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Twenty-Two

Brenda was too late and she knew it because the raised voices in the lobby could be heard outside the entrance. Brenda quickly handed her stuff over to Keri who was standing nearby and approached Lois who was trying to get Sonny to back away from Miguel. Carly was standing back a ways with Jax close by watching.

"What makes you think that you could show your face around here after what you did?" Sonny asked Miguel, who was trying hard to do as Brenda asked and keep his temper down.

"What's going on here, Sonny?" Brenda asked placing herself in front of Miguel, managing to put some inches between them.

"I should have known the only person who would dare bring him back to Port Charles was you. Bad idea."

"You know what the bad idea was? Assuming that you could give Lily a happy life. Instead you killed her," Miguel yelled at him.

"Keep your voice down," Brenda said noticing all the ears around the room perk up.

"You know whose fault it is that Lily died?" Sonny asked. "Hers." He pointed at Brenda and the look in her eyes was cold, harsh, angry and betrayed. He'd never seen that before and knew that he had made a very large mistake.

Sonny didn't have a chance to react before Brenda's fist collided with his cheek. Sonny wasn't the only shocked one that it was more than a slap. Carly, Jax and Lois all stood shocked. Miguel smiled, satisfied that she took the position of bad guy and saved his crystal reputation.

"If you ever come near me or any of my artists again, or interfere in any way with my company, I'll file a lawsuit for harassment and a restraining order against you," Brenda hissed at him. "That goes for you too," Brenda said looking at Carly whose smirk faded instantly. "Lois will you take Miguel back upstairs, please," Brenda suggested.

"I'm not leaving you here with him," Miguel said.

"Just go," she told him, not taking her eyes off of Carly. As soon as they had walked off Brenda walked over to Carly.

"Brenda," Jax started.

"I don't even want to hear you speak," she told him. "You purposefully called Sonny to see what would happen if you told him that Miguel was here. You knew enough about mine and Sonny's past and just couldn't resist to see what would happen if you threw it back in our faces," Brenda said. Carly didn't acknowledge one way or another, what she had done. The look on Jax's face indicated he had no knowledge of it either.

"What happened?" Jason asked suddenly appearing at Sonny's side and seeing his cheek already red and starting to swell. Sonny didn't answer, his eyes only on Carly and Brenda.

"How Sonny or Jax or even Jason thought that you were a good and decent person with ethics is beyond me. You don't even deserve to be a mother to those two beautiful boys because with you around as an influence they will only grow up to be as inconsiderate and self absorbed as you are."

Brenda took a deep breath and for a second the world stood still. She didn't know what it was at first but suddenly a rush of pain spread over her body.

"Keri," she whispered. Instantly the girl was at her side. "I need Robin. Right now." Keri only nodded and opened her cell phone dialing a series of numbers.

"Brenda?" Jax questioned. She held up her hand to him as she felt the wave of pain again. She nearly doubled over this time as all three men crowded around her.

"What's wrong?" Sonny and Jax asked at the same time. For the first time, Carly felt bad for what she had done.

"Can you walk?" Jason whispered. She shook her head. "I'm going to pick you up and we're going to go upstairs."

"No," Brenda said.

"Yes." She couldn't argue with him anymore as his arm slid around her back and under her knees, easily picking her up.