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Chapter 9

"Claudia." Carly came in and walked over to the table where the troublesome bitch was sitting. "Get the hell out of my city."

"Your city?" Claudia just shook her head. "We both know you don't have any real power. You cling to rich men to give you some illusion of self-worth, but really you are just a paper tiger. A worn out one at that. Sonny tossed you aside, numerous times, and you couldn't hold onto Lorenzo. You have Jax, but given your track record that won't last for long. And now you are sticking your nose into business that doesn't concern you." Claudia knew why Carly was here. "When Jason and I get married you will be the first thing to go."

"You really are crazy. There is no way in hell you are marrying my best friend. He just got rid of one skank, a batshit lunatic like you is the last thing he needs." Carly shot back. "So you can pack up your bags, salvage what little dignity you have, because coming here to claim a man who doesn't want you reeks of desperation, and go the hell home."

"You would know about desperation wouldn't you Carly. You think no one knows you are just waiting for Jason to invite you back into his bed?" Claudia said with a wide smile. The other patrons in the restaurant were taking this all in. Which was fine, they would be the first to learn who the new top bitch in town was. "Never gonna happen."

"I am happily married." Carly would never admit that truth of that statement. But yeah she would take Jason back in a heartbeat.

"Please. If you were happily married, you would be spending more time with Jax and less time running after two men who have no use for you. I wonder what your husband is doing with all his spare time." Claudia taunted. "I hear that Alexis is single now. As is Brenda Barrett." Information was power and Claudia knew something about everyone of importance in this town. She knew all the power players, and anyone who would prove to be an obstacle in getting to Jason. With Sam dead the way was clear, no one was keeping her from her goal.

"You are not going to marry Jason." Carly repeated, thinking that she might need some help in getting rid of Claudia. With Jason out of town it was the ideal time for this bitch to go, that way he wouldn't have to deal with her when he got back. Carly would handle this mess for him. What was needed was someone who was just as crazy as Claudia, so Carly would call and find out where Jerry was at the moment. He could take out the trash.

"We will see won't we Carly." Claudia said standing up as Georgie returned with her order.

"Oh my god, I actually agree with Carly on something. Now I really don't like you." Georgie said shoving the bag at her customer. "Pay and leave. We do delivery so you don't have to come back."

"I'm sure I'll see both of you around town." Claudia said before throwing a twenty on the table and walking out. Not bad for her second day in town. At some point she was going to have to make peace with Georgie, she could do that for her brother. But Carly needed to go, it would be best if that happened before Jason returned from wherever the hell he was. No matter who she contacted no one knew where he was. After this late lunch she would call Trevor again, he hadn't called her back last night, and then she could start figuring out how to get Carly to go away.


"Did you ladies have a nice shopping trip?" Johnny asked taking a seat at the covered table next to theirs. They were in the patio area of the house and the kids were splashing in an inflatable kiddie pool. If any of the adults felt like getting wet they could use the in ground pool. That would probably happen tomorrow at some point.

"We did." Skye confirmed sipping her iced tea. Francis walked out having taken her bags upstairs. She patted the chair next to her. He was the only guy sitting at the table with the ladies.

"Lunch was good too." Chloe said smiling at her hubby. Tonight she would let him know that he was no longer in trouble. Since Liz wasn't angry anymore Chloe didn't need to be either. Before she completely forgave her hubby she wanted to hear his plans for getting back in Liz's good graces.

"Where did you ladies eat?" Francis wasn't surprised they didn't return until after naptime was over. He was a little worried about the gleam in his wife's eyes. They had more than enough time to plan something to make Jason regret whatever it was he did.

"There is a new Mexican restaurant on Main Street. Chloe had a craving for guacamole, so we went there." Skye told her husband. "We should go before we leave the island."

"I'm always up for date night." Francis loved time alone with his wife.

"Elizabeth?" Jason was sitting with Johnny, and when Francis mentioned date night it was a good segway into what he wanted to ask her.

"Yes?" She turned her head from where she was watching the kids play. Even in the kiddie pool they needed to be supervised. They were having a great time splashing one another.

"Would you and Cameron have dinner out with me tonight?" Jason asked her. He was surprised that he was nervous. They hadn't ever been out on a date not that tonight would count. This would be a family night.

"No." Elizabeth said checking on the kids before continuing. Jason looked like someone kicked his puppy, and she wanted to laugh. "You and I are having dinner tonight. Chloe and Skye offered to babysit Cameron while we are gone."

"Oh." Jason said and out of the corner of his eye he could see O'Brien smirking. "I didn't pack a suit, do I have time to go get one?" Francis would be able to tell him where to go.

"You don't need a suit. Just clean jeans, and a clean shirt." Elizabeth let him know. "We are leaving at seven. Skye if I'm still here when you guys go out, then I'd be happy to watch Lila Rae."

"If she's not then we will watch her." Chloe added on. They still didn't know just how long Jason and Liz would be down here. The O'Briens still had two weeks of vacation to burn.

"Thanks." Skye said smiling. It really was time to consider returning to the States. She missed having close friends to hang out with and count on. They had friends on the island where they lived, but not close ones. Because of Francis's past they tended to keep to themselves a lot.

"Where are we going?" Jason wanted to know getting back to the subject of their date.

"I picked somewhere we will have fun." Elizabeth told him, keeping it cryptic.

"Okay." Jason said as both his friends chuckled. Clearly Elizabeth had a plan. One he had no problem following. In fact he was downright curious as to what she had in store for him.

"I need a nap." Chloe said getting to her feet. "I will be awake in time to help you get ready for your date." Liz had tried everything on in the dressing room of the store, but didn't let them see the final result. So Chloe was curious. She also would be on hand with a sew kit for any last minute adjustments.

"My room five-thirty." Liz said grinning. The last time she had friends over to prep for a date she was still living in her studio. Em had come over to help Liz get ready for dinner with Ric. It seemed like a life time ago.

"Come on Johnny." Chloe said as she walked toward the house. She napped better with him around, and if they did more than sleep it wasn't anyone else's business.

"See you guys later." Johnny said following his wife. He was a big fan of naptime.

"Lila Rae has really enjoyed playing with Cameron today." Skye said as her daughter climbed out of the pool and ran over. She grabbed a towel. "Done?" She asked her daughter.

"Uh huh." Lila Rae answered.

Cameron ran over to Jason, because his friend was there. Liz didn't feel slighted in the least. In fact she loved that her son felt so comfortable around Jason. Children knew who they could trust. "I'll grab you a towel." Liz said getting up.

"I'm going to get Lila Rae changed into something dry." Skye said heading into the house.

"Come on Cam." Liz said taking him from Jason. "Mommy got you some new clothes. You can pick out what you want to wear."

"Kay." Cameron said cuddling close while wrapped in the soft towel.


"You ready for dinner?" Francis asked smiling.

"No clue." Jason admitted as they drained the pool. "Elizabeth has medical training so odds are good I will survive it. If that is in her master plan."

"That's the spirit." Francis said slapping his friend on the back. Should be an interesting night.


Nikolas stepped off the elevator on the sixth floor and walked over to the nurses' hub. "Hi Amy, is Liz working?" He had gone by her house when she didn't show up at four. Since she was working just the day shift it would end at three. When he got no answer, and didn't see her car he figured her shift ran long. So he decided to come to the hospital and pick her and Cameron up. He had a plan for the night, he was going to make it a late night of funeral planning and then offer her a guest suite. That way they could have breakfast together tomorrow. He wanted them spending as much time together as possible.

"Liz didn't work today." Amy told Nikolas. "She is off the schedule for the rest of the week."

"Why?" Nikolas asked frowning. "She said she was working."

"She was on the schedule." Amy said nodding. "Now she's off. I heard she had a family emergency." She leaned closer. "But Steven is still here, which is weird."

"That is odd." Nikolas said frowning harder.

"The fact that Ric is having a family emergency too, has folks talking." Amy passed along. "They are saying that she went to Italy with him to handle whatever happened with his father. Ric was here last night just before Liz finished up her shift."

"I wasn't aware that they were still in contact with one another." Nikolas didn't like that at all. He knew that the attorney was still interested in Elizabeth and like Lucky, Ric's interest bordered on the obsessive. In fact Ric was probably more dangerous to Liz than Lucky could have ever been.

"Ric is always coming around to see Liz. I saw them together just the other day, with Cameron." Amy as usual only had half the story, and didn't realize that she was reaching the wrong conclusion. What she had seen was Liz once again telling Ric to stay away from her and her son. "I'm sure she will be back soon."

"Thank you." Nikolas said walking back to the elevator and hitting the call button with more force than necessary. Ric's father was somewhere in Italy. Nikolas had friends all over that country. He would make some calls and find out where they were. Then he would fly over and bring Elizabeth and Cameron back home where they would be safe. They would never find Ric's body, and no one here would miss him.


"Hello Cody." Lila said greeting her guest. "Have a seat."

"Mrs. Quartermaine. I thought I would come and check in." Cody had just heard from Ritchie and Marco. "I recognize that twinkle in your eye, would you like to go first?" The former solider asked grinning.

"Ladies first is the way to go. Trevor is not going to be an issue. Maximus handled that, so Ric's leave of absence came at the perfect time." Lila said smiling.

"Funny how all that worked out." Cody would make it point to never piss off Jason's grandmother. "Claudia and Carly had words at Kelly's. After Georgie threatened to poison Claudia's lunch."

"I do so like Georgianna. She has spunk." Lila knew the younger Jones sister well, she had no interest in knowing the older one while she was alive. "However she should not issue any more public threats. We don't want her as a suspect in Claudia's disappearance. John taking Georgie on a trip isn't an option with school in session." Which would be the fastest way to make it so Georgie wasn't a suspect.

"When we dispatch Claudia we will need to do it in a way that leaves no doubt that she wasn't poisoned." Cody would start thinking about that.

"I have a couple of ideas about that." Lila said slowly. "Let me think on it. One plan would require that your guest's body turns up somewhere else."

"We can make whatever you come up with work. If your idea works out better than mine." Cody said grinning.

"Would you like a friendly wager?" Lila wanted to know. "Winner's choice?"

"Deal." Cody almost wanted to throw the bet just to see what she asked for. "Sonny's being transferred from the hospital. To New York City, Kate is moving."

"Good. She didn't really belong here anyway. She can do better than Sonny." Lila had at one point like the former mob boss, but then he changed. "Anything else?" It would be better if Cody wasn't here when Monica and Em arrived home. Lila didn't want them to know what she was up to. Neither one of them was working just yet so they tried to be in the mansion so she didn't have to eat alone.

"That's it for now." Cody was also aware of the time.

"Take the white box on the table with you." Lila told the enforcer. "I understand Dr. Lee likes mums."

"She does. Thank you." Cody knew Kelly would love whatever was in the box. Lila's plants were a coveted gift. She didn't share them with just anyone. "I'll check in again when I have more to report."

"I look forward to it." Lila said as he walked out of the parlor. She turned her attention to making Claudia disappear. It was going to hurt John, but Georgie would be there to take care of him. That was the only down side to this whole thing. But if Lila played her cards correctly then they could get rid of the last two problem children all at once. She needed to think on this, and figure out how to arrange that.


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