CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

SONNY’S PENTHOUSE:

Carly(shocked)You had sex with Stefan Cassadine!

Bobbie: Don’t get judgmental with me, Carly. It’s no different than what you did with Sonny.

Carly; Sonny did not let me think my child was missing while he had him safely tucked away with him at his penthouse. Isn’t Roy supposed to be the love of your life or something?

Bobbie: Wasn’t Jason supposed to be yours. That didn’t stop you from doing his best friend.

Carly: I thought Jason betrayed me with that mealy-mouthed Elizabeth Webber.

Bobbie: So you betrayed him, instead.

Carly: From what I’ve heard you and Roy are getting along just swell, so just what’s your excuse.

Bobbie: This is getting us nowhere. I didn’t come over here to fight with you.

Carly: You could have fooled me.

Bobbie: Carly, what am I going to do. I don’t want to lose Roy the way you lost Jason. How am I going to stop him from finding out.

Carly: Make sure Roy and Cassadine’s paths don’t cross.

Bobbie: That’s easier said than done. Roy is coming with me when I go back to Spoon Island to pick Lucas up.

Carly: You didn’t take Lucas with you when you left?

Bobbie: It was late and I didn’t want to wake him up.

Carly: Then, Mama, I’d say you had a very big problem on your hands. Stefan Cassadine let you think your child was missing just to get at you. Do you think he’s above rubbing Roy’s nose in what happened between the two of you.

Bobbie:(groaned)No, he’s not. God, Carly, what am I going to do. How did this happen.

Carly: I asked myself the same thing after what happened with Sonny. Maybe it’s something in the blood.

Bobbie: I just don’t know how this could happen. I’m happy with Roy. He’s the man I’ve always wanted. Do you know Stefan even accused me of coming there and wanting it to happen.

Carly: Maybe you did.

Bobbie: Carly!

Carly: I can’t speak for you, but I’ve begun to wonder why when I thought I’d lost Jason to Elizabeth Webber I went straight to Sonny. I could have gone home to AJ. I knew he wanted me. It was the logical thing to do. I thought the man I wanted didn’t want me, so it would be only natural for me to turn back to the one who did. My husband. But instead I headed right to a man who showed me nothing but contempt from the moment he laid eyes on me. I went there supposedly so he could reassure me about Jason but did I honestly think he would. Or did I go there for another reason, entirely. That night, I accused Sonny of having wanted me from the moment he laid eyes on me and picturing me without my clothes on whenever he saw me. Maybe I knew that because I was doing the same thing with Sonny.

Bobbie: Carly, I love Roy.

Carly: And I thought I loved Jason. Mama, maybe you’ve done the same thing with Roy that I did with Jason. I idealized my relationship with Jason into something I’m beginning to realize it never was. Maybe you’ve done the same thing with Roy. You thought the man you loved died in your arms twenty years ago. Then you spent twenty years wondering what might have been if he lived, convincing yourself if he had you would have lived happily ever after. But, Mama, maybe you and Roy wouldn’t have made it for the long haul. Maybe what happened between you and Stefan Cassadine is proof of that.

SONNY’S OFFICE, THE WAREHOUSE:

Father Coates(knocks on the door before entering)Sonny, may I come in?

Sonny: Father Coates, what are you doing here?

Father Coates: In case it’s slipped your mind you and Carly are scheduled to be married in my church in a few weeks time. And I stopped by to find out when the two of you want to schedule your pre-canna counseling sessions.

Sonny: Father Coates, a lot has happened since Carly and I set the wedding date. We lost the baby.

Father Coates: I’m sorry to hear that Sonny. Have you and Carly decided not to get married after all because of your loss.

Sonny: To be honest, Carly and I haven’t even discussed the matter. We’re just taking it one day at a time. We haven’t even been able to let ourselves try and think about the future.

Father Coates: Do you still want to marry Carly, Sonny.

Sonny: I don’t know. I haven’t even thought about it. I know I want Carly, Michael and I to be a family. I don’t want to lose what we have.

Father Coates: Then I think you’ve answered my question. I’ll tell you what I’m going to do. I’m going to keep the church reserved for you and Carly to get married on July 7th and if you decide you don’t want to go through with the wedding after all, you give me a call.

Sonny: Thank you, Father Coates. I’ll get back to you after I’ve talked to Carly and see how she feels about this.

FBI HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON D.C.:

Larken(sits behind his desk with a big grin on his face)It worked. I’m back. All the charges have been dropped against me.

The Man: I told you it would. It’s always nice when the people who have proof that you’re dirty are just as dirty as you are. It leaves a lot of wiggle room.

Larken: So what’s our next move.

The Man: Didn’t you tell me Corinthos’ girlfriend saw you pulling drugs out of one of his bags of coffee.

Larken: Yeah, she arrived and accused me of planting the drugs there to frame Corinthos. Which, of course, is exactly what I did.

The Man: It doesn’t matter if she claims that you planted the drugs, all that matters is that she saw you find them in one of the coffee bags and she can testify to that fact in court.

Larken: Then it looks like the woman who tipped Corinthos off that Hannah and I were feds, is the woman who is ultimately going to help me put Corinthos’ behind bars for the rest of his life. Life can be beautiful sometimes, can’t it.