| CHAPTER 4
It�s been a little over a week since Sonny has been able to get a hold of Alexis since that one magical night. Yeah sure he�s talked to her on the phone but she�s always pushing him off with one excuse or the other. He�s even stopped by her house several times only to find out she isn�t there, she�s at work. However every time he�s left her house and went straight to her office she isn�t there either. He doesn�t understand why she won�t want to see or talk to him. Other then the few strained words she�s said to him over her cell. �I�m sorry Sonny but I�m really busy �. maybe we can talk later.� And then the phone always goes silent. As he sits in his office staring at a picture of Kristina and her mother on his desk, one that Kristina herself had given to him last Christmas, he ponders a few thoughts. He really hoped he didn�t say or do anything that hurt her in anyway. We�ve been down this road before he said to himself. I screw things up last go around and I refuse to do it again this time. I have to think about Alexis and what she�s feeling�. I won�t push her away this time! He had so many thoughts going through his head and it wasn�t getting him anywhere. He still didn�t understand why Alexis acting the way she was. Did he maybe have one too many cocktails earlier that evening and take advantage of the Solomon lost state she was in? �Damn it� He yelled as he picked up the first thing he could get his hands on and flung it across the room. �She came on to me first� she was the one who wanted me �. who kissed me!� �And just who is it that kissed you and has turned you into.� She looks around the room. �A man unable to control himself.� �Diane what do you want?� Sonny yelled as he stood from his desk, walked across his office and poured himself a stiff drink. Diane bent down and picked up a few of the pencils that were scattered across the floor. �I thought you quit drinking.� He didn�t say anything for a few moments. He just continued to pour back a few drinks before he walked past her and return to his desk. He looked up at her before he sat down and gave her this what the hell are you still doing look, which she noticed and looked away. Diane has seen Sonny in this kind of state before but never at this level. She was sure Carly was the one who did this to him but she knew better then to ask. How many times did she tell Alexis after all that Sonny is just a client and that�s all he should have been to her. So to intrude in his personal space, his personal life would be to call herself a hypocrite. �What is it that you wanted Diane?� Sonny asked as his voice tightened and she saw the anger within him grow. Diane picked up her briefcase and stuffed some papers back into it before she got up out of the chair she was sitting in and walked over to lean on his desk. �It is crystal clear that you are not in a good mood and we are so not going to be getting any work down today�So I will just leave you to your drunken misery state!� She huffs and puffs as she makes her way over to his door. She�s very aware of his burning eyes piercing through her back. He hated it when she talked to him that way but some days she just didn�t care. She wasn�t the type of woman to allow a man to control her on any level and Sonny Corinthos in all his mobster glory, was no different in her opinion than any other lesser man. Of course that was the norm for Diane since she thought any man was of lesser value then any woman. She turned quickly on her high heels and looked him straight in the eyes. �Besides if I want to be ignore and barked at I can just meet Alexis at the Metro Court for lunch in an hour.� Sonny eyes sparked up as her name was mentioned. �She seems to be in the same foul mood as you� of course that probably had to do with her involvement with the likes of Jerry Jacks.� Diane opened the door and walked out of the room closing the door behind her but not until Sonny heard her loud and clear say. �Of course I told her getting into bed with that man would be her downfall.� Sonny sat back in his chair. Alexis and Jerry he thought to himself over and over again almost making himself sick. There�s just no way she would willing sleep with that man. She is way too smart of a woman to fall for such a .. such a� He couldn�t even come up with a word as an image of the two of them being intimate came running into his head and hit him down in the deepest core of his soul. �I swear to god I will kill the man with my own bare hands if he forced her to do anything she didn�t want to do!� He yelled so loud Milo who was standing just outside his office door could hear him. Sonny stood up and kicked his chair out of his way. He was fuming as he picked up his phone and ordered his car to be out front on the double. The rage inside of him continued to build as the pictures in his head of Alexis and Jerry���. He pulled a key out of his back pocket and unlocked his bottom draw pulling out a safe box. He opened the box with such anger and pulled out a gun. He loaded the gun before shoving it in the side of his pants, covering it with his suit jacket, before walking out of his office and past Milo. Milo immediately knew something was wrong by the look on his bosses face. Quickly and without any doubt he followed Mr. C through the building and out to his car. �Boss would you like me to call Jason for you and inform him of what�s about to go down.� �No!� Sonny said with such enormous passion. �This is one job I plan on taking care of myself.� If looks could kill Milo himself would be dead right now. �Get out!� ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Less then an hour later Diane walked into the Metro Court and walked right over to the table both Alexis and Jerry were occupying. �I believe it�s time for you to go.� Diane replied to Jerry very bluntly. �Well good afternoon to you too Ms. Miller.� Jerry said with a smirk expression upon on his face. �The lovely DA and I were just about to order lunch��..� �No we weren�t.� Alexis corrected as she looked over the bridge of her glasses yet continued to write. �So the only person not wanted here is you.� Jerry went on ignoring Alexis�s statement. �Are you really that dense?� Diane laughed at him. �Alexis here has made it understandable clear that she wants nothing to do with you.� She turns her attention back to Alexis. �And why she even does business with you is beyond me. It�s not like she doesn�t have her hands full with all this DA crap that she takes care of.� Alexis starts to say something but Diane holds up her hand and goes on. �I know you are her best friends brother and all, but even he himself has warned Alexis to drop you as a client.� Jerry�s eyes widened as Alexis shook her head in agreement. �Now that I�ve said my peace be gone with yourself.� Diane added waving the back of her hand at him, causing a slight chuckle from Alexis. �Oh come on Alexis.� Jerry pleaded as he sat back in his chair and made himself even more comfortable than before. �You don�t really want me to leave do you?� �Yes!� Alexis answered with a stern quick reply. Jerry put his hand over his heart. �You wound me.� He laughed. �I�ll wound you right here and now if you don�t get your sorry ass off that chair in the next two seconds.� �Sonny!� Alexis said flabbergasted. �What are you doing here?� Sonny never took his eyes off of Jerry. �This scumbag here and I have some business to tend to, and let�s just say it would be in his own best interest to step outside with me before things get way out of hand!� Alexis could tell right away that Sonny meant business and if she didn�t take action Jerry would never see anything past the next five minutes. Quickly she stood up and dropped her glasses on the table. �Diane will you please keep Jerry here company.� She walked over and grabbed Sonny whose eyes were still in kill mode locked on Jerry. �While Sonny and I have a little talk.� Sonny�s feet nor eyes never moved as Alexis pulled and pleaded with him. �This can wait until after Jerry and I get a few things straight Alexis.� �Sonny please don�t do this not here �.. not now!� Alexis angrily whispered in his ear, still trying to pull him away from Jerry. �People are starting to stare and if he winds up dead you will end up spending your daughter�s school years behind bars.� She let�s go of his arm and grabs a hold of his face unlocking the dead heated lock he had on Jerry into her own eyes. �And that�s something I can�t live with.� Her eyes were the cross between fear and love as they somewhat looked like they wanted to open up and just stream down her face and somewhat wanted to strangle him. �And I hope to god that isn�t something you want either.� Sonny couldn�t get over the look in Alexis�s eyes and he knew it was him, not Jerry, who put it there. Or at least in a strange way he hoped that was true. Sonny took a deep breath and then asked Alexis the one question he feared the most by her answer. �Did you willingly sleep with Jerry Jacks or did he rape you?� Alexis could feel the ground beneath her begin to fall out from under her as her knees slowly buckled. She was finding it very difficult to breath as her hands slid down Sonny�s chest and her eyes opened wide with tears so fast that even he �� couldn�t catch her. |