General Hospital-
Carly didn't need to wait long for Leticia to return from Kelly's with her lunch. Carly thought about leaving right away, but decided that she should have given the nanny enough time to actually enjoy her lunch. Then she got an idea that came into her head, maybe Damian would like to see his baby brother. It was true that Damian had protested being around Morgan a lot, or at least holding him because of a fear of dropping the child, but he was going to be lying down. The only place that Morgan was going to get dropped was onto the bed, which was soft and cushioned. Plus, it would give Leticia a break that she direly needed. Carly knew that it wasn't easy, watching after Michael and Morgan almost all the time while Sonny and Carly dealt with the drama that seemed to always envelope their lives. Leticia didn't seem to mind, although it was she who got everything ready for Morgan's trip to the hospital.
Bobbie had come in to start her 12 hour shift. They ended up taking different elevators, which converged on the 4th floor at the same time. She turned to her left and saw her daughter and her youngest grandson. "You brought Morgan?" Bobbie asked.
"Why wouldn't I?"
"Well, hospitals aren't exactly the best place for babies," Bobbie said.
"This is where his brother is," Carly said. "Damian might want to see Morgan, don't you think?"
"I think it's a nice gesture," Bobbie smiled. "Especially coming from you."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Carly asked, although she already knew the answer deep down in her heart.
"Carly, you and he weren't exactly the best of friends when you met. We tried to get you both to stop being so hostile towards one another, but it didn't seem like it was going to be working."
"I was stupid..."
"And even after he gave up on trying to be your enemy. Even when he tried to be your friend, you were still there trying to push him out of our lives."
"Mom, I said I was being stupid!" Carly didn't want to hear about her mistakes again, like an episode of this 'this is your life' gone horribly wrong.
"At least you're admitting it now," Bobbie muttered.
"Could we talk about something else?" Carly was almost begging.
"On one condition..."
"What's that?"
"You give me my grandson," Bobbie looked at Morgan and saved. Morgan made a sound that showed he knew who the person in front of him was.
"Here, Morgan. Why don't you spend some time with Grandma," Carly handed the baby over to her mother, something that Carly originally thought she would never do in her life, but she felt that it was a good choice and one that just felt natural.
"Did Courtney call you or something?" Bobbie asked, gently bobbing Morgan up and down in her arms.
"No, Sonny called. He wanted to call the hospital room, but I told him that it probably wasn't the best idea for him to be calling when Damian might have been sleeping. Courtney might have been sleeping as well."
A man walked past and pumped into Carly on accident. He looked at her and shook his head, "My apologies."
Carly thought she recognized the man, dressed in a doctor's uniform. She didn't think much of it, "Its fine." She watched him leave, "Do you know him, mom?"
"Not very well, no," Bobbie answered. "He's been working here for a few months, but he doesn't talk to the rest of us that often. He seems like a nice guy, though. Why, you thinking about leaving Sonny, finding yourself a doctor?"
"Mother!" Carly scoffed. "If anything happened between Sonny and I, he would kill anyone that even tried to court me, it wouldn't be safe for me to date anymore after I broke up with him."
"It was a joke, Carly..."
"I wasn't joking," She muttered. She knew that Sonny would never let her go, unless he was dead. She didn't want Sonny to let her go, and she certainly didn't want Sonny dead. "Have you seen Damian today?'
"No, I just got in," Bobbie was dressed, but she had her uniform at home and she changed there. "I was going to check on him."
"Why don't we do that together?" Carly asked. "I'm sure he'd like to see us both."
"Yeah, I think he would like that as well," Bobbie carried Morgan in her arms as she walked around the corner.
Room 467-
Carly opened the door, "We brought a visitor," She looked around and instantly felt a panic. "Mother... he's not in here!"
"What?" Bobbie was behind Carly and couldn't see anything. But when she moved out of the way she could see that there was nothing that showed that Damian was around. Courtney wasn't around either. "Oh..."
"What happened?" Carly asked. "Why didn't the hospital know that he was gone?" Carly's eyes darted back and forth around the room. "My God, Courtney's not here, either!"
"Carly, calm down..."
"How can I calm down?" Carly asked. "My best friend and my stepson are missing!" Carly saw the bed. "Look... it's not even made. Someone had to take him and Courtney!"
"Carly, we've got security cameras everywhere in the hospital. Someone would have found him."
"Mother, your brother has staged how many breakouts in this hospital while getting past the cameras?"
"Do you think Luke had something to do with this?'
"No, of course not. I'm just saying that it's possible for a breakout to happen." Carly thought back. "That man..."
"What man?'
"The doctor guy that I bumped into when I got here..."
"What about him?"
"He works for Lorenzo!" Carly had seen him on the boat while she was being held captive. She should have known that Lorenzo would have people that were paid by him working as staff on the hospital.
"What does Alcazar have to do with this?" Bobbie inquired, holding Morgan who was beginning to understand that something was making his mother and his grandmother very unhappy.
"He wouldn't..." Carly muttered. "He couldn't..."
"What are you talking about?"
"I think Lorenzo kidnapped them both," Carly admitted.
"Why would he do that?"
"To get back at me..."
"For what?" Bobbie was tired of the questions. "Carly, you're not making any sense at all!"
Carly began to cry, realizing that everything that she had done in her life was catching up with her rapidly. "Mom... you have to promise to not tell anyone about what I'm going to tell you right now, okay? Nobody, especially Sonny."
"I promise..."
"I... hired Lorenzo to get rid of Damian."
"You what?!" Morgan started to cry. Bobbie held him closer to her. "It's okay, baby, its okay." Bobbie cut her voice down a few volumes, "What do you mean, you hired him?"
"I said what I meant," Carly sat on the bed. "I wanted Damian out of our lives," Carly looked up at her mother, her mascara running with her tears. "I told Lorenzo how much he was hurting me."
"How was he hurting you?"
"He wasn't! Not really. I see that now, but when he first came I was so angry and hurt that Sonny would have a child with someone else..."
"Carly, you and Sonny hadn't even met at that time!"
"Mom! I'm trying to tell you what happened..."
"I'm sorry," Bobbie sat on the chair next to her daughter. "Please continue."
"I said that I wanted him gone and I told Lorenzo to get rid of him. I helped Lorenzo get Sonny into that conversation that they had... the one that pushed Damian away the first time and before Michael lost his voice. After that I realized that I wasn't doing something that was helping anyone. The only thing I was doing was hurting my children and my husband, but I still didn't want him around. I didn't tell Lorenzo to continue... but I didn't tell him to stop either. He was one of the people that staged the wrongful charges that were brought on Damian and he was the one who hired the man that almost hit Michael..."
"You really think that Lorenzo Alcazar was responsible for all of this?"
"Who else could it be? He's twisted, mother! I should have realized that sooner, but I wanted someone to help me and everyone that I trusted was against me when I thought I needed Damian out of my life!" Carly broke down, "I didn't know that I was doing something that was so horrible."
"You never know when you're doing something stupid, Carly!" Bobbie wasn't trying to sound snide, but her daughter had just orchestrated a plan that could have put someone that Bobbie loved very much in danger, as well as Courtney. "Now look at what's happened because of you. Your best friend and your husband's son are missing and we don't know where they are!"
"What am I going to do?"
"Call the police?"
"No... we can't call the police, they'll just get in the way!"
"Carly, the hospital has to call the police when a patient has become missing, it's the law. Sonny could sue the hospital for not protecting his son as it is..."
"I don't think he will," Carly said. "I'll ask him not to."
"I don't care what happens to the hospital. We need to see if there are any hints on the security camera that would help us find Damian."
"Mom... just tell me everything is going to be all right."
"I wish I could, Carly," Bobbie hugged her daughter, "but I'm not going to lie to you. If something happens, if something hasn't happened already, you might be the one that gets the blame."
Carly didn't need to wait long for Leticia to return from Kelly's with her lunch. Carly thought about leaving right away, but decided that she should have given the nanny enough time to actually enjoy her lunch. Then she got an idea that came into her head, maybe Damian would like to see his baby brother. It was true that Damian had protested being around Morgan a lot, or at least holding him because of a fear of dropping the child, but he was going to be lying down. The only place that Morgan was going to get dropped was onto the bed, which was soft and cushioned. Plus, it would give Leticia a break that she direly needed. Carly knew that it wasn't easy, watching after Michael and Morgan almost all the time while Sonny and Carly dealt with the drama that seemed to always envelope their lives. Leticia didn't seem to mind, although it was she who got everything ready for Morgan's trip to the hospital.
Bobbie had come in to start her 12 hour shift. They ended up taking different elevators, which converged on the 4th floor at the same time. She turned to her left and saw her daughter and her youngest grandson. "You brought Morgan?" Bobbie asked.
"Why wouldn't I?"
"Well, hospitals aren't exactly the best place for babies," Bobbie said.
"This is where his brother is," Carly said. "Damian might want to see Morgan, don't you think?"
"I think it's a nice gesture," Bobbie smiled. "Especially coming from you."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Carly asked, although she already knew the answer deep down in her heart.
"Carly, you and he weren't exactly the best of friends when you met. We tried to get you both to stop being so hostile towards one another, but it didn't seem like it was going to be working."
"I was stupid..."
"And even after he gave up on trying to be your enemy. Even when he tried to be your friend, you were still there trying to push him out of our lives."
"Mom, I said I was being stupid!" Carly didn't want to hear about her mistakes again, like an episode of this 'this is your life' gone horribly wrong.
"At least you're admitting it now," Bobbie muttered.
"Could we talk about something else?" Carly was almost begging.
"On one condition..."
"What's that?"
"You give me my grandson," Bobbie looked at Morgan and saved. Morgan made a sound that showed he knew who the person in front of him was.
"Here, Morgan. Why don't you spend some time with Grandma," Carly handed the baby over to her mother, something that Carly originally thought she would never do in her life, but she felt that it was a good choice and one that just felt natural.
"Did Courtney call you or something?" Bobbie asked, gently bobbing Morgan up and down in her arms.
"No, Sonny called. He wanted to call the hospital room, but I told him that it probably wasn't the best idea for him to be calling when Damian might have been sleeping. Courtney might have been sleeping as well."
A man walked past and pumped into Carly on accident. He looked at her and shook his head, "My apologies."
Carly thought she recognized the man, dressed in a doctor's uniform. She didn't think much of it, "Its fine." She watched him leave, "Do you know him, mom?"
"Not very well, no," Bobbie answered. "He's been working here for a few months, but he doesn't talk to the rest of us that often. He seems like a nice guy, though. Why, you thinking about leaving Sonny, finding yourself a doctor?"
"Mother!" Carly scoffed. "If anything happened between Sonny and I, he would kill anyone that even tried to court me, it wouldn't be safe for me to date anymore after I broke up with him."
"It was a joke, Carly..."
"I wasn't joking," She muttered. She knew that Sonny would never let her go, unless he was dead. She didn't want Sonny to let her go, and she certainly didn't want Sonny dead. "Have you seen Damian today?'
"No, I just got in," Bobbie was dressed, but she had her uniform at home and she changed there. "I was going to check on him."
"Why don't we do that together?" Carly asked. "I'm sure he'd like to see us both."
"Yeah, I think he would like that as well," Bobbie carried Morgan in her arms as she walked around the corner.
Room 467-
Carly opened the door, "We brought a visitor," She looked around and instantly felt a panic. "Mother... he's not in here!"
"What?" Bobbie was behind Carly and couldn't see anything. But when she moved out of the way she could see that there was nothing that showed that Damian was around. Courtney wasn't around either. "Oh..."
"What happened?" Carly asked. "Why didn't the hospital know that he was gone?" Carly's eyes darted back and forth around the room. "My God, Courtney's not here, either!"
"Carly, calm down..."
"How can I calm down?" Carly asked. "My best friend and my stepson are missing!" Carly saw the bed. "Look... it's not even made. Someone had to take him and Courtney!"
"Carly, we've got security cameras everywhere in the hospital. Someone would have found him."
"Mother, your brother has staged how many breakouts in this hospital while getting past the cameras?"
"Do you think Luke had something to do with this?'
"No, of course not. I'm just saying that it's possible for a breakout to happen." Carly thought back. "That man..."
"What man?'
"The doctor guy that I bumped into when I got here..."
"What about him?"
"He works for Lorenzo!" Carly had seen him on the boat while she was being held captive. She should have known that Lorenzo would have people that were paid by him working as staff on the hospital.
"What does Alcazar have to do with this?" Bobbie inquired, holding Morgan who was beginning to understand that something was making his mother and his grandmother very unhappy.
"He wouldn't..." Carly muttered. "He couldn't..."
"What are you talking about?"
"I think Lorenzo kidnapped them both," Carly admitted.
"Why would he do that?"
"To get back at me..."
"For what?" Bobbie was tired of the questions. "Carly, you're not making any sense at all!"
Carly began to cry, realizing that everything that she had done in her life was catching up with her rapidly. "Mom... you have to promise to not tell anyone about what I'm going to tell you right now, okay? Nobody, especially Sonny."
"I promise..."
"I... hired Lorenzo to get rid of Damian."
"You what?!" Morgan started to cry. Bobbie held him closer to her. "It's okay, baby, its okay." Bobbie cut her voice down a few volumes, "What do you mean, you hired him?"
"I said what I meant," Carly sat on the bed. "I wanted Damian out of our lives," Carly looked up at her mother, her mascara running with her tears. "I told Lorenzo how much he was hurting me."
"How was he hurting you?"
"He wasn't! Not really. I see that now, but when he first came I was so angry and hurt that Sonny would have a child with someone else..."
"Carly, you and Sonny hadn't even met at that time!"
"Mom! I'm trying to tell you what happened..."
"I'm sorry," Bobbie sat on the chair next to her daughter. "Please continue."
"I said that I wanted him gone and I told Lorenzo to get rid of him. I helped Lorenzo get Sonny into that conversation that they had... the one that pushed Damian away the first time and before Michael lost his voice. After that I realized that I wasn't doing something that was helping anyone. The only thing I was doing was hurting my children and my husband, but I still didn't want him around. I didn't tell Lorenzo to continue... but I didn't tell him to stop either. He was one of the people that staged the wrongful charges that were brought on Damian and he was the one who hired the man that almost hit Michael..."
"You really think that Lorenzo Alcazar was responsible for all of this?"
"Who else could it be? He's twisted, mother! I should have realized that sooner, but I wanted someone to help me and everyone that I trusted was against me when I thought I needed Damian out of my life!" Carly broke down, "I didn't know that I was doing something that was so horrible."
"You never know when you're doing something stupid, Carly!" Bobbie wasn't trying to sound snide, but her daughter had just orchestrated a plan that could have put someone that Bobbie loved very much in danger, as well as Courtney. "Now look at what's happened because of you. Your best friend and your husband's son are missing and we don't know where they are!"
"What am I going to do?"
"Call the police?"
"No... we can't call the police, they'll just get in the way!"
"Carly, the hospital has to call the police when a patient has become missing, it's the law. Sonny could sue the hospital for not protecting his son as it is..."
"I don't think he will," Carly said. "I'll ask him not to."
"I don't care what happens to the hospital. We need to see if there are any hints on the security camera that would help us find Damian."
"Mom... just tell me everything is going to be all right."
"I wish I could, Carly," Bobbie hugged her daughter, "but I'm not going to lie to you. If something happens, if something hasn't happened already, you might be the one that gets the blame."