Chapter 14

She felt the air leave her lungs, as her worst fears became reality. Carly was taking away her family and she was powerless to stop her. She slid down the wall that was holding her up for the moment and as she slid down the wall, she lost consciousness.

The noise must've startled all in conversation because they looked to the stairs and Michael was the first to move. "Mom! Mom! Are you okay?"

Sprinting he took the stairs two at a time until he reached his mother who was leaning against the wall with her hand lying protectively over her swollen belly. He put his hand on her face as the fear sent him spiraling him out of control.

His father came up behind him and moved him out of the way "Alexis, honey talk to me. Wake up Alexis. Come on honey, stop scaring me."

Sonny turned to Michael and said, "Quick get me the alcohol and call the doctor. I don't know what happened."

Michael turned to look at the bottom of the stairs where Carly waited on bated breath "Leave. Haven't you done enough for today?"

Carly turned and stormed out but not before stating "This is far from over, I will be back in the morning and nothing not even fainting pregnant woman can stop us from having this conversation."

Jason stood at the entrance of General Hospital waiting for Sonny, Alexis, and Michael to come in to the ER. They had been unable to awaken Alexis after her spell and had been advised by her ob-gyn to take her to the hospital. He had received the call on his cell phone from Michael, as they were en route to the hospital.

Michael came rushing through the door and into Jason's arms. "God will this ever stop Jason? I can't keep watching my family fall apart and Carly win. I'm tired of it. Someone needs to put a stop to her."

Jason pulled back and nodded in agreement. Someone did need to put a stop to Carly. He cleared his throat and said, "Where are your Mom and Dad?"

Michael looked at him in fear and said, "The doctors took her directly to the ob-gyn office. Even though Dad is no longer in the mob, he still has his ties. They all agreed to meet him at the hospital as soon as he called, I guess his voice still strikes fear in some people."

"How is she?"

The ob-gyn looked at Sonny in sympathy and said, "Don't worry about her. Her blood pressure just dropped dangerously low which caused the black out. Has she been under any stress lately? The only other cause for this would be that she's not eating right which I'm sure you wouldn't allow to happen because you were such a stickler about her diet before when she was pregnant with Kristina."

Sonny felt the tears seep at his eyelids "My ex-wife has come back from the dead and has been harassing my wife."

He walked over and gently stroked the hair out of her face and kissed her forehead gently.

Dr. Meadows looked at him and said, "She can't have anymore of this type of stress. It's not good for her heart and it's not good for the babies either. She's already at risk because of her age."

Sonny nodded and said, "Doctor I don't know what to do. I can't be away from my wife, it would kill me, but after what you just told me she can't be with me either can she?"

Dr. Meadows looked at him and said, "I know you love your wife, but the best thing for her is to be away from whatever stressful situation is in your life."

"Did you check on your brother and sister?"

Michael smiled indulgently at his father and said, "Of course but they don't know what's going on. When I called Aunt Courtney over, she and Jax told me that they were still sleeping. They don't even know we left the house."

Sonny nodded pleased with his son but preoccupied with his wife. Michael looked at him worried and said, "What did the doctor say about Mom? Is she going to be alright?"

Sonny felt the emotion threatening to choke him as he spoke, "Your mom, is going to have to leave the house for awhile son."

Michael looked at him in shock "What do you mean leave the house? This is the house, which she picked out with you. Why does she have to leave?"

Sonny put a hand on his son's shoulder and said, "Dr. Meadows doesn't want your Mom subjected to stress. If she stays with me in that house, Carly will never cease to bother her and you and I both know that's a given. We have no way of preventing that."

Michael swore again for the second time in the day and mentally chastised himself. If his mother heard him talking like that she would tan his hide. "Dad, I get what you're saying but don't you think being away from you will be stressful? We haven't all been separated since we became a family almost seven years ago."

Michael walked into the room that Dr. Meadows had setup for his mother. Looking at her sleeping so peacefully made him feel ashamed. They had failed her, she had protected them from everything and everyone, but the one person who decided to come back from the dead had in essence taking away her feeling of security. The doctor had been explicit that his mother not be subjected to any more stress. He leaned over and kissed his sleeping mother on the forehead, "I promise, you Mom. This will not be permanent. Carly will be out of all of our lives once and for all. I promise."

Chapter 15

"I want you to get us the penthouse suite at the Port Charles Hotel."

Sonny looked at his son in shock and said, "What are you planning on doing there?"

Not being able to meet his father's eyes he directed his request to Jason "She needs to be away from stress. I talked to the doctor myself, there's no other option. My mom needs rest and with Carly barging into our house every other hour trying her latest trick to win you back is not the way. Now, we find out that Carly has made the marriage of my father to my mother annulled in the eyes of the law? She'll be in my mothers face with that every chance she can get."

Jason nodded and said, "I can do that. Sonny, are you okay with that?"

Michael looked over at his father and saw the devastation that was there in his eyes and felt sympathy for him.

He walked over and pulled his father into a hug "This is not a matter of whether we love you or not. This is a matter of life and death, our mother, your wife and those children that she carries. She can't be made to handle this all on her own."

Sonny nodded while swiping at the tears that had escaped his eyelids "What about Morgan and Kristina? We are dividing our family in half."

Next Morning

Sonny walked into the house after a night spent at the hospital. Alexis still hadn't awakened and the doctor was starting to get worried. Michael had stated that he would stay at the hospital with her giving him time to prepare breakfast and the children for this morning as well as starting to pack some of his wife's belongings. Sighing with the weight on his shoulders, he went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for his children who would soon be down the stairs.

Michael looked up as Alicia walked into the hospital. He looked around in shock and said, "What are you doing here?"

Alicia smiled softly and said, "I called your house and your father answered and told me you were here and probably needed some moral support. It's not getting any easier is it?"

Michael shook his head and said, "Alicia, I have to leave my house. I had to tell my father that I was moving in with my mother to ensure that she gets no more stress. My father hasn't been separated from my mother since he first found out about her pregnancy with Kristina. This will kill him and Carly will be waiting there for the kill. She's lying in wait to destroy my family and I don't know what to do anymore to stop her."

"Where's Mom? Where's Michael?" He was bombarded with those questions after he had placed breakfast on the table.

Sonny sat down with his kids and said, "Your mom is at the hospital. Morgan is there with her until she awakens."

Morgan stopped mid-bite while Kristina choked on her orange juice "Why are we here and not there with her?"

They threw down their napkins and started to run for the door as Sonny called from behind them "There is nothing you can do there."

His children turned on him in shock and Kristina practically shouted, "We can do a lot more for Mom at the hospital than sitting here eating omelets."

Sonny nodded and said, "Okay, we'll go but not before I tell you the latest."

Morgan and Kristina exchanged equal looks of fear and said, "What's going on now dad?"

Sonny exhaled a deep breath and said, "Carly had my marriage to Alexis annulled. We aren't legally married."

"Hey Mom, the doctor told me you were awake. There's someone I want you to meet."

Alexis met eyes with the girl that she had been hearing so much about and felt her heart drop. She was a mini-replica of herself. "Mom, this is Alicia. Alicia, this is my mother."

Alexis smiled at her and said, "It's a pleasure to finally meet you Alicia. Michael has told me so much about you that I think I know you already."

Alicia smiled back and said, "Same here. He has filled me up with so many compliments of you that I thought I was going to have to go home and make my mother show me how much she loved me."

Alexis shook her head and looked at Michael "Is your father here?"

Michael shook his head and said, "I sent him home. I wanted him there for Kristina and Morgan as well as starting to pack some of your things."

Alexis looked up in shock and said, "Are you kicking me out of the house?"