The Oceanfront
Chapter 22
Lettingout a heavy sigh Taggert makes his way toward Sorel who was getting checked outby a paramedic. "How's he doing?"
"He just inhaled in too much smoke but other than that he's fine"
"Do you have any idea who did this?" Taggertasks Sorel; although he knew Sonny had to be behind both of the fires that wereset off.
"No" Sorel remarks; even if he had a pretty goodfeeling it was Sonny but he wasn't a snitch so he wasn't about to tell thecops. Besides the cops were useless so he was going to get payback on his own.
"You know it just wasn't your house that went up in smoke right? Your office burnt to the ground too." Taggert states in hopesto get Sorel angry enough to point the finger at Sonny for the fires.
"And?" Sorel asks as he lets out a smallcough
"And don't you find it odd that both your home and your workplace as been turned into ashes?" Taggert asks
"I don't know what to tell you. I guess some people just aren't lucky" Sorel mumbles out before coughing again
~**~**~**~
"Thanks man, I owe you one" Luke mutters outinto the phone before hanging it up. Silently he hopes his plan works becausethe last thing he wanted was for Sonny to find out Caroline Benson wasn'treally a Benson after all but a full blown trouble maker Spencer.
Hehated that he was keeping this secret from his baby sister but he knew if thetruth came out now Barbra-Jean would never forgive him or understand that heonly did what he did because at the time he believed it was the only way tokeep that baby girl safe.
Lettingout a heavy sigh Luke reaches for the bottle of Scotch that was on his desk tomake himself a much needed drink.
~**~**~**~
AsJason is about to take his shot to sink the black ball into the right corner pocketof the pool table at Jakes he lets out a heavy sigh as a cop calls out to him "Are you Jason Morgan?"
Givinghim his famous blank stare, Jason states "You know I am. Everyone in town knows I'm Jason Morgan"
"I have a few questions to ask you"
"The PCPD knows the phone number to my lawyer" Jasonsays as he takes the shot he was about to take before this cop showed up towaste his time.
"That's your choice if you want to have your lawyer present but you're going to have to come with me and then to the PCPD to answer my questions. I'll make sure your lawyer will be with you by the time we arrive
at the PCPD" the cop says as he watches the black ball sink into the rightcorner of the pool table.
"Just let me finish my drink first..." Jasonremarks before drinking down what was left of his beer. Placing his empty beerbottle back against the rim of the pool table he says "Alright, let's get this over with"
~**~**~**~
Carlylets out a moan as he kissed up and down her neck as his body laid over hers. "Oh yeah right there" Carly says softly as his hands roamunderneath her shirt; cupping her breast. "God I want you so bad" Carly goes on to moan out
"Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreally I couldn't tell"Sonny chuckles out
"Shut up you want me too" Carly states as helooks down at her; his hands still fondling her breast
"I never said I didn't" Sonny points out beforegoing in to kiss her only to stop as Francis opens the penthouse door… "Taggert is here"
Lettingout a heavy sigh Sonny pulls his hands out from underneath Carly's top asTaggert walks into his home.
"Whatever you want Taggert make it quick" Sonny states as he sits himself upright onthe couch as Carly shoots Taggert an aggravated look at him interrupting them.
"Have either of you seen the news?" Taggertquestions
"Tell you the truth I've had my hands full so no we didn't have time to watch the news." Sonny grins out as Carly continues toshoot Taggert the glare of death.
"Well let me give you an update. The latest news is that Sorel's office and home have been burnt down to the ground."
"What a shame" Sonny remarks; fighting back asmile
"Sorel's still alive however but a few of his men weren't so lucky"
"Again a shame but that has nothing to do with me"
"So you're claiming to have nothing to do with the fires that happened on your enemy's turf?"
"That's right" Sonny nods
And I'm guessing you have an airtight alibi right?"
"Sonny's been home with me all day" Carly statesas she silently wonders if the fires were what Sonny and Jason were talkingabout earlier while she was upstairs
"You're not going to get away with this Sonny. I'm going to nail you for this one!" Taggert remarks frustrated
"And I'll be sure to let every outlet on the news know that you set up an innocent man if you do. Since clearly you would do anything to put Sonny behind bars including playing with evidence" Carly sayswhich causes Sonny to shoot her a dirty look for butting in.
"I don't play with evidence. Sonny did the crime and he's going to pay for his crimes one day!" Taggert huffs out
"You're small minded, you know that right? You're so hell bent on putting Sonny behind bars you can't see the forest for the trees. This guy called Sorel I'm sure has more than one enemy and yet you're so hell bent on pointing the finger at Sonny without looking at who else might want him dead"
"Ignore him Carly he's been singing that same old tune since he was a teenager. There is no need for you to upset yourself over this fool. He's convinced I'm the devil despite lack of evidence for pinning a single crime on me."
"Or maybe Taggert's problem is that he's in love with you and he knows you don't swing that way so he's taking out his sexual frustrations out on you." Carly comments
"WHAT?! I don't LOVE him!" Taggert asks outragethat Carly would accuse him of being in love with Sonny Corinthos.
"My, my, my, aren't we a little touchy. I guess the truth really does hurt sometimes" Carly smirks
"Look lady, I'm into women! Sonny Corinthos is a criminal! You know it, and I know it! And one of these days I'm going to put this thug behind bars where he belongs!" Taggert yells out before stormingout of the penthouse.
AsFrancis shuts the door behind Taggert Sonny grins at Carly as he states "I kind of like having you on my side" Leaning into Carly to kissher, he frowns as Carly pushes at his chest… "What?"
"When you and Jason were talking business was that business about those fires Taggert just spoke about?" Carly questions
"I don't discuss my business with you" Sonnyremarks in a tone that left no room for argument
"Did that man…Sorel I think his name was; did he threaten me or the baby?" Carly goes on to ask despite Sonny's statement hewasn't going to talk to her about his business
"Did you not just hear what I just told you?"Sonny asks back
"Answer the question Sonny! Did the man threaten to do anything to me or the baby?"
"My business is not your concern Carly. All you need to know is that I'm going to protect you and our child and whatever other children that may come down the road." Sonny remarks before trying to kiss her again only for Carly to pushhim away again…
"It is my concern when it affects me or my child's life!" Carly snaps out
"Calm down!" Sonny yells out as he gets off thecouch to make himself a drink
"So this guy is a threat to me and my child?"
"First off stop saying your child it's not yours it's ours" Sonny states whilepouring himself a much needed drink "And second of all any enemy of mine is a threat to you and our child which is why there are guards all over the place to keep you and our child safe!"
WatchingSonny as he takes a sip of his drink Carly shakes her head at him as she points out "Well your plan with Jason obviously didn't work because this Sorel guy is still alive so what now Sonny?"
"Did you not understand me when I just told you I'm not going to discuss my business with you?!"
"If you're going to make me live with you then I have a right to know what's going on Sonny! This affects my life just as much as it does yours"
"When you slept with me you knew what kind of man I was. You knew the world I lived in and there are certain things in my life I can't and won't ever discus with you and one of those things is my business. So drop it!"
"Not a chance in hell. Not when it involves my baby's welfare" Carly remarks as the penthouse door opens.
Walkinginto the penthouse Jason lets out a heavy sigh as he feels the tension in the roomthe second he walks in. He was starting to think getting grilled by the PCPDwas a lot easier than to dealing with Sonny and Carly fighting. "I can come back if you're busy"
"No don't Jase"
HearingCarly call Jason by her new pet name for him makes Sonny's blood boil. Yes hewanted Carly and Jason to get along but he didn't want his fiancé to like hisbest friend more than she liked him.
"That's right stay. We have business to discuss and Carly needs to take a nap." Sonny remarks
"I know all about the fires that took place on your enemies turf and I want to know as Sonny's right hand man and enforcer how you plan on taking care of the threat to my child" Carly remarks as Sonny glaresat her
"It's the first I've heard about these fires"Jason simply remarks knowing that Sonny would never want to involve Carly inthe business side of his life
"Jase come on! Don't bullshit me! Unlike what Sonny thinks I have a right to know how you're going to handle a threat to my child"
"Enough Carly! I already told you that I will protect our child and that's all you get to know. Now go upstairs and rest for our baby's sake" Sonny snaps out
"Jase" Carly calls out to him in hopes he wouldrealize that as the mother she had a right to know what was going on when someonewas threating her child.
"You don't need to worry about the safety of the baby. Sonny and I won't let anyone hurt you or the baby" Jason promises her.
"I should have known you would take his side." Carly spats out as Jasonhands Carly her crutches
"That's because I'm the boss around here" Sonnypoints out as Carly angrily takes her crutches from Jason
"But you're notthe boss of me" Carly says as she makes her way towards the kitchen
"Hey, where do you think you're going Carly!?" Sonnycalls out to Carly as he notices she was heading towards his kitchen
"Where the hell do you think I'm going?!" Carlyasks back before disappearing inside his kitchen
Shakinghis head Sonny goes after her as he warns out "You better not even think about cooking inside my kitchen!"
Lettingout a heavy sigh Jason plops himself on the couch and places his feet onto thecoffee table.
~**~**~**~
Alittle while later walking inside the penthouse Luke spots Jason on the couchwith a pain look across his face. "Hey man where's Sonny?"
BeforeJason had a chance to tell him they hear Carly ask Sonny loudly from inside thekitchen…
"What kind of person lives like this?!"
"I lived perfectly fine until you showed up in my life!" Sonny yells out back at her as the sound of cupboards are heardslamming shut.
"HA! You would be shark bait IF it wasn't for me showing up into your lousy life!" Carly points out
"I'm starting to wish for the shark!" Sonnyyells out… "And stop slamming my cupboard doors shut like that!"
"Trouble in paradise?" Luke questions Jason
"Now isn't a good time" Jason simply states
"Oh don't be such a baby! Its expensive cupboards I'm sure they can handle it!"
"I'm warning you Carly be nice with my things or I going to kick your ass out!"
"Really? Is that ALL it will take to finally be free from your controlling ass and get a place of my own?!"
"I meant out of my kitchen! Like it or not we're stuck together" Sonny yells out
"UHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Why isn't there any chocolate in this forsaken place?! You don't even have ice-cream! What the hell is wrong with you?!"
"She has a point about that" Luke remarks as hehelps himself to Sonny's bar while listening in on his secret niece and Sonnygo at it inside his kitchen.
"Maybe we should leave" Jason comments; fearingthis fight was going to go to a place where he wanted to be FAR, FAR, FAR awayfrom.
"Are you kidding me?" Luke questions back sincehe always enjoyed a good showdown
"The last thing YOU need is junk food! Try a banana!"
"Oh YOU had your chance earlier and blew it Sonny boy! I'm not going to eat that banana or yours!"
"You know what man maybe you're right we should go" Luke comments since he was starting to get a bad feeling that this loversspat they were having was going to take a ugly turn into them actually doingit.
"Yeah, lets" Jason remarks as he jumps off thecouch and rushes towards the penthouse door with Luke following closely behindwith the drink he made himself in his hand.
"Oh don't act like you don't want me. You and I both know it takes only ONE kiss and you can't get enough of me! Hell even less than a kiss sometimes!" Sonny states as he follows Carly out of his kitchen
"You egoistical, controlling, smug bastard! I wouldn't want you if you were the last man on earth!" Carly remarks as shemakes her way towards the couch; using her crutches
"You know you're the worst liar I have ever met!"
"I happen to be a damn good liar and I'm not lying to you now! You are the LAST guy I would ever want to be with"
"Oh right, that's why you were all over me on the couch earlier" Sonny points out
"Noooooooooooo you were all over me until Taggert showed his ugly face over here" Carly says as she plops herself on the couch
"You started it" Sonny points out as he grabsher crutches from her and places them against the side of the couch
"I did not"
"You did too"
"Well if I did, and I'm not admitting that I did, it was only because of these damn hormones which you are partly to blame for!" Carlyremarks with a heavy sigh
"I need a drink" Sonny comments since she wasdriving him crazy.
"You need a drink? I'm the one who should be drinking with your controlling ass breathing down my neck every second of the day" As Sonny gazes at her with an intense look Carly explains "I said I should not that I would because I wouldn't considering I'm pregnant."
WatchingSonny pour himself a drink she goes on to say "You're just as bad as Jase drinking beers around me…hey speaking of Jase where did he go?"
FrowningSonny remarks since it wasn't like Jason to up and leave when he knew they hadbusiness to discuss "I don't know"
"Well that was rude of him to up and leave without even saying goodbye" Carly comments as Sonny takes a sip of his drink.
"Why do you care if Jason tells you goodbye or not?" Sonny asks as sparks of jealously hits him
"We are friends now and it's rude to up and leave your friend alone with a controlling ass without at least saying goodbye first" Carly remarks
"No what's rude is you causing a damn scene by going into my kitchen causing Jason to run off before we had a chance to talk business. Do you realize how astonishing that is that some cheerleader from Florida can chase off Jason when this is a man who fears no bullet?!"
"Or maybe he ran away to become the next Willy Wonka because you're so insufferable. And who wouldn't want to be a guy like Willy Wonka, right?!"
"Who?" Sonny asks
"Who? How can you not know who Willy Wonka is?! What planet do you come from?!" Carly questions back
"I don't know. I never head of the guy. Who the hell is he?!" Sonny remarks wondering if this Willy Wonka guy was some loserfrom Carly's past and if he was he silently wonders why Carly would want Jasonto be like him. He also wonders why the hell didn't Benny put this Willy Wonkaguy in the background check he had him do on Carly.
"Wow I had no clue that Willy Wonka virgins existed. I thought everyone on the planet had seen his movie. He is only the best fictional character who ever existed. When I was a child I used to wish I lived in a place where Willy Wonka lived. The guy had the best candy factory ever." Carly explains as Sonny gazes at her stunned.
"This Willy Wonka guy wasn't even real?!" Sonnyasks as he looks at her like she's crazy; which she was to bring up some guythat never even existed except on the big screen.
"No but if he was I would have made sure to be his best friend. They may say diamonds are a girl's best friend which it is true by the way but if a guy like Willy Wonka ever came to life he would be a close second to diamonds" Carly comments
"I'm getting a headache" Sonny mumbles out sinceshe was driving him crazy with all her nonsense talk
"Then maybe you should take a nap. Hell if you did you might be less cranky and maybe even
tolerable to be around" Carly tells him; wanting him to feel like she feltwhenever he order her to take one.
"You're the one who's insufferable to be around with!" as tears cloud her eyes Sonny goes on to say "Oh don't even try it!"
"Wh-what? The father of my child happens to think I'm this unbearable human being and I can't even cry now because of it?" Carlycries out
"Hey come on now! Don't you dare make me the bad guy here. You said I was intolerable first" Sonny tells her as tears startto roll down her cheek which was making him feel like a huge jerk evenif he wasn't wrong… "Hey I'm sorry alright you're not intolerable to be around. I'm just having a bad day, alright"
"HA! And you said I wasn't a good liar. Well I fooled you pretty good didn't I? I guess you can't read me as well as you believe you can" Carly laughs out as she wipes her tears away from off her cheeks
Shakinghis head Sonny mumbles out "You did not fool me" beforetaking a sip of his drink
"I did too" Carly giggles out before imitatingSonny's voice "I'm sorry alright, you're not intolerable…I so fooled you Sonny just admit it"
"I won't admit it because you didn't. I knew what you were doing all along. I was just playing along with you to see how far you would take it" Sonny states as he makes his way towards his desk; with adrink in his hand.
"And you say I'm a bad liar well look in the mirror Sonny because your nose is growing longer by the second, Pinocchio"
Shakinghis head Sonny sits himself down at his desk as he mumbles out "I have work to do. I don't have time for this foolishness"
Lettingout a giggle Carly goes on to say "I soooooooooo fooled you but go ahead and hide in shame at being defeated by some cheerleader from Florida"
"You didn't defeat me" Sonny maintainsstubbornly causing Carly to let out a burst of giggles. Letting out a heavy
sigh Sonny tries his best to focus on work
~**~**~**~
InsideJason's penthouse, Jason asks Luke who had made himself at home at his place byplopping himself onto his couch and drinking the drink he had made for himselfat Sonny's place "What did you want with Sonny anyways?"
"Oh I was just hoping my business partner could pass on some green towards his old buddy to help me get Luke's back to the hopping place it used to and should be."
"You want Sonny to put in more money into Luke's when Luke's is hardly staying afloat?" Jason questions
"Yeah I know the numbers haven't been all that great in a while man but I can get Luke's back on track. I found this amazing talented cool guy who is ready to give live blues concerts Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday man. I just need a little more cash to pay the guy. I'm telling you man once word hits that this guy is in my joint every gal and dude who has a lick of taste will be at Luke's enjoying the best music in town"
"What name does the supposed talent go by?" Jasonquestions
"His name is James King. He's a newcomer man. He's not well known yet but I'm telling you he's damn good and you know I know blues man"
"And how did you find out about this guy"
"Get this man he was singing by the dumpster behind Luke's when I found him. The guy knows blues because his life is a disaster man. He lives on the streets so I'm sure it wouldn't take that much green on Sonny's part to make him happy and sing his songs at Luke's."
"You found him by the dumpsters?" Jason asksshocked that this was the talent Luke discovered
"I'm telling you man he's good. I was throwing out some empty booze bottles that were in my office when I found the guy sitting on the ground by the dumpster singing his song"
"I have to see Sonny about something later I'll let him know about your guy" Jason states
"Great" Luke says with a smile across his facebefore taking another sip of his drink.
"Was there anything else you wanted?" Jason asksin hopes he could get rid of Luke from his place
"Chips would be good if you have any man"
Shakinghis head Jason opens the penthouse door as he tells him "Get out"
"Way to make a buddy feel welcome man" Lukeremarks sarcastically and he stands up from the couch "You don't have to ask me again. I'm out of here"
"Great" Jason mumbles out as Luke walks pasthim… "Hey hold on a minute"
"Oh so now you want me to say?"
"I'm not fickle that's Sonny's glassware you're holding" Jason states
"Oh right, hold on…" Luke states before drinkingdown what was left of his drink before handing it back to Jason. "See ya man"
"Yeah" Jason sighs out heavily before shuttingthe penthouse door in Luke's face.
~**~**~**~
Watchingas Taggert kicked his desk in frustration Mac walks over towards him "Hey, maybe the next time right?"
Shakinghis head Taggert spats out "The bastard keeps slipping through our fingers and I'm sick of it!"
"Sooner or later Sonny will mess up. Look the cops in Florida are still looking into Savage's death. Who knows maybe they will come up with something to pin him for murder"
"Sonny covered his tracks like he always does" Taggertremarks
"We'll get him one day" Mac promises him sincehe knew that sooner or later criminals always ended up paying for their crimes.Sonny was just getting away from his more than the average thug.
"Can you believe that Sonny is about to become a father?"
"No" Mac softly says
"Poor kid doesn't stand a chance with that thug as a dad" Taggert remarks since he knew that Sonny will do what he did to hismother to both his child and Carly. Abusive men like Sonny never changed.
"Maybe we'll get lucky and Sonny will mess up before his child is born"
"For that kids sake I hope we do because Carly is obviously too scared to turn on Sonny to save herself and her unborn child"Taggert remarks
~**~**~**~
HearingCarly let out a small groan Sonny's gaze quickly move off from the paperwork hewas reading onto Carly. As he sees her standing on her bad leg he asks "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"
"It's calling standing" Carly says softly as shefights back another groan.
"Yeah and clearly you're in pain so use your crutches or sit down" Sonny orders out to her
"I'm sick of my crutches and hopping around like some damn bunny" Carly tells Sonny as she slowly starts to walk on her badleg wincing a little as she did
"Carly you're not healed yet" Sonny tells her ashe stands up
"I-I'm fine."
"Oh right because that looks like a face of a person who is fine" Sonny remarks back sarcastically as he makes his waytowards her
"Don't touch me." Carly tells him as he tries totake her in his arms. "I can do this Sonny so just let me walk around a little"
"You're clearly in pain"
"It's nothing. Look if you want to do something for me just let me walk around a little. I'm not wearing shoes so there is no risk to the baby…Please"
Lettingout a heavy sigh Sonny nods his head "Fine…just stay close to me so I can catch you in case you fall"
"I'm not going to fall"
"Regardless I'm staying close" Sonny tells her
"Suit yourself" Carly breaths out heavily as shecontinues to walk around the penthouse as Sonny arms extend slightly her way;ready for her in case she falls
~**~**~**~
Storminginto the lobby of Harbor View Towers Mike yells out to Rolando who wasstanding guard "I don't have time for your bullshit! I need to see my son now!"
"Is there a problem?" Rolando questions as hepulls out his cellphone
"Yes there is a problem! The mother of my child never came back home and it's all Sonny's fault!" Mike yells out
"I'll see if the boss will see you" Rolandosimply states as he calls Francis's cellphone
~**~**~**~
Openingthe penthouse door Francis utters out to Sonny as he walked closely by Carly "Mike is demanding to see you, boss"
"The guy left me for months at a time as a child and now he keeps showing up at my door what the hell is wrong with him now?"
"He says the mother of his child never came back home and he's blaming you sir"
"Oh right because everything is Sonny's fault" Carlyremarks out sarcastically angry that Mike was blaming Sonny for his messed uplife
"Car-lee, stay out of it" Sonny calls out to hersince she's been upset way too much today.
Letting out a heavy sigh Sonny calls out to Francis "Tell Rolando I'll be down in a few minutes"
"Sure thing boss" Francis nods his head beforeshutting the penthouse door shut
"Come on let's get you back to the couch"
"Sonny I'm fine"
"Can you just humor me and stay on the couch and rest a little while I'm with Mike. Besides you shouldn't be pushing yourself too much considering you're pregnant Carly."
"Fine" Carly sighs out heavily
Ashe walks besides her as they head slowly towards the couch Sonny goes on to say "I trust you to stay on that couch and rest Carly so don't make me regret it"
"I'll stay on the couch" Carly promises him asshe plops herself down onto the couch
"Thank you" Sonny says with a small smile acrosshis face before making his way towards the penthouse door to deal with Mikedownstairs.
~**~**~**~
"Where is she?!" Mike demands the second Sonnysteps off the elevator
"I have no idea where she is Mike" Sonny stateswith a heavy sigh
"Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrright you expect me to believe that? You show up at her apartment and accuse her of working for your enemy and now she's suddenly gone missing and you have nothing to do with it?"
"Are you questioning my word?" Sonny asks backwith a clench jaw that Mike of all people was questioning him about his honesty
"IF you didn't do anything to Millie than where the hell is she?!" Mike questions
"I don't know where the hell she is but I will have my men look into it since she may be carrying my baby brother or sister" Sonnystates as he pulls out his cellphone to have his men look into Millie'sdisappearance
As Jason walks into the penthouse Carly lets out a heavy sigh "Damn so I guess you didn't run off to be the next Willy Wonka after all"
"Who?" Jason asks with a frown
"Oh come on! You too?! How on earth don't you know who Willy Wonka is?" Carly questions since Jason unlike Sonny at least likedjunk food like a normal person
Shrugginghis shoulders, Jason asks "Who is he?"
"He is only the best fictional character ever. He owned this really cool chocolate factory that had eatable rooms made out of candy and he had his very own Umpa Lumpa's"
"Umpa Lumpa?"
"They work in his chocolate factory"
"Oh"
"You know what we sooooooooooo need to watch that movie because once you see it you will love it"
"Does it have shooting in it or motorcycles?"
"No"
"Then I doubt I will like it" Jason simplystates as he sits himself down on the couch beside her
"Oh bite your tongue you will so love it Jase, trust me the movie is damn good, it's a classic in fact"
"Where's Sonny?" Jason questions since he cameover in hopes they could discuss business and not some movie about a
chocolate factory that Carly was trying to trap him into watching
"He's downstairs in the lobby with Mike. Apparently the mother of his child is missing and he's blaming Sonny for it. He's almost as bad as the cops blaming Sonny for everything that goes wrong in the world" seeingthe small smile appear across his normally emotionless face Carly asks "What?"
"Nothing. It's just nice to hear you defend Sonny that's all"
"Look Sonny and I may have our differences but he's still the father of my unborn child so of course I'm going to defend him especially when I know he's innocent." Carly explains
"Are you sure it's not more than that?" Jasonasks as the penthouse door opens
"No, it's not" Carly insists as Sonny looks atthem
"Is everything alright?" Sonny questions
"Everything is fine. I guess you two have business to conduct so I'm going to go upstairs and buy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory off the internet so Jase and I can watch it later…see ya Jase"
"Be careful on those stairs Carly" Sonny callsout to her as he watches her slowly walk on her bad leg towards the staircase
"I'll be fine" Carly calls out as she reachesthe staircase
Sonnywatches Carly intensely as she slowly walked up the staircase while wincing inpain. Once she reaches the top floor and starts walking down the hallway heremoves his gaze off her and onto Jason.
Noticingthe deadly look Sonny was shooting him Jason asks "What?"
"You wanna explain to me why you're making a movie date with the mother of my child and fiancé?!" Sonny demands as he placeshis hands onto his hips
"What? I didn't make a movie date with her. She's the one who wants to watch a movie with me."
"But you agreed to watch the movie with her." Sonnypoints out; since he didn't like the fact that Carly and Jason were becoming sochummy while he was left out in the cold.
"Not exactly, look if you want I'll tell Carly no"
"Oh right, so you're going to make me the bad guy now?!" Sonny questions back that Jason would suggest such a thing knowingthat Carly would blame him for breaking up their stupid movie date that Jasonhad no business into agreeing to in the first place.
IFCarly wanted to watch a stupid movie about some guy who had a chocolate factoryshe should be asking the father of her unborn child to watch it with her whichwas him and not Jason!
Lettingout a heavy sigh as Sonny sits down in the armchair since he was in a lose,lose situation regarding this movie night with Carly he changes the subject bysaying "I made sure to leave no trace behind so the PCPD has nothing on us. It's going to take Sorel a long time to recover from the hit he just took from us"
"Taggert and Sorel aren't my only problems right now. Mike showed up demanding to see me because Millie left her apartment and never returned. Mike thought I had something to do with it and when I told him
I didn't Mike actually questioned me about my word. Can you believe that? " Sonnycomments
"That sucks. Everyone knows you're a man of your word"
"Yeah, well that's Mike. The guy doesn't know how to keep his word so he expects everyone to be like him" Sonny sighs outheavily before asking him "Where did you take off to anyways? Carly and I came out of the kitchen and you were gone"
"Luke and I just thought you and Carly needed to be alone"
"Luke?" Sonny questions with a frown since hehad no idea Luke stopped by the penthouse
"Yeah he stopped by while you and Carly were in the kitchen he believes he discovered a new talent that would bring back money into Luke's. The catch is you're going to have to invest in a guy he found by the
dumpsters singing"
"I don't have time with whatever scheme Luke has up his sleeve Jason. I have enough on my plate with the cops breathing down my neck, Mike and dealing with Carly"
"I understand that your plate is full but it might be worth looking into anyways. Luke's hasn't been doing all that great and if this guy can really bring in more money maybe you should check it out" Jasonadvises him
"You know what you're right. Call Luke and have him set this guy up so he can sing for you and if you think he's good I'll invest money in Luke's latest plan"
"Me? Come on Sonny I don't know anything about Blues music" Jason remarks stunned that Sonny wasn't going to go in and seethe guy himself since he wasn't a music judge but a hit man for the mob. Hisspecialties were shooting and motorcycles not some guy singing the blues.
"All you have to do is listen to his voice and if he has a good voice let Luke hire the guy" Sonny simply states before makinghis way towards the staircase since he wanted to make sure Carly wasn't pushingherself too much upstairs than she should be by walking around on her bad leg.
"But-"
"I have complete trust in you Jason" Sonny callsout to him as he walks up the staircase
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AsSonny walks into their bedroom Carly looks up from the computer screen as she states "I found and bought the movie off Amazon and I put a one day rush so Jase and I can watch it tomorrow night"
"Well Jase is going to be busy tomorrow" Sonnyremarks in a mocking tone of voice as he called Jason "Jase"…God he hated thatstupid nickname Carly had for Jason!
"Why?" Carly asks back wondering why Sonnylooked so ticked off at her.
"Why? Because he has a job that's why" Sonnyspats out annoyed that Carly was trying to make a movie date with his bestfriend and was acting like it was no big deal!
"Yeah so, but like anyone else he doesn't work 24/7"
"Why do you want to watch this movie so badly with him anyways?" Sonny asks as he walks over to their bed.
"Because he's my friend and I think he will like the movie. What's your problem anyways?"
"I have no problem" Sonny remarks as he sitshimself down at the edge of their bed.
"If I didn't know better I would say you do have a problem…wait are you jealous of Jason?" Carly questions
"No I'm not jealous of Jason" Sonny spats out
"Oh you so are" Carly smiles
"I am not! I'm just trying to save my best friend from you forcing him into watching a movie he has no desire to watch" Sonnydefends himself.
"Oh please I doubt anyone can make him do something he doesn't want to do" Carly states before looking back down at the laptopthat was on her lap.
Shakinghis head Sonny sighs out heavily "Fine do whatever the hell you want. Like I care if Jason has to watch some stupid movie about a chocolate factory"
"Good I will" Carly smiles as she looks at thecomputer screen at the nice dress she wouldn't have ever been able to affordbefore Sonny.
"What are you doing now?" Sonny asks
Turningthe laptop around Carly shows him the dress she was planning on buying "About to buy this killer dress. It's sexy right?"
"Yeah, but uh…"
"But what?" Carly asks as she turns the laptopback around to face her.
"You're pregnant and well…"
"Are you saying I'm too fat for that dress?!" Carly asks while shooting daggers atSonny with her eyes.
"No you don't even look like you gained any weight yet but you will be gaining weight soon and-"
"And what Sonny!?"
"Nothing, buy the dress it will look great on you" Sonnygrins out; flashing his dimples her way.
"I am buying it" Carly states
"Good. I'll take you out to my favorite restaurant and show you off and if your leg is feeling better maybe we can even go dancing"
"You can dance?" Carly asks curiously
"I happen to be a damn good dancer. My mom taught me as a child. She was an amazing dancer."
"I'd like that" Carly says with a small smile
"Yeah?" Sonny asks softly
"Yeah. It's been a long time since I went dancing"
"Then we'll go dancing if your leg is up to it" Sonnyremarks with a huge smile across his face; happy that Carly was agreeing to goout on a date with him
"Great, that means I have to buy some shoes to go with my dress"
"Maybe something in low heels" Sonny suggestswhich he kind of regretted the second he did by the look across her face.
"You don't mean that Sonny."
"What's wrong with a low heel? You're going to be getting bigger from the pregnancy do you really want to be teetering around in heels while pregnant?" Sonny asks;not understanding the big deal about wearing a lower heel
"I don't teeter and I've been wearing heels since I was a preteen I'll be fine"
"Fine, buy the damn shoes" Sonny grumbles outsince he figured it was best to pick his battles with Carly. He would
wait and see how things go regarding the shoes as her pregnancy progresses andif he sees a problem with the heels then and only then he will take mattersinto his own hands.
"I will and so much more. Mama needs a new wardrobe"
"Shop away" Sonny simply remarks as he silentlyhopes she plans on buying clothes that would be useful for her pregnancy sincethat dress he showed her was not.
Lookingup from the computer screen as she feels Sonny get off their bed she fightsback a moan as she watches Sonny start to unbutton his dress shirt "What are you doing?"
"Nothing, just going to work out a little" Sonnycomments fighting back a smile since he could tell by the look across her facethat he was getting to her.
"Oh I didn't realize there was a gym in the building" Carly comments
"There isn't" Sonny states as he unbuckles hisbuckle. As Carly bites down on her lower lip he goes on to explain "I was just going to do some push ups and crunches on the floor. You don't mind right?"
"Mind? Of course not. Why would I mind?"
"Well you seem a little flushed" Sonny comments
"I'm not flushed, I'm fine. Workout all you want it won't bother me at all"
"Alright then" Sonny remarks as he pulls off hispants
Fightingback a moan as she watches Sonny's pants fall down to the floor Carly removesher gaze off his fine body and gazes back down onto the computer screen.
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Openingher hotel room Virginia gives Dan a small smile as he walks inside her room. "Hey"
"Hey? That's all you have to say to me after you ditched me?" Dan questions
"Sorry about that" Virginia sighs out heavily asshe shuts the door shut.
"So where did you run off to anyways?"
"I went to see an old friend of mine"
"You know people in Port Charles?" Dan questionsshocked
"Yeah I know someone. He wasn't originally from here but he does live here now and he knows all the town gossip and whatnot."
"And?"
"And from what my friend has told me I don't think Sonny Corinthos would lay a hand on her. Apparently he's a tough ass but not when it comes to women."
"The man hit his own mother Virginia!" Danpoints out to her, since if he could hit his own mom Sonny would have noproblems to hit Carly.
"Was there ever any police reports that said he did? Did Mr. Corinthos go to jail for the abuse?" Virginia asks as Dan pacesher hotel room floor.
"He's Sonny Corinthos! Of course he didn't go to jail! The guy has been getting away with murder for years now! Wake the hell up Virginia! Your daughter is in danger and we need to stop him before he hurts her or the baby she's carrying"
"IF my daughter was in danger I would walk through fire to save her Dan but I really don't think she is in any danger from Sonny" Virginiaremarks since she knew that Luke would have told her if Sonny was a danger to
her daughter because Carly was his flesh and blood.
"Obviously not. I don't know why the hell I would think you would give a damn about Carly when you never did in the past" Danstates bitterly before walking back towards the door.
"Dan, hey! Come on that's not fair!" Virginiacalls out to him
"You're right Virginia it isn't fair. That girl deserves so much better than she ever got" Dan states before walking out thedoor; slamming it shut behind him.
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Wellthat's all for now. I want to thank everyone who has given me feedback on mychapter. As always all feedback is welcomed and very much appreciated since itencourages me to write. Hope you like this chapter as well.
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