The Oceanfront
Chapter 12
She could tell by the looks of the room and by the size of thebedroom that this room had to be Sonny's bedroom. Chewing on her lower lip asshe glances towards the king size bed that was in his room she couldn't helpbut wish things between her and Sonny were different. Just thinking about thefun they could have on that bed if things were different between them made herweak in the knees.
"Carly" Sonny calls out to her ashe enters his room after searching all over upstairs for her and coming awayempty handed.
"Geesh!" Carly mumbles out as sheplaces a hand onto her rapidly beatingheart as she jumps a little; startled by the sound of his voice. Hopping aroundto face him Carly asks "What are you trying to do give me a heart attack?!"
"I didn't mean to scare you." Sonnysays as he notices her face looking a little flush. "Are you alright?" hegoes on to ask with concern laced into his voice
"You mean other than the fact you scared the hell out of me? Yes I'm fine! Who walks like that anyways? Make a nose!" Carly snaps out as she silently hates herself for getting caughtinside his bedroom.
"I'm sorry I scared you but we need to talk"
"Unless you want to talk about how wrong you are for kidnapping me and you're here to tell me that you called your pilot to take me back home to Florida where I belong we have nothing to talk about" Carly says as she hops away from him towards the veranda doors
"I'm here to talk about your friend Lenny" Sonny states
Leaning herself against the wall by the veranda doors Carlylocks eyes with Sonny as she asks "What about Lenny?"
"He's made himself a new friend out of one of my enemies"
"What are you talking about? Lenny is the good one. I'm the one who is on the wild side. So whoever told you Lenny would team up with some enemy of yours they're wrong."
"Jason isn't wrong he knows what he saw and he saw Lenny with Marcus Taggert at the airport waiting for a flight that's heading for Port Charles" Sonny declares.
Blinking her eyes close Carly silently curses out Lenny forgoing to Taggert since she wasn't sure she could protect him from Sonny. Blinkingher eyes open Carly asks "What are you going to do?"
"That depends on him"
Hopping her way towards him Carly states "Lenny knows that I didn't want to involve Taggert into this mess"
"Obviously he went against your wishes then"
"He must have been scared. It's the only reason why he would go to Taggert because he found out you kidnapped me Sonny. You have to let me make this right. Let me talk to Lenny and I promise you he won't give you any trouble"
"Okay"
"Okay? Just like that? You're not going to fight me on this?" Carly questions stunned that he would just givein without fighting her on it.
"I have no use for Lenny but he matters to you so I'll let you talk some sense into him" Sonny remarks since
he didn't want to have to physically hurt someone that mattered to Carly. Hewould rather have Carly talk him into going back home than to have to deal withhim before Lenny and Taggert could cause him any real problems.
"At what cost?" Carly questionssince she knew that mob boss's didn't grant favors unless they got something
in return.
Shaking his head at her, Sonny states "That's insulting to me. I'm not doing this to get something in return Carly. I'm doing this because I know how much Lenny matters to you." With a heavy sigh he goes on to say "I don't want to hurt you. I'm not your enemy Carly. I'm the father of your child and I'm here to protect both you and our child."
Watching Sonny as he turns his back on her and walks out of hisbedroom door Carly lets out a heavy sigh.
~~**~~**~~**~~
Noticing the worried expression across Lenny's face Taggertreassures him yet again "You're doing the right thing"
"I know I am" Lenny remarks beforegoing on to confess "I'm just worried about what Sonny is doing to Carly at this very moment. Carly has always been strong and she's a fighter but if he could do all those horrible things he did to his own mother I'm afraid to imagine what he's going to do to Carly"
"Hopefully we'll get back in Port Charles before he can really cause her any harm" Taggert says as a flightattendant approaches them with two beers in the tray she was carrying.
"Here you go" The flight attendantsmiles as she hands Lenny his beer
"I didn't order any drinks" Lennycomments as he tries to give her the drink back.
"Oh I know sir but the gentlemen two rows behind you bought you both drinks." The flight attendant states
Both Taggert and Lenny glance back behind them to see who boughtthose drinks. Lenny lets out a gasp as he drops the beer he was holding as hesees Jason staring back at them with his famous blank stare.
"Oh maaaaaaaaaan!" the flightattendant exclaims as she watches the dope spill his drink which meant she nowhow to get a mop and clean up the mess.
"I'm so sorry miss" Lennyapologizes as he hears other passengers complain about the beer that wasseeping down the plane's floor.
Forcing a small across her face she tells him "It's alright. I'll go get a mop" before leavingshe hands Taggert his beer while silently hoping he didn't spill his drink too.
As she hops her way down the staircase Carly makes eye contactwith Sonny as he places two plates on the dining table.
"Lunch is ready" Sonny simplystates before sitting himself down at the head of the table.
Hopping her way towards the table Carly pulls out her chair andsits herself down beside Sonny. Watching Sonny as he twirls his spaghettiaround his fork Carly remarks "Who knew a mob boss can cook."
"There's a lot you don't know about me" Sonny utters out before take a bite of his spaghetti
Chewing on her lower lip since she hated to admit she was wrongor apologize to the man who was
"kidnapping" her Carly watches as Sonny eats his lunch a little before saying "I'm sorry about before. I'm just not use to men doing favors without wanting something in return. The only guy who ever did anything for me without wanting anything in return was Lenny."
"It's fine. Eat your lunch before it gets cold" Sonny states since it was way past lunch time and she needed toeat for the baby's sake.
Watching Carly as she takes a bite out of her food and lets outa moan a grin appears across his face…
"Oh my gosh! This has to be the best damn spaghetti sauce I ever tasted. Where did you buy that spaghetti sauce from?"
"I don't buy spaghetti sauce I make my own" Sonny remarks
"You made this?" Carly asksstunned
"That's what I said, although it's not as good as when it's freshly made. The sauce was from a frozen batch I made since I didn't have time to make any sauce considering the time we arrived in Port Charles"
"Then why the hell are you selling coffee beans when you could be the sauce king?" Carly questions back as thepenthouse door opens…
"Boss Mike's here" Johnnyannounces
Letting out a heavy sigh since he wasn't in the mood to dealwith Mike today Sonny utters out "Now isn't a good time Johnny"
"Well that's too bad Michael" Mikeutters out as he pushes past Johnny and walks inside the penthouse.
"Keep eating" Sonny orders out toCarly as she gazes at Mike with interest. Standing up, Sonny tells Mike with annoyancelaced into his voice "I'm busy Mike"
Mike was shocked to see Sonny keeping company with a blonde ladysince he knew that his son preferred brunettes however he wasn't here toquestion Sonny about his latest squeeze. "She's pretty son but you've been out of town for a while and we really need to talk its important."
"She's none of your business Mike"Sonny utters out as Johnny shut the door behind Mike.
"That's your father?" Carlyquestions shocked since he didn't look anything like Sonny which meant Sonnyobviously got his Latin looks from his mother.
Glancing back at Carly, Sonny states "I thought I told you to eat" before gazing backat Mike. Placing his hands onto his hips Sonny asks "Alright you want to talk! Fine! How much money this time do you need Mike?"
"It's not about money Michael" Mikeutters out with a heavy sigh before asking "Can we talk in private?"
"No. Say whatever you need to say Mike and then leave because as you can see I was in the middle of having lunch"
Gazing at the young woman that his son was entertaining he asksher "Could you give us a moment?"
"Mike, she's not going anywhere and if you don't spit out whatever you have to tell me I'll have Johnny escort your ass out of here" Sonny snaps out since he wasn't about to let whatever messMike got himself stop his unborn child from getting proper nourishment.
"Fine, have it your way son" Mikeremarks as the blonde gazes on in interest as she ate her lunch. Shiftingon his feet a little Mike states "Congratulations son you're going to be a big brother"
"What?!" Sonny asks shocked;hoping he had heard Mike wrong! He knew Tammy loved Mike but he didn't thinkshe was be so stupid then to get herself pregnant with Mike's child.
"I'm going to be a father again son and I want you to be a part of his or her life. I know you can't forgive me for my past mistakes but I hope you won't shut your baby brother or sister out just because I wasn't the perfect father to you"
"How DARE you! Unlike you Mike I don't turn my back on family! And you can tell Tammy not to worry because when you do leave, because we all know that's you will leave her that I will provide for her and her child because I won't let history repeat itself! Now get the hell out of my sight Mike!" Sonny shouts out
"Tammy isn't pregnant with my child"Mike admits with regret laced in his voice as the blonde stands up and hops herway towards Sonny.
"WHAT?! You CHEATED on Tammy?! After all the times that woman bent over backwards to defend your sorry ass because she said she saw something GOOD in you! Well I shouldn't be surprise now should I?! I told Tammy to RUN not walk the hell away from you. I'm just sorry for her sake she didn't take my advice years ago!"
"You're one to talk son. You have whores and tramps coming in and out of here all the time. When was the last time you were in a committed relationship!? Oh that's right, NEVER. You don't know how it feels like to be in a committed relationship because you were never in one! Hell you don't even know the names of most of the women you've slept with..." locking eyes with the blonde as she stood on one foot near Sonny heasks "Does he even know your name?"
"Oh Sonny knows my name alright and if you were smart you would choose your words wisely around me. Because IF you imply that I'm some sort of slut or one of Sonny's whores ever again I will personally make sure you're in no condition to father anymore children ever again" Carly spats out since she didn't care for that fact that Sonny'sfather seemed to think she was one of the whores that kept his son company atnight.
"Carly stay out of this!" Sonny growlsout as he silently wonders what the fuck else could go wrong today.
"Yeah don't bother getting involved in this mess because like I said my son doesn't do commitment honey and this is a family matter."
"You obviously don't know you're son at all if you think your son can't commit" Carly remarks since Sonny made itvery clear to her earlier that he plan to commit to her whether she wanted tomarry him or not.
"What are you talking about?" Mikeasks with a frown as Sonny shoots her a dirty look.
"CAR-LEE!" Sonny hisses out hername since she wouldn't shut the hell up when he told her more than once to
stay out of it. Glaring at Mike Sonny goes on to tell him "And as always Mike you worn out your welcome so get the hell out of here!"
"I'll come back when your guest is gone since we're not done here Michael" Mike states
"You're going to wait awhile because if Sonny gets it his way I won't be leaving here until one of us is dead" Carlycomments as she hops her way towards the couch
"CARLY! Would you stay the hell out of this?!"
"What is she talking about Michael?"
With a frustrated sigh hoping if he told Mike it would get himto get the hell out of his penthouse faster Sonny informs him "Carly and I are getting married. She's going to be my wife"
"That is if I don't kill you first" Carlysmirks at Sonny who was glaring back at her as Mike stood in the penthousestunned.
"Michael who the hell is this woman?!"
"I just told you Mike she's my fiancé" Sonny remarks back as he makes his way towards the mini bar
"I wish you would stop telling people that Sonny because we're not getting married."
"I'm not having this fight with you again especially not in front of Mike" Sonny utters out to Carly as he pourshimself a much needed drink
"Why does my son want to marry you so badly?" Mike demands sincethis whole situation didn't make any sense at all. His son wasn't the marryingtype and he certainly didn't go for blondes.
"Johnny get the hell in here!" Sonnyshouts out
"HEY! Your son would be LUCKY to have me as his wife!" Carlydefends herself.
As the penthouse door opens Sonny states to Johnny "Mike was just leaving. See him out will ya"
"Don't bother Johnny I'm leaving, but I'll be back son"
Shaking his head as Mike leaves the penthouse Carly looks hisway while stating…
"You know you're life could make one hell of a good soap opera"
"Go finish eating your lunch Carly"Sonny remarks before drinking down his drink.
Letting out a heavy sigh Carly watches Sonny as he drinks downhis drink. Apart of her wanted to go to Sonny and pull him into her embrace butshe didn't because she couldn't let herself fall for him. Ever since she savedhim from certain death she felt this pull towards him like she never feltbefore so she knew she could easily end up falling in love with Sonny which wasthe last thing she wanted to do. A life with Sonny wasn't possible no matterhow much Sonny pushed for them to marry so the best thing she could do forherself was keep her distance from him.
Pouring himself another drink he glances at Carly who seemedlost in thought as she gazes at him. He didn't want her pity which he could nowsee in her eyes. Needing to be alone since he didn't want to see her pity shehad for him because of Mike's stupidity Sonny drinks down his drink. Slamminghis drink down onto the mini bar he makes his way past her towards thepenthouse door.
"Where are you going?" Carly askswith a frown
"Out" Sonny simply says beforewalking out the door and shutting it behind him.
Standing in the penthouse stunned as Sonny walks out on her afterkidnapping her Carly mutters out to herself "Unbelievable!"
~~**~~**~~**~~
As his office door opens Luke lifts up his head from off hisdesk as he awoke from his nap. Gazing at Sonny he asks "Hey partner when did you get back into town?"
"Today" Sonny remarks as a cheesepuff that was stuck on Luke's cheek falls off his face and onto Luke's desk.
"Well I got to say you look better. So I take it that trip you took finally got your mind off that blonde bombshell you were in the dumps about. I told you partner all you needed was a vacation with some hot chick and you would forget all about that chika"
Taking a seat at his desk as Luke pulls out a cigar from hiscigar box Sonny informs him "Actually Carly is back at my place Luke."
"No shit! How the heck did you pull that off? I know the gals are all gaga over your dimples but she seemed pretty upset with ya. I honestly didn't think that chick would look your way again"
"Well things are different now between us" Sonny states as he takes a cigar from out of Luke's cigar box.
Cutting the tip of his cigar off he asks "How so?"
"She's pregnant with my child" Sonnyremarks as he grabs the cigar cutter from out of Luke's stunned hands.
"Say what?!"
"Carly's pregnant with my child Luke" Sonny repeats as he lights up his cigar.
"Wow."
"Yeah it came as a shocked to me too"
"So now what are you going to do?" Lukequestions as he lights his own cigar.
Taking a few puffs from his cigar Sonny simply states "I'm going to marry her"
"Yeah? How did the blushing bride take the news?" Luke questions since he had a feeling that his bride to bedidn't want to marry him let alone be around him.
Shrugging his shoulders Sonny mutters out "Doesn't matter, we're still getting married."
"I feel that as your friend and partner I should warn you that a pregnant woman is different than your average angry woman. Hell an angry knocked up woman is worst then ten gals with PMS fighting for the last piece of chocolate."
"Carly is the least of my problems Luke" Sonny states, besides it was laughable for him to fear Carly. He was a
mob boss for goodness sake so how much of a threat could she really be to him.
"Cops are still on your back because of Savage death?" Luke questions as he leans back in his chair and takes afew puffs of his cigar.
"Yeah but's that's not what I'm talking about. Mike got some woman pregnant." Sonny states
"Whoa, wh-at?! That old goat knocked one out of the park?!" Luke asks stunned
"Yeah. He cheated on Tammy and got some random woman knocked up. And you know whoever Mike got pregnant must be a winner" Sonny remarks sarcastically since he had a feeling that whoever gotherself pregnant with Mike's kid was probably trouble.
"Sorry man. That blows"
"I can't believe Mike! I know I shouldn't be surprise by now but I was actually hoping that Mike would have
done Tammy right and not be the bastard he was to my mother and I when I was a child. Now I have to track down this woman and clean up the mess Mike made out of his life yet again!"
"It sucks man. I wish I could do something to help you out"
"It's fine. I can handle it."Sonny remarks as he stands up from the chair he was sitting on "I have to get going Jason's flight should be landing in Port Charles soon."
"You're picking up Jason from the airport?" Luke questions since normally Jason just rode his bike back toharbor view towers.
"No, Carly's ex-roommate he's on the same flight" Sonny remarks before heading out the door
"Her ex-roommate?! Wait! Come on man!" Luke calls out to Sonny as he leaves his office. Grumbling out to
himself he goes on to say "Well this blows. I can't believe he leaves without giving me the juicy details on the roommate"
~~**~~**~~**~~
Opening the penthouse door Carly smiles brightly at Johnny whowas standing guard in front of the penthouse door "Hey cutie" watching Johnny as his face turnsslightly red Carly smile grows even bigger "You don't need to be shy Johnny. I know Sonny may have told you things about me but he doesn't really know me."
"Is-is there anything I can do for you?" Johnny questions as he silently hopes that Carly doesn't cause anytrouble while the boss was gone.
Leaning herself against the doorway Carly chews on her lower lipa little before saying "No. I just wanted to apologize to you"
"Apologize?" Johnny asks confuse
"Yeah" Carly nods before going onto explain "I put you in the middle of a fight I was having with Sonny which was wrong of me to do so, so I want to apologize to you"
"You can't apologize to me" Johnnyremarks knowing if the boss heard his bride to be telling him he was sorry hewouldn't like it.
"What? What do you mean I can't?! Are you telling me you don't forgive me?!" Carly asks back
"Nooooooooooooo! It's not that I don't forgive you it's just that the boss wouldn't like it. You're about to
marry Mr. Corinthos and well as the boss's wife it's not your place to apologize to Mr. Corinthos employees." Johnny explains
"First of all Johnny I'm not marrying Sonny and second of all I can apologize to whomever I want and I don't really give a damn if Sonny likes it or not! Sonny may be your boss but he sure as hell isn't mine and I won't let him tell me what I can and can't say to his employees! And if Sonny has a problem with that then he can go ahead and kick me the hell out of his house and I will gladly leave!" Carly snaps out
Letting out a heavy sigh Johnny remarks "You know it would be easier on you if you didn't fight the boss on everything. It's not like you're going to win against him"
"Yeah, we'll see about that" Carlyremarks since she didn't plan on losing to Sonny. Sonny may have won a small
battle by kidnapping her but the war was far from over.
With a duffle bag in his hand Lenny and Taggert walk towards theexit. As Lenny spots Sonny Corinthos standing by the doorway with Jason Morganby his side Lenny lets out a huge gulp as fear struck him like a lightningbolt. Sonny on the other hand didn't seem scared at all as he gazes back at himas he stood by Taggert. In fact he was actually smiling at him as Jason gavehim a blank stare.
"Don't let them scare you" Taggertremarks as he glares at Sonny and Jason
"Hey Lenny, how was your flight buddy?"Sonny greets him flashing his dimples.
"He's not your buddy" Taggertpoints out annoyed since he had a bad feeling about this since Sonny looked fartoo smug for someone who kidnapped a pregnant woman.
"Well not really no, but any friend of Carly's is a friend of mine. Jason told me you were on the same flight so
Carly insisted that I pick you up and bring you home so she can show off her new digs. She just loves her new home." Sonny remarks back as he watchesLenny fidget
Shaking his head Taggert snaps out "I know you kidnapped her!"
"Kidnapped her? Why on earth would I kidnap Carly?"
"Carly made it very clear to me she wanted nothing to do with you nor did she want you anywhere near her unborn child" Lenny remarks before taking a huge gulp.
Letting out a heavy sigh at Lenny's big fat mouth about Carlybeing pregnant Sonny pushes down his anger as he points out "Carly's understandably hormonal in her current condition. We got into a lover's spat but we made up so she agreed to move back with me to Port Charles. And if I really did kidnap her do you really think I would take her here, back to Port Charles?"
"If you didn't kidnap her why isn't she here with you?" Taggert questions since he didn't buy Sonny's bullshit.
"Well Carly has an injured leg so we both thought it would be best for her to rest at home." Sonny explains
"Right" Taggert remarks back as heglares back at Sonny. "Well I'm not going to arrest you, not yet anyways.
What I'm going to do is go to your place and talk to Carly Benson myself and see what she has to say."
"Knock yourself out" Sonny sayswith a grin across his face before glancing at Lenny "You coming?"
Glancing towards Taggert who shrugs his shoulders at him, Lennylets out a heavy sigh before mumbling out "Ye-yeah"
"Good lets go" Sonny says beforeheading out the door with Jason and Lenny following behind him.
~~**~~**~~**~~
Following Carly inside the penthouse as she hopped her waytowards the couch Johnny tells her "Whatever your planning to do I would just forget it if I were you"
"Who says I'm planning anything?"
"You just said-"
"I said that Sonny isn't going to win because I won't marry him and no matter how much power he has in this town he can't make me say I do." Carly explains as she plops herself down onto thecouch
With a heavy sigh Johnny remarks "If you need anything I'll be in the hallway"
As Johnny walks back into the hallway and shuts the penthousedoor behind him Carly places her hand on her stomach as she whispers out to herunborn child "I know daddy loves you little one but we can't be a family. I can't lose you the way I lost your grandfather."
~~**~~**~~**~~
As the limo headed back towards Harbor View Towers Sonny glaresat Lenny as he notes "You look nervous"
"I'm not going to lie to you, you scare the hell out of me" Lenny admits as he sat across from Sonny alone in
the limo with him since Jason had taken off on his motorcycle instead of ridingin the limo with them.
"But not enough since you went out of your way to seek out my enemy" Sonny points out with a clench jaw.
"Carly is like family to me so there is nothing I wouldn't do for her" Lenny remarks back as he fidgets in hisseat.
"But Carly asked you to stay away from the cops. She told me herself that she didn't want the cops involved and you went against her wishes. You betrayed your friend and put my child at risk in the process"
"I would never put Carly's baby at risk"
"YOU DID! The second you told that bastard Carly was pregnant YOU put MY child at risk! Now word will spread out that Carly is pregnant with MY child making both Carly and the baby a target!" Sonnyyells out
With a huge gulp Lenny points out "I'm not the one who made Carly and her baby a target; you did the second you kidnaped Carly and claimed her child as yours. If you had just stayed away from Carly and her baby they would both be safe at my place"
"It's not just her baby it's MY child as well and no one is going to keep me away from my kid!" Sonny spats out
before going on to say as he balls his hands into fists "And IF you hadn't opened your big fat mouth by the time word had spread about Carly and our baby my new security would be in place keeping them both safe! Now because of you I have to scramble to make sure my enemies don't get to her and my child."
"Your selfishness is what put your child and Carly at risk. I'm the one who's looking out for them because like I said Carly is like family to me and I won't let Carly or her child die because of your life choices" Lenny maintains despite the fear he felt in everyfiber of his body. He was just grateful that he didn't have anything to drink
on the plane or he would surely be peeing in his pants right about now by theway Sonny was glaring at him
"Carly and that baby are MY family, NOT yours! And the only reason why you don't have a fucking bullet in-between your eyes for putting MY family at risk is because I promise Carly I would give her a chance to talk some sense into you! Which I'm starting to regret the more I look at you!" Sonny growls out at his nerve to call him selfish forwanting to provide a good life for his family and not be the deadbeat fatherMike was to him. As Lenny starts to open his mouth to speak up Sonnycuts him off by stating "And IF I were you I wouldn't say another fucking word to me for the rest of the ride back to my place or I might be tempted to
go back on my word to Carly!"
~~**~~**~~**~~
Rushing into the penthouse since he knew Taggert would arriveany moment Jason calls out Carly's name as he silently hopes that Sonny wasright and that Carly wouldn't rat Sonny out to Taggert about thekidnapping. "Carly?!"
Hopping her way out of the kitchen Carly asks "Where's Lenny?"
"Lenny and Sonny should be here soon and so should Taggert. I only got here a little faster because I drove my bike" Jason explains as he watches Carly hop her way over towards the couch.
"You don't say"
"You're not got to tell Taggert anything right" Jason remarks more of a statement then a question. Sonnyseemed to be confident she wouldn't but he wasn't so sure. Carly was feistyfrom the moment he met her as she demanded to see Sonny wearing the blood stainbikini she wore when she saved Sonny's life. Trusting Carly not to blab toTaggert was a gamble.
"It would serve Sonny right to rot in jail for kidnapping me for the second time might I add, but no I'm not going to rat him out." Carly remarks as Sonny walks inside the penthouse with Lennyfollowing behind him.
"Carly are you alright?!" Lennyquestions as he rushes past Sonny to her side.
"I'm fine" Carly says with a heavysigh
"And no thanks to you she is"Sonny spats out
Frowning Carly asks "What the hell is that supposed to mean Sonny?"
"Your friend went and told Taggert you were pregnant with my child putting you and our baby at risk!" Sonnytells her since he wanted her to understand why from here on out her friendshipwith Lenny would be terminated.
Glancing at Jason Sonny goes on to say "Which means we really need to put in place all the new security updates stat. I can't take any chances Jason."
"I'll go call Stan and make it happen" Jason states as he walks out of the penthouse.
Locking eyes with Lenny, Carly asks in a hurt tone of voice "What the hell where you thinking Lenny!? I told you when Taggert showed up at the apartment I didn't want to involve him in this"
"And why's that?" Taggertquestions from the doorway as he stands by Johnny
Removing her gaze from off Lenny, Carly glances at Taggert asshe states "I don't like you that's why and not
because you're a useless cop but because of your mouth. I don't like people who talk badly against the man I plan to marry"
"Marry?! You're going to marry him?!" Lenny asks stunned at Carly's declaration since she was so determine to keep
her unborn child away from Sonny.
As dimples appear across Sonny's face, Carly nods her head "Yeah, that's right I'm going to marry Sonny"
"Well you heard her Taggert. She's obviously wasn't kidnapped by me so you can get the hell out of here and go eat a doughnut or something"
"Carly whatever Sonny said or has done to threaten you to agree to this marriage you don't have to go through with it. The cops will keep you safe from him. All you have to do is tell him the truth! Tell him that Sonny kidnapped you and he's making you marry him!" Lennypleads with her since they needed the cops help to save her and her unbornchild from a life in the mob.
"He's right Carly. I can't help you if you don't confess to me what that bastard has done to you and if you think marrying him will make thing easier between you and him don't count on it. A man who beats on his own mother will have no trouble beating on his wife and his child" Taggert remarks back
"Sonny has never laid a hand on me or threatened me! Sonny and I had a disagreement it happens sometimes. It wasn't a big deal and we obviously worked things out since I'm going to marry him" Carlystates as she watches Sonny balls his hands into fists as the anger starts tobuild up inside of him by Taggert's words.
"You heard her tell you twice now Taggert that she is here on her own free will. Now get the fuck out of here or I will have you arrested for trespassing!"
"You're making a mistake lady by covering for him" Taggert remarks before turning around and making his waytowards the elevator doors.
"Johnny shut the door" Sonnyorders out to him. As the door shuts close Sonny locks eyes with Carly as hedeclares "This friendship you have with Lenny is over."
"You can't just order her not to be my friend!" Lenny remarks as Sonny shows his true colors; proving Taggert's
words to be true. That Sonny was a controlling bastard that kept his women inline by using physical force.
"I just did" Sonny spats out
"And as always Sonny your orders mean nothing to me." Carly replies before telling Lenny "But as much as I hate to say this Lenny you do need to leave Port Charles"
"What? Are you crazy?! I'm not leaving here without you Carly!" Lenny states since he hated the thought of Sonny
being anywhere near her especially after hearing what Taggert had to say abouthim
"Yes, yes you are" Carly sayssince she didn't want Lenny to get involved in this. She knew Sonny wouldn't
physically touch her but she wasn't sure the same could be said about Lenny.Lenny's parents had already lost their daughter she didn't want his parents tolose him as well.
"Bye" Sonny states as he opens thepenthouse door for him so he could get the hell out of his penthouse.
"I'll be fine Lenny. Trust me. I can handle this on my own"
"But you can't Carly. He's a danger to you and your unborn child. The man is evil"
"Lenny get the hell out!" Sonnyorders out to him.
"Lenny please…just go back home. I promise I'll stay in touch with you but you can't stay here" Carly pleadswith him
"I can't just leave you here"Lenny remarks
"Lenny you can either get the hell out of my home on your own now or Johnny here can toss your ass onto the street" Sonny states with aggravation laced into his voice
"Lenny go" Carly pleads with himyet again
"Fine I'm going but I hate this" Lennystates before walking towards the doorway. As he reaches the doorway he givesCarly once last glance before walking away from her with a heavy heart.
As Johnny shuts the penthouse door, Sonny tells Carly "I meant what I said your friendship with Lenny is over Carly. The man put our child at risk and went to my enemy to try and get me arrested. I'm your family now and your loyalty lies with me; the father of your child and your future husband."
"Lenny is scared and he went to drastic measures to try and protect me. He has always stood by my side when I needed him. He was my rock in my darkest hours and I won't end my friendship with him because he tried to be there for me like he always is when I need him. I will stay in contact with him whether you like it or not."
"Are you disobeying me?" Sonnyasks with a clench jaw
"Disobeying you? What am I a dog now?!" Carly questions back at his gal to think he could order her around
and she had to obey his every command
"No you're going to be my wife! And as my wife you sure as hell are going to listen to me because my rules are set in place to keep our family safe!" Sonny remarks back
"Lenny isn't a threat and as for being your wife that's never going to happen Sonny. I just said that to Taggert to get him to back off"
"Lenny proved just now he was a threat Carly! He wants to send me to jail! He went to the cops if that's not a threat then what the hell is?!" Sonny shouts out to her
"Lenny is going back to Florida he won't cause you anymore trouble and when I will talk to him I won't say
anything to him that could get you into trouble" Carly promises
"I can't risk it! You can slip up or let something out without knowing it and it can cost me my freedom. Your friendship with him has to be over Carly. He no longer has a place in your life because your life is with me." Sonny states as the penthouse door opens.
"Stan is working on the new security" Jason remarks
"Good" Sonny replies back as hewalks over towards the mini bar to make himself a drink.
Glancing towards Carly who looked clearly upset, Jason asks "How did it go with Taggert?"
"Carly did good despite the fact Lenny was pushing Carly to have me arrested for kidnapping" Sonny states as
he pours himself a drink.
"And Sonny thanks me for keeping his ass out of a jail cell by forbidding me from being friends with the only guy who stood by me. So Sonny not only took my father away from me. He took me away from my home and now he's taking my friend away from me too. So basically I lose everything and Sonny gets everything he wants" Carly says as she hopsup from off the couch then proceeds to make her way towards the staircase.
Watching Carly as she hops her way up the staircase Jason letsout a heavy sigh before glancing at Sonny who was now drinking down his drink.He could tell by the look across Sonny's face Carly's words affected him and he
felt bad for his friend's situation. "You're right to put an end to Carly's friendship with Lenny. Don't let her guilt you into changing your mind Sonny. I know you carry the guilt of her father's death with you but you're not doing Carly or Lenny for that matter any favors by changing your mind about this. Lenny Robert doesn't fit into our lifestyle and maintaining a friendship with him will only hurt Carly in the end."
"I won't change my mind" Sonnysays as he pours himself another drink
~~**~~**~~**~~
Meanwhile as Lenny walks outside of Harbor View Towers he spotsa cop car a few feet away from the building. Walking over towards the car hetaps on the window. As the cop pulls down his window he asks "Could you give me a ride to the PCPD? I need to talk to Marcus Taggert about Sonny Corinthos"
"Sonny Corinthos?" the cop asks
"Yeah" he nods
"Get in" The cops smiles as hesilently hopes whatever this guy had to say would finally put that criminal
behind bars.
~~**~~**~~**~~
A little while later Sonny rushes down the hallways as henotices his very expensive suits where lying on the floor. "CAR-CAR-LEEE?!"Sonny yells out her name as he walks around his clean clothes that were lying
on the floor in front of his open bedroom door.
As Carly hops around with another handful of suits in her handsCarly flings them at him as he demands angrily "What the hell do you think you're doing Carly?!"
"I'm kicking you out!" Carlydeclares as she grabs more of his suits
"You're kicking me out?!" Sonnyasks back wanting to make sure he heard her right
"That's right" Carly says as shetosses more of his suits at him.
"You're not kicking me out of my own room Carly!" Sonny tells her annoyed as hell that she was tossing his
clothes at him and onto the floor.
"This is the biggest room in the penthouse. It has the nicest view and the biggest bed" Carly notes as she
leans herself against the wall by his former closet.
"Which is why this is my room!" Sonny points out
"No it's not your room. It was your room but it's mine now. You took away everything from
me so the least you can do is give me the bigger bedroom" Carly states back
"You want this room?"
"That's what I said"
"Fine! It's yours! We're getting married anyways so you might as well move in with me" Sonny remarks
"UHHHHHHHHHHH! I'm NOT marrying you Sonny! How many times do I have to tell you that I will NEVER, EVER marry you before it sinks into that thick scull of yours?!"
"We're having a baby together so we're getting married and I don't want to fight about this anymore because the decision has been made"
Shaking her head at him Carly grabs the rest of his suits thatwere in his closet and flings it at him while saying "Get out"
"I'm not going anywhere Carly this is my bedroom"
"Oh yes, yes you are!" Carly tellshim before going on to ask "Don't you own some normal clothes? All you have
in your closet are suits, suits and more suits! And how many suits do you really need?! God you have more clothes then I do!"
"I have casual clothes in my dresser" Sonny informs her before going on to say "And if you want more clothes
I'll pay for whatever you want"
"I don't want your money Sonny! I don't want anything from you! All I want is for you to get your stuff the hell out of my bedroom!"
Letting out a frustrated sigh, Sonny remarks "I get your upset and that your hormones are in overdrive but you're out of your freaking mind if you think you're going to kick me out of my own bedroom Carly!"
"You may be used to getting everything you want despite how other people may think or feel but IF you want me to live here in this dump with you, you're going to move your ass down the hall and give me the
bigger bedroom." Carly says as she winces in pain a little from her injuredleg since it was killing her.
Noticing her wincing in pain Sonny shakes his head beforeleaning towards her and swooping her up into his arms.
"Sonneeeeeeeeeeeeee! What the hell do you think you're doing?! Put me down!"
"You need to rest that leg" Sonnyremarks as he carries her over towards his bed.
As Sonny carefully places her onto his bed Carly chews onto herlower lip as locks eyes with his. She would be lying if she said his touchdidn't have an effect on her.
Noticing the change in her eyes as she gazes at him whilechewing on her lower lip Sonny licks his lips as he feels the spark betweenthem.
Watching as he moistens his lips with his tongue, Carly fightsback a moan as she suddenly feels like the room was getting way too hot forcomfort. With a frustrated sigh Carlytakes Sonny off guard as she suddenly grabs him and pulls him into a fiery kiss.
~~**~~**~~**~~
At the PCPD Lenny sat in front of Taggert's desk as he remarks "You've got to help her! You can't just leave her
in the hands of that monster! You told me yourself that he beat on his own mother!"
"There's nothing I can do! She refuses to co-operate with the cops" Taggert states frustrated as hell thatSonny was getting away with yet another crime.
"So you're telling me you're not going to do anything?! You're just going to let her be imprisoned by a man that abuses her behind closed doors! She's pregnant! What if she loses her unborn child because of that pig?!"
"I understand you're worried about Carly but unless you can convince her to come forward with the truth my hands are tied."
Standing up from the chair he was sitting in Lenny utters out "Well if you're not going to do something about it
then I'll figure out something on my own! Because there is no way I'm going to stand by and let Sonny abuse Carly!"
As Lenny storms out of the PCPD Taggert mumbles out "Good luck" since he doubted Lenny could takedown Sonny since the PCPD have been trying for years.
~~**~~**~~**~~
Well that's all for now. I wanted to thank everyone for alltheir wonderful feedback it encourages me to write. I hope you enjoy readingthis chapter as well. As always all feedback is welcomed and very much appreciated
Take care