Hatred, it was a powerful emotion. It was an emotion that could drive a man to do things he never thought himself capable of. Lorenzo Alcazar was capable of many things. He was a criminal and he had never regretted the choices that had brought him the power and fortune that he had enjoyed for so long. It wasn't as though he had suddenly thought better of his lifestyle or even that he wanted out of it. He had found and won over the lady who he thought could bring him happiness. He had pursued Carly Corinthos and had succeeded in swaying her away from her husband. She didn't ask him to change. She didn't ask him to give up his life. She expected nothing from him and for that he wanted to give her the world.

When he had set foot in the small East Coast town of Port Charles, he had seen it as a bevy of opportunity. It was the perfect setting to run his affairs. It was the place where he could avenge the death of his brother Luis, and it was a chance to raise his young niece.

He had always thought himself a little more level headed than his temperamental brother. Luis had ruined everything for the love of Brenda Barrett. He had lost sight of the things that they were supposed to achieve.

When he first heard of the woman who had caused his brother's death Lorenzo had surprising felt indifference to her. She was nothing. She didn't matter in the grand scheme of things and when his niece had vowed to bring down the woman he had intervened and told her what comes around goes around. But the truth was the more he saw this woman, the more he ran into her, the more his blood boiled and his desire to ruin her flared up daring him, taunting him to do something about it.

Now she was representing Carly in her upcoming custody trial and it galled him to no end. The woman made frequent visits to his penthouse, she met with he and Carly at lunches and breakfast meetings. Her cool demeanor and lack of remorse made it more difficult for him to focus on the important things. Things like his love of Carly, his desire to bring Sonny Corinthos and Jason Morgan to their knees and to gain as much control of the small town of Port Charles as he could.

One woman, this brilliant attorney, this unscathed unfeeling woman was driving his hatred, feeding it. He willed himself to keep control, but in the end he knew it was up to him to bring her to justice. He would bring her to his own kind of justice. In his own time. He would wait and he would watch. He would learn more about this woman and find her weaknesses and he would make her sorry she ever crossed paths with Lorenzo Alcazar.

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