Sonny
was furious at Carly for lying to him and for getting him arrested.
He was also concerned that she could have been hurt or killed. He dragged
her back to the penthouse to live with him again...then gave her the
silent treatment. He was also furious at Mike for involving Carly. But
both Sonny and Carly knew they had strong feelings for each other at
this point. When Jason made a surprise return home, Sonny was afraid
he would take Carly and Michael away from him. His attorney Alexis Davis
then complicated matters by telling Sonny he'd have to marry Carly to
keep her from testifying against him. Sonny asked Jason if he wanted
his family back, and when Jason told him no, Sonny decided to marry
Carly. Carly, afraid that Sonny didn't love her like she loved him,
asked Jason to take her and Michael away; Jason refused, realizing his
two friends had fallen for each other. The wedding took place in Sonny's
living room, with a Justice of the Peace. Carly ran upstairs before
saying “I do” and Jason had to talk her down. Sonny married
Carly fully believing it was Jason she really wanted. After the wedding
they both tried to make things work, and started growing closer again.
Mike showed up one day with an expensive silver bowl as a wedding present.
Before returning home, Sonny had been told that Mike had just borrowed
$10,000 from one of his loan sharks. Incensed, Sonny confronted Mike
about it, his gambling, and his lies. The fight escalated and Mike slapped
Sonny across the face. Carly threw Mike out, and then tried to comfort
Sonny. But Sonny shut down emotionally and left. He then decided that
he was too damaged for Carly to be saddled with, and told her he was
getting an annulment. Carly was desperate to change his mind, and tried
seducing him several times. Sonny didn't play, until one day when he
found out the tape of him and Sorel had disappeared from the PCPD and
the charges had been dropped. Carly knew this too, (she'd intercepted
a call from Alexis), and knew she was running out of time. She seduced
Sonny in the back of his limousine. This time Sonny was a willing participant,
knowing that Carly knew their marriage could end at any point and assuming
she was making love to him for real. She was, but when she found out
that Sonny knew as well, she felt hurt. When they returned home, Carly
told Sonny she needed to know he really wanted her as his wife. Sonny
told her he did, and they bonded like never before.
Things
were still volatile on the business front. Jason's sister Emily had
been kidnapped by a man that dealt drugs for Sorel. Zander Smith was
wanted for the murder of an undercover cop, and he grabbed Emily as
a hostage as he fled the police. Eventually Jason retrieved his sister.
But Zander, who had fallen for her, returned to Port Charles, and was
arrested. Emily asked Alexis and Sonny to help him, and Sonny eventually
agreed, paying Zander's bail and offering him protection. Sorel wasn't
about to let Zander testify against him, since it was he who ordered
the cop's murder. And he wanted Sonny dead as well. He set up an ambush,
and Sonny, Zander, Emily and Alexis were all shot at in front of the
PCPD. Zander was winged, and Sonny was critically injured. He was brought
to GH, where Carly kept careful vigil at his side. At one point Sonny's
heart stopped, and he found himself in heaven, face to face with Lily
and his two unborn children. While Carly screamed at the doctors to
revive her husband, Sonny made peace with Lily and told her he couldn't
stay with her. Sonny's heart started beating again, and when he woke
up, he told Carly “I came back for you.” Soon after, Sonny
proposed marriage to Carly and planned a romantic wedding in Martinique
to renew their vows.
The
attempts on Sonny's life kept coming, and Jason discovered that two
of Sonny's own men were conspiring with Sorel. The two men, Ric (Carly's
bodyguard) and Carlos (from Puerto Rico), were disposed of, and Sorel
was turned over to the police. Shaken that someone so close to his wife
was a traitor, Sonny told Carly their marriage was over in order to
protect her. Carly wouldn't accept it, and she went to Martinique to
wait for Sonny. Sonny went there, and tried again to drive her away;
she wouldn't budge. They ended up saying their vows in a private ceremony
in front of a priest. They were very happy...and then they returned
home where all hell broke loose.
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