"Sonny, what's happened?" she asked, worried.
Sonnies sat Carly down and took her into his arms. "Honey . . . " He sighed. He hated to be the one to tell her this, but he knew he couldn't put it off any longer. "Carly, I know you're going to be really upset, but just, please don't go crazy. Jason's in a coma. They don't know if he'll wake up." He hugged her tighter to him to try and comfort her, but she broke free.
"No!" she screamed, a mix of rage and sadness. "No Sonny. You're lying!" She ran into Jason's room, pushing the doctors aside and pleaded, "Jase, please wake up, please. Please Jase. Make it through. You're my best friend. I don't know what I'll do without you." Tears streamed down her face and she felt Sonny's arms around her.
"The doctors are doing everything they can for him. You know I'd only have the best doctors in the world taking care of him," Sonny reassured her.
She nodded. "I know that. I just don't want to lose him."
Carly wiped away her tears and calmed herself down. "Sonny, a woman came to the house today," she began, wondering how to finish.
"What did she want?" Sonny asked. He had clearly gotten the wrong idea.
"It didn't have anything to do with business, Sonny. She's my sister. Or at least she says she is. She knew all about Durant and claimed to have met him. I didn't believe her at first, but she had papers to prove it. I know you'll want to look at them and check her out, but until then I believe her Sonny," Carly explained.
Sonny looked at her with doubt. "Carly, haven't you learned anything? You should know not to trust anyone at first glance. After what happened to your father, I figured you would think first," he said, exasperated. "Now I'll have to look into this right away." He sighed. "Do you have the papers with you?"
Carly nodded and handed them to him. "I'm sorry Sonny. It's just that I've been looking for family my entire life, and it was ruined with John. I guess I just got my hopes up with this woman," she said quietly, searching for his forgiveness.
"It's okay, Carly. I don't know how I'm going to fix it this time if you've done it again," he said, and Carly could hear the tone of annoyance in his voice.
"Are you ever going to forgive me for that, Sonny?" she asked angrily. "Are you ever going to let it go?"
He turned around, surprised. "Carly, because you let Durant into your life, I got arrested. I could have lost Kristina because of that."
"I understand all that, but I've learned my lesson. You haven't even met this woman yet. If you meet her and then you have suspicions, then I'll stay away from her, just like you say. I understand you could have almost lost Kristina, but that's not going to happen again. You know I love that little girl just as much as you do," she protested.
"Carly, it's fine. You know I've forgiven you, but I just want you to be careful about letting people into your life," Sonny told her.
"So what do you want me to do, check everyone I speak to with you? Sonny, I'm sick of this. I can't live every day worrying about what you think of what I'm doing. I'll see you at home."
Sonny just nodded and Carly started to walk away. Sonny reached to embrace her, but she pulled away. "I'll see you at home," she whispered.