Chapter 10
Jack watched from the security booth, enjoying the show but soon realized that Sam's cards had spooked a few of the gamblers at her table. It was close to time to quit for the night but there was no sign of Spencer. Seeing Simon motioning to some kid, he then heard his friend stand and say "Since it looks like our host left after losing, I would like to suggest we quit for the evening and start again tomorrow at ten o'clock."
The dealers took the chips and handed each player chits with their totals written on them as the groups slowly left the boat and headed to their hotels and homes. Seeing Sam leaving, Ethan stopped her and asked if she knew what happened to Luke.
"I haven't seen him since he gave me my buy-in." she said with a shrug as she left the boat, never realizing the various gamblers were going out of their way to avoid her. Arriving at her place, she grimaced when she saw Spinelli asleep on the couch with chip crumbs all over the place. "Hey, wake up."
"Umph, yes Stone Cold, I will be your best man when your marry the goddess of love." he murmured as he sat up then rubbing his eyes, said "Fair Samantha, how was your evening?"
She had done surprisingly well, was up in chips and was sure that at least two of her opponents would be out the next round of play. Getting Spinelli out of her place, Sam called Jerry and said "Game should end in two days unless someone steps up their game."
"How did Jax do?" he asked wanting to make sure his brother wasn't in the final game.
"Good, but this Brit, Simon did the best followed by some guy from Washington with deep pockets." she sighed as she got out of her shoes. Looking out her window, she hung up after promising to let him know what happened next, seeing the lights for GH in the distance, Sam decided to change and do a little reconnaissance.
Walking to her room to change she heard a knock on the door and went to tell Spinelli to go home only to see Det. Harper standing there. "Bed check."
"What?" she asked confused.
"Bed check, where were you this evening. You are required to be home by ten pm." he said before telling her to hold out her wrists.
"What are you doing." she asked stunned when he explained she was under arrest for violating the terms of her bail. "You can discuss it with the judge in the morning."
"I have to be at the Haunted Star, I am playing in a poker tournament, for Luke Spencer. Call him, he can verify this." she said getting worried.
"Fine, I will do that." he said then ordered her to get some shoes.
"I thought you were going to call Luke." she asked then growled when he said he would do that in the morning but that Mac had ordered her arrested for the evening.
Jack slowly pulled away after watching Sam get loaded into the back seat of a police unit. Driving by the Quartermaine's he saw Elizabeth's vehicle was still there so he went home, smiling at the idea of her getting her life back. Seeing Simon and Vee waiting for him, he said "Don't you two need sleep like the rest of us?"
"Spencer can't be found anyplace on that boat. The money is in the safe, I checked it before we left, but that kid, Ethan is worried." she said then admitted "I called Mac Scorpio, asked him to give me a heads up if any of his men spot Spencer."
"He is probably off sulking after losing so soon." Jack said before offering them one of the guest rooms.
"No, thanks. We need to be seen at the hotel." replied Simon on his way out the door then stopping he said "Old man Ahmendson was spooked by the cards your mark got."
"Good, what about her, do you think she is good enough to make it all the way."
"She should be with the cards our dealers are sending her way." said Vee as they left.
Brenda slipped into the mansion, then up to the guest room she had commandeered. After changing into her nightclothes, she knew she wouldn't sleep until she had talked to Jason about what she had learned that evening. Knocking softly on his open door, she found herself grabbed from behind by a strong hand and told to be quiet.
Turning to look at him then the body sleeping in his bed and said "Okay, who is she? I thought you were trying to get back with Elizabeth?"
Whispering angrily as he pulled her away he said "That is Elizabeth she and the boys are sleeping over. Now why are you knocking on my door, and why are you dressed like that?"
Elizabeth had been woken by the knocking, with two little boys she was used to needing to get up when she heard even the softest sound. Following the twosome, she heard Brenda's answer. "What is wrong with what I am wearing and we need to talk, I found out something tonight that I don't think Maxie wants you to know."
"What did she do now?" He asked. His memories were coming back and he could recall that he didn't care for the mouthy blond with the nasty attitude towards Elizabeth.
"Try last year. She knew that Sam was trying to get you into bed, something about a corset and a pair of heels, when you resisted, they started adding something to your OJ. You were the only one drinking it and she decided to help her friend along. Her geek helped her make sure you drank it."
"I don't remember that time period, but I believe it." he said in disgust. "Any thing else?"
"Just this, could you please explain why she is with this Spinelli kid when she is still so obsessed with Elizabeth. I mean it sounds like she is still jealous of her over Lucky, or maybe she wanted you, who knows?"
"I don't care, either way." he said. "I know you are up to something, but I have no intention of letting Maxie get away any more than I do this Spinelli kid or Sam McCall."
Brenda added "She isn't going to go away easily. When you screwed up and decided to keep your enemies close, she thinks that it means as soon as your memory returns, she will be back in your bed."
"Only if I loss my memory again and no one tells me the truth this time. Even then, I hope I have the sense to commit suicide first." he stated dryly. "Look, I want to get back to Elizabeth, if there is any thing else, can it wait until the morning."
"Please tell me you don't intend to sleep with her." she said shaking her head while Elizabeth winced. She was barely able to keep herself from jumping him in spite of what he did, she wasn't sure she could resist him sleeping next to her.
"Uh, I was, just you know, above the covers/" he said stammering his way through the statement while blushing.
"I, sorry." she said laughing then getting control added "Not a good idea."
Seeing her laughing again, Jason glared when she said "Jason, things are too up in the air right now, you need to back off, give her time. You need to face that by sleeping with the whore who endangered her kids, she isn't going to just forgive and forget."
"I know that." he whispered back harshly. "But I, look, I just want to watch her sleep. There is something peaceful about it. It makes me feel like there is a chance for us."
"Great, but right now, Jason. This isn't about you. It's about her hurt, her anger. Give it some time." she said before heading up to bed. Elizabeth was already back in Jason's bed by the time he came into the room, seeing her sitting up, he sighed then said "Sorry, I am just getting something to sleep in."
"Okay." she said then laid back down. She was fast asleep by the time Jason came out from the bathroom. Thinking on what Brenda had said, he walked to the doorway, then returned. Leaning down, he softly kissed her check and whispered I love you before slipping into the room the boys were using.
Spinelli got up early when he felt his phone buzzing, looking at the message, he called Alexis who said she wouldn't be able to bail Sam out. Then calling Ethan, he found out Luke hadn't returned the previous evening. Explaining to them about Sam, he was told that Ethan would get the money and meet him there.
Arriving they saw a white faced Alexis being led from Mac's office. "Maternal unit of the goddess, I knew you would come through, for your ..."
"Not now, Spinelli." snapped Mac as he breathed a sigh of relief that Jax was entering. "Thanks for coming. Can you help her?"
"My plane is waiting already fueled at the airport. The girls are going to be staying with Carly while I take her to Greece."
"Thanks, Jax." said Mac as he told Alexis he would stay in contact with Interpol about the murder.
"OH MY GOD, HAS SOMEONE HARMED THE GODDESS!!" said an upset Spinelli as he grabbed Alexis. "ME AND MY..."
Mac covered his mouth, then nodded at one of his officers to escort the grieving woman out to the car. Turning to Spinelli he said "Now what are you going on about?"
"Fair Samantha, has she been harmed." he said fearfully.
"No, she is locked up in one of my jail cells, until someone pays her bail. She violated the terms of her agreement, I should lock her rear up until she goes to trial for violating the restraining order among all the other charges she is facing."
"But, but, she shouldn't be facing any charges, the evil one is being unfair in even pressing charges to keep her away from the soul mate of the goddess's son."
"I have no idea what you are saying and truly don't' care. Post her bail and get her out of her, but you might want to tell her that Nik, her cousin was killed by Helena. She might be next." tossed out Mac, who doubted it but wanted to rile up the annoying pest.
Michael and Kristina were walking along the docks, discussing Nik and their father when they saw the Coast Guard boat meeting an ME's van. Seeing the body bag being transferred they moved closer to eavesdrop. "Body, it was floating for the Seaway, when it got caught on some branches just north of Watertown."
"If you found it near Watertown, why did you call me." asked the coroner.
"Identification on the body, said he was from here. Someone named Spencer." said the Coastie before he got back on his boat and called out. "We have to return to patrolling, I will send you a copy of my report." The two kids hurried to go find Carly, telling Micheal's mother to meet them at Bobbies.
Calling his boss, the coroner said "Commissioner, Luke Spencer was found dead floating towards Lake Ontario."
Cursing, Mac called the airport then Jax's plane giving him the message for Alexis. Then drove over to Bobbie's house where he saw the pale faces of the two teenagers as they stopped him from entering. "What was it? We saw the Coast Guard boat."
Taking them in, he asked the nanny to take the children elsewhere, allowing the two with him to stay. "They know about part of this." he said sighing. "Bobbie, I am sorry but Luke was found dead today."
"You must be mistaken," she said shaking her head. It was barely eight AM and she had lost two members of her family.
"I'm not. I called Interpol on my way over here, they are looking into it since it might be connected to Nik's death. Do you want to go with me to tell Lulu and Ethan and Tracy."
"I will handle the kids, could you tell Tracy." she said then thanked Mac for coming over personally when she saw him stop. "What is it?"
"The press more than likely already has this. There is a leak in the department." he said. Arriving at the Quartermaines he saw Jason walking Elizabeth and her sons to the minivan. Stopping them from leaving, he asked for Elizabeth to join him in the living room with Tracy. "Luke was killed last night. They found his body almost to the mouth of Lake Ontario and Nik was killed in Greece."
Softly crying for her lost friend and the man she had once respected, she asked "Was it Helena?"
"They are positive on Nik, Spencer is gone too."
"Gone as in missing or dead?" asked Tracy.
"Dead, unfortunately." said Mac. "Elizabeth, do you have any idea why Nik fled the country. Was it connected to his grandmother."
"Mac, it is covered under medical privilege, you will have to talk to someone at GH." she said giving him what little she could.
"Thank you. Once again, I am sorry for both of your losses." he said walking out as Tracy grieved silently and Elizabeth went to find Jason. Seeing him with the boys in the study, she asked him for a hug then said "Can you keep the boys, I have to go and find Lulu. She is going to need someone calm when she gets this news."
An entering Jack hugged the boys who rushed to him then setting them down said "Don't do it, don't let them suck you back in to their dramas, Elizabeth."
"Lulu, just lost her father and her brother." she protested. "I am going to..."
Monica had heard the news and stopped Elizabeth saying. "He is right. Are you looking for blame, because we are talking about the Spencers, first thing that Lulu will do is find a way to blame you for this. You should let Bobbie deal with it or Carly. It isn't your responsibility. Let them help her, let them be the ones to tell Lucky."
Deciding a little tough love was necessary, Jack added "For once think about yourself, let them deal with it. You are not the only person who can help them."
Elizabeth looked helplessly around and saw that none of them wanted her to help. ":Jason?"
"I don't know the situation, but from what I have seen, you owe them nothing and if they are going to be attacking you over this, don't go. For your own sake. Mom is right, let the Spencer family take care of their own."
"Remember what you are so mad at Jason Morgan about, not the Sam thing, the other?" asked Jack. "Well you are about to do make the same mistake, in spite of everything, you are still rushing off to save Lucky Spencer. Now is the time to stop. Decide what you want. Stop giving in to the pretense that you owe that family anything."
Elizabeth sat down on the steps and let Jake crawl around on her while she was thinking about things. She knew they were right, but her first instinct had been to help Lucky's family. Maybe, just maybe the best way to help was to do nothing. To let them find a way to deal on their own. Looking at Jason, she recalled how she would feel when he would rescue Carly, rescue Sonny and put others before them, but she was just as guilty, maybe even more so than he was.
"You're right." she said then standing asked where Cam was. Seeing her son talking to Tracy and Edward, Elizabeth was ashamed to realize that she had forgotten all about the dark haired woman being married to Luke.
Jack drew Elizabeth off, he could feel Jason's eyes on them and knew that they had to end this charade soon. "How are you?"
"Feeling guilty." she admitted. "You were right. I just, I guess I just didn't want to face that Jason's devotion to his friends was equal to my need to fix things for Lucky and his family."
"They did a pretty good job of indoctrinating you." he reminded her. "You just need someone to kick you in the ass when you start to climb up on your altar and start to pound in the thorns."
"Don't you have a job to go to?" she reminded him. "Wait, how did yesterday go and what happens with the poker games?"
"They continue. We have a contract with the Haunted Star. Bad taste or not, we are not going to end this, not until I do what I set out to do." he added grimly. Then hearing his phone buzzing answered it, hanging up, he said "Mac Scorpio was talking to Patrick Drake and Kelly Lee, now he wants to talk to me. I have to run, luv."
Kissing her cheek, he hugged the boys, said Quartermaine to Jason before heading out to the hospital. Jason took that as a sign, that maybe all wasn't well, because if he were the one leaving Elizabeth, he would not be kissing her someplace so innocuous.
"What do you say we spend the day here?" he asked the boys only for Elizabeth to say that they had to head home. "You are welcome to come with, but they need to stick to their regular schedule."
Not wanting to go to the house where Elizabeth lived with Jack, he reluctantly turned the offer down. Seeing his grandfather approaching, he walked them back out to Elizabeth's car and hugged the boys goodbye before saying "I will see you later."
Walking back in, he grabbed the bannister, stopping Edward from grabbing him by saying "I am fine, I just had a memory of Elizabeth and Morgan."
Sam and Spinelli walked out of the station, she bitched the entire way because Ethan had paid her bail quickly then rushed off to a meeting with Bobbie and Lulu. Changing into her dress while watching the footage from the Q's the previous evening. "Don't get too comfy, boys. Jason will not be playing daddy too much longer."
Spinelli drove her to the boat, where they saw more of the gamblers arriving. Tossing her coat into the back seat, she ignored Spinelli who was pointing out that it was mid-winter in upstate New York. "I will be fine. I need to make an entrance."
Her entrance almost ended on the gangplank as she slipped on some ice. If she hadn't been caught by Jax who looked annoyed when he realized who it was, she would have taken a dip in the icy Port Charles River. "Don't you have the common sense to wear lower heels in the winter?"
"These are lower." she said as they walked into the parlor. Seeing everyone else, even the women wearing dark colors and looking at her like she was dressed incorrectly, she asked a woman wearing a dark gown, "Was this supposed to be black tie?"
Shaking her head, then realizing something said "No, our host, that Luke Spencer guy, died last night. Fell into the river and drowned I believe."
Mac walked down the stairs and said "May I have your attention please?"
As soon as there was quiet, he continued. "While I am against doing so, I have been informed this game is going to carry on. I am going to post two of my men on board, in lieu of the Spencer family being here since they are dealing with this family tragedy. If anyone knows anything about Luke Spencer's death, please let me know. Unlike what you may have been informed, it was a murder but we know who was behind it, we are just looking for confirmation."
As the murmurs started, Mac approached Sam and said "You are to go home with one of the officers at the end of this, he is to assure me that you are not out traveling during the night. You should know, I have someone monitoring your bracelet 24 hours a day now. So I would suggest you obey the rules."
Sam tried to smile as they sat down at their new tables, but she was soon distracted as on the second had she was once again dealt the dead man's hand. The players with her, soon edged away and all seemed eager to see her gone. But at the first potty break, she was up almost two million dollars.
Seeing Ethan walking onto the boat, she offered sympathy on his father's death, only to be told that he didn't need any false sympathy from her. "You are here, to do one thing. To win money for us. So do your job."
In the control room, Vee smirked when she saw Sam trying to lower the top of her dress. The bright orange silk was not the best choice for her skin and the cut did nothing but show off her aging body. Turning to the man next to her, she said "If she is still alive at age forty, she will not be a pretty picture."
"My guess is she doesn't live that long." said Jack who knew that Sam had pissed off a lot of people and he had no doubt one of them would kill her off soon.
Maxie was at work, miserable modeling the clothes that Brenda had arranged. When she was told to change into her street clothes, she hurried up and fled the building. Calling Spinelli, she was annoyed when she got voice mail but was more upset when Lulu said. "Maxie, you are being played, I think. I just overheard Brenda talking to Robin, here look."
"What?" she asked then read the papers. Walking back into the building she had left in such a hurry, she went over to Brenda and slapped the former model. "What gives you the right to tell Jason those things. Or did you think that I didn't realize you were eavesdropping? And what is this?"
"Actually you didn't. Lulu did. Then she told you that I had been listening. Next time you two want to have a private talk, do it away from the intercom, okay? Jason is my friend and he needed to know what you tried to do. As for your contact, yes I did buy it from Kate, meaning you no longer work at Crimson. And by the way, you are fired as my model." she snapped then said "Don't you have to keep a job to avoid jail? So what is next for you? Waiting tables at Kelly's?"
"I will never lower myself to do that, ever again." she said. "I am not Elizabeth alas poor me Webber."
"You mean, like you sister did?" said Robin from where she was sitting. "Who are you and what happened to the little girl I loved."
Maxie fled the studio and rushed to the docks, wiping her tears, she heard footsteps and turned to see John Zachara staring coolly at her. "What?"
"Just wondering, how does it feel to know that everyone is against you. That the only people you can trust are Spinelli who is obsessed with another man, and Sam who is obsessed with the same man? I mean, you set out to ruin an innocent woman whose only crime was telling you to stop giving drugs to her addict husband and to stop sleeping with him, yet in the end, you are the one who looks bad. Not her."
"You don't know what you are talking about. Elizabeth lost Jason, that was what she wanted, so that was what we took away."
"Thanks, that is what we wanted to hear." said a man standing next to Johnny.
Looking at the man in the expensive suit, he didn't screen mob but what else would he be doing with Johnny, Maxie said "Who are you?"
"An attorney for ELQ. Maxie Jones, you have been served." with that he handed her the legal writ then went to find the computer geek. Rumor was he hung out at either GH or Kelly's stalking the future CEO of the company he was working for.
Finding him at Kelly's, he called over to the police station and asked for a uniformed officer. When one arrived, they entered the diner and said "Damien Spinelli, you have been served. Please turn your laptop over to the officer. There is also a restraining order forbidding you to have access to a computer, and or to the Internet until you have gone to court. Do you understand what I am telling you?"
"You can't do that." he protested and tried to take his laptop back when the officer said for him to back off or be arrested for resisting a legal notice. Spinelli got into his vehicle and drove to the the fancy house that Elizabeth Webber was living in. Repeatedly knocking on the door, he was soon asked to leave the property and when he refused, they had him escorted to his car and driven away.
Once on the city road, the security guard got out and said "Stay away from this property, next time we will press charges."
Driving over to the Quartermaine residence, he was finally let in by Alice who was still upset about Luke's death. She knew there had never been a chance for them, but she had still cared deeply for the man. "Mr. Jason isn't here, Mr. Spinelli,. May I help you?"
"I will deal with this, Alice." said Tracy looking at the kid. Then she said "What do you want? If it's Jason, go away, he is no longer willing to play babysitter or keeper, or whatever it is he did for you. Go find a new person to annoy. And don't return to this house."
"You don't have the right to tell me that. This house belongs to Stone Cold's maternal unit. Not you." he said then went into the living room. Sitting down, he said I am not leaving until I talk to Jason."
"ALICE!" called out Tracy. "REMOVE THE TRASH, AND DON'T LET IN AGAIN."
Alice flexed her muscle and Spinelli didn't move at first, until he saw the woman was really moving closer. When she picked him up, he protested the fireman's hold she had him in and was still complaining as she tossed him into a snowbank. Moving closer she whispered. "Mr. Jason is at ELQ today."
Rushing to the company headquarters, he was upset when the Receptionist refused to allow him up to the top floor. "I am sorry, I don't have your name, so I can't let you up there."
"But Stone Cold, is my best friend. He needs to hear what is happening with the Jackal. You and the denizens of the darkness won't be allowed to keep me from my master. Are you working for the evil one, I won't let her steal him away from me."
Pressing the alarm button, insistently the blond behind the desk, was relieved when security hauled the kid away. When security was asked by Jason later what had caused the police to visit, he was told. "Some lunatic, we get them every once in a while. They took him to be evaluated at Mercy."
Elizabeth was working the desk, while on a break she called Romport and learned the boys were swimming, so after hearing about Spinelli's ignominious exit from the estate, she didn't know whether to laugh or to be worried. Seeing Patrick, she told him what had happened and was assured that security would keep him away from her.
She only wished she had thought to ask about Maxie when the blond showed up throwing a temper tantrum once again. "HOW DO YOU DO IT? HOW DO YOU GET EVERY SINGLE MAN IN THIS TOWN TO FALL FOR YOUR INNOCENT ACT. I MEAN, WHAT IS THERE TO YOU, NOTHING. YOU ARE A WHINY TWO-FACED BITCH WHO NEVER LOSES. WELL NOT THIS TIME, I WON'T LET YOU DO THIS."
"What am I doing now, Maxie?" she asked more than a bit feed up with the woman.
When the blond went back to yelling, she figured out that the part of Brenda's plan where Maxie was fired had been completed but her claim that John Zachara was out to get Maxie on her behalf had her laughing. "I have talked to that man, maybe five times. Why would he care about me or my life?"
Glaring at her, Maxie just said "You will get yours, I will be waiting and watching. Sam almost won, last time. But now we will double our efforts, because you are nothing and I won't let you win. You aren't supposed to."
"Supposed to?" she asked intrigued by what ever was on this girls mind. She felt like she was watching a bad episode of some after school special.
"You know what I mean. The bad girl, never wins. You stole Lucky from me, you stole Jason from Sam, heck you stole Sam's baby." Elizabeth could not help wondering why she was the one labelled bad, considering Sam and Maxie's pasts.
"A), Lucky was married to me, you were the one cheating with my husband, not the other way around. B) Sam was sleeping with Ric the first night Jason and I got together and frankly they were done. Anyone but her could see that. But with everyone interfering, Jason and I lost time we should have been together. And Sam had one baby, That was with Sonny, not Jason. As for Jake, he is my son, mine and Jason's. Sam had absolutely no claim except in her pathetic little mind."
"Yeah, but with our help, she got Jason back. Things were the way they were supposed to be, but then he had that damn bike accident. If he hadn't done that, they would be married by now."
Stunned, Elizabeth realized something and with a laugh said "Wrong again, Maxie. Jason was drugging himself to make a plan work, one that would have gotten rid of all the users like Sam and Spinelli in his life. That bike accident just helped repair the wrong that happened when Jason got hurt in Mexico. And as for Sam, my guess is she made a deal with Jerry, one that let her return here in exchange for Jason's money. You and that creep Spinelli unknowingly or who knows, knowingly helped. Well, guess what, it worked for a while, but that time is over now."
Walking away, shaking her head, Elizabeth turned and said "Maxie, I am not sure what happened to you, but get some help, you seriously need it."
Answering the phone and ignoring the blond, "Elizabeth Webber, fourth floor, surgical."
"We have a patient over here insisting he isn't crazy. He doesn't make a lot of sense, but he is asking for your chief of staff, Patrick Drake."
"What is the patient's name?" Hearing the answer, Elizabeth got the circumstances behind the hold. "I will let Dr. Drake know, but you might want to call Commissioner Scorpio. He is well versed in that particular case."
Patrick read the message and drove over to Mercy with the intent of getting Spinelli out of the looney bin, he was strange, but not crazy. Talking to the head of the department, he laughingly explained about the kid's arrested social development but the man in charge refused to release the patient. "We were only looking for records, we are keeping him on a seventy two hour hold."
"Why, do you think he is a danger to himself?" asked Patrick then saw the video feed of Spinelli's intake and winced. Seeing Mac Scorpio entering he said "Have you seen this?"
"Yes and I agreed to sign the papers for the hold. He is a loose cannon and I think he might be a danger to Elizabeth and her boys. Especially considering that he and my daughter were behind some of the mess that had been going on last years involving Jason."
Getting the story, Patrick called over to GH then drove home to see his wife and daughter. As she told him about her day and he gave her the information about Spinelli, Robin said "I think we need to talk to someone."
Calling over to Carly's house, she asked the blond if she could stop over. When Robin arrived, she saw that Alexis' girls were there as well and was shocked to hear about Nik's death. Calling her mother when she heard that Helena was involved, Robin sat down abruptly and said "Mom, are you sure?"
"They confirmed it a few minutes ago. Robert and Sean are going to tell Alexis when she arrives. Mac got the rest of the story there, involving Spencer. I still can't believe she killed that little boy." said the dark haired woman with a heavy sigh.
Robin hung up then said sadly. "You are not going to believe this one."
"What is it?" asked Carly then seeing her face made sure the kids were well occupied before getting the answer. She was so busy she never saw Lulu slipping in to ask help with Brenda on Maxie's behalf.
"Luke's death, Nik was the one who hired the killer. Luke was looking into why he left town; almost uncovered the truth..." she stopped when she remembered that Carly had been friends with Courtney.
"That Courtney couldn't get pregnant and yet somehow managed to accidentally do so twice. That Spencer inherited the same abnormality. Jax told me after Nik told him." said Carly. "After words, maybe you can help me figure out how she did that. Jax said he doesn't want to know, not any more."
"Well, anyhow, Nik was trying to protect Spencer, turns out Helena somehow made it so Nik couldn't have any more kids himself so the Cassadine male line ended with Spencer. He hired someone in Greece to cover this up then something went wrong."
Lulu backed against the kitchen wall, tears running down her face as she came to the conclusion that Robin was telling the truth since Carly knew some of this.
"Helena showed up in Greece yesterday their time with two men. The staff said she went looking for Nik and Spencer, came back with them a few hours later, then they were locked into the study for the night. At midnight, the staff went back to the manor house, found Nik and Spencer's bodies. Spencer was badly burnt. They had to use DNA to match the body. Nik was less so."
Shaking, Carly said "If this isn't why you came, why are you here?"
Lulu slid down the wall landing with a thump loud enough to alert the two women. Robin checked her pulse and saw she was in shock. Calling to arrange an ambulance she asked Carly do you think she heard what we were saying?
"I would bet on it." she said grimly then went to call her mother. Reaching Lesley Webber, she asked that they meet her at GH. "Lulu went into shock."
While the doctors were treating Lulu, Carly gathered Elizabeth and the two older women and told them what Robin had learned. Elizabeth was shocked, but at the same time, she could understand why Nik had done it. Luke Spencer would not have stopped until he learned the truth, no matter that it would put that child in danger. As for Helena, she had to believe the woman had learned the truth about Spencer.
As she walked to the locker room, she heard Carly and Robin talking about Spencer and Jason's baby with Courtney. Stopping, she turned and walked over. "Wait, I forgot about that. How did she get pregnant with those problems. Who was the mother of those kids?"
Carly reluctantly told her her suspicions. "No, I doubt that was it. I mean, at least as far as Jason's kid. That is the other thing, how did she do it?"
"Do what?" snapped Carly already wishing she hadn't brought the topic up.
"Get the sperm. Then with Jax and Nik, how could she be unsure as to who the father was?" asked Elizabeth. "And what was up with the surrogacy?"
Crap, thought Carly, what if she had used Elizabeth's eggs, Courtney would have been vindictive enough to do that, but how would she have gotten access to them.
Robin and Elizabeth saw that Carly was thinking hard on this problem, but neither really had any answers. "With GH's records pretty much gone, except the backups on disk, who knows how we are going to find the truth."
Carly vowed she would get answers. Especially to honor her past friendship with Jason. She had to know if she had brought a traitor into their midst. Walking quietly away, she sighed then turned to announce. "Elizabeth, Lucky is coming back for his father's funeral. He asked Momma to ask you about the boys attending since he was their grandfather."
Elizabeth felt rage at even the idea. Now she got what they had been saying this morning. "I won't allow them to attend. Please inform Lucky of that fact. I feel bad for them, but Luke never thought of my boys as his grandchildren, and frankly, I don't want them confused by anyone trying to claim he ever acted like he was."
Bobbie had walked from Lulu's room in time to see Elizabeth's stone continence as she walked down the hall. "Thanks for coming, Elizabeth. Lulu needs all the family she can get right now."
Stopping the red head from hugging her, Elizabeth said "Bobbie, I am sorry for the loss all of you are feeling, but I think that Lulu has all the family she needs without me being there. Between Carly, Ethan and Lucky as well as Lesley and you, she should have the support she needs."
"But-"
Bobbie saw Elizabeth's hand remove hers from her arm then the nurse looked at her and said "Bobbie, I am not a Spencer, I haven't been for a very long time. I can't be there for her. I have enough to deal with with my own family."
Bobbie stood and stared as the woman she had always thought of as a reliable member of the Spencer family walked away acting like she didn't owe them any support.
Carly was shocked at the backbone that Elizabeth was showing. She had always given in when pressured by the Spencers. She had seen it for years.
Arriving home, Elizabeth gathered the boys and took them to the mall, needing to pick up a few things and wanting to spend time with her little boys, just her and them. When Cam saw the carousel and begged to ride it, she bought them tickets and thought things through while enjoying her son's excitement. She was starting to realize her life was like this ride, going around and around, never changing tracks.
It was time, if she wanted to make changes, if she wanted her sons to grow up to be the well balanced kind young men she expected them to be, she had to stand up for herself. Stop worrying about how people perceived her, stop worrying about owing people for things friends did out of kindness.
She had spent so many years of her life believing if she was good, if she pleased people enough, they wouldn't leave her, that they would love her unconditionally. But the truth was, that until recently, she hadn't allowed people to see the real her. Maybe it was time to stop hiding behind a shell.
Jack was right, it was time to let herself be just that, herself. Jason had given her a taste of it, but when Lucky had returned, she had buried herself, letting him and others convince her that she owed them something. Gathering the boys, and her two bags, Elizabeth rushed to the Quartermaine's only to be told that Jason was with Edward at ELQ.
Arriving in the lobby just before five, she asked to speak to Mr. Quartermaine. "I'm sorry, but you need an appointment." said the weary woman after what had happened earlier with the crazy kid.
Taking out her cell phone, Elizabeth called Edward Quartermaine. "Mr. Quartermaine, I am in the lobby with the boys. Would you please call down and arrange for us to be allowed to come up."
Hearing the phone hang up, Elizabeth looked at it stunned. Grabbing the jackets the boys had been removing while she had been calling, she was trying to get them back on the two quarrelsome boys when the elevator dinged.
"Elizabeth!" she heard and looking up saw the elderly man beaming at her then looking at the receptionist. "This is Elizabeth, she is allowed to come up when ever she wants. Now let's get the boys and you upstairs."
Feeling like a whirlwind was surrounding her, Elizabeth watched as Edward held the boys hands and led them to the elevator. When they arrived on the executive floor, the sliding doors opened to a concerned Jason who said "When I called downstairs, th-"
The moment Jason saw who was with his grandfather, he stopped talking as Cam and Jake rushed out of the elevator and threw themselves into his arms. "JASON!"
Gathering them close, he led them to what was soon to be his office while Edward was thanking Elizabeth for bringing the boys to visit them. Then hearing her awkwardly asking Edward if he could keep them for a few minutes while she talked to Jason, he was worried. She didn't sound like she was happy and he was not sure how to take that.
When the elderly man led the boys off to his office with the promise of games, Elizabeth removed her own coat and laid it on a chair. Looking around she delayed talking to him about what she was really there for to ask "Jason, are you sure this is what you really want? Working at ELQ?"
Stepping around her, Jason enfolded her hand into his and said "I made a deal with Edward, and unlike the deals he made with Ned, with Skye, with AJ and with Tracy, I am going to own the stock. He is going to retire. I had considered going back to med school, but frankly it is too late. But I can do some good with this position and ELQ is heavily involved with medical companies."
"But do you really want to do this?" she asked skeptically.
With a smile he lifted her head so she was looking him in the eyes and said "Yes. I was apparently good at the business side of being a mobster. According to some, it is why Sonny Corinthos stayed out of jail as long as he did. Now is that why you are here, or is there something else on your mind?"
Taking a deep breath, she removed her engagement ring and said "I'm not marrying Jack."
While his emotions on the inside danced, he asked cautiously, "Are you sure, I mean. I am happy but..."
Stopping him, she said "No, let me explain. I was never marrying Jack. Yes, I love him but--"
"Wait, if you love him... I don't understand." he said worried.
"I love him like... well... like a brother. Sit down." she said then told him the whole story.
"So let me get this straight, you were so worried about my alter ego trying to take the boys, you got engaged to your best friend." he said feeling pain in his heart that she had even thought he was capable of that.
Explaining about how she had felt when she saw him with Sam, again. How she would have sworn he would never go there again, but seeing it with her own eyes, had scared her. "You forgave her, at least I thought you did. But Jason, that is the past. Jack is a friends, yes a good friend. But that is it."
"I know I have no business asking but... are you, you know, sleeping together?" he asked his face flushing.
With a slight laugh, Elizabeth told him the truth about Jack, only to see Jason's eyeballs almost pop out of his head. When he bent his head to kiss her, she stopped him. "We have a lot to talk about, Jason. I am telling you because I don't want any lies between us, but just so you know, things are just going to move forward. We need time to get to know each other."
"Fine, I agree, but I am still going to kiss you." he said with a grin. Pulling her into his arms, he lightly kissed her, then remembering his dreams about the two of them, deepened the kiss then backing up into his chair, he pulled her down, then whispered. "I have this memory. I was wearing a dress shirt, we were in this bedroom and we were kissing while you unbuttoned my shirt. I remember thinking that I couldn't wait to tell you that I didn't want to wait for us to be a family any longer. That life was too short."
Stiffening, Elizabeth said "What did you just say?"
When he repeated his statement, Elizabeth couldn't help wondering why he had never told her that, but then she remembered Lucky showing up, and closed her eyes in pain as she realized that giving in to Lucky about Jake and Cam had cost them two years. Laying her head on his shoulder, Elizabeth let the tears flow as she told him what had had happened next. "I am so sorry."
Lifting her head, he said "Don't be. We were both cowards. Well no more. I meant what I told you a while ago, I am going to convince you to marry me. We are going to be a family."
"We already are." she said softly. "But give us some time to mesh together. Then we can find a way to live under one roof."
"Do you really think it will be that hard?" he asked her.
"No, and that is part of what worries me." she said then added with a smile. "I just want things to be... no, you are right about that. We need to work on this now, life is too short. I have to deal with a few people, tell them the truth. We only have to delay until after this weekend."
"Why?" he asked. She could see the vulnerability in his eyes, and smiled then kissed him softly.
"Jack and some others are working to take Sam down. All I know is they expect her to rob this poker game at some point. But right now, they are making her nervous, scared."
"Are you sure that is wise, she has already proven how dangerous she is when backed into a corner." he pointed out.
"That is why I have been keeping the boys at the house as much as I have. And more than a few people are keeping a close eye on her."
Jack and Vee watched as Sam was the last player with chips at her table. "Can she really not figure out that we are helping her?"
"No, she more than likely believes the only help she is getting is from her so called assets." he replied. "How is Simon doing?"
"He is tops at his table. It looks like it will be Jax, the Senator, Simon, Sam and that will leave two open spots." The man watching the monitor said "You two might want to see this."
They watched where he was pointing and saw Lucky Spencer walking aboard with Haunted Star and arguing with the police officer there. When his half brother approached, Vee realized she had to go defused the situation. "Stay out of sight."
Nodding, he saw Lucky see Sam at the tables and then his pointing to her just as Vee stepped onto the screen.
"Lucky, I am sorry about your dad." she said gently. "We were going to stop the games, but I found out from your Aunt, that your family is going to need the money."
Drawing him off to a suite, she gave a sigh of relief when Mac turned up a little spooked. "Sir, what is it?"
"Nothing, I just saw … something." he replied lamely not wanting to admit he had thought he had seen his youngest daughter in the fog. He knew it had been an illusion, but he couldn't help wishing it was real.
"Lucky, there are few things, I need to tell you." he said then continuing, told him what Anna and Robert had found out. Seeing Lucky start to protest he told him about Spencer, and his medical problems. "I am sorry for your loss. It looks like Nik was too late, though. Helena was the one who killed her grandson and his son. They ran DNA tests to confirm the facts."
Shaking as he left the boat, Lucky drove by himself to his Aunt's house. When he was let in, she asked where Rebecca was. "She stayed in Alaska."
"She should be here to support you." she protested.
"The baby is giving her terrible morning sickness." he said then asked about Lulu.
"She is upstairs asleep. I talked to Alexis, she is burying Nik and Spencer in Greece and will be back hopefully in time for Luke's funeral. Jax sent her on his private plane so she was planning on taking off early tomorrow morning there."
"What did Mac mean about needing the money, that that was why they are still playing poker on dad's boat."
Looking down and wishing her brother had been a better man, she said "Lucky, Luke never told you kids, but he sold me his shared in Kelly's a few years ago. And he took a loan out on the Haunted Star that had a big balloon payment coming up. He has to pay the bank a million dollars at the beginning of March. There is more, he somehow got a loan on your mother's house."
"But what about Nik's estate, surely that will come to us..." he protested.
"I have no idea about that." she said. "But Ethan is right to keep the game going."
On his way up to bed, he thought about his lie. Rebecca had tried to lie and tell him that Nik was the baby's father when she found out that his brother was dead. He had taken great pleasure in telling her that Nik couldn't have been the father. She had been shocked but he had told her he was fine with that, that he liked that she was out for the main chance.
Jack went home to an empty house two nights in a row and called Elizabeth's cell phone. "I am at the Quartermaine's. I told Jason the truth. Can you stop over tomorrow, we need to decide how to go public after this tournament is over."
With a smile and a quiet yes, Jack grinned as he changed and went to bed. He hoped that Jason realized he wasn't going anyplace and that Elizabeth was truly only his friend. He had come to enjoy being a part of Port Charles and he wanted to stay.
Elizabeth was wearing one of Jason's old t-shirts as she climbed into bed in one of the guest rooms, they were telling Edward and Monica on Sunday, but Jason and she had decided that they were done waiting. From now on they would work on meshing as family by being one.
Hearing a quiet knock, she went to the door and saw Brenda standing there with a grin. "So I would guess from the great big grin on the dork's face either you told him the truth about Jack or told him that you tossed the hottie doc over for him."
"What truth?" she asked then fell off the bed with Brenda said "I used to live in London, I know Simon and Vee, and I have seen Jack around it. And we both know you are so not his type."
Brenda invited herself to sit on the bed and when Monica walked by, she stopped listening to the laughter and and then quiet voices coming from the room. Stopping by Jason's room, she saw him reading a book while stopping to listen to them. "I think I can figure why you are keeping the door open."
With a smile he said "How do you feel about a spring wedding, maybe when Gram's roses are in bloom."
"That would be June, Jason. Are you sure you aren't getting your hopes up?" she asked.
"I can't answer that now, but ask me again on Sunday evening. Can you arrange for everyone to be here." he said then added. "I love her, Mom."
"I know." she said with a catch in her voice as she walked into her room and picked up Alan's picture. "He might have finally gotten it right, this time."
Sam was no sooner in her apartment then Jerry slipped out of the shadows. "So it looks like tomorrow might be the end."
"Yes, did you kill Luke?" she asked as she removed her shoes.
"No, it might make this a little more difficult but in the end all that matters is the money." he said then walked to the door. "Keep an eye on things, this has been way too easy."
As she went to bed, she took out her phone and saw the calls from Maxie. As she listened, she sighed. She couldn't wait until Jason and she were away from these whiny people. By late Sunday she would have him on a private plane off to start their new life.
Spinelli fought the nurse as she gave him a sedative, he had to get out of here. He had been sure that Patrick would help him, but no one had come to rescue him. When the two orderlies came in and placed him in a straight jacket, he started to whimper as he realized what had happened. Somehow the evil one had kept anyone from knowing he was here.
He knew that Stone Cold would never ever have abandoned him, nor his goddess so this had to be the fault of that evil one who was using her son to keep the soul mates apart.
Alexis got off the plane, eight hours early, stunned at what she had found out. First about Nik, then about Spencer and finally about Nik's will. There were going to be a few people who protested, but she had to agree that it was legal.
Arriving at her home, she saw Mac pull in after her.
Greeting the man, they updated the other with what they had learned. Then he told her about Spinelli.
"He is going to be staying at Mercy until Sunday night. Alexis, he is danger to himself as well as others. Do you have any way I can have him committed on a more permanent basis?"
"No, there is nothing unless he agrees to it." she said. "Does he have any family? They could take care of it?"
"I don't know and can't ask Maxie. She hasn't heard yet, otherwise I am sure she would be here demanding I get him out. The doctor there said she thinks he is suffering from some rare physiological condition."
TBC
Okay, some questions, first do you want me to kill of A) Jerry, B) Sam or C) Spinelli, only one is going to die, you chose.
And do we want Lucky to get whitewashed, or do we leave him the same self serving jerk he has been for the past several years on GH?