A/N: Don't hate Emily, there is an explanation for her behavior that you will get later on.

Chapter Three

Stan had found out where Cam was, after calling Elizabeth's phone and getting voice mail, he immediately called Jason and said "Cam is on the train heading towards Port Charles. Leave your bike in White Plains and get on the train. There is a ticket already waiting and the engineer has been told the situation."

Jason looked up and saw he was five minutes away and hurried to the station. Purchasing a ticket, he rushed onto the train and found the conductor. Pulling out the photo, he showed it to the man who smiled then nodded towards the front of the coach. "The police are rushing his mother this way. We were going to remove the young man from the train but she was scared it might terrify him."

Nodding, Jason went to the front, then looked down at the photo and staggered as he got his first look at the beautiful boy with the light blue eyes and curly hair. Oh my god...

Now knowing for sure that lies had been told, he called Stan. "Cameron is my son."

"Yes, I am looking into it. Elizabeth, she thought you were dead. Sonny and Carly told her so when you faked your death and she was never told any different." he informed his boss. "I called Max, Sonny is under the impression that Carly told you when you came home. That that was when you informed her of this broken heart crap."

Jason was counting to ten even as Stan said "I accused that geek Spinelli, but he had no clue. Turns out that Corinthos brother was the one who helped hide the truth. You should know, he was a bit thrown by the accusation and confessed to his only crime. Helping Sam McCall move in on you."

"Huh? Sam?" he asked not getting why Lucky's wife was being brought up. "She is staying at that penthouse, thanks to Sonny." he groaned as he got what the other man was saying and replied "Never mind, I get it. It doesn't matter. I uh, am watching over Cameron. Do me a favor, let Elizabeth know."

"Jason, she is reeling already from the news her son caught a jet on his own, her brother said that it might be better if she sees you face to face." he replied knowing he had to warn his boss and friend that the woman he clearly still had feelings for would be thrown by the truth.

"I want names, dates and how it is that Cameron is mine." he ordered then walked forward the twenty feet to where the little boy was sitting watching the cartoon on screen. "Cameron, is it okay if I sit here?"

The little boy looked up at his father, stunned to see him for real for the first time. "Do I have a choice?"

"Yes, always." he said his voice breaking as he took in the young man with the curly hair and his mother's famous smile. "I uh, please?"

Cam let him sit down, then looked at him. Jason could only stare at the little boy with Elizabeth's face and curls and his eyes. "Why are you here?"

"Because you are." he simply said as he took in his son and felt it all the way to his soul as his son just looked at him as if accessing why he was there. "You know, your mom has been very worried about you."

"I know I am more than likely grounded for life." he admitted while pouting slightly.

"No." he said with a wry grin. "Just until you are eighteen. Cam, where were you going?"

"To find out why Mom and you lied to me about you being dead." he said in a flat tone as he shut down a bit. Cam picked up his headphones and played with them nervously as he began to face just how much he wanted answers to his questions but was too scared to find out the truth.

"Your mom didn't lie to you, I didn't know that you existed because people lied to both of us, Cam." he said his voice hoarse with feeling. Jason desperately wanted to hug his son, but knew that one false move and the little boy would run. "I have missed so much time with both of you."

"Do you even care?" he asked his eyes searching Jason's face for answers. He had friends with divorced parents and sometimes he knew parents didn't really care.

"Yes." he said then reached out his hand for his son to either shake or to let himself be hugged.

Cam looked at him then at the hand then said. "Did you love my mom?"

"More than life itself." he said softly as he let his hand fall to his side, not sure what to feel at it being ignored by his child. "I left town for a few days on business and came back to a world that had flipped over onto itself."

"Oh." Cam said then told him. "Mom still cries sometimes when she reads the letters about your death, that your family didn't want to know me."

"Cam, my family doesn't know about you. I can promise you, if they did, my god, nothing would have kept any of us away." he replied then said "I promise you this, someone, somewhere is going to pay for keeping all of us apart."

Elizabeth was almost asleep, Steven was glad because he had talked again with Stan and his answers had the blond man ready to snap at anyone who dared get in his way. Tracy Quartermaine had altered her mother's will and to protect that secret had lied to Elizabeth.

She had apparently thought the younger girl had known that Lila had left her entire estate to any children that Jason had and was scamming the family. That someone would do that, would lie to his sister was bad enough and that it had been for money, was even worse, but her current marriage to Luke Spencer said that that was not her only lie and made him curious as to what Spencer knew and when he had done so.

As for Carly Alcazar, well she would be paying and paying dearly. Steven had called an old sort of friend. Lisa Niles had only had hear the name Carly Benson and she had agreed to his request.

She hated Carly, because Carly was her mother. Lisa had found out Steven's connections to Port Charles when they had worked together and had been shocked to learn about her mother first hand instead of what she had read in the newspapers. She hadn't gone to meet the woman, having been disgusted by her way of earning money by marrying rich men.

Lisa had learned about what Carly had done to her own mother and had often talked about making her pay. When Steven called, he hadn't been surprised she had agreed to make her pay. The rest was up to fate, if Lorenzo Alcazar gave in, Steven wasn't responsible, he had only put the bait in the trap, the man didn't have to take her up on her offer.

Sonny Corinthos had been a selfish bastard, but from what Stan had said, that was his only part in this mess. He hadn't done it out of maliciousness and there had already been a growing distance between Corinthos and Jason.

Steven brushed Elizabeth's hair out of her face, knowing she was scared of running into Lucky Spencer when they arrived in Port Charles, but Stan had made arrangements with Mac for a couple of officers to be there at the station, just in case.

In Port Charles, Alan and Monica were getting off work for the day when Emily came up to them carrying the newspaper folded so that only half the photo showed. "Who does this look like to you?"

Not sure what was going on and wondering why her daughter seemed almost fanatical in her zeal as she waved the newspaper around, Monica said "That missing little boy."

Unfolding it, Emily said "Its Elizabeth. This is the article from when Lucky was brainwashed. I think that is her son and that Lucky is the father."

"Whoa, take a step back before you create something that isn't real." said her father trying to caution his daughter about her sudden flight into fantasy. "Emily, even if it is Elizabeth's son, why do you assume Lucky is father?"

"Because of the timing, who else was she seeing at that time." she pointed out. "It explains so much, I mean look at his eyes, don't they remind you of Laura Spencer?"

Showing them the photo of Cameron, she smiled and said "See, now, if you will excuse me, I am going to talk to Lucky."

Monica looked at the photo, then stopped her daughter then said to her husband. "Take a closer look at the picture, Alan. Emily might be right about it being Elizabeth's son, but I don't think that Spencer is the father."

Alan did as requested, glancing intently at the picture, then reaching into his pocket and pulling out the photo he kept of his sons from when they were in elementary school. "You might be right. Emily, I don't think you should be speaking to Lucky, just yet."

"What are you two talking about?" she asked with a chuckle. "This is the best news ever. Lucky can rescue his son, then Elizabeth and he can get back together and who knows, maybe it might help me with Nik."

"Emily, you are not listening to me and have created this whole scenario out of thin air." said Monica gently as she tried to reach her suddenly strange daughter. "And Elizabeth made it very plain that she would never forgive Lucky for what he did to her, for attacking her."

"But she didn't know the truth, that he had been brainwashed." she said insistently as she began to imagine a double wedding for Nik and herself as well as Lucky and Elizabeth with their son as the ring bearer.

"Emily!" snapped Alan. "Wake up, Nik is married to Courtney, they have a son. Lucky is married to Sam, she is pregnant with his child."

"But she left him, he was sleeping with Maxie and she dumped Lucky to move into Jason's penthouse." she said her mind stuck on the mental image of her marrying Nik, like it was playing over and over again in her head.

"And you are happy about this? What about your brother?" Monica asked shocked at the almost obsessed look on her daughter's face.

"Well, I mean, its not like he has to really get involved, just get her to divorce Lucky." she said. "Besides..."

"No." Monica said. "Listen to me, please, you said you let go of this dream of you marrying Nik years ago, he has cheated on you every single time you were together. And Emily, there is no longer a Lucky and Elizabeth. She left town over ten years ago, you need to accept that she wants nothing to do with him."

Emily was stubborn but she knew her parents and she agreed to think about things before speaking to Lucky. When she had left the hospital she felt off but then said to herself. "But I never agreed not to speak to Nik."

Driving to the docks, she took the shuttle over to her former and hopefully future home only to be told that Master Nikolas was riding. "Thanks, Alfred, I will track him down out there." she said blithely ignoring his calling for her to stop, she was on a mission and nothing was going to get in her way from doing what she had to.

Alfred shook his head, then went back inside, almost feeling sorry for Ms. Quartermaine, but she would soon learn that Prince Cassadine was not the man she thought he was.

Emily hurried down the bridle path and was almost to the barn when she heard grunting sounds. Convinced that Nik had been hurt, she pushed open the door and rushed inside only to stop in shock at what she saw. It was almost enough to trigger her out of her beliefs, but someplace deep down was telling her to ignore what she didn't want to see.

Nik was having sex with one of the young blond nurses from the hospital. "Nik, how could you?"

Stopping mid coitus, Nik turned to see Emily and stuttered "Emily, what are you doing here?"

"How, how could you?" she asked as she recalled that the woman; there were two sisters who were also nurses at the hospital, Jolene and Nadine, she thought as she tried to figure out which one Nik was having sex with. "I came here, to tell you that I have some good news regarding Lucky, and this, this is what I have to see. I mean, I get it, I get that bedding Courtney must be difficult for you..."

"LOOK WHAT I FOUND..." Turning Emily was stunned to see Courtney standing there naked as the day she was born and holding a camera. "Oh, hey Emily. I didn't know we were expecting you, uh, I didn't think you were into this kind of thing, I mean when Nik said he dumped you because you were boring in bed... well I guess... but if you want, you're more than welcome to stay."

Emily backed out the door as Jolene expressed fear that she would tell someone what she saw. "Don't worry, no one would believe her. Emily would just sound like a jealous wife. Now, Courtney, do it."

Hearing Nik moaning and groaning, she rushed to the docks and hurried to take the shuttle back home. Once there, she just got in her car and drove to Jake's. Seeing Lucky, she was at least gratified to find out he had left Sam.

"Its for the best, maybe now, you can concentrate on tracking down, Elizabeth. She truly loves you, you know." she said wishing she hadn't promised to be quiet about what she knew. She just knew that Lucky would be happy to learn the truth.

Lucky looked at his best friend then scoffed as she poured them yet another shot. "If she had loved me, she would have let me get between those thighs of hers. Can you believe it that bitch was sleeping with someone else and never ever even let me have a taste."

Sobering up a bit she was shaking her head, trying to clear her mind even as she asked "Wait, you didn't have sex with Elizabeth?"

With a bitter sneer, Lucky said "No,she kept insisting on us waiting, I thought it was because of the rape, but no, it turns out she was fucking someone else. When I got that letter she wrote me, I confronted the bitch and she had the nerve to tell me that she was sorry, well I showed her sorry. I made damn sure that she knew a Spencer wouldn't be cheated on. I would have finished the job, shown her what a real man was like but then Helena showed up and insisted on us leaving."

"Huh?" she asked her mind clouded.

"You know, like my dad did to my mom." he replied. "He showed her who was the man when he seduced her all those years ago at that disco, but I wouldn't have been so gentle. I just wanted to make the bitch pay. No one, but no one cheats on a Spencer and gets away with it."

"But Lucky, you cheat all the time." she pointed out surprised. "I mean, even we had sex when you were engaged to Summer."

"No one cheats on Spencer." he replied again and ordered another drink. Emily was still sober enough to realize that she knew something she shouldn't as she called for a cab. "Hey Lucky, you know, Elizabeth is coming home. Uh, at least I think she is."

The train stopped in Albany and Jason was greeted by a grim Steven Webber who told him to call Stan Johnson immediately. Hugging his nephew, he didn't want to let go as he came to realize that at the end of this adventure, more than likely his sister would finally be happy and his nephew would have his felt like he was losing them.

When Jason had gotten control of his emotions, he turned around and said "Cam, I am going to speak to your Mom. Would you mind staying with your uncle for about a half hour then joining us."

"You won't leave me?" he asked anxiously as he looked at his father and hated the idea of his leaving him.

"I swear." he said reaching and pulling his son into his arms. Nodding at Webber, he took a step towards the door then back towards his son. "Here."

Removing the half of red glass mounted in stone he had found in the studio that he had worn around his neck for years, he was surprised when Cam suddenly said "That matches mommy's necklace."

"I gave it to your Mom." he said his voice almost cracking again as he went to find the first class compartment number he had been given by Stan. Entering, he saw that Elizabeth was asleep like Steven had told Stan. He had been surprised to hear that she had cried herself to sleep, but only after their son was found.

Sitting down beside her, marveling at all the changes yet at all the ways she was still his Elizabeth, Jason ran his fingers through the long flowing curls. "You are still the most beautiful person I know, inside and out."

Elizabeth was half asleep as she dreamed of Jason and her last day together. "Promise, Jason?"

"When I get back we will head to Italy." said dream Jason while the real man was stunned at the words she had said out loud.

"I love you and I promise, I won't let them talk me into danger." she said as she reached for Jason's hands.

Realizing that she was dreaming of their last day together, he was shocked when she suddenly said "I am so sorry, Jason. I should have told Cameron more about you. Maybe you would still be here."

"Elizabeth, Elizabeth, wake up, Its okay, I promise." he said as he gently shook the crying woman awake. When her eyes widened then she seemed to begin to faint, he said "Sonny lied, I was not dead. I swear, I am not dead, Elizabeth."

Reaching out, touching the lines on his face, the way he seemed to have aged a lot more than ten years and she said "Is this a dream?"

"No, I swear. I don't know how they can live with themselves, but Carly swore to Sonny she told me the truth, but he was too selfish to check on me, too selfish too concerned with his own life to realize that mine was falling apart. I have to ask, the letter, why did you break up with me?" he asked needing the answer to his questions.

"What? I never broke up with you!" she said stunned as she struggled to sit up. Then she recalled why she was on the train and gasping asked about Cameron.

Jason calmed her down, explaining that he had talked to their son; that they would need to speak to him together but that he thought that they needed to get it straight between themselves. Elizabeth nodded, then thought back to what he had said. "Wait, what letter?"

Telling her about the letter that he had found, she was unable to breath as she recalled that letter and that it had led to the beating that Lucky had inflicted on her. "Jason, I wrote that to Lucky. I didn't want him having any belief in us left. I didn't mean for him to get it until you had returned and we left, but somehow he got it and broke into the studio."

"I thought he attacked you at Kelly's, I saw the police report." he said his voice breaking as he filled her in on all of it only for her to begin shivering. "I am sorry, I know that you have to …."

"No, you don't understand." she said knowing she had to tell him, that she couldn't hide this because Steven would tell him if she didn't. Though Jason himself was beginning to wonder why he hadn't received crime scene photos from the studio if that was where the worst of the attack had happened. "Lucky got the letter, then came to see me at Kelly's. I escaped from him. He followed me."

"How?" he asked his mind on all the broken glass at the diner.

"I just hit him and ran." she said not wanting to relive it. "I just got away but he was bleeding. I should have been fine, but then when I got to the studio, he showed up as I was calling the police. He saw the pills I had gotten from the pharmacy."

"Why would you need pills?" he asked now totally thrown, what had been wrong with Elizabeth in just those few days that she had ended up needing pills.

"Jason, they were vitamins, prenatal vitamins." she said unable to look at him.

"Cameron, Lucky knew you were pregnant and that animal... he attacked you knowing you were pregnant." Jason's rage was already at a boiling point now he had no intention of letting Lucky Spencer live even one minute more than he had to.

"Its WHY he attacked me, Jason." she said looking at the floor of the train. Hearing his soft moan no, she said "Yes, he would have raped me too, but for once Helena did something that was helpful. She showed up and dragged Lucky away, she had need of him for something. Told him I would be there when he got back, that I had been suitably cowed, then she threatened me."

Jason let her speak, knowing he had to hear it all as she told him. "I barely found the strength to stand when the police finally showed up. I made them take me to Mercy because Bobbie and the rest of the Spencers were so damn determined I save Lucky and I didn't trust them with the news I was pregnant."

"Gram's called Steven and he used some contacts to get us to Rome." she said. "When I was in the hospital before I left, I tried to call Sonny but he said you were unable to be reached and that he would deal with Lucky. But Lucky ended up in my hospital room and Steven said I couldn't wait."

"We got to Europe but I was very sick for a good long while." she didn't want him to know how badly she had been hurt, unaware that Stan had filled him in on all the things that others including his sister had kept from him in their belief he had known and hadn't really cared all that much for Elizabeth like that.

Jason's arms convulsed around her as she told him about Sonny telling her he was dead, about Carly and how she had called the Quartermaines only to learn that not only was Jason dead but that Miss Lila had passed away too. "Oh god, Elizabeth."

The couple just held one another as he told her about what had been going on, about how he had believed the letter for a few hours, then had gone searching. How he had learned the 'truth' about Lucky but not the whole truth. "Its like when they found out about the brainwashing, they put it out of their minds what he had done to you."

"I know its why Gram's left town, she was so angry with the way people didn't get that Lucky's brainwashing wasn't an excuse for what happened. Kevin Collins refused to treat him after he hurt me, he said that he had his doubts that Lucky was still under the affects of it when he hurt me." she whispered as she relived the pain she had gone through.

"I bought her house." he said. "I wanted to be close to you and then there were all these rumors, I didn't hear the truth until five years ago, Elizabeth. Before that, no one admitted that they thought I took you out of town. When they did , I let them keep thinking it, not sure what was going on but certain you were safer with them thinking that. I went looking for you. I went all over Italy, have made contacts all over the country, but I never thought you would be in Rome."

"I was in a small village on the coast until a few years ago, but I wanted Cam to attend the American School in Rome." she said her voice fading as she told him all about their son. "I am sorry, Jason. I kept Cameron away from you."

"No, you didn't. He knows me from your memories, from what he has told me." he said softly. "I just... I hate that I left you alone. I didn't want to go, I felt like something was wrong, but Sonny insisted. I just didn't see that there was something wrong with putting the job first."

Resting his head against hers, Jason said softly "I have discontinued our partnership. Sonny wasn't happy but he moved to his Island where he has his little fiefdom when I refused to back down. I uh, do what little I can to keep him away. He has a couple of daughters, he gave up on the one with Alexis, she wants nothing to do with him and the other one, her mother is a piece of work. She is currently staying at my penthouse and married to Lucky."

Elizabeth shivered at the mention of the name, but Jason had to tell her all. "I don't trust her and am going to give her a choice, Lucky or moving to the Island. Stan thinks she is after me but why she would think I would go there, I have no idea."

A few minutes later as he explained about the rest of the mess, they heard a knock at the door and Cam entered with a serious expression on his face. "Am I doomed?"

"Yup, until you are at least eighteen young man." she said as she reached out and hugged him tightly then ran her hands down his body to make sure he was in once piece. "Cam, why didn't you come to me?"

He took a deep breath then exhaled it as he said "Because Tomas Almano said that that all parents lie, that when his parents split up they never saw each other. I thought that you and dad lied to me about his being dead because he didn't want me."

"Cam, that isn't true." Jason said as he held his son and Elizabeth tightly. "I swear."

"I know." he said then burst into tears. Embarrassed he wiped them away then said "But Nico, Tony and Tomas said that it had to be true that my mommy was too perfect, that no mommy was that good without doing wrong."

"Oh Cam. I am not perfect." she said with a teary laugh.

"Yes you are, Mommy." he said earnestly. "You always help me with my projects, you go to all my school functions, you are always helping out and baking brownies for us. Plus you are really pretty and you smell really, really good."

"Can't argue with him about that last two." said Jason to her surprise. "Right now, however we need to talk about what happens after here."

"And that is my cue to leave." said Steven with a wry smile as he watched his sister mouth the words thank you to him. "I will be in the dining cart, spending two fifty for a candy bar."

TBC