Ch. 25 Hand Me Down

"You have to help me." she pleaded to him.

"What would you have me do?"

"You're smart, can't you figure something out?" she said angrily. "She's back and he's deadset on finding out everything that happened."

"How is any of this my concern? You brought this on yourself by going where you shouldn't have." he replied.

"Yes, that was my fault. But you have to help me! If not, I'll go to Sonny and Jason about you."

"Your routine is getting old. You don't seem to see that this situation doesn't have to be as bad as you're making it." he spoke. The woman gave him a look that told him she had no idea what he meant. "This can go either way if you know how to work it just right."

"Ok, what do I need to do?"

They walked around Port Charles for most of the day. He told her what it was or what it was for as they went along from place to place. But to her disappointment, she felt nothing new as far as her life was concerned.

"That's the park." she heard him say, bringing her attention back to him. Surely enough they stood at the entrance of what looked to be a lush park. A small breeze came blowing from within the park. She felt a chill travel up and down her spine as it blew around her. "Do you want to walk through?"

She nodded at his question, and began walking along side him on the cement path. After a few steps forward an eerie feeling swept over her and she halted her footsteps.

"Are you alright?" Jason asked worried.

"You know, on second thought, I think maybe it's enough for today." she spoke. She had a feeling that something happened there, something bad. She'd have to face it, and she would, but not today.

"That's fine. Whatever you want." he answered, wondering if he'd tried to go through too much at once. "Are you sure you're ok?"

"Yeah, I just-I want to relax for a little bit."

He nodded and they turned to go back to the penthouse.

"Just stay calm."

"I can't. This won't be good." Carly spoke frantically.

"It might not be as bad as you think."

"Sonny, how can you say that? You know that woman, her showing up will only be trouble."

"So we'll explain the situation to her. Tell her-"

"Come on, she won't care. She only cares about one person; herself. You think she'd think twice before trying to use this to her advantage? She will exploit this for her own good. She won't care who she hurts getting what she wants. Not even her own daughter."she ranted.

Sonny opened his mouth to speak when he heard a commotion in the hall.

"Get your hands off me you ape! I have every right to be here, and I'm going in so deal with it!" the irritating voice shouted.

Sonny opened the door and sat the loud woman demanding entrance into the penthouse across from them.

"Janine!" he said calmly, but firm enough to get her attention. "No one is home."

Changing directions, she charged towards him angrily. Halting directly in front of him, she glared into his eyes.

"Where the hell is my daughter?"