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"Sure, come in."

Elizabeth looked around the penthouse, feeling rather out of place. She hadn't been back here since after Jake died. "I'm sorry to come so late."

"It's okay."

She knew why she had come but still found it hard to tell him. "I want to apologize."

He wasn't expecting her visit even less an apology. "Do you want to sit down?"

"I might lose my courage if I do." It was true. "I am sorry."

"I told you I…"

"Wait. Let me finish please." She saw he nodded and continued. "I have to say sorry for many things. First I'm really sorry I didn't tell you about Ella since the beginning. I was never planning on you finding out." She knew she must sound horrible but she needed to tell him everything. "Then you had the operation," she remembered how scared she was for him, "and.. I saw you laying on that hospital gurney so helpless, so unlike the Jason I know. I was scared, scared you wouldn't get up, and terrified you wouldn't get to leave the hospital just like Jake."

"I am okay." He wanted to reassure her.

She looked at him trying to make her feel better and felt more resolve to keep talking. "You are now, but that day nobody knew. So I decided to do the only thing I could, I held your hand and I encouraged you to live, and what better reason than Ella." He saw him smile a little at the mention of their daughter. "Then everything was back to normal, you with your life and I with mine, until you surprised me by telling me you remembered. Leave it to Jason Morgan to be the overachiever in everything."

"I couldn't let it go."

"I know. And I'm sorry I asked you to. Ella is a piece of us I had all for myself, and I didn't want to lose her." By now the tears were falling freely.

Did she really think he would take Ella away from her? "It was never my intention to take her away."

"I know that. Deep down I've always known. But my head was telling me one thing and my heart another one. And I couldn't help but feel like I was losing her." She turned around not wanting him to see the increased flow of tears but a second later she felt his arm on her shoulder. "When I saw Sam at the park I felt betrayed and I rushed to a conclusion without even letting you explain."

"The day she threaten you and the kids when I came back I broke it off with her. I told her to stay away from all of you but I guess she didn't quite get it."

"I got a call to go to the park; I now know it was her."

"She must have been waiting until you got there and then got close. I hadn't warned the guards to keep her away so they didn't see anything weird with her presence."

"Did you really break it off with her?" She hadn't turned to look at his face, embarrassed he would see how flushed her face felt.

"I told you already Ella is my first priority so yes I broke it off with her. At first I thought I could handle the situation and she would accept it. But then I realized that would never happen, so I chose Ella."

"She's been asking for you."

"Really?"

"Yeah, Cameron too. They got used to you visiting them every day."

"I've been thinking about them too." It was the truth, every night he missed having dinner with them and Elizabeth.

"You can come get them tomorrow if you like."

They were now facing each other with almost no space in between. "Shouldn't we wait for the judge's decision?" He was looking into her eyes, containing the sudden need to touch her.

"I.. I..," was finding it hard to concentrate. "I talked to the judge after the session ended."

"Why?"

"I told her I didn't have a problem with share custody."

He hugged her for a minute and then let her go. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have. It's just happy I guess."

"It's okay. You deserve it. I should have never taken your rights away from you. I'm really sorry."

"Thank you."

She felt better than when she came in, "I owed it to you."

"Why did you do it?"

"What?"

"Why did you tell the judge to give me custody?"

"Because you stopped Diane." He gave her a questioning look. "I know she was going to talk about Jake's accident but you stopped her."

"I couldn't let her do it."

"That's when I realized how stupid I was being. You were trying to spare me suffering while I was keeping you away from your daughter. I've been selfish. But no more." She cupped his face with her hands. "You're a good person and an excellent father. I regret not letting you show Jake. Feel free to see your daughter whenever you want." She gave him a kiss on his cheek and left.

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