The Setup
Skye just looked at Lorenzo, but there was no way she could explain her actions to him . . . or anyone for that matter. What could she possibly tell him when there was nothing left to say? And he just stood there, waiting for her to give him a detailed answer about actions and morals.
"You should just go ahead and confess." Lorenzo suggested, "And If you're in trouble I'll help you get out."
"It's not that simple Lorenzo, I wish it was." Skye said regretfully, "I've made so many mistakes and now I have to deal with them on my own."
He gently touched her face, "Skye, I don't think this is something you are going to be able to fix on your own."
"I'm a survivor." Skye insisted, moving his hand, "I'll be fine."
Lorenzo laughed in the midst of it all, "You haven't changed Skye, still looking for the fairytale ending where the prince rides in on his white horse and rescues the damsel in distress and they ride off together happily ever after into the sunset." He shook his head, "Things may have worked out in the past but I wouldn't count on it, not now, the stakes are too high."
"I know what's at stake and that's why I've already prepared to bow out gracefully." Skye told him, "I've already made the biggest mistake of all, I let Faith live." She mumbled, "And now I've lost everything."
"So you're going to continue on this destructive path?"
"I've got nothing to lose, Lorenzo, don't you understand that?" She questioned, "How can my actions are destructive if I don't have anything left to destroy?"
"What about your children?"
"Sonny will take them from me in a heartbeat."
"So what do you plan to do now?" Lorenzo questioned, "Kill Faith and anyone else that gets in your way?"
Skye gave him an icy look, then turned and walked away, knowing she was right, there was nothing left to say.
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The next morning, everything at the Quartermaine Mansion was deadly silent. Skye and Sage sat across from each other in the dining room awaiting breakfast.
"Aren't you going to tell me what happened?" Sage questioned her Mother.
"Nothing happened." Skye told her in a long breath.
"Then why did Faith Roscoe grab me?" She asked, "Something had to happen."
"It's complicated."
"It's complicated? That's all I get? Sage asked, outraged, "Don't you think I deserve an explanation on why I was kidnaped and held against my will?"
"Of course you deserve an explanation." Skye told her truthfully. "But you're looking for a simple answer and I haven't got one."
"Fine, just tell me this, did it have anything to do with Daddy?"
"Sage, please keep your voice down, no one can know that your Father is alive right now."
"Then it was because of Daddy." Sage concluded.
Skye couldn't lie to her daughter, "No, what happened had nothing to do with Luis."
"This isn't fair." Sage yelled.
"Lower your voice, young lady." Skye instructed, "Life isn't fair Sage. This is just one of those times where it's difficult to explain things to you." She confessed, "It's business."
"Business?" Sage asked, "That is such bull shit. Why can't Daddy and Uncle Lorenzo and Sonny all have normal jobs like you and the Quartermaines? They're the ones that always make things so difficult and then the rest of us have to suffer."
"The rest of us?"
"Yeah." Sage said slowly, "Our whole family. Just because Max and Zach don't realize right now what's going on doesn't mean that they won't stumble across it eventually."
Skye nodded, "Like you did."
"I caught on very quickly." She confessed, "My Father is an international arms dealer and everyone knows it, they know where all the money comes from. But I always felt better by saying that my Mother was a fashion designer, making her money legit."
"Sage, I'm not going to argue with you about this. But I will tell you that people do what they know, and what Luis does isn't all bad, what Sonny does isn't all bad either. Risk comes with any job, Mom takes a big risk every day at the hospital, operating on people."
"You think because you've been around this most of your life you have to find some way to justify it to me."
"I'm not giving you justification." Skye said sternly, "I'm giving you the facts."
"Yeah, Mom, the facts as you choose to see them." Sage got up and stormed out of the dining room passing Monica along the way. "Morning Sage, did you sleep well?"
Sage gave her a slight smile, "Yeah, I guess."
Monica entered the dining room and sat down in the seat that Sage had vacated.
"This is so hard, Mom."
"What's that?" Monica questioned, pouring herself a cup of coffee.
"Having a teenager." Skye answered, "They're so rebellious and think that they know everything."
Monica laughed, "And just think you have to do this four more times." She joked.
"Oh, don't remind me." Skye laughed, "It's hard enough with one, I can't imagine three at the same time, I don't know how you did it. And two of us weren't even yours."
"You became my child the first day you entered this house." Monica told her, "As did Jason. I admire you so much for doing the same with Sage."
"Sage was so young when Luis and I married, but hell I was so young." She admitted, "Everything just fell into place, before he had to go and be such a pompous ass."
"Try not to focus on the past." Monica told her from experience, "Don't open up old wounds when you've got so much here with Sonny and your children."
"You're right." Skye told her, "I have to focus on the future."
"How long is Sage off from school?"
"Two weeks." Skye replied.
"I'm glad you brought her back with you."
She smiled, "Me too."
Alan entered the dining room and sat down beside his wife, "Good morning, Skye."
"Morning Daddy." She responded, trying to sound cheerful.
"What time do you have to be at work this morning?" Alan asked Monica.
"I have a surgery scheduled for eleven, but first I have to examine Faith Roscoe before she's discharged." She answered, looking around the dining room, "Where the hell is breakfast?"
"I'm starving." Dillon said as he entered the dining, "Where's the food?"
"Reginald." Skye yelled, "Everyone's getting restless in here."
"I'm on my way, Mrs. Corinthos." Reginald called back.
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After breakfast everyone was off their separate ways leaving the house empty, except for the soft, warm laughter that filled the den. Skye was sitting on a fuzzy blanket in the middle of the floor playing with her daughter. She waved the stuffed puppy in front of Isabella, catching her attention and causing the baby to laugh.
"Do you like that Isabella?" Skye asked laughing, "I tell you what, when you get a little older, we'll get you a real puppy."
Skye handed Isabella the stuffed animal, which she instinctively put up to her mouth.
"No, no." she said, pulling the animal away from the baby's mouth, "We don't chew on the puppy."
Skye brushed her hand over her daughter's hair, "Uh oh, I think your hair is turning red." Isabella cooed, "Yeah, what do you think Daddy's going to say about that? He'll have another fiery redhead to put up with."
She picked the baby up off the rug and stood up, "Oh, my, look at all these toys, I don't think Alice and Reginald are going to appreciate this mess." Skye sat down on the sofa, holding her daughter close to her, "Mommy loves you." she whispered to her daughter, "I've done a lot of things that I shouldn't have and I'm so sorry. I never wanted to hurt you sweetheart, or your brothers, things are going to change, not because I want them too but because they have to. It's all for the best." A few tears began to slip down her cheek and she quickly wiped them away, "I'm so sorry." She murmured over and over.
Carly entered the den, "Did a tornado hit in here?"
"No, I've decided to turn the livingroom into a toy shop." Skye joked.
Carly laughed, "I'm sure Edward's going to love that."
Skye bounced the baby on her lap, "Did you get everything done?"
"Yes, I ran all my errands." She picked up the newspaper off the desk and walked over to the couch, "Are the kids off to school?"
"Yeah, but I don't think that they like going to school here....." Skye was interrupted by the ringing of the phone.
"I'll get it." Carly volunteered, she got up and picked the phone up off the desk, "Quartermaine's."
"Carly, it's Jax, Skye's shipment has just arrived does she want me to unpack it?"
"No, Skye and I are on our way."
"We are?" Skye asked from the sofa.
"Yes, we are." Carly confirmed, "I'll see you in a bit." She placed the phone back on the receiver, "That was Jax, he said that our shipment has arrived."
Skye stood up, "I'll take Isabella to Alice and then we can go."
Twenty minutes later, they stood in the back room, unpacking the fabric.
"Where's the product?" Carly asked.
Skye walked over and looked out the door, making sure that Jax was out of sight, she then closed the door and locked it, "It's in the mannequins heads."
Carly laughed, "No, seriously."
"I'm serious." she confirmed, "I was desperate and it was the only thing I could think of."
Carly untied the scarf off the first mannequin and let it fall to the floor, she then grabbed the head, trying to pull it off, while Skye watched in amusement, "A little help here, Skye."
"All you had to do was just ask." Skye said as he pressed her weight down on the mannequin's shoulders while Carly ripped the head off, "Aren't we aggressive?"
"Damn right." Carly commented as she pulled the bags of cocaine out of the mannequin's head, carefully placing them on the table beside her while Skye worked on the second one.
"I was thinking that we could screw over a whole handful of people." Skye said out of the blue.
"Oh, sounds like fun, what'd you have in mind."
"I think that we should take part of the product and plant it on Lorenzo, that way Caprice will come after him and they'll cancel each other out and then plant some on Faith like we originally intended."
Carly nodded as she helped Skye with the third mannequin, "Then we'll take what's left and plant it on Sonny and Jason, because it's going to look kinda funny if they're the only game in town that isn't involved."
"Making them look guilty as hell." Skye concluded.
"Unless." Carly started, "We want them to look guilty."
They both pondered the thought for several long silent seconds and then just stood there looking at each other, "It's your call, Carly."
"Then I say that we plant the drugs in the warehouse, because if we don't then fingers are going to point to Sonny and Jason and they'll know they're innocent and then they'll figure out that we're the ones behind it and we'll lose everything."
"You're not going to lose anything Carly." Skye promised, "Now, we have to hurry up and plant the drugs on Faith because she's being released from the hospital this afternoon."
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Skye slowly made her way into the courthouse, she walked the long narrow hallway down to the attorney's offices. She paused briefly outside the door before knocking, then waited for what felt like an eternity. Finally the door opened, "Skye, please come in." She stepped inside and the door was closed behind her.
Skye took a seat across from her attorney at the conference table, "I want to file for divorce."
Alexis sat down across from her, completely shocked, "A divorce?"
"Yes." Skye said slowly, "Why else would I obtain your services?"
"I don't know." Alexis told her, "I thought that you wanted to draw up some paperwork regarding your business ties with Jax."
"I'm not worried about my business ties with Jax, he's sleeping with my Aunt, I've got all my security right there." Skye responded, trying to shake the mental images, "Anyway, can you draw up the papers?"
"Of course. So you'll be going after child support, what about alimony?"
"I don't need Sonny's money, with the Quartermaine's and Skye Blue Designs I'm more than set for life." Skye told her.
"Not even child support?" She asked as she made notes on her pad of paper.
Skye shook her head, "That won't be necessary, I want to give Sonny custody of the children, the only thing I'm asking for is visitation rights."
Alexis looked up from what she was writing, she noticed that the look on Skye's face was blank, "Skye, do you know what you're doing?"
She nodded. "Yes, my marriage is over."
"So you and Sonny have discussed the terms?"
"Not exactly." Skye confessed, "I just want to make a clean break Alexis, before this gets ugly."
"Why now Skye?" Alexis asked, "Why after almost eleven years of marriage and four children are you deciding to walk away?"
"It's complicated, things have changed and I've mistakes that I know I can't take back, things that Sonny would never forgive me for and I don't want to put my children through a war because of something I did, they shouldn't be made to pay for my mistakes." Skye wiped her fallen tears, "Neither should Sonny."
"What sort of things?" she questioned, "Did you have an affair?"
Skye let out a soft laugh, "Oh, I wish those were the circumstances."
"I'll take that as a 'no' then."
"How soon can you draw up the papers?"
"Well, I'll see what I can do and then I'll get back to you." Alexis explained, "But I'm going to wait twenty four hours because I think that you should sleep on this, you might feel differently in the morning."
"What I feel doesn't have a damn thing to do with it." she told her, "I don't want to give up my children, but I've left myself no other choice."
"Skye, what exactly is going on?" Alexis asked, trying to show concern.
"You'll know in time." Skye said simply, "Everyone will."
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Carly stood outside of Faith's apartment door, she knocked lightly a few times then reached into her pocket and took out a key, "Just one of the quirks of being in the Quartermaine family." She mumbled to herself as she opened the door and looked around to make sure that no one saw her. Slipping inside she flipped on the lights and shut the door behind her.
"Now." She began, "Where's the best place to plant drugs on a Mob boss? If I were Faith...." Carly shuddered, "Oh....that's a scary thought."
She surveyed the room, walking over to the desk she opened up the top door, "No, too obvious." she shut it back and walked down the hallway into the bedroom, where she pulled open several drawers before she found the one she had been searching for, she opened her purse and pulled out several bags of cocaine and stuffed them inside, covering them with Faith's black lingerie and then shut the drawer.
Carly carefully slipped out of the room and into the elevator.
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Skye stepped off the elevator and walked down the hall to Lorenzo's door. One of his goons was guarding the door, "Is Lorenzo in?"
"No, Mr. Alcazar is out on business."
"Oh....." Skye sighed, "Do you know when he'll be back?"
"It shouldn't be much longer."
"Well, I really needed to talk to him about something important."
"Would you like to wait for him inside Mrs. Corinthos?"
"Actually, I'm kind of pressed for time, I have to pick up my sons from school." Skye explained, "I'll just step in long enough to leave him a note, could you make sure he gets it as soon as he gets in?"
"Yes ma'am." He opened the door and allowed her to enter, then pulled it shut behind her.
Skye made sure that she was totally alone, she sat her purse down on the desk and took out her gloves, she quickly slipped them on and removed the bags of cocaine from her purse, she walked down the hallway and into the kitchen. She opened the cookie jar and poured the contents onto the counter top, stuffed the bags inside and covered the top with cookies. The remainder of the cookies were trashed and she brushed the counter top off with a dish towel.
Quickly she made her way back into the living room, removed her gloves and put them away and then pulled a pre written letter from her jacket pocket. She grabbed a pen off of his desk and wrote his name on the side and then picked up her purse and left.
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An hour later Skye walked through the front door of the Quartermaine Mansion.
"Carly?" She heard Skye call out.
"I'm over here."
"Did you get everything set up?" she asked, walking toward her.
"Yeah, I planted the product in Faith's lingerie drawer." Carly told her, "I planted the rest in a crate of coffee at the warehouse."
"I planted Lorenzo's in a cookie jar."
Carly let out a slight laugh, "Let's just hope he doesn't get a craving for a cookie."
Skye laughed too, "Let's hope. Now the only thing we have to do is alert the police."
"So, call detective Duncan."
"Why me?"
"You know him, I don't." Carly told her, "Besides, isn't he a crooked cop?"
"Not so much crooked as driven." she explained, "He's very into his job."
"Then he's the person we want."
Skye took her cell phone out of her pocket, blocked her number from being traced and dialed the number to the PCPD, "Yes, I'd like to speak to Detective Ross Duncan." she moved the phone away from her ear, "I'm being transferred."
"Are you going to give the tip anonymously?"
"You think I should?" Skye asked, "Maybe you should talk to him, he'll know my voice."
Carly took the phone out of her hand and placed it next to her ear, "What is taking forever." she complained, "It's the PCPD, not the NYPD, you think there were solving hundreds of crimes."
"Patience is a virtue." Skye reminded her.
"Yeah and the PCPD is the biggest bunch of freaking id......" she was caught off guard by hearing a voice, "Is this Detective Ross Duncan?"
"Yes, ma'am." He answered, "What can I do for you?"
"I'd like to report a crime."
Ross sat down at his desk and picked up his pen, "Go ahead." He instructed.
"Faith Roscoe and Lorenzo Alcazar are plotting a drug rave at the Cellar, the club that Mrs. Roscoe owns."
"Do you know when the rave is scheduled?"
"It just know that the drugs are of high quality and that part of them are being stored at their residence for safe keeping."
Ross made a few more notes, "Thank you Ma'am, I'll be right on it."
Carly turned Skye's phone off and handed it back to her, "Do you think that worked?"
"Like a charm." she smiled, "Now what about Caprice?"
"I'm not concerned about him right now, we've got bigger fish to fry."
"So everything's covered? Skye asked.
"Our insurance lies in the drugs that were planted here, so I think we've more than covered our tracks." Carly commented, "Which all for the best, we don't have much time with Sonny and Jason's trial only being a week away."
"Where is Jason?" Skye asked, "I haven't seen him since I returned."
Carly didn't know how to explain, she hesitated for a few seconds, "Um.......Jason was becoming a problem and interfering with the Faith factor, so I reported him to the Italian Authorities and they picked him up on violating his bail."
"Oh." she sighed, "That was a good move."
"Really, because I feel terrible about it." she confessed, "I don't want to hurt Jason."
"You didn't hurt him, Carly, you protected him."
"He's not going to see it that way."
"He never has to find out." Skye said reassuring her, "Ever."
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Sonny sat comfortably behind his desk, sorting out some of the things that had happened while he was in prison, when he heard a light knock at his door.
"Come in." He called.
The door slowly opened and when he looked up his eyes met Faith's.
"I hope I'm not disturbing you." She shut the door behind her and then walked over to his desk, "But I was in the neighbor hood......"
"You were in the neighborhood?" He questioned, "I live in another country, so why are you here? What do you want?"
"What makes you think I want anything?" she asked, hopping up on his desk.
"Because I know you and I know how you work."
"You're right." Faith agreed, "I've come to warn you."
"Warn me?" He asked, really not in the mood to put up with her, "Faith, what the hell are you talking about?"
"You haven't heard?" Faith asked, trying to sound innocent.
"Heard what Faith?" Sonny asked, "I'm not in the mood to play games with you."
"About your precious little wife."
Now she had caught his attention, "What about Skye?"
"She shot me."
Sonny laughed, he was actually amused by her and her tactics, "Did you deserve it?"
"This isn't funny." Faith warned, "Your wife tried to kill me, she shot me on the Port Charles pier."
Sonny's dark eyes burnt into hers, "Your lying."
"Am I?" Faith questioned, casually, "I guess I could be.....then again, I could be telling the truth."
"If Skye came after you then there was a good reason, Faith. Did you threaten her?"
"No." Faith told him, "She and I were working together until one morning I woke up and found a knife in my back."
"Why are you coming to me now?"
"Because I've been shot." Faith yelled, "I laid in the freaking hospital bed forever and do you know the ironic part?"
"What's that?" Sonny asked, knowing that she was going to tell him anyway.
"Your wife tried to kill me and her Mother is the one who saved my life." Faith pointed out, "But, I must warn you, Skye's going to set you up, she probably already has and you just haven't figured it out yet."
He still didn't believe her, "What makes you so confident?"
"Because I saw Skye on the docks that night with another man." she whispered, "See that's why she shot me, she was afraid I was going to tell about her infidelity and then her picture perfect life and her picture perfect marriage would all come crashing down on top of her."
"You're lying." Sonny yelled again , he didn't want to believe it but after his last conversation with Skye and her telling him that she was going to file for divorce, he started to doubt his wife.
"I'm not lying." Faith simple answered.
"Then who was it?" He demanded to know, "Who did you see Skye with on the docks that night?"
Faith smiled, "A cop."
Sonny stood up so he was eye to eye with her.
"A cop." Faith repeated, "Don't you see Sonny, Skye has betrayed you in the worst possible way. She formed an unholy alliance with me, one of your worst enemies, so I guess she isn't the most loyal person in the world. And then, to top it all off she snuggles up to some cop, telling him about your criminal activities and her wildest fantasies while they're getting all hot and sweaty between the sheets."
He looked as if the top of his head was going to blow off, "What's his name?" He yelled, "What's the cop's name?"
"Detective Ross Duncan." She waited for him to react, "So.......the question remains, what are you going to do?"
Sonny grabbed her by the waist, pulling her off the desk and against his body, "I'm going to get revenge." He mumbled right before he covered her mouth with his.
TBC....................
Previews for Chapter 23
Skye and Sonny come face to face.
A war begins
Someone is shot
{A.N: I know that I haven't updated in like forever but, I've had some family issues and have just overcome a serious bout of writers block. So if this chapter sucks then I'm sorry, I had to set everything up for the next one, which I promise is going to be explosive. Thanks for the continued support and please review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Skye just looked at Lorenzo, but there was no way she could explain her actions to him . . . or anyone for that matter. What could she possibly tell him when there was nothing left to say? And he just stood there, waiting for her to give him a detailed answer about actions and morals.
"You should just go ahead and confess." Lorenzo suggested, "And If you're in trouble I'll help you get out."
"It's not that simple Lorenzo, I wish it was." Skye said regretfully, "I've made so many mistakes and now I have to deal with them on my own."
He gently touched her face, "Skye, I don't think this is something you are going to be able to fix on your own."
"I'm a survivor." Skye insisted, moving his hand, "I'll be fine."
Lorenzo laughed in the midst of it all, "You haven't changed Skye, still looking for the fairytale ending where the prince rides in on his white horse and rescues the damsel in distress and they ride off together happily ever after into the sunset." He shook his head, "Things may have worked out in the past but I wouldn't count on it, not now, the stakes are too high."
"I know what's at stake and that's why I've already prepared to bow out gracefully." Skye told him, "I've already made the biggest mistake of all, I let Faith live." She mumbled, "And now I've lost everything."
"So you're going to continue on this destructive path?"
"I've got nothing to lose, Lorenzo, don't you understand that?" She questioned, "How can my actions are destructive if I don't have anything left to destroy?"
"What about your children?"
"Sonny will take them from me in a heartbeat."
"So what do you plan to do now?" Lorenzo questioned, "Kill Faith and anyone else that gets in your way?"
Skye gave him an icy look, then turned and walked away, knowing she was right, there was nothing left to say.
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The next morning, everything at the Quartermaine Mansion was deadly silent. Skye and Sage sat across from each other in the dining room awaiting breakfast.
"Aren't you going to tell me what happened?" Sage questioned her Mother.
"Nothing happened." Skye told her in a long breath.
"Then why did Faith Roscoe grab me?" She asked, "Something had to happen."
"It's complicated."
"It's complicated? That's all I get? Sage asked, outraged, "Don't you think I deserve an explanation on why I was kidnaped and held against my will?"
"Of course you deserve an explanation." Skye told her truthfully. "But you're looking for a simple answer and I haven't got one."
"Fine, just tell me this, did it have anything to do with Daddy?"
"Sage, please keep your voice down, no one can know that your Father is alive right now."
"Then it was because of Daddy." Sage concluded.
Skye couldn't lie to her daughter, "No, what happened had nothing to do with Luis."
"This isn't fair." Sage yelled.
"Lower your voice, young lady." Skye instructed, "Life isn't fair Sage. This is just one of those times where it's difficult to explain things to you." She confessed, "It's business."
"Business?" Sage asked, "That is such bull shit. Why can't Daddy and Uncle Lorenzo and Sonny all have normal jobs like you and the Quartermaines? They're the ones that always make things so difficult and then the rest of us have to suffer."
"The rest of us?"
"Yeah." Sage said slowly, "Our whole family. Just because Max and Zach don't realize right now what's going on doesn't mean that they won't stumble across it eventually."
Skye nodded, "Like you did."
"I caught on very quickly." She confessed, "My Father is an international arms dealer and everyone knows it, they know where all the money comes from. But I always felt better by saying that my Mother was a fashion designer, making her money legit."
"Sage, I'm not going to argue with you about this. But I will tell you that people do what they know, and what Luis does isn't all bad, what Sonny does isn't all bad either. Risk comes with any job, Mom takes a big risk every day at the hospital, operating on people."
"You think because you've been around this most of your life you have to find some way to justify it to me."
"I'm not giving you justification." Skye said sternly, "I'm giving you the facts."
"Yeah, Mom, the facts as you choose to see them." Sage got up and stormed out of the dining room passing Monica along the way. "Morning Sage, did you sleep well?"
Sage gave her a slight smile, "Yeah, I guess."
Monica entered the dining room and sat down in the seat that Sage had vacated.
"This is so hard, Mom."
"What's that?" Monica questioned, pouring herself a cup of coffee.
"Having a teenager." Skye answered, "They're so rebellious and think that they know everything."
Monica laughed, "And just think you have to do this four more times." She joked.
"Oh, don't remind me." Skye laughed, "It's hard enough with one, I can't imagine three at the same time, I don't know how you did it. And two of us weren't even yours."
"You became my child the first day you entered this house." Monica told her, "As did Jason. I admire you so much for doing the same with Sage."
"Sage was so young when Luis and I married, but hell I was so young." She admitted, "Everything just fell into place, before he had to go and be such a pompous ass."
"Try not to focus on the past." Monica told her from experience, "Don't open up old wounds when you've got so much here with Sonny and your children."
"You're right." Skye told her, "I have to focus on the future."
"How long is Sage off from school?"
"Two weeks." Skye replied.
"I'm glad you brought her back with you."
She smiled, "Me too."
Alan entered the dining room and sat down beside his wife, "Good morning, Skye."
"Morning Daddy." She responded, trying to sound cheerful.
"What time do you have to be at work this morning?" Alan asked Monica.
"I have a surgery scheduled for eleven, but first I have to examine Faith Roscoe before she's discharged." She answered, looking around the dining room, "Where the hell is breakfast?"
"I'm starving." Dillon said as he entered the dining, "Where's the food?"
"Reginald." Skye yelled, "Everyone's getting restless in here."
"I'm on my way, Mrs. Corinthos." Reginald called back.
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After breakfast everyone was off their separate ways leaving the house empty, except for the soft, warm laughter that filled the den. Skye was sitting on a fuzzy blanket in the middle of the floor playing with her daughter. She waved the stuffed puppy in front of Isabella, catching her attention and causing the baby to laugh.
"Do you like that Isabella?" Skye asked laughing, "I tell you what, when you get a little older, we'll get you a real puppy."
Skye handed Isabella the stuffed animal, which she instinctively put up to her mouth.
"No, no." she said, pulling the animal away from the baby's mouth, "We don't chew on the puppy."
Skye brushed her hand over her daughter's hair, "Uh oh, I think your hair is turning red." Isabella cooed, "Yeah, what do you think Daddy's going to say about that? He'll have another fiery redhead to put up with."
She picked the baby up off the rug and stood up, "Oh, my, look at all these toys, I don't think Alice and Reginald are going to appreciate this mess." Skye sat down on the sofa, holding her daughter close to her, "Mommy loves you." she whispered to her daughter, "I've done a lot of things that I shouldn't have and I'm so sorry. I never wanted to hurt you sweetheart, or your brothers, things are going to change, not because I want them too but because they have to. It's all for the best." A few tears began to slip down her cheek and she quickly wiped them away, "I'm so sorry." She murmured over and over.
Carly entered the den, "Did a tornado hit in here?"
"No, I've decided to turn the livingroom into a toy shop." Skye joked.
Carly laughed, "I'm sure Edward's going to love that."
Skye bounced the baby on her lap, "Did you get everything done?"
"Yes, I ran all my errands." She picked up the newspaper off the desk and walked over to the couch, "Are the kids off to school?"
"Yeah, but I don't think that they like going to school here....." Skye was interrupted by the ringing of the phone.
"I'll get it." Carly volunteered, she got up and picked the phone up off the desk, "Quartermaine's."
"Carly, it's Jax, Skye's shipment has just arrived does she want me to unpack it?"
"No, Skye and I are on our way."
"We are?" Skye asked from the sofa.
"Yes, we are." Carly confirmed, "I'll see you in a bit." She placed the phone back on the receiver, "That was Jax, he said that our shipment has arrived."
Skye stood up, "I'll take Isabella to Alice and then we can go."
Twenty minutes later, they stood in the back room, unpacking the fabric.
"Where's the product?" Carly asked.
Skye walked over and looked out the door, making sure that Jax was out of sight, she then closed the door and locked it, "It's in the mannequins heads."
Carly laughed, "No, seriously."
"I'm serious." she confirmed, "I was desperate and it was the only thing I could think of."
Carly untied the scarf off the first mannequin and let it fall to the floor, she then grabbed the head, trying to pull it off, while Skye watched in amusement, "A little help here, Skye."
"All you had to do was just ask." Skye said as he pressed her weight down on the mannequin's shoulders while Carly ripped the head off, "Aren't we aggressive?"
"Damn right." Carly commented as she pulled the bags of cocaine out of the mannequin's head, carefully placing them on the table beside her while Skye worked on the second one.
"I was thinking that we could screw over a whole handful of people." Skye said out of the blue.
"Oh, sounds like fun, what'd you have in mind."
"I think that we should take part of the product and plant it on Lorenzo, that way Caprice will come after him and they'll cancel each other out and then plant some on Faith like we originally intended."
Carly nodded as she helped Skye with the third mannequin, "Then we'll take what's left and plant it on Sonny and Jason, because it's going to look kinda funny if they're the only game in town that isn't involved."
"Making them look guilty as hell." Skye concluded.
"Unless." Carly started, "We want them to look guilty."
They both pondered the thought for several long silent seconds and then just stood there looking at each other, "It's your call, Carly."
"Then I say that we plant the drugs in the warehouse, because if we don't then fingers are going to point to Sonny and Jason and they'll know they're innocent and then they'll figure out that we're the ones behind it and we'll lose everything."
"You're not going to lose anything Carly." Skye promised, "Now, we have to hurry up and plant the drugs on Faith because she's being released from the hospital this afternoon."
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Skye slowly made her way into the courthouse, she walked the long narrow hallway down to the attorney's offices. She paused briefly outside the door before knocking, then waited for what felt like an eternity. Finally the door opened, "Skye, please come in." She stepped inside and the door was closed behind her.
Skye took a seat across from her attorney at the conference table, "I want to file for divorce."
Alexis sat down across from her, completely shocked, "A divorce?"
"Yes." Skye said slowly, "Why else would I obtain your services?"
"I don't know." Alexis told her, "I thought that you wanted to draw up some paperwork regarding your business ties with Jax."
"I'm not worried about my business ties with Jax, he's sleeping with my Aunt, I've got all my security right there." Skye responded, trying to shake the mental images, "Anyway, can you draw up the papers?"
"Of course. So you'll be going after child support, what about alimony?"
"I don't need Sonny's money, with the Quartermaine's and Skye Blue Designs I'm more than set for life." Skye told her.
"Not even child support?" She asked as she made notes on her pad of paper.
Skye shook her head, "That won't be necessary, I want to give Sonny custody of the children, the only thing I'm asking for is visitation rights."
Alexis looked up from what she was writing, she noticed that the look on Skye's face was blank, "Skye, do you know what you're doing?"
She nodded. "Yes, my marriage is over."
"So you and Sonny have discussed the terms?"
"Not exactly." Skye confessed, "I just want to make a clean break Alexis, before this gets ugly."
"Why now Skye?" Alexis asked, "Why after almost eleven years of marriage and four children are you deciding to walk away?"
"It's complicated, things have changed and I've mistakes that I know I can't take back, things that Sonny would never forgive me for and I don't want to put my children through a war because of something I did, they shouldn't be made to pay for my mistakes." Skye wiped her fallen tears, "Neither should Sonny."
"What sort of things?" she questioned, "Did you have an affair?"
Skye let out a soft laugh, "Oh, I wish those were the circumstances."
"I'll take that as a 'no' then."
"How soon can you draw up the papers?"
"Well, I'll see what I can do and then I'll get back to you." Alexis explained, "But I'm going to wait twenty four hours because I think that you should sleep on this, you might feel differently in the morning."
"What I feel doesn't have a damn thing to do with it." she told her, "I don't want to give up my children, but I've left myself no other choice."
"Skye, what exactly is going on?" Alexis asked, trying to show concern.
"You'll know in time." Skye said simply, "Everyone will."
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Carly stood outside of Faith's apartment door, she knocked lightly a few times then reached into her pocket and took out a key, "Just one of the quirks of being in the Quartermaine family." She mumbled to herself as she opened the door and looked around to make sure that no one saw her. Slipping inside she flipped on the lights and shut the door behind her.
"Now." She began, "Where's the best place to plant drugs on a Mob boss? If I were Faith...." Carly shuddered, "Oh....that's a scary thought."
She surveyed the room, walking over to the desk she opened up the top door, "No, too obvious." she shut it back and walked down the hallway into the bedroom, where she pulled open several drawers before she found the one she had been searching for, she opened her purse and pulled out several bags of cocaine and stuffed them inside, covering them with Faith's black lingerie and then shut the drawer.
Carly carefully slipped out of the room and into the elevator.
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Skye stepped off the elevator and walked down the hall to Lorenzo's door. One of his goons was guarding the door, "Is Lorenzo in?"
"No, Mr. Alcazar is out on business."
"Oh....." Skye sighed, "Do you know when he'll be back?"
"It shouldn't be much longer."
"Well, I really needed to talk to him about something important."
"Would you like to wait for him inside Mrs. Corinthos?"
"Actually, I'm kind of pressed for time, I have to pick up my sons from school." Skye explained, "I'll just step in long enough to leave him a note, could you make sure he gets it as soon as he gets in?"
"Yes ma'am." He opened the door and allowed her to enter, then pulled it shut behind her.
Skye made sure that she was totally alone, she sat her purse down on the desk and took out her gloves, she quickly slipped them on and removed the bags of cocaine from her purse, she walked down the hallway and into the kitchen. She opened the cookie jar and poured the contents onto the counter top, stuffed the bags inside and covered the top with cookies. The remainder of the cookies were trashed and she brushed the counter top off with a dish towel.
Quickly she made her way back into the living room, removed her gloves and put them away and then pulled a pre written letter from her jacket pocket. She grabbed a pen off of his desk and wrote his name on the side and then picked up her purse and left.
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An hour later Skye walked through the front door of the Quartermaine Mansion.
"Carly?" She heard Skye call out.
"I'm over here."
"Did you get everything set up?" she asked, walking toward her.
"Yeah, I planted the product in Faith's lingerie drawer." Carly told her, "I planted the rest in a crate of coffee at the warehouse."
"I planted Lorenzo's in a cookie jar."
Carly let out a slight laugh, "Let's just hope he doesn't get a craving for a cookie."
Skye laughed too, "Let's hope. Now the only thing we have to do is alert the police."
"So, call detective Duncan."
"Why me?"
"You know him, I don't." Carly told her, "Besides, isn't he a crooked cop?"
"Not so much crooked as driven." she explained, "He's very into his job."
"Then he's the person we want."
Skye took her cell phone out of her pocket, blocked her number from being traced and dialed the number to the PCPD, "Yes, I'd like to speak to Detective Ross Duncan." she moved the phone away from her ear, "I'm being transferred."
"Are you going to give the tip anonymously?"
"You think I should?" Skye asked, "Maybe you should talk to him, he'll know my voice."
Carly took the phone out of her hand and placed it next to her ear, "What is taking forever." she complained, "It's the PCPD, not the NYPD, you think there were solving hundreds of crimes."
"Patience is a virtue." Skye reminded her.
"Yeah and the PCPD is the biggest bunch of freaking id......" she was caught off guard by hearing a voice, "Is this Detective Ross Duncan?"
"Yes, ma'am." He answered, "What can I do for you?"
"I'd like to report a crime."
Ross sat down at his desk and picked up his pen, "Go ahead." He instructed.
"Faith Roscoe and Lorenzo Alcazar are plotting a drug rave at the Cellar, the club that Mrs. Roscoe owns."
"Do you know when the rave is scheduled?"
"It just know that the drugs are of high quality and that part of them are being stored at their residence for safe keeping."
Ross made a few more notes, "Thank you Ma'am, I'll be right on it."
Carly turned Skye's phone off and handed it back to her, "Do you think that worked?"
"Like a charm." she smiled, "Now what about Caprice?"
"I'm not concerned about him right now, we've got bigger fish to fry."
"So everything's covered? Skye asked.
"Our insurance lies in the drugs that were planted here, so I think we've more than covered our tracks." Carly commented, "Which all for the best, we don't have much time with Sonny and Jason's trial only being a week away."
"Where is Jason?" Skye asked, "I haven't seen him since I returned."
Carly didn't know how to explain, she hesitated for a few seconds, "Um.......Jason was becoming a problem and interfering with the Faith factor, so I reported him to the Italian Authorities and they picked him up on violating his bail."
"Oh." she sighed, "That was a good move."
"Really, because I feel terrible about it." she confessed, "I don't want to hurt Jason."
"You didn't hurt him, Carly, you protected him."
"He's not going to see it that way."
"He never has to find out." Skye said reassuring her, "Ever."
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Sonny sat comfortably behind his desk, sorting out some of the things that had happened while he was in prison, when he heard a light knock at his door.
"Come in." He called.
The door slowly opened and when he looked up his eyes met Faith's.
"I hope I'm not disturbing you." She shut the door behind her and then walked over to his desk, "But I was in the neighbor hood......"
"You were in the neighborhood?" He questioned, "I live in another country, so why are you here? What do you want?"
"What makes you think I want anything?" she asked, hopping up on his desk.
"Because I know you and I know how you work."
"You're right." Faith agreed, "I've come to warn you."
"Warn me?" He asked, really not in the mood to put up with her, "Faith, what the hell are you talking about?"
"You haven't heard?" Faith asked, trying to sound innocent.
"Heard what Faith?" Sonny asked, "I'm not in the mood to play games with you."
"About your precious little wife."
Now she had caught his attention, "What about Skye?"
"She shot me."
Sonny laughed, he was actually amused by her and her tactics, "Did you deserve it?"
"This isn't funny." Faith warned, "Your wife tried to kill me, she shot me on the Port Charles pier."
Sonny's dark eyes burnt into hers, "Your lying."
"Am I?" Faith questioned, casually, "I guess I could be.....then again, I could be telling the truth."
"If Skye came after you then there was a good reason, Faith. Did you threaten her?"
"No." Faith told him, "She and I were working together until one morning I woke up and found a knife in my back."
"Why are you coming to me now?"
"Because I've been shot." Faith yelled, "I laid in the freaking hospital bed forever and do you know the ironic part?"
"What's that?" Sonny asked, knowing that she was going to tell him anyway.
"Your wife tried to kill me and her Mother is the one who saved my life." Faith pointed out, "But, I must warn you, Skye's going to set you up, she probably already has and you just haven't figured it out yet."
He still didn't believe her, "What makes you so confident?"
"Because I saw Skye on the docks that night with another man." she whispered, "See that's why she shot me, she was afraid I was going to tell about her infidelity and then her picture perfect life and her picture perfect marriage would all come crashing down on top of her."
"You're lying." Sonny yelled again , he didn't want to believe it but after his last conversation with Skye and her telling him that she was going to file for divorce, he started to doubt his wife.
"I'm not lying." Faith simple answered.
"Then who was it?" He demanded to know, "Who did you see Skye with on the docks that night?"
Faith smiled, "A cop."
Sonny stood up so he was eye to eye with her.
"A cop." Faith repeated, "Don't you see Sonny, Skye has betrayed you in the worst possible way. She formed an unholy alliance with me, one of your worst enemies, so I guess she isn't the most loyal person in the world. And then, to top it all off she snuggles up to some cop, telling him about your criminal activities and her wildest fantasies while they're getting all hot and sweaty between the sheets."
He looked as if the top of his head was going to blow off, "What's his name?" He yelled, "What's the cop's name?"
"Detective Ross Duncan." She waited for him to react, "So.......the question remains, what are you going to do?"
Sonny grabbed her by the waist, pulling her off the desk and against his body, "I'm going to get revenge." He mumbled right before he covered her mouth with his.
TBC....................
Previews for Chapter 23
Skye and Sonny come face to face.
A war begins
Someone is shot
{A.N: I know that I haven't updated in like forever but, I've had some family issues and have just overcome a serious bout of writers block. So if this chapter sucks then I'm sorry, I had to set everything up for the next one, which I promise is going to be explosive. Thanks for the continued support and please review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!