Chapter Seven

Back at Kelly's, Mac Scorpio entered the diner then looked at Audrey Hardy then the other four and said "I need to speak to your granddaughter."

"Mac, I am not so sure she is up to this. She has been in a coma all this time." said Audrey then heard her son push back his chair and stand. "Jeff, what is it?

"Commissioner Scorpio, I presume." he said holding out his hand. "Dr. Jeff Webber. Just give Elizabeth the day, she has a lot to process but for now, may I suggest that you listen to the small recorder my wife has for you."

Mac took it, then stepped outside to listen to it privately along with the tall doctor. Hearing the people involved in their own words was like lighter fluid being thrown on his already raging anger.

"Webber, can you come to the station. I am expecting the Quartermaines at any moment, considering that I arrested Emily. This and you might help them face what she did."

"Doubtful, or didn't you know, I used to be married to Monica, until she cheated on me with my brother." he said dryly. Seeing Mac's eye brow rise, he said "Oh, and my second ex-wife was part of a plot by Scott Baldwin to steal Jason Moore's trust fund when he was a kid, mainly because Susan his mother was her cousin. There is a lot of distance for a reason."

"Either way, I need them to see someone who is part of this, because Emily will deny her part, she was so shocked when we arrested her that if I hadn't heard it with my own ears, I would have doubts." he admitted.

At the station, Mac and Jeff entered and he asked the doctor to observe from the setup in his office as he went into the interrogation room where Emily was being kept.

Alan entered and stood there with his wife, wondering how Mac could make that big of a mistake so as to arrest their daughter as they were told by Detective Garcia that they were welcome to listen in as Justus entered the room to be her attorney.

Emily wouldn't break the law, and this bit about it being because of Elizabeth's death, well that made even less sense. She had been broken up regarding her best friend's death, she would never have harmed her.

"Justus, thank god. They think I killed Elizabeth." she said completely confused.

"That isn't exactly correct." Mac said. "The charges were conspiracy to commit kidnapping in the first degree in regards to Elizabeth Webber."

"Mac, what is your evidence?"

Taking out the report that Taggert had compiled so long ago and had dismissed out of lord knows what reason, Mac said "This is a tox report from the incident involving the carjacking of AJ's car. During a search of her studio after the carjacking, we found some biological material. The DNA tests prove that it was Elizabeth's vomit. There were also a very high doses of Phenobarbital, Trazodone,and anti-nausea medications."

"Mac, I have heard of these drugs, but still I don't get what that has to do with anything?" asked Justus.

"Emily, would you know why these drugs were found in Elizabeth's vomit." he asked the medical intern.

Emily felt her mind racing as she tried to come up with a reason then said with a huge inner smile. "Well it sounds like Helena was still trying to control Elizabeth. We all know that these are hypnosis drugs. Now don't you feel bad, if you had believed me when I told you at the time she was being forced to forget Lucky and tricked into saying she loved Jason."

Mac had had hope that maybe Emily would tell the truth and he could offer a deal, but clearly she was going to try and deny that she had any part in this. "And that these are the very same drugs stolen from Kevin Collins office? Are you saying Helena broke in and stole them."

"Or had someone else who was working for her do so." said Emily now realizing that she could blame it all on Helena, after all she had been drugging Elizabeth to begin with, she had to have been.

"That's interesting because during the investigation the only people the medical staff saw near his office during that time was Lucky Spencer and you, Emily."

"Do you really think that I would be part of drugging Elizabeth, she was my best friend." she said glaring at Mac while Justus was wondering what the heck was going on, this arrest made no sense.

"Actually Emily, that is exactly what I think." he said then reached into the box in front of him and pulling out yet another bit of evidence that Taggert had ignored. A whole pill found in the vomit that had never been fingerprinted. "See, this little green capsule has your fingerprints on it."

Emily had no answers to that and before Justus could speak, Mac continued. "And we know that my soon to be ex-wife had the only keys,and how Luke Spencer got them away from her."

"Mac I have no idea what you are talking about and I swear, I have no idea why Elizabeth would have been taking the drugs. Maybe she took them herself, after all she was acting a bit oddly then. Yes, maybe when she was there with Lucky, while he was having an appointment with Kevin, maybe Elizabeth stole them not knowing what they did."

Mac shook his head then said sadly "She isn't here to defend herself so you what, blame her for what all of you did. Emily, I have an eye witness. Someone who came forward. You should also know, last night after Felicia finally told me the truth, I did some digging and well Cassadine has a lot of other charges against him right now."

"Nik?" she asked her bravado clearly starting to fall apart. "Nik told you?"

"Told me what? When according to you, the only think that happened was either Helena gave her or Elizabeth herself took drugs. Emily, I am going to give you a few minutes with Justus to get your story straight, but you should know, I have everything. And when I walk out that door, your parents, well they will be told."

Emily started to protest but her handcuffs kept her tied to the table as Justus read the evidence that Mac handed him. Reading the unsigned reports, clearly from more than one perspective, he turned to his young pregnant cousin and said "Emily, what have you done?"

In the hub, Mac saw Edward entering blustering about suing for wrongful arrest and held up his hand. Taking Alan, Monica and Edward into his office to where Jeff was sitting he said "Before you say anything, you need to hear it from Emily's own mouth what she did."

Hitting play, he saw that Edward was still in denial, right up to the point that they heard her telling Nik that her only regret was that Elizabeth had died before they had found out exactly what Helena had done to Lucky that she was still a afraid that the time bomb was still in his head.

There was silence then Jeff said "Your daughter was studying to be a doctor, she knew the dangers of those drugs, Monica. Yet, she forced them onto my daughter, she could have killed her. There is something else, something that was sent to me anonymously."

"I didn't give it to Justus, because it is not admissible in court, but I felt you needed to hear it." said Mac.

They heard the sound of car doors closing and wheels squealing as a car began to drive. Then they heard Emily's voice as she sounded afraid.

"Please, you are making a mistake. My brother will kill you for this. Do you know who I am? I am Emily Quartermaine, I am under the protection of the Corinthos organization."

Then they heard from someone in the car. "So, we should let you go. What about your friend, how about we keep her?"

"No, look, do you know who she is. She is Lucky Spencer's fiancee." Alan heard his daughter's clearly distraught state.

"So unlike you, she isn't under the protection of the Corinthos organization, is that what you are saying?"

"I uh, I don't think so but you don't want to mess with the Spencers, they are related to the Cassadines." Jeff grimaced, wanting to scream about the damn Spencers.

"Well what is wrong with her? Your friend is acting stoned. Maybe she will want to stay with us, she looks like she likes to party. Those eyes, I recognize that expression, yeah, this girl is high, she is a party girl."

"No, no you don't get it, Elizabeth isn't a druggie."

Mac stopped the tape and said "Yet in there, she just tried to blame Elizabeth for the drugs, claimed she might have been."

"Seriously, either you are naive or you are a druggie too. This girl, she is out of it. Look at those eyes." The parents of the young woman were reminded of a time when Emily HAD had a drug problem and winced.

"I said LOOK AT HER." snarled the man in front seat. "DO IT."

"Now tell me your pal isn't on drugs." sneered the man on the tape.

Emily said "I didn't say she wasn't on drugs, just that she wasn't a druggie. I gave her the drugs, I did it. I had to."

"Well well, now this sounds like something I want to know."

"Look, you don't understand. Without the drugs, she will run off, do something that she will regret." she said almost hysterical as she confessed. "You see, the hypnotic suggestion she was under, it was wearing off and if she leaves, my other friend will die."

Monica wanted to beg Mac to turn it off, but the icy green of Jeff's eyes kept her silent as she listened to her daughter make excuses for her behavior.

"What kind of suggestion?"

"To make her pliable to the... to the..."

By now, no one in that room was in denial as Edward tried to figure out how to explain to his wife what their granddaughter had done to the Webber girl she had always claimed was her closest friend.

"Spit it out, princess." They heard the carjacker snap.

"To the idea of marrying Lucky. She has to marry him. If she doesn't, he will go off and hurt people, a lot of people I care about."

Mac saw Alan's hand shaking as he reached for his wife's as they listened to their daughter's response.

"Pliable, you mean... damn... Damn, you mean if I were to tell her to give me a blow job, she would?" Monica gasped in horror, her mind going to a very dark place and feeling even sicker at the idea of what her daughter did.

"No. I wouldn't let them put anything like that in there." she muttered clearly not liking the topic of discussion.

"Its sounds like they wanted to." he said speculatively.

"Lucky, well he did." she confessed then her parents heard her next excuse and wanted to blame Spencer but it was quite clear that Emily had been complacent in all of it. "But its only because he was brainwashed, once that stuff is gone from his head, he would never want to do anything like that. Lucky and Elizabeth love each other they truly do."

"Doesn't sound like love to me princess, not if she has to be forced to be with him." Edward found himself agreeing with the carjacker as he began to be grateful for what the man had done, because he honestly believed Elizabeth would have rather died than raped again.

"But she is just confused, she was a mess because of everything that was happening. Its why she thought she was in love with this other man, if she was in her right mind, well she would know, that Lucky and her have a permanent lock." she said earnestly.

"So, pretty lady, how about this. In exchange for freedom, you tell me how you got the drugs and why?"

"The hospital." she muttered wishing she had kept her mouth shut. "I volunteer there. Now let us go."

"No, I want to know why, I mean do you hate this girl, is that why you are forcing her to do this?"

"Forcing her?" she asked clearly not understanding thought Jeff, he didn't get it, she totally seemed to believe that she was doing the right thing.

"Oh, you don't get it. I am not forcing her. Elizabeth if she was in her right mind, wouldn't walk away from her true love. She was brainwashed by Helena Cassadine into forgetting Lucky and loving my brother."

Monica gasped as she recalled Jason and his friendship with Elizabeth, wondering if it had been more than they had suspected.

"Why would this Helena care about your brother?"

"She doesn't, at least... well I don't know why she used Jason. I mean we thought she wanted Elizabeth with Nik, but something has to have been done to Elizabeth. There is no way she would chose Jason over Lucky, none at all."

To those in the room, Emily was the one who would not chose anyone else over Lucky Spencer. Not even her brother who had done so much for her as the tape ended and those in the room couldn't meet Jeff's eyes, all aware that his daughter had lost her life because of their child.

Mac stood then walked into the room next door. "Well is she ready to confess."

"I want to talk to my husband first." said Emily defiantly with her arms crossed.

"Against my council, Emily is refusing to cooperate." Justus told Mac then looked at his young cousin and said "Emily, please, rethink this."

"No." she said then demanded to be allowed to talk to Lucky.

"I can't allow two co-conspirators to speak to one another." said Mac denying her request. "Emily, your parents are my office. I am going to send them in, please, listen to what they have to say."

Alan and Monica entered the room, the bleak expression in their eyes upsetting Emily as she tried to deny what she was being accused off. "Em, they have a tape of the carjacking of AJ's car. They have you on tape, it can't be used in court, but we know everything."

"Alan, Emily is refusing to talk to Mac, he is talking about bringing this to the DA who..." Shaking his head in disgust at what he had heard, the man continued.

"The conspiracy charge, they were low-balling it to get them to plead guilty. At the very least, they can charge them with several accounts of aggravated assault and attempted murder for every single pill that they forced Elizabeth to take. They have them on kidnapping, that much is clear plus stealing the drugs, and though Mac didn't tell me for sure, they might be able to charge her with Elizabeth's death."

Emily gasped in anger. "She died at the hands of the carjackers, I had nothing to do with that."

"Emily, it was in continuation of a crime started by Lucky, Luke and you along with whoever else they find to have been involved." he said. "Add to that what is going on with Alexis and Nik and you have royal mess."

"Why would that affect it?" asked Alan confused.

"Nik's involvement with the two mob families is under scrutiny and they have a federal prosecutor already planning to send him to prison for the rest of his life." said Justus.

"But what I am also talking about is the press. They are going to crucify Emily. The Spencers are old news, they are constantly pulling this kind of crap, but Emily being involved and who the victim is... she is going to be portrayed very badly especially when you consider she married Lucky and that Nik might be the father of her child."

"Why would one thing have anything to do with the other and besides, how can they charge me?" asked Emily totally obvious to her crimes.

Monica who had been through a murder trial knew how dirty the press could get and this was even worse than what she had gone through. "Emily, you are now married to Lucky. The very man you said... never mind, you just don't get it do you?"

Bleakly looking out into the station, Monica then looked at her daughter and wondered where she had gone so wrong with raising her.

Edward was asking Mac what he could do to help his little girl only for the man to look at him and say "Edward, before you decide to do that, ask yourself this. Who has been hurt the most by this, then think about one more thing. How do you think Jason is going to react."

"But he barely knew the Webber girl, from what I have seen, these young girls they fall all over him." he protested only for Mac to tell him to think long and hard before doing what he believed he was thinking on. "I don't know what you mean."

"I do old man and if you help Emily escape justice we will be enemies and you don't want me for an enemy." said Jason as he strode over to where Mac was speaking to Edward. "I want to see my sister."

"Morgan, I am not so sure that is such a good idea." he warned.

"Have an officer in there, I don't give a damn." he said turning his back on Edward and towards the room that Mac had indicated. Entering and leaving the door open, he looked at his sister and said "I have done whatever I could for you over the years, covered up your foolishness, protected you, even gave in and avoided the woman I loved, that you knew I loved to help you and her."

Em started speaking, started to protest but something she saw in Jason's eyes kept her quiet. There was clearly anger and the part that terrified her, no love.

"You betrayed her and me. You sit there, acting like you did nothing wrong. I was in that car, Emily. I heard your excuses, I heard you betrayals first hand."

"What are you talking about?" she asked. "Jason, I have never betrayed you."

"I found these, at the mansion, I went there today." he said waving around a folded crumpled letters. Taking out the first one, he said "Its to me from Elizabeth, clearly you read it, and after that, you still went forward with your sick little plan. You knew and what, figured that Lucky's happiness meant more than my own, than Elizabeth's?"

Alan was handed the letter, reading it, he felt for his son, even more so when he read the one that Jason had clearly written to Elizabeth.

"She never got it, Emily must have been getting her mail while Elizabeth was faking her death, she had drank poison, could have died as a result of feeling obligated to save Lucky and you still just couldn't keep your nose out of our lives." he said glaring at his sister.

When Emily didn't reply, Jason said "The funny thing is, I blamed Carly for her not getting it, since she is usually the one manipulating my life, but no not this time, it was you, wasn't it Emily."

Emily stared in anger and said "You were trying to get between two people who loved each other so much, you know that they were meant to be together. But no, you just couldn't stay away, Jason. Lucky was meant to be with Elizabeth and you, I don't know, maybe you were meant to be with Robin. But either way, Elizabeth and you don't love each other, you can't."

Looking at his sister, he said "You little girl have no idea what you are talking about. And Emily, if Lucky loves Elizabeth so much, even now, why is he married to you?"

With that, he walked back out to the other areas and then said "Mac, Elizabeth is getting her brain scan right now, she will be available for questioning this afternoon."

"Wait!" called out Emily. "What do you mean Elizabeth will be available for questioning, she is dead."

Jason turned and looked at his sister. Elizabeth and he had discussed this, she hadn't want to face Emily until his sister already knew she was alive so he was giving this pleasure while her mother went with her to the hospital.

"I fake her death, though it was a near thing, Emily. She has been in a coma all this time, the first part of it dealing with the side affects from the drugs you were giving her. The high concentrations almost killed her. You almost killed your so called best friend."

"No, no, I watched over her." she said as she looked at her parents begging them to realize she wouldn't just walk away, that she would have watched over it, while Justus who knew he should stop her from speaking just let her talk.

"Cardiac arrhythmia,Hypothermia, pulmonary edema, not to mention the withdrawal symptoms as the result of the huge doses you had her on. And you consider this watching over her." said Jeff angrily.

"Do you know she was awake and aware of everything going on, while you were maneuvering her around like a living barbie doll. Do you know that it reminded my little girl of her rape?"

Mac saw Emily's denial and then heard her next response and was shocked when Jason moved that quickly as he was now in front of her his hands holding tightly onto her shoulders as he snarled.

"Lucky fucking Spencer did NOT save Elizabeth after she was raped. He did what any normal decent person would do after finding someone in the park. Never mind that it was his standing her up that lead to her being in the park. Lucky fucking Spencer did not save Elizabeth, Emily."

"And Emily..." Jason let her go, not wanting to create trouble just yet "Elizabeth is a strong woman who is going to heal on her own with her family and me there by her side. Then when she is well enough, we are going away together, we are going to rediscover what makes us work so well. Eventually I hope to marry her, but if and when that happens, anyone who has anything to do with helping the Cassadines, the Spencers or you, well they will be cut out of our lives."

With that, Jason walked out of the room, leaving the choice up to his family but knowing that they will would stay and help their daughter, it was what he had come to expect from them.

Robin was watching the brain scan of the patient, she had been told that the woman had been given the same drugs she had been creating and to her that meant she had to be Jason's mystery friend.

Seeing the small frail brunette as the wheelchair was wheeled out five minutes later, she gasped when she saw that it was the girl that Lucky Spencer had been dating when she was last in town.

Thinking maybe she had the wrong end of the stick, she approached just in time to hear her speaking to the older woman with her. "So, are the eggs fried, scrambled or poached."

"Elizabeth, that isn't appropriate, now every single time I eat an egg I will be thinking of your brain." there was a sigh and a shake of her head. "I like my eggs, they are a good source of protein."

"Well what about my egg, is it healed?" she said with a smile at her mom. "and how much longer do I need this chair?"

"Your legs are going to be a little weak for a while but as you regain your strength we will move you to a walker, then a cane and finally on your own." she said running her fingers through her little girls hair which was now long enough to reach her backside.

Elizabeth had insisted on showering and Carolyn had helped her, a bit surprised that Jason hadn't until she heard that Elizabeth hadn't asked him. She had told her mom that she wanted to be healthier before asking him for that kind of help.

"We have to get you out of here, before anyone else sees you." said Carolyn only to see the young doctor who had helped walking their way. "Do you know that young woman."

Elizabeth looked and said "That is Robin Scorpio."

"She is the doctor who helped with the drugs we gave you."

Groaning, Elizabeth said "She is Jason's ex-fiancee."

"Elizabeth?" Robin asked when she nodded, Robin said "I am glad you are doing better. May we talk for a few minutes?"

Agreeing, reluctantly, Elizabeth and she went to a private area while Carolyn waited outside. "I know this is odd, but I guess, I just wanted to meet you."

Not sure what to say, Elizabeth just said "Did Jason tell you I was alive?"

"No, I didn't even know who you were." she said as she explained that she would have helped no matter what. "I just knew that he was a helping a friend, it wasn't until I came home to help Sonny that I found out it was the woman he was in love with."

Seeing Elizabeth didn't know what to say to that either, Robin sighed then said "I just, I guess I just wanted to meet you. I ruined my own chance with Jason, yeah, I had help from Carly, but in the end, he is right. We were not meant to be forever."

There was a moment's silence then Robin continued "I am sure that there is quite a story to your... well story."

"There is, but I have to talk to your Uncle Mac first, he I guess arrested the Spencers and Emily who had been drugging me." she stated.

"So that was what that was about." said Robin wondering if she would ever learn the whole story. "I uh, am going back to Paris, I did what I could for Sonny and I am hoping to talk to your doctors or rather your parents about your reactions to the drugs, but I just wanted to say, good luck."

"Thank you." she didn't know what else to say because deep down she knew that Jason and she didn't need luck, that they were going to be fine.

Over the next two weeks, it was as if a storm cloud had settled over certain residents of Port Charles. Nik had been deported, not that Jason was too upset about that. He wished it had been more but Cassadine had been shocked to realize he had been duped by the Zachara family.

Now they owned Cassadine shipping, such as it was after Nik refused to marry Claudia after all. The entire corporation was now Anthony Zachara's chance to go legit. Nik had tried to fight it, but the entire mess with the Spencers had them publicly tarred and feathered and their suppliers and their own customers had dried up until they had no choice but to just let everything go.

Nik had had a run in with Helena and had killed his own grandmother, but before he could reap the benefits, he had learned that Greece was kicking him out and in Russia his title was one of thousands. Living in the old family dacha, he was bitter when he heard that he had been convicted in absentia for his part regarding Elizabeth's trauma.

Now he had no choice but to stay where he was and Nik wasn't happy. He had none of the trappings of being a prince, none of the money and his own family was now out of his reach.

Scott had gone to rescue Laura, gotten into a fight with Luke who had escaped jail and the three of them were all now missing. Nik wasn't sure but he knew either Luke killed his uncle several months back even if he didn't have proof.

Too bad his scenario was incorrect, instead they were now patients in the hospital, trapped in their own minds, both wishing that they had made difference choices after a visit from Jason Morgan.

Luke was the first to die, the nightmares he had begun having about his father and what he had to him driving him to commit suicide, Laura was stronger but she was still trapped inside her own mind, reliving her life over and over again, wishing that she had made different choices but it was too late for regrets.

Lucky and Emily had gotten off lightly in the court of law and the Quartermaines had been worried that Jason would blame them as they ended up on probation after certain pieces of evidence had been tossed out by the judge. Jason didn't blame them, he was well aware that it was Tracy, hoping he would disown the family so that she had a clear shot at ELQ.

Emily and Lucky weren't happy, both had expected Elizabeth to forgive them. Instead she had told them both they were dead to her and that she was done forgiving the unforgivable.

Emily had given birth to a little boy, not a little girl but he was clearly not Lucky's as he had Nik's coloring. Emily doted on her young son while his father of record escaped as much as possible.

When he had a car accident and got hurt, Emily had been the one taking care of him, had been cheated on by him when he had found a gullible enough nurse to get him drugs.

She had also lost any chance of being a doctor thanks to her even minor conviction since it involved drugs, so instead she worked as a medical sales rep, which paid decent. A good thing considering Lucky rarely helped with the bills or even tried to hold a job.

Now, she was trapped in marriage she would love to end, but her own pride and her parents warning about Lucky were playing repeatedly in her head as she worked hard and spent as much time as possible with her son.

Until the day that Lucky ran off after clearing their bank account and IRAs, leaving her a note saying he had found a clue as to his parents whereabouts. She was happy for a while, until he didn't return and she was a single parent who had lost her friends and whose only companionship was her sister in law who kept such a close eye on her, she had no one male in her life.

Lucky who wasn't heard of for almost four years, turned up eventually a physically and mentally broken man but he kept quiet as to where he had been and what had happened to him. Emily, just took him back, positive that this time, he had learned his lesson and would stay with her and be a father to their son.

Until he left six months later, clearing out her bank account and and with a much younger red head at his side...

Alexis had sputtered along, living her life, until the day that Helena showed up with a small baby. When the woman left it with her, she had asked whose child it was.

"It should have been Nicolas', but that tramp daughter of yours, she couldn't even do that right. The father is unknown." It wasn't until the little boy was sick that Alexis learned the truth, the father was none other than Sonny Corinthos, the how and when well, they didn't matter, not anymore as Alexis realized her daughter was dead.

Wanting a fresh start, Alexis moved away, only for her past to follow her, time and time again. She was only living for her child and her grandchild when she saw the article in the newspaper a few years later...

Lucky was furious with himself. A few years ago he had been tossed in a jail cell in Alabama, now he had stupidly followed the beautiful red head to Ireland and he was in prison as a former IRA and current hitman for hire Ronan O'Rielly. The woman Siobhan had been his mistress and had set Lucky up so that Ronan could come home.

The woman had had the gall to come visit him in prison and tell him that they had received a fortune to set him up, that on the day he was finally executed for his crimes, they would get a million dollars.

But the warden had taken a bribe to delay that death, at least for now...

In Port Charles, Carly was not a happy woman, Sonny had everything but what money there was had been left to support him in what they considered compassionate monetary trust.

He had been in a vegetative state since falling into a coma after yet another argument between her and someone in his hospital room. Michael had a trust fund from him, but she couldn't touch it in spite of being his mother, so did Alexis' bastard daughter though she had questioned how that was possible.

She had been shocked to learn that a careless statement about trusts for his children had been put it in thereby taking care of any of his offspring, but she was living on what little they allotted her as his wife and it was contingent on her personally taking care of him.

She had been shocked to be arrested by the police for what had been done to that bitch Elizabeth, she had had no real part in it, but under the conspiracy charge, she had had no choice but to plead guilty to a lesser charge.

Which she had and the only reason she was given probation was her claim of needing to take care of her husband. It was a catch 22, the attorney she had gotten, Ric's father had done his best but there was a good possibility that she would go to prison if and when Sonny died, so she had to keep him alive.

But his being alive tied her to him in ways that burnt deeply in her soul. She had had one night stands for a while at Jake's, but eventually the men had moved on to younger and nicer looking women.

She was pretty much alone, trapped in this house, with only the occasional visits from her mother who had fled town when she had been worried they would arrest her.

Bobbie lived in Florida, doing private duty nursing, but she flatly refused to help her daughter reminding her that Carly hadn't helped her when she had been trying to hold onto the diner after the truth had come out.

Mac Scorpio owned the diner and was still police commissioner. Maxie ran a designer fashion store out of the bottom of it and Georgie when she came home from college would sometimes work a shift for nostalgia's sake.

Every single time Carly entered the small diner down near the docks, she couldn't help wondering how things had gone this wrong, she wanted to blame Elizabeth, but at the same time, she knew that it had all gone wrong before she had ever returned.

Sitting down with her only indulgence left after Jason had left town, Carly ogled the new Port Charles magazine being printed by some former high fashion mogul who had settled in Port Charles after the death of her sister Olivia.

Inside was an article about the latest marriages and every single time Carly saw the section, it reminded her of how she had found out that Jason and Elizabeth had gotten married in Italy from it.

She had actually considered committing suicide the day she had read that, but had reminded herself she had been married several times and that it hadn't changed a thing between Jason had her. After all, she was still the mother of Jason's only child.

First up was an article stating that Dr. Robin Scorpio had left on her honeymoon with Dr. Patrick Drake as they were visiting Australia. Scoffing at the idea of any man marrying Robin, she saw that it had been a double wedding. Maxie had married the editor's nephew.

That Dante Falconari always gave Carly shudders even if she didn't know why, so she just shrugged that news off and went to read the rest of the article. Finding out that Brenda Jacks had been in town infuriated her, but then she reminded herself that in the end, she was still Mrs. Sonny Corinthos, not Brenda.

Reading the death notices, she was not surprised to find Lila Quartermaine had passed, at the age of 89. Deciding to attend the services, certain Jason would return to town to honor his grandmother, Carly tossed down the magazine and didn't read the rest.

She should have, it would have prevented the scene the next day as it announced the birth of the third son to Jason and Elizabeth Morgan as well as that of his twin sister very early the next morning on August 12, 2010.

The photo of the Morgan children, Cameron age seven, Jacob age 3 and the twins Sienna and Christopher would have softened even the hardest of hearts. But Carly didn't have a heart...

TBC