Its the middle of the night when they are awoken by the sound of Jason's phone ringing through the silent bedroom. Her heart is caught in her throat when she thinks its because of a business emergency. Little did she know that it was a Sam emergency.

Turns out that the reason they haven't been confronted by her is because Ric had her arrested and - while trying to escape - she was shot in the process. Leave it to Sam to get herself in so deep of a problem that she needed Jason's help to get out of it.

It was no secret to either Jason or Elizabeth why Ric was suddenly playing hardball. Doing whatever he thought he could do to rile up Jason's anger in order to provoke a reaction. Both of them know that Sam is innocent of the charges, being that Elizabeth is guilty of it and the only way Ric could have evidence contrary to that is if he doctored it somehow.

"She needs your help." Elizabeth says simply, her heart tightening at the thought of Sam being ambushed at her daughter's grave. "You should help her."

"I hate this." Jason pulls her into his arms, holding her close. "Sonny tried to keep a handle on it, but it has just been blown apart."

"I get it." Elizabeth assures, kissing him softly. "Will you let me know if I can do anything to help?"

"The very moment I think of it." Jason smiles slightly. "Go back to bed. I'll try to keep it down."

"Yeah, right." Elizabeth pulls herself out of bed when he gets up. "Like I'm getting back to sleep any time soon."

"Liz..."

"Its okay, Jason, really." Elizabeth slips her hand into his, leaning up and kissing him softly. "I'll go make you a sandwich to eat before you leave."

He watches her walk out of the room, cursing Ric for his obsession with Elizabeth. As much as he cared for Sam, he's glad that the focus of Ric's torment is on her and not on Elizabeth. He can handle things without killing Ric as long as Elizabeth's not involved. Once that changes, Sonny better step out of the way because Jason will stop at nothing until Ric's swimming with the sharks.

Elizabeth knows that he has to do this, but it didn't stop her from worrying about him. Ric was a twisted bastard and there's nothing he wouldn't do in the name of love. Knowing that, knowing what he's capable of, Elizabeth's heart aches at the thought of Jason taking him on once again. Every part of her wishing that Ric would give up his sick obsession of her.

"Be safe." Elizabeth says seriously, watching as he gets ready to leave - relieved that he has eaten before he leaves. "Please."

"I will." Jason promises. "Just be careful when you deal with Ric. I'm not saying he'd hurt you, but..."

"I know." she assures him, not willing to put anything past her ex-husband. "I'll be careful."

"I'll meet you for lunch at Kelly's." Jason wraps his arms around her, holding her close. "At least try and get some rest before you go to work, okay?"

"I'l try, but I make no promises." Elizabeth says simply, reluctantly letting him go.

Watching him leave was almost torturous, but she did it. Just as he's about to close the door, he turns back to look at her one last time, capturing her heart in the process. With heavy hearts, they say a silent goodbye once more before he closes the door.

Clasping her hands over her heart, Elizabeth makes a silent prayer, hoping and praying that he'll be safe. With a sigh, she walks back upstairs, turning into her son's room instead of returning to theirs. Lifting a sleeping Cameron into her arms, she settles into the rocking chair, holding him close.

The hours tick on by with Jason discussing the situation with Sonny while she hums a lullaby to her sleeping son. The time comes for her to get ready for work, setting her son back in his bed before making her way to their bedroom. Working on autopilot as she gets ready for work, her mind solely on Jason and feeling sort of deja-vuish with the whole situation. The late Courtney Matthews coming to mind.

"Jason?" Elizabeth looks at him confusedly after she saves him from an inquiring nurse. "Or should I say, Dr. Morgan?"

"Hey." he says softly, closing the file. "I'm sorry about this."

"Its fine." Elizabeth waves off his concern, glad he was still in one piece so far. "What's going on?"

"Is Ric here?"

"He's in with Alexis." she concedes, eyeing him intently. "Why?"

"I need his cellphone." Jason admits, keeping his voice low so no one can hear them.

"I'll get it."

"Wait." Jason stops her from walking away.

"You'll never get close enough, Jason." Elizabeth points out what he already knows. "I can do it...just stay here."

"Be careful."

"Yes, doctor."

With a slight smile, she walks away, forcing herself to remain calm as she makes her way to Alexis's room. Smooth talking Ric wasn't as hard as she had imagined, even though he knows she's with Jason, he still feels the drive to help her.

"Here." Elizabeth hands it to Jason, keeping an eye out as he does what he needed to do.

"Be careful, if Ric notices his cellphone's missing, he's going to know you took it."

"He knows." Elizabeth says simply. "The best way to get it was to ask for it."

"Thank you." he kisses her softly as it downloads. "Here."

"That was fast." Elizabeth gives him a gentle shove when she spots Ric.

"Forgot to charge your phone, huh?"

"What can I say?" Elizabeth hands him his phone back. "I can be scattered brain sometimes. Thanks for lending it to me."

"Anytime." he says without hesitation. "Anything for you."

"I should get back to work." Elizabeth starts walking away. "Thanks, again."

Walking around the corner, she meets up with Jason, who was waiting for her.

"See you for lunch." Jason kisses her softly. "And remember to be careful around him."

"I know." Elizabeth assures. "Now go do what you have to do."

With one more kiss, Jason and Elizabeth go their separate ways, both looking forward to lunch at Kelly's. Getting back to work, Elizabeth makes a mental promise that if helping Sam hurts Jason, she will personally see to it that Sam's biggest problem will be her. Make no mistake, she's not afraid to get her hands dirty.

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