A week earlier (OCB, 11:45am)
'Alicia's friend has a broken nose, seven stitches in the back of her head and a concussion. You have to prepare yourselves for the possibility that Ali could end up spending the night in lockup.' Billy says before walking back to his desk just as Sonny walks into the squad room, seeing Alison in Martin's office.
'What happened?!' Sonny says, looking back at Alison, who looked like she wasn't really there. He had never seen that look on her face before and it scared him.
'Ali got into a fight at school and put Britt Wheeler in the hospital. She's too rattled to talk and Britt's father Scottie wants to press charges.' Martin says, unsure of how to handle this. Alison definitely had that Castillo temper and today just proved to be too much for her.
'Go find Gina and Miguel, i'll talk to Ali.' Sonny says before Martin nods and walks over to his wife and son while Sonny walks into the office, closing the door behind him.
'I told Billy that i don't want to talk.' Alison says as Sonny walks over to her, seeing the cuts and bite marks on Alison's hands. 'I washed my hands four times. Who knows how many diseases that Britt Wheeler has.' She says.
This wasn't the Ali Castillo that Sonny loves like his own. She was withdrawn, like Gina was after comprising herself to bring Lupo Ramirez down back in 1984.
'Ali, you have to tell me what happened. An assault charge will go on your permanent record and Scottie Wheeler doesn't care that you're a minor, he'll want you charged as an adult.' Sonny says as tears run down Alison's face.
'There were pictures in the girls locker room...of that girl who was pulled out of the river...i tried to brush it off but i couldn't and then Britt threw a basketball at me and it hit my shoulder...' Alison says as Sonny sees the reddish purple bruise on her right shoulder.
'Ali, you need to go to hospital. You dislocated that shoulder last month, it needs to be checked out.' Sonny says, clearly seeing this as self defense and not an unprovoked attack.
'I'm sorry...i tried to stop but i couldn't. I could've killed her.' Alison cries, tears falling freely as Sonny cradles her close to him.
'I know, baby. Everything's going to be alright. You just calm down and let Uncle Sonny handle it.' Sonny says, rubbing Alison's back.
He knows what it felt like to be pushed too far.