A/N: This was a challenge over at HH, I thought you could all use a new story too. So here is the May Marriage of Convenience Challenge
Chapter One
Death of Her Dreams
Elizabeth was not happy to see Sam McCall. She had tried to be pleasant, but every time she saw the woman she was reminded of her pain, her anger. She had done what was expected of her, she forgave Jason, she forgave Sam but in truth, she had done nothing of the sort.
When she heard Sam telling Carly that Jason had proposed, she fumed, seriously not believing that he had once again spat on their son after agreeing to have a child with the woman who had repeatedly endangered Jake.
Walking to the locker room, she grimaced when she saw Lisa Niles changing. Yet another woman who was walking around after committing crimes against someone other than the mob so of course she was not in jail nor shunned.
Leaving, she avoided the hallway that had the two smug witches and walked down the stairs to where she would pick up Cameron and Aidan. Her mind already on what she had to do at home, what she had to get done on the way.
She wasn't paying attention and really should have been because just as she arrived on the first floor landing, she heard a pop. Turning around, instead of just walking away, Elizabeth was mentally screaming this wasn't happening when she saw John Zachara and Jason both with guns drawn and John's father lying dead with two bullet holes in his heart.
"Morgan, we can't let her..." Elizabeth found herself grabbed by Jason, not even thinking she kneed the man. Holding his balls while telling John he would take care of things, Jason said "Elizabeth, please stop. Listen to me."
"No!" she snarled. John didn't even think, he saw his people behind the couple and then looked at them as Jason looked like he was getting ready to plead with the woman John knew he had screwed over and knew that there was no possible way of Elizabeth letting this one go.
Thinking on the past, Jason's mainly and wanting to screw over Corinthos who he knew would be furious at what he was about to do, he grinned then nodded to the men.
Jason and Elizabeth woke up lying on the same bed, staring at one another, in the background; they heard the sound of the two little boys. "Jason, what did you do to me?"
"Nothing, I didn't do this." he said struggling to sit up while avoiding noticing how lovely Elizabeth was as he reminded himself of his sacrifice. Seeing the ring on his finger, he froze, hoping he was wrong about what happened. That was quickly put to rest when John came into the room and said "It was either you or me and I really think it would be more believable if it is the two of you."
Elizabeth tried to clear the fog from her head, shaking it; she reached up to fix her hair only to get it tangled on something. Pulling her hand back, she swore when she saw the gold ring on her finger. "Fuck no. This had better mean I am married to you John, because otherwise I am going to be a widow by the end of the day."
"No, you two are married. And yeah, it was legal. We even have video tape." beamed the junior mobster. Elizabeth looked down, then over at Jason and then stood, walking over to the smug mobster grinning at her, she slapped the other man.
"Ouch, that hurt. Look, I am sorry, I get why you wouldn't want to be married to this man, after all he is trying to have a kid with the woman who endangered your son, but Elizabeth it was the only way."
Jason frowned then looked over to where they were standing. "Why would she care about me marrying Sam, I mean she forgave her for what happened."
Elizabeth gripped the line of her white skirt and glared at the blond man. "You have got to be the densest, the stupidest person to walk this earth. Do you REALLY think I would be happy that you lied to me, that you strung me along while you got back with the bitch that hurt our son? I didn't forgive her and you, I hate your guts. Oh, I will do what is proper, but in truth, I take a shower and scrub my skin raw every time I think of the fact I allowed you to touch me."
John's eyebrows were almost to his hairline as he watched the woman look at Jason Morgan with loathing. "But you told me—"
"Jason, please I guess you really are that big of an idiot." she said then looking at John asked "What are my children doing here?"
"Wow, you really don't remember do you?" he asked amused. "You picked them up at daycare then we drove to the airport and flew here."
"Okay, where is here?" she asked impatiently.
"No, that is not going to be shared." he said leaning against the wall. "We are going to stay here for at least ten days. We are going to take pictures of the happy couple, we are going to set up romantic dinners and Jason is going to be spending time with your sons."
"Like hell he is, don't you know... it's too dangerous for him to be around children, wait… no, it is too dangerous for him to be around his own son. The Corinthos kids, the Davis girls, even his ex-lover's daughter Emma are safe to be around him, but no, not his own son. But then the only real danger to Jake came from the bitch he is fucking. You do remember Jake, don't you Jason? Or are you to busy trying to replace him with the woman that wanted him dead. Now if you will excuse me, I am going to see my sons. Stay away, far away." she said in an angry tone.
Jason glared at the door after it closed then turned to the kid. "What the hell were you thinking? She would have never said anything."
"You really believe that, don't you?" he asked shaking his head. "Seriously, she is right, you are an idiot. I would have turned you in just because you are sleeping with Sam McCall, let alone any of the other stupid shit you have done over the last few years."
Jason glared at the man and said "That is none of your business."
"Wrong, it became my business when you let Michael get away with killing my sister. I went looking into your personal life; I knew there was something between the two of you, after the Black and White Ball, after the trial."
"What are you talking about?" Jason had been sure all of that was gone, hidden; after all not even that psycho Franco had found out about Elizabeth. Spinelli had promised him that there was no trail, none connecting him to Elizabeth.
"Did you forget that everyone saw you two together? Did you forget that most people can add nine months and then two and two? Morgan, my father put it together, why the hell would you think no one else would?" John had always at least thought Morgan was the brains of the operation, but he was now having doubts.
Swallowing his shock and his denial, Jason saw the disgust in the other man's eyes as he continued. "I went to talk to the woman who kidnapped Jake in the park, then went looking for video tape of the threat in the park. Wasn't too hard to figure out Sam was behind those things. Yet, you hunted my sister down. My guess is that you were after her to assuage your guilty conscious for getting back with the woman who hurt your own kid."
Jason stood, deep down, he tried to reject what the man was saying but knowing there was a grain of truth in it, and then said "Like I said, my life is none of your business."
"Man, your life? You don't have a life. You are nothing more than Sonny and Carly's bitch and the man letting Sam McCall lead around by your dick." he said walking away.
Out in the hallway, he saw Elizabeth at the window as she attempted to get a signal on her cell phone. "Calling your cop of an ex, hoping that he will forgive you, that he will let you come crawling back. Why on earth do you take so much shit from him? Do you like being mentally abused? I heard about women like you, but wow, seriously, I thought you were a better mother than that."
Turning, Elizabeth returned her phone to her purse then said "You have no idea what you are talking about."
"Wrong, I know everything there is to know about you, Elizabeth Imogene Webber, born November 1 to Jeff and Carolyn Webber, doctors. I know about your grandmother, I know about your sister and how Lucky stood you up and you ended up raped in the park because of his irresponsibility."
"No, Lucky isn't at fault for my rape. Tom Baker was the one who hurt me." she retorted.
"Wow, you really drank the Lucky is the best Kool-Aid, didn't you?" he asked shaking his head. "Elizabeth the man is a fuck up, an abuser and pretending that everything is your fault is how he lives with himself for being a bastard."
Walking away, she tried to ignore him but the man followed. "As for Morgan, yeah, he is an asshole but Elizabeth. You are no saint. All it would have taken was for you to grow a spine and tell those in your life to back the fuck up and let you live your life the way you want."
When she stopped and turned to glare at him, she missed seeing Jason coming out of the bedroom as John continued. "Yeah, you fucked up, but the only thing you seem to feel guilty about is keeping Jason away from Jake and your son's death. The two things you aren't guilty of. The rest of the crap, yeah, it is on you. Instead of dealing with Jason as a grownup, you played games expecting him to know what the hell you are thinking."
"Like I said, you know nothing about me." she protested.
"I know that Carly Jacks has spent the last ten years making your life a living hell and that Morgan has never done anything about his so called friend." he said his eyes meeting Jason's who stiffened when he heard what Elizabeth said.
"Carly is obsessed, the only reason she is accepting of Sam is because she isn't me. Carly thinks she dodged a bullet by getting rid of me and my son."
"N-no, that isn't true, Elizabeth." said Jason only for Elizabeth to turn and laugh at him.
"Wow, you really believe that, don't you? Jason, Carly hates me because she still blames me for losing you all those years ago when she slept with Sonny while you were getting shot." she spat out.
"And you are equally blind." said John smirking when she whirled around. "Suddenly Lucky is best friends with Jason, you don't think that maybe he had his own agenda? Morgan, that one is on you as well. Why on earth were you accepting anything that manipulative bastard had to say about Elizabeth?"
They just glared at each other then Jason walked past Elizabeth and to the doorway. "I am assuming that phones don't work?"
"We have jammers in place." he replied. "You know, you two are both fuck-ups. To bad your son died, but he would have grown up to hate both of you. Elizabeth you for being a coward and kissing the asses of the Spencer family. Morgan, you for giving everything to Michael, to Carly's kids and abandoning your own son. Then there is your whore, anyone who sleeps with her mother's husband is a whore."
Snorting Elizabeth said "Guess you can toss Carly in there too, she even got pregnant and oh my god..." Laughing she walked by Jason then said "No wonder Sam is your dream girl, I wonder if she knows she is a replacement for Carly? John, make this marriage go away, or I will gladly make your life a living hell. I am done, done with the mob and its group of feckless users and whores."
Jason was fuming when John looked at him and said "Wow, she really hates you. Not that I blame her. Seriously Morgan, you are essentially engaged to a woman just like Claudia, the difference? Claudia didn't mean to harm the kid, unlike Sam."
In the parlor, Elizabeth looked around; frowning as she got the feeling they weren't in the states while joining her children. Quietly playing with Aidan and Cameron, she could hear echoes from John's diatribe.
Back in Port Charles, Carly was talking to Sam about planning her wedding as she walked past Lisa Niles who swore as she hung up her phone. The blond made yet another call and said "John, where are you, your SOB of a father just left another message threatening me again. If you don't want me to take matters into my own hands, deal with him."
Carly just kept going, not giving a damn about the blond as Sam and she talked colors and about Kristina acting as her bridesmaid. Rubbing her belly, Sam said dreamily. "I can't wait to have Jason's child."
Arriving at the penthouse, Sam frowned a bit when she saw that the keys to the bike were still missing and that her note was still on the desk. Driving out to Sonny's, she asked Sonny if he had sent Jason some place.
"No, we have nothing going on right now." he said then with a glance at Brenda walked Sam to the door. When the woman had left, he went back to where the love of his life was waiting and said "Jason is avoiding Sam, I wonder what is going on?"
Brenda shrugged her shoulders; she had bigger problems than Jason's love life as she drew Sonny down to have a long talk about her son.
Carly called Jason, wanting to know why he hadn't talk to her after getting engaged, that was so unlike her best friend. Finally trying the kid, she asked "Have you talked to Jason today?"
"No, not today." he said then when she asked said "He wanted to know if I had gotten the information about Theo and his family he was looking for yesterday. Maybe he went to track it all down."
"Okay thanks Spinelli." Carly hurried home, seeing Shawn waiting, she said "I need to hire you to kill Anthony Zachara."
In the middle of Nowhere, Jason stood at the window for almost an hour; his mind was on Elizabeth's words, on John's words. With a sigh, he couldn't believe that they had things so backwards. And now to learn that Elizabeth had lied, that she hadn't forgiven Sam made him sad for her. That was not the woman he knew, that woman was forgiving, she understood that people made mistakes.
Staying out of her way as she dealt with her children, Jason was still in the small alcove when night fell. He heard John's men talking, then the Italian warning them to be careful that they didn't want to be caught in foreign territory. "What about Morgan?"
"He won't be a problem. A few years ago, yeah, but he is a paper tiger." he replied. "Just protect the kids and the woman, okay?"
John was soon in bed, his mind on what his father had said to him just before he had shot the man at the same time as Morgan. The words, riddle really was keeping him awake as he tried to figure out a way clear of this mess.
Elizabeth checked on both boys after showering, grateful they were in an adjoining room. Soon fast asleep, she had no idea that the drugs were still working their way through her system and were going to cause nightmares.
Jason heard the sounds from the hallway and entered the room, standing at the foot of the bed not sure what to do as Elizabeth tossed and turned, muttering to herself. Then the words started to sink in as he got she was dreaming of her rape. Then the fire, saving him at the boxcar... the bomb in her studio... Emily's waking up next to a corpse... Lucky's brainwashing… Jason's return… yet another fire...
As the night moved on, Jason got an earful unaware that another person was listening to Elizabeth's fears and pain. When she settled down back into sleep, Jason found himself wanting to reach out for her, but he had put those emotions away in a box labeled never to be opened again, if he wanted to keep his sanity, it had to remain that way.
Restless from knowing that he bore a lot of guilt for her pain, he was almost back out the door when he heard the soft noise. Worried that someone was coming for Elizabeth through the other door; he stopped in the entrance way, his heart breaking when he saw the little boy silently sobbing with his arms wrapped around his knees.
"Cam?" he asked quietly then seeing Elizabeth turn on the bed, picked up the hysterical little boy. In the small alcove, he rubbed his back then asked why he was crying?
The seven year old buried his head into his crossed arms and refused to talk. Jason let it go; just holding him then tensed up when the dark eyes looked at him and said "Why, why didn't you save Jakey this time? Where were you? How come you never came around anymore?"
"Cam..." Jason didn't know what to say as the little boy continued on. Hearing firsthand about how scared he was when the woman had kidnapped Jake, how when the loud people had grabbed his brother yet again, Jason had no idea what to say to him until Cam said something that managed to do what Elizabeth and John hadn't been able to.
Jason finally got how his actions looked to others as the little told him about how scared he had been when the mean men had threatened them in the park. How scared he had been at the cottage, how he hadn't liked being there with that woman; that he didn't like her and said "She had mean eyes when she looked at Jake."
"What do you mean, mean eyes?" he asked totally confused by the boy.
"She had mean eyes, she didn't know we heard her one night but she said she wished he had never been born. That he should have been hers. We didn't tell Mommy." he confessed.
Cam leaned back against the sofa and slid of Jason's lap and said "Why are you always with those other kids but don't talk to us Jason?"
Starting to tell him about the danger, but knowing that little kids don't understand that type of reasoning, he was at a standstill then heard words that were worse than an infected bullet wound when his voice trembling with what could only be pain, Cam asked. "Is it because you don't like us anymore?"
Jason swallowed his pain and said "No, no, I like you. I... I" He started to say he loved him, but no, that wasn't true, he had forced himself to get rid of those emotions. He had put them in the box with his feelings for Elizabeth, he had had too.
"It's okay, you don't have to tell fibs." said the little boy with a heavy sigh. "I heard daddy telling Sam that you were only around mommy because Sam was mad at you. That you were friendly because you weren't getting anything elsewhere."
Jason closed his eyes furious with Spencer for talking like that in front of a child but the next statement burned his soul. "I asked Mommy what he had meant and she said it was nothing. But I heard her talking to Uncle Steven and she said that you were around because that is what you do. When you don't have anyone else to talk to, you come to mommy until the one you really want comes back. That she is a fool who you know you can toss away and reel back in like a yo-yo, that you don't care that you hurt her."
"Jason, why did you hurt my mommy? Was Sam nicer than my mommy, is that why you are with her instead of us?" Jason saw the confusion in Cam's eyes and then the sorrow as the little boy scooted off the sofa and towards the door. "I have to go to bed now, I am sorry but I really don't want to play with you, Jason. You aren't very nice."
The mobster sat there, his mind reeling from what the little boy had unknowingly imparted. Suddenly grateful for what John did, Jason vowed to at least make sure Elizabeth knew that she was wrong. That if his circumstances were different, Elizabeth and the life they had wanted would be all he... all he would... Standing Jason suddenly got why she believed what she did. Elizabeth believed it because he had made her feel that way.
Outside, leaning against the tall stone wall, Jason looked up at the night sky and thought to himself what he wouldn't give to have a different life to have made different choices.
He had made a promise to a woman, he owed her because the last time he had made that promise he had walked away. He had told her he loved her and in a way it was true. She was there, she was safe, and she didn't have the power to bring him to his knees. He couldn't walk away from that, he couldn't let her destroy herself... yet inside that stone house was the woman who he would die longing for but the woman he had no right ever reaching for.
He had tried to cut the ties physically at the end of 2008, to cut the sexual ties by sleeping with Sam seven months later. He had thought he had cut the emotional ties later that year when he had heard she was engaged to Lucky again.
Then their son had died, and he had been numb, going through the motions of his life. Sam and the possibility of some sort of future were all he had had. Now, now he had to cling to that otherwise he would do something stupid.
Something that would make him into an even bigger fool because Elizabeth Webber hated his guts, what was worse she would never forgive him for what had happened the night their son had died.
The next morning, Mac Scorpio and two of his detectives were summoned to the City dump. "Sir, it is Anthony Zachara."
Mac told Lucky and Dante to get with the forensics team, then went to find out how a prisoner was walking around free and no one knew it. The warden hurried down to the cell and found another man wearing Zachara's clothes.
Searching the cell, Mac and he found some interesting files and photos. At the station, Mac was about to call Lucky Spencer into his office when he saw what was on the back of one picture. Freezing then looking at the cop, he just asked for an update then told him to find Morgan.
"Why?" Lucky asked stumped.
"I would like to have a word with Mr. Morgan, then track down John Zachara, bring him in too." he ordered then making copies placed the file in his safe. Leaving the station, Mac did some digging and didn't like what he was finding out about more than Morgan's life, also about Michael Corinthos who clearly didn't appreciate what a close call he had had in regards to prison.
"Corinthos, where is your son?" he asked when he arrived at the mobster's estate.
"Unless you are looking to arrest him, then that is none of your business." snapped the Cuban.
"He is on probation, that means anytime I want to know where he is and I am refused that information, I can arrest him. So, answer the question." he responded.
Sonny stonewalled then called his son. "We need to talk, Mac Scorpio was here."
"And?" asked the cocky kid.
"He catches you spending time with Abby, you go back to prison. Do you understand what I am saying?" he pressed.
Michael just walked out, ignoring his father's latest gambit to get him to stay away from Abby and went to see his Uncle Jason, he at least understood that Michael was his own man and didn't want to be told what to do.
"Sorry Michael, he is working on something." said Sam frowning a bit at not hearing from him since the night they got engaged. After listening to the kid, she assured him that his father was wrong and then suggested he just let it go.
Leaving, Michael drove back to Abby's place unaware of the undercover cop trailing him. The man called his boss who ran the name. Swearing and not believing the kid, he drove over to the apartment building then called Diane Miller from the downstairs foyer. "Do you know where your client Michael Corinthos is at this very moment?"
"No, but I will get back to you in a few minutes." she assured the man then called Sonny. Frowning she groaned and said "Why didn't you tell me, I might have been able to get through to him. Where is he?"
Calling Michael, Diane clipped out the demand. "Where are you?"
"With a friend, why?" he asked belligerently while Abby went to get the knock at the door. Seeing Mac Scorpio, he said "What is going on?"
Diane heard Mac telling Michael to turn around, that he was under arrest for yet again violating the terms of his probation. "What are you talking about?"
"Michael not a word until we meet at the station." swore Diane as she hung up and quickly drove to the police station.
Seeing Mac ordering Dante and Lucky to his office, he turned to Diane and said "This isn't the first violation. Now, excuse me I have to have a talk with my officers."
In the office, he tossed down his cuffs then looked at Dante then Lucky and snapped "Did either of you brain surgeons every think to warn Michael that hanging out with someone on probation is a crime? Or that sleeping with a hooker isn't such a good idea when you are conditionally let out of prison? And did either of you think; just maybe think of doing your damn jobs and hauling him in? No, of course not!"
"You are both suspended, pending an investigation into how close you two are to organized crime and if there are any other violations you looked the other way on. As it is, I have put out an arrest warrant for Luke, Lucky. Your father killed Jake, and instead of arresting him for felony hit and run… what? You know better. You will be lucky not to be charged as an accessory after the fact."
"Mac..." Both of them tried but the man glared at his officers and said "No, get out, you both disgust me. Spencer, I also had a call from the INS, you might want to tell your wife, they are taking a very close look at your marriage."
Slamming their way out of the station they missed hearing Mac shout for Harper and Demestico. "You two, find Luke Spencer, if he isn't in a jail cell by midnight, you two will be joining dumb and dumber on the unemployment line."
In the interrogation room, Michael was protesting what Diane was saying about Abby. "Michael, it doesn't matter her ex-husband has nothing to do with this. You can't just get away with doing whatever you damn well please. She is on probation, she may not have a felony charge against her, but it still matters. I don't know what the hell Jason was thinking but this nonsense has to stop."
Mac entered and when Michael started to talk, he said "No, shut up and listen to me. You are damn lucky that I didn't just drive you straight to Pentonville. I could have and there is nothing your attorney could do about it. Now, this is what we are going to do. You, you are going to move into a halfway house, one with a strong supervisory set up."
"You can work at the hospital. I talked to Steven Webber; he said you could work as an orderly. If I see you with any known criminals, including your uncle, your uncle's fiancee, your father, your mother or anyone else who has been found guilty of a crime, I will take you on that drive, do you understand me. You can call your parents here; we will explain this so there is no confusion."
Turning to Diane, he said "I want all of them in here, in twenty minutes, no excuses or he goes to prison."
Soon along with Alexis Davis all but Jason were gathered and Mac took note of that fact while looking at them. Telling them what was going to happen, he snapped at Diane when they all started to shout in protest.
"Shut your clients up or they are under arrest. I will be back in five minutes, make sure they understand there isn't going to be another chance. That it is Pentonville or my way."
In his office, he made a call and hung up his phone, smiling in satisfaction. Returning to the room he saw the angry glares and said "I gather you explained the gravity of the situation? Good, now you should also know. Detective Falconari was suspended today and Lucky Spencer is going to be fired for having knowledge of this and doing nothing about it. If I find out either of your attorneys were aware of this, I will get them disbarred. I am done letting things slide. Alexis. One more misstep and you won't have a career."
Carly opened her mouth to say something but Mac turned to Sam and said "I know that you were the one who introduced Michael to this Abby aka Candy and let me tell you I would love to arrest you for collusion so keep your nose clean. You should also know, I am taking a look into how you could possibly be working as a PI considering your background. Diane, I want all copies of the partnership of McCall and Spinelli investigations in my office by the end of business today."
At the doorway, he looked at Sonny then said "I mean what I am saying. One violation and he is off to prison."
Diane watched as the man left then turned to the quiet room filled with people and said "Do you believe me now? Carly, Sonny, I have tried to talk to the judge, he agreed with Mac's assessment. Not even the Quartermaine family is an option this time. Sam, tell Jason I want to speak to him by the end of the day or all of you will be looking for a new attorney."
Sam looked at Sonny and said "You have to get Jason back here, now!"
"I told you, I don't know where he is." snarled the man as he pushed his way out of the station while his ex-wife started to plot against the police commissioner, how dare he tell her she couldn't spend time with her own son.
In the secret location, John had his people watching with cameras at ready at all times for honeymoon photos, but they were getting frustrated. "Sir, we have more hope of convincing people you and Ms. Webber were married then those two."
Jason wasn't thrilled with John's insistence they all spend the day outdoors but went along with it because Elizabeth refused to until Cam pleaded with her. Now they were outside, spending time along the beach pathways. John waited until they were out of the house then made a call. "Okay, here is what I want you to do."
Smirking the man on the other end thought about a certain slutty brunette and the pretentious engagement announcement she had sent to him, with a full color picture of herself. Hanging up, then going to his files for information, he went to make the necessary calls. Within an hour the reporter for the Port Charles Herald had called his boss. "Have I got a scoop for you?"
The man choked on what he was hearing then thought about it. "Do you have a copy?"
"Yes, of the certificate, also they do wedding videos there. It's a good one." he said thinking on what he had seen. "You know that it is going to piss off a lot of people."
"I have broad shoulders, I can take it." he said then went back to bed.
Carly was up at the break of the dawn, her plot to make Mac Scorpio pay needing some work so she went to get her newspaper, looking for inspiration. Pouring herself a cup of coffee, she let in Shawn who asked if she had heard. "Zachara is dead."
"I will have Bernie send you payment." The guard was about to tell her that he hadn't done it when she suddenly shrieked and shouted no, no, no there is no way that was true. Ripping the newspaper, she ran to the phone.
As it rang, she muttered, pick up, pick up, pick up the damn phone. When it was finally picked up she screamed. "Get the damn paper, the society page."
Sam hung up the phone, and then went back to bed, certain Carly was excited about the engagement announcement they had put in regarding Jason and her getting married. Then smiling Sam sat up, thinking she wanted to, no needed to see it in black and white.
Dressing, then heading to the newsstand, she paid her fifty cents and hurried to get a coffee across the street, planning on savoring the article with a donut and some fresh hot coffee.
Seeing Spinelli's number on her phone, she turned it off, not wanting to deal with his excitement, this moment, this moment of perfection was for her, for her plans coming to fruition. For the whole world especially Elizabeth Webber to read in black and white she was about to become Samantha Morgan.
As she flipped each page, she smiled as she got closer and closer to the moment she had been waiting for... blinking, she looked again, certain she had misread it, or that her imagination was running wild.
WEBBER/MORGAN WEDDING
Sam's hands shook as she saw the picture of the happy couple, then read the blurb underneath it. Convinced it was a joke, she picked up her phone and called the reporter. Being connected to him she said "Who paid you to write this nonsense?"
"No one, I had an anonymous tip called into the newspaper, I verified it, then tracked down the wedding video. The couple looks very happy don't they? The officiate said they mentioned something about going to Italy on their honeymoon."
There was only the sound of angry pants then the man asked "Ms McCall, do you want to make a comment on the record?"
Screaming, Sam shut her phone, then grabbing the newspaper shred it, before heading to Jason's penthouse. Inside she called Spinelli and snapped. "Get over to the penthouse, now."
Spinelli did as ordered then was handed a digital device by Sam and told to get the safe open now. "But Stone Cold-"
"Fuck him, fuck that rat bastard, how dare he, how dare he humiliate me this way." she shrieked.
Spinelli looked between the safe and the angry woman and said "Fair Samantha, grief is a terrible thing, I am sure that Stone Cold is right now regretting his momentary lapse in his wall of forgetfulness. You need to just give him time; he will come back to you. After all he doesn't want to inflict this life on the Maternal One and her children. You know that is why you are perfect for him. He doesn't mind your children being in this life."
Sam glared at the geek and said "If I had wanted your opinion, I would have asked for it. Now get the damn safe open or I will tell your hero how you helped me get him back. NOW SPINELLI!"
Stuttering, Spinelli opened the safe then saw Sam tossing away the money, then the files, searching for something. Then the woman went to the closet, yanked down the boxes and tossed them when she didn't find it. "No, no, I am wrong, he loves me, I know he loves me. He told me so, he loves me."
"Of course Stone Cold loves you." said Spinelli as he unknowingly dug the knife in deeper. "He doesn't have to worry about you; you don't need him to hold your hand, for him to actually be there for her. You are happy with what he can offer you in spite of it being what no other woman in the world would settle for. It's why you are perfect for him. You get him."
"The Maternal One, while one of the most beautiful women in the world isn't hard enough to be my Master's soul mate. She would never chase after him because he wouldn't allow it, he would protect her; shield her from danger, you, you are his equal, his ride or die woman."
Sam glared in hatred at the kid who didn't know when to shut up. All she had ever wanted was for Jason to put her first, to protect her before all others, like he did Michael, like he did Carly. The only woman he had ever even come close to treating that way was that bitch Elizabeth.
He had protected Sam, but she knew it was different, Anthony Zachara had proven that to her. He had shown her proof. That was why she had done what she had... why she had given in and helped the man before he went to prison.
"Spinelli shut up." she said then spinning around, looked at the penthouse that Maxie and she had worked so hard to decorate, then compared it to that small house she had found the key to on Jason's ring and she knew, she knew that she had been a place holder, a replacement.
Falling to her knees, Sam thought about it, she had the ultimate way to punish Jason, to punish Elizabeth and they would never know it until she wanted them to. Scooping up some of the money, then slamming out the door, she hurried to her penthouse and started to make calls.
Carly was banging on the door, when it opened she pushed her way in and said "Tell Lucky to get out here now."
When her cousin had come into the room, she threw the newspaper at him and said "Damn you, damn you to hell. This is all your fault."
The INS officer heard the commotion inside the apartment of the woman he was coming to investigate and eavesdropped as the three people inside shouted at one another. "What the hell are you talking about, Carly?"
"That bitch got her claws in deep this time." she said glaring at the twosome. "Jason, Jason and Elizabeth got married the other night."
"No, you have it wrong. I made damn sure that Jason knew what a slut my ex-wife is, she is well aware that he was only using her for sex. Carly you are overreacting to something that more than likely you overheard wrong." replied a smug Lucky.
Tossing the article at him, she said "Read this."
Lucky stiffened as the words started to swim on the paper. Glaring at Carly, he said "You, you are wrong. This, this is wrong."
"LOOK, look at the picture. That is ELIZABETH, THAT IS ELIZABETH AND JASON KISSING AFTER GETTING MARRIED. DO YOU GET WHAT I AM SAYING? While you are here playing green card marriage, Elizabeth somehow got Jason to marry her. Your games, your punishing Elizabeth caused this. I warned you, I told you if you messed around too long that this was going to happen. But you said no, that Elizabeth would still be there waiting. Well guess what Lucky? She isn't waiting; she is married, married to Jason. Now fix this."
"How is Lucky supposed to fix this and who cares who Elizabeth is married to, as long as she stays out of our lives." said Siobhan with a shrug. Seeing Lucky's face turning red she said "You told me that you hoped she would move on, leave us alone."
"Awww, poor foolish Siobhan, don't you get it, Lucky is playing games with you, in the end, he is still planning on going back to Elizabeth. He needs her to fix things for him, don't you Lucky."
"Get out, Carly. Take your damn newspaper and get out." said the Irish girl who then looked at her husband and said "Stop this, stop it now! You married me, you told me you loved me, ME, NOT HER."
The man in the hallway went back to his office. Calling his boss he said "We have a situation. The bride the one we are watching. She married for love, the problem; the groom isn't so in love. Turns out he is using her."
"Too bad for her." said the man with nod. "She should have chosen better. Write up your report and send her the paperwork."
Lucky was fuming as he got off the elevator. "Where is Elizabeth?"
"Ms Webber is off today, Mr. Spencer and how is your new wife?" asked Epiphany with a slight sneer. Robin frowned at the tone, what could Epiphany have against Lucky?
Lucky ignored the question and asked "Did you know she married that thug? Well she will regret it, just wait and see I will make her regret it."
"Oh I see that the real Lucky Spencer has decided to come out in play. What now that Lizzie isn't acting all downtrodden and begging for forgiveness, now that she has FINALLY gone after the man she truly loves, not the man who had used guilt and manipulation you are done pretending that you are Jason Morgan's best bud?" sneered the blond behind Lucky.
Seeing the gathering crowd, including her family the blond continued "I am so sick of your acting all saintly like you aren't an abusive dick who had treated Elizabeth like shit for years. You called her a whore and a bitch for cheating on you with Nik. Funny thing, I don't recall her publicly humiliating you after finding you sleeping with your pimp, or is it john. I think it is john when you are sleeping with someone in exchange for drugs, what about the rest of you?"
When no one answered she continued "And what about your screwing Sam McCall, weren't you married to Lizzie at that time? You came home, bragged to your wife about having sex with another woman."
"Nik is my brother; she owed it to me..."
"She owed you nothing, Lucky. Or did you forget having sex with me in Lizzie's room above Kelly's within days of your canceled wedding?" she asked watching him flush.
"Yeah, I thought so. Saint Lucky isn't so saintly now is he? You like to dish it out, but you certainly can't take it. You or the rest of that loser family of yours. Now, where is my ex boyfriend, your brother Nik anyhow. Still sleeping with the woman he is paying to hang around? What a family! A male prostitute and a john. Wow, you are such winners. Then there is your father, the drunk, your mother the nutcase, your sister who lost her virginity to a married man then aborted his kid rather than face up to the ramifications of her actions."
When Lucky started to talk she said "No, I am sick of hearing you, of hearing about how Lizzie has done you wrong. You asshole, you stand there acting like your shit doesn't stink when it does."
"Who do you think...?" Carly who had shown up looking for Elizabeth too, didn't get to finish because Sarah turned and said "OH, another stellar member of the Spencer family, this one in case you didn't know was created as part of a business transaction. Her mother was the hooker, her father a john. She was given up for adoption and instead of being happy to escape; she came to town and fucked her step-daddy who was mourning the loss of his daughter."
Jax who had just gotten off the elevator was about to defend Carly when he heard what the other woman was saying. "Then there is her latest stunt. She is pushing a baby endangering whore on her BFF. Yeah, another Saint, this one Sam McCall the woman who watched as a mentally imbalanced woman kidnapped my nephew, and then hired two men with guns to threaten my sister in the park. A former hooker who also slept with her step daddy. No wonder she is Carly's newest best friend. They are two peas in a pod."
Alexis' face flushed while she looked around the room from next to Nik. "What is going on?"
"Ah, Miss Davis; you, Nicolas, the amoeba-brained Lucky and I need to talk. Carly go away, go chase after your next rung up the social ladder or lie on your back to earn a gold ring, either way get out of my face." scorned Sarah before turning to see her brother and two others. "Steven, you better come too."
The other two followed and when they tried to enter the room, she put her arm across the door and said to the woman trying to enter with another doctor, this one clearly Patrick Drake, but deciding to screw with the woman for the way she seemed to let Liz help her, but then not support her sister when she needed it, Sarah said "Robin?"
When the short woman nodded yes, she said "Come in, your uncle is on his way too."
Mac entered and was soon shaking hands with Sarah. "Thanks for calling me sir."
Looking around she saw Carly trying to come in along with a trashy dark haired woman. Seeing her oversized tits. Sarah drawled out. "Oh, come in, why not, the more the merrier. Now sir, let me do this, I don't want to be in the same room as most of these people if I can avoid it."
Mac sat down, then opened the paper to the article and folded it just right since he was certain Alexis hadn't read it. "Sarah, what is going on?"
Turning to her brother, she said. "When Lizzie came to see me, we did some testing on Aidan. I have been running a test study and she agreed to let me use his DNA as part of the blind study."
"So?" asked Carly rudely.
"Shut up." she snarled back. "I let you stay so that you don't spread this incorrectly but here it is. Lucky did anyone think to test the baby your brought back claiming was her son or did you just automatically believe it was her kid?"
"Of course, tests were run." said Mac a bit indignantly. "It is standard procedure on a case involving infants. It was done here, at GH. Ask Steven, her brother wouldn't just let that escape his notice."
There were some uncomfortable looks then Steven said "I uh, thought the police ran them like is normally done, Elizabeth was just so happy to have her son back."
Mac's head came up and he looked at a stone-faced Lucky and said in a dangerous tone. "Lucky told me that you said you would take care of it."
"No, I was told the police did it." replied Steven who felt sick as he asked. "Sarah, please, tell me no, that what you are about to say is a mistake."
"There was a mistake, but no, Lucky did bring back the child we think my sister gave birth to, problem is that Nik isn't the father. Lucky is." she said looking at the dark haired man who looked like he had been slugged. "I am sorry Nik, more sorry than you know. There is more and this is the worst part."
TBC