Funeral Services and Police Stations
Skye and Carly made their way through the church and sat down in one of the pews. It was a day of sadness. A day of mourning for a life that was taken sooner than it should have been.
Carly glanced around the room. She seen the Quartermaine's. A few Cassadine's, Alexis included, Elizabeth and Lucky along with other members of the town. Then she spotted her. Faith. She couldn't believe that Faith would actually have the nerve to show up. After all, this funeral was taking place because of her actions.
Skye seen Faith out of the corner of her eye. She wanted to yank her up out of the pew and drag her outside by her hair. There was only one thing stopping her. The dearly departed. That and the fact that she didn't want to see hostile in public and draw attention to herself or any alliance she may or may not have had with Faith.
Three shots were fired three days ago. The second and the third one's were a waste of lead. She had got him with bullet number one. Her aim had gotten better. She just wanted to prove that no one crosses her and gets away with it. The fact that she was actually here said so much. It kept her from looking like the guilty party. And it was her place.
The service was rather quick and after it was all over everyone gathered at Port Charles Hotel. Funerals were so depressing, everyone in black.
Skye hates black.
Carly and Jason were standing across the room. Talking between themselves.
"I'm glad you decided to come." Carly said softly.
"How could I not?" he asked. "This was about supporting my sister."
She nodded, "You know when something like this happens it makes you appreciate even the small things in life." her eyes filled with tears. "I don't want to lose you. Not like this. I want to grow old and gray with you." Carly whispered.
Jason kissed her forehead and then pulled her tightly against him. "I know." he whispered back. "Just know that no matter what happens, that I love you. I always have and I always will."
Carly held onto him tighter, at the moment in time he remained safe in her arms and she wanted to remember this moment on all the cold, lonely nights when he was away on business and she didn't know where he was or what he was doing.
Skye approached them and they immediately broke apart, not wanting to upset her.
"You guys don't have to walk on ice on my account." she told them. "I'll be fine. Sonny or no Sonny. Life will go on and I'll just have to find away to deal. It may not happen today or tomorrow, but it will eventually."
Carly gently touched Skye's arm, "If there's anything that I can do......"
She smiled briefly, "I'm alright." she insisted. "I'm heading home. I need to be with my children right now.
Skye walked away, leaving Carly and Jason alone.
"My heart breaks for her." Carly told him. "And I don't know what to do to help her."
"Skye likes to put on a brave front, but inside she's falling apart. When she's ready and willing to talk to someone, she'll come to you or Monica one. You just have to be prepared."
Carly nodded, "I will be."
Jason took her hand in his, "I think it would be best if I got you away from here."
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Skye approached her car with Johnny tagging closely behind. "Mrs. Corinthos."
"Johnny, I'm no longer in need of your services." Skye told him softly. "However, my children are, but as you can see, they're not with me so you're free to go."
He nodded. "I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry."
She smiled briefly, "Thank you Johnny, but it was entirely my fault, so I'm the one who should be sorry."
"Well, I just wanted you to know that I'm here when and if you need me."
"Thank you." she told him again as she headed towards her car. Skye unlocked the door to her car, she heard her name being called and looked up to see Faith standing before her.
"Mrs. Corinthos.......or would you prefer Ms. Quartermaine?"
Skye let out an aggravated sigh, "I prefer you gone."
Faith rolled her eyes, "That wasn't an option."
"It was secret option number three." she told her, condescendingly
"You can't leave so soon"
"I can't leave?" she questioned. "I can't believe that you even had the nerve to show up here after what you've done."
"I've done nothing wrong." Faith insisted. "Just because you can't live with what happened doesn't mean that I'm the one that gets blamed here, honey."
Skye searched through her purse for her sunglasses. "None of this would have ever happened if you would have just walked away Faith."
"Hello? Are you not listening to me?" Faith asked, annoyed. "I'm not the one to blame here Skye. You've done things that led up to this whole situation. It takes two to tango."
She slipped her sunglasses on. "Fine, then I blame you for lying to my husband and Sonny for falling for it."
"Sonny made his choices based on the signals he was receiving from you. You're the one who wanted a divorce, you're the one who wanted out. Not him."
"Don't you dare try to explain Sonny's actions to me." Skye warned. "You're the last person on the face of this earth Faith Roscoe that needs to explain Sonny to me. I was the one that was there through Mob wars, I was the one who stood beside him when the going got tough, I was the one who had his children."
"Why don't you get it?" Faith asked her. "Sonny never loved you Skye. You're beautiful and intelligent and let's not forget a Quartermaine. That's why he was with you, you were just a trophy wife with a monumental last name."
"I'd rather be a trophy wife any day of the week than a known slut."
"Don't be so hostile Skye, I'm not out to get you."
Adrenaline gushed through her veins, she wanted nothing more than to draw back and backhand Faith. Yet she knew she couldn't. "Goodbye Faith."
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Skye was seated in the den at the Quartermaine Mansion. A decanter of vodka sat in front of her and next to it a glass that only had a few sips taken from it. Her lipstick stained the rim. She felt like crying but she couldn't find anymore tears to shed. Flashes of her last conversation with Sonny flooded her mind.
~Flashback~
Sonny flinched as the bullet flew passed him and lodged into the stack crates behind him. Skye held the gun firmly in her hand, her eyes never left his. He just looked at her for several long seconds. Finally she dropped the gun, allowing it to hit the floor with a bang.
"Fuck you Sonny."
"Why didn't you shoot me?" he asked her. "You said you hated me. It would make it a lot easier for you if I were dead."
"Yeah, yeah it would." she admitted. "But you're the Father of my children and I couldn't kill you even if I wanted to."
Sonny shook his head in disbelief, "Since when do you care about morals?"
"Since innocent children are involved." she told him. "If we didn't have children I would have blown you away when I found you in bed with her."
"You had no problem shooting Faith." he challenged.
"That was different."
"Why?" Sonny asked. "Why was that different?"
"Because Faith could have jeopardized everything." Skye confessed, regretting it almost immediately.
"I knew it." he snickered, "It's all about you."
Skye was silent.
"You wanted to cover your own tracks. Faith told me why you shot her." he informed her. "She found out something she shouldn't have and you wanted to make sure that no one else found out. But you made a mistake, you didn't kill her and now your secret's out."
Skye let out a long sigh, she knew he would eventually find out sooner or later, she just been hoping that she would have a little more time. "What did Faith tell you?"
"The night you shot her on the docks she seen you with another man. A cop." he explained. "Faith said that you came after her to shut her up."
"Faith's right." she mumbled.
"What?"
"Faith's right." she admitted, "I wanted to shut her up."
"That's why you wanted to file for divorce."
Skye shrugged, "Yeah, I guess so."
"So you think you have the right to yell at me and accuse me of betrayal and adultery when you're the one who was going behind my back with Duncan?" he asked, yelling. "You're the one who started this entire thing Skye, so if you want to blame anyone blame yourself."
She lifted her eyes to met his, "You're right. My secret's out." she whispered. "I betrayed you Sonny, in the worst possible way. I've been seeing Ross for quite some time now, I just hoped that I could file for divorce and get everything situated before you were released from prison." she explained. "I've betrayed you."
"Why a cop?"
"He was there. He was convenient. He was Easy." Skye said, mocking his earlier confession. "Don't worry I didn't confess any of your dirty little secrets." she said bitterly.
"I think you should leave."
"My attorney, Alexis Davis, will be contacting you about the divorce papers." Skye told him confidently as she walked past him and out the side door.
~End Flashback~
It was amazing to her how her marriage could crash and burn within days time. Sure she was going to file for divorce but her mistake was working her way into the Mafia. His was taking Faith for a warm body. In Sonny's eyes her 'betrayal' was much worse, and his countered only as payback.
Monica entered the den holding a glass of vodka. "How many of those have you had?"
Skye shrugged, "A few."
"You don't need to drink in order to make yourself feel better." Monica told her. "Just because you and Sonny are getting divorced is no reason to trash your life."
"I feel so empty." she confessed.
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Jason and Carly sat across from each other at Kelly's.
"So are you and the kids ready to go home?" he asked.
"You mean home to Italy?"
"This was only suppose to be temporary Carly." he told her. "Port Charles was a place to keep you and the kids safe when I couldn't."
"I know, I guess I just got used to being here." she confessed. "It'll be good to go home. I miss waking up in our bed. And my club, I really miss being there, telling everyone what to do."
Jason smiled. "Michael and Zoe probably can't wait to get back to their friends and school. We made Italy our home and it's the only one our children have ever known."
"So now that everything's over I guess it's time for life to return to normal." Carly concluded. "When do you want to leave?"
"Right away."
"Do you think you could take the children with you and then I could met you there in a week or so."
"Why do you want to stay here."
"I wanna finishing helping Skye with the store." Carly explained. "I promised her I would and she's already had the fashion show. Everything's almost complete."
Jason nodded. "That's fine." he answered. "But are you sure there's something you're not telling me?"
"No, everything's fine."
"There's something else on your mind Carly." Jason observed. "What is it?"
"It's just........I don't understand how you and Sonny got out of prison without going to trial."
"The charges were dropped." he stated simply.
"Do you think someone set you up?"
"It doesn't matter." he answered. "It's all over with now."
"I was just a little shocked when you walked through the doors of the Quartermaine Mansion, last time you were here you just disappeared without warning and when I seen the other night I thought it was all a dream."
He reached across the table and took her hand in his. "I know that you get scared, but after we all return home we're going to get our family back on track." he promised her. "Things are going to be different."
"I know." she said softly, because she did. She knew that after her scheme with Skye was complete that everything was going to change. It wasn't like she was lying to Jason, she wasn't. She was just withholding information. At least that's what she told herself.
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It started raining at nightfall and in the past hour she sat by the window and watched it pour down. Her mind was wandering somewhere between fantasy and reality thinking of ways to come clean to Sonny and put her marriage back together.
Zander's death was an eye-opener and she decided that this game that she was playing was way too dangerous for her or anyone for that matter.
Several minutes later she found herself standing outside of Sonny's Penthouse, waiting for him to answer the door. She prayed that Faith wasn't there, but with her luck she'd probably be the one to open the door.
She was wrong.
Sonny pulled the door open. He just stood there looking at her for a few moments before speaking. "Why are you here Skye?"
"I wanted to explain things to you." she said softly. "I left without explaining the other day in the warehouse and I think it's only fair for you to hear my side, not just Faith's."
He opened the door wider, allowing her to enter and then closed it behind him. "Nothing you say is going to make me change my mind."
"Sonny, I didn't come here to change your mind about anything." Skye told him. "I came to tell you what really happen, but obviously you're not interested in the truth."
"I would be." he challenged. "But I'm not interested in your version of the truth."
"My version?"
"Yeah." he commented. "You know the one where you believe what you want?"
"Nobody's ever allowed to make mistakes with you are they Sonny?" she asked. "We're all only human, we all have faults, even you. But you don't see it like that. You just see everything as betrayal. You were wrong this time Sonny. I didn't betray you, Faith just said I did and you took her word over mine, you didn't even bother to call me up and ask me before you jumped into bed with her."
"You said you were filing for divorce." he yelled. "What was I suppose to think?"
"Stop using that against me." she screamed at him. "I did what I had to in order to protect myself and our children."
"I'm not using it against you." he screamed back. "That day you came to me in Italy and told me that you were filing for divorce you said it would be easier that way." Sonny recalled. "That I'd hate you for what you've done."
"You do." she whispered. "You will."
"Why, I just want to know why you turned away from me and to an enemy?"
"Why is Ross an enemy?" she asked. "Because he's a cop? He's never done anything to make himself an enemy toward you."
"He stole my wife." he shouted.
"You can't steal something that's already gone."
Sonny shook his head, partly in disbelief, partly in confusion, "When did everything change?"
Skye shrugged. "I don't know." she confessed. "I just got tired of it all. All the secrecy, the pain and the suffering, it all just became more than I could handle Sonny. I was sick to death of all your promises that were being broken and you always putting yourself first."
"You're walking away now after all these years?"
"There's only so much I can take, only so much anyone can take. Sometimes love just isn't enough and your's is so conditional that I'm constantly walking on broken glass." she told him through tears. "I feel like I can only make you happy when I'm giving you what you want. I have needs too and I've ignored them for too long and I'm afraid that if I don't do something soon that it's going to hurt the children in the end."
"I make decisions and sacrifices everyday in order to keep you and my children safe." he uttered."But obviously it wasn't good enough for you because you're.......you're with him"
"Ross doesn't judge me." she told him. "He doesn't expect too much, there are no complications and it's easy to wake up the next morning and go our separate ways without worrying that something is going to happen to upset our entire world."
"Four children. Devotion. Extravagant gifts. I practically handed the world to you in eleven years only for you to turn around and walk away." he mumbled. "Marriages have problems, all of them. Look at Alan and Monica, you've seen how much your parents have been through and are still able to make it work."
"I don't want to make it work Sonny." she said bitterly. "I want things back the way there were, where we didn't have to work so hard to stay together. You don't want a wife Sonny, you want someone to obey you. Someone to do whatever you want and mainly someone to keep your bed warm."
"I wasn't enough for you." he concluded.
"No, I wasn't enough for you." she said softly. "You were too much for me." Skye's hand touched his face softly. "I'm sorry."
His hand covered hers and he brought it down to his chest. They were silent for several seconds. "I love you." she whispered. She didn't expect him to say it back, she knew she had wounded his pride. Her lips gently touched his. He let go of her hand, turned and walked out the penthouse door.
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The next morning Skye was busy in the storage room of Skye Blue Designs when Carly came in.
"Good morning." Carly said cheerfully.
Skye glanced up at her and flashed a smile. "Morning."
"Someone's in a good mood." she noted.
"I talked to Sonny last night."
"How did it go?"
"All right." Skye said passively. "I explained to him all the reason's it wasn't going to work out." she said, regretfully. "So what's our next move?" she asked, quickly changing the subject.
"Skye, we don't have to talk about business."
"Yes we do." she insisted. "We need to get everything out and over with."
Carly nodded. "Caprice really needs to be eliminated Skye, him still being alive and figuring out that we were the ones that broke into his warehouse is going to be our breaking point."
"Would do we do?" she asked her. "How can we make a move right now with Jason and Sonny here in Port Charles?"
"We can't."
"Then we need another plan. But how are we suppose to get both of them out of town?" Skye questioned. "Actually, we'd only have to get Jason out of town because Sonny's very preoccupied with Faith right now."
"What if we use the raid as a distraction? When Ross and the PCPD burst through the Cellar doors and bust Faith and Lorenzo it'll cause a lot of uproar." Carly pointed out. That way Caprice well get wind of what happened and then come after Lorenzo, he'll have Caprice killed and it'll cancel the entire problem out just like you mentioned before."
"The PCPD will arrest Faith and Lorenzo, giving Caprice enough time to get over here." Skye concluded. "When Lorenzo gets out he'll go directly after Caprice and Sonny will be there to comfort the blond bimbo. Now all we have to do is get Jason out of town for a few days."
"That won't be a problem." Carly told her. "Jason said he wanted to take the kids to Disney World over the holiday weekend which starts tomorrow at one o'clock."
Skye nodded. "Okay, why you're getting your picture taken with an enormous mouse with white gloves I'll be here trying to figure out a way to bring Faith down even further."
Carly laughed. "Do whatever you feel you have to in order to bring her down." she told her seriously. "She deserves whatever payback you choose to give her."
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Thirty Six hours later the PCPD burst through the Cellar doors to find Faith and Lorenzo making some sort of business arrangement. They were quickly arrested and then taken down to the PCPD to be fingerprinted and questioned.
Detective Duncan was sitting behind his desk, looking rather pleased with himself. "Ms. Quartermaine, what took you so long?"
"Ms. Quartermaine?" she questioned him.
"Well, everyone knows that your marriage just blew up so I thought it would be more considerate to call you by your maiden name."
"How presumptuous." she stated, highly annoyed. "After all Detective Duncan you've never been one for subtly."
"So I'm guess that you're here to see Faith?"
"Faith?" she asked, outraged. "I don't think so. Besides, I didn't even know that Faith was here. Lorenzo, however, did give me a call, he told me he was arrested for something he clearly didn't do."
"Mr. Alcazar was arrested tonight because he was making a deal with Mrs. Roscoe." Ross informed her. "We acted on an anonymous tip we received."
"Anonymous or not Lorenzo will be walking out of here within the hour."
"You sound very confident Ms. Quartermaine."
Skye walked over to the door of the interrogation room, "I always get what I want."
Ross walked over to where she was standing, "That's true in several different ways." he whispered, leaning in closer to her, "But I'm in the habit of getting exactly what I want and right now I want Lorenzo Alcazar to remain behind bars."
"Well, Detective Duncan." Skye said, submissively. "Maybe we can discuss the differences between wants and needs once I get my ex-brother-in-law out of here."
He smiled. "Maybe." he leaned in closer to her, lightly brushing up against her as he turned the door knob to the interrogation room. "It's been a pleasure." he whispered in her ear.
Skye turned and walked into the room, closing the door behind her. "Are you alright?" she asked Lorenzo as she sat down across from him.
"Yeah, I'm fine." he said sarcastically as he lifted his hands into her view, displaying to handcuffs around his wrists. "Did you get me an attorney?"
"Alexis Davis." she told him. "She's on her way."
"Is she good?" he asked.
"Damn good." Skye informed him. "So what happened?"
"I was meeting with Faith Roscoe about some business and before I know it the PCPD is busting in and arresting us." Lorenzo recalled. "Something about illegal drugs."
"Are you guilty."
"Partially." he admitted.
The door opened and Alexis walked in.
"I'll step outside." Skye offered.
Alexis held the door for her, "I filed the necessary paperwork for your divorce a few hours ago, Skye. I want you to drop by my office in the morning so we can go over more details before I file with custody papers."
"You haven't filed them yet?"
"No, I thought that in light of recent events that you might have changed your mind about Sonny having full custody, especially with third parties now involved."
Skye nodded and stepped out of the room. Alexis closed the door behind her.
Mr. Alcazar, I'm Alexis Davis." she introduced herself.
"I'd shake your hand but that's just not physically possible at the moment." he joked.
Alexis smiled, "It's nice to see a client with a sense of humor."
"I try to see the positive." he commented. "Can you get me out of here?"
"Scott Baldwin has issued a search warrant for your apartment, officers are searching it as we speak. Once they report back we'll take it from there." Alexis explained. "I should be able to get you out of here tonight."
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Skye sat across from Detective Duncan, waiting on Alexis. "So, Ross, you like it here in Port Charles?" she asked him, casually.
"It's alright." he told her. "It would be different if I had a reason to stay."
"What if I gave you a reason?"
He leaned in closer, "Well, I'd have to here your offer first."
Skye leaned across his desk and whispered something in his ear. Then relaxed back in her chair.
He smiled. "That's quite an offer." he commented. "Even better than the first one."
"Are you interested or not?" she asked.
"Most definitely."
"I want Lorenzo released tonight." she told him softly. "How much evidence do you think you can throw off on Faith?"
"Possible all of it. That doesn't mean she won't be released on bail." he explained. "That is if anyone comes to bail her out."
At that moment Sonny came walking through the police station, he spotted Skye talking to the Detective, her could hear there laughter from across the room. He approached them. "Aren't you suppose to be working Detective?"
Ross looked up at him. "I am. I'm working rather hard actually." he scuffed. "Can I help you with something?"
"Yeah, you can get the hell away from my wife." he said firmly.
Skye turned around to face Sonny. "What I do is none of your business." she said, matching his tone.
Sonny just looked at her and then back at Ross. "I want to see Faith Roscoe."
"She's in interrogation room two." he directed. "Mrs. Roscoe's going to need an attorney."
"I'll handle it." Sonny mumbled as he walked past him, he opened the door and walked in to find Faith hand cuffed to the table. "What happened?"
"I was arrested for solicitation of drugs or some crap." Faith complained. "Detective Duncan just couldn't wait to slap the cuffs on me."
"Do you think you're being set up?"
Faith looked at him in disbelief, "Hello, honey, I'm not Miss innocent Skye, I'm guilty as hell here."
Sonny looked at her blankly. "Did you call your attorney?"
"He's on his way." she told him.
"Good, I want you out of here tonight." Sonny told her.
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The next afternoon after school Monica was walking Isabella and Max to the park to meet Skye and his brothers. He had taken off a little ahead of her, even after she called to him to slow down he was still too excited.
After Monica calling out a few times he finally slowed down. He actually stopped dead in his tracks. Standing two feet in front of Max on the pier was his Father. He wasn't alone, he was with someone, a blond lady and he was kissing her.
"Dad." Max mumbled.
Sonny turned to see Max standing in front of him and then Monica coming up behind him.
"Hey, Max, what are you doing here?" he asked, moving away from Faith.
"That's not Mom."
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Carly and Jason watched Michael and Zoe ride the tea cups at the Magic Kingdom for the fourth time.
Jason wrapped his arm around Carly's waist. "The kids are having a great time."
Carly smiled at him, "So am I."
"Are you really?" he asked. "Or are you thinking about you and Skye have planned?"
Carly arched an eyebrow, "What are you talking about?"
"The takeover." he uttered.
TBC.....................
Chapter 25
A Confession
A Lie
An Accident
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