Chapter 7
Elizabeth arrived at the station only to see Sam there talking to Det. Harper about something. Johnny got between the two of them while Diane and Jason were with her when she was escorted into the interrogation room where two men in NJ State Police uniforms were talking to Alexis Davis.
"My client would like to know why she was brought down here." said Diane after they insisted on Jason leaving.
"She is a person of interest in the murder of Janine Matthews, we were given to understand there was an altercation at the wake of Mike Corbin earlier." said the one setting down with a notebook.
"So on this basis, you came all this way to question her?" she asked.
"Well, Miss Webber, what do you have to say?" asked the one man. "It would go better for you if you just told us what happened."
"My attorney will be doing the speaking for me." she said breathing calmly.
"You're pregnant, Miss Webber, I am sure you would like to give birth outside of a jail cell." said the older man.
"She has nothing to say, but I am curious... Sonny Corinthos and Carly Corinthos both had altercations with this woman, yet my client is the only one arrested. It was Mr. Corinthos who had Ms. Matthews tossed out of the wake, why isn't here being questioned."
"We have a witness who said she heard Miss Webber threaten to kill the victim, that she had proof Miss Webber had lied about the father of her child and was trying to blackmail your client." said the officer.
"Really, this witness wouldn't be named Sam McCall would it?" asked Diane and seeing the man's eyes blink said "Miss McCall is a scorned woman. She was dumped by the father of Miss Webber's child around May of last year and has been causing trouble between my client and her baby's father every since they got together."
"She gave me names of others who were there." said the one man, "Then there is this, care to offer an explanation, Miss Webber?" he said pulling out the letters.
Diane picked them up and handed them to Elizabeth who in spite of the mess she was dealing with had a chuckle as she read the letters. Seeing the hearts dotting the I's and the spelling and grammar mistakes were bad enough but the thoughts behind the letters just had her laughing.
Seeing the men looking at her, she said to Diane, "I have never seen these before and I really doubt they found my fingerprints on them."
"Smudges, you must have been wearing gloves." said the man. "Now after reading these do you get why this is an open and shut case. You are lying about the father of your child, you had motive and were seen arguing with the victim."
"See, if you did your research you would have known, Miss Matthews the daughter wasn't a stable person and quite frequently made stories up to suit what ever she wanted people to believe and as for the father of this child, there is no doubt that Jason Morgan is it."
"What proof do you have?" asked the officer.
"First we don't have to give you proof and second your entire case is speculation and innuendo and a few letters written by a mentally disturbed woman." said Diane. "I see nothing other than a few letters that even indicate my client was there."
Showing her the crime scene photo the man expected the smug attorney across from them and her client to at least show some signs of realizing they lost instead he saw them look at one another then grin.
"Uh, gentleman, this is just the name Webber written on the floor."
"In blood." snapped the one officer who until now had been quiet.
"Yes, with her right hand." said Elizabeth. "Janine Matthews was left-handed." That bit of information came for Claudia's people.
"She was dying and this puts you squarely in the middle of the crime scene." stated the officer across from her.
"That is impossible." said Elizabeth leaning back and smiling at them.
"Really, why?" snapped the second man. "Care to tell us where you were at ten thirty last night?"
Diane and Elizabeth discussed it while the two officers just waited for their chance to arrest the woman. "I was at General Hospital in the middle of a surgery, afterwords I left the operating room and informed Sonny Corinthos, and Commissioner Scorpio that Leticia Juarez died of her injuries." she said.
Diane oh so helpfully said "I do believe Detectives Cruz and Falconari were there as well as several other hospital personnel."
"Then why was her car at the crime scene?" snapped the one man.
"My car is at the hospital parking lot and has been for two days." said Elizabeth realizing Sam had to have used it. "I can account for every single moment of my time since the wake yesterday and I assure you, I didn't have a reason to kill Janine Matthews."
"Then why is your name written in blood?" asked the one man.
"I have no idea." she said getting up. "Now if you have no other questions, I would suggest trying to find the killer of this poor woman. She was no threat to me, and I do feel bad for her dying."
Walking out, she saw Jason and Johnny talking and pointedly ignoring Sam who was grinning. When she saw Elizabeth wasn't under arrest her smile faded away. Walking over Elizabeth said "Sam, next time you set someone up you might want to check and see if they have an alibi. I was at GH with Mac and a few other people last night."
"Miss McCall a word please.." said the two troopers. Sam went in with Alexis who was soon annoyed with her daughter's lies. "So I swear, I just didn't want to be thought the person who killed her. I did want the letters to prove Elizabeth Webber is a lying whore so I took them and wrote her name in the blood."
"The car?" asked the one.
"I don't know about that. I drove my own car." she said. "I am sorry, it was just... a moment of weakness."
"Gentlemen, I will agree to let her plead to contaminating a crime scene but clearly my daughter isn't a murderer." Alexis said. "She made a mistake, losing her fiancee and then finding out she can't have kids and that he had one on the way with another woman has been hard on her."
Hearing the door open, Alexis turned as Mac entered. "There was a murder out at Shadybrook. Emily killed Lucky."
Stunned, Alexis sat there in shock before saying. "I will be right there, we have to track down Luke and Lulu."
"She is sitting in a jail cell right now and Luke is with Lucky." he said leaving. Stopping he turned and said "Are you coming with me?"
"Yes, I will be right there." she said and after getting an agreement that they would agree to the reduced charges, Alexis faxed the Jersey County DA then told Sam she would be on probation for the next year. "We will have to go in front of a judge to make it official but for now, you can stay here."
Out in the station, Mac was telling Jason what was going on. "I am going with you."
"Not a good idea. Monica and Alan are already there and from what Kevin said it became a free for all. Emily is sedated and all that is left is to clean up." he said not sure what to do about the woman who was locked up.
"Mac, do they know how Emily did this?" asked a quiet Elizabeth from Jason's arms.
"No, the weapon went completely in, they are going to have to do an autopsy to find out what she used. Nik told me that Emily got a call out yesterday then that she was calm when they arrived."
"Elizabeth, please let Johnny take you home." said Jason grimly. She hugged him then said to Johnny. "We have to go to the Metrocourt and cancel the meeting I was supposed to have first. Then I have to find out where Skye has Cam."
"I called Claudia, Cam and she are at a toy store since Skye went to help her family." he said. "I will take us there."
Jason drove out to Shadybrook expecting to deal with a vengeful Luke Spencer. He was right but his sister wasn't the target. He was blaming Nik and his granny when he arrived. "LUKE, back off."
"No, that woman took my son away from me." he said pacing back and forth then glared at Nik and said "You knew she was in town, you have the effing number she was calling from."
"Luke it was a prepaid phone it does us no good." said a despondent Nik. His brother was dead, Emily was over the edge, he didn't need this crap. Walking to the door, he saw Jason hesitate then stop him. "What?"
"Uh, Spencer's grandmother, Janine Matthews was murdered in AC yesterday."
Not caring, Nik said "She has had no contact with my son, and that is the way I wanted it. I am sorry the woman is dead, but I have more important things to worry about."
"Technically you are the last of her family." he said awkwardly. He was not going to take care of things and Spencer HAD been her grandson.
"I don't care. Let them put her in a pine box at potters field." he said leaving.
Elizabeth was amused to see the very awkward Claudia Zachara and her son in the toy store. "So do we need to pick up a new toy, Cam?"
"No, Miss Claudia gots me a drawing book and some markers." he said with a grin. As they talked, Elizabeth looked at the two siblings while Cam rambled on about their afternoon. Once at the Metrocourt, while Cam ate an apple, she gave Claudia a questioning look.
"With Anthony as a dad, we only had each other. We used this old shed as an escape." she told Elizabeth. "Imagination, when it is really all you have, can be great."
Seeing the compassion, Claudia changed the subject and said "The dresses are arriving tomorrow, and why are we here?" just as Robin walked up.
"We have Stan working on the program for the fundraiser and all that is left is to arrange a location." said the doctor. "I talked to Jax, but since he no longer owns the hotel, he suggested we try Nik since he bought out his shares."
"Not a good idea." said Elizabeth who told them what had happened. "I couldn't go home, I just couldn't sit there with these thoughts on my mind."
"Emily?" asked Robin. "I had heard what was going on, but she killed Lucky?"
Carly walked into the police station pissed off after spending the night at the hotel. She had tried to go to Jason's but the elevator wouldn't go up any further than the floor below the penthouse level. She had been shocked when the stairs wouldn't let her even approach the fifteenth floor.
Seeing the handsome man who had been at the funeral, she turned when she heard Ric Lansing leaving Alexis' girls with him. Scowling, Carly approached just as Kristina asked "Are you really my brother?"
Setting her on his desk and picking up Molly as well, Dante said "Yes, your dad is my father. I knew who he was but I lived far away and we don't get along."
"Okay." said Kristina. "He isn't much of a dad anyhow, but he does give good presents."
Carly was steaming as she bailed out Lulu and was on her way out the door when Detective Harper stopped her. "Mrs. Corinthos, we need to talk."
"Later, call my attorney and arrange a meeting." she stated as she kept walking.
Putting his hand on her arm, he stopped her and said "Now. Call your attorney and have them meet you here. There are some questions in regards to Lulu Spencer's car accident."
"How could that involve me?" she asked glaring at him.
"You admitted during question into your house fire to serving wine to Miss Spencer who is underage."
Looking at Lulu, Carly frowned the said "No, she is twenty-one."
"Carly, I am only nineteen." she said then saw Mac walking in with her Aunt Bobbie who was crying. Walking over she asked "What is going on?"
"You can use my office." Mac offered to Bobbie. Once there, the officers all heard the painful wailing then saw Lulu leaving the room crying and running while saying no, you are lying.
"Momma, what is it?" asked Carly while glaring at Det. Harper. "What is happening?"
"Lucky is dead. He went to discuss the baby that Emily was carrying, she killed him." said Bobbie as she wiped away the tears. "Emily lost the baby minutes later."
"Emily? She asked "Emily Quartermaine killed someone?"
"Yes." said Mac who then said "Carly, we aren't going to be pressing charges in regards to Lulu's drinking but you should know that Social Services is looking into it and I would come up with a better excuse than that you didn't know how old your cousin is."
Lulu rushed into the Quartermaine house, looking for someone, anyone but all she found was Tracy. "Your niece killed my brother!"
"I heard." said Dillon entering from behind her. "Lulu, lets get out of here, okay?"
"No, I want to know if your family is going to cover it up again, after all Jason kills people all the time, AJ pretty much killed Jason Quartermaine, so tell me is your family going to use it's money and cover up this?"
When no one would look at her she screamed. "ANSWER ME!"
Luke came in with Monica and Alan after receiving a call from Bobbie, he had suspected she would come here and blame Emily since she didn't know what happened. "Lulu, it's not her fault. Emily was brainwashed by Helena."
With a scathing look, she walked past her father and out the door while Luke looked at Alan and said "She is angry right now. I get that Helena did this, but please don't come to the funeral."
Once he was gone, Tracy started in on how the adopted daughter had killed someone just as Skye came in from the patio where she had been sitting with Edward. "Tracy, now is not the time for this, we shouldn't be attacking one another."
"Yeah, after all you are just another one of the flotsam and jetsam that has washed up in this house." she sneered.
"Tracy, shut up or get out." snarled Monica. "This isn't helping. Emily also lost her baby and it looks like Lucky might not have raped Emily that night but it could be called sexual assault."
Seeing the dark haired woman's mouth drop open, Alan told her all that Kevin and Nik had told them. "What happens now?"
"Mac and Alexis agree that Emily isn't responsible for her actions, they agree that Lucky and Helena bear most of the blame but she is staying in the hospital until they have her deprogrammed. Kevin is looking into things because Emily seems deeper under than she should be.
Elizabeth was watching Cam draw while Jason held her as they dealt with Emily's latest horror. "I just can't believe that she did that. I mean, Emily of all people it just doesn't fit."
"Jason, when pushed to the wall, we find our strengths and our weaknesses." she said sadly. "What Lucky did, it sounds more like a Luke move."
Cam got up and showed his mother his picture and said "See, that is you and me, and Mr. Jason and the baby."
"What is behind them." asked Elizabeth pointing to the blue and green blob.
"That is the house we are going to live in Mommy. See, there is a swing set and trees and that is a bird." he said pointing to the black vee against the bright blue sky. "And it is going to be sunny, see?"
Hugging her son, she suggested they put it in a frame. "No Mommy, I want to put it on the frigerator, like grandma does."
Once Cam was in bed, Jason and Elizabeth sat there talking about Emily, what Sam had tried to pull and then he said "I do have something to tell you. Max, did see Sam because he was distracting Carly. She is in a rare mood."
"What about now?" she asked then said "Wait, if Carly was at GH, where were the boys?"
"With Sonny, Carly is being investigated by the state before she can have contact with the boys." he said then added. "I talked to them, I mean, Carly is a lot of things, but she does love her boys."
Wanting to snap that love wasn't always enough, Elizabeth let it go then asked "Can we talk about something else and disagree about Carly."
"Wait. You don't think she is a good mother?" he asked stunned.
"Jason, this is not a topic we should be discussing because no, I don't. Most people in town don't. They are just too scared of Sonny or you to do anything about it." she snapped. Then getting up said "I think you should head home."
"Wait, talk to me. This is another part of our problem, yes I get that Carly is possessive of me, but most of that is on me, I just let her do what she wanted. But I can't believe you think she is a bad mother."
"Jason, fine." she said seeing he wasn't going to leave. "Carly uses Michael to control you, and has since before he was born, she favors him over Morgan to the point that I can't believe no one has stepped in yet. When Leticia is off for the day, she pawns them off on anyone she can or gives them change for the nearest game machines, and this is who you consider a good mother?"
"Elizabeth, I have been around them a lot more than you and yes, she is. I have seen her with them on the holidays and just normal every day things... I have seen her attending Micheal's hockey games, Micheal's school events and I know because she has invited me to these things like Mikey's birthday parties." he said wondering why she was so hot about Carly's parenting.
"Really want to know what I heard just now, Micheal's games, Micheal's school events, Michael's birthdays. What about Morgan's, Jason? Did you attend any of his events, his games, his parties?"
"No but..." Seeing Elizabeth heading to the door, he saw shocked when she said "Get out."
"What? Why?" he asked then saw her face and said "Why are we fighting about Carly?"
"Because I am seeing our future, where our son, the one inside of me, gets all the attention and Cam gets pushed to the side just like Morgan."
"MORGAN isn't pushed to the side." he yelled. "Neither will Cam be, you know that."
"No, Jason I don't. And that is one of things you don't get. Carly favors her one son the funny thing is... Jason when Carly found out I was at GH the day of the DNA test, you know how she decided that my baby wasn't yours?"
"NO, I just assumed you told her." he said reluctantly.
Pissed off, she said "No, Carly decided it wasn't your child because she thinks every single woman is like Sam and her. She decided it wasn't your child because I was still working and has made several comments since that I must have felt like I hit the jackpot, after all you are rich and I can sit around and let you support us. Like she has done with every single man since she got you to take in Michael and her."
"That doesn't mean she isn't a good mother, I thought you were better than that." he said disappointed with her attitude.
"Jason, get the hell out of here and instead of propping up Carly talk to Morgan some time. Talk to that little boy, ask about his birthdays. Then talk to their teachers and really, really listen because I know the nurse at their school, she works at GH during the summer and last year, she said they were worried about Morgan not talking."
"I know, she mentioned it in passing. Carly said to give it time, that all kids do that." he said confused. "He is doing fine now."
"No, Jason all kids don't. When the nurse suggested a specialist to check him out, Carly said no, that she wouldn't allow it. It was Jax who got him help, that is why he is talking now."
Seeing his face, Elizabeth said "Yes, Jax got him help. Yet if it were Michael, she would be all up on it and involving you, how many times have you heard how a teacher was being mean to Michael regards to a grade, or how someone was being too rough on him, then compare that to how she talks about Morgan, then tell me there isn't a problem."
Walking over to the door, she opened it and said "Why don't you do that now, because Jason, my sons are not going to be treated that way by you, I know that, but there is no way in hell I am letting your so-called best friend treat my kids the way she does her own."
Leaving, Jason took a drive and thought about all the times that Carly had called him to tell him about Micheal's school problems, and then compared that to Morgan's. He was sure it was only because he had raised Michael but now he wasn't so sure. Heading to Sonny's, he saw the boys were still up.
"What are you watching." he asked when he saw that Morgan looked a little down.
"Some kung fu movie that Michael wanted to watch." said Morgan. Jason looked around then said "Where is he?"
"In the game room playing foos ball." he said.
"Then if you don't want to watch this, why don't you turn it to what you want to watch." he said confused.
"Because Michael is older, he gets to decide the shows, unless they are scary. Mom said so." he replied. Jason knew that it was only Elizabeth's words in his ears, but he couldn't dismiss it.
"Morgan, I was talking to Cam about his birthday party coming up and wondered, I couldn't remember what we did for yours last year." he said.
"I didn't have party, I never do." he said. "Mom buys a cake and we do something at home."
"Wait, I thought we had a party last year, with the pinata." he asked.
"No, that was for Micheal's Spanish class thing, Mom forgot my birthday until you showed up with the present. She told me that we would just combine them." he said.
"But the gifts, you had lots of presents." he said thinking back on things.
"Mommy sent Leticia to the store, I heard her talking to Max about it while they wrapped the presents. It was great, I guess. I mean, I at least I got lots of presents this year for a change." he said.
"Do you play sports yet?" asked Jason as he watched the clock and realized Michael hadn't been in the room for more than ten minutes.
"Mommy said no, that it would be too much to keep track of both Michael and my sports for Max and the guards." he said. "I don't get to do anything."
"Wait, what about your school play?" he asked. "And didn't we do a fundraiser for your school."
"No, I wasn't in that play, only Michael was, they wanted us to practice on the same day as Michael had baseball." he said as Jason got that he really had been a fool and knew he had to make it up to this little boy as well as Elizabeth who had seen things way more clearly than he had.
"Morgan, I am sorry. I thought those things were for both you boys." he said gently. Then picking up the remote turned the television until he found some cartoons. "Will these do?"
Five minutes later, Michael came back in and grabbed the remote and turned the channel. "Hey, Uncle Jason said I could watch that."
"Tough, I am bigger. I want the kung fu kittens." he said after seeing his Uncle Jason wasn't there.
Jason was in Sonny's office talking to his partner about the marriage to take place in two days and the boys. "What changed your mind?"
"Nothing, I just realized this wasn't a bad deal." he said just as they heard shouting and fighting from the other room. Entering they saw Morgan and Michael locked in combat over the remote. "What is going on here?"
"Morgan turned it from my show." yelled Michael. "I was watching the martial arts channel and he turned it."
"You left the room." protested the younger brother.
"I was only getting something to eat." said Michael then saw his Uncle frowning. "He lied to Uncle Jason and got him to change the channel, I was only gone a few minutes."
Sonny was telling Morgan that Michael got the choice when Jason said "Michael is lying."
It was like he took out his gun and shot a bullet into the ceiling, all stopped to look at him. "I sat here talking to Morgan for a half hour while Michael was playing games, I watched him from the sofa then turned the channel to something more appropriate for Morgan."
"I was watching that." protested Michael when Sonny looked at his son and closed his eyes worried about what was going on with his eld-middle child then turned the television off. "Morgan, you can go in my study and watch in there, Michael go to your room."
Jason and Sonny finished their meeting then he went to say goodbye to the boys and saw Morgan sitting alone with popcorn and watching his cartoons then went to talk to Michael who he found playing video games and talking on the phone to his friends.
"Michael, I am leaving. You should be nicer to your little brother." he said then saw him shrug away his suggestion. Looking around the room at all the toys, Jason then went to leave. Calling Milo he said "Who do you have on Elizabeth and Cam?"
"Kurt and Adams." he said looking over at Lulu Spencer who was crying in her beer.
"Meet me at Jake's." he said grimly then said thanks when Milo said he was already there. When Jason arrived, after convincing Milo he really wanted the truth, with some additional prodding, he said "Why didn't anyone say anything?"
"Come on, Jason." said Milo looking at him shaking his head. "We do, Carly lies and we end up working the warehouse shift. I tried to pay attention to Morgan when I was his guard, but Carly always has me doing things for her. And honestly, you always did seem to be all about Michael."
Jason walked out after paying his bill then took a drive out to the Overlook. Why had he been so upset about Elizabeth telling him what she had. He knew that Carly was going to be a problem, one that he had cut out of his life, but yet hearing her say Carly was a bad mother had bothered him.
Sitting there until he saw the lights out on the point, he slowly got in his car and drove to the Quartermaine estate. Seeing the lights were out at the Gatehouse, he drove up to the main house and found Skye working in the study. "Jason, what is it?"
Taking a deep breath, he told her what was going on only to see her knowing smile. "What?"
"Carly has always been like that, you just didn't see it. It was one of the reasons I insisted on this courtship thing." she said moving to the chair opposite him. "Jason, Carly, I know she is your friend and you want to think the best of her, but there isn't a lot of good there. She does use Michael, she does abandon Morgan. I know you loathed Lorenzo, but we once talked about his marriage to her, he saw it. He said if things don't change Michael was going to grow up to be just like his brother, Luis and I hate to say it but he is right."
"I know." he related what had happened at Sonny's earlier and then said "This life, I can't help wondering about my decision to bring Michael into it."
"Bull crap." she said then looking at him she said "Yes, you made a bad decision about your lifestyle choice, but the bad decision regarding Michael was in letting Carly and Sonny raise that little boy. They are two of the most selfish people in the world. Jax was a good influence on Morgan, I saw that little boy blossom while he was with Carly."
"How do I fix this with Elizabeth?" he asked.
"I am not going to tell you, because Jason that is part of your problem. Strangely enough it was Claudia who figured it out. Did you romance Sam or Courtney or did Carly?" she asked knowingly.
"What?" he asked then listening said "I did what she suggested. But it didn't work on Elizabeth."
"Because they are very different types of women. Carly, Sam and Courtney are all gold diggers, money and flashy things as long as they were expensive and your attention was on them they were happy. Elizabeth isn't into flash, she is more substance but was hurt by your flashy show for Courtney after how things ended with her."
"So what you are saying is..." He couldn't help recalling that time and how he had had some crazy plans until the day he had screwed up and actually kissed Sonny's little sister in a desperate bid to feel something other than pain again.
"That you are damned if you do and damned if you don't." she said then sighing continued. "Jason, you really need to talk to Elizabeth, tell her what Carly did, it might help. You want a future with Elizabeth, tell her your past with Carly. The truth and before you can do that you need to face the truth about your oldest friend."
"I know that she is possessive, I have dealt with that, but I guess I was blind to the other stuff, I just don't get why." he said plaintively.
"Same reason you refuse to realize that your worst mistake with Michael wasn't your life and bringing him into it. Guilt. Jason you are going to have to face that Carly is a bad mother, that she IS not someone who should be around your family. Then you need to take your new-found knowledge and talk to Elizabeth."
"What if she won't let me? She told me to get the hell out." he said looking down.
"Jason, I would have smacked you around. I mean Carly has been bad mouthing Elizabeth for years, and you have done nothing about it. Deal with her and make sure Elizabeth sees it, that should be a little help."
When he was at the door, he said "Did you hear about Emily?"
"Yes and like you, I don't want to face it. Let it go, let this Dr. Collins help her, then we deal with getting her out of this." she said.
Maxie let Dante Falconari into the hotel suite the next morning and told Kate she would take care of the items she requested. Smiling at Dante she said "Georgie is due back this afternoon, we are going to be at Kelly's."
When she had left, Dante asked his aunt how she was doing?
"Better, what happened yesterday?" she asked.
"Oh, Lansing tried to insinuate himself into the time I spent with the girls, but his ex-wife put a stop to it. I think Carly knows now. She might have overheard the girls questioning me at the station before we went to the mall."
"She is going to be a problem, when I took Jax up on his offer, I did some research on her. Carly grew up poor and married into money repeatedly using her kids to do so. She is going to see you as a threat to her son's inheritance, just watch her."
"What did you order for breakfast?" he asked trying to change the subject.
Georgie took the train home, handing over her passport as she got on the train, she heard her name being called. Turning she saw the woman who had been having lunch with Elizabeth and Robin calling out to her. "Hi, bird girls, cousin right?"
"Yes, Robin is related to me." she said then found herself being pushed into a sleeper car. "Wait, I am in coach."
"No, you aren't. I changed your ticket." she said proving their meeting wasn't an accident. "Hi, I am Claudia. I believe you know my brother." she said as there was a knock on the door and several shopping bags were placing in the room before the men left.
"Now, where was I. Oh, I remember, I am Johnny's sister." she said with a glance at the girl who was looking at her bag. "What, is there something more exciting in there than conversation between here and home?"
Embarrassed, Georgie admitted. "I kind of got carried away at the spa and never finished my homework for class. I was intending on working on it during the train ride home."
Picking up the bag, the mob princess opened it and saw the two textbooks and laptop then said "Go for it, I will just talk while you are working."
Groaning as she started working, Georgie found herself closing her book as they reached the border and said "You aren't going to let me get this done, are you?"
"No, I am not. Why don't you tell me about yourself?" she asked grinning at winning over the girl. "Like why did you cut your hair?"
Feeling the shorter cut, Georgie said "There was this hairdresser, she showed me how it would look on the computer and it is still just past my shoulders."
"Okay, what are you studying in college, I mean it is college, you aren't in high school or anything?"
"College and I am studying law with a minor in business." she replied.
Deciding that might be good, Claudia asked "Any serious boyfriends?"
An ex-husband who slept with his stepsister in the boathouse on his families estate, why?" she asked looking at the woman.
"A skeleton in the closet, I like that. Did you dump the guy."
"Eventually." she said sighing. "I mean, I was partly at fault."
"Honey if a man dips his wick elsewhere no matter the cause while you are in a committed relationship, you are not at fault." she said in a long drawl. "So, who is this guy?"
"Dillon Hornsby." she said with a sigh. "I shouldn't have married him in the first place, but he was dying."
"He lived though?" she asked then said "So, what do you think of my brother?"
"He is okay. I mean I only have meet him a couple of time and he is usually quiet around me." she said. "Don't worry, I know the stay away from him for your own good scene, I already had that with Tracy Quartermaine over Dillon."
"Don't judge me using others, I might surprise you. No, I was interested because you were a topic of conversation between my fiancee and Jason Morgan over your friendship with his son Dante." she stated. "Now, what else did you do in Montreal?"
"Saw the latest Circe de Soliel show, not the one I wanted though. That is in Vegas." she said with a grin. "Why were you there?"
Oh, my wedding trousseau." she said not adding she had also hired someone to find out what her husband was hiding since all the sudden he was eager for their marriage. She had also hired someone to take Trevor out minutes after the I dos."
As they pulled into Port Charles station, Claudia made sure to hold onto Georgie. Johnny was supposed to be with Elizabeth to pick her up and she wanted to see the younger two together.
Jason had just entered the coffee shop when he heard Carly calling his name. Turning he said "What is it?"
"Jason-" with that she threw herself into his arms and cried. "Sonny lied to me and you, he had a son that he didn't tell us about. Poor poor Michael, what is this going to do to my little man."
Removing the arms that were around his neck, he forced her down into the chair and said "I knew all about Dante from the moment that Sonny did. As for Michael, I think this is a good thing. Maybe he will stop thinking the world revolves around him."
"How, how can you say that?" she asked sitting back and wiping the tears before standing to go over to where he was leaning against the desk. "Our little boy... he needs you."
"Michael isn't my son, Sonny is his father and we talked this morning. He is waking up to the fact that you spoiled that kid rotten and let him walk all over Morgan. So today things are changing. He is looking for you even as we speak, so I would stay here until he arrives. Carly things between us, they haven't changed."
Smiling at him, she said "I knew you were still in there, as soon as you get custody of your little boy and toss that tramp out on her well used ass, we can go back to being a family."
"CARLY, you aren't listening to what I am saying. There is no us, no friendship, not any longer and one more comment about Elizabeth and you are done. I will take away everything that you took from me all these years." he said evenly.
"What are you talking about?" she asked bewildered.
"I am talking about the trap you helped Courtney set up for me, I am talking about the lies and the way you deliberately hurt Elizabeth for years. I am talking about this obsession you have for me and what I am doing. Well no More. I want nothing to do with you, I can't even say unless you change because you NEVER do. You lie, cheat, steal then make it out to be others."
"Jason, I only want what is best for you." she said quietly.
"Really?" he asked then saw her nodding he added. "Tell me how was Courtney, an illiterate lying stripper good for me over Elizabeth?"
"Because Courtney was Sonny's sister and I could see us together. I mean she made mistakes but she was prefect." said Carly sincerely. "She was someone who could be around without fights and arguments, she was willing to let me mold her into what you need."
"See Carly what I just heard was how she was good for you, not me. She was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. You set that up, Sam, well she was on Sonny and my need to protect you. Well no more. You like to claim you are perfect for my world, that you are better after surviving on your own than Elizabeth, well now you can prove it."
"What are you saying?" she asked confused.
"From this moment, don't come to me for money when you overspend what you have, don't come to me to fix your legal problems and most importantly don't come to me when you get into trouble, I won't be there."
"Oh course you will, Jason. You are my best friend." she said blithely.
"No, Carly I am not." with that Jason walked away just as Sonny entered the room to Carly calling out "You BASTARD! How could you have a child with another woman? How could you cheat on me like that?"
Thinking on his visit to the doctor and the news he was going to have to have more tests to find out if the tumor was cancerous, he retorted. "Which one is it this time Carly. The baby that died that Sam was carrying. Kristina, or maybe you heard about Dante my son that is in his twenties and created long before I had ever heard of Port Charles"
"How could you not tell me?" she asked glaring at him.
"Carly we are no longer married, I told the boys and Kristina about him, you have nothing in this fight. They have accepted it, so you just have to let it to. Now if you will excuse me, I don't have time to deal with you, I am getting married tomorrow."
"What?" she shrieked only for Sonny to say "Once again, we are over. You decided this, remember. I have moved on, just because Jax ended things doesn't mean I have to take you back. Been there done that." Sonny was tired and he had played this game one too many times and his family couldn't afford for him to do be dealing with the Carly drama at a time like this.
"How could Jason let you do this to me?" she asked then found herself on the outside of the door before it slammed shut. Looking at the guard there, she snapped "Where is Max?"
Sam had slithered her way out of trouble with the state troopers and was on her way home when her phone rang. "If you want to get revenge on Elizabeth Webber for what she stole from you, meet me at this address."
TBC
