AN: The reviews are wonderful. I thoroughly enjoy writing this story and its great to know you enjoy reading it. I hope the latest chapter doesn't disappoint. I had to deal with the Sam issue. Much as I hate to admit it...she's his chick and she has the right to be pissed and heard.

Disclaimer: I do not write for GH and don't own the characters. They belong to ABC and TIIC who don't seem to recognize a super couple when they see one. (sorry i'm a little bitter today). I'm just using them the right way for my own amusement.


"Sam?" Jason stops short after entering the penthouse. "What's wrong?"

She's curled up on the couch, a box of tissues in her lap. She noticeably stiffens at his question. "Are we still pretending? I know Carly told you."

"Why didn't you say something?" He sighs.

She swivels to look at him. "I shouldn't have to say something. This is your mistake. You should have come to me but it's clear you were never going to tell me the truth, were you?"

"I don't know." He tosses his keys on the desk.

She stands up slowly. "You don't know?"

"I don't know." He repeats. "I thought about it but…"

"But what?" Her voice raises an octave.

"But…" He spies an envelope on the desk that wasn't there when he left. "Bernie's been here?"

"That's what you want to talk about now?" Sam features darken. "You don't care, do you? You don't give a damn about us, about me, do you?"

He stiffens. "I don't know what you want me to say. I'm sorry it's hurting you. I wish I could take it back but I can't."

"You could talk to me." She fires back. "You could help me make sense of this. You're supposed to love me and you don't confide in me about anything anymore. I'm more than your bed buddy."

He snaps, "What do you want from me Sam? I'm doing the best I can."

"Your best sucks." She sits on the arm of the couch. "If you want to be with Liz and the baby tell me that. If you want me, show that. I don't know what else to say."

He pinches the bridge of his nose feeling the headache start. "I can't do this right now."

"This?" She stands up. "This? We're a this?"

He doesn't respond. He heads into the kitchen for a beer. While leaning against the counter his mind shifts to Carly and how she's handling everything. The way they left things…he never envisioned Carly throwing him out, ever. She's pissed, she's hurting, lashing out and that can mean only one thing…trouble.

After debating for half a second he makes a call. "It's Morgan. Is she home?"

"Yes sir." The guard reports. "Lucky Spencer arrived a half hour ago but there's been no other movement."

"Lucky?" Jason eyes close. "Damn it Carly."

"Sir?"

He orders through clenched teeth. "Call me after he leaves."

"Yes sir."

"You have got to be kidding me!" Sam screeches from the doorway. "You're actually checking on her?"

Jason slips the phone back into his pocket. "She was upset."

"Oh and I'm fine?" She narrows her eyes. "What is going on here Jason?"

"What do you mean?"

She studies him. His eyes look troubled and she notices he keeps touching the phone in his pocket. He honestly looks ready to run out the door. "You're…different. Did something happen between you and Carly?"

"What do you mean?"

She takes a deep breath to calm her nerves. "Don't play the game with me Jason. I know you better now. You understand exactly what I'm asking you."

His jaw muscle jumps slightly as he takes a long pull on his beer. Did something happen between him and Carly? That's a loaded question and he knows it. A lot happened between him and Carly. Some had to do with his son but most to do with their past. He knows Sam won't appreciate it or understand it and he's not in the mood to get into it with her. Honestly he was hoping she wouldn't be home when he arrived. He needed time to process what happened at Carly's because if he didn't know better…it suddenly dawns on him.

"Damn it." He throws the bottle in the trash and starts for the door.

She follows close on his heels. "What's wrong? Jason, talk to me."

If he'd thought about it he never would have said it but as he grabbed his jacket off the hook the words just flowed forth. "I think she broke up with me."


"How do you know?" Carly's mouth is hanging open in shock. She makes a effort to close it. "I know she didn't tell you."

Lucky finishes off the rest of the bottle. "Contrary to popular opinion I'm not stupid or blind. I'm a Spencer and I'm a cop. I can read the signs and see the clues. Every time his name was mentioned she'd get this far away look in her eyes. When she was pregnant and he'd walk in the room, she'd stare at him with this look and rub her stomach. It doesn't take a genius to read between those lines."

"I'm so sorry." She feels her contempt for Liz reach a new plateau. "What are you going to do?"

She knew things between Lucky and Liz were rocky for a while. She'd heard from Bobbie and Lulu about his drug addiction, the affair with Maxie but none of that justified what Liz did to him. She wasn't trying to protect him or his feelings by lying to him all those months. No, if she were she'd have avoided Jason at all costs and Lucky would be none the wiser. No, Liz was simply covering her own ass and while Carly understands the concept she doesn't like the game being run on her family and that's what Lucky AND Jason are, HER family.

"That, cousin, is the golden question." Lucky slouches back into the cushions. "I keep telling myself I'll confront her, let her explain, but deep down I already know the answers. She's in love with Jason but I'm the safe choice. Who ever thought a Spencer could be the safe choice huh."

Carly rolls her eyes. "No offense but your wife is a real piece of work." She sees his look. "No, I'm serious and if I'm out of line it won't be the first time. Okay I know you've screwed up; you had the affair and the drugs and whatnot but she claims to forgive all that. She decided to be with you again, right? Well where in the hell does lying to you about the baby play into that? If she forgave you because she knew she was pregnant with Jason's baby then that's just lower than low and this is coming from a woman who's done more than her fair share of dirt to people. You don't deserve that. I know that much about you to know you don't deserve that."

"It's more complicated than that." Lucky can't help but defend her.

Carly twists her face at him. "No, it's not, not this Lucky. She wanted Jason. She has for years. You screwed up once and she ran as fast as she could to his bed. That's not complicated."

"I hate to point this out while we're getting along but didn't you do the same with Sonny?" Lucky can feel her stiffen but he looks at her with open curiosity.

She stands shakily and heads to the bar. "Jason is nothing like Sonny. No matter what you wanna believe about your saintly wife I'm sure, positive, that Jason didn't bait her into his bed. I'm sure he didn't make her feel like the scum of the earth or push every button she had until she lashed out. I'm not saying I was a victim. I walked up those stairs willingly but I left me, the real me, at Kelly's watching through the window as Jason danced with Liz. The woman who went up those stairs wasn't Caroline by a long shot."

"But you did have sex with him."

Carly downs her drink then fixes another. "Yes I had sex with him and Jason found us together. I'm sure Liz and Emily filled you in on the rest of the story." She hands him a glass.

"If he hadn't caught you would you have told him?" He stares down into his glass as he swirls the amber liquid around.

Carly sighs and sits down next to him. "I've asked myself that time and time again and sometimes I tell myself I would've taken it to the grave but the truth is I would've told him. After I did it I had no real choice but to tell him. I lie to everyone else, not Jason. Loyalty is not complicated. Love maybe but not loyalty. Despite everything I've always been loyal to Jason."

He doesn't say anything for a long time; just continues to swirl the liquid in the glass. She leans forward and her heart breaks as she sees the tears running silently down his cheeks. She throws her arm around him and he turns clutching her tightly as the dam breaks.

"I'm going to kill that witch." She vows silently.