The Oceanfront
Chapter 23
Despite allher efforts to ignore the fact Sonny was doing push-ups; wearing only hisboxers a few feet away from her she couldn't help but steal a few glances hisway instead of looking down at the computer screen. The more she glanced hisway the more he eyes kept darting away from the computer screen and onto himwhich was a stupid thing for her to do. Glancing at Sonny wasn't smart becauseshe knew she couldn't give into the overwhelming desires Sonny brought withinher. Sure she agreed to the "date" but that didn't change the fact that Sonnywas keeping important information about their unborn child's wellbeing from heror change the fact he was basically keeping her here against her will.
As much ashe tried to hide his emotions a small smile appears across his face; since hecould feel her eyes gazing at him for longer and longer periods of time as heworked out a few feet away from her on the floor. He knew when the idea poppedinto his head that by the end of his workout he wouldn't be taking a showeralone. Deciding to further show Carly what she was depriving herself of Sonnystarts doing pushing ups only using one arm.
Fightingback a moan as Sonny starts doing pushes using one hand as his muscles flexedCarly berates herself for falling for Sonny's obvious ploy. Focus Carly! You'restronger than this! Besides you have a laptop of full of pretty things to lookat like shoes, and purses. Forcing her eyes away from Sonny's perfectly tonedbody Carly glances back onto her computer screen in hopes she could get someshopping done. Gazing down at the computer screen Carly lets out a heavy sighas the phone on the nightstand starts to ring. As her hand reaches out toanswer the phone Sonny yells out…
"Don't touch that!"
"What?" Carly asks as she picks up the phone
Rushing overtowards her Sonny yells out "Hey! I said not to touch the phone, not ever! It's my private line which means its business!"
"You and your many rules" Carly mutters out asshe rolls her eyes at him as he grabs the phone from out of her hands….
Glaring ather Sonny answers the ringing phone…
"Yeah?"
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"We found Millie boss"
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"Great, Mike must be thrilled. I'm going to head into work late tomorrow morning than so I can question Millie about her ties to Sorel" Sonnyremarks as Carly stares at him; despite the fact he told her more than once to
stay out of his business
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"You won't be able to get any answers out of her boss. Millie's dead sir. Our guys found her body behind a dumpster near the pier. Do you uh want me to send one of the men to let Mike know about her death or will you be handing it boss?"
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Blinking hiseyes closed Sonny lets out a heavy sigh as yet another person died on hiswatch. He wasn't sure if Millie was working for Sorel or not but if she was itdidn't matter. His baby sister or brother just died because he wasn't carful;just like Carly's father died a month ago at the hands of his enemy.
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"Boss?" Benny calls out to him since he didn'tanswer him
"I'll handle it Benny." Sonny remarks beforehanging up the phone.
"Are you alright?" Carly questions since shecould tell he was upset from whatever news he received over the phone.
"I'm fine" Sonny remarks softly knowing hecouldn't tell Carly that he let someone else die on his watch. He had promisedher what happened to her father would never happen again and he had lied to herand to himself yet again. Maybe Carly was right to begin with maybe their babywould have been better off without him forcing his way into his or her life.
With a frownacross her face Carly watches Sonny make his way towards the bathroom. As the bathroomdoor shuts behind him Carly silently wonders what the hell Benny told Sonnyover the phone since his whole demeanor had changed. A few moments later she hears the shower turnon. Placing her hand over her stomach Carly softly utters out "I wonder what's got daddy so upset"
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Hearing the bathroomdoor being opened Carly removes her eyes from off the computer screen and ontoSonny as he walks out wearing only a towel wrapped around his hips. Chewing onher lower lip as she takes in his beauty Sonny tells her…
"I have to handle something but if you need anything the guard will be at the door and you can reach me on my cellphone"
"Does it have to do with that phone call that got you so upset?" Carly questions
"I'm not upset. I told you I was fine and that phone call doesn't concern you" Sonny states as he grabs one of his suitsthat was hanging in his closet before walking back into the bathroom to change.
As the doorshuts behind Sonny, Carly lets out a heavy sigh as she silently wishes he wouldjust confide in her about his problems. Sure Sonny was the father of her unbornchild so she didn't want to see him get hurt and she tried to tell herselfthat's the only reason why she cared but she knew that it wasn't true. Shecared about Sonny for some reason despite the fact he took her against her willand made her live with him in Port Charles. She didn't know why but she
couldn't help but come to his defense regardless at how mad she was at him.There was just something about him that got to her. When she first saved him atthe Oceanfront and pulled him onto the shore she felt a tug towards the man shenever knew and that tug she felt just kept getting stronger.
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He arrivedabout a half an hour ago in front of the apartment Millie used to live in buthe still couldn't make himself get out of his car yet. He was pretty sure thathis gut feeling about Millie was right until he found out from Benny that shewas dead. And now because he wasn't focused enough on keeping his family safehe had to face Mike and tell him that he had failed him. That because of himhis brother or sister was dead and so was the mother of his unborn child.
With a heavyheart Sonny finally opens the door to his car and heads towards the apartment.As he reaches the front door he glares at a junkie who was about to shoothimself up with drugs. The junkie probably realizes who he was even in hishazed state of mind and made a dash for it. Shaking his head Sonny opens theapartment door and heads down the hallway to give Mike the bad news aboutMillie.
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Meanwhileinside of Jason's penthouse Carly questions Jason who was sitting on his couchbeside her with a beer in his hands "Don't you even care Sonny was upset about whatever this Benny guy told him?"
"Sonny gets upset sometimes." Jason simplypoints out since Sonny getting upset with Benny or anyone else who worked forhim wasn't something new.
"I'm sorry Jase but I thought you were supposed to be his best friend. I thought you were supposed to give a shit that Sonny is out somewhere upset doing God knows what"
"I am his best friend and Sonny knows if he needs me all he has to do is call me and I'll do whatever he needs Carly. Look Sonny is the boss and sometimes he has to handle things on his own. He can handle himself just fine so you don't have to worry about him. In fact worrying about him is something he wouldn't want you to do with you being pregnant and all."
"Okay but this wasn't about business. Well I don't think it was. He said Mike's name and he also brought up that Sorel guy that I know you burnt down his property because he threaten my unborn child right?"
"Stay out of it Carly" Jason tells her.
"You sound just like Sonny! I have a right to know what's going on. Sonny moved me here against my will so the least he and you can do is include me in things, especially when it involves my own child."
"Nothing is going to happen to your baby. Sonny and I are going to do whatever it takes to keep you and the baby safe but you need to do your part too and not stress yourself out for nothing. You have to trust us Carly, you have to trust and have faith that Sonny has everything handled." Jason promises her; while wishing that Sonny will get back home soon togive Carly a peace of mind.
"Despite everything that has happened I do trust you and Sonny" Carly admits since she knew that Sonny would never let what happened toher father happen again.
"Good"
"But on one condition"
"What?" Jason questions
"Do you have any more chips?" Carly asks witha grin across her face.
"Sonny won't like it"
"Oh come on Jase. Sonny doesn't have to know. It will be our little secret and chips will melt any worries I have away. Chips are magical like that you know. They make all life problems seem so small"
"If it will calm you down I'll get you some"
"Thanks" Carly grins as Jason stands up from hisspot on the couch… "But this is our little secret." Jason goes on to say because he didn't want the grief from Sonny.
"You bet"
"I'll be back" Jason utters out before leavingwith the empty beer bottle in his hand.
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Opening thedoor Mike questions Sonny "What are you doing here?"
"Can I come in?"
"Like you let me into your home?" Mikequestions back
"Please"
Steppingaside Mike lets Sonny in as he shuts the door behind him, Mike asks "Any word yet on where Millie is?"
"Yeah. I got word about Millie which is why I'm here" Sonny states as he makes eye contact with Mike. "My men found her dead body by the pier Mike. I'm sorry."
"You're sorry?!" Mike screams out at Sonny fortelling him he's sorry since he was the cause of her death. Sonny was thereason why Millie took off so upset because he had falsely accused her ofworking for Sorel "THIS IS YOUR FAULT AND ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY IS I'M SORRY?!"
"I know it's my fault, and I'm truly sorry Mike. I should have placed a guard on her regardless if I thought she worked for Sorel or not"
"You're a bastard you know that!?" Mike shoutsout since he had pleaded for his forgiveness on more than one occasion andSonny could never find it in his heart to forgive him and now that he was the
reason why his baby sister or brother was dead he wanted him to forgive him! "Their blood is on your hands Michael and no apology will ever clean away the blood you have on your hands! Now get the fuck out of here!"
Nodding hishead Sonny walks out the door as Mike opens it for him. As Mike slams the doorshut behind him Sonny fights back his tears before walking down the hallway.
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Stepping offthe elevator Sonny frowns when he spots Jason by his penthouse door with Carlywho was sleeping in his arms.
"Hey" Jason whispers out to him.
"What are you doing?" Sonny asks softly as hemakes his way towards them.
"Carly fell asleep over at my place" Jasonexplains as Francis opens the penthouse door for them.
As Jasoncarries Carly inside the penthouse Sonny follows closely behind them whileasking him curiously since he had left Carly in their bedroom. "What was she doing over at your place?"
"She was worried about you" Jason explainsbefore heading towards the staircase to take Carly to bed.
WatchingJason as he disappeared out of sight apart of him couldn't help but feeljealous of the time Jason spent with Carly even if apparently Carly was worriedabout him. Needing a drink Sonny walks over to his mini bar to fix himself adrink.
Walking downthe staircase Jason spots Sonny standing by the window with a drink in hishand. Making his way over towards Sonny, Jason states "Carly said Benny called earlier and that you seemed upset about something"
"Millie's dead and it's my fault that my baby brother or sister died along with her" Sonny states before taking a sip from hisglass.
"Sorel?" Jason asks
"Who else Jason?" Sonny questions back
"I'm sorry. How do you want to handle Sorel?" Jasonquestions since he knew Sonny would rightfully want payback
"Sorel has to die" Sonny simply says in a coldtone of voice. He had made the same fucking mistake he made with Savage with Soreland because of his mistake his unborn baby brother or sister had to pay theprice for it. With a heavy heart Sonny confesses "I don't think I can do this Jason"
"Do what?" Jason frowns as Sonny glancestowards him
"Protect my family" Sonny sighs out heavily sinceeven with Sorel dead he will always have an enemy out there somewhere willingto come after him for what was his. It was the nature of his business thatsooner or later someone was going to come after you for more power since powermeant everything in the world he choose for himself.
"Sonny nothing is going to happen to Carly or the baby"
"You don't know that!" Sonny snaps out… "I can't have their blood on my hands too Jason. Do you understand me? I can't do it!" Exhaling sharply Sonny goes on to acknowledge "Carly was right all along. I should have let her raised the baby without me. Carly would have been better off raising our baby on her own."
"Sonny I understand you're upset right now but Carly wasn't right to lie to you about the pregnancy. Her lying put your child at risk and if someone had found out before we did about the pregnancy they would have used the baby against you, you know that. We can and we will protect them Sonny. People in the mob have
kids and they manage to keep them safe so we can do it too and we will" As Sonny blinks his eyes shut Jason goes onto say "Carly had faith in you to protect her and the baby. She told me earlier that she knows you will keep her and the baby safe Sonny. I also have faith that you will protect your family at any cost"
"What if the cost of my sins is to watch my family pay the price for my life choices? Sonny questions him back "Maybe losing my family to my world is the price that faith has in store for me as a way to punish me"
"They're not your punishment Sonny"
"I want to be alone right now" Sonny remarks
"Son-"
"I said go!" Sonny snaps out
"I'll be next door if you need me" Jason statesbefore walking away; hoping that Sonny won't tell Carly what he just told him.
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In thehallway Jason pulls out his cellphone from out of his jeans pocket and speeddials Benny's number. After a few rings he hears Benny's voice answer his phone. "Hey, it's me. Do we still have Millie's body?" WhenBenny confirms that their men hadn't gotten rid of the body yet Jason lets outa sigh of relief "Great. I want to you have our men send the body to the doc. I need him to tell me if Millie was pregnant before she died. Sonny had his doubts and I want to know if those doubts he had about her were right. Get back to me as soon as you hear the results and tell the doc I need the answers ASAP Benny because this can't wait"
Once Bennytells him he will get right on it Jason shoves his cellphone into his pocketand silently hopes that Sonny was right all along about Millie that way hisguilt won't eat him up and possibly lead him towards a breakdown. He's been
through Sonny's breakdowns before and he knew all too well they weren't prettyand right now wasn't the time for Sonny to have one of his breakdowns,especially with Carly being pregnant. He knew Carly was a tough lady but he
wasn't sure if she could handle Sonny during his breakdowns since as far as heknew he was the only one who could.
Glancingtowards Francis, Jason states "If you hear any glass breaking come and get me right away. And no visitors Francis, Sonny wants to be left alone. If someone needs anything you direct them towards me and I'll take care of it."
"I will" Francis nods his head as he wondersif the boss was heading for one of his breakdowns since Jason seemed worriedabout him.
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Walking intohis bedroom Sonny makes his way towards his bed where Carly was sleepingunderneath the sheets. Sitting himself down on the edge of his side of the bedSonny softly whispers out "I'm sorry Carly. I'm sorry I ever dragged you into my world. You and especially our child shouldn't have to pay for my sins and I won't let that happen. I won't let anyone use you and our child as a weapon against me."
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Well that'sall for now. I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter. As always all feedback iswelcomed and very much appreciated. I want to thank everyone who has given mefeedback on the previous chapters. It encourages me to write.
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