Rain Drenched Promises PART THREE
New Years Eve 2005
Location- Metro Court
Carly Alcazar placed her gloved hand into her husband's hand and allowed him to help her out of the limo in front of the Metro Court. This would be the first time they went out to socialize since she returned from Rose Lawn but she refused to think out the stares and whispers she might receive.
People have beenjealous of me for years and news of my breakdown must have spread like wildfire. But so what? she thought to herself.
She had bounced back , as she always did since she was a baby. Even before she was Carly, she was a fighter. And one of her best tricks was never to let her opponents see how scared she felt.
(It used to seem to me
That my life ran on too fast
And I had to take it slowly just to make the good parts last
But when you're born to run
It's so hard to just slow down
So don't be surprised to see me
Back in that bright part of town) ( Steve Winwood)
The ballroom was decorated in silver and gold. The elite in Port Charles, the old money Quatermaines and Barrington's, mixed with the working class Hardy's and Jones families.
But the people that really made the party interesting were the outlaws, Carly's family, the Spencer's, her husband, Sonny and Jason. The ones who made the laws and the world bend to their will.
"I'll get us some champagne," Lorenzo whispered in her ear before placing a kiss on her cheek then heading for the bar.
Carly couldn't ask for a sweeter husband. When she was released from Rose Lawn he offered to buy her a house to move into with her children. Their marriage had been rocky, to say the least, and he didn't want to add stress to her recovery. But Carly wanted to go home with her husband. She could be a good wife to him, make up for the way she married him while still obsessed over sonny. Lorenzo would love her the way she needed and in time Carly hoped to be able to love him the way he deserved.
Couples danced by her, smiling at each other. Nikolas and Emily, dancing formally as if they were at a royal ball made Carly smirk. Elizabeth and Lucky, barely swaying to the music, holding each other close reminded her of how close her cousin had come to dying lat month after the train wreck. But now, thankfully, he looked content. Another Spencer surviving against all odds.
"My wayward niece back from the Looney Bin," Luke greeted her loudly.
Skye squeezed his arm and said " Luke! Be nice!" But Carly knew she could care less about her feelings.
"Uncle Luke," Carly said, rolling her eyes. Then she stifled the urge to smack that grin off his face and said as sweetly as she could manage "Your just the man I was hoping to run into tonight. I have a business opportunity to discuss with you."
(I'll be back in the high life again
All the doors I closed one time
will open up again
I'll be back in the high life again
All the eyes that watched me once
will smile and take me in) (Steve Winwood )