Sonny
was staring out his window in PH4 wondering how the upcoming custody
hearing would go. He knew that it could go either way considering
how Alexis’ lawyer had embellished his lifestyle being no place
for a child to be.
Carly: “Sonny? Morgan is asking for you!” She exclaimed
entering the livingroom.
Sonny: “Huh?” He asked turning around to face his wife.
Carly: “Your son: Morgan wants you to read him a bedtime story!
Could you overcome thinking of someone other than Alexis or Kristina?”
She asked miffed about the fact that Sonny spent all his time caring
about Kristina and her mother.
Sonny: “I’ve been separated from my daughter for more
than 3 years now – I missed the ultra sounds, her birth and
watching her grow up! So I think that I’m allowed to care,
OK?!” He yelled at Carly knowing that she was feeling insecure
when it came to Alexis and Kristina.
Carly: “Why are you screaming at me? I’m NOT the one,
who kept Kristina away from you! You chose to let Alexis raise her
due to the dangers around you so don’t go blaming me for your
own choices, OK?”
Sonny: “Then who should I blame, huh? Alexis? Kristina?”
Carly: “Alexis was the one, who chose not to tell you about
your mutual daughter, OK? As Kristina’s mother it was Alexis’
right to make that decision.”
Sonny: “Really?”
Carly: “Yeah…Sonny we have so much together! We have two
sons, a beautiful home – Sonny we have a family, and I’m
pleading with you to not throw that away because of…”
Sonny: “I WILL NOT be separated from my daughter – got
it? I’ve lost enough time with her, and no one will take her
away from me!”
Carly: “And what if Judge Farmer rules in favor of Alexis?
What will you do then, huh? Will you kidnap Kristina or will you
come up with a compromise with Alexis?”
Sonny: “I DON’T KNOW, OK?!” He yelled at her before
heading to the bar, and pouring a glass of whisky for himself.
Carly: “You have to face the fact that nothing guarantees you
your daughter in a few days! Your whole lifestyle is making this
case. Grace is doing everything in her power to prove that your
lifestyle is an unfit place for Kristina to live in.”
Sonny: “And it’s OK for my daughter to live with a murderer?”
Carly: “OFF COURSE NOT!!!! All I’m trying to say is that
Alexis has a lot of facts supporting her statement that you’re
a dangerous man to be around. Not to mention the fact that Alexis’
sister died in your warehouse! That’s something that you can’t
escape from!”
Sonny: “You’re going to start in on the question whether
I had a role in Kristina’s death?”
Carly: “Off course not! Your daughter is her aunts’ namesake,
and the judge will take Kristina’s death into consideration
once she makes her ruling! Can’t you see that?”
Sonny: “All I see is a lot of people telling me how I can’t
be a good father to Kristina, and you know what? I’m so sick
of that! Who says that I can’t be a good father because I’ve
made some mistakes?”
Carly: “No one is questioning your abilities as a father Sonny!
Don’t you see? This is why I wanted you out of your line of
work! I wanted to be able to say here’s the father of my sons,
he’s an amazing man, and he makes me feel safe. I can’t
say that Sonny because I don’t know if I’ll die when I
step into this penthouse or when I turn the ignition in my car.”
Sonny: “Nothing means more to me than my family, OK? Kristina
is what I’ve always wished for, OK? Daddy’s girl –
she’s the most precious thing I’ve ever seen, and not
even her mother will have the power to keep me out of her life.”
Carly: “Why is Kristina more important to you than Michael
or Morgan? Is it because she’s a girl? Or because of the woman,
who carried her?”
Sonny: “Don’t start in on that again, OK?”
Carly: “Why not? Am I not supposed to have an opinion about
this? You slept with Alexis, while you were still married to me,
and you created a life with her! Do you have any idea of how hard
it has been for me to watch you have visits with Kristina? To watch
you tell that little girl that there’s nothing more important
to you than to be her daddy?”
Sonny: “Things are what they are, OK? I was too quick to accuse
Alexis of betraying her sister with Ned when the answer was so obvious,
as to who Kristina’s father was.”
Carly: “When exactly did you know that Kristina was your child?”
Sonny: “When Edward had the paternity test done…”
Carly: “It came back saying that Ned was her father…?”
Sonny: “Why would Alexis have asked you for my medical records
if Ned was the father? Alexis had pregnancy symptoms BEFORE I found
her at Brenda’s old cottage with Ned! Things didn’t add
up, and because I knew that Alcazar wouldn’t let up, I chose
to leave my child in Ned and Alexis’ hands, which later showed
to be the biggest mistake of my life. Ned couldn’t even protect
my child from Faith Roscoe or from Luis Alcazar! Kristina belongs
with me, and I intend to have her moved in here in a few days time
– you just watch…”
Outside PH4 Skye had just stepped off the elevator, and was being
held back by Johnny and Max but she continued to say that what she
had to say to Sonny he’d want to know.
Johnny: “Mrs. Ashton? Mr. Corinthos isn’t available right
now, OK? He’s busy with his family!”
Skye: “Really? That’s interesting because I’m here
to talk to him about his family. Tell your boss that Mrs. Ashton
is here, and that I want to talk to him about Kristina!” She
exclaimed drawing an interested look from Johnny.
Johnny: “Five minutes!”
Skye: “That’s all I’ll need…” She replied
following Johnny to the door.
Johnny: “Boss?” He asked followed by him opening the front
door of PH4.
Sonny: “YEAH!” He answered turning away from Carly.
Johnny: “There’s someone here to speak to you…”
He replied looking back over his shoulder to where Skye was standing.
Carly: “Send them away Johnny! My husband and I are busy!”
Skye: “That’s IT!” She exclaimed not wanting to listen
to another word out of Carly’s mouth!”
Carly: “What the hell do you want Skye?”
Skye: “I want to talk to Sonny!”
Carly: “Sorry…He’s not available!”
Sonny: “Carly? Why don’t you head upstairs and read that
story for Morgan, huh? Then I’ll see what Mrs. Ashton wants…”
Carly: “Sonny?”
Sonny: “NOW!” He exclaimed almost having run out of patience
with his ‘dear’ wife.
Carly: “Fine!” She exclaimed stomping the floor all the
way upstairs.
Sonny: “Speak!”
Skye: “It’s about your daughter or more precisely: her
mother!”
Sonny: “What is it? Has something happened to Alexis?”
He asked feeling a shiver go through his body.
Skye: “Nice to see that you care about whether she’s alive
or not!” She exclaimed sarcastically given the treatment Sonny
had given Alexis lately.
Sonny: “Will you just get to the point Skye?”
Skye: “I thought that you might be interested in seeing what’s
going to grace the cover of tomorrows ‘Port Charles Sentinel’?”
Sonny: “And why would I be interested in that?”
Skye: “Because the mother of your child is on it along with
her husband!” She exclaimed, as Sonny’s eyes opened wide
at the announcement making Skye happy to finally having given Sonny
the last push over the edge.
Sonny: “Alexis isn’t married! She wouldn’t make such
a stupid mistake a few days away from the final day of the custody
case.”
Skye: “Well…She has!” She exclaimed dropping the
‘Port Charles Sentinel’ on the coffee table allowing Sonny
to pick it up.
Sonny: “The Jacks’ give it a second go!” He read
out loud together with seeing a picture, which had been taken of
Jax and Alexis at their wedding. Jax had his arms entwined around
Alexis’ waist, and they were both smiling happily.
Skye: “You will NEVER have any type of contact with Kristina
now! Kristina is going to live with Jax and Alexis, and there’s
nothing ‘dear Godfather’ that you can do about it!”
Sonny: “This is a clear case of entrapment! Alexis was worried
about Judge Farmer awarding me sole custody of Kristina so she went
and married Jax in hopes of the judge seeing her and Candy Boy as
‘the perfect family’.”
Skye: “Your life is nowhere for a child to be…Judge Farmer
knows that! Grace is an excellent lawyer, and she’s made her
point clear. Which is that you’re a career criminal Sonny,
and you’re not even close to father material!”
Sonny: “Really?” He asked spitefully.
Skye: “Yeah really! And you know what else? There’s no
way that you’ll ever spend one single moment alone with Kristina!
She’s NOT your daughter anymore! She’s Jax’s!”
Sonny: “Let me tell you something Mrs. Ashton, OK? No daughter
of mine will ever have the likes of Jasper Jacks as a father! He
doesn’t have the qualities that I have!”
Skye: “Which are what exactly? What will you do to Alexis once
she doesn’t let you anywhere near Kristina, huh? Will you kidnap
her, tie her up and hang her on a meat hook like you did to A.J.
when he refused to sign away his rights to Michael?”
Sonny: “That’s never been proven in court!”
Skye: “Because Alexis represented you back then! But she isn’t
representing you now Sonny, and that’s how she’ll get
sole custody of Kristina, while you’ll rotten in this God forsaken
penthouse with that hussy and those brats of yours!”
Sonny: “That’s quite enough! JOHNNY?!” He yelled
through the door sick and tired of Skye’s rants.
Skye: “Don’t bother, OK? I’m leaving! Just remember
Sonny: tomorrow it’ll be you, who’ll need a shoulder to
cry on – not Alexis!” She exclaimed charging out of the
penthouse leaving a bewildered Sonny behind.
*** FLASHBACK ***
Sonny: “A.J.'s a drunk that slammed his brother's head into
a tree. Carly shot someone in open court. How much more do I gotta
prove?”
Alexis: “How did your wife die, Mr. Corinthos? She was pregnant
at the time, wasn't she? And wasn't your residence the target of
machinegun fire?”
Sonny: “My last residence. My current residence has bulletproof
glass.”
Alexis: “Wrong answer. You don't want to tell the judge how
you're going to protect your child; you want to tell the judge how
your child will never, ever be in any danger.”
Sonny: “Is there any point to this?”
Alexis: “The point is, this is going to be a long, and a very
hard fight. The Quartermaines are going to bring up everything that
you have ever done. Are you prepared for that?”
