The Oceanfront
Chapter 7
As the limo drove away from the apartment Carly was staying in Jason lets out a heavy sigh as he watches his friend stare out the limo's window. "I'm sorry. I would have bet anything that she was lying to me when she told me the pregnancy test wasn't hers that I found in the trashcan. I don't normally misread people but obviously I did this time."
"It's not your fault. I thought she was lying too" Sonny comments back not sure what to make of the situation. He knew that he was better off not having kids because of the life he lived however his heart was still crushed at the realization that Carly had been telling the truth. A part of him had fallen in love with the idea of becoming a father despite all the dangers in his life and was looking forward to holding his first born child for the first time.
"So do you want to head back home?" Jason questions
"Yeah. I have no reason to stay here" Sonny declares since Carly had made it clear to him that she wanted no part of him and he couldn't blame her. He had failed her and there was nothing he could
say or do to take away the pain she had of losing her father.
Hours later Lenny walks into their apartment and finds Carly on the couch with junk food surrounding her as she watched a movie. "Hey" he greats her with a small smile across his face
"I owe you big time my friend" Carly states as she stops the movie she was watching; which causes him to frown
"Owe me for what? I told you Carly I don't mind you staying here. You were always like a sister to me and you were the best friend my sister could ever ask to have."
"I wish Carly was here right now" Carly whispers out with tears in her eyes since she missed her friend.
"She's here. We may not be able to see her but I believe she's here with us even if she's gone." he states softly as he makes his way towards her
"You're mother blames me for her death. I was the one who was supposed to be in that car not her"
"My mother still grieves for my sister and she's looking for someone to blame. She can't yell or scream at the man who drove drunk and smashed into the car because he died on impact so she
directs her anger towards you. My father knows you're not to blame for Carly's death. He wouldn't have hired you to do the books for his company if he blamed you" Lenny utters out as he plops himself down on the couch beside her
"You have a good heart Lenny Robert" Carly smiles
"So do you Carly Benson" he grins back
"I wouldn't go that far. I bring shame to your sister's name to tell you the truth. She was always the perfect one. Sure I did better than her in school without even trying but she was the one with the kind heart and soul. I was the one always getting into trouble everywhere I went."
"I know my sister better than anyone and I know she would be honored that you took her name after her death. You may get yourself into trouble but you're still a good person Carly."
"Speaking of trouble Sonny and Jason stopped by while you were gone" Carly declares.
"What?!"
"Apparently I'm not as good as a lair as I thought"
"So Sonny Corinthos knows you're pregnant with his child then?"
"No, all thanks to you"
"Oh noooooooooooooooooooooo! I told you Carly to leave me the hell out of it! I wet myself when I first saw Jason."
"You what?" Carly laughs out
"That's not funny! I wasn't expecting to see a hit man standing at my door so yeah I peed in my pants. How the hell do you expect me to go up against a mob boss if just the sight of his employee got me to wet myself? Sonny Corinthos is a dangerous dude and I don't want to be on the receiving end of his anger. You know rumor has it that Sonny Corinthos is behind Savage's disappearance. The cops can't prove anything especially without a body but everyone seems to think Sonny whacked him"
"I don't want to talk about Savage" Carly states trying to fight back the tears from falling…. "And you can relax Sonny doesn't think you're the father of my child. In fact he doesn't think I'm pregnant at all anymore thanks to you my friend"
"Me? I don't understand"
"For once your gross habit of forgetting to flush your toilet paid off. Sonny brought over a pregnancy test. I was sure I was screwed when Sonny tossed a pregnancy test at me. I didn't want to admit to him that I was pregnant so I went to the washroom in hopes I could figure some way to get myself out of the situation I found myself facing. The second I shut the washroom door I saw that you didn't flush so-"
"Ewwwwwwwwww, grosssssssss! You used my pee?!" Lenny asks; interrupting her.
"Hey it's not like I touched your pee with my hands I just dipped the test stick in the toilet and placed it on the washroom counter. I washed my hands right after I placed the test on the counter by the way"
"Did you wash the counter?!"
"Of course I did. As soon as they left I sprayed the counter with disinfectant"
"Wow. So you actually pulled this off" Lenny remarks stunned
"Hey don't sound so surprise. I can scam like the best of them."
"Yeah but normally your plans don't go off as you plan them too which is why you usually end up in trouble." Lenny points out
"Well this time it worked. My baby is safe from the mob but now I just have to figure out how the hell I'm going to support myself and my child. The job with your father is almost done so he won't need me working for him anymore soon"
"Sonny Corinthos was your biggest hurtle the rest should be easy from here on out. I'm sure there are places looking for waitresses or maids"
"I suck at cleaning and being a waitress will only work for so long. Soon I'll be as big as a house"
"We'll think of something" Lenny promises.
As Sonny's private plane headed back to Port Charles Jason watches as his best friend held a dink in his hand as he walked back and forth with a perplex look across his face. He felt sorry for his friend since he knew that for whatever reason he had fallen for Carly even though he hardly knew her and he hated himself for giving his friend hope at a chance of having a family only to have it taken away from him. He should have checked into the situation more before telling Sonny he assumed Carly was carrying his child. He still could hardly believe that he had misread Carly. It had never happened to him before. He always counted on his gut to tell him if someone was lying or not and it never failed him until today. Maybe he wanted to believe too much that Carly was lying knowing how much his friend missed her to see the truth like he normally could.
Glancing at Jason who was staring back at him Sonny remarks "Something doesn't feel right. We need to go back"
"What? Sonny we're going to land in Port Charles soon"
"I DON'T CARE!" Sonny shouts out annoyed that Jason was questioning him "I said we have to go back!"
Knowing that once Sonny's mind was set on something there was no point in trying to convince him to do otherwise Jason stands up as he states "I'll go tell the pilot we need to head back to Florida"
As Jason walks away Sonny drinks down the rest of his drink before heading back towards the mini fridge to refill his empty glass.
Frowning when Carly walks out of her bedroom wearing shorts and a tank top with her hair in a messy bun Lenny questions shocked "You're going to work like that?
"I'm not going to work" Carly sighs out heavily as she makes her way towards the couch using her crutches
"Why not?"
"You're father called me on my cellphone and fired me. Your dad is fed up of the fights he's been having with your mom because of me so for the sake of his marriage he had to let me go"
"He can't fire you because my mom is being unreasonable!"
"It's okay, look your father told me he would pay me what I would have made working for him anyways. Besides that job was almost done so there's no point to fight with your mom over this" Carly replies as she plops herself down on the couch
"I hate that my mom can't let this hate for you go." Lenny states as he sits down on the couch beside her
"Your mom was never a fan of mine to begin with so I don't think she'll ever stop blaming me for her death. I don't want you to fight with her because of me so please don't say anything to her about this"
"I won't" Lenny sighs out heavily as someone suddenly knocks on the door. Standing up from his spot on the couch Lenny makes his way towards the door as he calls out "I'm coming"… Opening the door he comes face to face with a man he's never seen before "Can I help you?"
Looking past him, towards Carly the man utters out "No, but she can."
"So what's the plan?" Jason questions wondering what his friend planned on doing now that they were heading back to Florida.
"Carly and her roommate are about to get new neighbors" Sonny declares before taking a sip of his drink.
"You're actually going to live in that dive of an apartment?" Jason questions shocked since Sonny liked living it up. He wasn't as simplistic as he was.
"I lived in worst and you're going to live there with me since I might need your help."
"I didn't see any signs for apartments for rent in Carly building when I went there" Jason comments
"I'm sure for the right offer I can get any apartment in that building"
"Carly won't be happy about this. She already threatened to call the cops on us if she saw us again"
"That's her problem, not mine and she can't call the cops on me for choosing to live in the same apartment building that's she's currently living in." Sonny remarks back before drinking down his
drink.
"If we're going to live in the same building as Carly I should warn you her roommate Lenny has bladder problems"
"So Carly will just have to buy her roommate some Depends because I'm not leaving until I figure out why my gut is telling me to go back to Florida" Sonny declares
As the man walks past Lenny he introduces himself "My name is Marcus Taggert and-"
"And you're a cop" Carly states cutting him off
"I'm a lieutenant actually. How did you know?" Taggert questions back as Lenny shuts the door close
"You look like a cop. The walk always gives it away. I don't know why but the men in blue always seems to have the same sort of stride when they walk"
"If you don't mind me asking what happened to your leg?"
"I'm sure you're not here about my leg lieutenant. Are you here about my missing father?"
"No. I'm here in a roundabout way about your fiancé"
"I don't have a fiancé" Carly remarks as Lenny sits himself down beside her on the couch
"Not anymore no and I have a feeling Sonny Corinthos took him away from you. Cops found Joey Savage body…well what was left of his body anyways" Taggert declares
"I never had a fiancé"
"I saw a newspaper that stated otherwise."
"You can't always believe what you read lieutenant. Mr. Savage may have wanted to marry me yes but I never returned his feelings. He put that picture of us in the newspaper in hopes that my feelings would change for him which they never did. All I care about is for the police to find my missing father. Mr. Savage or Mr. Corinthos are not my concern." Carly states as Lenny stares at her with a worried expression across his face.
"I've known Sonny Corinthos for a very long time and his mother always used to fall and hurt herself. She ended up at the hospital more times than I could count all because of the devil that was living under her roof AKA Michael Sonny Corinthos so if he's the reason why your leg is wrapped up in bandages it would be wise of you to help me put him away. You would be a hero Ms. Benson because if you come forward and tell me what he did to you, you will stop his abuse against women once and for all. As the lieutenant of the Port Charles Police department I promise you if you come forward I'll make sure you're safe from any retaliation Sonny might try and have his men pull against you"
"You're from Port Charles? You do realize that you're out of your jurisdiction since we're in the State of Florida and not New York"
"I know where I am Miss Benson but I have permission to take over this case so if you saw anything that Sonny or his men did to Joey Savage you can tell me as well as admitting to me what he did to your leg" Taggert states
"Sonny Corinthos isn't the reason why my leg is injured and as far as Joey Savage goes I can't tell you what happened to him. I wasn't his keeper but I will say this the world is better off without him in it"
Shaking his head at her Taggert pulls out a card with his information on it as he states "If you change your mind and you want to come forward with the truth you canreach me day or night."
The second Taggert shuts the door behind him as he leaves their apartment Lenny asks "Is that cop right? Did Sonny Corinthos kill Savage?"
"Sonny didn't kill Savage" Carly spats out angrily since if he had killed Savage her father would still be alive and she wouldn't of had been shot in his so called safe house.
"Did he shoot you?" Lenny asks since Carly never gave him any details about how she got shot or anything about Sonny Corinthos being in her life until recently when she admitted to him that she was carrying Sonny's child.
"What?! No, Sonny didn't shoot me Lenny!" Carly states back as she locks eyes with him; shocked that he would think such a thing. Sure Sonny was a well-known mob boss but until today she never heard anyone accuse Sonny of hurting a woman.
"If he did you can tell me because that cop sure as hell thinks he did."
"That cop obviously has a grudge against Sonny and was grasping at straws. Look I promise you that Sonny didn't shoot me."
"Then who did?" Lenny asks back
Letting out a heavy sigh Carly states "All I can tell you Lenny that Sonny didn't shoot me."
"If Sonny didn't shoot you did Joey Savage shoot you?" seeing Carly blink her eyes shut he goes on to ask "Is that how you and Sonny met? Savage shot you and Sonny saved your life so you were
so grateful towards him that you slept with him?"
Standing up from the couch Carly grabs her crutches as she repeats "Sonny didn't shoot me and the rest doesn't matter. Just leave it alone, alright."
Watching Carly as she made her way towards her bedroom door Lenny shakes his head; hating that Carly didn't trust him enough to tell him the truth. As her bedroom door shuts close behind her Lenny stands up from his spot on the couch and grabs the card the cop left behind. Glancing down at the
paper with the cop's information on it Lenny lets out a heavy sigh before placing the paper in the back pocket of his jeans.
It was the middle of the night when Sonny knocked on Carly's next door neighbors apartment door. As the door opens an elderly woman appears in front of him wearing a pink robe and hair spools in her hair…
"What do you bastards want?!"
As Jason and Sonny glance at each other shocked that the woman would call them bastards she goes on to tell them "And before you start running your mouths off I know damn well who you are! And if you lived the life I lived and lived in this dump you would know that death doesn't scare me. In fact death might be a welcome relief." Not giving Jason or Sonny a chance to speak up the woman
goes on to rant out "Do you know I have FIVE sons and they are all bastards; just like their bastard fathers. Every single one of you men are bastards. All you men want is a slut in the bedroom and a maid during the day! When my sons look at me do I get a thank you for wiping their butts clean when they were younger?! Hell no! All they see is a free babysitter for their own sons so they can go off and plant their seeds into random whores! Well I'm TIRED! So if you wanna kill me go ahead and kill me because like I told ya before death will be a welcome relief!"
"I'm not here to hurt you. I'm sorry if I woke you up-"
Interrupting Sonny the old lady remarks "You didn't wake me up. I was on my second pee for the night and I'll be up again in another hour or so to pee again so state your business so I can get a little sleep before I have to pee again."
"I want your apartment" Sonny simply states since this lady's apartment was facing the apartment door where Carly and her roommate were living
"My apartment? You want to live in this dump when you have money coming out of the wazoo?"
"I would make it worth your wild if you give me your apartment" Sonny declares as Jason stood in the background silently. Noticing the old lady checking him out Sonny goes on to clarify "You look like a woman who needs a vacation. I was thinking if you let me stay here for a while I'll let you stay at my hotel/casino at my island. I would give you a spending account so you could enjoy life for a change"
"And all I have to do is lend you this dump of an apartment and exchange I get to live it up like I have cash farting out of my ass?"
"That's right" Sonny grins
"Oh sugar I'm sorry I called you a bastard! I guess there are some men out there in the world that aren't bastards after all! May God Bless you child!" the woman cries out as she pulls Sonny into a tight hug
"That's okay. I've been called worst before" Sonny mumbles out as he lets her hug him since he didn't care what she called him earlier since he was getting what he wanted...the apartment.
Well that's all for now. I wanted to thank everyone for all their wonderful feedback on my last chapter. I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well. As always all feedback is welcomed and very much appreciated…
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