Chapter Sixteen

Sonny stormed into his penthouse slamming the door behind him. He was beyond pissed. In the last twenty-four hours all hell and busted lose. He finally discovered what Mac had been hinting at when he was questioned. It seems Elizabeth Lansing was missing. Sonny knew Ric was going to make an attempt to blame him. He needed to make sure that there was no way this could be pinned on him.

Of course with all of this going on Jason would chose to take off on his motorcycle. He finally showed back up early this morning. Before Sonny had, a chance to speak with him the PCPD had hauled him in for questioning.

"Johnny get in here!" Sonny yelled.

"Yes Boss?"

"Go down to the PCPD and drag Jason's ass back here now. I want some answers."

"Yes, sir." Johnny said breathing a sign of relief and closing the door. Sonny had been on edge ever since he came home. Johnny was just happy his boss was not pissed at him.

"Sonny what the hell is going on down here?" Carly demanded to know from the steps.

"It's business Carly."

"I can tell it's more than that. Does it have something to do with why Jason was arrested?"

"Leave it alone Carly." Sonny told his wife. The last thing he needed was Carly making things worse.

"I will not leave it alone! You just got home Sonny! I refuse to lose you again." Carly yelled when Sonny just dismissed her questions. She knew something was wrong. Ever since yesterday Sonny had been distracted. There was something big going on and she wanted to know what it was.

"I'm not going to leave you. But you have to remain calm. I can't have you go running around and making things worse."

"I'm just scared to lose you."

"I know but that's not going to happen. I'm not going to let anyone lock me up again," Sonny, promised kissing Carly's cheek.

"There is something going on. I knew it! Tell me now!"

"It's..."

"Business." Carly finished for him. She was tired of him using that as an excuse not to answer her question. "That's bullshit Sonny. I want to know now."

"Am I interrupting?" Jason asked when he opened the door to find them fighting. He knew why Sonny had summoned him. The older man was probably fuming at the news about Elizabeth. He should have known Sonny would react this way.

"No. We need to talk now. Carly go upstairs." Sonny said grabbing one of the crystal bottles that held liquor and pouring himself a glass.

"Don't tell me what to do!" Carly yelled at the men. This was one of the things she had not missed while Sonny was locked up.

"Carly please. I need to talk with Sonny." Jason said calmly trying to ease the tensions. He needed to get things back under control.

"Fine but I want to know what's going on." Carly pouted storming up the stairs.

"You know she's not going to give up right?"

"Yeah." Sonny admitted draining the glass and setting his glass down. "Tell me you didn't have anything to do with the Elizabeth is missing."

"Sonny..."

"Tell me, Jason. Because right now all I can think about is how sick Ric is. Do you remember him holding Courtney in a well? Or that Carly believe he raped her?" Sonny demanded coldly. He was worried about his family and he wanted answers.

"I haven't forgotten." Jason said quietly. Ric's actions were the whole reason for his plan. A plan that could not work if Sonny was freaking out.

"Then tell me this wasn't part of your plan. We both know Ric is going to destroy whoever has her. He is going to tear this town to pieces." Sonny pouring himself another drink. He felt like the walls were closing in around him. He knew he was headed back to that dark place. He couldn't let things get out of control.

"Calm down Sonny."

"I will not calm down. Damn it I want an answer." Sonny said tossing the nearly full glass across the room.

Jason took a deep breath. He needed to calm Sonny down. The situation was already complicated enough. He did not need to have to hold Sonny's hand on top of everything else. "I didn't kidnap Elizabeth."

"You better make damn sure Ric has nothing on us." Sonny ordered Jason. They didn't need this.

"I'm handling it." Jason promised firmly. Sonny was too angry to do much beyond nod. Thankfully, Jason took this as a dismissal and left.

Sonny wanted to believe Jason. He knew the other man didn't lie often. However, Sonny couldn't shake the feeling Jason was somehow involved.

Everyone knew Jason had some sort of hero complex. He always had to be saving someone. It was just the way Jason was. If he did do, this Sonny knew Elizabeth was safe. None of that would matter to Ric though. Sonny knew he had to figure out a way to fix this before everything blew up.

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Elizabeth did not know how long she had been locked up. It could have been hours or even days. All Elizabeth knew was that she was trapped. There were a few times Elizabeth gave in to her tears and cried until she was exhausted. Only then, that she could fall asleep. Elizabeth was grateful for those brief moments. It was the dreams that she had while sleeping that kept her hoping. Hoping that Ric would find them before something worse happened.

Mostly she dreamed of Ric and their child. It was always different though. Sometimes the baby was a girl and others a little boy the one thing that remained the same was how good of a father Ric was. Elizabeth knew he was worried to be honest she was too. Neither one of them had an ideal childhood. She knew without a doubt however Ric was going to be an amazing father, He already was. Ric took such wonderful care of them both already. He was a wonderful husband. Elizabeth knew nothing on change once the baby arrived.

It was thoughts of holding their baby; see its face for the first time that kept Elizabeth holding on. She knew Ric would be worried and that he would look for them. Elizabeth just needed to stay strong until then.

The baby moved restlessly as her thoughts drifted back to Ric. She knew that baby missed Ric as much as she did. He or she was so used to Ric's voice, especially at night. Ric would always sing or talk to them before Elizabeth drifted off. Most night Ric's voice was the only thing that settled the baby down.

"Its okay, Baby. Everything is going to be okay I promise. Daddy's going to find us."

"I wouldn't count on that." A distorted voice said coming from a speaker in the wall.

"Who are you? Why are you doing this?" Elizabeth demanded to know as she struggled to sit up. It was the first time her captor had made himself known. At least Elizabeth thought it was a man it was had to tell with the distortion.

"I want you to know the truth about your husband."