So, watching the show today made me giddy!! Elizabeth claimed her man and Jason acquiesced...thankfully, we'll have one more day of Liason happiness to lead to more angst, but our couple have declared their desire to be together in the open and that makes me beyond happy...

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Chapter 11

Jason was home but something was wrong. There was something in his eyes. They were sad. "Hey babe, how did everything go?" I asked him.

He leaned down and kissed the boys on the head and smiled at me. "Later. We'll talk about it later." He gave me another reassuring smile, but something told me we would be up talking about a lot "later".

Monica and Gram stayed for a little while longer and played with the boys. I watched how Monica focused on Jake and Cameron. She loved them so much and they loved her. It was evident that the small amounts of time she already spent with them has given her something happy to focus on.

She was sitting on the floor with Jake getting ready to go. I was coming down the stairs and I heard her talking to Jake, "Jake honey, I love you so much. I can't get over how much you look like your daddy. You have his eyes. Your Grandpa Alan would have been so proud of you and your daddy. I am so happy that daddy and mommy told me about you." She leaned down and kissed the top of Jake's head. I turned and saw Jason standing by the kitchen. He heard every word.

Monica got up to leave. She reached for Cameron and gave him a huge hug and a kiss. "Okay, Cameron. We have our deal right?" she asked him while giving him a wink.

"Right." Cameron enthusiastically responded.

"So, the next time you're in day care at the hospital, I'm going to come down and have lunch with you! Okay?!" she said to him.

"I love you Grandma Monica." Cameron told her. "I'll see you later." and he bounded up the stairs. Monica watched her oldest grandson run up the stairs and had tears in her eyes. She smiled and gave me a hug and a kiss good bye.

"Mom," Jason said, "let me walk you out." He turned to look at me and whispered, "I need to talk to her. I'll be right back." I nodded at him.

Jason was outside for a few minutes talking to his mother while Gram was cleaning up. "Gram, you don't have to do that. I can take care of it." I told her.

"Well dear, Jason told me you have to take it easy and Kelly is concerned about your stress level. I think it's time you…"

"you think it's time I got some help around here with the boys." I interrupted and smiled at her.

She looked at me and winked. "Jason told me he spoke to you about it and that you agreed. I can help you with the interview process and be available more to help with the boys. I do think Monica would like to spend some more time with them as well, so you have plenty of family help when you need it."

"Thank you. I will need help interviewing. I'm just not sure I can get used to someone being in the house that is a stranger. You know? I guess it will just take some getting used to." I rambled. "But I know Jason really wants to do this for me, so I am going to let him. He is really worried isn't he."

"It would look that way. When he told me what he had planned for last night, I have to tell you, I was shocked. I never took him as the romantic type. But I have to tell you, Elizabeth, your wedding was absolutely beautiful. I just can't believe I never saw the love between you and Jason before. It is palpable. You can almost touch it." Now she was rambling, "I'm just so happy that you are so happy. You are absolutely glowing and I don't think it's because of the pregnancy. You are a peace, Elizabeth. And I couldn't be happier for you." She came to me and gave me a hug.

"I'm going to go. You call me when you are ready to start interviewing. I think I might stop by tomorrow and pick up Cameron and Jake and take them to the park so you can rest." She said then added, "If that's okay with you."

"Of course it is. I love you Gram."

"I love you too." And she left. I watched her walk to her car. She hugged Monica and said a few words to Jason. He nodded and hugged her. It made me so happy to finally see Jason and my Gram getting along.

Jason walked back to the house. The stress of his earlier meeting with Sonny clearly showing on his face; this was obviously not good.

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When I heard my mother talking to Jake, it broke my heart. I took so much from her; my father, my sister. I had to talk to her and tell her again how grateful I was to her for forgiving me enough to get to know her grandson.

Walking out of the house with her, she was quiet. I knew she was thinking of Alan. "Mom, thank you for what you said to Jake and thank you for spending time with him." She turned and looked at me.

"No, Jason, thank you for allowing me to spend time with him. I meant every word I said to him. I know your father would have been so proud to know he had a grandchild on the way. He would be proud of you too. He always was. He continued to love you even when you pushed us away. He learned a lot about love and being a parent after your accident. Emily obviously helped us both with that, but I think Alan really learned the most. He never accepted what you do for a living, but he never stopped loving you for who you are, not for who you were. It was harder for me." She had tears in her eyes.

"Well, I never really made it easy for you. I always chose Sonny and his family over you and Alan." I told her.

"But you were always there for Emily and she loved you unconditionally. I'm thankful for that. I always knew that you would be there to protect her. I'm so sorry I lashed out at you after she died. I didn't know who else to blame. I know now that none of us can be completely safe and I know you would have done anything within your power to protect her. Just like I know you will protect your family." She said. "I love you so much Jason. I've always just wanted you to be happy." She reached up and touched my cheek. "And I see that you are finally happy. Treasure your family, Jason."

"I will Mom. I love you too." I hugged her. Audrey was walking out of the house. She hugged Monica goodbye and told me she spoke to Elizabeth about the interviewing and the help. She gave me a hug and drove off.

I dreaded going into the house and telling my wife what transpired with Sonny this afternoon. I had a hundred different things swirling in my head. I wasn't sure how to deal with all of this. Sonny was obviously obsessed with this whole Zacharra situation but more importantly he was obsessed with killing Johnny. It just didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Sonny knew Trevor was pulling the strings so why Johnny? I had to figure this out.

The minute I walked into the house, Elizabeth looked at me. She could read me so well, but I had grown accustomed to not hiding behind my "work" façade around her anymore. I couldn't act "hard" all the time. I was home. But on the other side, I didn't want to stress her out even more.

After putting Jake to sleep and reading five Chuggin' Charlie books to Cameron, I finally had some alone time with my wife. I found her in the kitchen cleaning up the remaining mess that we left. "Elizabeth. That can wait until the morning." She turned to look at me. "I just want to hold you." I told her.

She came into my arms. Her tiny frame fit perfectly in my arms. We stood there for a couple of minutes just holding each other when she finally looked up at me. "Do you want to tell me what's eating you up inside?" she cocked her eyebrow and smiled. "Because I know you're hurting."

"Yes, we can talk about it. But I want to go upstairs and talk." I explained.

She entwined her fingers with mine and led me to our bedroom. She turned to face me and threw her arms around my neck. "I love you Jason."

"And I love you." I returned. She pulled me to the bed and laid me down. She propped some pillows behind my back so I was sitting up. She climbed into bed and settled between my legs with her back to my chest. She brought my arms around her. Her fingers were still entwined with mine and my hands rested on her stomach where the new little Morgan lay sleeping.

"Okay," she started, "do you want to tell me why you looked like the moon fell out of orbit when you came home earlier?"

I laughed and shook my head, "Did I look that bad?"

"Well, not that bad, but bad enough." She said rubbing my hands to her stomach. "Can you tell me about it? Because if you can't, we can sit here like this until you're feeling better."

I sat up a bit more and turned her face to look at me. "You would really be okay with me not telling you everything, wouldn't you?" I stated more as a point of fact so I could hear it out loud.

She looked me right in the eyes and all I saw was trust and love, "You know I trust you with my life, right? I accept how your business works. I know you wouldn't knowingly keep something from me unless you felt you needed to protect me and the boys. I also know you would tell me if you felt that you could. I know you trust me Jason. I also know you love me." She smiled and turned and went back to resting on my chest.

I smiled to myself thinking how lucky I was to have her in my life. "So, I went to see Sonny today," I felt her head nodding and her fingers tighten around mine reassuring me that it was alright for me to continue. "I told him what we discussed earlier this morning about leaving the business but continuing through the transition." She stopped moving my hands and nodded. "Let me just say, he wasn't too thrilled with the idea." She popped up and turned.

"You know, I thought it was something like that." She said matter of factly. "Jason, I love you and I know you love Sonny and think of him like your brother, but he is an extremely selfish person. I am grateful to everything he has done for us, for me, for the boys, but when it all comes down to it, it is always about him." She was mad. "If you can tell me, what did he say?"

"Well, we had a disagreement about something and I told him I wanted out, for good. He doesn't really understand why. He thinks it's for a different reason than what I explained to him. I told him it was because I am a husband and a father and I want my family safe." I held her tighter, more afraid that she might run from me, but really because she helped to calm my soul.

"But Sonny should understand that. He always wants his family safe. That's why he's had you run around after them all of these years." She said. I sensed some resentment there on her part. I guess I could understand why. I always put Sonny's family before my own happiness before.

"You're right. He should understand it. But, you have to understand something about Sonny. He is a control freak. He doesn't like to be questioned or proven wrong and he certainly likes to have all of his 'ducks in a row'. If you know what I mean." I continued explaining. "I owed Sonny a lot for everything that he has done for me after my accident. But it's time I started doing things that made me happy and that I want to do. Even if I didn't have a desire to leave Sonny, I don't think I could continue in my current job with him either."

The great thing about Elizabeth and something that I always took for granted was that she knew me so well. After her mini outburst about Sonny, she settled down and didn't say anything. She just listened. She didn't judge. She didn't offer up her opinion. She just let me talk.

"Jason, what ever it is that you decide, you will always have me, the boys and this new baby. We love you. We aren't going anywhere." She said convincingly.

"I love you too. Thank you again for just being with me." We sat there silently for a little while longer until I heard her breathing rhythmically. I slowly got out of bed and tucked her in. I headed downstairs to start making my plans. First on my list was to get Francis and Spinelli working on a couple of things. I needed to make sure my family was protected by any means necessary.

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I felt Jason move me onto my side of the bed and tuck me in. He walked silently out of the room and headed downstairs. "I love you Jason. No one is going to take you from us. I swear it!" I said out loud to myself with tears in my eyes. It took all the strength I had within me not to pick up the phone and curse Sonny out. But that's not what Jason needs. I need to offer him whatever type of support he needs. And yelling at Sonny and making the situation worse wasn't one of them. But I swear, if something happens to Jason because of Sonny, I think I might have to kill someone.

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I worked well into the early morning. I made it up to bed around four a.m. I was mentally exhausted but physically pumped. I was wired. I walked into my room to see my wife sprawled out across the bed. Her hair was flowing across her pillow. She was lying on her stomach and the moonlight coming in through the windows was illuminating her skin. She looked so peaceful. I didn't want to wake her knowing she needs to get her rest. I know I stressed her out when I told her partially what was going on, but she remained strong for me.

I crawled into bed and instinctively pulled her into my arms. She fit so perfectly. She woke momentarily and whispered three words that gave me the courage and the strength to make my next move. All she whispered was, "I love you." And fell back into a peaceful slumber. "I love you, too." I whispered back. "And I love our family. You and the boys are all I will ever need." I closed my eyes and I felt her arm pull her in tighter to me. I kissed her on the top of her head and stroked her hair out of her face. I fell asleep gazing on my beautiful wife and thought, "tomorrow is the beginning of my new life and I couldn't be happier."

I popped out of bed not realizing the time. Elizabeth was gone and the curtains were drawn shut. I turned to look at the clock and saw that it was already past nine in the morning. I haven't slept that late since moving in with Elizabeth and the boys. I made my way downstairs to find her sitting in the kitchen going through catalogues. I just watched her circling things and humming to herself. "Hey," I leaned down to give her a kiss, "what are you doing?"

"Oh, good morning. Did you get some rest?" She smiled and got up from where she was sitting to get me a cup of coffee. "I was going through this furniture catalogue trying to decide what to do with Jake's room. What do you think?" She turned to show me some of the things she was thinking about.

"You know what I think." I said to her with a grin.

"Babe." She said. "I know you will let me furnish Jake's room any way I want to, but I want you to give me your opinion. He is your son too, ya' know." She smirked and nudged me in the ribs. "And you didn't get to help me pick out his nursery furniture. I thought we could do this together."

"Of course I will help you." I sat down and pulled her to sit in my lap. "I missed making love to you last night…" I pulled her mouth down to mine. I don't think as long as I live, I will ever tire of kissing her. I pulled away briefly. "Um, aren't we missing two little people?"

"As a matter of fact, we are." She grinned. "Monica called this morning and asked if she could take them for the day. She had Alice pick them up in the Bentley. Cameron got so excited when he saw the car. I think she is going to take them to the zoo. And don't worry; Francis went with them." She explained rubbing my back. "I hope you are alright with that."

"Of course that is okay. I think I should probably go and talk to Edward at some point. He's just exhausting to talk to." I said out loud, but mostly I was rationalizing with myself. "So, Mrs. Morgan, why aren't you running around getting ready for work?" I teased.

"Oh, I didn't tell you…" she teased back, "I told Epiphany that I was taking the rest of the week off to rest and I had other plans for us," she lowered her lips to mine, "which includes what you missed last night."

"Well, when you put it that way," I kissed her back, picked her up and carried her to our bedroom.

To Be Continued…