Chapter 16

"Mom, will you please stop acting so unreasonable. Dr. Meadows told Dad and me no more stress. Stress is where Carly is. I'm moving you away from Carly. I had Uncle Jason rent out the penthouse suite in the Port Charles Hotel for you and I until further notice. It's only temporary until this mess with Carly is straightened out."

Alexis started to sob softly and Michael ushered Alicia out of the room.

He knew how much his mother hated to cry and especially in front of anyone she didn't know that well. "Mom, don't cry. You know that if there was any other way."

Alexis turned back to her son who took her in his arms "I know that you and your father are only looking out for me but I've never been apart from you guys. This feels so surreal. I don't want to leave; I just don't want to leave my family."

Kristina looked at Sonny in sympathy. She had come over to check on her sister and had stumbled into the latest stunt by Carly and the effect it had on her sister. The kids weren't talking to him currently and he was distraught.

She sat down next to him on the couch and said, "It's going to be okay. There is nothing that can make my sister stop loving you and vice versa. This is just until you get Carly out of your life once and for all."

Sonny nodded at Kristina "My head knows what I'm doing but my heart is a different story. Even when Alexis was pregnant with Kristina and we weren't together we were together. We were connected we have always been connected and Carly knows that. She is trying to destroy that connection and in doing so she knows she is destroying me." Kristina put her arm around Sonny's shoulder and pulled him into a hug.

Jax threw the paper down in disgust and turned to his wife "Have you seen the latest headlines? Ex-Mafia Princess comes back to life. She's all anybody is talking about now."

Courtney nodded in agreement and said, "It's sad really. My brother had forgotten all things Carly and then this happens. He wants to believe that everything will be okay but with Carly on the warpath one is never sure."

Jax stood up and said, "Well, I want to check on Alexis and Sonny. You know that Sonny was never my favorite person but after everything he changed and Alexis is the reason for that. I just want to offer my services, in case I'm needed."

Sonny looked at his two children who sat at the door refusing to meet his eyes "I know you two are upset with me but what would you have me to do?"

Morgan looked at his father and said, "Wake us up! Tell us what is going on! Don't come in here and make breakfast like everything is okay!"

Sonny flinched under the anger he heard from his son and said, "How do I act? How do I talk to you? This woman I thought was dead is alive and intent on destroying my family and my home! She will stop at nothing until I'm hers again and the one person, who could help me out, who is my counterpart in every sense of the word, is in a hospital bed because this got to be too much for her emotionally. What do I say huh?"

Kristina put her arm on her father's shoulder to stop his rant "Dad, you can't do anything with Carly in the way but be honest. It's all we expect from you. It's all we want. Come on, we need to get to the hospital."

Jason looked up as Carly entered his home "I see you've been to the papers. You have certainly been busy in your return."

Carly looked at Jason cautiously trying to gauge his reaction but as usual he was stony faced with her. "It was time Jase. It was time for the world to know that I was alive and not going anywhere. I'm back for good and I'm back to win my family."

Jason shook his head "You are back until you realize that it is worthless that you're returning. No one will stop what they're doing and much less Sonny. They have moved on Carly. Maybe, just maybe if you had come to them humble you would have had a chance with Michael and Morgan but you didn't. Now you are going to lose everything. You know damn good and well how Sonny feels about family and especially the pregnant women in his life. You have just helped kicked out his pregnant wife, now what do you think he thinks of you?"

The little hospital room got much bigger as Michael, Morgan, Kristina, and Sonny suddenly surrounded Alexis. She looked at her family and willed the tears that threatened to fall back. This would be the last time they were all together like a family for a while. She had never been separated from everyone here. She didn't hid her emotions well so she tried to crack a joke, "So who brought the popcorn?"

Scattered smiles were on the faces of her children "Mom, is it true you're leaving the house?"

Startled at the directness of the question Alexis met Morgan's eyes to answer his question "Your father and brother feel it's the best for me considering everything that is going on. With the twins on the way, the doctor has stated that I can't have stress."

Morgan nodded not convinced and said, "So we cause you stress right?"

Alexis shook her head and said, "Of course not sweetheart. My family doesn't cause me stress. Carly and her antics do. Dr. Meadows is just looking out for me and your new brother and sister."

Chapter 17

Sonny had sent all of his children outside so that he could spend some time alone with Alexis. Just being in her presence and making memories with her until he had to leave her but not by his own choice would help him get through the nights without her by his side.

He looked at her hand, which was empty of jewelry and was scared "You promised me on our wedding night, that you wouldn't take off the ring, where is it?"

Alexis looked down at her ringless hand in confusion and said, "They must've taken the ring off when they were running all the tests on me. I didn't want to take it off. I promised you on our wedding night that I wouldn't take it off for anything and I have kept the promise, until today that is."

Sonny stood up busying himself looking for the ring and after he found it tucked away in a drawer in her personal effect bag, he walked back over to the bed. He pulled the ring out of her personal effect bag and kissed it softly before placing it on her finger and saying, "With this ring I thee wed."

Alexis felt the tears falling down her face at the love she heard in his voice "I love you so much Sonny. I'm scared that this is it. That she will tear us apart for good and I won't be able to fight her for you. I'm not exactly what you would call desirable at the moment."

Sonny laughed and said, "You are more desirable to me now sitting in this hospital bed then when I put this ring on your finger five years ago. You have transformed this family and me into something that is worth getting up each morning for. I will never put anyway not even Carly above you and our family."

Alexis smiled and leaned forward as Sonny placed the ring on her finger and her lips brushed his softly.

Michael looked at his brother and sister who were sulking outside Mom's room. "I love Dad and all but he sure hogs Mom. We have to leave Mom and we can't even spend our last couple of minutes with her. By the way why are you staying with her? Why can't we all go to the penthouse together?"

Michael smiled at his younger brother and said, "First of all, Dad needs to spend as much time as possible with Mom so that he can have the strength to handle Carly once he goes back to the house with you. You guys are going back to the house because Dad will need someone with him to help keep him together and focused. Besides, what are you complaining about? On many occasions I've heard both of you say that I was a Momma's boy and you two were Daddy's kids. Who better to be with Mom than me?"

Morgan and Kristina exchanged guilty glances and said, "Okay you're right. We just don't want to lose everything and everyone all together. We were a family up until a couple of days ago; I don't want to lose all of it in one moment. Besides, I can't stand this Carly woman. All she does is complain about how Dad doesn't love her etc and badmouth the woman who raised us."

Michael nodded and said, "I know what you are talking about but don't worry. When times get to be too rough over there all you have to do is call me, and I'll come pick you up. We'll all have a slumber party at Mom's new place."

Carly opened the door to the house that he shared with that whore lawyer of his and moved her suitcases in. This was it; she had to give her greatest role of her life here. She was going to win her husband and children back but she had to be prepared. This was going to be a hard role. Closing the door behind her she looked around and cringed at the living room. Everything was so bland and homey here. She needed to spice up the quarters a bit.

"So Mom, are you ready for me to spring you out of this joint?"

Alexis nodded and said; "Your dad told me that he wants this to be over as quick as possible so that he doesn't have to live with Carly for too long. How will I get my belongings?"

Michael smiled and leaned over kissing her on the forehead "Dad packed up all of your pertinent stuff. He didn't want everything gone because he doesn't want to have to strain his back when he moves you back in. Uncle Jason already had everything moved to the Port Charles Hotel so the transition should be smooth."

Helping his mother out of the bed and into the wheelchair he heard his mother mumbling under her breath "What was that Mom?"

Alexis shrugged her shoulders while resting her palms on her stomach "When I first came to Port Charles, all those years ago I stayed at the Port Charles Hotel. Who would've thought that after all this time I would be going back to my beginnings and starting over again with nothing?"

Michael stopped the wheelchair in the middle of the hallway and turned towards her, "You have everything and have lost nothing. The only person that will lose in all of this is Carly. I promise you that. This is only temporary, believe in Dad, believe in your love and most of all believe in yourself."

Sonny, Morgan and Kristina sat in Ric's office waiting for the man to appear. It didn't take long as the door flung open and Ric walked in "Sorry about that, I was helping Elizabeth pick out furniture over the phone. So what can I do for you guys? I read the news about Carly but didn't get in depth to the article. Where was she?"

Sonny sat forward and said, "It doesn't matter where she was. We just want her gone. I just left my very pregnant wife at the hospital where she will be moving into the Port Charles hotel later on tonight with my eldest son so that I could come here. I want a divorce and I want one yesterday, she has split apart my family. She had my marriage to Alexis annulled."

Ric looked up in shock and pulled out his legal pad and started taking notes "Why weren't you informed about the proceedings so that you could've presented your case?"

Sonny shrugged and said, "She must've bought a judge or something. All I know is that the woman who I have in my house right now is not who I want in either my house or my life. You have to help me get her out of my life once and for all."