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Chapter 10
Jason stepped off the elevator and nodded at the guard on duty before knocking on the door to penthouse two. Carly opened the door and gave her best friend a huge grin. "You don't have to knock." She told him for the millionth time.
"It's not my house." Jason pointed out following her inside. He had been hoping that Carly would learn from his example. "I need to go over some things with you."
"Okay. Michael is out with Leticia, so it's a good time." Carly said taking a seat.
Jason pulled out his phone and called Paulie. "Bring them back home." He told Michael's guard. "You can't leave the building, Michael either, until its time to go to the funeral. I told you that already." Jason said trying to not be annoyed. Her not listening would make things harder.
"I'm sorry." She hadn't thought Michael going out for a bit would hurt anything. "What's happening?" Carly wanted to know.
"The midnight edition of my grandfather's paper will hit the newsstands later tonight. The lead story on the front page is Sonny's death. So I want you and Michael inside until the funeral." Their informant at the paper called to leak the information to Francis.
"Alright." Carly was too close to reuniting with her husband to mess up, again, so she needed to behave. "Will visitors be allowed in the building? I'm assuming Courtney and maybe Bobbie might try to stop by." Although Bobbie was a long shot. Carly and her mother did not get along, which was totally Carly's fault. She had tried to seduce her stepfather to get revenge for Bobbie giving her up for adoption. It hadn't worked, but did destroy the marriage. The red headed nurse now refused to even acknowledge that Carly existed.
"No." Jason figured Courtney would be the bigger headache of the two. "Don't answer the phone, let everything go to voicemail and screen it. If you need anything have one of the runners get it. Do you have a doctor's appointment any time soon?"
"No, not until next month." Carly told him, by then they would be in Italy. "Relax Jason." He was tense. "You've covered all the bases as best you can. Is Elizabeth being restricted to the building as well?"
"Yes, but I don't expect the two of you to interact. In fact it's best if you don't." Jason told her. He didn't want Elizabeth irritated. "She will most likely hang out with Claudia."
"Great, she's back." While Carly regretted her treatment of Elizabeth, that was not the case with Claudia. Her she still couldn't stand, and she still believed the brunette had made a play for Sonny.
"I don't have time to referee fights between you and her, so behave." Jason ordered. "I need to discuss another issue with you."
"What?" Carly wanted to know.
"There is a chance that Robin and/or Brenda may return for the service. Can you handle that?" Jason thought there was a better chance of the women causing a dust up then the men. If Carly wasn't pregnant he would be seriously worried about a brawl breaking out.
"Keep them away from me and we'll be fine." Carly could play nice. "How long am I expected to stay on the day of the service?" It was pretend, but it still gave her the willies.
"You are leaving for the airport right after the church service." Jason would go over Carly's route and security on Friday before meeting with the visiting families. "Since we are going to make it known that you no longer wish to live in Port Charles we are going to pack up yours and Michael's belongings and make a show of shipping your things out. They will arrive on the island the same day you do, so pack anything you want."
"Anything except a picture of you." Carly said sadly. They couldn't have any links to Port Charles in their new home.
"We will see each other again." Jason promised her.
"You'll probably be married by then." Carly knew that he and Elizabeth were going to make it.
"Maybe." Jason grinned. "Let me know when the PCPD calls." They would need a statement, Carly would be told exactly what to say.
"I will. I need to tell you something." She started slowly.
Jason knew that tone and narrowed his eyes at his friend. "What did you do?"
"Courtney stopped by bitching about the fact that you are seeing Elizabeth." Carly started. "Since that really is my fault, I decided to help you."
"How?" Jason was almost afraid to ask.
"I told her that if she wanted to get your attention she needed to stop acting so desperate. That if it looked like someone else had her affection you would notice her." Carly grinned.
"Someone else?" Jason just shook his head. "Who did you sic Courtney on?" He almost felt sorry for them. The blonde was vapid and clingy.
"Nikolas." Carly smiled wider. "It was too good of an opportunity to pass up. He is going to go for it to piss you off. He'll take her home, and she'll irritate the hell out of that stuffy uncle of his." There was no way that weirdo was going to accept Courtney as a Cassadine bride.
"What happens when she realizes it isn't working?" Jason just looked at Carly like she had lost her mind. He actually thought she was going to leave without making things hard for him. This situation was guaranteed to blow up at some point.
"Please, you'll be married by that point." Carly figured that would be what finally gave Courtney a clue. "Besides when Courtney gets a look at how easy her life will be as Nikolas's trophy girlfriend, she will forget all about you." At Jason's skeptical look Carly laughed. "I know her better than you Jason. Your wallet was why she was interested in you. The Cassadine bank account is deep enough to keep her attention. She is going to be short term nuisance though, trying to make sure you see her with Nikolas."
"I need to go." Jason would deal with Courtney when she showed up because even if Nikolas gave her the time of day he was going to dump her at some point. Then Courtney would try getting to him again. In the meantime Jason would make sure that the guards kept her away from both him and Elizabeth. "I'll be over later to see Michael."
"Elizabeth is welcome to come." Carly told him.
"Thank you, she'll like that." Jason said before stepping out into the hall. Johnny was getting off the elevator. "What's up?"
"I came to get my girl." The Irishman had gotten a call from Claudia saying she was here.
"Okay, get her and get out." Jason said grinning. He liked Claudia, he just wanted to be alone with his girl.
"Claudia said we got invited to dinner." Johnny said to be difficult. He had already told her it wasn't going to happen. He hadn't seen her in a week. They needed to be alone, and soon. He wasn't sitting through dinner with a hard on.
"Then you are doomed to disappointment." Jason said opening the door to his penthouse and finding the women on the couch. "Welcome back Claudia."
"Thank you Jason." The brunette stood up and grabbed her shoes. "Is Johnny in the hall?"
"Yup." Jason said holding the door open. "He is holding the elevator."
"We will catch up more tomorrow." Claudia would call see if Liz couldn't meet her for lunch.
"Sounds good." Elizabeth also stood and waved as her friend left. "You didn't have to rush her out. Standing there with the door open?" She said calling him on his rudeness.
Jason just smirked. "Johnny was practically drooling when I saw him. I wasn't the one rushing her. I like his line of thinking though." Jason said shrugging out of his jacket. "You have on entirely too many clothes." He said with a lecherous grin.
"Down boy." Elizabeth said arching an eyebrow. "Aren't you going to ask me how my interview went?"
"I can ask you that while you're naked." Jason said coming over and opening her jacket while kissing he neck. "You would be amazed at how many things I can focus on at once." He had opened two buttons on her blouse when there was knock on the door. "Really?" He muttered. "What?" He asked through the door.
"D.A. Baldwin is here with some detectives." The guard announced.
"Great." Jason pinching his nose before opening the door.
"Jason, I have a warrant to search the premises." Scott handed over the document. "If you and Ms. Webber would step into the hall." He could see the petite woman from where he was standing.
Jason turned and looked at Elizabeth. Without a word she came to join him as Scott and the officers moved into the penthouse. "Scott is here." Jason said after calling Alexis.
"Fantastic!" Alexis grinned "I will be there in twenty minutes." She said ending the call. Now she didn't have to search all over the city for the irritating jerk. She looked at Mac, in whose office she was standing. "Scott is at the Towers."
"Where else would he be." Mac shook his head. "Let's go."
"Det. Harper you start upstairs, and Det. Garcia you start down here." Scott instructed.
Before they could even move Harper's phone rang. "It's Mac. What's up?" He wanted to be anywhere but here, Morgan wasn't going to have anything incriminating in his house. He wasn't stupid. "Okay."
"What?" Garcia asked.
"We are to delay executing the warrant." Harper passed along the message.
"What?" Scott exclaimed. "Why?"
"I work for Mac, and I like my job. Questioning his orders gets me fired. We are to wait here until he arrives." Harper walked to the door. "Mr. Morgan you can come back in."
Jason did, and had Elizabeth's hand firmly in his. This was the first time she had to go through this, but probably wouldn't be the last.
Since Harper knew Jason wasn't going to speak, he did. "Commissioner Scorpio is on his way here. We were told to wait for him."
"Would you like some coffee?" Elizabeth offered. She didn't have anything against the police.
"No thank you." Garcia answered for the trio. Oddest search and seizure of his career.
Mac arrived with Alexis, and a young woman Jason hadn't ever seen before. "D.A. Baldwin?" The stranger asked stepping forward.
"Yes?" Scott said preparing to chew out Mac, so when the young woman held out a piece of paper he took it.
"You've been served. Have a nice day. Commissioner would you sign here please?" She held out her clipboard. "Now you." She passed it to Alexis. With her job done she left.
Scott looked at the paper like it was a snake that would bite him at any second. He hadn't ever been served before. "What the hell is this?"
"A temporary restraining order." Alexis informed him with a smile. "It orders you to stay five hundred yards away from Elizabeth Webber, her home, her vehicle, and her place of employment. This is a copy of the form Elizabeth filled out yesterday morning, officially requesting a change of address with the Post Office. As of nine a.m. today this is her official residence. In three weeks General Hospital will be her place of employment for the rest of the week its Kelly's." By law she had to give Scott this information so he would know where to avoid. "The restraining order also covers any place Elizabeth is temporarily visiting, like shops or restaurants. You will be receiving a summons to appear in court as well."
"For what? " Scott was quickly turning red.
"Harassment. The judge is willing to hear my appeal that you be charged with assault in court. As a law enforcement official you should know better than to put your hands on women without their permission. Careers get ruined that way." Alexis knew that charge wouldn't stick, but it was too much fun to mess with Scott to allow the opportunity to pass. "Commissioner?" She looked at Mac.
"Scott you are violating the restraining order." Mac pointed out. "Also the judge rescinded the search warrant due to personal malice." In other words Scott was using his office for personal reasons. "Everyone clear out."
Scott opened his mouth to say this wasn't over and thought better of it. Instead he simply stormed from the penthouse.
Mac looked at Elizabeth. "If he approaches you call the station." Without another word the commissioner followed his officers out.
"We will never make a case against Morgan stick if Baldwin keeps this up." Harper observed as they got on the elevator.
"I am aware of that. Election season is in three years." Mac hoped to hell Baldwin did something to get bounced before then.
"That was fun." Alexis said grinning.
"Are you really taking him to court?" Jason asked with a half-smile.
"Yup. I'm going to win my harassment case too. Which will get the TRO that Scott has turned into just a restraining order. I love my job. You have no idea how much I love my job." Alexis said gloating. "I have to go now, I'm having dinner with my husband, as well as Diane and Shawn. Where we will celebrate my awesomeness. If you need any other problems solved give a holler." The lawyer said doing a happy dance out the door.
Jason smiled at his girlfriend. "Another reason to adore you."
"I'm glad I could be useful." Elizabeth laughed.
"Since we got interrupted let's go make dinner. I want to talk to you. After that we'll return to the ravishing." Jason said taking her hand and leading them into the kitchen. He took out the chicken breasts she picked up earlier. "How was your interview?"
"Great, I got the job." She knew he had heard Alexis say that but she told him anyway. "I'm excited to start."
"Good." Jason was proud of her. "I want to move next door."
"Why?" Elizabeth was surprised by that announcement.
"More space, better lighting, and I was never there with anyone else." Jason gave her his reasons.
"I'm not jealous over the fact that Robin stayed here with you. That part of your life is over." Elizabeth told him.
"I want to start fresh. I want a space that is just ours." Jason said leaning against the counter. This was important to him. "Will it bother you because Carly lived there?"
"No. If you want to move that's fine. I can be happy there because we are sharing the space." Elizabeth answered honestly. "We will need new furniture, Sonny's stuff is so not me."
"I figured as much." Jason got down a pan.
"What are you going to do with this space?" Elizabeth wanted to know.
"No clue." Jason shrugged.
"Have you considered combining the penthouses?" Elizabeth wondered.
"Seriously?" Jason hadn't even thought about that.
"It could work. Bedrooms and social area in penthouse two." Sonny's place had five bedrooms more than enough for them. "Guest rooms over here along with workspace." She closed her eyes and pictured it in her mind. "The kitchen here gets great light. It would make a great studio space, especially because of the tile flooring. We could put up a few walls and enclose where the pool table is and make an office for you. When we knock out the wall between the two penthouses we can create a huge living room/dining room area. Plenty of space for the pool table and anything else you want to add. We would keep Sonny's kitchen because it's nicer. Or if you want you can turn the upstairs master into your office. We can put a wall in the corridor to close off that space starting at the top of the steps which would leave the other two bedrooms as guest space."
Jason loved it when she got like this. When her muse got an idea Elizabeth lit up from the inside out. "I like any of those ideas."
"Hmm. Let me give it more thought." Elizabeth needed to sketch some things out.
"When you are ready let me know. I'll have a crew come over and get started." Jason told her. They could still move since it sounded like most of the work was happening over here.
"That will give me something to do over the next few days." Elizabeth gave him a quick kiss. "I'm going to go get changed."
"I like your suit though." He said with a wicked grin.
"You'll like something with easy access better." Elizabeth shot over her shoulder as she walked out of the room.
"I'm all for easy access." Jason said to the empty room. Having a smart girlfriend was a great thing.
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