A/N: Sorry for the long absence between this post and the last. I've been really, really busy at work. I just celebrated my birthday, so hopefully, things will calm down now and I can get back to more regular posts again. I really like the idea of Sonny being the good guy that I know he CAN be….. so in my story, I'm going to turn him around and make it so.

Disclaimer: I still own nothing!

Chapter Twenty-Two

Sonny was sitting behind his desk working on some of the business dealings when Sam sauntered in. Looking up, surprised, "Sam, what are you doing here?"

"I was hoping you could tell me where Jaysin is, Sonny," she whined.

"Last I heard from him, he was taking a couple of days off to go riding, clear his head. Is there something you need?"

"Jaysin. Jaysin is what I need, Sonny. You need to call him, tell him he's needed for the business or something. Make it sound important."

"And, why would I do that? If Jason needs to clear his head, the last place I would want him is here and he knows that," Sonny tried to reason with the delusional woman.

"Jaysin knows that you would call him back if it were truly important, and that you would expect him to put his personal feelings aside and do what needs to be done. I just need to talk to him. I need to tell him I want to come home. I should be at our home by now. Now that the threat from Ric has been taken care of, I should be home."

"And you do realize, that if I were to call Jason and lie to him about the business that it would be my head on a platter when he found out that he was being manipulated and lied to?" Sonny asked her, incredulously.

"So-o-o-o-nnnnny," she said, attempting to sound sexy, but it only came out like whining, "I can make him forget all about that. But, I can't do anything unless I can get Jaysin in the same room with me. I'm losing him, to that lying, manipulative Elizabitch."

Exasperated, 'first Carly, now Sam, who did I piss off today?', "Sam, you just asked me to call and lie to Jason, yet you want to call Elizabeth," emphasizing his old friend's name, "lying and manipulative. Isn't that like the pot calling the kettle?"

Stamping her foot in frustration, "I can't, I won't lose Jaysin. He's MINE! We've been through too much together for it to just be over! I'm not giving Jaysin up, just because she got herself knocked up and now wants to play house with MY fiancé! I love him, Sonny! I don't know what I would do if I lost him! Please, you've got to help me! Please, do it for our daughter Lila. Jaysin and I can still have a chance at being a family, and this time, I'll have Jaysin's child!"

'Wow, how could I never see how crazy she is?' Sonny asked himself. He cannot believe she would try to use their dead daughter to guilt him into helping her. "I'm sorry, Sam. I'm not going to lie to Jason for you. If you are smart, you will give Jason the space he needs to figure this out on his own. He doesn't like anyone to dictate his actions, and I'm not going to help you do it."

Anger radiated off Sam in waves, "I'm not trying to dictate how Jason lives his life. I get his life. I fit his life. Not that pasty faced, goody-goody, home-wrecking nurse! Damn you, Sonny! Don't you want Jaysin to be happy?"

Sitting back, he ran a hand through his jet black wavy hair, "I do. And I've been thinking that maybe, for the first time in a long time, he will be."

"How can you say that, Sonny? You know how happy Jaysin and I were before I got shot and he decided to push me away! I can't believe you would take the side of that….that….that…..ARGHHHHHH…..bitch, over the mother of one of your children!"

"Stop it! Just stop it, Sam! Do NOT use our daughter against me! Look, all I'm saying is that I think if you don't back off and stop attacking Elizabeth, you are going to lose Jason once and for all."

"NO! NO, I am NOT giving up on Jaysin. He's MINE and he's going to stay mine!" Snatching her bag off the couch, she stormed out of Greystone Manor, slamming the front door behind her.

"MAX! Get in here!"

"Yeah, Boss?" the burly guard replied.

"Get someone tailing Sam. I don't know what she's up to, but whatever it is, it can't be good."

Max started to leave to make the arrangements. "Oh, and Max, get someone on Carly, too."

"Mrs. C? You want a tail for Mrs. C?" the guard asked, nervously.

"Yes, Max. Look, I know you have a huge crush on her, but Carly's planning something, and you don't need me to tell you, her plans don't usually go well. If she's planning on going after Elizabeth, there's no telling what Jason will do to her. Being his 'best friend' won't save her, not this time," he sighed.

"Yes sir, Boss."

Sitting back in his leather chair, Sonny stared out onto his terrace and tried to decide what, or how much, to tell Jason about two of the women in his life. For the first time, in quite a long time, Sonny thought about someone else's needs, other than his own. He would normally talk to Jason about what to do, but since this was about Jason, he wasn't sure that he was doing the right thing. Jason was his best friend, no, his brother. He owed it to the younger man, after everything the enforcer has done for him over the years, to be the friend and brother that he knew he needed to be.