The Oceanfront
Chapter 24
Walking down the hallway Sonny spots Carly sitting on the floor clutching a stuff animal in her hand as tearsstreams down her face. "What's wrong?" Sonnyasks as he makes his way closer towards her not understanding what could havepossibly have gotten her so upset.
With a deadly glare Carly screamsout "WHAT'S WRONG?! YOU KILLED MYBABY! THAT'S WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG!"
"What?! NO! I wouldn't kill our baby"
Standing up Carly screams out "But YOU did! You promised me you would keep MY baby safe! You BROKE your promise SONNY! Our baby is DEAD because you couldn't keep her SAFE from your enemies!"
"NO! There has to be some sort of mistake" Sonny utters out confused
"The only mistake I ever made was to trust you to protect my family!" Carly screams out
"I'm, I'm sorry Carly" Sonny mumblesout "I'm sorry, I'm soooooooooo sorry!" Sonny cries out as he tries to pull her into his embrace
"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!" Carly yells out as she shoves him away fromher and walks away from him.
"Carly! No! Come back! Carleee!"
"Sonny?" Carly calls out his name asshe lightly shakes him as he stirred in his sleep calling out her name tellingher to come back.
"Car-Car-lee?" Sonny mumbles out ashe blinks his eyes open as Carly turns on the lamp that was on her nightstand.
"Hey it's okay. You seemed to be having some sort of bad dream. You were moving around a lot in your sleep calling out my name telling me to come back." Carly tells him as Sonny sits up in bedlooking shaken.
"I'm uh… I'm sorry I woke you" Sonnysoftly says
"It's alright, are you alright though?"
"Yeah, it was just a dream. No big deal"
"Do you want to tell me what it was about?" Carlyquestions since he was calling out her name in a panic tone of voice.
"It was nothing. Its late you need your rest. Get some sleep" Sonny tells her as he gets out of bed andgrabs his robe that was on the chair by his bed as his heart beats rapidly.
"Where are you going?"
"Just going to make myself a snack I'm a little hungry. Go back to sleep you need your rest" Sonny utters outbefore practically running out of the room.
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Walking down the staircase Carlycalls out to Sonny who held a drink in his hand as he gazed out the window "I thought you said you were going to have a snack"
Glancing towards her Sonny remarks "I also told you to go back to bed"
"Since when do I listen to you?" Carlylaughs out which is met by Sonny'ssilence as he takes a sip of his drink. With a heavy sigh Carly makes her waytowards him "Sonny"
"I'm fine" Sonny tells her yetagain; wishing she would just go upstairs and leave him alone so he couldreflect on his dream.
"You don't look fine. I'm worried about you Sonny. I can see fear in your eyes which is normally not there"
"You shouldn't worry about me. Worry about our child instead"
"Our child is fine"
"For now" Sonny mumbles out since hewasn't sure he could keep her word about keeping their child safe from hisenemies.
"For now?" Carly asks with a scowl acrossher face wondering what the hell he meant by that
"Yes for now because if you don't get the rest you need our baby might not be fine for long, so just for once act like a responsible mother and get some sleep for our child's sake Carly!"
"I am a good mother" Carly defendsherself with tears in her eyes as she goes on to say in a chocked up voice "I was just trying to help you because I can see you're clearly upset. I just wanted to help you because you are the father of my child. But if you want to sulk here alone instead of taking my help than fine! I'm going!"
With a heavy sigh Sonny turns hisgaze back outside and takes a sip of his drink as he hears her walk away fromhim.
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Despite her best efforts to sleepCarly one had a few hours of sleep because her mind kept wondering back to
Sonny. She didn't know what was bothering him but she knew that it probably hadto do with the dream he had. She hated that Sonny didn't want to open up to herthe night before because she wanted to help him. As she walks down thestaircase wearing her robe Carly lets out a heavy sight when she doesn't seeSonny. "Sonny?" Carly calls out intothe empty room hoping he was in the kitchen. When she doesn't hear him respondback to her Carly makes her way towards the penthouse door. Opening thepenthouse door Carly is greeted by Max…
"Good morning Miss Benson"
"Call me Carly. Have you seen Sonny?"
"He left a few hours ago" Maxremarks
"Did he look alright when he left?"Carly asks in a concern tone of voice
"The boss will be fine" Max statessince he knew from experience the boss always managed to get through his dark
spells just fine; which was more he could say about the boss's glassware.
"I'm going to see Jason" Carlystates as she tries to walk past him only to be blocked in
"Jason isn't home right now" Maxinforms her which luckily for him and Jason, Sonny wasn't either since he had a
feeling the boss wouldn't like him or anyone else for that matter seeing hisfiancé in her robe.
"Great" Carly sighs out heavilybefore going on to inquire "Is Jason with Sonny?"
"No, Jason left before the boss did to deal with some business matters" Max tells her as the elevator dings open
"Sonny?" Carly calls out hoping itwas him
Making his way towards the openpenthouse door Jason questions "Is everything alright?"
"I'm worried about Sonny. He had a bad dream last night and picked a fight with me to get rid of me when I was just trying to help him. And when I woke up this morning there was no sign of Sonny" Carlyexplains.
"I tried to call you when the boss left but I got your voicemail" Max explains
"Yeah my battery died on me" Jasonsighs out heavily "I'll be back"
"Wait! Hold on Jase! I want to know what you know about what's bothering Sonny? Did he have a nightmare because of something real that is about to go down?"
"Everything will be alright Carly" Jasoncalls out to her before making his way back towards the elevator door since
their doctor had just confirmed that Sonny was right all along and that Milliewasn't even pregnant with Mike's child or any child for that matter.
"Do you want me to make you breakfast since you know the boss wouldn't want you cooking in his kitchen?" Maxquestions Carly who glares back at him before slamming the penthouse door inhis face.
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Meanwhile in an undisclosed locationSorel spits out blood as his legs gave out on him long ago as Sonny glares at
him after punching and kicking the hell out of him the last half hour or so.When he left his hotel room this morning he was taken off guard by Sonny andtwo of his men who had grabbed him and tossed him in the back of Sonny's limo
and took him to one of Sonny's safe houses. With an evil chuckle Sorel tellshim "Even if you get rid of me you're new found family will always be a target to someone. You can't and won't keep them safe from everyone. It's the price you have to pay for being a family man"
Pulling out his gun Sonny states "Maybe, but at least I can make sure you will never cause my family harm again" As hepulled the trigger and shoots Sorel in the head as he laid on the ground beatenfrom the beaten down he had given him before all he can hear was Sorel's lastwords that no matter what he does sooner or later someone would get to hischild and Carly; making his demise less satisfactory then he hoped it would be.
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Opening the penthouse door dressedin a pair of jeans and a red top with a white coat on Carly tells Max "Let's go"
"Go?" Max asks stunned
"Am I not allowed to leave now?" Carly questions back
"No, it's just that I didn't think you would want to leave since you were worried about the boss"
"You heard Jason everything will be just fine so why should I stay in that hell hole of a penthouse when I can be out shopping and having fun?!" Carly spats out annoyed before storming herway past him towards the elevator door.
Letting out a heavy sigh Max followsCarly inside the elevator.
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As Sonny watched his men pick upSorel's dead body Jason informs him "I was with the doc most of the night
and Millie was never pregnant Sonny. You were right all along Millie was working with Sorel. Stan even found the trail of funds that Sorel was paying Millie"
"Is that supposed to make me feel better Jason?" Sonny questions him as he hands his gun that he shot Sorel with toRolando
Frowning Jason tells him "Yeah, you were right all along you didn't fail Mike, Sonny. Mike was being played by Millie so Millie's death is on her and not you and once we show Mike the proof that you were right he will realize his mistake"
"FORGET MIKE!" Sonny screams outwhich causes his men the briefly look towards him before going back to work on
cleaning up the mess and hiding all traces of Sorel's death. "It still doesn't change the fact that my family is at risk because of me!"
Watching Sonny as he storms offJason lets out a heavy sigh before running after him.
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At the mall Max struggles to holdall of Carly's bags as she made her way through store to store shopping like a
mad woman. He had never in his life seen a woman shop so much in such littletime. She was hitting each store like a hurricane and he had a hard timekeeping up with her. "Hey Car-lee maybe you should sit down on that bench
over there and take a break" Max callsout to Carly
"I'm feeling perfectly fine Max. Ifcarrying the bags are too much for you then there is a solution to your problemjust let me carry some"
"The boss wouldn't like that" Maxtells her yet again.
"What else is new? Sonny hates everything that he doesn't get to dictate" grinningas they come across a doughnut shop Carly calls out to Max "Maybe a little break wouldn't be so bad after all"
"Doughnuts? But you had two turnovers at Kelly's earlier"
"So?"
"Well I don't think the boss would like you having too many sweets Carly because of your, you know…. condition"
"I don't have a condition Max I'm just pregnant. And like I said to you five seconds ago Sonny hates everything I do so I might as well enjoy myself while he's not around"
"But-"
"I'm having a doughnut Max and I wouldn't try to fight me on this if I were you" Carly remarks as she makes herway into the line to order her doughnut
Letting out a heavy sigh Maxsilently envies Johnny for not being stuck on Carly duty. Sure being stuck at
the warehouse was boring but it was far less nerve racking since it seemedCarly was going out of her way to get the boss upset which would fall on hisback since he is her guard.
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Riding in the limo with Sonny afterhanding his Bike keys to Rolando Jason questions Sonny who was staring out his
window "So what's the plan Sonny? Are you really going to leave your family after what Mike did to you as a child?"
Removing his gaze from lookingoutside the limo's window and onto Jason, Sonny tells him with a clench jaw "I
am NOT like Mike, and don't you ever fucking compare me to him ever again! What Mike didto me isn't the same thing! Mike wasn't in the mob! He could have been there for me and my mother!"
"You can be there for that baby girl or boy you're about to have. IF you push Carly away now and deny your kid it's a choice you're going to make that I know you will regret down the road!"
"I CANT HAVE THEIR BLOOD ON MY HANDS! I WON'T JASON!" Sonny screams out at the top of his lungs; furious that Jason wastrying to compare him to Mike when the situations are completely different. And
it's not like he wants to abandon his child or Carly but he would rather themlive without him than for him to watch them die because of his choices.
"We can keep them safe Sonny"
"You and I both know that'sBULLSHIT!"
"People know that Carly is pregnant with your child Sonny" Jason points out trying to reason with Sonnybefore he got face to face with Carly since Carly was just starting to comearound and IF Sonny pushed her away now he would probably lose his familyforever.
"So we will make it known to everyone that Carly lied and it turns out the kid isn't mine just like she originally planned to do"
"Sonny people can still find out that kids yours especially if the kid has your looks when he or she is born."
"I'm not the only Latino person Jason" Sonnyspats out
"Okay so let's say we convince people the baby isn't yours are you really willing to let another man raise your kid, and knowing Carly she will probably end up with some loser or worse someone like Deke"
"SHUT UP! Carly would NEVER be with a guy like Deke!" Sonnyshoutsout as he balls his handsinto fists by his side.
"I'm sure people didn't think your mom would have ended up with a person like Deke too but even if she doesn't do you really want to see her and some random guy raise your kid?"
"What the hell am I supposed to do Jason? I'm trying to be noble for once. I'm trying not to be selfish and do what's best for my family. I can't watch my family die because of my sins. IF something happens to my family because of me Jason I won't be able to survive. Do you understand?! I won't survive having their blood on my hands!"
"You're supposed to do everything you can to protect them which is not sending them away and leaving them open to your enemies." Jason tells him "You were right to bring Carly with you back to Port Charles before our enemies discovered the truth. The baby and Carly are safer with you than without you."
"I don't know about that" Sonnymumbles out as he glances back out the window.
"They are" Jason tells him "Trust me and trust yourself. We can keep them safe together Sonny. Don't push Carly and that baby out of your life Sonny." Jason goes on to plead with him
"I don't know what I'm going to do"Sonny sighs out heavily since he really wasn't sure anymore what the right
thing to do for his family.
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"You know for someone who was so against me eating a damn doughnut you sure partook in the eating of the doughnuts more so than I did I might add" Carly notes as she closes the empty box ofdoughnuts that was on the table in front of her.
"I'm not pregnant with the boss's baby" Max points out; he also ate some so Carly wouldn't eat the six pack of
doughnuts herself in one sitting. Pushingthe carton of milk he order for Carly he goes on to tell her "Which means you need to drink the rest of the milk up"
"I'm full now" Carly remarks as shestands up from her seat
"Come on we had a deal"
"I made so such deal when you ordered the milk. I said I would take some I never said I would drink it all. Now let's go because I have more shopping to do"
"More?!" Max questions with a heavysigh since he just got rid of Carly's shopping bags by calling Milo to put
Carly's shopping bags into the back of the limo.
"Oh honey we're going to be here all day" Carly grins since for the first time in her life she had more money in
her bank account then she ever dreamt possible and she was going to enjoyspending every penny of it.
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Walking off the elevator Sonnyfrowns as he demands angrily "Where the hell is Max?! He was supposed to be
at the door guarding Carly!"
"I'm sure everything is fine Sonny. Carly probably just decided to go out since she hasn't really left the penthouse since she arrived in Port Charles."
"I want her home Jason where's she safe!" Sonny yells out as he pulls out his cellphone
"Sonny she's fine. Max is watching over her. Sorel has been taken care of and our guys are watching Sorel's men in case one of them decides to take Sorel's place which I doubt since without Sorel they are nothing but common street drug pushers. If you demand for Carly to come home she's going to know something is up. She was already questioning me this morning about you. She's worried about you Sonny and her worrying over you isn't good for the baby. Just let Carly do whatever she's doing right now and try to get some rest"
"I'm not tired" Sonny spats out tohim as he pulls out his keys to unlock the penthouse door. Besides he wasn't in
the mood at risking having another nightmare again. He much rather drink rightnow than to see Carly's face in his dreams again yelling at him that it was hisfault their baby was dead.
As Sonny opens the penthouse doorJason lets out a heavy sigh before walking inside the penthouse behind Sonny.
Watching Sonny as he makes his way towards the mini bar Jason shuts thepenthouse door closed behind him as he comments "It's early to be drinking"
"I don't need to answer to you or anyone else! If I want a fucking drink I will have one! And I don't need a fucking babysitter either so get the hell out!" As Jason walks over to his couch and plops himself down on it Sonnygoes on to shout out "HEY I TOLD YOU TO GET OUT!"
"I heard you the first time but I'm still staying"
Shaking his head Sonny lets out aheavy sigh as he pours himself a much needed drink.
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Taking a hold of Carly's armpreventing her from entering the store Max states "We can't go in there"
"And why not?" Carly questions backas she removes her arm away from his grasp
"Well that's uh…that's a lady's store"Max points out softly
"It's just bras and panties" Carlylaughs out
"Don't you have some at home?" Maxquestions back since he felt uncomfortable going inside an underwear shop sincehe knew the second he enters the store all eyes would be on him as women boughttheir undergarments. Not much scared him but going into store likes that putthe fear of God into him.
"There's nothing to be scared of its just lacy underwear Max" Carly smiles brightly at him
"I'm not scared….Hey look there's a pet store over there. How about we look at the cute puppies and kittens instead?"
"I'm going inside now you don't have to come in with me but if you don't I don't think your boss will be too happy with you" Carly points out.
Letting out a heavy sigh Max isabout to reluctantly follow Carly inside the store when they both hear someone
calling out her name
"Carly! Hey!"
Turning around, Carly frowns as shecalls out his name shocked that he was in Port Charles "Dan?!"
Walking up to her Dan ignores theglare across Max's face as he asks her "How are you?"
"I'm fine, but what are you doing here?"
"I was just about to buy myself some extra shirts and pants since I didn't pack enough for my trip when I spotted you about to enter this store" Dan explains as his eyes roam up and downCarly's body searching for any signs that Sonny had physically put his hands onher.
"You have business here in Port Charles?"
"Actually I'm here because of you"
"Me?" Carly asks confused as Maxcontinues to glare at him
"I'm worried about you Carly" Dantells her as he ignores the death glare coming from Sonny's goon
"I told Lenny that Sonny would never hurt me. That cop Taggert is wrong about Sonny"
"No he isn't! Wake up Carly! Sonny Corinthos is a mob boss and sooner or later he will hurt you and your unborn child!"
"You need to leave" Max tells Dan ina stern tone of voice
"Stay out of this Max!"
"I'm sorry but I can't. It's my job to protect you"
"She doesn't need protecting from me she needs protecting from you and your boss and everything he represents!" Takinga hold of Carly's hand Dan tells her "You don't have to be afraid Carly. I won't let Sonny or his guards hurt you. We're in a public place so we can just leave together and there is nothing that hoodlum can do to stop us since we have witnesses everywhere"
Removing her hand away from his asMax steps in between them Carly states "Dan I understand that you're
worried about me but I'm truly am fine. I'm not staying with Sonny out of fear. Please just go back home"
"You heard her, now leave" Max spatsout annoyed since he knew the boss was going to be mad as hell when he finds
out about this and of course the boss was probably going to take out some ofthat anger out on him.
"Carly come with me" Dan pleads withher as he tries to walk around Max but gets block from him getting closer to
Carly.
"Is everything alright here?" themall security guard questions
"Everything is fine. Max come on lets go home"
"Carly don't leave with him!"
"Goodbye Dan and have a safe trip back home" Carly utters out as she walks away with Max as the mall security guardgazes at Dan.
As Dan is about to go after Carlythe mall security guard utters out "I'm going to have to ask you to walk
the other way and let the woman and man leave in peace."
"She's in danger from a mob boss!"Dan shouts out
"She said she was fine but if you're worried about her welfare maybe you should talk to someone at the PCPD"
"The PCPD is as useless as you are!"Dan huffs out before storming away from the guard.
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A little while later Dan slams hishotel room door shut Dan pulls out his cellphone from out of his pants pockets.
Speed dialing Lenny's number Dan utters out into his cellphone once he hearshis son answer the phone "It's your father. I saw Carly today and I think she's in way more trouble than we both thought she's in. She told me she was fine but I could see the fear in her eyes son. I have an idea to save her Lenny but it's a little extreme…yeah well I think it's the only way to ensure her safety son…my plan? My plan is to take Carly away from Sonny's Corinthos grasp and make him believe she's dead that way she can raise her baby someplace safe without Sonny being the wiser."
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Well that's all for now. I hope everyone enjoyed reading this chapter. I want to thank everyone who has given me feedback on my previous chapters. It encourages me to write more.
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