Chapter ElevenJason felt guilty as hell, despite what Elizabeth had told him. He should have done a better job, double-checked Stan's results. Now they had no leads and no suspects. Jason had never felt more useless in his life. He felt like he had failed both Elizabeth and his son. Jason needed answers and he needed them now.
He picked up his cell phone and hit speed dial. "This is the Jackal, press 1 to text, 2 for voicemail, even though voicemail is a completely antiquated form of communication ...wait for the beep." Damn it Spinelli! Where in the hell was he? Jason hung the phone up without leaving a message.
Spinelli rushed into Sonny's office without knocking. "What have I told you about knocking?" "But Go… Mr. Corinthos, sir this is of infinite importance." "And haven't I told you to speak English?" "I found something very important. St...I mean Jason should know right away." "I already gave him all the information he needs to find Jake."
"While the Jackal hates to criticize the awesome skills of J9000, you have made a grievous misjudgement." "Just tell me what you found."
"Lucky Spencer does not have baby Jake!" "What!?! That's not possible." "Stan calm down. What makes you think this was a set up?"
Spinelli paced nervously, talking with his hands, "I overheard the not-so-fair Samantha on the phone with an evil doer, the kidnapper who has baby Jake! They were talking about how they set up Lucky. So I did some digging and found all the evidence against Lucky was planted from Sam's computer!"
Sonny locked eyes with Stan, standing quickly as he grilled the teen, "Do you know anything about this accomplice?"
Spinelli held a slip of paper for Sonny to take, "I traced the number Sam called to an address."
Sonny's phone rang before he could speak. "Yeah?" "It's me. I have a problem." "I heard. Stan and Spinelli are here now. Want me to put it on the speaker?" "You better." "Ok, Jason, go ahead." "What in the hell happened Stan!?! I almost killed that useless prick." "I don't know. I got sloppy, I'm sorry." "Look, I get you're not thrilled with the situation but my personal life should not effect your work." "I said I was sorry."
Jason sighed, "I know, but that doesn't change the fact that there is a man in the hospital who not only received the beating of his life tonight but also found out that Jake's my son!" "Um, Stone Cold? Maybe the Jackal can offer a ray of sunshine that he found via his cyber skills?" "What? Spinelli, you found something? Why were you even looking?" "The Jackal overheard the not-so-fair Samantha on the phone about having set up the Deceived One." "What did you find?" "I tracked the information back to Sam and some other person and traced the call back to an address." "What's the address?" "You're just going trust this kid?"
Jason growled, "You don't want to do this now Stan. Spinelli the address." Spinelli recited it from memory. "Thank you. Sonny I may need some back up." "No problem man. What ever you need. Just call me when you get there." "I will." "What about J9000?" "Spinelli stay out of it."
"It's not his fault the Wicked One and the Demented One tricked him." "I can't think about it now. I need to find Jake. When I get back Sonny and I will deal with it." Jason told them before hanging up. "Why did you do that?" "What defend you to Stone Cold? You didn't want to feel his wrath did you?" "No. Of course not." "Then what it does it matter J9000?"
Sonny watched the two interact. Jason had blind faith in Spinelli. And after this Sonny had to admit he could be a valuable asset to the organization. It was something he would have to talk to Jason about.
She paced the small living room. Where is she? Sam was almost an hour late. It was bad enough she couldn't leave the house. Stupid Amber Alert ruined that plan. Now she had to wait on Sam to bring them supplies. Finally she saw her friend's familiar car pull up to the house. "It's about time." "I wanted to be sure I wasn't followed. You know how paranoid Sonny gets."
The blonde smiled thinking back. "Yeah, I do. I still can't believe he fell for it." "Hell he was the easiest mark in a while." "Nah, Jax was easier. But Hendricks he was the easiest by far. How much did we get from him?" "Nearly two million dollars." "That's right, chump." "Since D.C." "Oh God that was fun. Europe is going to be the best yet. That kid is going be great bait." "I know. And to think you lost one on purpose." "Sonny would have never let me keep her and you know it." "I know. Besides, I always wanted Jason's son and now I have him."
Jason walked through the suite and knocked gently on the door to her room. He still wasn't sure how she felt about what happened. "Elizabeth?" "Is something wrong?"
"No. Actually the opposite I hope." Jason saw the confusion on her face and continued speaking. "Spinelli thinks he found something." "That's good right?" "I trust Spinelli. I knew Stan was annoyed with my lying I should have asked him to double check." "Jason this isn't you're fault." "I could have killed Lucky. I nearly did. How is that not my fault?" "You feel guilty?" "Damn right I do! How can you look at me after what I did?"
Elizabeth wrapped her arms around him, as he let his head come to rest on hers, "Because it was for our son. I know what you do, Jason. I don't care, that's not who you are. I also know you will do anything to get Jake back. I feel the same way." "Thank you. I really needed to hear that. You ready to get on the road?"
Elizabeth nodded, pulling back the door to reveal her fully packed suitcase, "Where are we going?" "Bensonhurst."
