A/N: I am so sorry about how long it took me to update. I haven't even had a chance to breathe lately. And I'm not going to for a while either, so I promise to update as soon as I can, but more reviews will make me update quicker!

middiegurl08- Aww, thanks. Yeah, I'm kinda attatched to this one too. But I think Trust is my favorite, just because that was really my first one (that anyone actually reviewed at least).

Spoiledtink- Yeah, Durant totally needs to die. Although, I have to admit, I'd miss him if he was gone. He's a really good bad guy (that's kind of an oximoron).

Vicki316- I thought I did a pretty good job on Durant too, lol. Thanks for the compliments.

TwoBrokenToCry- I loved your reaction, lol.

journeyghlover- I had funny images of you going into the computer screen and kicking Jesse's ass. Lol.

emmalee05- Sason definitely is too cute to go to prison. And as for Jesse, he's in way over his head. I love dramatic and difficult situations!

SweetScam- Uh-oh. But yes, you should be worried. This is going to get very, very, ugly.

journeyrox- I'm so glad you love it, despite what I'm putting all my characters through.

Tania- You're obviously a Jesse fan first and then a Maxie fan, lol. You're my only reviewer who attempted to justify Jesse's actions. But you do have an excellent point!

Jen- Expect more twists. I love twists. And as for that testifying thing, his hands are kinda tied...

MelindaM- Oh, I am so sorry about your wet pants (that sounded weird. To clearify for everyone else, she didn't do that. She slipped and fell in a mud puddle). And I know all about that laughing thing. Especially when I'm overtired. I just start and can't stop. My sister likes to say random words when I'm like that just so that I keep laughing.

anon14- I love me some intense stuff. : ) I'm glad I was able to blow you away.

DaniBabez- That's a good point. Because of You would have definitely worked well here. And, I love Kelly and I'm proud to admit it!

Silver- Yes, it'sone hysterical movie. And as for Maxie/Courtny/Carly, I love the sisterly relationships.

Tina- Glad you liked both chapters. And I'm sorry that you missed it too. But at least when you found out his secret you didn't have to wait too long to find out what was going to happen next!

Jayne- I'm glad you like it! Yes, Durant only exists to make everyone else's lives imposible. What a loser. : )

MattMarraccinilvr- That was a very firm "UPDATE" lol.

Taylor- It is all very, very sad. I agree. Keep reading to find out just what I do about it.

Chapter 16- All Hell Breaks Loose

"Hi" said Maxie timidly as she walked into her brother's penthouse.

Sonny looked up from the papers he was looking at and sighed, rubbing his face with his hand.

"Hey" he said softly before throwing the papers back down on the desk and leaning back in the chair.

"I…you…I don't even know what to say" she said honestly.

"About what?" he asked her sincerely.

"About everything!" she exclaimed as she sat down on the couch. "Just tell me Sonny, how badly have I screwed up everyone's lives?"

Sonny sighed and got out of the desk chair, sitting down next to Maxie on the couch instead. Without saying a word, he pulled her close to him, engulfing her in a fierce hug.

"You didn't screw up anything" said Sonny as they broke away. "I was the one who brought Jesse into our lives"

"But I was the one who fell in love with him" said Maxie as she hung her head.

"Did he know that you loved him?" asked Sonny.

"Yes" whispered Maxie, still refusing to make eye contact. "The night he exposed the truth, I told him, and then he told me, before I found out who he really was of course"

Sonny sighed again, the weight of the world on his shoulders.

"Did you tell him anything about the business?" asked Sonny.

"Of course not! I don't know anything about the business"

"Than how could anything that happens be your fault?"

"I dunno. It just is!" she exclaimed as she got off the couch and began to pace the room. "He was supposed to just be my guard. He was supposed to be away from any valuable information. But instead, I pissed you off, you changed his position, and he suddenly has files and files of information, all at his disposal. Sonny, that is my fault!"

"Maxie, we can't go along trying to find someone to blame. I want you to stop accusing yourself of being some terrible person who caused this family grief! Because this is not your fault, directly or indirectly. I love you, you know that" he said. "And you also know that I was a bit of a jerk to you. But I'm not going to be a jerk anymore. And just because I'm not biting your head off and blaming everything on you, it doesn't mean that you have to do it to yourself"

"I just feel so…lost" she said as she sunk back down into the couch, her tone defeated and weary.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you were lied to by a man that you were in love with, and who claimed to be in love with you too" said Sonny.

"I'm beginning to understand this whole preoccupation with betrayal that you and Jason have" said Maxie as she finally cracked a smile.

"It's the most painful feeling in the world when the ones we love are the ones who hurt us. The ones who cause that pain" said Sonny as he hugged Maxie again, holding her tightly as she cried.

Maxie had long since cried herself to sleep in Sonny's arms and he was just staring into space, letting his thoughts consume him. He heard a soft knock on the door and he grabbed a pillow. Placing it under Maxie's head to suffice for his now missing body, he slowly got up and walked to the door.

"They're here" said Max.

Sonny sighed for the millionth time that day and looked over at his sleeping baby sister on the couch. He walked back over to her and gently kissed her forehead. She woke up slightly, but Sonny soothed her.

"Shh, go back to sleep" he said as he brushed her hair off her face. "I just wanted to say goodbye"

"Bye" said Maxie in her basically asleep form.

"I love you" he told her.

"Love you too Sonny" said Maxie before going back to sleep.

Sonny walked out in to the hall just in time to see Jason emerge from his penthouse where he was undoubtedly saying goodbye to Ava and Courtney. Sonny was just glad that his own kids were out with his wife. They were older, and he didn't want them to witness them. He had barely made eye contact with Jason when the elevator door opened, revealing a handful of cops with Durant at the lead, a smile plastered on his face as though Christmas had come early.

"Well, well, well. I assume you were expecting us" said Durant as he looked at Sonny and Jason.

"You know what they say about assuming" said Sonny in a cocky voice.

"Michael Corinthos Jr., Jason Morgan," said Durant, ignoring Sonny, "we have a warrant for your arrests. You are being charged with tax evasion, conspiracy, smuggling…" Durant's list continued on as both men expectantly put their hands behind their backs, allowing the officers to cuff them and lead them away, the only words either speaking were "yes" when questioned if they understood their rights.

The PCPD was buzzing. Officers were celebrating as they realized they finally nailed Sonny and Jason, reporters were outside, clamoring for information, Justus and Ric were yelling and throwing around various legal terms, and, for the icing on the cake, Durant had jumped on a desk and yelled out that he would buy the whole PCPD a steak dinner if Corinthos and Morgan were convicted. That was before he popped open a huge bottle of champagne and passed it around, telling them it was ok to drink on the job this once. Sonny and Jason sat in the interrogation room, both handcuffed to the table. They were alone for now as Justus and Ric were outside of the room, arguing with Durant.

"This is it, isn't it?" asked Jason in a downtrodden voice.

"It just may be" said Sonny in the same voice. "That kid managed to take us down"

"How can this be happening?" asked Jason and Sonny could see that he was struggling not to break down. "Courtney and I just got Ava. Our miracle baby. And now she's going to grow up without a father. How am I supposed to go on never knowing my daughter?"

Sonny just sat there, not knowing what to say himself. Justus finally came in and let them know that they had been denied bail. They were supposed to just sit in prison until the trial. Justus excused himself again to go try to battle it out again with Durant, and Sonny and Jason were once again left alone with their thoughts and regrets.

Carly pushed her way into the PCPD, ignoring the look that the officers gave her as she held tightly to Morgan's hand so that he wouldn't get lost in the crowd. Behind her, Michael was holding on to Kristina and Courtney had Ava snugly in her arms. Maxie was walking behind them like a zombie. Carly made her way up to her father and John cracked a smile when he saw her.

"You come down here for some champagne?" he asked her with a smirk.

"I can't believe that I'm related to you" she sneered. "You're the son of the devil himself"

"No, Sonny and Jason are the sons of the devil himself. I am the man bringing them down; protecting the innocent"

"No, you're an asshole" said Carly. "Let us in, we want to see them" she ordered.

"Carly, you don't give the orders around here" said Durant.

Courtney sighed and ignored Durant as she walked past him and opened the door to the interrogation room.

"Good call" said Carly as she followed her into the room, ignoring her father's protests.

"You coming Aunt Maxie?" asked Michael as he saw her hang back.

"I'll be there in a second" she told him as her attention was elsewhere.

Michael just shrugged before walking into the room, eager to see his father and uncle.

"Great job Beaudry. You're a hero around here now" said the cop as he shook Jesse's hand, a big smile on his face before he walked off.

He felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and sensing another congratulations from another officer that he didn't really want, he slowly turned around. But instead of a handshake, he got slapped. Clutching his cheek, he turned to look at who slapped him.

"Alright, I deserved that" said Jesse to Maxie.

"Yeah, you did!" she yelled, the anger apparent in her eyes. "I thought you loved me! How could you do this to me?"

"I do love you. That's why I did this. Please believe me" he told her.

"You're not making any sense! What, you have another big secret you're not telling me?" she asked him.

"Maybe. Can we talk privately?" he asked her softly, looking over at Durant, glad to see that he was fully invested in yelling at an officer to get Courtney, Carly, and the kids out of the interrogation room.

"No, we can't" she snapped at him. "I never want to talk to you again. I just wanted to let you know that you are the biggest asshole ever, and you deserve to rot in hell. I slept with you; I told you I loved you! And you just used me. I really hope it was all worth it for this extra praise Jesse. Because I never took you for a cold hearted bastard before. But I guess that is all you are; an empty, unfeeling jerk. I can't believe I ever told you I loved you. Because I don't Jesse. I hate you more than I have ever hated anyone before, and I hope that I never have to see you again" she told him as she walked away, knowing that what she said hurt him.

It did hurt him, and he felt his chest constrict painfully as she told him that she hated him, and that she regretted loving him. He wanted to run after her and take her in his arms and explain to her that he was doing it for her own safety, but he couldn't. He hated that even now he had to keep secrets from her, even when everything was supposed to be out in the open.

"Please don't hate me Maxie" he whispered in a broken hearted voice. "I love you"

Jason sat in the interrogation room with Ava on his lap, and he held her tightly to him with his free hand. His head was tilted so that it was resting on Courtney's shoulder as she sat in the chair next to him, one arm around his neck, her fingers threaded through the hair on his nape, and the other holding his hand that was bound to the table. Sonny had Morgan on his lap, although his youngest child was far too big to be sitting on his father's lap anymore. Morgan had his arms wrapped around Sonny's neck, and he appeared to be refusing to let go. Kristina was holding his hand, and Michael was standing stoically behind him as he tried to remain brave. Carly was sitting next to him just as Courtney was to Jason, but she could only take his chained hand as the kids were holding on to him.

"How long do you think you're going to be in prison for?" asked Michael coldly.

"Michael!" scolded Carly. "Dad and Uncle Jason are not going to prison"

"Be realistic Mom" Michael sneered as he walked towards the door of the interrogation room, pausing with his hand on the doorknob.

"Thanks for letting me down" he said as he looked right into Jason's eyes before meeting his father's.

He pulled the door open and was about to flee the room when he ran straight into Maxie. He looked at her for a second before running from the room.

"What happened?" asked Maxie confusedly.

"Michael's not taking this too well" said Courtney softly as she tried to get Jason to look up.

Michael's words had cut him deep, and he was looking at the ground in an ashamed way. Courtney kissed his cheek, and his neck, and everywhere else she could as she tried to get him to look at her. It was Ava who finally got him to look up as she grabbed at one of his fingers on the hand that was holding her. Her tiny fist wrapped around his finger as she tried to pull, and Jason couldn't help but think about how he had promised to take care of Michael when he was just this age.

"He'll be fine" said Sonny. "He just needs a moment to come to terms with everything"

"You should get going" said Jason to Courtney out of the blue.

"What? Why? We just got here" she told him.

"Ava is too young. She shouldn't be in this place. It's too loud and there are too many germs. She can get sick"

"Jason, we're not leaving you" said Courtney.

"Go, please. I need to know that my family's safe"

"Alright" said Courtney sadly as she bent down to kiss him goodbye.

Jason planted a kiss on Ava's head before reluctantly handing his baby girl back to his wife.

"You should take the kids home too" Sonny told Carly.

Sensing that there was no arguing with him, Carly gathered up Morgan and Kristina as they all said goodbye, the three of them kissing Jason goodbye as well as Courtney and Ava said their goodbyes to Sonny.

"I'll send Michael in to say goodbye" said Carly as they all walked out.

"You should go too" Sonny told Maxie who was sitting quietly.

"This is all my fault, so I'm not leaving" she told them.

"Maxie, we talked about this, you can't blame yourself" said Sonny.

"Maxie, we both love you. You're our little sister. And we know that you would never do anything to hurt us" said Jason.

"Yeah, but what if I hurt you unintentionally" said Maxie sadly.

"Come here" said Jason as he held out his arm for her.

She walked over to him and gave him a big hug as she started to cry. He tried his best to soothe her and she finally got up and walked over to Sonny and hugged him as well. She was hugging Sonny when Michael finally walked in. Jason felt bad when he saw that Michael's face looked like he had been crying. Maxie stopped her own tears and tried to collect herself for Michael's sake. Michael swallowed hard before speaking.

"I'm sorry for what is said" he said sincerely. "You two never let me down. I was just angry, and I wanted to hurt you" he explained.

"We know. And it's ok. We may have deserved it. We both love you" said Sonny and Michael went over to his father and hugged him.

He then went over to Jason and hugged him too before saying goodbye. He took Maxie's hand, and after another couple of goodbye hugs and kisses, the two walked out of the room. Maxie knew that Sonny and Jason could handle themselves, and that her family needed her at home right now.

As they waited for Maxie and Michael, Carly and Courtney spotted Jesse sitting there, going over some paper work.

Carly's features hardened as she walked over to him purposefully.

"You smug little bastard" she yelled as she saw him. "Can you really just rip apart a family and then sleep at night! Especially when it's the family of the woman you claim to love?"

"I do love Maxie!" he cried as he stood up.

"You have a hell of a way of showing it" scoffed Courtney as she joined Carly. "You really hurt my little sister, and that doesn't sit well with me" growled Courtney.

"And you hurt the rest of us too. Sonny has kids. Kids you've come to know. And you just didn't even care about hurting them, did you?" asked Carly.

"Jason has a baby too. Here, look at her" said Courtney as she thrust Ava into Jesse's face. "Take a good look at this innocent baby. When you're up on the stand testifying, keep in mind that you're taking away this baby's father!" she yelled.

"She looks like Maxie" whispered Jesse as he looked down.

"Yeah, she does" sneered Courtney.

Maxie and Michael emerged at that moment, and Courtney and Carly each shot one more dirty look at Jesse before walking away and leaving the PCPD, ready to deal with whatever life was preparing to throw at them right now.

A/N: You all know what I need to update. 15 reviews! Come on, I know you can handle it.