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Chapter 7
At eleven p.m., one hour after the Quartermaine jet lifted off, the charter plane with Johnny and Shawn landed. The Irishman was annoyed at having missed his friends. He would be sure to call and check on them at the first available opportunity. "Welcome to your new home." Johnny told his friend.
"Exactly how small is Port Charles?" Shawn wanted to know as he grabbed his carry-on bag. The rest of the luggage would be sent to his new apartment.
"Pretty small, but not boring." Johnny assured him. "You'll have plenty of chances to get into trouble. And lots of pretty ladies to ogle."
"Right now I just want some sleep." Shawn said as they headed to the stairs. "Is that our welcoming committee?" He wanted to know.
"I do believe it is." Johnny walked over to the stunning red head. "Hello."
"Mr. O'Brien welcome to Port Charles." Diane smiled wide. He was nice to look at, his companion wasn't bad either.
"Ms. Miller." Johnny returned her smile. Had he known that the sexy voice belonged to the beautiful woman in front of him he would have demanded a meeting the last time he was here. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you in person."
Diane liked a man who took the time to flirt. "I think I am going to agree with that statement."
"This is Shawn Butler." Johnny said making the introductions.
"Ms. Miller." Shawn said in amusement. Johnny clearly liked what he was seeing. Shawn couldn't blame him Diane was attractive, but he preferred brunettes.
"Mr. Butler, welcome to you as well. I have keys for both of you." Diane handed over the envelopes. "Both penthouses were cleaned this evening. Mr. Butler."
"Shawn, please." He gave her a bright smile and watched Johnny frown some. An opportunity to mess with OB was not to be missed.
"Shawn. Your penthouse has some furnishings which belong to Jason, he said to put anything you don't wish to use in storage." Diane passed along.
"Jason didn't have much furniture to start with." Johnny had been in the penthouse during the last visit. "He does own a pool table."
"Nice." Shawn liked to play pool.
"Your cars are this way. Mr. O'Brien I took the liberty of telling the guard you would drive me back into Port Charles so that I can answer any questions you have." Diane told the handsome dark haired man.
"That should work." Johnny grinned. "Shawn you can follow us to the Towers."
"Yup." Shawn said retrieving his car key from the envelope.
After both men were ready they pulled out caravan style. "So where would you like to start?" Diane inquired.
"Elizabeth." Johnny wanted to know what was happening there.
"I don't have much information on that front. Jason is taking her to Zurich to be a part of a clinical trial. He leased a home just outside the city for them to stay at. He took Cody Paul and Milo Giambetti with him. Sonny is not aware that Jason didn't leave alone or where he is going."
Johnny got the message to leave Sonny out of the loop. "That's fine. You don't know what is wrong with her?"
"No. But I've never seen Jason scared before, and he was." Diane told Johnny. "I like Elizabeth very much, and I hope this helps her."
"I like her too. I'll light a candle for her. Did Jason marry her?" Johnny wanted to know. If it was him and the woman he loved, because Jason had been in love with Liz for years, was sick that would Johnny's first move.
"He did." Diane confirmed.
"Good. I'll get more information from Francis. Next topic Sonny." Johnny had no clue what his other boss was up to. Normally he didn't care. "Jason doesn't want Sonny to know why?"
"I'm guessing Sam McCall." Diane shared.
"Who is he?" Johnny needed to know.
Diane laughed. "Samantha McCall, is the woman who came to town a few months ago pregnant with Sonny's baby."
"Seriously?" Johnny said shaking his head. "Because Kristina wasn't enough. If he is going to constantly cheat on Carly he should at least use condoms. How did Carly take the news?"
"She doesn't know." Diane passed along.
"Why not?" Johnny was missing something "Carly makes it her business to know everything about Sonny and Jason's lives. Including business matters that don't concern her." Although Jason didn't tell Carly about work. Sonny had to learn over the years to keep his mouth shut.
"Sonny convinced Jason to say that the baby was his." Diane was enjoying Johnny's take on the situation.
"Typical." Johnny shook his head. "Jason agreed to protect Carly."
"Yes. Ms. McCall seeing an opportunity did her best to make sure everyone else knew that baby was Jason's as well." Diane shared. "I think that since Sonny didn't immediately drop Carly, Sam was planning on Jason being her new baby daddy."
"Only Liz got sick and now she's on the outside looking in." Johnny guessed.
"I don't know." Diane told him. "I haven't had time to get anyone else perspective but Jason's before he left. I do know that Carly in on the island. It is going to be hard for Sam to pitch the idea that this baby is Jason's if he is off married to another woman."
Johnny didn't speak right away. Some of the things Diane said were bouncing around in his head. Jason had married Elizabeth, Carly was on the island, and Sam was pregnant by Sonny. "When did Carly leave?" Johnny wanted to know.
"This morning." Diane passed along. The tone of his question let her know he was thinking about something. Often Jason didn't say much, so as his lawyer Diane had learned to listen to the pitch of his words to gauge his mood.
"Do you know when Elizabeth learned she was sick?" Johnny wanted to know.
"I don't. He came to see me today and gave me a list of things to do by midnight." Diane passed along.
Johnny was thinking that Carly's leaving just as Liz learned she was sick was odd. But he couldn't see how Liz being ill was good for Carly. Jason married to the petite brunette was the last thing Carly wanted. In fact she had spent a good portion of her time in Port Charles trying to keep Jason and Liz apart. It hadn't worked, but Carly never stopped trying.
"Where was Sam staying?" Johnny wanted to know.
"In penthouse four. She moved out this afternoon." Diane told Johnny.
"She was staying with Jason? Of course because the baby was being passed off as his. How did Carly take that?" Johnny needed to know.
"Not well. Jason threatened to ban her from the Towers, as she kept upsetting Sam." Diane shared. "Ms. McCall has a history of miscarriages."
"So Liz gets told she is sick today; Carly leaves for the island today; and Sam moves out of Jason's penthouse today." Johnny said slowly. "That's a lot of activity." He was quiet for a bit. "Who are Carly's and Sam's guards?"
"Max guards Carly and Hank is with Sam." Diane passed along.
"Sal will be guarding you." Johnny told the lawyer. Jason wanted her protected. "Max is gone, but Hank will still be here. Where did Sam move to?"
"Greystone." Diane said with a grin.
"Really?" Johnny said shaking his head. "That man is dumber than a box of rocks. You don't know anything about Liz's illness?" Johnny asked again.
"She has a rare neurological disorder." Diane told him. "That was all Jason said. She was diagnosed at General Hospital."
"They wouldn't make a mistake." It was one of the leading hospitals in the country. Johnny dismissed that the illness was part of a bigger problem. However he suspected that Sonny was using Carly's absence, and now Jason's, to take the opportunity to do something really stupid. Unless Johnny was mistaken Sonny was about to try to switch wives. The fallout from that was going to be ugly. Sam more than likely didn't know things about the business, but Carly did. She would happily use that knowledge to try to stick it to Sonny. Something the mob boss knew, because she had done it before. Johnny had a feeling that his first night in Port Charles was going to be a really long one. He took the exit to downtown. "Where do you live Ms. Miller?"
"It's Diane." She said smiling.
"Diane." Johnny was looking forward to getting to know Jason's lawyer better.
"I have an apartment in the Metro Court Hotel." Diane informed Johnny. "It's where the Port Charles Hotel was once located."
"I'll drop you off." Johnny grinned. Then he had some calls to make before his meeting with Sonny.
"I'm going out if you need anything just call one of the guards." Sonny told Sam as he slipped into his suit jacket. Johnny was waiting for him at the coffee shop office.
"I'm sure I'll be fine." Sam said letting the blankets slip down a bit so that Sonny could get a good view of her chest. Best money she'd ever spent.
"I won't be too long." He said grinning. "When I get back we'll celebrate our engagement again."
"I can't wait." Sam wiggled her fingers as Sonny walked out of the bedroom. She counted to five hundred before getting out of bed and heading downstairs to Sonny's office. Jason kept his locked, but Sam was smiling wide when she turned the knob and discovered Sonny did not. Carefully she began a search of the papers on his desk. From here she would look for a safe. Hopefully she'd find something useful.
Lucky was whistling as he walked into his father's club. According to the gossip at the hospital a very upset Elizabeth was seen leaving Patrick Drake's office. That meant his news had indeed been delivered. Not going straight to Liz's apartment after Nikolas docked his boat was the hardest part of the day. He just bet she was curled up on the bed crying. Wondering why this had happened to her. The mental image made Lucky grin.
In six days he would ride in and play the white knight.
The best part was that his source said Jason had an appointment with Sam right around the time Elizabeth was in the hospital. Which meant she got to see the enforcer with his family.
Lucky wasn't as dim as everyone thought. He knew that Liz had a thing for Morgan. You would think the fact that he hadn't once done anything to encourage her would be hint enough that he wasn't interested. Having Jason occupied with his soon to be born child helped Lucky even more. If Morgan was single Liz might go to him for help, maybe going so far as to ask him to take Cameron, but not now.
Now when Lucky showed up she would be happy to listen. Even if she resisted his help when Em and Nik found out what Lucky was offering they would urge her to accept his proposal. It was a win all the way around. "Hey dad."
"Cowboy, you look like you're having a good night." Luke said cleaning some glasses.
"I am. I am one step closer to having everything I ever wanted." Lucky smiled at his dad.
"Is that right. You get wind of a score?" Luke could use an adventure.
"You could say that." Lucky came behind the bar and grabbed an apron. He liked working at the club, but once he married Elizabeth he wouldn't need to. The money from the hospital lawsuit would allow them to live the easy life.
"Feel like sharing?" Luke wanted to know.
"Not just yet. I don't want to jinx it. Trust me, when the time comes everyone is going to know." Lucky said slapping his dad on the back.
"That's my boy. Go big!" Luke encouraged his son to never go for the small payout. Always dream big. "Let's have a toast." Luke filled two shot glasses. "To success."
"Here, here." Lucky tapped the glass and downed the drink. Six days until he finally had the woman that was meant to be his.
"Find everything you need?" Sonny asked walking into the office.
"Yup. Jason is very organized." Johnny pointed to the coffee pot and Sonny shook his head. "What do I need to know?" Johnny would see how the report the older man gave him matched up to what Hank passed along. Namely that Jason outed the baby's paternity in General Hospital, before walking away from a pissed off Sam.
Jason had left Johnny some very interesting reading materials. Namely that Sam McCall had a history of running cons around being pregnant. Those miscarriages that Diane mentioned were actually abortions. This little girl she was carrying would be the first baby brought to term. Only Jason suspected that something was going to go wrong. The blonde mob boss suspected that Sam was going to find a way to make sure this baby didn't survive either.
The report had been very thorough including the several outstanding warrants that Sam had issued under aliases. Florida, and Ontario were the ones that immediately caught Johnny's eye. Those were for murder. She had killed two of the very rich men she married and made off with a hefty amount of life insurance. He was guessing that money was gone, otherwise this grift wouldn't be necessary. Johnny would try to find a way to use this information, and what Hank passed along, to his advantage.
"I'm going out of town tomorrow, so you'll be in charge for a while." Sonny informed Johnny.
"Jason didn't mention you taking a trip." Johnny took a seat behind the desk. He just bet Sonny was going to the Dominican Republic.
"He didn't give me a chance to tell him." Sonny lied. He would use Jason's hasty departure to his advantage. "Did he tell you where he was going?"
"No, and I didn't ask. I figured you knew." Johnny lied. "How long will you be gone?"
"No longer than two months." Sonny answered. He might need to return sooner because once Carly had her accident he would be needed to take custody of the boys. Or maybe he would just have Leticia bring them to the Dominican Republic. They could start getting to know their stepmother. Maybe Sonny would make Carly's death look like a suicide. Like she couldn't live after he left her. "Jason should be back by then." Sonny added making it sound like he had more information than he did. He was only mildly curious what Jason was up to, but the fact that Johnny didn't know either made Sonny feel better.
"Will I be able to reach you if I need you?" Johnny asked Sonny.
"On my cell phone." Sonny answered anxious to get back to Sam.
"Have a nice trip." Johnny said standing again. "Who are you taking with you? In terms of guards?"
"Ritchie and Hank." Sonny said wrapping up the meeting.
"Safe travels." Johnny grinned.
"Enjoy the summer." Sonny said before heading out.
Alone in the office Johnny picked up the phone and called Bernie. "I need you to execute Jason's emergency plan." Getting the response of absolutely Johnny hung up the phone. By this time tomorrow all of Jason's assets would be in different bank accounts. His material holdings would be "sold" from one dummy company to a second one. Jason kept everything he owned separate from Sonny's holdings in case something like this became necessary. Johnny had a feeling Sonny's house of cards was about to come tumbling down, and he wouldn't be allowed to take anyone with him. Using his cell phone he sent the word 'beta' to Jason letting his friend know what he had done. Now all Johnny had to do was sit back and wait for more information.
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