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Chapter 22

Sonny looked at Carly and said, "When you died in that plane crash 5 years ago, I felt like a piece of me had died. Morgan was a newborn and I didn't have anyone to turn to except for my best friend who had always been by my side. I didn't have a chance to fall apart because I had too many people depending on me. Michael, Morgan, and Kristina all depending on me to put my grief behind me so that I can move on and give them the life they deserved. So you know what I did, but not without the help of my best friend, Alexis. I poured out all my inner thoughts, emotions, and feelings to my best friend who never judged me even after how horribly I treated her. Dropping her after you magically arose from the dead. Best friend Carly, a friend that turned into love later on. She didn't try to come in and usurp your place because you had been long gone from my mind and my heart. After you faked your death the first time, I learned what it was to have a love/hate relationship. I loved the fact that you blessed me with Michael and Morgan and I hated you for trying to rip me out of Alexis's arms only because you were jealous at her for making me really happy for the first time in my life. I'm not telling you this so you can go and start another campaign against Alexis. I'm telling you this so you can get an idea of where my heart and my head are. My heart is with Alexis and my head is with my family who are divided because you decided to put up a fight for something that wasn't yours to begin with. You lost all rights to this family when you abandoned them the first time. It wasn't until I remarried you and then Jason told me the truth that I knew that my happiness could never lie with you."

Carly felt the tears come to her eyes as she heard the coldness in Sonny's voice. Normally she could make him revise his opinion of her but not now. It was almost as if he didn't care anymore.

Clearing her throat she turned to him and tried again "Sonny, what you want is for me to pretend like I don't exist. Like the fact that I gave you two children that are mine gives you the right to demand that I walk away. I won't do it."

Carly stomped up the stairs in frustration while Sonny put his head in his hands and prayed for an ending to this nightmare.

Next Morning

Kristina came down the stairs of her house and sighed in exasperation. The bitch was still here and hadn't left the premises. Morgan came shortly after her and looked at the empty kitchen table.

Kristina looked at her brother and said, "I guess this means that there's no breakfast."

Morgan nodded "Yea, well who feels like cooking?"

Carly came out of the kitchen with a smile on her face, "Good morning you two, do you want breakfast?"

Kristina snorted haughtily "You made breakfast?"

Morgan hit her shoulder "Kristy, be nice!"

Carly shook her head and said, "It's okay Morgan. She's just acting out because her mother moved out of the house."

Kristina rolled her eyes as she sat down "What are you Dr. Phil now?"

Carly put two bowls on the table and disappeared into the kitchen.

Kristina turned on her brother "What is your problem? She's the enemy here and we have to treat her as such."

Morgan shook his head and laughed while sitting down at the table. His sister was right to a fault but she also needed to know when to leave a good thing alone. Carly came back out of the kitchen and sat down the quart of milk and a box of cereal.

Morgan smiled gratefully and said, "Thanks for this." Carly felt a thrill run through her at the niceness from her son.

Kristina laughed and said, "It's so wonderful that you are trying to be my mother. Just know you will never even come close to being her. You just don't have the class or the love, it just isn't in you."

Carly felt her control snap "I don't know why your grandmother didn't just kill your mother when she had the chance. Then I wouldn't have to sit her and listen to your crap. You or your mother wouldn't be in the picture."

Kristina bolted out of her chair and slapped Carly across her face and grabbed her arm jerking her attention to her anger, "You can talk about anything you want. We can have meaningless conversations and insults thrown back and forth at each other. But you don't under any circumstances ever threaten my mother or talk ill of my deceased grandmother. I won't permit you. Stupid Woman."

Port Charles Penthouse

Alexis eased out of bed with the help of her son. "You know that I have to help Ric today don't you?"

Michael nodded and said, "Only on a part-time basis. I promised Dad that I would force you to take it easy and I mean to keep that promise."

Michael kissed her cheek and said, "I have to go to school today. Hey listen Ma; they are having a college thing later on this week. It'll probably be hard for Dad to get away but I was wondering if you would like to come with me."

Alexis grinned gleefully "Of course. This is great news; I will clear my calendar for the event. Hey call Alicia, maybe she can come over for dinner tonight."

Michael nodded and said, "Of course Mom I'll do that. It's a great idea, thanks for thinking of it."

Sonny and Alexis Home

"What is going on here?"

Kristina glared at Carly once more and dropped her arm. "Dad, I would warn your wife to watch her words if she doesn't want to cross paths with me again. I'm going out."

Sonny looked at his daughter and said, "What happened?"

Morgan ran after Kristina as she stomped up the stairs and threw over his shoulders, "Dad, I'll explain later."

Sonny turned to Carly in question "What the hell happened? What did you say to my child?"

Carly swore to herself. The moment that little girl opened her mouth and told Sonny what she had yelled at her, she was screwed. She decided to play the innocent card "I don't know what is going on."

Kristina looked at her niece and said, "What's going on with you two? I received a call from Morgan saying that you two needed to get out of there. What's going on?"

Morgan held his sister in her arms as she sniffled quietly. "Aunt Kristina, we couldn't reach Michael or Mom so we called you. Carly was going good this morning; Kristina and Carly were going back and forth. Kristina insulted her and then she told her something that I'm still having trouble believing she said what she did."

Kristina closed her eyes in preparation as she braced herself "What did she say?"

Kristina shook her head too shook up to continue to speak as Morgan said, "She told me that she wished that Helena had killed our mother when she killed our grandmother."

Chapter 23

Port Charles Penthouse

Alexis heard the knock on the door to the penthouse and was shocked from her reverie. After speaking with Ric briefly about his progress in Sonny's divorce she returned to the penthouse and took a nap. Hearing the door knock again she walked to the door. She opened it up to her sister, and her two youngest children who rushed into her arms. "Hey you guys what's going on?"

Kristina ushered them in and said, "Morgan, Kristina go lay down in your mother's bed. I need to talk to her for a second."

Morgan and Kristina listened to their aunt and after giving her a kiss on the cheek, went into her room to lie down.

Kristina turned to Alexis and said, "Okay, sit down big sis. We are going to get that whore out of our lives, once and for all. I'm not leaving here until we come up with a game plan."

Jason's Penthouse

Jason hung up his cell phone and looked at Zander. "Sorry about that, I was just checking up on some leads about Carly. How can I help you?"

Zander smiled and said, "Me? I don't need any help. Alexis, Michael, Morgan, Kristina, and Sonny need a whole bunch of help. Carly is on the warpath and she won't stop until she leaves that whole family as casualties."

Jason looked at him in confusion and said, "My god, what has she done now? I thought after she got the marriage to Alexis annulled and her out of the house, she would quiet down."

Zander shook his head in negation, "Actually she got worse. She went after Kristina today. Not my Kristina, but Sonny's Kristina. Kristina called her aunt for assistance and she came running. When Kristina had cooled down enough she called me to relay what happened and asked me to contact you."

Jason laughed shortly "Kristina asked you to contact me. Whatever Carly did must've been really bad."

Zander turned away in disgust as he couldn't believe what he was about to repeat, "She told Kristina that she had hoped that Helena would've killed her mother when she had the chance so she wouldn't have to hear her voice anymore."

A Couple of Hours Later, Jason's Penthouse

Michael looked at Jason in shock. He had come over after school to see Jason to see how they could show a united front and get Carly out of the house. "She told my brother and sister what?"

Jason nodded and said; "She told Kristina that she wished that her mother had been killed by Helena so she didn't have to hear her."

Michael closed his eyes in shame "She went too far. Does Dad know?"

Jason smiled and said, "Do you think if your father knew he would be at home or the police station right now?"

Michael smiled and nodded in agreement "You're right; my father would have killed her had he known. I have to go talk to him though."

Jason took him by the shoulder and said, "Your Aunt Kristina packed up the kids and moved them over to the penthouse. You may need to look into getting a bigger apartment."

Port Charles Penthouse

Kristina held her sister in her arms as she started to sob. "This isn't happening. She went too far this time. What she told my children is inexcusable."

Kristina nodded and said, "This is why you have to do something Alexis. I know you are pregnant and stress is a no-no but she can't keep messing with you. You have to draw on your reserves, remember the ones that you told me that you used when you lived with Helena. Use them now and take back your family."

Alexis took deep cleansing breaths and closed her eyes. She remembered living on the island after Stefan had left for boarding school and she only had herself to draw upon. In those moments she always called upon her mother for strength.

Opening her eyes with a glare, she stood up "You're right Kristina. You are right; it's time for me to regain control. And in order to regain control, I have to become Natasha Cassadine and take back what is rightfully mine."

Sonny and Alexis Home

Michael knocked on the door to his house. How many years had he lived here in happiness? To have it all shot to pieces in a matter of days by a selfish woman who wanted nothing more than his father back in her bed made him sick to the stomach.

The door flung open and Carly met him with a small grin. "Michael, are you here to see me?"

Michel nodded shortly and entered the house "What were you thinking threatening my family like that?"

Carly closed her eyes in acceptance "So I guess she told you then. Your sister as you call it is nothing more than your half-sister. She is trying to make me out to be a villain when she's the one who constantly is the aggressor."

Michael rolled his eyes in disgust and said, "Half Sister is a derogatory term. She's my full sister and as far as I'm concerned in threatening her you've threatened my whole family."

Alexis's Car outside of Sonny and Alexis Home

Alexis looked back at her two youngest children who sat in the back seat fidgeting and said, "Are you ready?"

Morgan and Kristina nodded and said, "You are the only reason we are back here Mom and I'm not sure when Dad and Michael find out that you won't have to leave again."

Alexis shook her head and said, "I just needed a chance to build up my strength. We are going back in here as a family. A family separated but a family nonetheless."

Alexis eased out of the car and grabbed each of her youngest children's hands. She opened the door and entered shocked to see Michael and Carly there and arguing.

Michael spun around in shock "Mom, what are you doing here? You're supposed to be at home resting."

Alexis shook her head and said; "I decided I was tired of outside influences, trying to mess with my children and my family. I'm back and I'm here to stay."