Chapter 7
Lucky ushered Cameron into the house with Jake in his arms. Cameron asked if he could play in his room, Elizabeth nodded and he ran up the stairs. "You are late Lucky." Elizabeth complained.
Lucky rolled his eyes.
"Over an hour." She added as she pointed at the clock on the wall.
"Stop being so difficult Elizabeth." Lucky shot at her as he placed Jake in his swing that was in the corner of her Livingroom.
"I'm being difficult?" Elizabeth pointed her finger at Lucky. "You are the one trying to take the boys from me. You started this."
"NO!" Lucky yelled before lowering his voice to a whispering yell. "You started this, you are friends with Jason… then you wouldn't leave my boys with me because Sam is there. Come on, talk about hypocritical, who is more dangerous Sam or Jason?"
"If you only knew." Elizabeth mumbled.
"What is that supposed to mean?" he asked.
Elizabeth stood, crossing her arms, debating how far she wanted to take this conversation. Before she could decide Lucky continued.
"Jason Morgan is dangerous, I do not want him around my son."
"Well, my sons are safe, not to mention I do my best to steer clear of Jason."
"And why is that, why is it that you are making a special effort to stay away from Jason Morgan? Is it because I asked you to or is it because you want him and that scares the shit out of you?"
Elizabeth shook her head, "I don't want to do this right now. Please leave Lucky. Tell Alexis she will be hearing from my lawyer."
Lucky chuckled and left the house, slamming the door shut behind him.
As if it were perfectly on cue, less then five minutes after Lucky stormed out of the house there was a familiar tapping on the front door. This time she did not rise to answer the door. She let him knock until he finally gave up and opened it.
"Elizabeth?"
She was sitting on the couch, her elbows resting on her knees and her head resting in her palms. "OH…. MY…GOD. Do you not get it Jason, I can't keep seeing you. We agreed… again… to stay away from each other this afternoon. So what do you do… show up at my house only a few fucking hours later. Are you purposefully trying to torture me?"
"I just wanted to explain to you about this morning."
Elizabeth sat back on the couch and crossed her arms over her chest. Her eyes glared at him.
"I didn't reject you… but if I don't walk away… I can't." He sighed. "I love you so much Elizabeth, I just… I don't know what to do." He closed his eyes and sat on the chair beside the couch. "I'm scared." He said in a whisper so low that she barely heard it.
Hearing Jason, one of the most feared men in town, admit that he was scared… her heart sank in her chest. She scooted toward Jason. "About Dr. Jullian… I don't know why I… I was upset… I wouldn't… I'm sorry…" she sighed because she kept fumbling what she was saying and couldn't figure out the right thing to say. "I… I love you."
His eyes looked up from his hands and met her eyes. "I love you too." He whispered with a nod. His eyes drifted across the room to where his son sat in his swing. Jake's eyes were fixed on Jason. It seemed that Jake was as captivated by Jason as Jason was by him.
Her voice was low as his was, "I would never do that to you."
He nodded. "But it wouldn't be fair for me to ask you not to." He admitted looking away from her.
"You don't have to ask me, I won't, besides, he just wanted to get laid Jason. I knew that when I accepted, I knew that you knew that too. I have too much baggage, a single mother of two Jason, I am an easy target for someone like him… or like Patrick." She said shaking her head.
"I'm sorry." He apologized. "And you aren't an easy target, you are beautiful, he sees that, all men do."
She scooted closer so their knees met. Her hands moved to rest on his knees. "Jason, I don't want Leo or anyone else, I just want you."
"I want you too." He said reaching out a hand and cupping her chin.
"Then fight for us Jason, fight for our family, fight for me." she pleaded through tear-filled eyes.
Jason leaned forward and placed his forehead against hers and stared in her eyes for a minute before Jake began to fuss. The swing had stopped and Jake was not happy that it had. Jason looked over at his son's teary eyes as Elizabeth stood and retrieved Jake from the swing.
"Do… do you want to hold him?" she asked.
Jason quickly nodded as she passed Jake to him. He had not held him since he has rescued him from Maureen. It was hard for him to hand Jake over then and he knew deep down that today would be no different but he could not resist an opportunity to hold his son.
Elizabeth disappeared into the kitchen and reemerged less then a minute later with a bottle. "It's time for him to eat. If you want to…"
Jason gave her an eager nod and took the bottle from her hand.
"I'm going to go get Cameron ready for bed." She said before quickly making her way up the stairs, pausing briefly halfway up to observe Jason with his son.
As Jason sat feeding his Jake, they were intently studying each other. So many nights Jason had watched Elizabeth feeding Jake through the window, wishing he was in here with her, with him and now he was. His hand gripped Jason's finger while his small eyes studied the man that was holding him. Jason memorized every movement, expression, and freckle as his son devoured his bottle and drifted off to sleep.
Elizabeth returned downstairs twenty minutes later and found Jason watching Jake sleeping in his arms. Seeing Jason with his son warmed her heart. She wanted this, a life with him and her boys. The floor creaked below her feet and Jason looked up.
"Hey." She whispered.
"Hey…" Jason said with sadness in his eyes which were met by hers that were full of hope. "I should go." He mumbled then stood with Jake and handed him over to Elizabeth.
"Diane, I am so sorry I am late. My car is acting up."
Diane shifted in her chair. "Not a problem." She tapped her nail on her desk. "I do have a question though, why is this even happening? Not that I can't win but it would be much easier and less stressful on you to just tell the truth."
Elizabeth sighed and sat in the chair in front of Diane's desk. "I know, believe me… it is not me that does not want to come forward."
Diane pursed her lips and pushed her chair back from the desk. She stood and walked around the desk then rested her hips on the side. "I will drop it for now but in the very, very slim chance we need to, you may need to be prepared to present that information in court."
Elizabeth nodded. "Thank you again for taking my case, I know you specialize more in criminal law."
Diane smiled, "Well I am well versed in all areas of the law, I just prefer the criminal end because it keeps me in this beautiful couture I enjoy wearing." She said brushing her hands over the front of her suit. "And it has helped me upgrade to this nice new office." She said waving her hands around the room."
Elizabeth nodded, "Yea, I didn't know your office was at the Metrocourt."
"I just relocated. I am closer to the PCPD, Corinthos-Morgan and the Metrocourt is sheik… I like sheik." Diane said with a wink. "Anyway, let's get down to it. I need a full account of the incidents in the marriage that has led to the dissolution as well as anything that could be used for or against your custody case. Remember that there is an attorney client privilege so I do want to know every detail."
Elizabeth nodded and began listing the dramatic events from the last year of her life starting with Lucky's drug addiction. She told her about Sam, how Jason saved her, Lucky's jealousy of him and Sam's jealousy of her. "Why do I feel like I should be sitting on a shrinks couch." Elizabeth joked once she was done.
Diane laughed, "You, my dear, have had quite a year. Quite a bit of this could be useful if I had evidence. I have a P.I. that I may put on the case if we need to dig up anything else."
"Oh, I don't know about that Diane."
Diane waved her hand, "We will worry about it when the time comes." She returned to her seat behind her desk and skimmed through her notes. "I think that is all I need. I will let you know when we have a court date set."
"Ok." Elizabeth said hesitantly.
"I know you are nervous Elizabeth, don't be. I will take care of you." Diane said reassuringly.
Elizabeth nodded, "Thank you Diane."
"I think you are a sweet lady but the person you really need to thank is Jason." She said with a knowing smile and wink.
Hours later Elizabeth was at work and finally decided to call Jason. His voice mail picked up. "Hey, it's me. I umm, I just met with Diane. Thank you. I love y….. you're here." She said as the elevator doors opened. She quickly flipped her phone closed.
"I was just leaving you a message." She whispered.
He nodded, "Everything ok?"
"Yea… I met with Diane today on my break and I was just calling you to thank you for setting me up with her."
Jason nodded. "It's the least I could do."
Elizabeth stood staring into his eyes. Neither of them moved or spoke, it was as though their feet were stuck, eyes were stuck on each other and feet were glued to the floor. They were interrupted though when Emily walked up.
"Am I interrupting something?" she asked glancing between them with a wily smile.
Jason turned his attention to his sister. "Ready for dinner?"
"Oh I meant to call you, I need to assist on an emergency surgery so I can't take my break yet." Emily replied with a dramatic sigh.
Elizabeth shot her a glare, "You were supposed to drive me home because my car is in the shop."
Emily shrugged and gave her an insincere "Sorry." Emily glanced at her watch, "I have to run but since Jason is here he can take you home. Oh and Jason is expecting dinner so you two can grab a bite on the way home too." She said before quickly striding away from the nurses desk.
"How long till your shift is over?" Jason hesitantly asked.
Elizabeth shook her head, "You don't have to take me home Jason. I can catch a ride with Kelly or someone when their shift is over."
"When?" he asked again.
"Ten minutes." She whispered.
Jason nodded, "I have a few calls to make, I'll meet you down in the lobby. Do you have a coat, it is a little chilly out…" She nodded. "Good because I have my bike."
Luckily she was able to hold in her smile until the elevator doors closed between her and Jason.
