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Chapter 13

Dante knocked on the door of the hospital room and waited for Emily to look in his direction. "Hi."

"Hi." Emily stood up and stretched. "He just fell asleep." She said quietly walking over to the where the detective was standing. Since his badge was on display on his belt she was guessing this was an official visit. They stepped into the hall so that they didn't wake her dad.

"I got hung up leaving the station." Dante said looking the tall brunette over. He had called to ask if he could come talk to Alan. Emily looked tired, but not as tired as earlier in the week. "How's your dad doing?"

"He's stable." Emily said smiling. "He's got a ways to go still, but he's out of immediate danger." Her dad was facing a lifestyle change. Leo recommended that the first thing to happen was Alan retiring as Chief of Staff it was time to start reducing his stress levels.

"Good." Dante was happy to hear that.

"Any change on Sonny?" Emily knew that the situation was bleak, but as a doctor she never gave up hope.

"No. He was transferred to a long term facility this morning. About an hour ago." Dante had declined to come see Sonny off. Kate had the situation under control. "They will take good care of him. I just need to ask your father a few routine questions about the hostage crisis, will you call me when he wakes up?" Hopefully answering them wouldn't be too stressful.

"Sure, I'll tell my mom too." Emily was only here for the day shift. On Monday she was going back to work, and was looking forward to having her normal returned.

"Thanks." Dante said and was preparing to leave when without warning Emily pushed him into her father's room.

"Get in the bathroom." She said still pushing him. "Hurry up." From her position in the hall she could see the nurse's station reflected in the window of the room next to her dad's. Carly was heading this way, and there was no other reason for her to be here except Dante. It was all over the hospital that the rabid blonde was pissed at not having any say in Sonny's care.

"Emily?" Dante asked confused.

"Trust me." The young doctor said giving him a final push and shutting the door just as the door to her father's room opened.

"A closed door means knock first." Emily said in an icy tone.

"The nurse said Dante was here. I need to talk to him about Sonny." Carly was pissed. She had kissed both her boys this morning and waved while they got on the plane. Her send-off with Jax wasn't as warm. In fact it was downright frigid. His parting words were that when he got back home if she wasn't ready to put him and their marriage ahead of the mobsters then they were over. While she didn't want to lose her husband, she wasn't giving up Sonny or Jason either.

Then when she got to the hospital she learned that Sonny had already been transferred. That bitch Kate wasn't anywhere to be found, so Carly needed to talk to Dante. She was going to make him bring his father back, and then she was going to get his power of attorney. There was no way he should be making these types of decisions.

"He left." Emily lied, hoping Dante stayed in the bathroom. "Is that all?"

"Do you know where your brother is? I keep calling him and he isn't picking up." Carly didn't have time for that either.

"Did you try pinging his microchip?" Emily asked sarcastically. She was waiting for the day Jason shook Carly loose.

"Very funny." Carly didn't like Emily and the feeling was mutual.

"My father needs to rest, so get out." Emily said not even pretending to be polite.

Carly turned on her heel and left, she didn't have time to deal with the princess. They rarely crossed paths so she wasn't wasting time on Emily.

Walking over she opened the door. "The coast is clear now. Sorry I didn't have time to explain."

"It's okay. Thanks." Dante said grinning. "How did you know she was coming?"

"Reflection in the glass down the hall." Emily said grinning. "I'm guessing that was about Sonny."

"More than likely." Dante figured he couldn't avoid Carly forever, but he was going to try. "I owe you one."

"Could you find a way to shoot Carly?" Emily asked completely serious.

"Probably not." Dante said laughing quietly.

"How about dinner sometime?" Emily suggested. The timing might seem odd, but Dante wasn't grieving. Sonny or Lulu. Emily had been single for a while and it would be nice to get out of the house to go somewhere other than work. And Dante was hot, so why not?

"I like the sound of that. I'm really busy at the moment, but maybe next week?" Dante figured the initial phase of the investigation should be done by then.

"Let me see what my schedule looks like." Em's schedule was probably going to be opening up. Last night she had come to a decision.

"There are other meals in the day besides dinner." Dante said flirting, he would like this date to happen.

"There are. I will keep that in mind." Emily smiled at him.

"I do need to go. To work." Dante handed her his business card, his cell phone number was on it. "Leave me a message if I don't answer."

"I can do that." Emily walked him to the door and shut it when he left. Leaning against it she grinned. Things really were looking up.

Elizabeth gave herself a look in the mirror and grinned. They were getting into the pool after a morning of shopping. Once the time in the water was done they would have lunch and then it would be nap time for the kids. And for some of the adults too. Liz wouldn't mind a rest, especially if Jason joined her.

The suit she was wearing was picked up on day one of shopping. The second she saw it Liz wanted it. Chloe had suggested something that showed more skin, since they were still in the make Jason suffer mindset. Liz knew that what she was wearing now would have a lot more impact than the two pieces of dental floss the designer was holding up.

The pink and white polka dot vintage inspired bikini wasn't as flashy as more modern suits. That was fine. This suit had high waisted shorts instead of briefs as the bottom and that was what would make her fiance break out in a sweat. Jason was an ass man, to put it bluntly. These shorts framed hers to perfection. The swimwear also showed off her curves. Her body was already changing with the new baby and looking at her curvier figure she really did feel sexy in this outfit. Now it was time to go downstairs and knock her guy off his feet.

"What are you guys doing tonight?" Jason asked Francis.

"Dinner and dancing." Francis was looking forward to the evening out. He and his wife generally had a date night once every two weeks. It was practice he was going to make sure they kept up if they returned to New York. Lila Rae was going to spend the night here with the gang. "There is a great seafood restaurant on the resort grounds, Skye loves it so we are going there first."

"That's a great idea." Johnny said looking over at the door before paying attention to his friends again. The ladies should be out with the kids shortly. He was looking forward to seeing Chloe in her suit. While his wife sometimes felt uncomfortable in her own skin these days, he did his best to make sure she knew he thought she was still beautiful. Not that he had to work hard, something about her being pregnant really turned him on. "One I am totally going to copy."

"Having a nanny helps. Kids change things. You have to put in more work so that your wife knows you see her as a woman and not just a mom." Francis knew they had it easier than a lot of parents. Their helper only worked part time but knowing Lila Rae was safe made it so they could concentrate on one another when they were out.

"We will be starting the interview process when we get back home." Johnny told his friends.

"Can you shoot me the name of your agency?" Jason requested. "Elizabeth and I are talking about getting some help."

"You won't need help for long, Cameron will start pre-school in a year. Unless you guys plan on having more kids." Francis pointed out.

Jason didn't mean to give it away, but the grin that popped out onto his face wouldn't be denied. Not saying anything to his two closest friends already was hard, but he knew that twelve weeks was when you announced a new baby.

"No." Francis clued in first. "Is Liz pregnant?"

"She's nesting?" Johnny grinned and then he glared at his friend. "Shouldn't you have mentioned that before I kidnapped her?" His brain was conjuring up everything that could have gone wrong. "I may have to kick your ass for not doing so. After the wedding, you with a black eye at the ceremony gets me in trouble again."

"That's why she wanted to see the doctor." Francis figured out laughing at Johnny. "Are there issues?"

"Everything's good. She wanted prenatal vitamins." Jason explained about that. "Johnny she was in good hands. I wouldn't have trusted her and the kids to anyone else. It's not like you knocked her out with drugs."

"Still you should have mentioned it." Johnny would check in to make sure he hadn't upset her more than she let on. "Now Chloe telling me that her spring line wouldn't work as an I'm sorry gift makes since. Liz will be in maternity clothes by then." That was a line Chloe didn't manufacture. So he would get Liz the fall line instead.

"Congrats. How far along is she?" Francis wanted to know. That the baby was Jason's was clear.

"Almost eight weeks." Jason said bursting with pride.

"Congrats from me too. So the two of you got together, and then you did something stupid to wreck that." Johnny said putting the events in order. "Now you are forgiven and are getting married. Is that correct?"

"That is correct." Jason said nodding. He knew what the next question was going to be so answered it. "I'm still not telling you what I did."

"Spoilsport." Johnny said with a pout. "I always share when I do something stupid."

"That's because you need ideas for getting out of trouble. Jason just needed help pulling his idea off. I'll get Skye to tell me." Francis said laughing. There was no way his wife didn't know. The fact that his friends were having a baby was surprising, but great news. What wasn't surprising was that they finally slept together. That had been building for years, and after how close they became this summer it just a matter of when not if.

"Good point, Chloe probably knows." Johnny said with a smirk. "I can't wait to find out what you did so that I can tease you about it forever." He said laughing. "No comeback?"

"He zoned out." Francis said laughing, as he stood up. "The ladies are here."

"Ah." Johnny's back was to the door. He didn't normally sit that way but he trusted the two men he was with to keep him safe. "They do look lovely." He liked any outfit that showed off Chloe's bump. The one piece did just that.

"Better than we deserve." Francis said agreeing. Skye was in black, he loved her in black.

Jason didn't say anything but just walked over to where his family was standing. Cameron was wearing swim trunks covered in turtles and looked really cute. Elizabeth was wearing a suit so sexy he was starting to sweat with the effort to keep from getting hard. "Hi."

"Hi." Liz could see in his eyes he liked the suit. "I like your trunks. I don't normally get to see you in green." His wardrobe didn't have a lot of variety in it. She also really liked seeing him without a shirt on.

"This was the only dark color they had when I picked them up." Jason said a bit sheepishly. He had gotten the trunks almost three years ago, but this was the first time he was wearing them. "I really like your suit. You too Cam." He remembered to add his son, but taking his eyes off his girl was no easy task.

Cameron lit up at the praise and blushed hiding his face against his mother's leg.

"Let me inflate Cameron's water wings and we can get in the pool." Elizabeth had picked some up yesterday.

"I got him a vest." Jason pointed to the table where Francis was helping Lila Rae into hers. "Francis said it was the better way to go. I hope that's okay?"

"It's fine." Elizabeth wanted Jason to feel comfortable making decisions for Cameron. They would make decisions together for both their children, but there were times where they would have to make choices alone.

"Come on buddy, after you put on the vest we can get in the water." Jason held out his hand and Cameron took it. Holding that little hand in his always made Jason feel a measure of pride. The little boy never hesitated to offer his trust.

"Momma too." Cameron held out his other hand.

"Yeah, momma too." Jason was looking forward to doing all kinds of things with his family from this point on.

"I blabbed about the baby." He mentioned as they approached the table.

"That's fine. I did too." She said with a small smile. "Chloe guessed so I fessed up. We can celebrate the pregnancy along with the wedding. You can tell Em when we get home."

"Lila knows. She figured it out." Jason said grabbing the vest. Everyone else was already in the water. "Em is going to hurt me, you know that right?"

"Just promise her she can be the godmother and all will be forgiven." Liz knew her best friend well. "Ready for the water?"

"Uh huh." Cameron wanted to go play with his new best friend.

"Then let's go get wet." Jason said standing up and picking the little boy up too. All three of them stepped into the pool together to join their friends for an early afternoon of fun.

Carly was pissed by the time she walked into her office at the Metro Court. Kate was MIA. No one would tell Carly where Sonny had been transferred to. She hadn't been able to track down Dante, her lawyer said that at the moment she had no legal grounds to contest the move, and Jason still hadn't called her back. He better have a damn good explanation for disappearing when all hell was breaking loose. If nothing else her best friend should be around in case she needed him during the hotel renovations.

Besides she had juicy gossip to share. Nurse Goody-Goody had run off with Ric Lansing. The hospital was all abuzz with the news. Carly hadn't been pleased with all the time Jason was spending with Liz. What was worse was that no matter what Carly couldn't seem to come between them like she normally did. If she hadn't spent so much time trying to keep her marriage intact Liz wouldn't have been able to move in on a lonely Jason. So that was one thing less Carly had to take care off.

"Here is the VIP list." Marty had been thrilled with the Jacks family vacation wasn't cancelled. He was looking forward to a few months without Carly. The renovations was something Olivia could handle on her own, because she was very capable. So when he learned Carly wasn't going he had done his best not to pout.

"We have a VIP list?" Carly asked surprised. "I wasn't aware any of the suites were booked.

"There was a problem at the Port Charles Hotel and Mrs. Quartermaine instructed her manager to send one of their guests here." He explained.

"Who?" Carly asked taking the paper. "Oh, I don't think so. That bitch is not spending a single night in my hotel." She said tossing the paper down and storming out of the office.

Marty just stood there and rolled his eyes. Drama like this wasn't uncommon with Carly. She couldn't separate business and personal. He would go back to the front desk and wait to see if they were about to lose a guest.

Carly stabbed at the call button. Claudia Zacchara was about to get kicked out on her ass, first from the hotel and then from Port Charles.

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