Carly didn't understand what Lorenzo was implying. "What are you talking
about, Lorenzo? I never..."
"You never what, Carly?" Lorenzo cut in. "You never asked me to help you get rid of Sonny's bastard son?" He shook his head, "Remember back, would you?"
Some Time Before, Park-
Lorenzo was shocked that Carly had given him a call. She had made it pretty obvious that she no longer wanted to be involved with him. She never wanted to be involved with him anyway. It wasn't her fault that things happened the way that they did. She was just an unfortunate victim of circumstance, but since she was no longer going through the visions and the dreams, she could control herself again. She knew that she wanted Sonny, and Lorenzo let Carly be with the man that she wanted to be with, forever hoping that she would eventually realize just how much love Lorenzo had for her. That was the only reason why he had agreed to meet with her, because he thought that she might want to be back with him.
Carly walked up the bridge, holding her purse. She was shaking.
Lorenzo had never seen Carly act so enraged, or hurt. "Carly," He walked over and examined her. "You're shaking."
"I know I am..."
"Are you all right?" Lorenzo asked. "Do I need to get you to a doctor? Did Sonny do anything to you?"
"Sonny didn't do anything to me. Sonny would never hurt me... not intentionally." Some tears streamed down Carly's face. It was obvious that whatever was bugging her was intense.
"What do you mean?" Lorenzo was acting as Carly's protector, knowing that she needed one, that she wanted one.
"Sonny... has a son."
"Sonny has two children, Carly. Both of them come from you."
"No, not like that!" She yelled. "Sonny has a son that came from some fling that he had when he was working for Scully! His name is Damian..."
"I've met him," Lorenzo said, remembering the encounters that he had with the young man. No wonder he looked somewhat familiar. Lorenzo was surprised that he didn't make the connection sooner. After all, Damian looked like a man that he hated, a man that had something that he wanted.
"I don't want him near my family!" Carly yelled. "He's going to ruin everything!"
"What do you mean?"
"He's going to tear at us, he's going to break us apart! I know he's going to, Lorenzo! I know he's just going to take his father because he'll guilt trip Sonny into abandoning him so he'll make Sonny abandon all of us in return!"
"Carly... I don't think that he would do that," Lorenzo didn't believe that the young man could be so vindictive.
"I do!" Carly thrust herself into Lorenzo's shoulder before pulling away, realizing what she had just done and how Sonny would think about it if he ever found out. "I don't know why I came to you."
"Because you wanted someone who could help you, Carly. And I will always help you..."
"I shouldn't trust you."
"But you do," Lorenzo's voice was soft, he was trying to sound like someone that Carly could trust.
"Please, Lorenzo... make him go away."
"You're asking me to kill the child of your husband?" Lorenzo never thought that Carly would want to hurt Sonny in such a way. "You do realize that such an action would destroy him."
"I don't want Sonny to be hurt! He'll understand if his son walks away from him... I just want Damian gone from the picture. Do whatever it takes, please."
"I will do what it takes to help you, Carly," Lorenzo said. "But I may need you to help me as well."
"I won't sleep with you. I won't cheat on my husband in any way."
"I would never ask you to compromise your morals, regardless of how the other people in your family view me I am not like that." Lorenzo turned around, "But if I need something from you, I will contact you."
"I'll wait for the call," Carly walked away.
Present-
"Do you remember that night, Carly?" Lorenzo asked. "You practically threw yourself on me, looking for a way to get rid of that boy, to get him out of your life. You hated him so much that you were willing to betray your husband and run to his enemy just to get him out of your life."
"No..."
"It's the truth, Carly, and we both know it." Lorenzo moved towards the desk. "Remember when I asked you to make that note to meet Sonny at the docks? I lied and told him that I had a handwrite copier do it and he believed it. He never thought that you would have done something like that. I protected you and your love of your husband. I got the tape of Sonny confessing to the deeds that he does on a daily basis in this town. It was supposed to work and push Damian out of your life, just like you wanted."
"But it didn't work," Carly said, breathless. How much of this was her fault?
"No, it didn't," Lorenzo continued. "And then Faith almost got the job done for me. I admit that I never intended for her to be involved, but I wasn't going to try and stop her. After that, I forced Baldwin into putting Damian in jail..."
"That was you?" Carly glared at him. "You threw an innocent young man into jail for your own purposes?"
"For your purposes," Lorenzo pointed out. "You are the one who came to me asking for a way to get him out of your life, Carly. Everything that I did was for you."
"What happened then?"
"Once Zuniga managed to dodge the death sentence that I wanted him to get, I had to drop everything and decide that killing him would be the best way."
"I never wanted you to kill him!" Carly's voice was a shrill scream that made Lorenzo wince as the sound hit his ears. "I would never ask you to take another life."
"You wanted him out of your life by any means necessary. I thought that I would have used him against his father, but in the end my love for you surpassed my hatred for your husband and I instead continued doing what you asked me. If he was beating all the odds, and finding a way to stay in your life despite everything that I had thrown at him, death was the only answer. I had one of my best men hunt him down and when the time was right he was to kill Damian in whatever way was convenient."
"He failed..."
"I'm aware of that," Lorenzo said. "Because of his failure, he is now dead. Not only because of his failure, but because he threatened Michael's life."
"He... was after Michael?"
"The services of the cell phones in the area have been shoddy at best in these past few days, Carly, you know that. I managed to contact my man, but there was so much static that he thought I meant that he was to go after Michael. I told him step-son, but due to the inadequacies caused by the..."
Carly slapped Lorenzo so hard that it hurt her own hand. "You almost killed my son!"
"That was not my intention," Lorenzo rubbed his jaw. He didn't think that she would lash out at him like that.
"I don't care what your intention was, Lorenzo!" Carly again yelled. "You almost killed Michael... and you nearly killed Damian."
"You asked me to get rid of him..."
"Because I was stupid!" Carly said. "I was acting like I always act when someone comes into our lives, I was being selfish and I was only thinking about myself! You know what, I actually care about Damian now, and I cared about him even before he risked his life to save my son's life, to save his little brother! I liked him being around after I realized that he was a good thing for my children!"
"You never told me that there was a change of the plans..."
"I didn't think I needed to tell you! You're some obsessive stalker, always following me, always trying to think about what I'm doing at any given time. I could have sneezed and someone would have told you that I did. I thought you would have know."
"I would never invade your privacy like that..."
"Because of you, there is an innocent young man in the hospital with a battered body... because of you my child almost died and because of you my husband is going through emotionally hell since he almost lost his child... again!"
"I did everything for you!"
"I should have never come to you for help!" Carly yelled. "I hate you, Lorenzo!"
Lorenzo backed off, "You don't mean that. You're angry..."
"I've been angry with you a lot of times in my life, Lorenzo. But I have never actually hated you until right now. You could have killed Michael, and I hate anyone who puts my children in any danger."
"Sonny does that on a daily basis..."
"Sonny loves his children, all three of them!" Carly was irate. "Sonny is a better man than you could ever be."
"Would it help if I apologized for my error?"
"No, it wouldn't help if you apologized for your error," Carly said snidely. "You can't apologize for almost killing Michael and you can't apologize for almost killing Damian, either!"
"I will make it up to you..."
"No, you're leaving Port Charles, now!"
"I will not leave you!"
"Get away from me, Lorenzo!" Carly demanded. "I never want to see you again! I would tell Sonny and Jason just how much you were involved with the entire situation that happened."
"Why don't you, if you hate me so much?" Lorenzo was looking for a spark of love, something that he could cling onto. Carly couldn't hate him. The woman that he loved so much couldn't loathe him in such a way.
"Because you saved Morgan's life when those doctors wanted to take him out of my stomach! The only reason that I'm letting you stay alive is because of that. I never thought that I would be even with you for that, Lorenzo, but I realize that I'm even with you now. If I ever see you in Port Charles again, I will tell Sonny everything."
"Sonny will hate you," Lorenzo said. "Sonny would see it as a betrayal, because it was."
"I can live with that. Sonny will forgive me in time."
"Are you so sure?"
"Yes, I am," Carly opened the door. "You need to leave."
"This is not your..."
"Leave!" Carly yelled. "I will never love you. You have no reason to stay in this town!"
"As long as you are here, there is always a reason for me to return," Lorenzo got up and walked out. "Always a reason to return..."
Carly shut Lorenzo's own door in his face before she walked over to the couch and began to weep. Everything was her fault. Regardless of how much she was unaware of what had happened, he did what he did because of some twisted feeling that she wanted him to do it. Sonny would hate her forever... he could never find out.
"You never what, Carly?" Lorenzo cut in. "You never asked me to help you get rid of Sonny's bastard son?" He shook his head, "Remember back, would you?"
Some Time Before, Park-
Lorenzo was shocked that Carly had given him a call. She had made it pretty obvious that she no longer wanted to be involved with him. She never wanted to be involved with him anyway. It wasn't her fault that things happened the way that they did. She was just an unfortunate victim of circumstance, but since she was no longer going through the visions and the dreams, she could control herself again. She knew that she wanted Sonny, and Lorenzo let Carly be with the man that she wanted to be with, forever hoping that she would eventually realize just how much love Lorenzo had for her. That was the only reason why he had agreed to meet with her, because he thought that she might want to be back with him.
Carly walked up the bridge, holding her purse. She was shaking.
Lorenzo had never seen Carly act so enraged, or hurt. "Carly," He walked over and examined her. "You're shaking."
"I know I am..."
"Are you all right?" Lorenzo asked. "Do I need to get you to a doctor? Did Sonny do anything to you?"
"Sonny didn't do anything to me. Sonny would never hurt me... not intentionally." Some tears streamed down Carly's face. It was obvious that whatever was bugging her was intense.
"What do you mean?" Lorenzo was acting as Carly's protector, knowing that she needed one, that she wanted one.
"Sonny... has a son."
"Sonny has two children, Carly. Both of them come from you."
"No, not like that!" She yelled. "Sonny has a son that came from some fling that he had when he was working for Scully! His name is Damian..."
"I've met him," Lorenzo said, remembering the encounters that he had with the young man. No wonder he looked somewhat familiar. Lorenzo was surprised that he didn't make the connection sooner. After all, Damian looked like a man that he hated, a man that had something that he wanted.
"I don't want him near my family!" Carly yelled. "He's going to ruin everything!"
"What do you mean?"
"He's going to tear at us, he's going to break us apart! I know he's going to, Lorenzo! I know he's just going to take his father because he'll guilt trip Sonny into abandoning him so he'll make Sonny abandon all of us in return!"
"Carly... I don't think that he would do that," Lorenzo didn't believe that the young man could be so vindictive.
"I do!" Carly thrust herself into Lorenzo's shoulder before pulling away, realizing what she had just done and how Sonny would think about it if he ever found out. "I don't know why I came to you."
"Because you wanted someone who could help you, Carly. And I will always help you..."
"I shouldn't trust you."
"But you do," Lorenzo's voice was soft, he was trying to sound like someone that Carly could trust.
"Please, Lorenzo... make him go away."
"You're asking me to kill the child of your husband?" Lorenzo never thought that Carly would want to hurt Sonny in such a way. "You do realize that such an action would destroy him."
"I don't want Sonny to be hurt! He'll understand if his son walks away from him... I just want Damian gone from the picture. Do whatever it takes, please."
"I will do what it takes to help you, Carly," Lorenzo said. "But I may need you to help me as well."
"I won't sleep with you. I won't cheat on my husband in any way."
"I would never ask you to compromise your morals, regardless of how the other people in your family view me I am not like that." Lorenzo turned around, "But if I need something from you, I will contact you."
"I'll wait for the call," Carly walked away.
Present-
"Do you remember that night, Carly?" Lorenzo asked. "You practically threw yourself on me, looking for a way to get rid of that boy, to get him out of your life. You hated him so much that you were willing to betray your husband and run to his enemy just to get him out of your life."
"No..."
"It's the truth, Carly, and we both know it." Lorenzo moved towards the desk. "Remember when I asked you to make that note to meet Sonny at the docks? I lied and told him that I had a handwrite copier do it and he believed it. He never thought that you would have done something like that. I protected you and your love of your husband. I got the tape of Sonny confessing to the deeds that he does on a daily basis in this town. It was supposed to work and push Damian out of your life, just like you wanted."
"But it didn't work," Carly said, breathless. How much of this was her fault?
"No, it didn't," Lorenzo continued. "And then Faith almost got the job done for me. I admit that I never intended for her to be involved, but I wasn't going to try and stop her. After that, I forced Baldwin into putting Damian in jail..."
"That was you?" Carly glared at him. "You threw an innocent young man into jail for your own purposes?"
"For your purposes," Lorenzo pointed out. "You are the one who came to me asking for a way to get him out of your life, Carly. Everything that I did was for you."
"What happened then?"
"Once Zuniga managed to dodge the death sentence that I wanted him to get, I had to drop everything and decide that killing him would be the best way."
"I never wanted you to kill him!" Carly's voice was a shrill scream that made Lorenzo wince as the sound hit his ears. "I would never ask you to take another life."
"You wanted him out of your life by any means necessary. I thought that I would have used him against his father, but in the end my love for you surpassed my hatred for your husband and I instead continued doing what you asked me. If he was beating all the odds, and finding a way to stay in your life despite everything that I had thrown at him, death was the only answer. I had one of my best men hunt him down and when the time was right he was to kill Damian in whatever way was convenient."
"He failed..."
"I'm aware of that," Lorenzo said. "Because of his failure, he is now dead. Not only because of his failure, but because he threatened Michael's life."
"He... was after Michael?"
"The services of the cell phones in the area have been shoddy at best in these past few days, Carly, you know that. I managed to contact my man, but there was so much static that he thought I meant that he was to go after Michael. I told him step-son, but due to the inadequacies caused by the..."
Carly slapped Lorenzo so hard that it hurt her own hand. "You almost killed my son!"
"That was not my intention," Lorenzo rubbed his jaw. He didn't think that she would lash out at him like that.
"I don't care what your intention was, Lorenzo!" Carly again yelled. "You almost killed Michael... and you nearly killed Damian."
"You asked me to get rid of him..."
"Because I was stupid!" Carly said. "I was acting like I always act when someone comes into our lives, I was being selfish and I was only thinking about myself! You know what, I actually care about Damian now, and I cared about him even before he risked his life to save my son's life, to save his little brother! I liked him being around after I realized that he was a good thing for my children!"
"You never told me that there was a change of the plans..."
"I didn't think I needed to tell you! You're some obsessive stalker, always following me, always trying to think about what I'm doing at any given time. I could have sneezed and someone would have told you that I did. I thought you would have know."
"I would never invade your privacy like that..."
"Because of you, there is an innocent young man in the hospital with a battered body... because of you my child almost died and because of you my husband is going through emotionally hell since he almost lost his child... again!"
"I did everything for you!"
"I should have never come to you for help!" Carly yelled. "I hate you, Lorenzo!"
Lorenzo backed off, "You don't mean that. You're angry..."
"I've been angry with you a lot of times in my life, Lorenzo. But I have never actually hated you until right now. You could have killed Michael, and I hate anyone who puts my children in any danger."
"Sonny does that on a daily basis..."
"Sonny loves his children, all three of them!" Carly was irate. "Sonny is a better man than you could ever be."
"Would it help if I apologized for my error?"
"No, it wouldn't help if you apologized for your error," Carly said snidely. "You can't apologize for almost killing Michael and you can't apologize for almost killing Damian, either!"
"I will make it up to you..."
"No, you're leaving Port Charles, now!"
"I will not leave you!"
"Get away from me, Lorenzo!" Carly demanded. "I never want to see you again! I would tell Sonny and Jason just how much you were involved with the entire situation that happened."
"Why don't you, if you hate me so much?" Lorenzo was looking for a spark of love, something that he could cling onto. Carly couldn't hate him. The woman that he loved so much couldn't loathe him in such a way.
"Because you saved Morgan's life when those doctors wanted to take him out of my stomach! The only reason that I'm letting you stay alive is because of that. I never thought that I would be even with you for that, Lorenzo, but I realize that I'm even with you now. If I ever see you in Port Charles again, I will tell Sonny everything."
"Sonny will hate you," Lorenzo said. "Sonny would see it as a betrayal, because it was."
"I can live with that. Sonny will forgive me in time."
"Are you so sure?"
"Yes, I am," Carly opened the door. "You need to leave."
"This is not your..."
"Leave!" Carly yelled. "I will never love you. You have no reason to stay in this town!"
"As long as you are here, there is always a reason for me to return," Lorenzo got up and walked out. "Always a reason to return..."
Carly shut Lorenzo's own door in his face before she walked over to the couch and began to weep. Everything was her fault. Regardless of how much she was unaware of what had happened, he did what he did because of some twisted feeling that she wanted him to do it. Sonny would hate her forever... he could never find out.