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Chapter 7 – Another Lead

Jason watched her undo his ankle restraints. She took extra care to be gentle and even rubbed his ankle a little bit. Jason immediately bent his legs. She undid his hand restraints and he sat up and threw his legs over the side of the bed. "You might have to steady me."

Liz nodded. Jason was big, so she was a bit scared that they'd both end up on the floor. He slid down and she tucked herself under his arm and held his waist. "Okay, little steps." She said waiting for him to move.

Jason waivered a little bit at first but he did very well once he got moving. She got him into the bathroom and then grabbed the pants and ran back inside. There were no cameras in there. So, she waited for the door to close and practically jumped into his arms. He held her tightly. It felt so good to feel her body against his.

"Sorry." She said finally stepping back.

He thought her bout of shyness was kind of cute and he smiled. "It's okay. It was nice."

Liz smiled and put some things out on the counter for him and then opened the door and sat on her bed.

Jason took a long shower. It was nice to not have to rush. He changed into the new pants and opened the door. Liz jumped up and ran to his side. He started to tell her that he didn't need help but decided to just let her assist him.

She watched him hop back onto the bed. Jason laid down and Liz took his legs and started moving them around and massage them a little bit before she put them back into the restraints. She then did the same with his arms. His body was the most muscular she had ever seen. Liz thought about how great it would be to draw him.

"What are you thinking about?" He said watching her put him back into the restraints. She put them on loosely in case they had to make a quick escape.

"I don't think you want to know."

Jason smiled. "Of course I do."

"I was thinking that I'd love to draw you."

"Really? Why?" He asked.

Liz chuckled. It was like Jason was completely oblivious of how gorgeous he was. "Because you are very muscular, that's why." She said quietly. They were both used to practically whispering everything at that point so it almost came naturally.

"They actually have a model come into drawing classes so that the students can practice drawing human anatomy.

Jason's looked surprised. "Do they pay them?"

Liz laughed. "Yes are you interested?"

Jason smirked. "Maybe if you were the only one in the class."

Liz put her head down as she blushed and Jason grinned.

"E."

She looked up at him.

"When we get out of here, I want to take you out on a date."

Liz smiled. "I would love that."

"Even though you know what I do for a living?"

Liz nodded. "Yes." Liz probably didn't understand the full ramifications of Jason's occupation. But right then, she didn't care. She just knew that she loved talking to him and that she had a huge crush. It had been quite a while since she had felt like that. She had boyfriends in Colorado, but she also had spent a lot of time focusing on becoming a nurse.

Liz got up and put a straw in a bottle of water and fed it to him. "You need to keep drinking a lot of water so that you can use the bathroom more. I don't want you to get dehydrated and also you need to use your legs more so that you're strong enough to get out of here."

"I see you have been making some plans."

"Yes." She said putting the bottle down. "There are no other doors in the hallway but our two rooms, both of which had no windows. I think we are in a basement."

"Okay."

"They pulled guards. There was no one else positioned in the hallway and I know they were there before, because I could hear them or I'd brush against them when I was shuttled back and forth between our rooms. So, for some reason, they have downsized."

Jason was impressed. "I think we are near the ocean."

"Me too."

"Give me some more of that water please." He said.

He drank the rest and about 15 minutes later, Liz took him to the bathroom. She followed him inside and he grabbed the toothpaste that was on the counter and showed her how to disarm someone with a gun. Liz quickly memorized the move and then left and waited for him on the bed.

He finished and she helped him back to the bed. It was important that they kept up the illusion that Jason was still having trouble walking. They needed to somehow have the element of surprise.

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Spinelli found Ava's daughter at a college in New York. Francis and Cooper went to retrieve her. It was their only hope so that they could stall the Jerome's and find Jason and Liz.

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John and Maxie walked into Sonny's office.

"Maxie has some info for you." John said smiling.

Sonny looked over at her. He could tell it must be good because Maxie was grinning ear to ear.

"I would have called but my phone died and I forgot my charger. I was on a photo shoot this morning up the coast and we attracted quite the crowd. There were some construction workers that came over to watch and I heard them talking about where they were going after work. What piqued my interest is that one of them kept talking about some woman named Ava. Apparently, his cousin was doing some kind of building modifications for her and the man had helped him out with it. They were speculating on whether or not she was connected and then it just got lewd from there. I'm sure that you don't want to know that part." Maxie said waving her hands around.

"Focus." Sonny said firmly.

"Anyway, they were talking about how the building was in some remote area and that it was a pain in the ass getting in there because it was heavily guarded. I took a picture of them. His name is Joe. And this," she said handing him a piece of paper, "is his license plate number."

Sonny grinned. "You are amazing!" He said hugging her; leaving her in shock.

John smiled at the look on Maxie's face.

Sonny called Spinelli and gave him the license plate information. Maxie had already forwarded him the picture. They finally had gotten a break.

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Dante threw a pretzel into the middle of the pile. "I raise you one pretzel." He said staring Emily down.

She scrunched up her face and waited to see if Dante's face would reveal anything, but it didn't. She was already in her bra and jeans and really didn't want to take off another piece of clothing. Dante, however, was in his boxers and socks.

"I see your pretzel and raise you one more." She said giving Dante her best Jason stare.

Dante was convinced that she was bluffing. He was quickly running out of clothes and the air conditioner was giving him a chill. "Fine." He said throwing another pretzel onto the pile. "Read em' and weep." He said laying down his cards. "Two pairs."

Emily grinned. "Like taking candy from a baby." She said laying her cards down. "Three aces."

Dante's mouth dropped open. "How are you cheating?"

Emily pretended to be offended. "I'm not cheating, you just suck."

"Ha!" Dante yelled grabbing one of her pretzels and eating one.

"Hey, spit that out." She said loudly.

"I will not." Dante said throwing a pretzel at her which got tangled in her hair.

Emily's eyes narrowed and she threw a handful of pretzels at him. Dante tried to catch a few with his mouth and then threw some back.

To Dante's amazement, Emily got onto the table and quickly was right in front of him about to pounce. He stood up and grabbed her and picked her up. He tried to throw her on the couch, but Emily took him with her and they both stopped and looked at each other intensely.

Emily wanted him to kiss her so badly, but she knew he wouldn't. They had flirted since they had gotten there and he hadn't kissed her again since the first time.

Dante stood up and put his pants back on. "Emily, we can't."

Emily let out a loud noise. "Dante, I'll handle Jason."

Dante shook his head. "I'm sorry, but, I'm not doing anything until we both talk to him. I have too much respect for him to do otherwise."

Emily stared at him. On one had she admired Dante for having such restraint and respect, but on the other she just wanted him on every surface of the house. "Fine, but you're cleaning up."

Dante smiled. "Deal."