Chapter 18

Sonny watched as Emily exited through the double doors at the entrance. He was almost there himself when Carly walked in and stopped him. His eyes looked past his ex-wife hoping to catch a glimpse of the direction that Emily had taken but he saw no sign of her. Frustrated he turned his attention back to the woman standing before him not noticing the other man take off to follow Emily.

"Hi honey. I'm back." She had witnessed the other woman leaving and she reveled in the instinctive knowledge that she was interrupting something.

He just shook his head and ran the fingers of his left hand inward across his eyes and down his face.

"I thought you were going to be at Roselawn till tomorrow."

"Oh so sorry to disappoint you but I got an early release. You see I finally came to some decisions about myself and my future, that, by the way don't include you or Lorenzo or any other man for that matter. Lainey was so impressed by my progress that she signed my discharge papers on the agreement of course that I continue to see her on a continual basis."

Sonny took all this in while his mind was focused on where Emily could've gone and the feeling that he had to find her fast.

"That's great Carly. I'm happy for you and the boys will be too. So I guess everything is ready at your new house for when you come to get the boys tomorrow or better yet I can have Max drop take them over."

"Actually I wanted to get the boys tonight. You know spend some time with them and reconnect that sort of thing."

"No. I don't think so. We worked out an agreement and it's late and the boys know that you are getting them tomorrow."

"Look Sonny they are my boys and I have every right to see them."

Sonny sensed her agitation and didn't want to get into an argument with her over this.

"I'm not saying that you don't but they need their rest and they are going to be so excited about tomorrow that it will be hard to get them down tonight. All I'm saying is wait till tomorrow morning. You just got back home yourself. Go and relax and I promise you'll have the kids first thing tomorrow. Now I'm sorry but I've got to go. There's something I need to take care of."

"Or someone." She mumbled under her breath angrily as she watched him walk around her and head out the door. 'He's not getting away with this.' Carly thought to herself as she turned to go herself. 'I'll show him and her who's in control when it comes to my kids.'