Well Worth the Wait
a Sonny & Brenda story
Chapter 21
Sonny paced restlessly the whole night; the phone never rang. Feelings of guilt started overtaking him; thoughts of all his men who were probably dead, including Harry, maybe even including Harlan Barrett. Not that Sonny would shed a tear over him, but he knew Brenda would. Night turned into day, and Sonny took Brenda shopping in the hotel to distract both of them. They returned to their room shortly before noon, and Sonny almost passed out with relief at the light blinking on their phone. He quickly dialed for his messages and was greeted with the sound of Harry's voice. "It's all copasetic; enjoy the rest of your trip." Sonny face broke into a huge dimpled grin, and he hung up the phone. "Sonny? What happened?" "We're golden baby!" "Really? Everything's OK?" Brenda asked, crying with relief. "So that means daddy's OK too?" she added. Sonny's smile faded, and he replied, "I'll find out." He picked up the phone and dialed Harlan Barrett's private number.
"Hello?"
Sonny smiled, and handed the phone to Brenda.
"Daddy?"
"Brenda? Oh thank God! I didn't know what happened to you!"
"I'm fine; I'm with Sonny. I wanted to make sure you were OK."
"Still standing; listen honey could you put Sonny on?"
"Sure," Brenda handed the phone back to Sonny.
"Yeah?"
"Hey Sonny, glad to hear your voice. Things got pretty rough around here…but
you know that. When you get back, maybe we can sit down, talk about things…"
Sonny chuckled, "we'll see Harlan. Bye."
He hung up and stood shaking his head. "Your father, he's some piece of work." "Yeah I know, he's an asshole," Brenda replied; "but I'm still glad he's OK. And what a surprise, he actually sounded glad that I was." Sonny took her in his arms, "I'm sure he was baby."
After one more day in paradise, they returned back to Port Charles. Sonny was greeted at the airport by an entourage of men, sent by Harry. He recognized some of them as Joe's men. They were all extremely respectful, as they should be. After all, they were dealing with the new head of the largest mob territory in the world. Once back at Penthouse 4, Brenda went to unpack, and Harry, who was waiting there for them, filled Sonny in. "It went like clockwork Sonny. Both Joe and Frank had set up ambushes on the way to the meeting. We had people covering both locations, but there wasn't much for them to do. Those guys were pretty thorough. The lieutenants were hit before they even knew what was coming; we had good inside information on both their whereabouts. It seemed a lot of guys wanted there to be a new leader…you. Now, everyone's solidly behind you." "Well, let's not get careless Harry; there could still be some holdouts looking for revenge." "Right, don't worry, we'll be careful. Congratulations, boss." Sonny smiled and shook his hand. "Thanks Harry…you're my right hand man." Harry smiled back, and then left. Sonny let out a sigh of relief and pride. After everything…his father, Deke, losing Stone…he finally had everything he wanted: So much power that no one could touch him; and the most incredible woman by his side. He went upstairs and stood in the doorway of their bedroom watching Brenda unpack. For once in his life, Sonny Corinthos was happy, and he had to admit…it was well worth the wait.
THE END