After Tamia finished getting dressed her cranky mood was gone, and she was actually looking forward to spending the day with her friend.

She came out of her room ready to do some serious shopping "Okay Blondie, let's go see how much money we can spend"

Carly smiled at the use of her nickname, Tamia was returning to her old self. "Alright Tam, but first let's get breakfast"

"Okie Dokie, Lead the way"

The girls strolled into Kelly's laughing and talking. The other patrons couldn't help but turn and look at the two. On the outside they were as different as night and day. Tamia was dressed in jeans and sneakes while Carly looked like she was going to work with her long gray skirt and baby blue sweater on.

But on the inside, the inside tht few ever got the chance to see, the two were identical. The were both loyal to a fault, insecure, and more caring then they cared to be.

Sonny called Benny the minute Carly left. "Benny, I want you to find out all you can about Mrs. Tamia Tidwell."

"OK sir I'll send somebody right away" Benny told his boss. "Is there anything else??"

"No, that's all for now??" he told him.

Sonny hated bieng suspicious of his wife's friend but there was something about her that wasn't right and he wanted to make sure his wife wasn't about to get hurt.

"Johnny!!!" Sonny yelled towards the door

Francis opened the door and peaked his head in "Sir, he went with Mrs. Corinthos"

"Good! Francis have you heard anything about what Sorel is up to??" Sonny asked

"No sir, other than trying to plan a way to keep Zander quiet he's been pretty quiet himself."

"Thank you, Francis" Sonny told him all the sudden he was worried that Tamia's visit may have something to do with Sorel. He remembered hearing about him driving some guy off the road down in New Orleans in order to get his hand on some port further up on the seabord, but the plan failed cuz his wife was still alive and still in charge.

Sonny shook his head trying to get the thought to go away. No way was Tamia the wife, she was too perky and too perfect. The wife of the man that was killed was a killer herself.

Kelly's Diner

"I'm so glad that you are here, Tam" Carly told Tamia "I have missed you so much"

"I've missed you too, Blondie and I would have been up here to see you sooner but things were going on" she told her bieng totally honest.

Tamia truly missed her best friend, but didn't want to explain why she needed guards because she couldn't really. That was only the down fall to the life she choose once she went away to college, she had to keep so much from friends and families.

The girls had a wonderful day shopping they laughed, joked about people and generally had fun. People watched the two and couldn't help but feel jealous. Here were two women with jobs, families and responsibilities but for one day they were care free. It was almost as if they had reverted back to when they were teenagers and the mall was all they looked forward to.

Later on that day at The Grille

The girls flopped themselves in the chairs that the host had led them to. They were both exhausted but both very happy. Neither had had this much fun since the last time they were together.

They were talking about some lady they had seen at the mall when Sonny came up to the table. "Hey Ladies" he said as he leaned over and kissed his wife.

"Hi Sweetie" she told her husband as he sat down.

"Hi Sonny" Tamia told him feeling uncomfortable under his gaze. She silently berated herself for letting him make her feel uncomfortable. She couldn't let him know anything, it would be to her detriment if he found anything out early.

"So do I have any money left??" he joked with the girls.

Neither found it funny, shopping wasn't a laughing matter to either of them.

"You'll be glad to find out you do" Carly told him. "But keep it up and I can go try to spend the rest."

As Carly was slightly going off on Sonny, Tamia saw Syrus, LaKieth and Percy get on the elevator. She sat there trying to figure a way to excuse herself, she wanted to know how far they got today.

"Tamia.....Tamia.....TAMIA" Sonny was trying to get her attention.

"Huh?? I'm sorry." she said turning her attention back to him

"I'm was just asking what you wanted to eat??" Sonny told her

"Ya know I'm really not hungry, I think I'm gonna go upstairs and go to bed." She told them "You two however should stay here and eat..my treat"

She smiled as she leaned over and hugged Carly "I'll see ya later, Blondie" She kissed her best friend on the cheek picked up her share of the bags and started to walk off. She turned almost as if she had forgotten "Bye Sonny" she told him as she flashed her dimples at him. Sonny couldn't help but smile, he wondered if that's what his dimples looked like to Carly.