and put Morgan down to walk around.
"You better go. Your mom is waiting." Michael took Morgan's hand.
"Okay." Michael led his brother to and out the door, wishing that Sonny and Carly would get back together again.
**
Faith was lying on the couch with a pillow under her head. Jason was sitting on the coffee table talking to her so she could have the whole couch to herself. Faith smiled as she looked at Jason.
"Why are you so good to me?"
"Because you deserve to be treated like a queen," Jason replied. Faith burst out laughing.
"Please tell me girls never fell for that line."
"Only you," Jason replied. Faith rolled her eyes.
"Funny," she replied.
"The babies are okay?" he asked.
"Yes. I've answered you a million times! The babies and I are okay," Faith replied. "They missed their daddy. I had morning sickness last night."
"Sorry I missed it," Jason said sarcastically. Faith threw a pillow at him. She sat up and Jason sat down next to her. He pulled her against him and she rested her head against his chest. "I'm so glad you're okay." Faith sighed heavily.
"Jason?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm scared."
"Scared? Of what?"
"I'm scared of giving birth," Faith replied. "I was so excited to be pregnant and when I saw Brenda pregnant with her and Sonny's baby, I thought that it would be a wonderful experience to be pregnant. But . . . when I saw what happened to her . . . I saw it happen, Jason, I got scared. What if I die like Brenda did?"
"Baby, that isn't going to happen. If Brenda had been at a hospital, she wouldn't have died."
"You don't know that," Faith replied.
"That's not going to happen to you, okay? You're going to carry our twins to term and then you're going to give birth to them. I'll be there with you at the hospital and I'll hold your hand. I'll force the doctor to give you the drugs for the pain and I'll never leave your side. You know why?"
"Why?" Faith asked.
"Because I love you," Jason replied, pressing a tender kiss to Faith's forehead. Faith smiled. "I'll be here the whole way. You can count on me. I'll never leave you." Faith wrapped her arms around Jason and hugged him tightly. She was thankful for him because she knew that she could count on him. She knew he would never hurt her. He would never let her down. Faith knew that she and Jason were meant to be together.
**
Sonny wheeled himself into the NICU at General Hospital where his newborn daughter was stretched out in a little bed in the corner. Sonny could hear the unfortunate breaths of the ventilators for some of the sicker babies. Baby girl Corinthos didn't need anything but a little oxygen. She was breathing on her own and her color was perfect. Sonny couldn't help but beam with pride even though he felt horrible for the parents of the unlucky babies.
Sonny sat next to his daughter and he stuck his hand inside of her crib. He touched her hand and she gripped his finger tightly. She opened her eyes and looked at her father. Sonny grinned at her.
"Hello little one," he whispered. The baby kicked a little and Sonny rubbed her hand with his finger. "You know you're a lucky little girl? You survived and you're a fighter. Thank God for you." He looked away for a moment and then turned his gaze back to her. "Your mom isn't going to be around. She worked hard to get you into this world, but she couldn't hang on. But I'm here and I'm going to protect you with my life." He cleared his throat and a young doctor came in. He was tall with short black hair.
"Mr. Corinthos?" he asked.
"Yeah," Sonny replied.
"I'm Dr. Turner. I'm your daughter's pediatrician."
"Nice to meet you. How is my little girl?" Sonny asked, shaking the doctor's hand.
"She's going to be just fine. You can take her home in a few days." Sonny nodded. The doctor gave Sonny a little more info on the baby before he left. Sonny looked back at his daughter.
"Sweetheart, I'm going to make sure you have a mommy that loves you. I'm going to get Carly back. I love her so much and I know you will too. I can't spend the rest of my life without her. I know you're going to love her, baby girl. I'll tell you all about your real mommy some day, but for now, we've got to focus on getting Carly in our lives again." He kissed his fingers and pressed them to her cheek. "I love you baby."
**
After the crazy evening before, Michael and Cadence were upstairs napping. Bianca and Miranda were also sleeping because Bianca was worn out. Carly was in the living room with little Morgan. Morgan was sitting on the floor with his blocks. Carly was trying to help him build a little house but he kept knocking them down.
"Sweetie, we're trying to build a house."
"A how!" Morgan said with a grin. Carly giggled and pulled up Morgan's shirt and blew raspberries on his belly. The baby giggled with delight and Carly pulled him into her arms.
"How much do you love mommy?" Carly asked. "Hmm?" The baby grinned at her and Carly laughed. "Mommy loves you very very very very much." Carly sighed and held her baby close. She was so completely in love with her beautiful children, but she still couldn't help but feel guilty that she was here with her children and Brenda would never get to see hers again.
As Carly was thinking, Mark came into the room quietly. He sat down on the couch and Carly looked up at him. He had a sad tint to his eyes and Carly knew that something wasn't right.
"Mark? What is it? What's wrong?" Carly asked. Mark stared at her for a long moment before he cleared his throat and rubbed his eyes with his knuckles.
"Um . . . last night you and I talked on the phone. You hung up but you accidentally pressed the speaker phone," Mark started. Carly's eyes went wide with realization. "I heard you and Sonny tell each other that . . . you still love each other."