"ORDER! I do not appreciate all of you having cell phones on while court is in session. Now, if we can get back to the case, Ms. Webber, I believe you were asked if that was the only night you'd spent with Mr. Morgan."
"Your honor," Diane shot out of her seat, "Due to recent revelations we request that these proceedings be recessed until early next week."
Alexis was having a hard time trying to focus, all she wanted to do was run home to her girls and never let them out of her sight again. Hearing the judge grant an emergency recess and then everyone hustling form the room was all very distant; it all seemed so… unreal.
--GH 10th Floor --
He did this; he brought Michael into this life. He would have been better off as a Quatermaine. 'What in the world was Sonny thinking, sending the guards away? Even during a truce, there was still danger. He would have done a sweep before bringing in Michael, hell he never would have had Michael at the warehouse to begin with. And what, all to impress Kate? To make her believe that he wasn't a mob boss first and foremost? Who was he kidding?' thought Jason.
At least Jake was safe, as long as he had Elizabeth to watch over him, his son would not know the violence that Michael and Morgan had seen. He would never have to deal with guards and bullet proof glass. Jake and Cameron would grow up believing that Spencer was their father. He needed out of this hospital, he needed a walk!
Elizabeth had rushed to the hospital as soon as she could get out of the court house. Everything seemed to take 2-3 times as long as normal. The elevator ride to the 10th floor was an eternity. She practically ran passed the nurses station before turning down the corridor to Michael's room to find Carly and Sonny in the hallway.
Sonny had his arms around Carly as she continually hit him in the chest. "Why our son? Why Sonny?" Carly started to breakdown sobbing in his arms, her voice cracking and her arms barely lifting from his chest anymore… "I hate you… I hate you… I ha"
Elizabeth turned back around the corner and leaned against the wall. She was fighting hard to hold back her own tears. That could be her and Jason… if that were Jake in that room... She needed out, she needed to go and hold her boys and remember all the reasons Lucky was Jake's father of record.
-- Entrance to GH --
He left his jacket with his keys in Michael's room, he really didn't want to face Carly and Sonny at the moment but a ride to clear his mind sounded wonderful. He needed to get away from Port Charles. Maybe he could just go away again… leave and never look back this time. It would definitely make walking away from Jake and Elizabeth easier, never having to see them again.
"Jason?" Elizabeth was shocked to see him entering General Hospital as she was leaving. Seeing all the pain and fear on his face; and his eyes, oh those eyes, they were crying all the way down to his soul. It broke her heart to see him this way. All she wanted to do was hold him, allow him to finally break from all the strain and pressure this had put on him.
He needed her… he needed to hold her. Just seeing her killed him, how could he walk away from the love of his life? How could he leave his son? He started to walk toward her when he saw it. The slightest glare from the scope of a gun. He knew he was too far to push Elizabeth out of the way, so he did the only thing he could… try to step into the line of fire while warning Elizabeth.
-- Coming out of General Hospital --
Leyla's shift had just ended and she was exhausted. She was walking out of the hospital when she heard Jason scream "Elizabeth get down" then immediately she heard the shot and saw everyone ducking for the ground. The body hit the ground and blood began flowing everywhere. "WE NEED HELP, SOMEONE'S BEEN SHOT" she screamed back toward the hospital as she rushed forward trying, to no avail, to save their life. There was just too much blood…