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Chapter 10

After a week of undercover work Carly was finally able to go back to Port Charles. The mission wasn't exactly what she would call a success since all she really did was make some contacts. This was very frustrating for her since she still didn't know what the mission was yet. All Jeff had told her was that right now the FBI just needed her to make some contacts without being detected.

Carly walked through her new apartment feeling depressed. She knew now that she could never tell Sonny what she was. It would kill him. She had waited to long and stalled too much and now it was too late. Carly knew that Sonny wouldn't understand why she moved out when things were going better for them but that was just how it had to be.

Her doorbell rang. Carly walked over and looked through the peephole. It was Jeff, she quickly opened the door. "Hey! What are you doing here?" She asked

"Just checking out your new digs." Jeff said

"New digs?" Carly laughed, "What are you 16?"

"Whatever. I sound cool." Jeff said

"Sure." Carly said, "And again I ask, what are you really doing here?"

"We've got to talk." Jeff said seriously

"Yeah, I figured as much." Carly said and sat down on her couch.

Jeff sat next to her, "Sorel is back in town." He gripped her arm tightly so she couldn't rise. "He's not the only one, Caruso is with him."

He watched as Carly's eyes filled with tears and rage, her breathing became erratic, "No! No! He can't, NO! I can't… do …it…again."

"Breath Carly. Deep breathe in, deep breathe out." Jeff said as he ran into the kitchen to get her a paper bag. He handed it to her but she pushed it away.

"NO! I refuse to be like Sonny's stupid lap dog lawyer." Carly spat still trying to control her breathing. "It's going to be ok. I can do this." Carly's breathing returned to normal and she stopped shaking. "What do I do?"

"Nothing. Just stay out of the way." Jeff said

"NO!" Carly cried, "He killed Charlotte and I will kill him and make sure he knows that it's me who did it."

"Carly this is exactly why we need you to stay away." Jeff explained, "You're to emotionally involved. It could get you killed."

"It's killing me anyway." Carly pleaded, "Every night I'm back in that dark cold room in that damn dark tunnel with Charlotte trying to figure out a way to get out of there alive. And every night just as we find a way out he shows up. I hear her screaming as he's killing her and there's nothing I can do. She saved my life. I have to do this. For Charlotte."

"Fine. I'll tell Bill." Jeff consented, "But you have to promise that you'll follow our rules. No ad lib like you and Charlotte used to do. This guy is very dangerous and there is no room for emotion."

"OK!" Carly said, "Anything you say. I'll do it." Carly hugged him tightly at the same moment as Sonny burst in.

"What the hell is going on Carly?" Sonny said angrily.

Carly and Jeff broke apart quickly, "I'm going to get going and set that up." Jeff said and walked out.

"Jeff's just a friend Sonny." Carly said quickly

"I'm not talking about that pansy. I'm talking about you moving out of the penthouse without talking to me about it." Sonny shouted

"Don't shout at me! I agreed to move in with you while I was recovering. But I'm fully recovered and I need my own space to work." Carly shouted back

"I thought we were trying to get back to where we were." Sonny said

"That was the plan but while you were gone I thought a lot about what had happened and I saw that we never resolved any of our problems. We just shoved them into a closet and hoped that no one accidentally opened it back up." Carly reasoned

"So that's it?" He said, "Its over because we have problems? What married couples don't?"

"They all do." Carly said, "Its over because you ended it. I didn't help matters either. But like you said, we light a match and the whole house burns down."

"Carly you don't mean that." Sonny said

"Yes I do." Carly whispered, "Please just go."

"Fine. But I'm not giving up. I'll be back, I'm not losing you again." Sonny stormed out.

Carly sat down with a sigh and flinched as Sonny slammed the door. Michael and Leticia would be back soon and she wanted to have their rooms ready. She stood up and walked down the hall to her own bedroom. While she had been gone on assignment the FBI had outfitted her apartment with extra security. Carly walked into the closet and found the keypad located behind a box labeled "junk". She typed in her password and the back of her closet opened to reveal a small room that was stocked like a mini arsenal. It held all sorts of different weapons, computer software, listening and tracking devices, and an assortment of disguise materials that she could through together herself. "Looks like there's everything I need. " Carly said to herself.

Just then she heard Michael and Leticia come in. Carly quickly closed the door with her code and exited her bedroom.

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