<P> Kate returns, going by Connie again, and tells Sonny she has been treated, but she breaks up with Sonny to preserve her fragile mental state . Sonny lets her go, and starts growing close to Olivia . Meanwhile, A.J. is revealed to be alive after faking his death . He starts building a relationship with Michael, upsetting Sonny . Sonny finds out Morgan is in debt to bookies because of excessive gambling, and tracks him down . Morgan rebels coming home, bringing his girlfriend, Kiki Jerome, with him . Kiki's mother, Ava Jerome, follows her, and Sonny is suspicious that Ava is connect to the Jerome mob family . Jealous of Olivia, Connie decides she wants Sonny back, and the two resume their relationship after Olivia steps aside . Sadly, Connie is murdered soon after, and A.J. is the prime suspect . Sonny tries to kill A.J., but agrees to leave him alone for Michael's sake . </P> <P> Sonny finds out Julian Jerome, former head of the Jerome mob, is alive, and he and his sister, Ava, are looking to gain control of Port Charles again . When Kiki breaks up with Morgan, he blames Sonny, and starts sleeping with Ava and working for Julian . Morgan eventually realizes how dangerous the mob is, and Sonny helps him leave the mob . A.J. is acquitted of Connie's murder and, in a moment of rage, Sonny shoots and kills him . Carly finds out, and decides to keep the secret so Michael won't find out . Sonny, meanwhile, finds out that Ava was responsible for killing Connie . He tries to kill her, but she reveals that she's pregnant with either his child or Morgan's . Sonny decides to keep her prisoner until the baby is born before killing her . Ava escapes, though, and hides out . Sonny starts growing close to Carly again, in the meantime . When Carly's boyfriend, Franco, finds out about their affair, he spitefully reveals Sonny's crime to Michael . Furious, Michael tries to kill Sonny, and Sonny agrees to let him until Morgan and Dante talk him down . Sonny is arrested for A.J.'s murder, and is sentenced to life in prison . He hands his organization over to Duke Lavery, Julian's enemy, and asks him to keep the Jeromes from taking over . </P> <P> While in prison, Sonny is threatened by Luke, who threatens his sons now that Sonny is in prison making Helena Cassadine elated . Sonny teams up with Julian, who is also being threatened by Luke, and the two break out of prison to stop him . Sonny finds a bomb on the Haunted Star ship, where Michael is throwing a party, and jumps overboard with the bomb to save Michael after Faison fled Port Charles where the PCPD was no longer looking for him because the search was called off and Jerry Jacks stole ELQ shares . Sonny survives, and is granted a pardon by the governor, since his daughter was on the ship . Sonny is released, and reconnects with Carly . He also gets custody of Avery, his daughter with Ava . However, Michael sues and wins custody of Avery, to get revenge on Sonny . Michael eventually decides to let go of his anger, and gives Avery back to Sonny . Sonny and Carly get engaged, and plan to get married . On their wedding day, Sonny is shot while trying to rescue T.J. Ashford . At the hospital, it's determined he is paralyzed and needs a wheelchair . Carly stands by him, and Sonny realizes how much he loves her . The two marry in the hospital chapel . Sonny has to go to court for custody of Avery after Ava is released from prison . Ava ends up getting sole custody, infuriating Sonny . </P> <P> Sonny starts to regain feeling in his legs, though he hides his progress from his family so his enemies do not find out after his P.T. sessions with Epiphany Johnson . When Julian marries Alexis, Sonny reveals his condition when he stands up to defend Kristina from a gunman that took her hostage, his brother Ric was not surprised about that, but it also left T.J. unharmed . Then came the will reading of Helena at Wyndemere on Spoon Island . Carly almost leaves him for his deception, but they stay together and unite when Morgan is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and has to be committed to a mental facility . Duke is killed, and Sonny aims to prove Julian was responsible . He tracks down Julian's hit man, Carlos Rivera, and brings him back to Port Charles to face charges . Carlos is killed, though, and Sonny is intent on making Julian pay . Sonny later agrees to joint custody with Ava of Avery . Julian is arrested for killing Duke and Carlos, and is put on trial . He goes free, though, when the case falls apart . Sonny intends to retaliate, despite Carly's protests . Duke's son, Griffin Munro, manages to convince Sonny to not kill Julian . The night Sonny calls off the hit, Morgan is killed after stealing Julian's car, which exploded . Guilt - ridden, Sonny turns himself in, planning to confess to his son's murder . However, Jason tells Sonny that he is not responsible for Morgan's murder because his hit man got Sonny's message . Sonny is put on house arrest, while Jason tries to prove his innocence . After Jordan found out that Sonny was innocent that Julian's sister Olivia Jerome did it confirming Jason and Curtis' story, Sonny was free to go anywhere he likes to find Olivia Jerome who abducted Robin after his wife Carly found her first . </P>

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