CH 31
"Wow what's all of this?" Sonny asked walking onto the terrace to a moonlit dinner.
"Oh nothing much" Olivia smiled "Just a little Bruschetta with Fried Zucchini, Stuffed Mushrooms and Focaccia bread."
"Are we feeding all of Port Charles?" He chuckled looking at elaborate Italian meal.
"You never know. Have a seat handsome. I feel like we haven't really had a quiet moment just the two of us lately."
"Yeah, I know. I'm sorry about that."
"Nothing to apologize for."
"No, I mean it. Things around here have been hectic."
"Things around here are always hectic. Don't you think I'm used to that by now?"
"You definitely have a point there. But I know this Lily thing probably hasn't been easy on you."
Olivia took a long sip of her wine and tried to force a smile "It's ok. I get it. It's difficult to move on with your life when there is still such a big part of your past that's unresolved."
"Exactly. And I really want to do this for Sabrina, you know. That girl shouldn't be forced to have me as her only parent" Sonny laughed.
"Well at least she's speaking to you again."
"Barely. Why is it that every time I think I'm doing something to benefit my kids it ends up backfiring on me?"
"Because you do it out of control." Olivia said plainly.
"Wow, don't mince words. Tell me how you really feel."
"Sonny, you know me. I'm going to give it to you straight whether you want to hear it or not. Your parenting tactics can be a little… manipulative. Don't get me wrong. No one knows how much you love your kids more than me, but sometimes loving them means having to let them make their own mistakes."
"I know" Sonny sighed as he took a sip of wine "Trust me, I know."
"Boss?" Max said standing at the French doors. "I am so sorry to disturb you and Ms. Falconeri, but Mr. Butler is here to see you. He says it's urgent."
"It's ok, more for me." Olivia winked.
"I'll be right back" Sonny said standing up from the table,
"Max, join me. There's plenty" Olivia offered as Sony closed the doors to the terrace.
"Shawn, what's up?"
"It's Lily" Shawn said holding a manila folder in his hand. "We have confirmation."
"So it is her?" Sonny asked.
"Oh it's definitely her" Shawn handed Sonny the folder that contained pictures, banks statements and travel records. "She's been going by the name of Elena Mendoza."
"Elena. That's her middle name" Sonny whispered as her stared at the pictures of his first wife. She was even more beautiful than he had remembered. Sonny may not have loved Lily the way he should have when they were married, but seeing her today stirred something inside of him that he couldn't ignore. "Are they still in the same location?"
"Yeah, but…"
"And we still have them under surveillance?"
"Yeah, but Sonny…"
"Alright, then. First thing tomorrow, I'm on a flight…"
"Sonny, stop!" Shawn interrupted. "We have a problem. A major one."
"Sir? Sir?" The doctor called as Patrick lay still on the floor of the clinic. "Help him up please."
The security guard went to bring Patrick to his feet when he jolted to a standing position. His sadness began to turn to rage. "I want to see her." He demanded wiping the tears from his face.
"You can't do that." The doctor replied.
"The hell I can't. She needs me. Please let me see her."
"You must be Patrick Drake. Ms Santiago listed you as the father." The doctor said flipping through her patient file."
"Yes, I am…" Patrick paused "I was the father of that baby. I have rights and I want to see Sabrina. Now!"
"Sir, I understand what you're saying but you can't see Ms. Santiago because she's not here."
"What?" Patrick asked confused "You discharged her already? You can't do that. Not only am I the father, I'm also a board certified physician. You can't just let someone walk out after a procedure like that. What the hell kind of place is this?"
"Sir, she didn't have the procedure."
Patrick stepped back and looked at the doctor as if she had two heads "Wha… But you said I was too late."
"I'm sorry, I meant you were too late because she had already left. Maybe 20 minutes before you came storming in here."
"So…" Patrick began looking around at all the clinic staff members who were looking on in concern "She didn't do it?"
"No Sir. She came in and we were asking her the standard questions we have to ask women to make sure they know what is that they are doing and advising them of their options. When we got to the part about the baby's father, she broke down and ran out."
"She's still pregnant" Patrick whispered to himself
"Yes she is, and on a personal note, clearly very much in love with the father." the doctor replied lightly touching Patrick's arm.
"Thank you! I'm so sorry about this!" Patrick said running back in the same direction he had bolted in from. In his sprint to the car, he pulled out his cell phone to call Sabrina's number. Straight to voicemail. He then dialed Felix.
"Did you find her?" Felix asked on the first ring.
"No she wasn't here. They said she didn't go through with it. Where are you?"
"Just now walking in the door" Felix replied.
"Is she there?" Patrick asked starting his car.
"Hold on. Sabrina? Sabrina?" Felix called into the dark apartment. "Patrick she's not here."
"Damn. Ok stay there in case she comes back. I think I have an idea."
"Do you think you know where she would go?" Felix asked.
"One word, Sonny."
"This is not good" Sonny said collapsing on to the sofa in disbelief.
"No, good is not a word I would use to describe this situation. So, how do you want to handle it?" Shawn asked.
"I'm not even sure. I mean I guess…" Sonny was interrupted mid sentence at the sound of someone pounding on the front door. "What now?!" Sonny said angrily walking to the door.
"Sonny, open the door!" Patrick yelled on the other side. "Where is she?" He asked walking past Sonny once the door was open.
"Where is who?" Sonny asked confused.
"Don't play dumb with me, Sonny. Where is Sabrina?"
"Sabrina? She's not here, Patrick."
"You expect me to believe that?"
"Believe what you want, search the place if you want. She's not here."
"When was the last time you saw her?" Patrick asked.
"A couple days ago, why? What the hell is going on?"
"She's…" Patrick was stopped by the ringing of his cell phone "Felix, did she show up?"
"Um… no, she didn't. Patrick we might have a problem."
"What do you mean?" Patrick asked.
"Well when I saw that she wasn't here, I called the hospital to see if maybe she was there. Epiphany said she wasn't but that she received a strange call from HR earlier that Sabrina had requested an immediate leave of absence due to a family emergency."
"What? I don't understand." Patrick said.
"That's not all. After I hung up with Epiphany I checked Sabrina's closet…"
"And?!"
"Patrick, her suitcases and most of her clothes are gone. So is her passport."
"No…" Patrick said holding himself up using the edge of Sonny's console table "Where the hell could she have gone?"
"Well, I think I have an idea. Working with Spinelli to expose the Britch, I learned a little bit about snooping. I checked the browser history on the computer. Looks like she booked a flight to Miami tonight that connects to Bogotá, Colombia."
"Are you sure?" Patrick asked.
"Positive."
"Thanks, I'll call you back." Patrick said hanging up the phone.
"Mind telling me what the hell is going on now?" Sonny said.
"You just couldn't leave well enough alone, could you Sonny? Now she's gone!" Patrick yelled as he began pacing the living room.
"Why are you talking in circles? Where the hell is she?"
"She went to Colombia, Sonny! Are you happy now?"
"Wait a minute, are you sure?" Sonny said approaching Patrick.
"Yes, I'm sure! She went on some wild goose chase thanks to you."
"Dammit!" Sonny said slamming down one of the shot glasses sitting on the coffee table causing glass to fly everywhere.
"You really didn't know?" Patrick asked surprised by Sonny's outburst.
"No I didn't know! I would never agree to her going down there after what I just found out!"
"Wait, what? What did you find out?"
"This Mendoza guy, he has security around him and Lily at all times. I thought it was a little strange at first but figured that he may be guarded due to whatever illegal business he's gotten himself in to. Sabrina was actually the one who mentioned how odd it would be for Lily to be with a guy in the same business as her father… and me, I suppose."
"So it really is Lily?" Patrick asked.
"Oh it's her alright. But I only just found out. I didn't have a chance to tell Sabrina yet. And If I had I would have told her that there was no way in hell I would let her go down there. Not now."
"What aren't you telling me, Sonny?" Patrick asked with frustration in his voice.
"Well" Shawn started "We thought the security around Mendoza was to keep people out. Turns out its to keep Lily in. He has been holding her hostage since his father died over a decade ago. If Sabrina thinks she can just stroll up and ring his doorbell, she's got another thing coming. This guy is completely unstable. He has no conscience, a trigger temper and a fixation on Lily that is truly disturbing."
"This is not happening" Patrick said burying his head in his hands.
"Shawn, do you have everything?"
"You know it boss." He replied.
"Good, let me go tell Olivia then we can go. Maybe we can head her off at the airport. There is no way I'm going to allow this crazy son of a bitch to get his hands on two people that I care about."
"Three…" Patrick whispered.
"What did you just said?" Sonny asked.
Patrick sighed and wiped the tears from his eyes "I said three. He would have your wife, your daughter and your grandchild. Sabrina is pregnant, Sonny."
"Let's go" Sonny said realizing the enormity of the situation. "You can fill me in on everything on the way." Shawn followed as Sonny and Patrick headed out the door and to the airport determined to stop their girl from walking into a deadly trap.