A
few days later Alexis had been released from ‘General Hospital’,
and she and Sonny had just arrived to a quiet ‘PH4’.
Alexis: “Where is Kristina?” She asked walking to the
couch to sit down.
Sonny: “She’s spending a few days with Grace!” He
exclaimed pouring a glass of water for Alexis.
Alexis: “Excuse me…?” She asked not understanding
why Sonny wouldn’t want Kristina to be home when her mother
was.
Sonny: “Here you go…” He replied handing her a glass
of water, which she accepted staring at the man in front of her
in amazement.
Alexis: “What gave you the right to decide whether or not my
child should be home when I was released from the hospital?”
Sonny: “Lex…You’ve just lost a child, and you need
time to recuperate without Kristina demanding your attention 24/7!”
Alexis: “Has it ever occurred to you that I might have a clue
as to what I’m doing? Maybe I need to be kept busy because
then it takes my mind of what happened a few days ago?”
Sonny: “You need your rest!” He stubbornly replied.
Alexis: “You DO NOT tell me what I need – got it? I know
what I need and what I don’t need! And what I don’t need
is you controlling me like some…”
Sonny: “Go on!” He urged her angrily.
Alexis: “…Like some tyrant!”
Sonny: “You’re calling me a tyrant?!” He asked amazed
that the woman he loved would call him something like that.
Alexis: “What else would you call a man, who tells you what
to do, how to feel and how to behave?”
Sonny: “I would call it someone who cares very much about you,
and someone who sat by your bedside watching your bruises fade away.”
Alexis: “So now it’s also my fault that I got hit by a
car or what?” She asked angrily standing up from the couch.
Sonny: “Why the hell do you think Johnny was there? If you’d
just taken him with you, or just had gone in the car with him…”
Alexis: “You’re actually blaming our child’s death
on me?” She asked with teary eyes.
Sonny: “Of course not!”
Alexis: “Did it ever occur to you that it was because of you
I was hit by that car? Couldn’t it be one of your enemies fault?
Or is that so out of line to think?”
Sonny: “That’s precisely why you should have taken Johnny
with you!” He yelled angrily.
Alexis: “I needed to be by myself, OK? I had a lot of stuff
to think about, and I wasn’t about to be cooped up in some
car, or walk beside Johnny when doing just that!”
Sonny: “You have to know that…?” He was interrupted
by Johnny knocking on the door exclaiming
Johnny: “Boss?!”
Alexis: “Well…I wouldn’t want to keep you from your
‘precious’ business!” She exclaimed running upstairs
to get away from the man she loved with tears streaming down her
face.
Sonny: “DAMN!” He exclaimed heading towards the door,
and when he opened it he found Johnny holding onto Carly.
Carly: “Will you tell this bodyguard of yours to let go of
me?” She asked trying to get out of Johnny’s grasp.
Sonny: “What’s going on here?” He asked, as Johnny
dragged Carly into the penthouse.
Johnny: “Max and I found Mrs. Corinthos on her way out of the
country, and I thought you’d might want to talk to her first.”
Sonny: “Thanks for that! You’re excused!” He exclaimed,
as Johnny made his way out of the penthouse to stand guard in front
of the penthouse.
Carly: “Has it somehow become a crime to go on vacation?”
Sonny: “What about Michael and Morgan?”
Carly: “My mother is babysitting!”
Sonny: “And were you at anytime going to tell me of your vacation
plans or where to find my children?”
Carly: “Haven’t you heard of postcards…?” She
asked giggling, which was too much for Sonny, and he grabbed her
by the arm roughly yelling
Sonny: “I KNOW WHAT YOU DID CARLY – WHY DID YOU DO IT
DAMMIT?!”
Carly: “Let go of me! What are you talking about?” She
finally asked when Sonny pushed her away from him. Alexis had joined
them on the top of the stairs keeping out of sight for them to see
her, but she could clearly hear what was being said.
Sonny: “You hired a contract killer by the name of Gordon Kelly
to mow down Alexis so that I’d go back to you, and now you’re
actually trying to downsize your responsibilities?”
Carly: “No, but…”
Sonny: “No buts! I will have full custody of both Michael and
Morgan, and very soon you’ll be nothing but a distant memory
to them! I don’t know you, and I don’t want to either
– Johnny!” He finally yelled through the door.
Johnny: “Yes, boss?” He asked entering the penthouse.
Sonny: “Put this individual on a plane to Europe, and make
sure that I never hear from her again!” He replied turning
to the fireplace, as Johnny towed Carly out of the penthouse yelling
Carly: “Alexis can’t love you like I do – she can’t
give you what I can! Sonny!” She yelled until the closed front
door silenced her cries.
When Sonny turned his head he saw Alexis staring at him from the
top of the stairs. She dried away some tears, which had covered
her cheeks before running upstairs, and locking the bedroom door.
Sonny: “Dammit!” He exclaimed combing his fingers through
his hair.
Alexis walked to the bed, and sat down on the edge asking herself,
who the man in the livingroom was? Was he the man, whom she loved
unconditionally or was that just a figment of her imagination where
she’d chosen Sonny to play her lead man?
*** FLASHBACK ***
Alexis: “Is this your polite way of asking me to leave? Believe
me, Sonny, I’ll be gone if I don’t get some answers. What
was in the briefcase that you handed to Benny?”
Sonny: “Money.”
Alexis: “For services rendered? Did you order a hit on A.J.
Quartermaine?”
Sonny: “You like working for me, Alexis? It’s a challenge,
it pays well, and I’m a lot more interesting than a bunch of
stuffy executives. I wanted the best legal representative, and you
agreed to do that with certain conditions. One was that you wouldn’t
defend me against any kind of violent crime, and the other one was
that you wouldn’t be party to anything illegal. If I were you,
I would stop asking questions that you don’t want the answers
to.”
Alexis: “Do you think a smug, arrogant answer like that will
make me behave like the rest of your minions? Unlike your minions,
I have a bottom line, and what you say right now could be a deal
breaker. It’s your choice. Answer my question. Did you order
a hit on A.J. Quartermaine?”
*** FLASHBACK ***
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Alexis knew immediately
that it was Sonny knocking.
Sonny: “Lex? Please let me in – we need to talk!”
Alexis: “Just leave me alone!” She yelled back needing
to be by herself.
Sonny: “Fine…” He replied making Alexis think that
he’d back off but in a matter of seconds Sonny had kicked the
door down making Alexis jump up from the bed out of fear.
Alexis: “What do you think you are doing?” She asked outraged.
Sonny: “Fighting – unlike you!”
Alexis: “Excuse me?”
Sonny: “We need to talk about what you just heard Carly and
me talking about!”
Alexis: “Why should we? You apparently feel comfortable telling
me half–truths about our family! I can most likely accept it
concerning your ‘business’ but when it’s our family
– I draw the line but you apparently don’t!”
Sonny: “What would you have done – had I told you about
Carly’s role in the hit and run? I’ll tell you: you would
have gone straight to Carly, and the two of you would have gotten
into an argument, which would have resulted in one of you or both
of you being injured.”
Alexis: “That’s bull! You didn’t do this for my sake!
You did this for Carly – because ever since I lied about Kristina’s
paternity you’ve looked at Carly like some kind of paragon
of honesty and trust, and it makes me sick!” She exclaimed
walking past him to the dresser where a couple of pictures of Kristina
were displayed.
Sonny: “You actually think that I still care for Carly –
after everything she’s done to us and to our family? Why do
you think I sent her away?” He asked turning around to look
at her.
Alexis: “To Europe! Why didn’t you set her up at the ‘Four
Seasons’ instead?”
Sonny: “I made Johnny put her on a plane to Europe – it’s
not like I’m going to be financing her!”
Alexis: “And what about Michael and Morgan? What are you going
to do about them? Are they just supposed to live with Bobbie? And
how about A.J.? He’ll fight you for custody over Michael now
that Carly is out of the picture!”
Sonny: “With Kristina, Michael and Morgan we’ll be a family,
and that’s also why no judge will award A.J. custody over my
son!”
Alexis: “Just because you’re living with me doesn’t
make this penthouse a safer place for Michael to be than the Quartermaine
mansion.”
Sonny: “Listen…” He replied advancing towards Alexis.
Alexis: “…Don’t, OK?” She replied walking around
him to the bed once again.
Sonny: “What is it? What’s wrong?” He asked not understanding
why she was avoiding him all of the sudden.
Alexis: “You decide on your own that we’re now supposed
to parent a total of 3 children. You expect me to be ready for this
no more than 3 days after my miscarriage. I just want to be in control
of my own life, OK? And on top of everything else I can’t even
see my own daughter! You’re controlling a situation that doesn’t
need it Sonny!”
Sonny: “That’s who I am Alexis!”
Alexis: “That’s bull! You’re a man, who’s got
control issues but it’s not who you are. It’s some kind
of defense mechanism you take into use every time something difficult
appears.”
Sonny: “Tell me what you want…”
Alexis: “Right now? I just want to be left alone to get some
thinking done!” She exclaimed walking past him to the doorway.
Sonny: “Where are you going?” He asked feeling like she
was slipping away from him.
Alexis: “Anywhere but here!” She exclaimed disappearing
out of Sonny’s sight.
Sonny: “I’m losing her – dammit!” He exclaimed
going to sit on the bed, and rethink his entire life, and what in
the world he’d do to make this one up to her.
