Part I
Jason closed his eyes for a few seconds and sighed, "Carly, promise me – "
Carly shook her head, "Don't make me promise," Carly whispered. "I don't want to lie to you and I can't promise that I won't say something." She could lie to everyone, anytime about anything. Everyone, except Jason. Not because she couldn't, not because he knew when she was lying – but because she wouldn't. Carly turned away from Jason and stared at the wall of the interrogation room.
Jason walked closer to Carly and placed his hand on her shoulder, "I'm going to get out of here," Jason said. He wasn't going to jail, especially now - especially for a murder that he didn't commit.
The moment Jason touched her, Carly started crying. "You didn't do it," Carly whispered. "We both know you didn't do it." Carly laughed bitterly at the irony of the situation. Jason was in jail, for murdering Alcazar when he didn't do it – again.
"I have another bail hearing in the morning," Jason said. "Diane will get me out on bail."
"And if she doesn't?" Carly asked. Jason had already been in jail for three days and as far as she was concerned, that was three days too long. He could get out of jail, today, if he would just let her help him.
"Then you can break me out of jail," Jason said.
Carly laughed and turned around, "So you're agreeing to one of my plans in advance?" Carly asked. "Let's say that Diane does what you pay her a small fortune to do, can I get a rain check on you agreeing to one of my plans?"
"No," Jason said. Carly started toying with the zipper on her jacket. "Hey, look at me? Everything is going to be fine, okay? Just trust me."
"I do trust you," Carly said. "Trusting you isn't the problem." Carly stepped away from Jason and started pacing. "The problem is them! They're the problem. They're too stupid and too idiotic to figure out that you didn't kill Alcazar. You didn't kill Luis then, and you didn't kill Lorenzo now. Although you should have, but that's beside the point. You know, I should break you out of jail now. Spinelli could do it. If he could get into the Metro Court without tipping off anyone, he could get you out of here. Is he still at the penthouse?"
"No," Jason said.
"No what?" Carly asked. "No, he's not at the penthouse or no, don't do this."
"Don't do this," Jason said.
"Why?" Carly asked. "Give me one good reason why not?"
"You know why not," Jason said. Carly started to say something then changed her mind. "Carly – not one word. Not a word to Johnny or Diane or anyone. Nobody, okay?"
"Jason – "
"NOBODY!" Jason shouted. "Nobody knows, we do this my way." He didn't want Carly to help, not because he didn't trust her. He trusted her with his life. But he didn't want her to put herself on the line for him. Not now, not about this. He knew she'd do it without a second thought to herself, and that's why he didn't want her to say anything.
Diane entered the room, loudly closing the door behind her. She could hear the two of them arguing from the main squad room but wasn't able to make out any of their conversation.
"Fine," Carly said. "You get three days. Three days, if you're not out of here in three days – we're doing things my way." Carly grabbed her purse from the table and left.
"What was that about?" Diane asked, setting down her briefcase.
"Nothing," Jason said. "It's personal."
"You do know that Carly is married to Sonny, and anything you and Carly spoke about is not protected by spousal privilege," Diane reminded him.
"Don't worry about it," Jason said. He knew perfectly well that Carly was married to Sonny. After all, he was the one that talked her into marrying him. "It's personal, it's none of your business."
"On the contrary," Diane said. "If it affects your case, it's my business. It's my job to keep you out of jail and it is your job to let me know about any information that can help you, even if you don't think it can, I need to know about it."
"It's personal," Jason said.
"If Carly is called as a witness – "
"She's not going to be called as a witness. Ric isn't that stupid," Jason said. If there was one thing he knew about Ric, it was that Ric was a brilliant lawyer. And there was no way that Ric was going to jeopardize his case by putting Carly on the witness stand. The only way that Ric would put Carly on the witness stand is if she saw Alcazar's murder and she didn't, so he didn't need to worry about it.
"Stupid or not, he has every right to call her as a witness if he thinks she knows something about Lorenzo Alcazar, he's going to put her on that stand," Diane said.
"Carly would never say anything to incriminate me, in fact – she'd lie if she had to. Ric knows that. Carly hates Ric, he held her hostage, tried to kill her and take her baby. He's not going to put her on the witness stand because she'll bring it up and it will mess with his credibility," Jason said. He knew that Carly would be treated as a hostile witness in the event that she was called to the witness stand. But he also knew that Carly would find a way to let the jury know that Ric had a personal vendetta against him and she'd expose him for the scum that he was.
"Okay, fine – let's pretend for a minute that Ric Lansing doesn't hate you and that he's not going to put Carly on the stand. Can you tell me why you don't want her on that witness stand? What does Carly know that you don't want anyone else to know?" Diane asked.
"It's personal," Jason said.
"Personal, right. You know what? I don't care what you and Carly do when you're alone together. I don't care if the two of you play monopoly, shoot a game of pool, watch chick flicks or if you're sleeping together," Diane said. "What I do care about is what she knows about that night. I want you to take me through your day, step by step."
"I went to Alcazar's that night, I saw Carly there – and we left," Jason said. He went to Alcazar's to kill him, but when he got there he saw Carly arguing with Alcazar.
"Okay, when you left, was Lorenzo Alcazar still alive?" Diane asked. She didn't believe for a second that Jason killed Lorenzo Alcazar, but her instincts told her that he was holding something back. Her instincts were never wrong.
"As far as I know," Jason said. He and Carly hadn't left right away. After they left the house, they'd talked in the street for about fifteen minutes before leaving.
"As far as you know," Diane muttered. Jason was nothing if not precise. He probably knew criminal law better than half the lawyers in the state, but she couldn't help him unless he told her everything. "Okay, did you or Carly kill Lorenzo Alcazar?"
"No," Jason said.
"So the two of you left, together? Separately?" Diane asked.
"Separately," Jason said. He would've left with Carly, but she had driven herself over.
"Then what?" Diane asked.
"Then I went to Jake's," Jason said.
"And Carly?" Diane asked. She was well aware of the fact that Jason Morgan could dissect the truth into so many particles that he could misrepresent something without really lying. "Where did she go?"
"She went home to check on the boys," Jason said.
"How long were you there?" Diane asked.
"A while," Jason asked. The truth was, he never left Jake's that night.
"A while? How long of a while? Did anyone see you there? Were you there until last call? All night? You do keep a room there, don't you? Were you with anyone?" Jason didn't answer and all the pieces start to fall into place, "Is Carly your alibi?" Diane asked. It started to make sense why Jason was keeping quiet. It wasn't because she knew something. It was because she knew there was no way Jason killed Alcazar. And if Carly knew Jason didn't kill Alcazar, that meant she was with him - all night. And the only reason he wouldn't let her come forward was because he didn't want her husband to know.
"Does it matter?" Jason asked.
"Yes, it matters," Diane said.
"How? No one will believe Carly if she says she's my alibi," Jason said. If Carly came forward, everyone would think she was lying. No one would believe her, least of all the police.
"Why? Because she's your best friend? Your partner's wife? Your lover? If she's your alibi, she's your alibi," Diane said. "The first thing I'm going to do is get you out on bail, then I can work on getting these charges dropped."
"Do you know that Carly has perjured herself before?" Jason asked.
"That's beside the point," Diane said. She'd have to deal with that later. "The point is, is that you and Mrs. Corinthos are lovers and protecting her from public scrutiny is noble, but it's going to get you sent to jail for a very long time."
"Her name is Carly Spencer," Jason said. He hated it when people called her Mrs. Corinthos, as if the only identity she had was Sonny's wife.
"Ms. Spencer, right," Diane said. People who thought Jason Morgan didn't have a weakness, didn't know him very well. He had a weakness. His weakness was 5'5" with blond hair and brown eyes. "Are you sleeping with Carly Spencer? Were you with her, intimately, the night Lorenzo Alcazar was murdered?"
"I'm not on the witness stand," Jason said.
"No, you're not on the witness stand," Diane said. "But if you want me to get you out of jail and keep you out of jail, you need to be truthful with me."
"Everything we discuss is protected by client privilege, isn't it?" Jason asked. He knew it was, but he wanted that to be perfectly clear.
"Yes," Diane said. "Of course it is."
"And that means if I specifically ask you not to disclose something, you can't," Jason said.
"You're exactly right," Diane said. "Anything I discuss with you does not leave this room, this includes discussing it with Sonny." She did have a release that allowed her to speak freely about Jason's case, but if Jason didn't want her to tell Sonny something she wouldn't. She needed Jason to trust her, not Sonny.
"Good. You need to forget about the conversation we had and not mention it to anyone. It doesn't leave this room and it is not to be mentioned to anyone and that includes Carly and the court," Jason said. He had all his people working on this 24/7 and it was only a matter of time before they'd be able to prove he didn't kill Alcazar without involving Carly.
"Fine, I just want to point out to you that you're going through a lot of trouble to keep her name out of this," Diane said. "Do you know that you're paying me triple my hourly rate?"
"You don't understand, it's easier this way," Jason said. This wasn't about the money.
"Easier? Might I remind you that you're in jail, bail has been denied and the DA thinks he can convict?" Diane asked.
"It's still easier," Jason said. He and Carly hadn't figured out what they were going to do about their affair. Neither of them felt she was cheating on Sonny, since she married him to keep him out of prison. But they both knew that Sonny wouldn't see it that way. As much as neither of them wanted to admit it, they both knew he would try to take the boys from her. He'd done it before and they wouldn't put it past him to do it again.
"Fine, it's your life on the line. But you might want to advise Mrs. – Ms. Spencer, not to visit you so often. Her name is on the visitor's log at least twice a day, and not to mention the five-course breakfast she brought you yesterday," Diane said.
"People will find it suspicious if Carly doesn't visit me, don't worry about it," Jason said.