Version of the Truth
Max Corinthos sat on the bench outside the principal's office, he held a once white cloth over his bleeding nose, hoping that it would stop before his mother arrived at the school. The only thing he cold think about was what her reaction was going to be.
He heard his mother's voice from down the hallway, she didn't sound mad. When she entered the main office she spotted Max and went directly to him, "Max, what happened?" She asked, kneeling down in front of him.
He stared at the tiled floor, "I got in a fight."
"Let me see." Skye tilted her son's head up and removed the cloth from his nose, "Does it hurt?"
"A little."
Skye placed the cloth back in place, "I don't think it's broken, but I want to take you to the hospital anyway."
The Principal's door opened and Mrs. Brando stepped out, "Mrs. Quartermaine Corinthos, I'd like to discuss Max's behavior with you."
"We'll discuss his behavior as soon as I find out what happened."
"Very well, come into my office."
"I'll be right back sweetheart." Skye promised him.
Skye took a seat across from her. As Mrs. Brando began, "Today during recess, Max got in a fight with another child."
"That much I could tell."
"Max's behavior was very questionable today, another student said something to him and instead of going to a teacher, he hit him back, I don't know what goes on in your home, but things like this can't happen here. School is no place for violence."
"I can assure you that there is no violence occurring at my home."
"Mrs. Corinthos, you husband is a very well known man here in Sicily, he as his own way of taking care of things."
"My husband is a business man and know matter what happens or what you think happens in his line of work it has nothing to do with what goes on in our home. We have three very impressionable sons and a baby girl who we would do anything to protect and shelter them for what goes on in the world today."
"Yes, but Max was exposed to violence, children do what they see."
"Mrs. Brando, all children are exposed to violence by watching television or by playing video games or a thousand other sources, because Maximiliano hit another boy doesn't mean that Sonny and I teach him to be violent, we teach him to stand up for himself and it seems to me that's what he did today. I know my son and he wouldn't have hit that boy just for the fun of it. You said the other boy made a comment, what did he say?"
"That's not the issue here."
"It very well is, how can prevent this from happening again if I don't know exactly what went on."
The room fell silent, Skye looked across the desk at the principal, "If you're not going to tell me I'll ask Max or better yet bring in the other child and his parents."
"Mrs. Quartermaine Corinthos, the other child, David Keyser and Max were playing when David said that your husband was a bad man and when Max asked how, David responded by telling him that he kills people."
Skye was floored, "So let me get this straight, David tells my son that his father kills people and you expect him not to be upset? He's a child and so is the other boy, he must of heard his parents talking. My husband and I pay for Max and Zach to go to school here and next year Antonio will be here to and I want them to be in the safest environment possible and it's obvious to me that you can't provide that here."
Skye got up from her chair and walked out the door, her blood was boiling, she thought she had more time to keep things like this from her children, but she was wrong. Something had to be done and quickly. She stood outside the principals door, still a little taken aback about the situation.
"Mom, are you okay?"
Skye looked down at her son, "Yes, everything's fine, come on, I'm taking you to see a doctor."
Max got up and took his mother's hand, "Do I have to tell Dad?"
"No, honey, your father and I will discuss this together, then he'll probably want to talk to you."
"Am I in trouble?"
"No."
A few hours later Skye arrived at the villa with Max. She spotted Sonny in the garden, "Max, go inside and get washed up for dinner."
"Yes, Ma'am." He echoed as he headed for the house. Skye down to the garden where Sonny was sitting, the baby carriage was parked beside him. "She's sleeping." He commented.
Skye peeked inside the carriage to see her daughter wide awake, "Not anymore." Skye said lifting the baby into her arms, "Hello Princess, Mommy missed you today."
Isabella grabbed for the cross pendant that lay in the center of her chest, she was fascinated by the way the sunlight made the gold sparkle. Skye sat down beside him, cradling the infant in her arms, "Sonny we need to talk."
"Is it about last night?"
"No, that's a whole separate issue."
"Is something wrong?"
"Max got in a fight today at school."
"What?"
"He hit another child on the play ground and the other child hit him back."
"Why did Max hit him?"
"Because David, the other little boy, told Max that his father was a bad man and that he kills people." Skye whispered, "He was defending you Sonny, he loves you and it really hurt him that he thought someone would make up a lie about his father."
"What did the principal say?"
"She thinks that were raising him to hate, to be a mobster and that violence solves everything, you should have heard her Sonny, she made it sound like neither one of us were fit to be raising our children."
"Max and Zach are suppose to be safe at school, that why we're here in Sicily, that's why they're in private school."
"So what do we do now?"
"We wait and see if this is just an isolated incident and if not then I guess we'll be searching for another school. We'll talk to Max about this after dinner."
At the dinner table, everyone was excessively quiet for some reason. Antonio didn't even mention how preschool had went, something the young child could go on and on about. Skye looked up from her plate of chicken and rice, Sonny wasn't eating, he was simply pushing the food around on his plate with his fork.
Her son's were actually trying their bests to clean their plates, they could tell something was wrong but only Max knew. Skye couldn't take it, dinner time at their house was suppose to be fun and loud. She placed her fork down on her plate, "Antonio, what did you do at school today?"
"We painted some pictures."
"What else?" Sonny inquired.
"Just the same stuff we do everyday."
Skye smiled and then looked at Sonny, without saying anything he knew exactly what she was getting at, "Zach, Toni, if you're finished with your dinner you can go start on your homework."
"But Daddy, I don't have any homework." Antonio spoke up
"Then you can go pick up the toys in your room." Skye responded
Zach and Antonio were up and out of the room rather quickly, leaving Sonny and Skye with their oldest child. "Max, your father and I want to talk to you."
"You said that I wasn't in trouble."
"And you're not." Sonny assured him, "There are just some things that need to be cleared up."
"Max, what did David say to you today?"
"He said that Dad was a bad guy and that his job was to kill people. That's why he lives here and not in Port Charles."
"Can you tell me what your mother and I do?" Sonny asked seriously.
"Yes. You grow coffee bean and grapes and import them to Port Charles and other places around the world. And Mom owns a boutique, she sells dresses and silk."
"Does that make me a bad person?"
"No."
"Does it make your Mother a bad person?"
"No."
"Max, you know the truth and that's all that matters. I know it's hard, but when people say things like that you have to learn to just ignore them, fighting with them will only cause more trouble."
"Do you understand son?"
Max nodded his head, "Yes."
"Do you have any question that you'd like to ask us?"
"No, everything's clear."
"Okay, why don't you go start on your homework." Skye suggested.
Max got up from his chair and headed out the dining room door. Skye looked over at Sonny, "We dodged a rather big bullet there, next time we may not be so lucky."
The next day in the village, Sonny strolled into his wife's boutique. Skye saw him from across the store, "Hey, handsome, what do I owe the honor?"
Sonny walked over to her, "Well, how about lunch at Alfredo's?"
"I think I can manage that." Skye smiled, "Rosa, I'm going to lunch, I'll be back shortly."
"Take your time Skye, everything's under control here." Rosa called back.
Sonny took her hand and led her outside the building and down the street, "I was thinking, maybe you and I should go away for a while, just the two of us."
"When Carly and Jason get back from Barbados?"
"Why not? The leave day after tomorrow and they'll be gone for two weeks and when they get back I'm sure Jason can hold everything together while we jet away to Greece."
"Greece?"
"Unless you'd like to go somewhere else."
"No, Greece sounds perfect."
They were approaching Alfredo's, it seemed as if everyone was dining outside, it was such a warm spring day and the city streets were crowded with mostly tourists. "Would you like to eat outside?" Sonny asked.
"I'll sit where ever you like."
Sonny walked them through the table and back in the corner at a private table for two, "How's this?"
"Perfect"
He pulled out her chair, and then went around the table and sat down across from her. A waiter then approached them, "Can I get you anything to drink?"
"I'll have a club soda." Skye answered
"I'll have the same."
He handed them the menu's, "I'll be back to get your orders." He then turned and left to get the drinks.
Sonny reach across the table and placed his hand gently over Skye's, his chocolate eyes looked into her amber ones, "I know things have been a little screwed up lately, with everything going on in Miami as well as here. I'm trying my very best to get things under control because you and the children are all that matter to me and without all of you I wouldn't have a reason to live."
"I know your business is your own and I would never ask you to give it up, I'm just asking you to think about the future."
Sonny thought he seen something suspicious out of the corner of his eye, he passed it off as nothing. Then it was too late, it caught Skye's attention and when they both looked up the only thing they seen was a gun that was about to be fired in there direction. Marco and Johnny came running towards them but it was too late.
Sonny grabbed Skye's arm from across the table, pulling them both onto the hard cement. Johnny fired back and Marco ran to them, he leaped over the iron fence, when he got close enough all he seen was a trial of blood running down the tan sidewalk.
TBC...
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Max Corinthos sat on the bench outside the principal's office, he held a once white cloth over his bleeding nose, hoping that it would stop before his mother arrived at the school. The only thing he cold think about was what her reaction was going to be.
He heard his mother's voice from down the hallway, she didn't sound mad. When she entered the main office she spotted Max and went directly to him, "Max, what happened?" She asked, kneeling down in front of him.
He stared at the tiled floor, "I got in a fight."
"Let me see." Skye tilted her son's head up and removed the cloth from his nose, "Does it hurt?"
"A little."
Skye placed the cloth back in place, "I don't think it's broken, but I want to take you to the hospital anyway."
The Principal's door opened and Mrs. Brando stepped out, "Mrs. Quartermaine Corinthos, I'd like to discuss Max's behavior with you."
"We'll discuss his behavior as soon as I find out what happened."
"Very well, come into my office."
"I'll be right back sweetheart." Skye promised him.
Skye took a seat across from her. As Mrs. Brando began, "Today during recess, Max got in a fight with another child."
"That much I could tell."
"Max's behavior was very questionable today, another student said something to him and instead of going to a teacher, he hit him back, I don't know what goes on in your home, but things like this can't happen here. School is no place for violence."
"I can assure you that there is no violence occurring at my home."
"Mrs. Corinthos, you husband is a very well known man here in Sicily, he as his own way of taking care of things."
"My husband is a business man and know matter what happens or what you think happens in his line of work it has nothing to do with what goes on in our home. We have three very impressionable sons and a baby girl who we would do anything to protect and shelter them for what goes on in the world today."
"Yes, but Max was exposed to violence, children do what they see."
"Mrs. Brando, all children are exposed to violence by watching television or by playing video games or a thousand other sources, because Maximiliano hit another boy doesn't mean that Sonny and I teach him to be violent, we teach him to stand up for himself and it seems to me that's what he did today. I know my son and he wouldn't have hit that boy just for the fun of it. You said the other boy made a comment, what did he say?"
"That's not the issue here."
"It very well is, how can prevent this from happening again if I don't know exactly what went on."
The room fell silent, Skye looked across the desk at the principal, "If you're not going to tell me I'll ask Max or better yet bring in the other child and his parents."
"Mrs. Quartermaine Corinthos, the other child, David Keyser and Max were playing when David said that your husband was a bad man and when Max asked how, David responded by telling him that he kills people."
Skye was floored, "So let me get this straight, David tells my son that his father kills people and you expect him not to be upset? He's a child and so is the other boy, he must of heard his parents talking. My husband and I pay for Max and Zach to go to school here and next year Antonio will be here to and I want them to be in the safest environment possible and it's obvious to me that you can't provide that here."
Skye got up from her chair and walked out the door, her blood was boiling, she thought she had more time to keep things like this from her children, but she was wrong. Something had to be done and quickly. She stood outside the principals door, still a little taken aback about the situation.
"Mom, are you okay?"
Skye looked down at her son, "Yes, everything's fine, come on, I'm taking you to see a doctor."
Max got up and took his mother's hand, "Do I have to tell Dad?"
"No, honey, your father and I will discuss this together, then he'll probably want to talk to you."
"Am I in trouble?"
"No."
A few hours later Skye arrived at the villa with Max. She spotted Sonny in the garden, "Max, go inside and get washed up for dinner."
"Yes, Ma'am." He echoed as he headed for the house. Skye down to the garden where Sonny was sitting, the baby carriage was parked beside him. "She's sleeping." He commented.
Skye peeked inside the carriage to see her daughter wide awake, "Not anymore." Skye said lifting the baby into her arms, "Hello Princess, Mommy missed you today."
Isabella grabbed for the cross pendant that lay in the center of her chest, she was fascinated by the way the sunlight made the gold sparkle. Skye sat down beside him, cradling the infant in her arms, "Sonny we need to talk."
"Is it about last night?"
"No, that's a whole separate issue."
"Is something wrong?"
"Max got in a fight today at school."
"What?"
"He hit another child on the play ground and the other child hit him back."
"Why did Max hit him?"
"Because David, the other little boy, told Max that his father was a bad man and that he kills people." Skye whispered, "He was defending you Sonny, he loves you and it really hurt him that he thought someone would make up a lie about his father."
"What did the principal say?"
"She thinks that were raising him to hate, to be a mobster and that violence solves everything, you should have heard her Sonny, she made it sound like neither one of us were fit to be raising our children."
"Max and Zach are suppose to be safe at school, that why we're here in Sicily, that's why they're in private school."
"So what do we do now?"
"We wait and see if this is just an isolated incident and if not then I guess we'll be searching for another school. We'll talk to Max about this after dinner."
At the dinner table, everyone was excessively quiet for some reason. Antonio didn't even mention how preschool had went, something the young child could go on and on about. Skye looked up from her plate of chicken and rice, Sonny wasn't eating, he was simply pushing the food around on his plate with his fork.
Her son's were actually trying their bests to clean their plates, they could tell something was wrong but only Max knew. Skye couldn't take it, dinner time at their house was suppose to be fun and loud. She placed her fork down on her plate, "Antonio, what did you do at school today?"
"We painted some pictures."
"What else?" Sonny inquired.
"Just the same stuff we do everyday."
Skye smiled and then looked at Sonny, without saying anything he knew exactly what she was getting at, "Zach, Toni, if you're finished with your dinner you can go start on your homework."
"But Daddy, I don't have any homework." Antonio spoke up
"Then you can go pick up the toys in your room." Skye responded
Zach and Antonio were up and out of the room rather quickly, leaving Sonny and Skye with their oldest child. "Max, your father and I want to talk to you."
"You said that I wasn't in trouble."
"And you're not." Sonny assured him, "There are just some things that need to be cleared up."
"Max, what did David say to you today?"
"He said that Dad was a bad guy and that his job was to kill people. That's why he lives here and not in Port Charles."
"Can you tell me what your mother and I do?" Sonny asked seriously.
"Yes. You grow coffee bean and grapes and import them to Port Charles and other places around the world. And Mom owns a boutique, she sells dresses and silk."
"Does that make me a bad person?"
"No."
"Does it make your Mother a bad person?"
"No."
"Max, you know the truth and that's all that matters. I know it's hard, but when people say things like that you have to learn to just ignore them, fighting with them will only cause more trouble."
"Do you understand son?"
Max nodded his head, "Yes."
"Do you have any question that you'd like to ask us?"
"No, everything's clear."
"Okay, why don't you go start on your homework." Skye suggested.
Max got up from his chair and headed out the dining room door. Skye looked over at Sonny, "We dodged a rather big bullet there, next time we may not be so lucky."
The next day in the village, Sonny strolled into his wife's boutique. Skye saw him from across the store, "Hey, handsome, what do I owe the honor?"
Sonny walked over to her, "Well, how about lunch at Alfredo's?"
"I think I can manage that." Skye smiled, "Rosa, I'm going to lunch, I'll be back shortly."
"Take your time Skye, everything's under control here." Rosa called back.
Sonny took her hand and led her outside the building and down the street, "I was thinking, maybe you and I should go away for a while, just the two of us."
"When Carly and Jason get back from Barbados?"
"Why not? The leave day after tomorrow and they'll be gone for two weeks and when they get back I'm sure Jason can hold everything together while we jet away to Greece."
"Greece?"
"Unless you'd like to go somewhere else."
"No, Greece sounds perfect."
They were approaching Alfredo's, it seemed as if everyone was dining outside, it was such a warm spring day and the city streets were crowded with mostly tourists. "Would you like to eat outside?" Sonny asked.
"I'll sit where ever you like."
Sonny walked them through the table and back in the corner at a private table for two, "How's this?"
"Perfect"
He pulled out her chair, and then went around the table and sat down across from her. A waiter then approached them, "Can I get you anything to drink?"
"I'll have a club soda." Skye answered
"I'll have the same."
He handed them the menu's, "I'll be back to get your orders." He then turned and left to get the drinks.
Sonny reach across the table and placed his hand gently over Skye's, his chocolate eyes looked into her amber ones, "I know things have been a little screwed up lately, with everything going on in Miami as well as here. I'm trying my very best to get things under control because you and the children are all that matter to me and without all of you I wouldn't have a reason to live."
"I know your business is your own and I would never ask you to give it up, I'm just asking you to think about the future."
Sonny thought he seen something suspicious out of the corner of his eye, he passed it off as nothing. Then it was too late, it caught Skye's attention and when they both looked up the only thing they seen was a gun that was about to be fired in there direction. Marco and Johnny came running towards them but it was too late.
Sonny grabbed Skye's arm from across the table, pulling them both onto the hard cement. Johnny fired back and Marco ran to them, he leaped over the iron fence, when he got close enough all he seen was a trial of blood running down the tan sidewalk.
TBC...
I would like to thank everyone who has reviewed my story. It gives me inspiration to continue. So please by kind and review again. Thanks!