"Someone help she's losing too much blood" Leyla continued to scream toward the hospital entrance. Elizabeth scrambled from her spot on the ground to try and help her. Claudia was losing blood, and losing it fast. Jason was covered in Claudia's blood. Out of nowhere she had pushed him and taken the bullet in his place.
"Jake… safe now…" she kept repeating it, hoping Morgan would understand. Ian had told her about the young boy. She couldn't put another child into the line of fire. No one else knew, she had to make sure he knew that. "Morgan…. Jake… safe now…"
Elizabeth was in shock, why did this woman keep repeating that her son was safe? Did she know Jason was the father? Who else knew if she had found out? They were losing her, she might never know what all this woman knew.
She knew it would all be over in a matter of moments. Summoning all the strength she had left, she managed to say "No one else knows he's your son… Jake is safe now." Everything started to go black, at least she died doing one good thing.
Jason locked eyes with Elizabeth. He expected to see fear and anger, his enemies discovered their secret even after all the lies they told to try and keep him safe. Instead, he saw love. How was that even possible? This was just more proof of how dangerous his life was…
She needed him, watching him move in front of her… then that woman pushing him out of the way. What if he had died? She could have lost him forever, once this was over and she had her boys, she was going to find a way to be with him.
"Elizabeth? Elizabeth? Nurse Webber!" Leyla continued to try and shake Elizabeth from the trance she was in, her eyes locked with Morgan's. "NURSE WEBBER!"
"What," finally she responded after being rudely torn from Jason's eyes.
"Help me get her on the gurney."
Elizabeth looked back up at Jason and moved a bit back from Claudia. Jason lifted the woman and placed her on the gurney. He reached across and grabbed Elizabeth's arm pulling her around the gurney as Leyla and Cassius wheeled it back into the hospital.
"Elizabeth…" she moved in and kissed him just as he began to say her name. After a few moments he pulled away from her ending their kiss. "I love you Jason, and I don't want to lose you again."
"You'll never lose me," he pulled her into a hug and kissed her on the forehead before turning and taking off in the direction of the shooter.
-- Docks--
"What do you want? I am not happy about being summoned here."
"I wanted to warn you Lansing. The hit on Morgan went sour, Claudia pushed him out of the way and took the hit. He is on the alert now, we've lost the element of surprise."
"Valarie, I do not care how you do it… but I want Jason Morgan dead!"
-- Elizabeth's house --
Knock – Knock
"Coming" called Elizabeth. She had really hoped to spend the afternoon alone with her boys. She had just picked them up from her Grams. Michael's funeral was hard on all those in attendance. She couldn't even imagine if she had been in Carly's place… Slowly she lifted herself off the floor and headed toward her front door. "Diane, I'm surprised to see you."
"May I come in?"
"Of course, yes. Is this about the custody hearing?"
"I have some bad news Elizabeth. The judge has moved our proceedings to tomorrow morning at 8am. He is ready to make a ruling. Elizabeth I'm afraid you might lose your boys, unless you reveal that Jacob is Jason's son. That will explain why he has been around and their claim that you are unfit will be unfounded."
"Diane, you know I can't do that. Especially now, with all the mob violence going on. How can he move it? Doesn't he have to hear the rest of what I have to say first?" pure panic coursed through Elizabeth's veins. She was a good mother, she only told the lies to protect her boys. Now Lucky was going to use it against her… When did their friendship turn into this?
"The shooting outside the hospital a few days ago Elizabeth, you were there. They are saying the hit was meant for Jason and Claudia died. Yet you were there in the background. Alexis submitted the police report to the Judge and he asked that the proceedings be sped along.
"Thank you Diane. I know that you have done everything that you could… I would like to spend time with my boys, if you don't mind seeing yourself out." She held the tears back and hugged Cameron to her chest. She couldn't lose her boys… She just couldn't lose her boys.
"I'm sorry I couldn't do more. Dn that Guza!" Diane turned toward the door to go. She would try one more time to talk some sense into Morgan. There simply was no good reason this woman should lose her children or that Jake's father should not be able to see him.
Elizabeth called into GH and took a personal day. Epiphany had been upset with her, but she needed to stay with her boys. She couldn't help but be torn by her emotions at seeing Cameron with all of his toys spread across the living room floor and Jake laid on his blanket surrounded by his own toys.
Jason stood at her window for what felt like hours after Diane had called him. Just watching his family spending time together, Jake was trying to put everything into his mouth, Cameron was on a mission to play with all of his toys in a matter of hours, and Elizabeth was watching and laughing at her boys. It killed him to be standing on the outside looking in, but he knew it had to be this way. They were simply safer without him.
RING
"Morgan"
"Stone Cold, the Jackal was able to procure the documents you requested."