AN:
I am finally done with this fic. It started as a nutty idea and turned into one of my favorite fics to write.
Chapter Nine
"Is he gone?" Elizabeth asked tentatively as she came down the stairs. She had stayed up there avoiding having to see 'John' or
real Lucky or whoever he claimed to be next. She had no desire to ever
see his face again and she hoped that Jason had gotten rid of him for
good. 'Well, not killed him,' she thought with laugh. 'Just made sure that he would disappear for good.' "Yeah. I'm having Milo show him out of town."
"Good. I don't want him here thinking... What in the hell is wrong with him? He thought I would just run back to him." Elizabeth spat shaking her head in dismay.
"I'm sorry." Jason said softly wanting to see the smile back on his Elizabeth's face that had been there when he put their son back in her loving arms.
"For what? You didn't cause any of this. In fact you have been the one person who has been honest with me." Elizabeth said with a smile as she walked towards him.
"About that Elizabeth there's something you need to know." Jason said with a sigh hoping that she wouldn't hate him after he told her this.
"Okay what is it?" Elizabeth groaned wondering what now.
"When I found Jake the woman who had him... she thought Sam had sent me." Jason explained with a rush, watching her closely. They had come so far and it would kill him if he lost her now.
"I don't understand." she said as she sat down beside him.
"Sam watched her take Jake." he said slowly as he watched realization set in.
"What? That bitch! She... she... what is wrong with her?" Elizabeth yelled throwing her hands up in the air in exasperation.
"I don't know Elizabeth. But I've taken care of it. Sam will never hurt you or the boys again." he vowed trying to comfort and assure her anyway that he could.
"Jason how can you... oh. I understand now. You don't have to..." Elizabeth gasped in shock that Jason would ever even contemplate hurting Sam much less actually do it.
"Yes. I do. She's not who I thought she was. She lied to everyone. Her watching while Jake got taken was just the final straw. No. That's not true. What happened with Jake is enough for me to..." Jason spat almost angrily as he thought about the past year that he had wasted on Sam when he could have been with his family. He had been so fucking determined not to hurt her that he had allowed her to make him feel guilty and by doing so he had hurt the one person in this world that he had never wanted to. He had agreed to let Lucky raise his child for God's sake to protect Sam's feelings and most of all because he wanted his Elizabeth happy and he thought that she wanted to be with Lucky, so he had agreed. When in truth, he should have said no and then fought like hell to make his Elizabeth see that he loved her and only her and that they could make it work and be a family.
"Kill her?" Elizabeth gasped in shock interrupting his thoughts.
"You shouldn't know that. I don't want to have to lie for me." Jason said softly taking her hand in his. Quite honestly he just needed to touch her in someway, just feel her skin against his.
"I know." she sighed. "Jason, what about the woman who took Jake?" Elizabeth asked finally her hand still in Jason's.
"She lost a baby about Jake's age in a fire. She's sick Elizabeth and she has a little boy. I don't think she should be in jail." he explained, his eyes pleading with hers to understand.
"I know what its like to lose a baby. I've lost two. I can understand why it might make someone... Are you sure Jason?" she asked softly as she watched him closely.
"I am. She was so relived to see Max and me. She wasn't going to keep him." Jason quickly assured her.
"I trust you, Jason. If this is what you think is best." Elizabeth
said with absolute trust and assurance. She knew that Jason would never
lie to her and that she could trust him no matter what. If he thought
this was the best way to handle this, then that was good enough for her.
"Thank you. Your trust means so much to me." Jason gulped, her complete trust in him almost bringing him to his knees. 'God, I love her.' he thought to himself.
"Diane drew up the papers for Jake." she said quickly the silence growing loud, the room filled with a strange new tension.
"Are you sure?" Jason asked trying desperately to hold back the tears he could feel forming in his eyes.
"I've never been surer of anything." Elizabeth assured him as she twined her fingers with his.
"There are things that will change." he reminded her gently, hoping that she wouldn't change her mind now.
"Guards?"she asked unflinchingly.
"For one. Yeah. The house has an alarm system and all the glass is bullet proof. There's one more thing though." he explained softly.
"Okay..." she said, unsure of where he was going with this.
"It's about us." he stammered finally, his eyes locked with hers, their fingers still twined together.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"Idiots." Max
mumbled as he tied two people to chairs. Both were blindfolded and
gagged. Not that it mattered both were unconscious as well. Good thing
too or else he might have killed them on the way over. Jason didn't
really care how they died just so long as they weren't a problem
anymore. "Took you long enough." Max said as Milo walked in the door quietly.
"Sorry. The ass hat didn't want to leave." Milo explained rolling his eyes.
"You did give him Jason's message?" Max asked sharply.
"Yeah. I had to break his hand but I think he finally got it." Milo said proudly with a slight grin.
"I can't believe Jason is just going to let him walk away." Max said shaking his head.
"Hopefully he's smart enough to stay away." Milo replied.
"Either way he won't let that loser hurt Ms. Webber again." Max said with conviction.
"He really stayed?" Max asked somewhat surprised.
"Yeah." Milo confirmed.
"Well it's about time." Max said with a sigh.
"So what are we doing with these two?" Milo asked finally after a few minutes of silence.
"What do you think?" Max asked as he looked at his older brother.
"Well I guess we should wake them then." Milo tossed cold water on both captives. Then pulled off the gags.
"Who the hell do you think you are? Do you have any idea who I am?" Sam yelled as she glared at Max and Milo.
"Shut up, Sam." Max spat sick of the con woman who had caused so much trouble for his friend.
"Max? Is that you? What's going on?" she demanded knowing that Jason would be furious that they even dare try and hurt her.
"Did
you think Jason wouldn't find Jake? I guess you had to. It's the only
way you could watch someone take that baby and do nothing." Max spat angrily wanting badly to wrap his hands around her throat and squeeze the life out of her.
"You watched my son being taken you whore!" Lucky yelled.
"You don't understand. I had a moment of weakness." Sam whined trying to con her way out of trouble yet again.
"Shut up! Both of you. You're both pathetic." Milo yelled in disgust.
"Jason had you take us." Sam whined in dismay. 'That can't be right, Jason loves me. He wants to be with me. He would never allow this.' she thought to herself.
"You are just now figuring that out. He wanted to give you both a massage." Max said in a cold steel voice.
"What? Why is he doing this, Max? I know Jason loves me. I just need to explain." Sam continued to whine.
"Are you delusional? Jason hates you. You betrayed him. As for you, Sucky. Jason wanted you to know Jake isn't your son." Max snarled with glee.
"What? That useless whore..." His words were stopped when Max smacked him across the face.
"You don't talk about Elizabeth like that. You did nothing but treat her like shit." Max growled angrily as he glared at the idiot that sat before him.
"Are you going to tell him that Jason is the daddy?" Sam spat with disgust. She still couldn't believe that that little whore had Jason's child.
"She cheated on me with that thug?" Lucky spat in disgust. 'How dare that little bitch cheat on me. She belongs to me. That whore.' he thought. 'I'll make her pay for betraying me.' he vowed.
"Apparently. Now that I've delivered Jason's message." Max pulled out his gun and fired two shots. Hitting them both once between the eyes. "I finally got the two of them to shut up." he said with a laugh.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"Us?" Elizabeth gulped as her eyes met his.
"Please
don't interrupt because if I don't say this now I probably never will.
I love Jake more than my life. And I want to be his father. I want to
be with him all the time. I just... just want to be Jake's dad." Jason said almost pleadingly.
"Jason..." Elizabeth whispered.
"Hold
on please let me finish. I know how dangerous my life is. And I can't
change the things I've done or the choices I've made but I swear to you
I will protect you and the boys. I think we can make a home together. I
promise you I never bring my business into our home. And I'm not going
to involve you in anyway. Because I trust you. And I know you trust me.
I think we can build on that trust. I think that we could have a life
together. I don't know… I guess… I'm trying to ask you if you want to
try?" he explained trying to read her eyes.
"Jason, we tried once before..." she started to say.
"No we didn't not really. We both pushed the other away the moment things got serious. I want to be with you. Only you. I'm sorry it took so long to figure out. I love you, Elizabeth. I should have told you before." Jason said softly as he pulled her close.
"Now is when it matters. I love you too. I want to be with you too." she said gently as her eyes filled with tears.
"Really?" Jason asked wanting to be sure.
"Really. What do you say we go to bed?" she replied with a grin as she stood and then held her hand out to him.
"I love that idea."
he admitted with a smile as he stood and took his Elizabeth's hand and
followed her up the stairs to the future he had only ever dreamed about.
