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Eye for an Eye part 5 Sonny found himself trapped in a fog-like trance as he sat in the back of the limo on the way back to his penthouse. Things were stirring in him that he'd never felt before. Seeing that dark-eyed curly topped little princess with his mother's eyes and Alexis' smile and knowing that she was part of him left him in a state of wonderment. He leaned forward in his seat and brought his fist to his mouth as emotion overtook him once more, he had a beautiful little girl and Alexis was her mother. Alexis was going to be back in his life again and he wasn't sure how he felt about that. For so long he had pushed thoughts of Alexis and any emotions that came along with those thoughts way back into the deepest part of his heart and now they were bursting at the seams threatening to come flooding out with a vengeance. There was a part something inside of him that was overjoyed that for once in his life he had created something so beautiful, something so right...something that he could be proud of for the rest of his life and he had done it with someone as remarkable as Alexis. He smiled at the thought and settled back in his seat. He knew in his mind that if he had to go back to day one and pick a mother for any of his children...he would pick Alexis in a heartbeat. His little girl was the luckiest girl on earth. His mind more at ease now, Sonny climbed out of his limo and entered Harborview Towers. Smiling all the way up to his penthouse, he stepped out of the elevator where Max was waiting to open the door for him. "Evening sir," Max greeted him as he reached for the doorknob. Sonny clamped his hand down on Max's shoulder halting him from opening the door just yet. "You know what I just did Max?" "The burly guard shook his head in the negative. "No sir." Sonny smiled brightly. "I just met my daughter for the first time tonight." The bodyguard looked steadily confused for a moment. "Congratulations," he said wearily. "Thanks Max," Sonny said cheerfully as he strode into his penthouse. His good mood lasted only seconds more as his eyes landed on the visitor waiting for him on his couch. "Carly, what are you doing here?" Carly sat up. "I came in through the back. I need to talk to you." Sonny eyeballed her. She had that look on her face. The one he'd seen a thousand times. The one that told him she was about to lie through her teeth. He raised and eyebrow and removed his suit coat. "What's that?" he asked casually. Carly cleared her throat and stood up. "There's something I need to tell you." Sonny continued to act deaf, dumb and blind as he walked to the bar to pour himself a scotch. "Oh yeah?" Carly nodded. "Yeah. I...found out something and I can't keep it from you any longer." She sang out with all the drama of an under rehearsed actress. Sonny kept his back to her and smiled. "It wouldn't be that you knew for a fact that Kristina is my daughter and you chose to blackmail Alexis with it instead of telling me now, would it?" He turned and met Carly's terrified face. "I...I had every intention of telling you," she stammered. "When Carly? When you were good and done with making Alexis dance like your very own personal puppet?" "I was scared that you would take Michael and Morgan." "Don't use my kids like that. Don't bring them up every time you back yourself into a corner," he said angrily. "Oh that's right Sonny. I'm so horrible...I'm such a bad mother but at least I didn’t keep your children from you for almost two years," she shouted back at him. He wheeled on her. "Don't you dare throw that around. You..." He pointed a finger at her. "You use those kids whenever the need arises. They're like pawns to you." "Oh and what Miss perfect did was okay? I forgot, it's Alexis and she can do no wrong." Sonny sniffed and shook his head. "You know what the difference is here Carly? Alexis did what she thought was necessary to keep her child out of harm's way. She gave up everything, she almost lost everything because her child...my child meant everything to her. I will be grateful to her everyday for the rest of my life that she loves our child enough to put her before anything else." Carly curled her lip. "How can you just forgive that woman no matter what she says or does?" He moved around the room. "Alexis didn't keep Kristina from me to punish me. She didn't keep her from me out of some sick and twisted revenge scheme because she's not that kind of person. That's how I can forgive her. That's how." He was shouting now. "You have never shown that kind of devotion for our children. And you know what the sad part is here Carly? Neither have I and it makes me sick that I could be that way." He stopped to catch his breath as the reality of what he just said took effect on him. His eyes brimmed with tears. "Ever since you came back after your accident I have been nothing but a selfish, egotistical jerk." He shook his head again. "I'm not going to be that way ever again. I'm going to take a lesson from Alexis and put my kids first." He looked at Carly. "Alexis has agreed to stay on as your lawyer. She's agreed to help us work something out so that we can do this with the least amount of trauma for Michael and Morgan." "What if I don't want to work something out?" Carly said in one last attempt to be indignant. Sonny let out a sarcastic laugh. "Then Alexis will quit as your attorney and you'll lose. You don't have a choice here, it's joint custody or nothing." Carly stomped to the door and stopped just shy of opening it. "I'll give you joint custody Sonny. I have no problem with that...but you're going to be sorry. You take up with Alexis again and she'll destroy you just like she did before." "Yeah well, I'll take my chances." "You
think she's just going to take you back and the three of you will
be this happy little family?" Carly shook her head. "You are so blind. You think that Alexis cares about you? Look at all the things she's said and done to destroy you. Look at what she brought up in court, things she told you in confidence...you could never be happy with her." She gave one last shot as she pulled open the door and walked out. Sonny stared after her for a second. "I was happy with her...I was just too damn blind to see it," he muttered to himself. Lorenzo
stared at the file in front of him. It told him no more than he
already knew. Alexis Davis was Russian royalty, a princess. She
was Harvard educated and was considered one of the best lawyers
in the country. He flipped through pages for anything that would
give him some advantage. Earlier in the week when his contact had
given him the file he had been disappointed. There was nothing there
that he could use to punish this infernal woman who seemed to leave
a mark wherever she went. Then Carly, even in breaking his heart
had provided him with a way, not only to punish Miss Davis, but
also to finally bring his nemesis, one Sonny Corinthos to his knees.
Carly hadn't so much as said the words, but her unrelenting jealousy
and hatred of Alexis only served to prove that she feared that Sonny
had indeed loved Alexis...and still did. He would use this newfound
information to remove both of them from his life. First, he would
bide his time. He would wait until Sonny and Alexis delved further
into rekindling their bond now that their daughter's paternity was
out in the open, and it would happen. During the trial when Alexis
had questioned Sonny on the stand it was blatantly obvious that
it was killing Alexis to have to drag up Sonny's personal history,
and better yet, it was killing him that she would dare. He hadn't
understood it at the time. He wondered what exactly it was between
Sonny and Alexis, but now he knew. They were two lovers torn apart
and forced to hurt one another and he would use that to his advantage.
He would wait until they were back in one another's orbits and he
would strike. He would take Miss Alexis Davis down and hard...and
in doing so would destroy Sonny Corinthos as well. As for Carly,
he would teach her a lesson in the process about toying with people's
emotions.
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