Chapter 8
Aftermath
Courtney was sitting on the couch, eating her bagel, when she saw Jason
talking to someone on the phone. She wondered who he was calling. She sighed.
I told him to go, but he won't leave. I don't want Jason to see me like
this, she thought to herself. Jason then walked up to her.
"I called Sonny and we will go over to the penthouse in half an hour."
"You did what?!" she shouted, as she stood up, "Why did you have do that
Jason?" He walked up to her.
"Courtney, Sonny and Carly have been so worried about you." She turned around.
"I don't want Sonny and Carly to see me like this. It's bad enough you have to." Jason put his arm on Courtney's shoulder.
"You know when you left the hospital; Carly went everywhere looking for you. She was so worried about you. She would be here last night to take you home if Sonny hadn't
stopped her. Your family wants to help you, Courtney. Please, honey, let them."
"No, I can't!" she shouted, walking away from Jason. She suddenly looked over on the counter and saw Elizabeth's bear. She grabbed the bear and held it close to her chest.
"Courntey, please listen to me. We all wanted to help you; I know that you
want to get help too, don't you?" She turned around to face Jason.
"I'm not sure if I am strong enough to get better Jason." He took a hold of her hand.
"You are the strongest person I know. I know that you can do it. Just trust me."
"I do trust you, Jason."
A while later,
Carly was pacing around the room.
"Why aren't Courtney and Jason here yet?What if she doesn't want to come back to see us?"
"Carly stop it, Jason said that they would be here and they will. Just sit down." Suddenly Jason walked into the penthouse.
"Where's Courtney?" Carly asked.
"She's in my penthouse. She still doesn't really want to see you both and she is scared about what you are going to think of her." Carly then walked out of the penthouse, without hearing what else Jason had to say. She knocked on Jason's door.
"Courtney. Hey. It's me. Carly." Courtney opened the door.
"Hey," she said quietly as she walked away from Carly and sat down on the couch.
"Courtney, I know that you didn't want to see me or Sonny because of what you thought we would think of you, but you want to know what I think of you?" Courtney turned around.
"Let me guess. I'm such a failure! I should have never taken the drugs and I should have came to you for help instead."
Carly sat down next to her. "No, I don't think anything like that; I know
how hard it is to lose a child, Courtney. I think you are the most wonderful
person I know. You are so kind and you were there for me when I needed
someone and now I am going to be there for you when you need me the most. I know never told you how I felt when I lost my baby, but I think you deserve to
know now. It was the worse time in my life; it was like something was
out of my life. Yes, I know I have this new baby coming in my life, but I
still think of the one I lost," Carly told her.
Courtney looked down at her hands and Carly laid her own hand on Courtney's.
"But trust me, it gets easier with time." Courtney nodded.
"I've heard that, but I don't know if I will ever forget about my baby."
"Why did you lie to me in Kelly's when I found the bottle of painkillers in
your bag?"
"I didn't want you to be ashamed of me… you know Courtney, the drug addict." Carly put her arms around Courtney.
"I would never think that, Courtney. You have a problem and you are going to get help now. I don't think less of you, I never could. You are my best friend."
Courtney nodded; she couldn't believe how kind Carly was being to her. Suddenly Jason and Sonny walked into the penthouse.
"Can I talk to my sister?"
"Everything is going be okay; you are going to get through this," Carly whispered as she hugged her and walked towards Jason.
"Alone," Sonny said. Carly and Jason then left the penthouse. Sonny walked
towards Courtney. She looked up at him, not sure what to say to him. The only thing she could
say was "I'm sorry."
Sonny looked at Courtney.
"You have nothing to be sorry. I just wish that I notice something was wrong with my little sister earlier. How could I not notice that you were trouble?"
"It's not your fault; I didn't want anybody's help, especially not your
help."
Sonny hugged Courtney. "It is going to be okay; I'm going to make sure that
everything is going to be better for you." She looked at Sonny.
"I wish that you could just pay somebody off or hurt someone for me to make it all
better, but you can't" she said as she stood up.
"Thank you for want to try to make everything better, Sonny, but I'm the
only one that can do that," she said, as she walked away from Sonny, and
walked up the stairs.
Elizabeth walked into her studio and saw that Jason and Courtney weren't
there. She then saw a letter addressed to her on the counter. She opened it and
read it.
Dear Elizabeth,
Thank you for letting me saying at your studio last night. You didn't have
to, but you did and it meant a lot to me that you told me about your
miscarriage and how you felt about it, as I don't think like I am the
only one that feels that way.
I took your teddy bear, but I promised I will return it to you.
Thanks again.
Courtney
Elizabeth smiled softly and put the letter on the counter. She hoped that Courtney gets
the help she needs and gets better.
Jason walked back into the penthouse, and called out. "Courtney!!" But there was no answer; he was worried that Courtney left again. He couldn't lose her, not again.
"Answer me! Courtney, are you here?" he shouted, as he ran up the stairs
and saw Courtney lying on the bed crying. He walked up to her, and sat down
next to her.
"Courtney, what's wrong?" She sat up.
"Everything." He put his arms around her.
"Tell me exactly what is wrong. Don't hide from me, not this time, Courtney." She looked into his eyes, and could see that he meant it. She put her arms around him, and put her head on his chest. He started to stroke her hair. She looked up at him.
"Jason, I was talking to Sonny and he wanted to make everything better for me, but I realize right then that the only person that can do that is me and I don't know if I can. What a mess I have made of my life! Why are you still here with me, Jason?" He took a hold of her hand.
"I love you, Courtney. I didn't help you when you needed me the most, when our baby died, but I am going to be here for you now."
She stood up and started to walk away from Jason. She walked down the stairs
and into the kitchen. Jason followed her.
"Stop walking away from me; we can get through this,"
She turned around.
"I just need to get some coffee, Jason." She looked at him.
"I really need to think exactly what I am going to do about my problem, but
just not today, Jason."
He put his arms around her. "Okay, not today, but tomorrow, you have to
really think about it. I don't want to lose you, Courntey,"
She put her arms around him and smiled. For the first time in months, she think that everything was going to be okay. You won't lose me, she whispered to herself.
The next morning,
Courtney was sitting on her bed, holding the bear that she had borrowed from
Elizabeth.
How I am going to get through this all, she thought to herself. I still want
to take drugs, to forgot about the mess that I made of my life, but I can't.
She knew that she had to get help, and that would mean that she had to go
to a rehab center, but she wasn't sure if she could do.
Suddenly she heard Jason call her name. She turned around, and smiled.
"You're still here, I thought you would be at work," He sat down next to
her. "You are the most important thing to Sonny right now; he isn't
concerned of work right now. Where did you get that bear?"
"It's not mine, it's Elizabeth, I'm borrowing it for a while."
Courtney grabbed Jason's hand. "I'm ready to talk about what I am going to
do about my drug problem, so why don't we go to Sonny's and talked about
it."
Jason and Courtney stood up, and walked out of the penthouse.
As they walked into Sonny's penthouse, Courtney saw that Bobbie was there.
"We can come back later," Courtney said. "I didn't know your mom was going
to be here,"
"No, Courntey, she is here for you," Carly said. Courtney looked at Carly.
"You didn't tell Bobbie about my drug problem, did you?"
Bobbie walked up to her. "Courtney, I was at the hospital when you came in,
I know that you have a drug problem,"
Courtney looked down at the ground. She didn't want anybody to know about
it; it was bad enough that her family had to know about. Carly could see
that Courntey was embarrassed.
"Courtney, my mom isn't going to think bad about you, she is a nurse. She
can help us decided what to do next."
Courtney nodded. "I understand." Suddenly there was a knock at the door,
Sonny opened it. "I'm sorry, Mr. Corhintos, but this woman keeps on saying
that she needs to see you."
"Max tell her that I can't talk right now, I have some family business to
take care of."
"You mean my daughter!" Courtney's mom said, as she walked into the penthouse.
"It's your fault that my daughter is a drug addict!"
To be continued!!