Chapter 10
Courtney took a deep breath as she rode in the elevator to the
penthouse house floor of Harbor View Towers. She had no idea how she
was going to do this, but she knew it needed to be done. Sonny will
probably hate me even more than he does now, she thought to herself as
the elevator came to a stop and the door slid open.
Taking another deep breath to steady her shakiness, Courtney stepped
off the elevator and turned toward Sonny's door. Max was standing
there as usual and looked at her questioningly. He had heard what
happened when Courtney knocked Jason out to stop him from killing
Alcazar. He had been on duty at the door to hear the two men yelling
at her and saw as Jason signed the divorce papers and walked out.
"Ms. Matthews," he said, not opening the door right away.
"Hi Max," she said quietly as she smiled slightly, but did not look
him in the eye. "Is Sonny in? I really need to talk to him," she
asked, expecting to be turned away.
Max just nodded and turned and opened the door. "Sir, Ms. Matthews is
here to see you," he said.
Sonny and Jason looked up from the files they were going over. Both
were surprised that she was there. They had been having trouble with
some of their shipments for a while now and were trying to figure out
what was going on. "Send her in." he said. Sonny had felt bad about
the way he had treated Courtney and was hoping she was willing to
forgive him.
Courtney walked into the room, surprised that he had agreed to see
her. She wasn't even sure if he knew what had happened to her, she had
asked Ric to keep the details quiet from the public.
"Sonny, I really need to talk to you," she said before she realized
that Jason was sitting on the couch. She stopped and looked at him, a
pain in her heart as she remembered what she had done to him that
night. This is going to be harder than I thought, she said to herself.
"What do you need to talk about?" he asked, looking between her and
Jason. He felt bad about what happened between them. In truth, he had
fought their relationship at first, but then came to realize how much
they loved each other. He looked back at Courtney and saw sadness,
confusion and fear in her eyes. He was instantly worried about her.
"Is there something wrong?"
Courtney could only nod her head as the tears she had been trying to
hold back came pouring down her face. Sonny went to her and wrapped
her in his arms. He stroked her hair gently as her body shook. He led
her over to the couch and sat her down between himself and Jason.
"Courtney, please, tell me what's going on," he said, looking over her
head to Jason.
Courtney lifted her head. "I am so sorry Sonny, I was angry and I
didn't know what else to do," she began. At Sonny's questioning look,
she wiped her eyes and looked at him. "After you disowned me and Jason
signed the papers, I felt broken. . . so I went to Alcazar and asked
him to help me to get even with you," she said, trying not to look
away from the darkness she saw in Sonny's eyes. She didn't even
attempt to look at Jason.
Seeing that Sonny was not going to say anything until she was done,
Courtney continued. "I worked out a plan to take my piers from you and
keep you from buying others, ruining your shipments. We had someone
else working with us, but they backed out and it was just me and
Alcazar. I realized that he started to develop feelings for me, and I
told him that I was not ready to be in another relationship. I thought
he understood that. . . but I was wrong," she said. This would be the
first time since it happened that she was really going to talk about
it.
"What happened Courtney?" asked Jason, speaking for the first time
since she came in the door. Courtney turned to look at him, but
couldn't and looked down at her hands instead. "He asked me to his
place for dinner and since he seemed to stop pursuing me, I agreed."
She wasn't sure if she could do this. She stood up and started pacing
in front of the couch, not looking at either man.
"He must have put something in my drink. . . after eating, I felt
weak and light headed and collapsed. . . I couldn't move, but I was
aware of everything. . ." her voice trailed off as she remembered the
events of that night. The moment when she fell, Lorenzo picking her up
and placing her on the couch, feeling as he pulled her clothes off of
her as she desperately tried to stop him. The feeling as he. . . "I
couldn't stop him. . .I tried. . .but I couldn't move. . ."
Sonny stood up and stopped her pacing by putting his hands on her
shoulders. "What couldn't you stop him from doing?" he asked, afraid
he already knew the answer.
Courtney looked into her brother's eyes. "Sonny, Lorenzo Alcazar
raped me. . . and I'm pregnant with his baby."
Sonny stared at his sister in shock. "I thought you couldn't get
pregnant," he blurted out, unsure of what else to say.
Courtney gasped out a laugh and shook her head. "I thought so too,
but according to Dr. Meadows, what happened at that clinic seemed to
have healed itself." Then she looked up at her brother. "I'm sorry
Sonny. I should have just left it all alone. I shouldn't have let my
anger fuel my decisions. . ." she trailed off as Sonny pulled her into
a hug.
Sonny looked over Courtney's shoulder to where Jason still sat on the
couch. He saw as his friend's eyes clouded over in anger. "Don't
worry, we'll take care of this," Sonny whispered in her ear.
Courtney pulled back and shook her head. "No Sonny, Alcazar is in
jail right now and he doesn't know. I don't want him to know. The only
ones who know what happened to me are you, Jason, Mac, Ric and Sage. I
asked Mac and Ric to keep the details of why Alcazar was arrested
quiet."
"What does Sage have to do with this?" Sonny asked, as he sat
Courtney back on the couch. By now Jason had gotten up and was pacing
by the desk.
"Mac told me that after I passed out, Sage walked into the apartment
and tried to call help, but Alcazar stopped her. She knocked him out
by hitting him over the head with a glass pitcher and called the
police."
Sonny nodded. Then he came to a decision. "You're going to move in
here where I can keep you safe," he said.
"Sonny, I can't do that. You have Carly and the boys to worry about,"
but Sonny cut her off, shaking his head.
"Courtney, we have both made mistakes over these last few months, and
I am sorry for that, but you are my sister – my family – and I will
protect you."
Courtney nodded, knowing that Sonny had forgiven her for everything
she had done.