Chapter 10

At GH the next day, Elizabeth was finishing up her rounds when she saw Robin approaching and then glare at her guard. "Elizabeth, can we talk for a few minutes without your guard?"

Looking at Johnny, she led her into a hospital room and said "What is it?"

"I uh, I am late." she said now glaring at the windows behind Elizabeth. Then gave her friend a quick glance. "We always and I mean ALWAYS used protection."

"Have you arranged for a test?" she asked quietly. "Have you talked to Patrick about it?"

When Robin started crying, she said "What is it?"

"He knew the condom broke and didn't tell me, I overheard him talking to that new heart surgeon, Leo Julian about it." she said wiping away the tears. "What should I do?"

"Wait until you get the test results, then decide what you are going to do." she said sitting down next to her friend.

"I just can't believe this. I have always been so careful." she whispered out loud. "I just needed to tell someone."

Hugging Robin, she said "Just take it one day at a time. First find out whether or not you are pregnant and are you going to talk to Patrick about the condom breaking?"

"He told Leo he took a test." she said her heart hurting at his not mentioning it to her. Then getting up, she said "Elizabeth, thanks for listening."

"Hey, that is what friends are for. By the way, what happened with Georgie and Johnny?"

"She locked herself in her room after talking to him last night and ate the entire bunny rabbit from the basket. She is sick as a dog." said Robin with a slight smirk at Elizabeth's jaw dropping. She had gone with Johnny to pick out the items in the basket and knew how big the Easter Bunny had been.

"Robin, that thing was almost two feet." she said then admitted with a slight grin. "I have eaten a gallon of Chubby Hubby after an argument with Jason a couple weeks ago."

"Try doing that with butterscotch sauce." admitted Robin laughing as they walked out of the hospital room and glared at Johnny while adding. "And I hate butterscotch sauce."

"I'm sorry?" he asked not sure why she was telling him that.

"You should be." she glared at the mobster then seeing his sister approaching said to the new mob queen, "A two foot bunny was sacrificed to your brother's idiocy last night." Robin knew Claudia was as mystified as the rest of them as to what was really going on there.

Claudia looked at her brother then saw Dante approaching. "Dante, can you keep Elizabeth company? I need to speak to Johnny for a moment?"

Dragging her brother into the room that Robin and Elizabeth had just left, she asked him what was going on then reminded him that soon he would be able to have any life he wanted. "Why blow this?"

"What if? What if it doesn't work? Should I put her in danger on the chance this goes right? Should I … look, let it go Claudia." he said his voice dropping to a whisper. "Please, for me?"

"For now, but don't lose your chance at happiness little brother, life is full of danger." she said before leaving.

When Jason arrived at GH to pick up Elizabeth he saw Sonny's son standing guard while Robin and Elizabeth were clearly eavesdropping on something. "What is going on?"

"Shsh!" said Elizabeth as Robin gave her back the other part of her stethoscope. A minute later, Elizabeth walked over to Jason and kissed him on the check telling Robin to let her know what happened. "On all three issues, okay?"

"Fine. I have a meeting with Stan about the fundraiser and since we couldn't get the Metrocourt, the country club agreed to host the dinner." She watched as Jason reached for Elizabeth's hand and gave a heavy sigh. "Too bad I couldn't get Patrick to do that."

"Excuse me?" asked Dante who had no idea what she was talking about.

"Nothing." she said patting his shoulder then adding. "So you are going to the theater with Maxie?"

"Dinner, theater then I have a surprise courtesy of my aunt." he said with a slight grin that soon faded when he saw the blond who had been chasing him the last few days. "I have to go."

Dante was leaving when Mac called him. "Your former boss said someone was accessing your credit cards in your Dominic persona. He tracked it down to Kelly's here."

Making a call, he asked Bobbie who was there. "Spinelli, Dillon, and two women at the counter."

"Thank you. Keep Mr. Spinelli there." he said then looked at Dante and said "Bring him in and we will give him a warning."

Jason had talked to Mac about the geek and they had agreed to let him be free since they were keeping a close eye on it. The mobster was convinced that no one was that naive and Mac had to agree.

Georgie glared at her sister when she showed up at Jacks Enterprises. Then opening her drawer to grab a pencil she felt ill looking at the bottle of pink chalky liquid that was keeping her going after her stupidity the night before. "I told you I don't want to talk about it."

"Not here for that. Jax made a call to Kate, who sent me over with this." she said showing Georgie the dress in bag. "There is an event in Boston, Kate and you are going."

The phone rang just as Georgie was getting ready to tell her no, listening to Jax, she glared at the dress then said "Okay, but I don't know that I will have a lot in common with these people."

"Just enjoy the art show. And take the cards. Have Kate help you pick something out for the bare wall in the office if you find something I might like." he said before hanging up and telling Brenda what else was going on back home.

After an hour in the stores, Jason was amused to watch as yet another sales person went from condescending to practically bowing at Elizabeth's feet after a discussion about fabrics and colors along with other minute details. "So, they will be delivering all of it next week." she said beaming as she joined him at the entrance way.

Jason said "So where to next?" he asked.

"No place, unless I got something you didn't like." she said. "We are done."

Amazed at how quickly and painlessly this had gone, he asked "Would Miss Webber like to find something to eat?"

"Miss Webber would like to find her bed, but Mr. Morgan clearly wants food and isn't being shy about telling me." she said ruefully while taking his hand and pressing it against her stomach. "He certainly seems to have my personality already."

"How about some takeout from Kelly's, we can take it back to the gatehouse or I could have cook make us something." he asked. "Then you can get in a nap before Cameron comes home."

"Sounds good. Either one will do." she said yawning as she was helped into the car. Arriving at Kelly's just as Dante took a cuffed Spinelli out, Jason glared when the kid called out that he was being unfairly arrested by the dark forces and needed Stone Cold's help.

Sighing, Jason was about to walk away when he saw Sam hot footing it after the kid. Calling Diane he asked his attorney to help but only if it looked like Sam was going to stick her nose into the situation. Seeing Elizabeth's confused expression he said "The kid is a threat either way, but I want him feeling like he owes me something, just in case."

Entering the diner, they soon had their meals and two drinks to go. Seeing Lulu exiting the upstairs, Elizabeth saw the blond start to open her mouth and just raised her eye brow at the younger girl daring her to say something, anything.

Once at the gatehouse, Jason put everything in bowls and plates, before Elizabeth arrived in the kitchen with her milkshake. "I-I, uh, I was hoping you would be interested in talking to Cam tonight."

Looking up, he gave her his half smile that sent her hormones into overdrive and said "I would love that. How should we do this?"

"We need to address the Lucky issue with him. I was hoping you would help me figure out what to say." she said then picked up her spoon to eat some soup and watched as he tried to hide he didn't like it. Deciding to save him from himself, she looked up and said "I have a deal, I want your soup, you eat my fries, okay?"

Seeing how fast he passed over the bowl, Elizabeth saw his expression and in spite of the seriousness of the topic laughed with him when he saw through her request. "Does he know Lucky's dead?"

"Yes. I talked to Lainey before telling him. I was a bit worried that he hadn't been asking for him. He was the only father Cam has known, but when I told him about Lucky, all he asked was did that mean Mommy would no longer be sad anymore?" she said wiping away the tear that had slid down her cheek. "I couldn't have chosen a worse man to ask to be my son's father if I tried."

"Elizabeth, that is all on Lucky, not you. He is the one who didn't appreciate what he had, when it came to either of you." replied Jason quietly, "I have lost the two of you twice already, never again."

"I am glad, I feel the same way." she said. "I just wish that I had had the courage a few years ago to talk this stuff out with you, head on."

"I feel the same way. I could have dealt with the mess my life was, but I was too scared I would take the leap and be the only one there." he let out. "Do you remember that day in the park, I had so much I wanted to tell you, to offer to show you and then what was coming out wasn't a bit like I was thinking in my mind."

"I was planning our trip before I had even got the words out but then when I did say part of it, I panicked. You were so sure you owed Lucky and I didn't want to put more pressure on you." he said. "I was so in love with you, I couldn't see straight let alone think with any kind of reason."

Shocked, Elizabeth reached out for the hand in front of her and said "I loved you too, I just was so ... funny thing is that I didn't owe him a thing. Nor anyone else in the Spencer family. What I thought was a family wanting me to be part of them, was really them wanting me to fix things so they didn't have to. I walked away from love and you for what? A promise made by two confused kids years earlier that I thought I couldn't break."

Looking into her eyes, Jason said "We were so scared. When I gave you that glass, I remember telling you how I just found it..." laughing softly he admitted. "I did just see it, but it wasn't like I said. Then it was too embarrassing to admit that I had seen it while driving by then went back for three days straight trying to find it for you."

Her eyes closed as she said "I was so angry when I thought you attacked what I thought was poor pathetic Lucky, I broke it. I have all the pieces wrapped up in a velvet bag in my jewelry box. No matter what, I have had to keep it. I only wish..."

"We can have it reformed." he offered. "Maybe go to Italy, and watch it being done ourselves."

Jason saw that it bothered Elizabeth and was offering a way to fix the broken glass when she looked up startled. "Uh, Jason, that is a long way to go. Wouldn't it be easier to have it shipped."

"So, we want to go to Italy, this way you can watch them making the disk this time. We could find a vase or maybe something else to go with it." he said only to see Elizabeth look embarrassed. "What is it?"

"I just... it is a long way to go for glass." she said. "Even something that means that much to me. I would rather we just spent the time together, here."

Seeing her yawn, Jason said "Why don't you lay down on the sofa until Cam gets home."

Nodding, he was amused when she walked into the living room and was soon fast asleep. Calling Diane, he asked her advice. "Why don't you do both?"

"What are you suggesting?" he asked then after listening, hesitated before heading up the stairs. Once in her room, he found the aforementioned jewelry box and found the red shards. "I have it."

"Fine, I will arrange for it to be taken care of. When are you going to get this girl to marry you?" she asked. "Jason, she is going to be giving birth in a couple of weeks."

"I know." he said tiptoeing down the stairs and handing the glass out to the guard who was waiting. "Arrange for the trip to take place this summer, okay?"

"Fine, but I think you should concentrate on convincing her to marry you." she said before hanging up to try and make reservations for her boss. Taking out his list of locations and times, she went on the Internet and typed in romantic hideaways, Italy.

Hearing Cam, Jason thanked his mother for bringing him down. "I had dinners with everybodys."

"Who is everyone?" asked Jason as he hung up Cam's latest drawing on the refrigerator.

Checking on Elizabeth, Jason put his fingers to his lips as if to say quiet then led Cam upstairs to play. When Elizabeth woke up, she found her two men playing with the new train and talking about the baby. "Is Mommy going to be tired after the baby comes too?"

"I don't this it will be this much." said Jason. "Are you okay with having a little brother?"

"Sure, as long as it isn't a little girl." he said then leaning in knowledgeably, said "Do you know that girls wear pink and play with dolls. They wear their hair up too. Mommy does it sometimes."

"Yes, but that is why we are supposed to protect them." said Jason when Cam frowned and shook his head no.

"Why not?" asked Jason only for Cam to say "Girls are mean sometimes. Sally in my daycare is always try to put her barrettes in my hair and her mommy keeps saying that with my curls I would make a very pretty girl. I don't wants to be a girl."

Elizabeth hid her grin then joined them at play. While they gave Cam his bath, well Jason gave him the bath with Elizabeth's supervising, she soon realized why Cam was getting the girl comments again. Once her son was tucked in bed, she decided to ask Jason something.

"You missed getting your hair cut the other day, right?" she asked then seeing him nod said "When you go would you take Cam with you? He hates it when I go and I think he would prefer your company to mine."

"I wasn't planning on cutting mine for a while, I was thinking about letting it grow out some, but I would love to take Cam." he said. Elizabeth was glad in a way, she couldn't stand how stiff Jason's hair was but didn't want to inconvenience him with Cam if that was the case.

"No, it's great. We can go tomorrow." said Jason happy that she was trusting him with something so important when she didn't like his hair cut. "Where should we go?"

"That is just it, he hates the kiddie place and last time I took him with me, he froze and wouldn't say a word until well after dinner time." she stated. Jason thought about it then gave a quiet chuckle. "What?"

"I just can't help agreeing with Cam. I once tracked Carly down to that spa at the hotel, if the women looked anything like Carly with the foil in her hair and the muck on her face I would be scared at his age too." he said teasing her.

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Georgie got into the limo with Maxie's boss and said "My feet are so sore."

Kate watched as the younger girl kicked off her three inch heels and leaned back. Handing her the bottle of water, she asked her opinion of the gallery opening.

"Most of the art was nice, not really that good." she said. "I didn't feel anything when I looked at the pictures."

"Good eye, the artist is not going to be liking his reviews tomorrow." she said. "You on the other hand should make Jax give you a raise. You did great with the O'Sullivans and the Tafts."

"After Tracy Quartermaine, they were easy to deal with. People like that want to be seen as benevolent, getting them to hold a party is easy." she replied with a shrug.

"Are you helping with the fundraiser for next week?" asked Kate when they arrived at the private jet.

"Yes, are you coming?" she asked.

"Jax talked me into it. I have to admit it is a unique way of raising money." she said. When her phone rang, she saw the name Corinthos and asked Georgie to answer it for her. Sonny had called a couple of times but Kate knew that she had no interest in making that mistake again.

"Kate Howard's cell." she said then listened to Dante before handing it off to Kate. When she hung up, she invited Georgie to join her in the late night dinner that her nephew had just canceled on her.

Georgie explained that her dad had asked her to come to the station when she got home, that it was about her mom, Kate decided to call her new friend Diane and see if she would be interested in having dinner since she hated to eat alone.

Sonny was frantic, Michael was missing and he had just found the note he had written. Jason was on his way and while he wasn't happy that the police were called, he was that Dante had been one of the officers to respond.

"Thanks, Georgie." He heard Dante saying before telling Kate that he wouldn't be joining her later. "I am working on a case."

Seeing Elizabeth and Jason arriving, Sonny quickly came over and told them what was going on. As they were talking they heard the car screeching to a halt and Carly screaming as she rushed up. "Sonny, what is going on, where is Michael?"

"How did you hear about it Carly?" asked Sonny suspicious of her showing up before he had called her. "You know you aren't supposed to be here."

"My little boy, Jason, you have to find our little boy." Carly said then shooting a vicious expression at Elizabeth added. "You know we depend on you. You are the only one who can find him."

"A word please." Dante said as he walked up. "I read the note, Mrs. Corinthos, were you aware of your son's behavior lately."

"He has been reeling. His father has been so hard on him and his Uncle has been being kept away. He called me the other night. I told him I would always be there for him but that we had to play by the rules for now." she said never seeing Sonny roll his eyes.

Morgan was holding Claudia's hand when he came down the stairs with tear tracks down his face. "Daddy, I need to tell you something."

"Not right now, your brother is a little more important, he is missing. Go find your nanny." said Carly only for Sonny to walk over and pick up the little boy and carry him to the kitchen.

"Carly, calm down and go home in case he shows up there. We will let you know if we hear anything." said Jason when she tried yet again to throw herself into his arms. "However if I find out you had anything to do with this, I will destroy you and whoever is helping you." he said looking at Max who was standing off to the side rather uneasily.

Meanwhile, Dante had been requested to join Sonny and Morgan in the kitchen. "Daddy said I should tell you. Mommy and Michael have been talking on the phone. I over heard them, he was telling her he was going to run away so that daddy and Uncle Jason would realize that they were sorry for what they did."

Dante looked at his father who was shaking badly but trying to hide it from the little boy. "Did he say anything else?"

"Just that he would bring lots batteries for his stuff since the cabin didn't have electricity. He asked Mommy is she had arranged for lots of snacks and stuff." he said then looking off to the side at his dad said "I am sorry, Daddy, Michael ran away because of me."

"No, your brother ran away because he is a spoiled brat." Turning he went to the arched doorway and asked Claudia to take Morgan back upstairs then watched from the doorway as Carly was refusing to leave. Turning to Dante he said "Can you investigate without exposing her. I want her to hang herself."

"Do you have any idea where this cabin is?" he asked only for Sonny to say no.

"We have nothing like that and I will have a few others ask discreetly around. For now, as long as my ex-wife doesn't panic, I am all for letting my son stay where he is." he said caustically. "Let him get a taste of the real world." Sonny knew that Michael wouldn't learn his lesson unless things changed. He would protect him from a far but let the little boy try to figure things out on his own.

Jason and Elizabeth follow Sonny to the kitchen while Dante questioned Carly, letting her lie to him since he was sure she was digging her own grave. Meanwhile Sonny kept Jason from exploding when he heard the news. Elizabeth just looked sick and was holding onto the counter when Claudia joined them. "Are you okay?"

"I just... to go this far." she said shaking her head. She didn't want to believe that Carly would endanger her own son to get back in Jason's good graces. "How is Morgan doing?"

"I was about to ask Sonny for a favor for him." she said looking at the two mobsters. Sonny asked what is it? "Morgan, he wants to go stay with Molly and Kristina until Michael comes home."

"No, I will explain why to him in a little while. Elizabeth could you go upstairs and stay with Morgan for a few minutes while Leticia talks to Dante. Claudia would you go nose around and see if anyone heard at your house about my son." said Sonny who made a quick trip to side room and ordered Max to help Jason in the kitchen.

The big man found himself ordered to go out and search, Jason telling him that Morgan had noticed Michael with a lot of batteries. As the Italian left, he couldn't help regretting his part in this. Carly had made is seem like a simple plan, now he was stuck helping with something that was going to blow up in his face. For the first time he understood how O'Brien had ended up dead.

Jason and Sonny were grim faced as they realized that Max couldn't be trusted. "Who do you have on him?"

"No one." said Sonny. "I don't know who to trust with it. I need you to do this, Jason. There is no one else I can trust to tell me the truth."

"Sonny, we discussed this. I am not your lackey anymore. Letting Michael stew is great, but as for Max, we just removed him from any assignment where trust is an issue. Let him realize what he has lost then ship him back to Italy, telling his father why."

"We have to make an example of him." replied Sonny. "He has betrayed me, us."

"Like you haven't done the same to me." asked Jason quietly. "Now isn't the time to get into it, but Sonny, I know what you have been up with Sam, and what you did with Courtney. I let it go because now isn't the time, but at some point there is going to be a reckoning on all of this. You have no room to talk about betrayal."

Flushing, Sonny said "I am not getting into this now, but you are right. You had better get your priorities straight. You work for me, your first loyalty should be to me."

"When it comes to work, it is. But I have my own life, my own family. And I am not going to tolerate anymore games when it comes to Elizabeth. Elizabeth isn't a fool and neither am I." said Jason. "Not anymore. So lets work on finding out what Carly is up to, get Michael home, then we have a sit down and figure out where we stand, because right now, there isn't a lot of trust on either side."

Dante was making a few calls when he saw Johnny entering the station. "What did you learn?"

"Two things, the Spencers don't have any sort of cabin. I did some checking around. Neither do the Quartermaines. Are you sure you are talking about a cabin?"

"I think so. So are we are ever going to talk about it?" he asked looking at his friend while typing on his computer.

"There is nothing to talk about." he said pissed off. "I made my decision and would like you to support it."

"Kind of hard when I think you are acting like a fool. What would be so wrong with finding out if this fabulous connection you have with her is the real thing?" he asked never seeing the girl walking in in the cloak.

"And what if it isn't. What if this is a mistake? I mean, so what, great sex... I can get sex anyplace. I don't need Georgie Jones for that. I could walk into Jake's and get any one of those women to go home with me, without worrying about babies and white picket fences." he said then turning to leave he saw the white face of the young woman standing there. Feeling sick, he knew he had gone too far in his determination to protect her from himself.

"Geo-" he said helplessly as he looked into her hurt eyes, "I didn't-"

Looking through the man who somehow managed to shatter her heart, she turned to Dante and asked in as calm a voice as possible "Is my father here, he wanted to talk to me about something."

"His office." said Dante regretting pushing this, he knew that Johnny was scared shitless by the connection he was feeling to Georgie and that he would push the feelings away out of fear. Looking up at the distraught man leaning on his desk, he said "I am sorry I ever encouraged you. What the hell is wrong with you, man?"

"Well, at least I won't be screwing this up anymore." he said then left hitting the brick wall outside of the station. Seeing Georgie's car, he waited until she left the station and followed her home before racing off to Crimson Point to remind himself why not getting involved was the best thing.

Just as he pulled into the drive, he hit the brakes on his speeding car as he saw the house all lit up. As he eased past all the emergency vehicles, he saw Claudia's car parked behind an ambulance and walked into the house. "Claudia, what is it?"

"Trevor drove himself off the road earlier, trying to avoid a car accident. When they came to tell our father, he shot at them." she said with an unholy laugh. "They are talking to some doctor and plan on hauling him away to a locked ward after he shot a cop."

Pulling his shaking sister into his arms, he saw the State Trooper approaching and was asked to join them in the living room. As he listened to them explaining what had happened, he had the eerie feeling of disbelief. He sat there after the police left, staring at his sister. "Why were you here?"

"Michael ran away, Sonny was worried that dad might have heard something." she said. "What happened to you, you and I both now that whatever is going on it has nothing to do with our father?"

"I did what I said I was going to do. Made sure that Georgie was safe from our father." he said with a brittle chuckle. "Even if I apologize she is never going to talk to me again. Funny huh?"

As she listened to what he was telling her, Claudia rubbed his shoulders and said "Wow, you did screw up. Maybe I can help, talk to her. Tell her what is going on."

"No, it is better this way. She deserves so much more than me." he said getting up and feeling like he was a hundred years old. "What about your marriage?"

"I am going to stay married." she said thinking about Sonny having cancer and the baby she wanted so badly. "For now. What about you, your courtship?"

With a tired grin, he said "I am more guard then anything else and sometimes I have helped her with a project or two. She loves him, he loves her. Let them be, Claudia."

"I will, I do agree with his sister though, Jason needs to show Elizabeth what she means to him. He is working on it, but I am beginning to realize, his cluelessness is part of the reason she loves him."

Walking to the doorway, she said "What do you want to do with this place?"

Once they were outside, he thought about it then said "We take our things, as well as any thing connected to our respective mothers and burn it to the ground."

Ric was woken up by Mac Scorpio and given the word. "Your father was speeding down Oakmont, there was a car accident in the middle of the road, he swerved to avoid it and drove down the cliff."

Soberly, Rick thought about it then said "Thank you for letting me know. I have a few calls to make."

Calling his father's attorney, Ric shook his head before hanging up the phone. Even after his death, his father was trying to manipulate him. Thinking on what he had been told, Ric sat down and thought about it. Other than his daughters, he had nothing left here. Why not actually do what Trevor had wanted.

Oh, he knew it wasn't out of kindness that his father had left him everything, the codicil proved that, but spending time on Martha's Vineyard wasn't going to poison him like the old man had wanted it to. He was well past what had happened there. Waiting until a more reasonable time of day, Ric called Alexis then went to see his brother.

Hearing about Michael, he felt bad for the man, but it was the distant bad you would feel towards a story you heard on the news. "I'm sorry. Trevor is dead and I have to deal with his will." he said before leaving. Once outside, the attorney waited to feel something, anything and realized that the darkness that had inspired his rage, his urge to destroy his brother was long gone. Time to move on.

Inside, Sonny called Jason who told him that the men had checked every single possible cottage or cabin that they knew of or that was in the vicinity while letting Audrey Hardy in who was frowning at the newspaper for some reason.

Hanging up, he said "Is something wrong?"

"No, just rather unhappy with a reporter. Has Mr. Corinthos heard from his son yet?" she said showing him the front page. Groaning, Jason called Sonny back who said "Find out who leaked the story."

Seeing Mrs. Hardy on the phone, Jason listened as she dealt with the society reporter over the fundraiser then heard her threaten the woman. "Remember last time we had a similar discussion. You were forced to print a retraction on the front page."

When she had hung up, Elizabeth was walking down the stairs and asking her grams what was going on? "They are making this sound sleazy instead of it just being for fun. This woman has a real problem with the Scorpio family, of course she dated Robert back in the day so it isn't that much of a surprise. I also seem to remember rumors about her wearing black to Luke and Laura's wedding."

"Elizabeth, a minute please?" said Jason taking her off to the side. Showing her the paper, he said "I have to go deal with this, will you two be okay with just Johnny today?"

"I was planning on staying home with Cam. See if he had any other questions regarding Lucky. We will be fine, track down Michael and when you find that cabin... be careful okay?" She knew that this was going to be hard on Jason, after hearing what Sonny and he had discussed in regards to Micheal's future, she could only hope it worked.

Audrey hadn't meant to eavesdrop but couldn't resist asking "What cabin?"

"We have reason to believe that Michael is at a cabin. We checked all that we knew of, do you know of a cabin that the Spencers are connected too?" asked Jason not having too much hope but knowing that a lead could come from anyplace.

"Actually, I do." she said. "Did you check the cabins that the various doctors own out on Lake Mere? We have one, I know that Bobbie was there before with the boys. I gave her the key to take them swimming out there a few years ago. The Baldwin's have one, and I think so do the Drakes. At least Noah Drake used to own one. I actually think one of your men has one as well. The big guy whose brother is always with Cam. I have seen him out there a time or two over the years."

"Where are these cabins and do they have electricity?" he asked glad he had asked the elderly woman.

"Ours has a generator. The others, I couldn't tell you about. I think they all only have generators. Would you like me to draw you a map?" she asked.

Explaining that it wouldn't help as a result of his accident, he saw she felt bad but suggested she give a copy of it to Dante who he then called. Letting Sonny know, he said "I am on my way to the paper now."

Seeing Mrs. Hardy handing the newly arrived police detective the map, he watched as she answered her phone then her brows scrunch up. "Jason, what interest would Carly have in ruining this fundraiser?"

"Maybe because Robin and I are involved, why grams?" asked Elizabeth after she let Dante out.

"I know from Monica that Michael went missing last night." Seeing their confusions, she said "Are you sure he ran away and isn't hiding out with his mother?"

"No, why?" asked Jason as he was once again bemused to realize that sometimes he didn't know everything.

"That was the publisher of the Herald, he was a good friend of Steve's. He went looking into why Eldred is writing such slanted reporting on the fund raiser and he was told that Carly was the one who gave her the information about it yesterday morning while she was visiting Thompson, the reporter who wrote the article about Michael." she said.

Jason tersely thanked Audrey and asked her to keep this quiet before kissing Elizabeth goodbye. Arriving at Sonny's, he told him the news and saw the older man wince. "I didn't want it to be true, but if it is... I need to make a call and you can't be here for this."

Calling Social Services, he was told the case worker was already on his way in regards to the missing child. When the linebacker sized man was let in, he saw Mr. Corinthos and Alexis Davis. "May I ask why the DA is being brought in?"

Setting down and letting Jordan take the lead, Sonny felt more than saw Alexis' head turn when she heard what was being said "Carly did this?"

Alexis was stunned, between the news of what was going on with Michael and that Sonny of all people relying on professional help to deal with it, she couldn't take much more. When the man had left, she turned to Sonny and said "We need to talk, parent to parent."

Nodding to Jordan, Sonny sat down then said "I will explain but I need for it to not leave this room."

Alexis sat down not sure what was going on, but seeing the Sonny she had known years before. "I have cancer, breast cancer. They started the hormone treatments on Tuesday. But they aren't too hopeful."

"What? Why? Does Jason know?" she asked still in shock.

"No one does." said Sonny his hands shaking. "There is more."

Giving her chapter and verse on all he had learned from Morgan about Carly and her treatment of her younger son. Then he said "I know that I don't have much time. I can feel it."

"There are treatments, Sonny. People, women live after breast cancer all the time." she said.

"I know I won't be one of them. That is what all of this is about. Carly, the marriage to Claudia. At first it was a power play, but now... it is an end run to making sure there is peace after my death." he said looking at one of the many people he had wronged. "There is more. Dante, I don't want him to suddenly pity me and accept me. I just want him to find someone to care about. Looks like he does, Georgie Jones of all people."

Thinking on the rumors around the station, she knew she had to help him. "Uh, Sonny. No, he isn't in love with Georgie. They are friends, that's it. He is spending time with Maxie, not Georgie."

"But I saw them together, he has called her several times." he said taken back.

"Yes, they are FRIENDS, that is what friends do." she said slightly amused to realize Sonny still didn't get that women and men could be friends without a sexual element to it. "Wait, are you responsible for the rather ostentatious Easter basket?"

Seeing him flush, she gave a soft laugh then said ruefully. "Mac is checking into it, but you have the wrong end of the stick. I will clear it up for him but let this idea of Dante and Georgie go."

Sitting there long after she left, Sonny felt alone. His wife had gone into town, Jason was out helping track down Michael and what had happened with Carly. Max was guarding the door and all Sonny wanted to do was rip into the man he had trusted for years, but he just sat there. Hearing footsteps, he saw Morgan entering the room.

"Morgan, why don't we head over to see your sister?" he asked. Standing he ordered Max to bring around the limo and went to see his daughter.

Kevin Collins sat down in the Quartermaine living room, not sure how to give them the news. "Emily is in a very bad state. We have no way of bringing her out of it without pressing her on what happened with Lucky. I am so sorry, Alan, Monica."

"You are not at fault. Helena did this." said Alan wearily. "What happens now?"

"I honestly don't know. The state troopers tracked the call to a prepaid cell phone so we have no idea for sure that it was Helena." said Kevin. "Luke Spencer is my worry, though."

"Bobbie said he was angry." she said. "I talked to Mac, they can't arrest him for doing nothing. Have you talked to Nik, he hasn't been returning our calls?"

"Mine either and Alexis said she was rejected when she wanted the shuttle boat to take her over to the house." replied Kevin. "I'm worried about him as well. I think he is not ready to deal with any of this. His brother dying, Emily being brainwashed."

Jax walked into his office to see his assistant typing and talking on the phone at the same time. "When will the drawings be delivered? Fine. I will let Mr. Jacks know."

When she had hung up, she handed Jax several messages and said "I took care of most of it, There are a few personal messages on your desk and you are meeting Kate at the hospital around noon."

Reading through the notes, he said "Carly?"

"She has not been here. Michael took off and my guess is she is out at Sonny's place. And Jason Morgan called, he wants you to call him back ASAP in regards to Michael." she said handing him the phone. "Something about a cabin Morgan said you owned."

Heading to his office, Jax saw the bare wall and frowned but called Morgan first. Listening to what the enforcer was telling him, he said "No, we only have the place in Hawaii. We borrowed one but that was down near the Catskills. Do you want help?"

Hanging up, he thought about what Jason had told him about Carly and made a phone call. "Are we still paying my ex-fiancee's cell phone bill? Good, I want a list of all calls to both numbers faxed to me right away."

When Georgie entered and gave him the fax, Jax swore then said "Cancel with Kate Howard, if you need me I will be at the station."

Then when he was at the door, he said "Are you okay?"

"Fine, just realizing what bottom feeders single men are, that's it." she said then saw his hiding a grin. "Mr. Jacks?"

"We do tend to do that, but mainly because we don't have a filter between our brain and our mouths." he said walking back to where she was standing. "Whoever and whatever he said, give him a chance."

Scott Baldwin was not a happy man as he read the report. "So if you don't help me get Luke's signature on these divorce papers, I will go to this Logan Hayes and tell him everything."

"I don't get it. I thought you tossed Spencer over a while ago." he asked.

"I did but it turns out our divorce wasn't legal. So go find him, I know you have a man watching for him, get him to sign the papers or else." she said. "Remember I know more than a few secrets, including the truth about what happened to Rick Webber."

Making the trip upstate to Laura's treatment center where Luke had been hiding out since Lucky's death, Scott fudged a bit while dealing with Luke, then after he signed the papers gave him the news. "Have you talked to Lulu lately?"

Seeing the man with the receding hairline's grin, Luke said "What are you going on about?"

"Lulu, has a new beau. Turns out she is dating my son." he said with a cold grin. "Like it should have been years ago. But this time it is Laura's daughter dating my son. And you are stuck in here and can't do a thing about it."

"She is dating some kid named Hayes." Luke was actually worried about it, because Bobbie said his daughter was taking up a few of his bad habits and spending a lot of time drinking in spite of being underage. With what had happened to Mike Corbin, he was worried about his little princess.

Making a few calls, Luke decided it was time to find Helena and put an end to this, so he could do what Laura would want him to, and fix his family, no matter what it took/

Once Scott had left and fixed the paperwork for Tracy, he went to see Logan Hayes and gave him the news. "I know and I don't give a crap."

Offering him monetary support, he soon had his son tangled in his web when Logan called Lulu and offered to show her his new place and said he had been offered a job as a runner for the police department.

Once Logan had Lulu at his place, he started to work on getting the blond into bed, but she wasn't cooperating. Deciding it would take some time, he enticed her into spending the day out at Vista Point with him.

After making a few calls and finding that Dante was busy, Lulu went to spend the day with the blond. She wasn't really interested but knew she had to lull Georgie into a sense of security if she was going to steal her boyfriend away.

Dante meet Jason at the start of the dirt road to the cottages. "Are you sure?"

"The man in town said he saw a red head boy out on the Lake." said Jason. "He also told me that Max Giambetti is a regular out at one of the fishing camps here."

"Are you sure you want to handle this this way?" asked Dante. When Jason got back into his truck, he saw the expression on his face and said "Why do I think you are going to dealing with Carly while I am rescuing her son?"

Jason didn't answer, he drove towards the Metrocourt just as a Nik arrived at Carly's office. "We need to talk."

"What now?" she snapped. He had shut down her using the spare rooms, had overrode her decisions about the spa and had fired the new 'it' chef she had hired. Glaring at the man who sat down across from her with yet more paperwork, she said "What?"

"We have a balloon payment coming up. I paid my share to the account. You need to deposit your share into the account." he said.

"That is all Jack's, it was part of the deal. He offered to take care of it after our engagement." she said.

"You didn't get married, so you are responsible for your share, Carly." he said "I expect a deposit to be made before the end of week or I will assume another quarter of the hotel instead as payment."

"I don't have time to deal with this, MY son is missing." she snapped. "You can just wait until Michael is home."

"This is business Carly." he said before walking out. "By noon on Friday."

Jax waited until Nik had left then saw Jason arriving. "I was just going to deal with her. Here."

Taking the paperwork, Jason swore then said "Sonny wants this dealt with by the police."

"Oh, this is just a copy. I handed the originals over to Mac Scorpio on my way here." he said then decided to let Morgan handle it. "I have to get back to my office, please let me know if Michael is found."

Nodding, Jason opened the door in time to hear Carly lambasting his accountant for money. "Carly he is under direct orders to give you nothing."

Standing, Carly flew from behind her desk and threw herself into Jason's arms only to be repulsed and set back down on the desk. "No, you are going to listen."

"Oh course, I knew that this would bring you back." she said beaming at him. "Michael needs you and you come running."

"Michael?" he said shaking his head. "No, Michael is being picked up by his brother even as we speak. Dante is bringing him to station and Sonny is meeting them down there."

"Well, we have to go and meet them. I knew I could count on you." she said still smiling.

"No, it was thanks to a coincidence that we found him. Strangely enough at Max's fishing cabin." he said then saw her eyes widen.

"MAX?" she asked pretending shock. "Why would Max help Michael run away?"

"He didn't. You did." said Jason. Carly finally saw the steely eyed glare he was giving her.

"I had to, I knew that you needed to be needed. So we, Michael and I wanted to you to know how important you are to us." she said standing and trying to move closer only for Jason to stop her and say. "Carly, you have done a lot of stupid and pathetic things over the years that I have known you, but this one, this one is just..."

"I KNOW you Jason, I know you BETTER than anyone." she said smugly. "So I knew you would help me."

"I am here to tell you that Sonny and I know everything. The reporter, the cabin, the cell phones. You really shouldn't have used phones that Jax was paying the bills on. He just turned the records over to the police. You are going to be brought in for questioning on a child endangerment and abandonment charge."

"No, come on Jason." she said laughing away the small smidgeon of fear. "We know you won't allow that to happen. You would never do that to me, we have meant too much to each other over the years."

Hearing a knock on the door, he opened it so that Mac Scorpio could enter. "Carly Corinthos you are wanted in questioning in regards to the disappearance of Michael Corinthos the third."

"Mac, come on, this is me." she said still not getting how serious this was until Mac said with a stony expression. "Cadet Barrett please cuff the suspect."

Carly froze then called out to Jason who was walking away. "Wait, you aren't going to let this happen, come on Jason. You know how I am, you know this was just a mistake."

Mac watched as he kept going then turned to Carly and said "Carly, you have the right to remain silent and if you don't want to end up in a jail cell, I would recommend doing so."

Elizabeth and Cam sat down on the sofa and were playing and discussing his new brother or sister when he suddenly asked. "Mommy, does Jason really want to be my daddy?"

"Oh course, he does." she said moving closer to her little boy.

"But why didn't Lucky? Was I bad?" he asked. "I don't want Jason to leave me. So if I was bad, you would tell me rights?"

Hugging her little boy, Elizabeth lifted his head so he could see her eyes and said "You did nothing wrong, Lucky was not a good man but he fooled Mommy and a lot of other people into thinking he was. Jason doesn't need a perfect little boy, he just needs you just the way you are."

Hugging her, he said "Mommy, I loves you." Returning the hug and kissing his forehead, Elizabeth felt the tears falling on the top of his head and said "I love you to my great little boy. I love you too."

TBC