The Oceanfront
Chapter 21
"That can't be" Carly says softly since hermother had vanished from her life when she was a baby.
"Her ID was checked and confirmed" Francisstates as Sonny glances at Carly with a worried expression across his face.
"How did she even know how to find me?" Carlyquestions softly
"Word spreads fast when you're with someone with power" Sonny explains. Placing the pop he had taken from Carly onto thecoffee table Sonny goes on to say "You don't have to see her if you don't want to Carly"
"No. Let her up Francis"
"Are you sure you want to do this Carly?" Jasonquestions
"Yeah" Carly nods
"Hold on Francis" Sonny orders out before going on to say "Carly you don't have to see this woman. She gave up the right to see you the second she left you behind as a child"
"She's here for a reason and I want to know why" Carlysays softly.
Besidesshe wanted to see what her birth mother looked like. She only saw a fewpictures of her mother from old wedding photos she saw while growing up butthose pictures were old and out of date. People change a lot over the years andshe wanted to see if she looked anything like her mother did considering shedidn't look like her father.
"Let her up Francis" Sonny orders out as hesilently wonders if it was a mistake to let her come anywhere near Carly. Shewas pregnant after all and her mother's reappearance in Carly's life could addjust more unnecessary stress to Carly and their unborn child.
AsCarly places the plate she had on her lap with the half eaten pizza piece ontothe coffee table Jason stands up from the couch and states "I'll just clean up before she gets up here" since he figured Carlyand Sonny would want their privacy with her mother
"Thanks" Sonny says as Jason grabs the bag ofchips that was the couch along with the pizza and pop that was on the coffeetable.
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"Uncle Luke!" Lucas shouts out as he runs intohis uncle's arms.
"Hey buddy" Luke smiles as he hugs Lucas whileasking "So where's your mom?"
"She's still in her room"
"Still?" Luke asks with a frown
"Yeah I went into mom's room and found this box under her bed and she kind of freaked out over it."
Blinkinghis eyes shut Luke lets out a heavy sigh since he knew exactly what was insidethat box that was under his baby's sister's bed. It was the box that held hislie inside of it.
"I'm going to go check in on your mom" Luke utters out
"Okay. I'm going to go back to building my city for my toy cars. Before you leave Uncle Luke you'll come see my city I'm building right?"
"Sure thing buddy" Luke smiles before heading upthe staircase to see his sister.
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Walkinginto the penthouse Virginia lets out a small sob as she gazes at her daughter
who was sitting on the couch. "You're so beautiful baby"
"I don't look like you" Carly notes as she gazesat her mother; the woman who was supposed to love her and be there for herwhenever she needed her but wasn't.
Makingher way closer to Carly as Francis shuts the door behind her Virginia notes "You have my blonde hair"
"Is there a reason for your visit?" Sonny asksas he stands near the armchair wanting to know why after all these years ofmissing out on Carly's life she was suddenly in his home asking to see Carly.
Noddingher head Virginia explains "I heard about your father honey. I wanted to come and see you sooner but I wasn't sure if you wanted to see me or not"
"How did you know where to find me?" Carly asksas Sonny blocks Virginia from getting closer to her.
Lettingout a heavy sigh as Sonny gently places a hand onto her arm stopping her fromgetting closer to her daughter Virginia admits "Over the years I kept in touch with Dan Roberts. He told me you were staying with Mr. Corinthos and thought you needed me right now so here I am."
"Wait you kept in touch with Dan Roberts?" Carlyasks astonished since she couldn't understand why Dan had never told her thathe spoke with her mother over the years
Shakinghis head Sonny sharply exhales since he should have put two and two togetherafter seeing Dan show his fucking face at his home asking to see Carly.
"I wanted to make sure you were okay"
"If you cared so badly and wanted to know if I was okay then where the hell where you all my
life?! Why the hell didn't you call meeeeeeeeeinstead of Dan Roberts?!"
"I had to do what was best for you honey so I stayed away"
"I don't understand. How is abandoning me the best thing to do for me?" Carly asks as she tries to fight back the tears thatwanted to fall.
Therewas so many times in her life when she needed her mother and she wasn't therefor her.
"You just have to trust me on this honey. Leaving you with your father is what was best for you at the time and it was the hardest thing I ever had to do in my entire life" Virginia explains
"Trust you? I don't even know you! Until today I wouldn't even have been able to pick you out through a crowd if someone had ask me who my mother was"
"I was hoping we could change that. I know you're going through a lot of stuff right now and-"
"And you want a redo with my baby? I'm sure you know I'm pregnant right since you and Dan Roberts are besties he probably filled you in on that as well"
"I know you're pregnant with Mr. Corinthos child yes which is why I think you need me now more than ever baby. I want to be here for you, so please baby girl just let me be here for you"
"Why would I need you when you didn't even know how or bothered to be a mother to your own child? What can you possibly do for me now?" Carly asks
"I told you honey I left you because I had to do what was best for you. I know you're grownup now but you always need your mother. I just want to love you baby girl. I'm asking you sweetheart to please give me another chance to love you"
"What were you running from all those years ago Mrs. Benson to keep you away from your own flesh and blood?" Sonny questionssince he figured she ran scared from something if she kept tabs even though sheabandon Carly.
"I was running from nothing Mr. Corinthos" Virginiastates as she removes her gaze from off her daughter towards Sonny Corinthos.
"You seem to be running now" Sonny notes sincehe could see fear in her eyes and not the typical fear people got around himbut fear of some hidden skeletons she may have hidden in her closet
"Well I'm not" Virginia denies as she silently wonders how this man she never met a day in her life could somehow tell she was running from something….AKA the truth.
"Well that's one thing you have in common with your daughter Mrs. Benson"
"What's that?" Virginia asks with a frown acrossher face
"You're both liars" Sonny simply remarks sincehis gut was telling him Virginia Benson was running scared.
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Openinghis baby's sister's bedroom Luke lets out a heavy sigh as he watches Bobbie
wipe away the tears from her eyes "Lucas told me about the box he found under your bed"
"Just seeing that box Luke it brought back so much of the pain I felt when I first found out my daughter died. BJ's death was hard Luke but as hard as it was at least I got to say goodbye to her. I had the chance to look at BJ's little body and kiss her goodbye for one last time before we donated her heart to Maxie. I didn't get that chance with my first born Luke. I didn't get the chance to tell her how much I loved her and kiss her goodbye Luke. My first born child will never know how much I loved her"
"I'm sorry Barbara-Jean" Luke whispers out ashis sister lets out a little sob
"Don't be. It wasn't your fault. My baby girl had a bad heart and she left this world way too soon. I just hate I never had the closure with her like I did with BJ"
Makinghis way over towards Bobbie, Luke sits himself down beside her on her bed as he
states "I hate you couldn't say goodbye to her Barbra-Jean but I'm sure in her heart that little girl of yours knows just how much her mom loved her"
Leaningher head against Luke's shoulder Bobbie confesses "You know sometimes I stop and I wonder how she would look like as a young adult."
"She would have been beautiful just like her mom" Lukeremarks as he places a kiss on her forehead.
"I miss her so much" Bobbie cries out
"I know. I know you do" Luke whispers out as he silently hates himself for his lie but knowing he couldn't tell Bobbie thetruth now.
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"Excuse me?" Virginia asks stunned that he aknown criminal had called her and her baby girl a liar.
"Is Sonny right? Are you lying about not running away from something?" Carly questions since her mother wasn't making anysense by telling her she left because it was for her own good.
"No he isn't" Virginia insists
"Mrs. Benson if you tell me whatever your running from I'll help you out" Sonny states since Virginia was Carly's mothermaking her apart of his family as well now that Carly was going to be his wife.
"Are you deaf? I just said I wasn't running from anything or anyone! I left Caroline behind because it was what was best for her at the time!"
"And you haven't explain why it was best for Carly to grow up without you yet and I'm guessing the reason is because if you did whatever skeletons you may have might come back to bite you in the ass!"
"There are no skeletons in my closet Mr. Corinthos!"
"Then if I'm wrong tell your daughter why you abandoned her! She has a right to know why her mother left her behind!" Sonnysnaps out
"I did it out of love" Virginia sighs outheavily. Locking eyes with Carly she whispers out "I loved you more than I
ever thought it was possible to love another person. When I first held you in my arms I never wanted to let you go"
"But you did, you left"
"I know I did and I'm sorry if I broke your heart by doing so but I'm here now."
"But I don't need you now. Dad and I did fine without you all these years and I'm going to continue to go on with my life fine without you in it…Please just go"
"If you change your mind I'll be staying at a hotel called the Port Charles Hotel. It's not too far from here if you want to stop by and talk I'll be here for a few more days" Virginia states before slowly makingher leave as Sonny sits himself down beside Carly on the couch.
Wrappinghis arm around Carly's shoulder as Virginia walks out the door, Sonny asks "Are you alright?"
"No" Carly cries out softly as Francis shuts thepenthouse door closed.
"Come here" Sonny whispers out as he pulls herinto his arms.
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Wipingaway her tears Virginia waits outside of Harbor View Towers as she waits forthe cab she called for since she left her car at the Port Charles hotelconsidering she was going to a mobster's house and she felt safer to take a cabso it would be harder for Mr. Corinthos to track her down if things didn't gowell between them….
"Virginia!"
Glancingupwards Virginia was stunned to see Dan Roberts rushing from the other side ofthe street towards her.
"What are you doing here?" She questions himsince she had no idea he was in Port Charles.
"I figured you would come here so I waited for you across the street at the small café. I watched you as you walked inside Harbor View Towers earlier, so how did it go? Did you see Carly? Is she alright?"
"I saw her and she looks beautiful Dan"
"So she's alright?"
"Yes she fine but sadly she doesn't seem to want to have anything to do with me. I don't blame her for not wanting me in her life but it still hurts to be rejected by your own daughter." Virginia whispersout
"I'm sorry Virginia" Dan softly states before pullingher into a hug
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Sittingon the couch with her head against his chest Carly softly confesses "I pictured seeing my mother again so many times over the years and there was so much I wanted to say to her but the words didn't want to come out. But today when I saw her I lost my fight for the first time probably ever in my entire life. I just felt numb looking at her. I don't know why but I didn't feel the connection I thought I would at seeing my mother for the first time in years. I didn't feel the urge to hug her or want to be close to her or just the urge to scream at her for missing out on most of my life. She just felt like a stranger to me. I know it sounds silly since I know logically she is a stranger but she's still my flesh and blood so I thought I would feel more than I did."
"I went through something similar with Mike. He left just one too many times so I stopped letting myself care for him. Sure I clean up his messes because he's my biological father but sometimes when too much damage has been done you can't go back and make it right. Maybe you felt numb and lost your fight because along the years you just stopped carrying about Virginia. She doesn't deserve anything from you including your anger.
Anger is a sign sometimes that you still care so maybe the numbness you felt was a good thing because Virginia can't hurt you anymore." Sonny comments asa part of him wishes he felt numbness towards Mike but despite everything Mikestill had the power to hurt him; not that he would admit that to Mike.
"Or maybe I'm just a heartless bitch for not carrying enough that my mother came back into my life. Shouldn't I be grasping for a family connection especially after my father's death?"
"You're not heartless Carly it's just harder for you to feel something for her because she wasn't in your life. Mike was in and out of my life over the years so I had more of a chance to care about him than you ever did with Virginia. She is a stranger to you despite the fact she gave you life."
"What do you think Virginia is running from?"
"Could be anything, but if you want I can have my men look into it and resolve any problems she may have" Sonny offers
"You would do that for her?"
"No, not for her but for you, and who knows maybe I will be able to give you real answers as to why your mom abandoned you."
"Can you call your men and have them look into it now Sonny?"
"Sure" Sonny nods as he fishes out his phonefrom his pants pockets to call Benny
"Thanks"
"No problem" Sonny smiles before going on to sayto Benny who just answered…. "Benny I need you to find out everything you can about Virginia Benson….yeah that's right she's Carly's birth mother. She just popped up here and I want answers Benny and I want them fast! I want to know who or what Virginia Benson is running from and why she abandoned Carly as an infant and if someone is after her I want to put a stop to it now!"
Shuttinghis phone off Sonny shoves his phone back into his pockets… "There it's done"
Pullingherself away from him a little Carly says "I'm going to go upstairs and take a bath and relax a little"
"Yeah that's a good idea" Sonny nods although hesilently wished she would have stayed in his arms longer. He liked holding heras she poured her heart out to him. It felt good. It felt right.
"I might need your help though to get out of the bath tub since my leg isn't healed yet" Carly goes on to say
"I'm here for you" Sonny grins at her as hestands up from the couch.
"Don't get any ideas Sonny. I just need your help out of the bath tub and nothing else" Carly warns since apart of her meltedat seeing his grin but knew the last thing she should do right now is be withhim.
"I'll only promise you that I won't do anything unless you make the first move" Sonny says as he reaches for hercrutches
"I won't make any move" Carly remarks; althoughshe wanted to right now.
"The day is still young" Sonny laughs out asCarly grabs her crutches from his hands.
"You know maybe I should just ask Jason to help me instead"
"Over my dead body you will" Sonny calls out toher as she lets out a giggle while making her way towards the staircase
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Atthe Port Charles Grill Dan states as Virginia sipped some water out of herglass "I'm worried about your daughter. Mr. Corinthos is very possessive over her."
"I noticed that right away. He wouldn't even let me get close enough to my girl so I could hug her." Virginia remarks as sheplaces her glass of water onto the table
"So what are you going to do about it?"
"What can I do Dan? My daughter doesn't seem to want anything to do with me and if rumors are true Mr. Corinthos rules this town with an iron fist"
"So you're not going to even try to get her away from that man?!" Dan questions as a waiter comes up to their table….
"Have you decided on anything yet?" the waiterasks
"Could you give us a few minutes please?"
"Sure" The waiter nods his head before going toanother table
"So?" Dan questions a little frustrated that shedidn't seem to want to fight for her daughter's freedom as much as Lenny andhim were willing to fight for her.
"I'm not even sure if my daughter even wants to be free of that man Dan. She didn't seem scared of him."
"If she doesn't look scared it's because it was all an act. My son knows her better than anyone Virginia and he knows your daughter doesn't want to be with him. He kidnapped her for goodness sake out of Lenny's apartment! She tried to keep the fact he was her baby's father away from him for a reason Virginia" Dan points out
"Lenny's apartment; where Lenny and my daughter an item?" Virginia asks confused since she didn't
know that Lenny and Carly were living together
"No it wasn't anything like that. After Frank went missing Carly couldn't go back to her father's house so she asked Lenny if she could stay in his spare room. They were just roommates and friends." Danexplains
"I noticed Caroline had an injured leg what happened to her?" Virginia asks
"Lenny nor I could ever get a straight answer from her about it but now I have a feeling that goon Sonny Corinthos has something to do about it."
"You think Sonny shot my daughter?" Virginiaasks stunned she knew the man was a gangster but he seemed protective of her
"This cop told my son how Mr. Corinthos used to beat on his own mother so yes I think it's very possible he shot her in a heated argument that he might have had with Carly which is probably the reason she tried to hide the fact she was pregnant from him"
"I don't know about this Dan. It just doesn't feel right that Sonny was behind her getting shot in the leg" Virginia comments since she knew that Luke would have mention something to her if he believedhis niece was in danger from being with Sonny when they spoke earlier.
"The guy is a mobster Virginia. He's evil and the sooner we find a way to free Carly from his clutches the better off your daughter and grandchild will be"
"I know I haven't been in my daughter's life Dan but you did tell me over the years how strong Caroline is so do you really think Carly would end up some guys victim?" Virginia asks
"She is a tough woman Virginia but she's powerless when it comes to the kind of power that man has. The fact she's not fighting him and lied to the cops shows just how much power Sonny has and how scared she
must be. She needs her mother more than ever Virginia now is your chance to make up for all the pain you caused her" As Virginia stands up from herchair Dan frowns as he asks "What are you doing?"
"I'm sorry Dan but I have to go and get some answers" Virginia states before rushing away from their table
"Virginia! Where are you going? Virginia wait up!" Dancalls out to her as he stands up and goes after her.
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Sittingon his bed Sonny mumbles out to himself "This is stupid" since Carly had insisted on taking her bath alone. She told him shewould call for him when she needed his help and she also warned him againstpeeking at her as he helped her out.
Walkinginto Sonny's bedroom Jason questions "So how did it go with Carly and her mom?"
"Better than I expected" Sonny states as heglances towards Jason as he walks closer towards him.
"I was expecting to hear Carly screaming at her mom from my place. I was shocked when I didn't"
"Carly said seeing her mom made her feel numb. I think it's understandable since she never had to deal with her mom popping in and out of her life like I did with Mike. She didn't get her heart broken over and over again. So the attachment isn't there. I think Carly now knows for sure she doesn't want her mother in her life so she will be able to be at peace and stop asking herself what if her mother came back into her life" Sonnyexplains
"Well at least Carly got some closure"
"Yeah." Sonny nods his head, thankful that thesituation didn't upset Carly too much since stress wasn't good for his unbornchild.
"Well maybe now we can talk about Sorel" Jasonsays since every time they were about to discuss their next move against himthey got interrupted
"Yeah we need to send Sorel a message" Sonnynods in agreement since Sorel has been getting way to gutsy for his liking
"So I was thinking-"
"Sonny can you come in here" Carly calls outfrom the other side of the closed bathroom door
"I've got to help Carly out of the tub" Sonnysighs out as he stands up from his spot on the bed "But as soon as she gets out we can finish our conversation downstairs"
"Sure" Jason sighs out with a heavy sigh beforewalking out of Sonny's bedroom.
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Afterspeeding away in her car and ditching Dan, Virginia drove directly to Luke'ssince he needed to answer a few questions about his buddy Sonny Corinthos.Opening Luke's office door Virginia locks eyes with Luke as she states "We need to have a talk about your friend"
"What are you still doing here?" Luke questionsannoyed that she hadn't left Port Charles especially after just leaving hisbabysitter crying her eyes out over the loss of a child that never died.
Shuttingthe office door Virginia explains "I went to see Caroline"
"You went to see Carly?! What the hell for?!"
"She's my daughter Luke I was worried about her"
"Oh this is just great! So what did you say to Carly when you suddenly showed up at Sonny's penthouse?!"
"I told her the truth Luke" Virginia states asshe takes a seat in front of Luke's desk.
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"Close your eyes" Carly tells Sonny as heapproaches her with a white cotton towel
"This is ridiculous Carly I've seen you naked before." Sonny points out to her since she was acting like some sort ofprude when he knew she was the complete opposite of that considering she had noproblem sunbathing topless at his safe house where she knew his men werestanding watch.
"We're not a couple Sonny so it's not proper that you see me naked" Carly says since she didn't need Sonny to be tempted byher body because it was hard enough not to rip his clothes off.
"Proper? Are you kidding me?" Sonny questions since he wonders howhe hell she could think it was proper to flash her money maker at his men.
"Sonny you said you would help me out of the tub"
"And I will but come on Carly how the hell am I supposed to help you up with my eyes closed?"
"Your eyes don't need to be open to pull me out of the tub."
"I need to see what I'm doing Carly. I don't want to risk hurting the baby, do you?"
Chewingon her lower lip Carly fights back a moan since she knew IF Sonny ogled herbody with that intense hot expression across his face she would be a goner…. "Okay you can look but not a second more than needed. Just enough to pull me out and as soon as you do you wrap that towel around me"
"Fine" Sonny sighs out heavily at her dramatics...
"Ready?"
"Yeah" Carly breathes out heavily before Sonnyreaches his arms out to her and pulls her wet body out of the bathtub.
Ashe wraps the towel around her body while she holds onto his body for supportCarly chews on her lower lip; fighting back a moan from escaping her lips.
"Was that so bad?" Sonny questions with a smallgrunt as he eyes stares into hers since she was acting like a drama queen oversomething so stupid.
"No" Carly whispers out before taking Sonny bysurprise as she leans into him and brushes her lips against his.
Openinghis mouth he welcomes her tongue into his mouth. Kissing her back he liftsCarly into his arms and walks them out of the bathroom; heading for their bed.
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Meanwhiledownstairs Jason glances down at his watch as he silently wonders what wastaking Sonny so long to come back downstairs so they could talk about the Sorelsituation. As the penthouse door starts to open Jason removes his gaze from offhis watch towards the door….
"Mike is demanding to see the boss. Apparently he wasn't happy about Mr. C's visit to his latest squeeze and wants to talk to him about it" Francis states
"Well tell Mike to come back another time because Sonny has more important things to talk about than Mike's pregnant mistress"Jason states knowing that Sorel situation was more pressing than Mike's hurtfeelings.
"I'll tell him but I don't think he's going to leave the lobby until the boss sees him" Francis remarks
"Well he'll be waiting a long time then" Jasonstates back as he glances down at his watch again; silently wondering if heshould go back upstairs and find out what was keeping Sonny.
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Standingup from his office chair he was sitting on Luke questions "And what truth exactly did you tell her?"
"What truth did I tell her?"
"Yeah Virginia what the hell did you tell my dear long lost niece?"
"I told her I knew about her father's disappearance and that I've been in contact with a family friend of hers Mr. Dan Roberts. I told her I wanted to be there for her"
"I'm sure that went over well" Luke remarkssarcastically
"Actually Luke my daughter didn't seem all that upset about my visit. Your buddy Mr. Corinthos seemed to be more upset than my own daughter"
"She didn't pick a hissy fit with ya? That doesn't seem right" Luke notes since she had the Spencer DNA in her. They werefighters and he knew she had that fight in her ever since he saved her life.
"No she didn't. She was strangely calm about everything"
"Huh. I guess my partner beat another bullet than" Lukenotes causing Virginia to give him a puzzled look. "The hormone bullet can be a real bitch when a gal is pregnant. I heard it doesn't happen to all women but I always thought that was some myth some dame put out to prevent men from running for the hills the moment that little stick says positive. Lucky son of a gun my friend is because I tell you it can be pure hell on a guy when those hormones start acting up. Pregnancy is such a hard time for the pop to be." Luke explains
"Yes I'm sure it's much harder than actually giving birth" Virginiaremarks as she rolls her eyes at him
"Whatever" Luke sighs out heavily
"Anyways, enough about that. I need answers and you're going to give them to me"
"About what?"
"Is it true that Sonny Corinthos beat on his own mother?"
Shakinghis head Luke makes his way back over to his chair and sits down as he asks "Where did you hear that from?"
"That family friend of mine that kept tabs on my daughter for me over the years told me his son heard about it from some cop. So is it true?"
"No" Luke simply states knowing what cop ran hismouth off about Sonny's past. Taggert was such a clueless bastard.
"Luke I understand that you and Sonny Corinthos are friends but if my daughter is in danger you need to tell me the truth. Do you think Sonny is capable of hitting my daughter?"
"Sonny would rather die than lay a hand on a lady."
"So this cop-"
"Is a clueless bastard with too much time on his hands that has it out for my partner for making him look like the fool that he is in front of the community of old Port Chuckles. Trust me Carly is in good hands."
"Alright, thank you" Virginia says with a sighof relief
"You want to thank me leave town"
"I'm not going anywhere"
"You can't stay here!" Luke snaps out
"And why the hell not? No one knows my secret but you and Frank and well he's "missing" so what's the problem?" Virginiapoints out
"Sonny Corinthos is the problem and he's not a little problem either" Luke states since he knew how his friend operated andthe last thing he needed was his friend to go snooping into Virginia's past.
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Lettingout a small moan as his body crushes over her as she laid on their bed Sonnysuddenly breaks his lips away from hers "Are you alight?" he asks concern
"I'm fine" Carly says breathlessly since thesmall pain in her leg wasn't a big deal. At this point all she cared about wasremoving all of his clothes.
"You sure?" Sonny asks with a grunt
"Yes" Carly says before pulling Sonny intoanother kiss…
"Hey Sonny is everything alright?!" Jason callsout from the other side of the bedroom door.
Breakingaway from Carly's lips Sonny mutters out "Oh damn" since he completely forgot about Jason.
"Oh don't you dare do this to me again Sonneeeeeeeee!" Carly hisses out
"I'm sorry but its business. I have to go" Sonnymutters out as he stands up with a little difficulty before calling out toJason "I'll be right down"
"I can't believe you're doing this to me again!" Carlyyells out aggravated that he could just walk away from her when he knew shewanted him.
"I'm sorry but business has to come first it's important. I wouldn't leave if it wasn't" Sonny states hating Sorel evenmore for costing him some loving time with his fiancé
"Just get the hell out of here!" Carly yells outfrustrated that Jason sex blocked her yet again
"I'll make it up to you" Sonny promises beforemaking his leave.
Grabbingthe pillow that was beside her Carly angrily tosses it his way as Sonny walksout of their bedroom.
"I can't believe I let him do it to me again"Carly whispers out to herself since she was supposed to be stronger than this!
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"You just said that Sonny Corinthos wouldn't hurt my daughter" Virginia points out
"And I stand by what I said but I also know how my friend and partner operates. I bet you the first thing he did when you left his place was place a call to have a background check on you and he's going to find out that Carly isn't really yours. Which is going to make him snoop even more to figure out who's her real mama is which we both don't want happening"
"I am her real mother! Carly is my daughter in every way that counts. Bobbie doesn't even know Carly!"
"No offence but it's not like she knows ya either" Lukespats out
"He's your friend you need to put a stop to him Luke! Carly can't find out she was adopted. It would shatter her heart to know Frank and I aren't her biological parents"
"I know that! My baby sister would never forgive me if she found out I made her believe her baby girl died."
"So what are you going to do about this?" Virginiaasks as she crosses her arms across her chest
"I've got to call an old friend of mine and hope he can help me fool Sonny's men into thinking the past Carly believes she has is the truth before it's too late" Luke remarks as he grabs the phone that wasonto his desk in hopes he can put a stop to his friend at finding out his dirtylittle secret.
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"You sure you want to do this?" Jason asks sincehe was taking a risk by going through with this plan of his. Taggert would layblame on Sonny right away if he followed orders
"That mother fucker messed with me one too many times Jason! I want his fucking place burned to the grown! Taggert and those idiots at the PCPD won't be able to prove a damn thing! So let them point the finger at me all the want they won't get proof I was behind it."
"Alright I'll get right on it" Jason nods hishead as they both suddenly hear Carly hopping her way down the hallway
"Carly what the hell are you doing?!" Sonnydemands as Jason makes his leave
"I live here per your orders, remember?" Carlycalls out to him as she hopped her way down the steps since her crutches werestill downstairs.
"I meant downstairs Carly! You knew Jason and I were discussing business down here"
"If you want to have privacy in your own home there is a perfect solution to your problems let me move out. Hell I can compromise I'll even agree to live in this stupid town if you buy me my own place."
"No the solution to my problem is for you to stay the hell upstairs while I'm dealing with business matters" Sonny states asCarly plops herself onto the couch.
"You know you and Jason have been discussing business for a while. Should I be worried about that?" Carly questions
"The only thing you need to worry about is our unborn child getting what she or he needs. Like rest and eating lots of healthy food everything else you just let me worry about it" Sonny states as Francisopens the penthouse door…
"Boss Mike is starting to really get impatient."
Lettingout a heavy sigh Sonny remarks "Right, Jason said he was waiting downstairs. Give Rolando the okay to let him up"
Glancingback at Carly Sonny goes on to ask "Do you mind?"
"What?" Carly asks confused
"I need you to go upstairs until Mike leaves"
"Oh you have got to be shitting me right now!"
"That's why you need to go upstairs. You're already getting yourself worked up and Mike isn't going to be in a good mood so I want you away from any unnecessary stress" Sonny explains
"IF that were true you wouldn't be making me live with you" Carly points out since he was a huge stress factor to her.
"Oh come on you can admit it Carly"
"Admit what?"
"That you, you know kind of like me" Sonny grinsat her
"Wow you have some ego on you"
"Oh so I just imagine you kissing me upstairs after I help you out of the bathtub, is that it"
"I'm hormonal Sonny it makes me do all sorts of crazy things like for example kissing you"
"No what's crazy is that we don't kiss all the time" Sonny states as the penthouse door opens causing Sonny to let out aheavy sigh
"YOU have some nerve coming over to Millie's place and talking to her the way you did! For a man who supposedly has respect for women you sure as hell didn't show it to the mother of your baby brother or sister!" Mike shouts out to his son as he finally walks inside Sonny's penthouse.
"I don't respect people who are working for my enemy!" Sonny snaps out as hefaces his father who was walking into Sorel's trap like the clueless fool hewas!
"She isn't working for him Michael she told you that already!"
"Bullshit!"
"Do you have proof?"
"I don't need it!" Sonny yells out since his gutfeeling was good enough for him.
"You need to apologize to Millie son!"
"That ain't happening"
"If anyone should apologize is you" Carly tellsMike as both Sonny and Mike look back at her in shock
"Me?" Mike asks in shocked as he silentlywonders where the hell this woman got off telling him that he needed to be theone to apologize when Sonny was the one disrespecting the mother of his soon tobe child.
"Carly just stay out of it, Mike isn't worth it"
IgnoringSonny, Carly goes on to say "Yes you. You come into Sonny's house yelling and screaming at him about the girl you knocked up without even thinking for one second that maybe just maybe Sonny might be right about the tramp."
"Millie isn't a tramp, and you have no clue about what you're talking about so stay out of it!" Glancing at his son he goes onto say
"Don't talk to her like that Mike!" Sonny ordersout to him with a clench jaw since he didn't like the tone of voice Mike wasusing with his fiancé
"I may not know what's going on in your sad little world but Sonny does. Sonny knows his business and I trust that if Sonny says someone is working for his enemy that he's right. I find it sad that you have no faith in your own son."
"Unless you apologize to Millie you stay the hell away from her!" Mike yells out before storming out of the penthouse;slamming the door behind him.
Shakinghis head Sonny exhales sharply as the penthouse door slams shut behind him.
"Are you alright?" Carly asks from her spot onthe couch
Gazinginto her eyes Sonny nods his head "Yeah, I'm fine." Making his way closer towards her Sonny comments "I'm just kind of shocked that you defended me just now with Mike"
"You're the father of my child" Carly simplyremarks; shrugging her shoulders
"It was nice to see you come to my defense; not that I need you defending me against anyone because I can handle my own battles but it was nice to see you take up for me" Sonny remarks as he sitshimself down beside her on the couch.
AsSonny brushes a strand of hair out of her face Carly fights back a moan as histouch sent shivers all over her body. "Sonny"Carly softly calls out his name.
Witha small grunt Sonny leans into her and kisses her softly
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MeanwhileJason grins as he hears the sound of fire truck sirens making their way towardsSorel's home. With a small grin Jason glances at the house that was burning tothe ground before riding off; pleased with a job well done.
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Well that's all for now. I wanted to thank everyone for all their wonderful feedback on my last chapter. I hope you enjoy this chapter as well. As always all feedback is welcome and appreciated.
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