Switching Places
Chapter 80
Brenda walked down the hall to see Carly talking to that doctor from the night before. When she came towards her, she could not help resenting that Carly was the one in charge of Sonny's health. "What did he say?"
"I was correct. Sonny is in a dream state. They are looking for ways to bring him out of it without harming him mentally. The longer he is like this, the less of a chance he will wake up. Listen, I told Dr. Drake to inform you of any updates."
Carly had taken charge of Sonny only because of the past, part of her would NEVER forget that he got Michael shot while showing off for Kate Howard. "I talked to Bernie; he is shutting the restaurant down for a week."
"I heard he got some chef to come in after that." She told the blond, wanting to make sure she understood that she was keeping up on things as well.
"Look, I have to run. Michael has his first little league game today. If you need anything, just call Mike at Kelly's or my mother." She said before heading out, concerned she was already late.
Brenda was stunned, Carly was acting as if life just moved on, Sonny was in a coma but she just went to a baseball game. How could she?
Taking out her phone, she called Robin to talk to her friend, needing the comfort of a caring voice. "Hey."
After ten minutes of venting, she told her. "You mom is looking into something for me. Something Sonny said. I wish your boss had let you come with me. I still can't believe I haven't seen Jason more than once, Sonny is his best friend, yet he can't be bothered to be here."
Johnny returned from his walk to see Georgie sitting on his bumper. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
"No, but I really don't have a choice." He replied. Though they had spent the morning at the range together, Johnny was well aware that Georgie did not like guns. She had shot rounds twice, accurately but with interest. Instead she had been entertained by Francis' training regimen that had included fireworks in the next room and other distractions as he fired.
"Is Jason forcing you to come to work for him?" She asked surprised.
"No, I get the idea he doesn't want me there, but this is to protect me. From what is going on." He finished lamely, hating he was keeping even more secrets from her.
"Your dad, well, it could be worse, he could be out of the hospital and wandering around." She told him. "DO we have time for breakfast?"
Elizabeth was suffering from separation anxiety. The last time she had left her daughter with someone other than her father, a bomb had almost got to their penthouse. Taking a deep breath she forced herself to enter the hospital to work her first shift as a nurse practitioner.
"Mrs. Morgan, a moment of your time please." Turning she saw the same annoying reporter who had been trying to get their opinion on the mess at ELQ for days.
Continuing walking, she could hear when Milo informed the man he was too close, the reporter kept insisting the public had a right to know since ELQ was a large local employer.
When she went to her locker and started to change into her scrubs, she realized she now had a white lab coat hanging there. Seeing a package with her name of it, she smiled when she saw it had her grandmother's handwriting.
"Dear, I know that you bought one, but I thought this one would make you understand how proud I am of you. Not just for the medical degree, but everything else as well." It was signed Grams.
Elizabeth opened it up and saw the stethoscope with the initials SEH and knew it had been her grandfather's. Placing on her lab coat, she carefully wrapped it around her neck. "Thanks grams." I need that. She thought as she walked out the door and down to the ER.
Seeing Steven working there she asked why he wasn't on the fifth floor.
"Drake is meeting with Tony Jones; I was just covering for Jones down here."
"Great so I get to deal with the sure to be miserable because his ego was popped Tony Jones."
"Yup, I see you got gram's gift.' he said picking up the ear buds and placing them in her ears. Taking the other end, he placed it against his heart and joked "Can you hear the stillness of my beating heart?"
"Jerk, now give me that, before you get me in trouble with Epiphany." she hissed at her annoying brother.
"Elizabeth, you don't work for her anymore, remember? You don't have to scared of the woman." He teased.
"Dr. Webber, since when did that ever stop you from jumping at my orders." Said the large woman from behind him. "Welcome back, Mrs. Morgan. Dr. Drake has been looking to meet you."
Elizabeth recalled what Steven had once said about the playboy doctor and said "Milo, the first time he flirts with me, shoot him."
"You might not want to do that." Said Epiphany from her side of the hub. "I think Dr. Drake flirts with anything that looks good in a skirt. He would be dead within minutes." Winking as she walked away, she tossed one more remark at Elizabeth. "He asked Dr. Quartermaine to run off with him. I believe told him she would consider it, but that she would have to murder her husband first."
"You think we should let Jason know, I mean this is Monica and Alan, it wouldn't be the first time..." he joked trailing off. Said Steven laughing.
"That is my mother in law you are talking about." She scolded. "Besides, I have seen pictures of the Drs Drake; Patrick has nothing on his father so if Monica didn't run away with Noah, my guess is she won't with his son."
Elizabeth was soon in the middle of her busy day, but she was grateful when she realized her brother and Epiphany had been down here to help ease her past her nerves and into her job without being obvious about it. She mentally thanked them as she dealt with her fourth kid of the morning. As she handed the kid a tube of sunscreen she sighed when this one informed her he had done it on purpose. Hadn't these kids ever heard of skin cancer? At least the ones earlier had been protected from that if not the road rash from skateboards, injured knees and one fat lip as the result of a tennis racket.
Jason was not ready to take this meeting but he had to have it. When the elderly man walked in, he calmly greeted Mr. Canto and offered him a seat.
"Good, I like this. Here at the office, no pictures of your family that can be seen. You will do well. You protect your own." He was told by the gentleman who told his caretakers to wait outside. "Where is that absolutely divine red head that I have been dealing with?'
"Diane is in New York City. However my other attorney Alexis Davis is coming over."
"Is that wise?" He asked the young mobster, a little disappointed in him.
"I figured you deserved to meet her. She has no idea who he is, but I don't think that will hold for long."
"True, from all reports she is a very smart and driven woman. After her past who can blame her though." So maybe this was a compromise, he went back up in his estimation.
Alexis entered and was introduced quickly as Canto's attorney soon joined them. "Now once I sign these papers, you are to protect this boy. Also to find his sister. Here is what I know. Trevor Lansing was hired to make a child disappear by Helena Cassidine. That would be your child, Ms Davis. He did that to get a start for a power base."
"How are you involved sir?" She asked suspiciously.
"I'm not. I just came across the proof while trying to protect my grandson, John. Now as to his sister, Trevor took her away from Maria. He wanted her under his control mentally as well as physically. What you don't know is her actual age or where she is now. What I can tell you is that she is almost four years old. Her name is Catherine Rose."
"Where is she?"
"I have no idea, but I do have some leads. A woman you might know was keeping the child." He said passing over the picture. "She had the kid for almost two years."
"Who is she?" Asked Alexis.
"Heather Webber." Said Jason to her surprise. "She is Steven Webber's mother and my distant cousin. How did she end up with the little girl?"
"Ms. Webber knows a lot about the black market and children; she sold her own son. The other lead is that she had this little girl two years ago, but since been committed to a mental health facility. We have no current location on the little one."
"Mr. Canto, when are you leaving for retirement?" Asked Jason. "Do you need anything?"
"No, I do appreciate the offer, but I am very well set up. Your organization has some enemies to deal with; the problems unfortunately aren't of your own making. Mr. Corinthos was hard headed and foolish, you have been moving in the right direction, but your enemies are taking notice."
"They won't leave you alone, until they are certain they will lose. Plus the overseas operations haven't heard of you, so they have no idea how strong you are. This will eliminate their attempts for the most part. Use your new power wisely and it will keep your family and you safe." He said before offering his hand to shake.
"Thank you." Said Jason before escorting him to his car. Watching as the old-fashioned limo drove away, he breathed a sigh of relief. One very large chunk had been taken out of the wall between him and his family living safely and happily. Next was dealing with the last remnants of Sonny's old enemies.
Elizabeth was stitching up a police officer when Mac entered the curtained room with another officer. "Officer Cruz are you okay?"
"Yes, sir. Is it okay if I head up to check on my partner?"
"Officer Tompkins is still in surgery. Mac, the drunk is in the morgue." Said Elizabeth. "We took a blood alcohol kit and sent it to the lab."
"Thanks, Elizabeth. Cruz, I need you to talk to either of the detectives so that we can write up this report quickly. I will check on your partner you head to the station."
Mac turned to Brian Beck and suggested he track down the lab sample, when Elizabeth offered to show him the way. "Your officer was my last patient for the day, so I am on my way up there to drop off my paperwork."
"Thanks Elizabeth. Brian, this is Elizabeth Morgan. She will show you the way." He said before heading out to talk to the wife of his downed officer.
Milo discreetly followed Elizabeth as she led the blond officer up to the lab. "Thank you. Look, I know this is going to sound a little impetuous, but will you have dinner with me tonight. Not even a date really, just dinner. I don't know that many people here."
"Officer, I'm sorry. I should mention I'm married. I don't think you anyone has told you, but I'm Jason Morgan's wife." She said before leaving the stunned man standing alone in the hall.
All he could think was too bad; she was gorgeous and hadn't been wearing a wedding ring. He had heard the last name but hadn't connected it to the mobster. Oh, well. He was sure there were lots of other friendly people to meet here. In fact his new landlord had a single daughter according to gossip. With two kids, it would be good to meet someone calm and stable and the mother of two boys could be nothing else.
Elizabeth stopped to talk to Monica about the surgery and promised not to tell anyone. Not that she had to, AJ and Jason knew along with Emily. So far they had kept it quiet, but it would not remain that way for long.
"So how is my granddaughter doing?" Asked Monica as she took the offered cell phone with pictures. "She is so pretty. She has Jason wrapped around her finger already."
"We are worried about her getting spoiled, but it is hard to not want to hold her." Admitted Elizabeth.
Jason waited for Johnny to return he had called to let him know they were on their way back from the city. That he had found some stuff out, like why Olivia had disappeared so quickly. Jason wasn't sure he wanted to know, the woman had left to keep Sonny out of his child's life. He could understand in a way, from the things that Carly had told him, he knew that he would want to keep the other Sonny out of any child's life.
Seeing Max entered he said "Well did you get it?"
"Here it is, stupid Luke Spencer, something distracted him and he lost her. Zander is going to keep on it, but we are stymied for now."
"Great, so what do you have on the kid?' Jason couldn't wait for Spencer to return, so that his men could actually deal with the woman when they caught her.
"Heather Webber was released two days before the robbery from the same place that Spencer's wife is. She lost custody of the kid, so we have to go through the government. This in not good."
"Find a way around it." He told the man. "Get Stan on it, wait, he is busy trying to reconstruct the computer system. Did they find out who this hacker is?"
"No, but I do have an idea. He calls himself the assassin of the Internet." Said Stan as he joined them. "We are back up and running, but I hired two people to do data input on the computers. They start at the office tomorrow."
"Good, I can't wait to get this done. Where is Francis?"
"Here, sorry about that. Milo called to let me know Elizabeth was headed to the penthouse. I will update them on my part, go ahead." He soon realized he was talking to air as Jason rushed from the room.
Entering the penthouse, Jason rushed up the stair to change. Seeing Elizabeth in the shower he debated as to whether or not he had time to join her. Looking at the clock, he chuckled, it would have to be quick, but he did have time. Removing the box with their cleaned rings, he gave himself a mental reminder to return them to her before joining her in the bathroom.
As they were dressing later, Elizabeth was looking at her rings and laughing as she told him that a cop had asked her out.
"What?" He asked as he tripped over his pants leg while dressing.
"Seriously, some new cop asked me out today." She said still laughing about it. "He was nice, but so not my type."
"So, Mrs. Morgan, just what is your type?" He asked after finishing pulling on his jean.
"Stunning blue eyes, an incredible smile, he has to sleep in this penthouse and drive a motorcycle, I hate to be picky but he also has to be the father of my child." She told him.
"Do I qualify?" He asked encircling her waist with his arms.
Pretending to think on it, she said "Sort of, the motorcycle thing, is a bit suspect."
Laughing he said "Blame that on Johnny, he trashed the transmission on your favorite bike."
John O'Brien had always thought of himself as a ladies man, but after the last two days, he would rather not spend anytime with the opposite sex. Dropping Diane and her luggage plus the plethora of shopping bags off, he swore off women for at least a year.
Charity or no charity he was strangling his bosses wife. Things had been fine, until the afternoon show, then next thing he knew he was getting felt up by a woman old enough to be his mother. Then offered an astonishing amount of money to sleep with her.
At his offended look, she had suggested doing so without the cash incentive. When he had been even more upset, she had screeched at him until they had been asked to leave. Apparently you didn't offend the aging wife of the up and coming fashion designer to leave her twenty five year old husband's show, not even when she proposition the guests.
Seeing Francis he considered hitting him, but said instead. "You are so buying the beer."
"What did you learn?" Asked Max. He kind of liked Miss Miller but was well aware she was way above dating a guard.
"Kate got Olivia and Dante away using Warren James jet. Add it to Stan's list. She was also the second connection between Sonny and Trevor. She was his ex-girlfriend; Sonny dumped her cousin to date her. They were planning on running away together but she got cold feet and rushed off to Princeton, where she meet Trevor. Who at the time helped her lose her identity as Connie and become Kate."
"She told you all this?" Said Max.
"Yes, but I had to get into her place and drug her."
"How did you accomplish that?" Asked Max he had scouted the building before the last breaking and entering for Johnny. Pure luck had gotten him in that time.
"Cunning, actually I just flirted and she took me home."
"I can't believe you had sex with one of Sonny's exes."
"Why not, he never did. That was one of her confessions. She had doubts so she ran. Okay, now on to the serious stuff. She knew more than she realized about Trevor and Anthony Zachara. Trevor wanted her taken out because of it. Trevor was in contract with this Claudia, we DO NOT want her to come here. I can't figure out why she would work for him after what he did."
"I heard from Lorenzo Alcazar." Said a disgusted Francis.
"She is trouble, but not only that, she has contacts. The type connected to guns and explosives in the Balkans. She gave Trevor the name for the Cassidine woman."
"Jason will kill her for that alone."
"We can't let him. She is too public. Her uncle is tied in tight with the Sicilians, the Chinese and the Russians. We have to sit on this for now."
"The Russians are connected to Helena we know that." Said Max.
"Yes, but the girl is too eager to take back what she sees as family territory. She is going to come after it, if the truth gets out. Right now she is biding her time, waiting until she has some sort of leverage against her brother."
"Jason wants us to deal with Frank Smith's daughter and we have some other old loose ends to deal with. He is worried they could come back and bite us." Said Francis. "First is Smith's remnants."
"I know where she is. Do you want to come with me?" He asked Francis.
"No, I am in charge for the rest of the afternoon you deal with Jennifer. Jason and Elizabeth are spending the day doing something with Lia and his sister."
The sun was setting when Georgie and Johnny wandered down to the Elm Street pier. Seeing the large white yacht floating by, Georgie saw someone watching them, so she waved. Only to have the horn sound back. "I wonder whose boat that is?"
"The name is Italian, Wind Seeker. Strange name for a motor yacht." He said as he once again reminded himself to keep his hand to himself. No touching because touching made his body ache even worse for things she was still too young for.
Georgie had seen the hand reach out than pull back. She sighed, wondering how to accomplish her goal. She wanted him, and knew it had to happen soon or she would combust from the heat that was flowing through her.
"I should head home." She said. "Come with me."
"No, your father would not like that, and you know it." He said gently.
Pulling out her phone, she called and let Alexis know she wouldn't be home for dinner. Turning to Johnny she tossed him the car keys and said "Let's go for a drive."
Emily sighed as the wind hit her face while they floated around the harbor. "Elizabeth, this is great. Why haven't we done this before." She asked with a laugh.
"We were waiting for warmer weather. Now Lia can enjoy it as well." She said looking into the bassinet that was next to her. Their little girl loved the water.
Anna read the file and knew she couldn't tell Brenda this. Thanking her contract she turned to her husband and said "I have to take care of this at the office. Don't wait up."
Once there, she reached out to an old friend who assured her that she needed to keep most of it quiet. "You can tell her about this Olivia woman and the same thing for this Connie. That is all. From what I read she won't get much closer than that without assistance. We can make this disappear from here."
Calling Brenda, she gave her the information, then apologized saying that Olivia had fled after a trip to Port Charles and Connie had been gone for years.
"Thanks Anna." She said dejected. So Sonny was recalling some woman from his past. That shouldn't bother her, she knew there were plenty of women before her. Thinking on it, she knew it was the kid that truly bothered her. Sonny had a twenty one-year-old son, and had never even mentioned it to her.
As they took care of the lose ends that Sonny had left slide past, Johnny and Marco were talking about the hunt for Helena. "I think if we find this Claudia, we do her in along with Helena. We just make sure it looks like it was an accident."
"It might take spending time in Italy, and Taggert is currently bird-dogging them for Homeland Security." Said Johnny.
"Maybe we should use that. Get her for violating some part of the treason act. Then they can use that stupid Patriot Act to take her out."
Jason was watching from the stern as Elizabeth and Emily talked and looked up at him. Smiling he joined his wife and said "So what has you two so interested?"
"We were talking about being worried about Lia being spoiled. That we need to add a little sister or brother in a few years." She said still amused by the idea. "I told her that we would keep practicing to make sure that happened sooner rather than later."
"Now stop that." Said Emily as the two of them heated up the water around them while staring at one another.
When the large boat was docking, Patrick Drake was watching from the docks. Calling out he said "Beautiful boat, but it's not far that one man gets two beautiful females with him."
"Three." Said Emily as they walked off the boat, "Hello, Dr. Drake, what are you doing out here?"
"Needed a few minutes to clear my head. So who is your beautiful companion?" He asked as Elizabeth walked off the boat carrying some sort of brightly colored beach bag with ducks on it.
"My best friend, Elizabeth Morgan." She said then laughed when the man started to smile slowly at the hot looking woman. She was certainly something else in that sweet looking one-piece bathing suit and wrap.
"So, Elizabeth, how about dinner?"
"Thanks, you can arrange to have it delivered to my penthouse." Said Elizabeth. "My husband prefers the number seven no onions from Kelly's, but I prefer the number three with chili cheese fries."
Patrick sighed in disappointment, then saw the man standing on the gangplank with a baby. "So which of you is the mother of the little one?"
"I am, don't worry about bringing anything from Kelly's for Lia, she still eats baby food." She said joking with the doctor.
"Where do I go to find a single woman around here?" he complained while joking with them.
"Try Courtland Street, I think they take Visa now." Said Jason as he handed their daughter to Elizabeth, and turned to glare at the doctor Carly insisted was necessary for Sonny now and who would be one day operating on him to get rid of the aneurysm.
Heather was talking to her probation officer who was checking up on her again. As soon as the man left, she went to check on her guest in the hidden room. Telling the blond, she would take her home to her husband soon, she went to get some dinner for them.
Walking out she found herself ordered to be quiet and then the second guy went into the room and saw the women being held. "It's not Laura, Luke."
"I want to know where my wife is, Heather."
"Too bad, I have no idea." She said with a slight smile. "I thought the woman inside was your wife."
"You know better. Now one more time, where is my wife?"
"Like I said." She left it at that.
"Fine, I heard through the grapevine that Jason Quartermaine is looking for you. I think I will take him a peace offering." He said then turning to Roy said "Get the van, we will take them both. As for the blond, I have no idea who she is."
Jason took the call as soon as they had settled in on the sofa, "Tell Spencer that I will see him in the morning. Then deal with the next group."
Walking back in, he took the book and started to read while watching as the earlier sun and sea knocked out his wife and daughter. Picking up Lia, he carried her to her room then brought back down the monitor before going back to reading.
Brenda hung up the phone; Robin had known nothing about Sonny having a kid. "Are you sure he knew?"
"Yes, I think he was keeping it from me." She told her friend brokenly. "When he wakes up, it's over between us. I can't keep doing this."
"Come home, Brenda. I will be waiting." Said Robin. She had been getting disregarded for months back home. The letters still came but the tone had changed. Even Georgie seemed more interested in what was happening at home then what was going on in her life anymore.
Sonny had taken to calling less frequently and made it clear when he did that Jason was not going to be a topic of conversation. Too bad, or he would have heard how she was so over the man who betrayed their love by taking a second class version of herself for a wife.
Johnny called the number he had for Maria. Getting an answer, she agreed to come there and listen to what he had to say. "Thanks, I think this will help us find my little sister."
Once done, he went to the paper and looked for a place to live. He couldn't keep staying at Elizabeth's studio, he knew that it was interfering in her painting no matter what she protested.
The next month flew quickly, Lila had her surgery and Edward only learned of it afterwards. He had been hurt but had understood once she was well enough to explain. AJ had called Skye and she had wanted to fly home but understood she couldn't and still keep Edward in the dark. The press was still nipping at their heels for the debacle of the turnover thanks to Tracy's little fit.
Johnny and Francis continued to take care of all of Sonny's old enemies and mistakes so as to protect the future. Even Angel Boris had been brought to the attention of the FBI. Mac had looked good in their eyes when he found her at her old cottage. Jordan had been assigned her defense and had gotten the woman time in a padded cell but far away so as to protect her from any of her father's old associates.
Georgie found herself helping Diego who was working now at Kelly's as a busboy. He soon learned that flirting with her did no good so he had taken to trying to get in good so that she could introduce him to the hotties she hung around with. She knew enough to be wary after all there had to be a reason he had been in the same class as Lulu Spencer.
Carly was dating Brian Beck, mainly out of guilt for his death in the previous time line. They were taking things slow, but she had made it clear it couldn't be more than just spending time together for now. She found herself flirting with Steven as well.
Jax was in and out of town, as they got the hotel off the ground. He had offered her a job once the hotel was open. Turning him down, she explained she was going to keep working at a designer. He had given in to her suggestion about the spa and was even now working on getting the new sign in place.
"METROCOURT" hadn't died; in fact it was now the new name in spite of her best protests. At least she would be the only one who would connect it to her old sister in law.
Johnny Zachara had been working to find his little sister, but all they had found out was the Heather Webber had fled underground after escaping Luke Spencer. She had knocked out the man while he was on the phone with Jason's men.
Elizabeth was talking to Monica when she saw the door to Sonny's room was open. Entering she saw Brenda with her purse in her hand and a travel bag telling Sonny goodbye.
"Brenda?" She asked standing in the doorway. "Are you leaving?"
"He was talking in his sleep again. I can't stay. I won't be second best again. Last time it was to power, at least this time it is to the mother of his son." She turned to see Elizabeth wasn't surprised. "Why?"
"It's complicated. We learned of him when his mother took him and fled. Sonny has barely mentioned him to anyone. I think he understands that he screwed up in the past."
"Did he love her?"
"I don't know, I never asked. Brenda, don't just leave. Wait until he wakes up and talk to him.'
"I can't. If I stay I will never leave. I love him enough to walk away." She said sadly before walking out the door and not looking back.
Jason was debating sending Francis, but knew that it should wait until Sonny woke up. He knew where Olivia and her son were, Johnny Z had confirmed it was the boy he had roomed with so long ago.
Seeing the brooding younger man, he sighed. He got where Johnny was coming from, the younger man was right, it was safer for Georgie if he stayed away until after her birthday. Walking into the warehouse, he said to him "Go get some lunch, I understand that Kelly's is running a special."
"Let me guess spaghetti." He said ruefully. He had sat Georgie down and told her that they couldn't be together until after her birthday, she had came very close to breaking past his self-imposed control. She had not taken it well; she had instead stormed out of the studio and not talked to him for days.
The pissed off seventeen year old had gone so far as to try and return the car to him. When he had tried to once again explain why, she had kissed him in the middle of Kelly's courtyard. When it had gotten out of control, he had been pulled back by Maxie entering and teasing them with the idea of their father.
Johnny had pointed out that was one of the reasons why they couldn't be together now. She had argued with him then when he had made a comment about needing a shower she had taken the plate of spaghetti someone inside had been receiving for dinner and poured it over his head before storming off.
"Did you know I did the same thing you are doing, but you are going too far?" He told the younger man. "Just spending time together will help with the need. I promise."
"How would you know?" He snapped while Francis and Johnny watched in amusement wondering just how much Jason would admit about the tortured past between Elizabeth and him.
"Elizabeth was seventeen when I became close with her, and still mourning her dead boyfriend. I had known her before, but my own life was a mess, so the attraction was over shadowed by her age and the loud noises around me. We were spending a lot of time together in that tiny studio. I think I spent more time taking cold showers than I did healing from my gunshot wound."
"Then I might as well have Francis over there shoot me, Georgie doesn't take the word no very well."
"Then don't say no; just don't cross the barrier but come close." He said flushing as the others looked at him.
"Is that what you did?" he asked doubting that Jason was offering advice he had actually used himself.
"No, I left and came back, left and came back, finally leaving for almost a year. I was miserable and making my way through Europe until I slept with some girl in Madrid while drunk and called her Elizabeth. She stormed out and I couldn't even tell you what she looks like, so don't follow what I did."
Olivia listened to what Connie had told her. "So he is in a coma?"
"Yes, they think he will wake up soon."
"Thanks for letting me know." She told her cousin. "How are you feeling?"
"A little under the weather, but I have an appointment in the morning. Hey, Liv thanks."
"No, thank you. I am trying to keep from going to him. What does that say about me, he leaves me wanting to run off with you years ago, and I still have deep feelings for him."
"You can't help that, Olivia. Trust me I know that, I wish I didn't but I do. As for Sonny, think about what he has done, both now and in the past." She said before hanging up the phone. Tossing the People Magazine on the sofa, she wished it were winter so that she had an excuse to burn the article. So the man she slept with had worked for her ex, funny. She had slept with this Johnny O'Brien and it was about to bite her on the rear.
All of her carefully constructed plans, down the tube all because she had fallen prey to a pair of gorgeous eyes and a bright and shiny smile.
Nik was watching his future wife as she got back into the habit of studying. "So what do you want to do tonight?"
"Take out the boat." She said excited.
"Sure, but I am driving." He asserted his authority knowing that on the return trip from their favorite picnic spot would have her at the helm.
Sonny was waiting for the pain to start, he had been shot and his dream had been a nightmare. At first it had been his past, but it had slowly become some sort of strange future. Things had been changed, Jason had married Courtney, then had save Sam, and Carly and he were still doing their rather sick dance. His issues had ruined a lot of lives, but especially his best friends.
Ric had been insane and Sonny himself had done terrible things all in the name of power and control. He had married the woman who had arranged a hit on him and taken out his son instead. He had been screaming in his dreams and knew that he had to find a better way to live his life.
Even the restaurant was too much of a temptation for him. He was scared he would go back to being who he had been in that surreal dream. He was going to find his son; the one he didn't know existed in this dream and move on with him.
Go to the Island, live a clean life. Maybe he could talk Carly into going as well. A second chance for them.
Seeing the light being shown in his eyes, he tried to come out of the morass of his dreams, but they were fading even as he was coming back to life. Trying to hold onto them seemed to make them fade even further away. "Sonny, can you move your eyelids?"
"I think he is waking up." Said a familiar sounding voice.
TBC