Chapter 14: Setting things to rights.

Maxie was waiting, hoping to hear screams from the room where the resurrected AJ had dragged Carly, but instead Robin answered her phone and said "Of course, Felicia, we will be right there."

"What is going on?" asked Maxie.

"Frisco and your mother want us to meet them at Kelly's in an hour." she said. Patrick said he had to stay there, but would see her at home before kissing Robin goodbye.

Looking at a worried Elizabeth, he said "Do you know what is going on?"

"Yes, but I will let Robin tell you."

"Then how about taking the time to tell me how you are doing?" he asked hugging his friend.

Elizabeth let Jason know she was going to the waiting room as he stood outside and listened to AJ let Carly know that things in her life were going to be changing.

Carly tried to twist her arm out of the tight grip AJ had on her. "What do you think you are doing?"

"What, you think a meat-hook would be kinder? Let me go ask Jason if he still owns that warehouse." he snapped.

"Would you just get over that. Like you didn't deserve it." she hissed the blond as she saw her worst mistake standing in front of her. "What do you want?"

"Nothing, I am just here to let you know to stay away from Michael. Don't go to visit him thinking that you will make peace now that you know Jason wasn't shot and expecting your son to be the bridge you can use to repair your friendship. Jason is done with you. What the hell is wrong with you? Telling Michael what you did? I mean, I knew you were vain, self absorbed, and all about a man who didn't want you, but seriously, I never thought you would treat your own son that way."

"I thought he killed Jason." she said. "But Jason is fine, he will take care of things, he always does."I know that he will be there to bail Michael out and I will be there to support my little man."

"No, no he won't be. I am going to be there for Michael, if he will let me be. Jason is done. He was done before we even walked through the hospital doors tonight. You lost, Carly and if I have any say I will make sure that Morgan and Jocelyn, that is her name isn't it? That they never had to deal with your twisted sick idea of what love is again."

"You, you need to stay away from him. He hates you."

"I wonder why." he drawled. "Frankly Carly, I don't give a damn what you want. Neither does my brother. And right now, Mac Scorpio is with Alexis Davis, the new commissioner, Jax and someone named Diane explaining about what happened. After that, if we can swing it, Michael is going to a treatment center. Someplace safe from you."

"I am real worried. AJ, you were born a loser and you will die a loser. I don't care what lies you told to Jason, eventually he will wake up to your deceit. He always does. Because no matter what, you will always be the drunk who took away his memories then later stole his son away from him." she said with a smug grin.

"Carly, Carly, Carly, you are the same street rat you were years ago, Jason now knows what true love it, and he isn't buying the same old obsessive, needy crap you are trying to sell. You just don't get it, it's over. There is nothing left for you."

Walking to the door, he said "I meant what I said, stay away from Michael. I only hope that I can help him recover from the brainwashing that Sonny and you did. You used to claim I would be a terrible father, but take a good look. Sonny abandoned Michael after turning him into a mess, for what? A biological son. As for you, as soon as Michael was no longer useful to keep Jason around, you turned your back on your own child."

" I didn't mean it, I was angry and just had a terrible moment of weakness." she said only for AJ to laugh loudly.

"I wouldn't try that one on Jason, he is already planning on making Sam pay long and hard for the same excuse." AJ walked to the door. Walking back to the waiting room, AJ let Jason and Elizabeth know he was going to see Michael as soon as Mac called then asked about Monica.

"Alan is holding his own. She is with him. Dr. Julian said that he should be well enough to go home tomorrow. Speaking of home, I have to find Elizabeth so that we can do the same."

"Night." said AJ. Then turning he asked "What time tomorrow?"

"Schedule it around your visits with Michael, I don't intend to deal with anything but my family." he said. "Business can wait."

Johnny had been watching Elizabeth who was telling Patrick everything. When her friend seemed furious, she tried to calm him down. "No, Lainey should have come to me, to the chief of staff Monica, she broke protocol yet again."

"I get that, I am not too thrilled either. But she was only trying to help." she said with a sigh. "She had no way of knowing and I bear some of the responsibility. Yes, I was sick, but I still slept with Nik."

Patrick just paced back and forth while trying to figure out what to do. "Wait, what do you know about the hospital takeover?"

Carly had been walking away from AJ, Jason had rebuffed her attempts to talk to him by just walking away. She had known he was upset she had slept with Johnny, but it really hadn't been her fault. She had heard Patrick talking and moved in closer.

"Just that Jason made an offer through Johnny that was rejected." she told him not wanting to get into it in the open. "How is he, by the way?"

"His head injury had just healed when Michael shot him, your dad told you about the other. I just worry about infection and the possibility of further trauma."

"You should know, AJ said that when he was shot in Mexico, all Sam had was tequila and a dirty sweaty rag, just in case there is a dormant infection inside of him."

Carly didn't hear anything she could use and was a bit disappointed. Johnny moved to the hallway to follow the blond and overheard her making a call. "Do we still have a deal? Elizabeth Webber for Sam McCall."

Whatever she heard, she had a good laugh then hung up saying "That will take care of both of my problems."

Accidentally bumping into the blond, Johnny made a point of menacing her and removing her cell phone. Checking the number's quickly, he called Jason's contact who said "Disposable cell phone, I will play back the call though."

"How can you do that?" he asked.

"We have had a bug in her phone for days, or rather Mr. Spinelli does, we are just piggy backing his signal." said the man on the other end. Playing the call, they both listened as Carly made a deal with Jerry Jacks.

"I will tell Jason." he said quickly then hung up and dropped the phone in the trash. Catching the mobster, he said "Carly, deal with Jerry. Elizabeth for Sam."

Swearing, Jason thanked Johnny then said "We are assigning guards to everyone. You should think about staying someplace safe."

"No, I will be fine." he said then on his way out the door said "What are you going to do?"

"About Carly, nothing. See, Jerry never keeps his end of the deal. I will increase security on Elizabeth and the boys."

"She is going to get away with this?" he asked in disbelief.

"No, I have plans for her. I am going to let Jerry take care of giving up enough to let Carly hang." he said staring out the window.

!!*!!

"So let me get this straight. Jerry, my brother, kidnapped Alan, AJ and Emily Quartermaine along with your daughter?" asked Jax. Seeing Mac nodding, he looked at the brunette with him and said "Again, why?"

Repeating the same information her father had told him, Georgie added "He also intends to grab Damien Spinelli to help him access some funds that were stolen from him. At least that is my guess."

"What funds?" asked Mac looking at his daughter.

"I don't know. I am just guessing, but he was awfully angry something about money from South America that went missing. I don't think he knew who actually helped themselves to it, but he had only eliminated Jason and Sonny."

Mac knew that Jerry Jacks was at his most dangerous when money was involved and tried to think of who from his rogue's gallery of suspects would have done something so stupid. Seeing Jax following him, he glared when the man asked "Did you have to blow up my Island?"

"Your brother had a guard there, he was planning on raping my little girl, Jerry had better hope he runs far, far away. Thank god after what happened to Elizabeth, I insisted on both girls taking self defense classes."

Jax flushed then said "I didn't know, man. I am sorry."

Looking him in the eyes, Mac said "If you know where Jerry is, you had better tell me. If Frisco gets to him..." he left it blank but Jax got the message.

"I don't know, but my mother thinks he is dead, so my guess is he is here or on his way here." said Jax then turned when he heard someone calling his name. Seeing AJ talking to Diane was quite a shock in spite of what Mac had told him.

Walking over, he said "AJ."

"Jax, we need to talk about Michael. I need you to tell me what he needs." he said grimly. "We have kept up on the news. I know all the stupid things he has been doing, but how much of it is permanent behavior and how much is redeemable?"

"Until he shot Jason, I would have said he was completely unredeemable, but I saw a lost little boy in that lobby. One who lost it all."

"Carly, by the way now that Jason is back and whole is claiming she didn't mean what she said to him. That it was all a mistake." said AJ with disgust.

"What do you expect, she isn't a complete fool, she knows that Jason always forgive, always helps her." said Jax sounding resigned.

"Not this time." said a confident AJ. "Jason made it very clear, but you know Carly she had to keep pushing it. She attacked Elizabeth right in front of him. Made a complete fool of herself then blamed Jason for her sleeping with Johnny O'Brien. I do have one question, did you know that Carly told Elizabeth her sons were bastards and that she should have let herself die when Diego attacked so that Jason's hands weren't hurt?"

Seeing the expression on his face, AJ said "I didn't think so, and that is only some of the crap that Elizabeth finally admitted in regards to the way that Carly treated her."

"I hate to sound like I am agreeing with Carly, but Ric was married to Elizabeth when he was trying to steal her child." said Jax. "Carly still has a lot of resentment towards her for that, even though it is unjustified."

"You have no idea, do you?" asked AJ. "Elizabeth is the only reason they found out the truth, she almost died trying to save Carly. Something she likes to pretend didn't happen. Also, are you really that big of a fool, Carly's problem with Elizabeth is one thing and one thing only. Elizabeth saved Jason the night Carly screwed Sonny while married to me and the same night Jason was shot. She knows that Jason was already half in love with Elizabeth, and that the time they spent together then, was what led to Jason not wanting to be sacrifice himself for her."

"Sacrifice himself?" asked Jax.

"Think on it. When Jason is with Elizabeth, he doesn't run to Carly as much, gets snippy with her about needing rescuing, and Carly has done lots of shitty things over the years to keep them apart. From convincing Courtney to chase after him, to doing the same with Sam McCall. Why? Why is she okay with Sam a woman who had Sonny's kid being with Jason, and not Elizabeth. Because Sam is easy to manipulate."

Jax saw Bobbie approaching from where she had been arguing with Mac and Alexis, and said quickly "I get what you are saying, but how sure are you that Jason isn't going to ride to her rescue?"

Thinking back on his brother's plans AJ said. "One hundred percent."

Hearing his name, AJ turned and felt Bobbie slap him and try to blame him for her daughter's current mess. "You only get one free shot." he snapped at the woman. "And no, I didn't do this. CARLY did, you were there, you witnessed her disowning her own son. So don't you dare blame this on me. Put the blame right where it belongs, on Carly and Sonny."

"Why are you here?" she snapped. "You stay away from Michael or I will have those old kidnapping charges reinstated."

Jax intervened and said "Bobbie, Carly admitted to me a few years ago that Zander really did hang him up and Sonny forced him to sign away his rights. According to Diane and Alexis, that makes the agreement null and void, so technically speaking he didn't kidnap him son and Alexis agreed not to press charges for Kristina."

"How can you do this? Do you know what he wants to do with Michael?" she asked breaking down in tears. "He has lost lost mother and his father, along with Jason. And you want to turn him over to a man he barely knows?"

"Whose fault is that?" he asked cuttingly. "Your daughter. And she and Sonny were considered good role models for Michael? I was only a drunk, but at least I tried to work out a deal. Sonny didn't, Carly didn't. Instead they turned my son into the mess he is now? Is there a single Spencer out there who can possibly raise a decent kid?"

"I don't you your family did a much better job." she said.

"Really?" he mocked. "Lucky is a lying cheating obsessed former drug addict who has been fired from the police department a job he kept only because of Alexis and Ric Lansing. Lulu, from what I hear is following in her family's rather rutted tracks, lying cheating and so obsessed with another woman's husband she tricked him into bed then when it ended blamed that victim to her next victim. I won't even go into Carly."

Bobbie saw Mac coming up with Felicia and Frisco and begged them for help.

"Bobbie, I read about this place. I think you need to accept that it might be a good idea." said Felicia gently. "You need to face that Carly went too far and that Michael is never going to trust her again."

"She loves him." she said weakly. "Jason is back, he will get her back on track."

Feeling bad for his old friend, Mac said "Bobbie, Jason wanted to let Carly just sink. He has known for a couple of weeks about Carly sleeping with Johnny O and wasn't happy with her. He was more freaked out than anything else. Mainly because he finally figured out that Carly has been lusting after him for years."

"She loves Jax." she said weakly then looking around said "She said so."

"Then why did she turn on her own son?" asked AJ. "Jax, will you help me talk to Michael?"

!!*!!

Now, Lucky knew he wasn't the cleverest person around, but after having more than one person tell him that he was the father of Sam's kid, he knew he had to confront the woman.

Knocking on her bedroom door until she opened it, he said "We need to talk."

"There is nothing to talk about Lucky. Why don't you track down your slut of an ex-wife, and talk to her." Sam was furious, Jason had been rude to her and it was all because of that slut Elizabeth.

"Pot meet kettle." he snarked at her. "You have a lot of room to talk. The entire waiting room heard your deal with Carly and the fake Jason. Sharing a man now are we?"

"Shut up, Lucky. I am not in the mood." she had had a very sad Spinelli confirm that he had indeed altered the records. When she had snapped at him for it, pointing out that if she was a true Cassidine, unlike Alexis she could inherit part of that great estate, Sam liked living on the Island, having servants waiting on her.

"Too bad. Now according to Carly who was furious about it, fake Jason couldn't have kids, so unless you were screwing around with even more men, that makes me the father of your kid."

"No, Lucky it doesn't. Jason is the father of this baby," she replied pissed off that blond bitch couldn't keep her mouth shut.

"Sam you can keep saying it all you want but I think we both know the truth. Don't go making any plans with either of the Jasons. I already lost one kid to him, I am not about to lose another." he snapped as he left.

Going to see Nik, he saw his brother swearing and said "You, what the hell were you doing, sleeping with Elizabeth? You knew? You knew she was sick?" Lucky couldn't believe what he had heard.

"Lucky don't go there, if you had been able to ever give her what she needed she wouldn't have slept with me." he said looking smugly at his brother. "First Emily, I can still recall your crush on her. Then Sarah, now Elizabeth. Even Gia, I knew you wanted her. Yet in the end you had none of them, not truly."

"You know, I can't stand Morgan, but I do agree with him about this. If you slept with Elizabeth, knowing she was mentally ill, you did rape her." he said softly. "And that makes you a lot like your father, a sick man who got his jollies off on hurting a woman, and we both know why. She doesn't love you, never did. In her right mind, Elizabeth would NEVER HAVE slept with you. Whatever Jason is doing to you business wise, it is nothing more than you deserve."

"Don't try to take the higher ground, little brother." he sneered, "After all if it weren't for you, she wouldn't have been raped either time."

Lucky turned around and attacked Nik, soon the two brothers were rolling around knocking priceless artifacts off the tables and bookshelves as they got in a punch here, a kick to the groin there. By the time Sam came down to find out what was going on, the room was destroyed.

"What are the two of you doing?" she snapped.

"Nothing that concerns you." spat out Nik. "If you want to keep staying here, go to your room and stay there."

Lucky got up, holding his shirt sleeve to his nose and said "Fuck you, Nik. I hope you end up just like the rest of your nut job family."

"Get off my Island. And Lucky just a reminder, your father is a rapist too." he said then seeing Sam said "Either go back to your room or make yourself useful."

Sam scurried to her room, worried about the wild temper that Nik seemed to be exhibiting then with a smile left a voice mail message on Jason's cell phone certain the real Jason would come over and rescue her.

Hearing a chuckle, she turned and saw Jerry standing there. "No, no I know you are dead."

"To quote Twain, reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." he drawled just as they heard a breathless Spinelli knocking on her door begging to be let in.

"Goddess, please, you have to let me protect you, the evil one is not dead, he made a deal with Carl..."

Jerry pulled him into the room then tossed him into a chair. "Now what were you saying? Oh, yes, a deal with Carly. Want to know a secret?... No? Well, aren't we spoilsports. I don't intend to uphold my end. She did give me a two for one deal though. Sweet Sam and the computer geek"

Sam shivered, she could see it in his eyes, Jerry intended to kill her. "So, sweet Sam, not going to pull the pregnancy card. My guess is you are worried I might tell the geek what you did this afternoon, but I will let you give him the news."

"What news?" asked Spinelli looking between the two of them.

"Sammy here went to visit a small clinic on Courtland street, it specializes in abortions." he said then saw the kid's wounded eyes. "Wait, was the loser Lucky right, was there another possible father? Were you dipping your wick in what you wrongly thought was Stone Cold's preserve? I didn't think you had it in you, Mr. Spinelli, or was it in you, Sam?" he mocked.

"I would never betray my master that way," he retorted then looked at Sam. "I thought you wanted a baby?"

"Oh, she does. Just not Spencer's. Now, I am going to make you an offer, Sammy. You help me pick apart what is left of your half brother's estate and I will let you live." said Jerry leaning back against the chest of drawers. "And Mr. Spinelli comes with me as a shall we describe it as insurance. Not because I believe you give a damn about the geek, but because I set up a program that exposes EVERYTHING, AND I DO MEAN E-VE-RY-THING."

"And?" asked Sam trying to work out a way to kill him without exposing herself.

"You will need his help to stop it, and yes it can be stopped. You, just do as I say and we shall get along just fine."

!!*!!

Jason lead Elizabeth into Audrey's house and saw the elderly woman talking to her son and stepson. "Where are the boys?"

"Asleep, upstairs." said Audrey. "They plan on showing the two of you the gifts they bought while we were traveling tomorrow, early."

"I am heading to my apartment, dad are you staying with me?" asked Steven as he came down the stairs. "Elizabeth, I just talked to Patrick, your friend Robin is looking for you."

"I will call her in the morning, for now, I just want my bed." she groaned. Jason knew that it might piss some of them off, but he picked her up and said "Which room?"

Audrey smiled as Elizabeth didn't fight Jason's concern and said "Up the stairs, on the right."

"And Jason, I had them drop your bag off here as well. There is a long sofa in Steve's study. From what I heard he always found it to be quite comfortable." she said only to frown as even Elizabeth chuckled along with Jeff and Steven. "What?"

"Uh, grams, he only said that to get you back for kicking him out of your bedroom when you were mad at him." said Steven. "I slept on it a few years ago, that thing is like cement."

"Then I will be fine. The sofa in your sister's old studio was even worse and I had a bullet wound." said Jason as Elizabeth snuggled in closer and fell asleep. Jason carried her into her room and eased her out of her scrubs and into some pajamas, before tucking her into bed.

Leaning down, he kissed her cheek and said "I love you."

"Uhm." was her only answer as she cuddled up to her pillow. Then when he was at the door about to turn off the light she giggled then said "I love you too, Jason."

"Go to sleep." he said walking back down the stairs, to find only Audrey waiting.

"Are you sure you will be okay?" she asked now feeling guilty for not only offering it to Jason but all the times that Steve had slept on that dark leather thing.

"Yes, this is better anyhow. I have two of the very few men I trust outside but I would still feel safer knowing that …" He was happy they had seemed to be at a truce but he knew at some point Audrey Hardy was going to take a good look at him.

"They would have to go through you to get to them." she said pointing to the upper floors. "Good night, Jason."

"Good night Mrs. Hardy." he said before checking out the sofa. He soon knew that Dr. Hardy was right, the thing was hard as a brick.

!!*!!

Robin and Maxie were sitting in the living room eating the food that had been ordered from Kelly's. "Anna, Robert, Dad, Mom and Frisco. Who is this one for?"

"Patrick?" asked Robin then looked at it and said "No, he doesn't like the chili there and I know he doesn't like his grilled cheese on rye."

"The only person I know that ever ate that was..." Maxie turned white then started trembling. "Georgie, Georgie likes that sandwich."

Robin looked down the said softly "Wait, whatever this is, don't. It will only hurt more if you are wrong."

"But it HAS TO BE. I mean, look at it. We heard about Dr. Quartermaine, we SAW AJ and Elizabeth." she said getting excited then seeing her phone ringing, answered it quickly only to suddenly deflate when she realized it was Carly looking for Spinelli.

Snapping that she didn't know or care where he was, she felt sick when she realized that she had done something that was going to hurt the one person who had truly always been there for her. "Oh my god, what I have done. Spinelli."

"Call him, maybe..."

"NO, you don't get it. Georgie, she liked him. And I..." Maxie rushed up the stairs to her room throwing herself on her bed while Robin sat downstairs not sure if she should hope her cousin was alive and able to forgive or that Maxie for once had to deal with consequences, even if this time they were accidental.

"Robin, do you know where you uncle is?" asked Robert as he joined her on the sofa taking the box with his name on it. Frisco and the two women soon sat down joining them. Pulling Anna off to the side, Robin told her what Maxie was thinking.

Looking at Anna, she whispered "Oh my god, she is alive? Where is she? Who grabbed her and why?"

"I don't know. All I do know is that Monica and Mac were chasing down leads after Jason and AJ ran into a dead end." she told her daughter.

Mac entered the house and had Robin hugging him tightly then asking "Where is Georgie?"

"She wanted to check on Alan, then she is driving my car here. She just needed a bit of space while I told everyone. It's a long and complicated story. Where is Maxie?" he asked looking around.

"You ordered Georgie's favorite sandwich, it sort of gave it away and she freaked."

"Can you go and get her, I need to tell all of you at once." he said then sat down on the sofa while they others just stared. Once Maxie had sat down, he said "Yes, Georgie is alive."

"Where is she?" asked Maxie needing to see her sister.

"Checking on Alan, she has been the only thing close to medical attention he has been getting for the last eight months. Let me start from the beginning." he said wearily.

Running through it for the third time, he saw the shock on Maxie's face when she heard about Jerry Jacks. Telling them about Emily, he saw Robin tear up and said "Georgie was the only person able to help her, she feels some real guilt about it."

Nodding in understanding, Robin let him continue. When he got to the part about Georgie, the gun and Johnny Zachara, Robin and Maxie both laughed at the mental image of the mobster being caught by their Georgie.

"What happened next?" asked Maxie as he told them about Georgie's almost rape and that her attacker had been dealt with. Frisco and Robert both got what that meant and didn't push it while Robin thought out loud "It was a good thing Elizabeth was there."

"Yes, it was." he replied then told them about taking Alan to the plane, the medical equipment and then the long flight straight home. "We had intended to stop in Seattle, but with the shooting, we decided it would be better to head here."

Hearing footsteps, they all looked up only to see Johnny. "Is Georgie here?"

"No, why?" asked a suspicious Maxie.

"Elizabeth was worried about how she was doing. That's all." he snapped then went to Mac and said "I think Jerry is here in town. I just saw Sam and she was acting strange down by the docks."

Lucky was still furious when he got home, tossing his room, he heard a noise when he went to take a shower. Waking up later, he found himself bruised and badly beaten on the arms, face and torso. Wincing as he pulled on a t-shirt he called Lulu for help getting to the hospital.

On the drive there, he told Lulu about Nik beating him up and tossing him off the Island.

"Do you really think our brother did this?" she asked "It sounds more like something Jason would order done."

"But right now, Jason loathes our brother, not me." he said confidently. Lulu wasn't so sure, she had no doubt that Jason had had her brother beat up and that her family was about to go to war with itself because of Elizabeth Webber.

Jerry tied Spinelli to the chair in the dungeon and said "You my little hacker are going to be busy finding my money. If you want to live you will do exactly as I say."

"You don't scare me, Jason will come and get me out of here." he said confidently.

"You don't get it kid. Jason knew before you left GH I was looking for you. Miss Jones more than likely told him. So my guess is that you were offered up as a sacrificial lamb."

"Maxie will make sure I am rescued." he said "Even right now when things are bad between us, she won't let me die."

"Really, are you sure about that?" he asked amused. "My guess is that Maxie feels a tremendous amount of guilt about you right now."

"She made a simple mistake." he said. "She knows that I will forgive her."

"But will her sister, from what I was given to understand the younger Jones girl had a bit of a crush on you. Now that her sister is home and alive, I wonder just how loyal to you Maxie will be?" he said then told him. "No, I would suggest you don't try anything funny. I will kill you then your precious Sam without a moments hesitation."

"I am not worried. Like I said, Jason will come." Hearing the loud explosion, Jerry grabbed his arm and dragged him to the docks shoving him on a hidden boat. "Really are you sure about that?"

Maneuvering around, he saw the shuttle boats and supply boat from the Island both on fire. "My guess is that someone isn't very happy with Mr. Cassadine."

"Why would..." Spinelli just couldn't figure out what Jerry was talking about.

"Blow up the boat?" Seeing the kids confusion, he said "Your blind spot regarding Elizabeth Webber is amazingly stupid. It's simple, Jason is furious with the Prince."

"Why would he be, Nik didn't have contact with Jake?" Jerry couldn't believe how stupid this boy was.

Laughing Jerry said "You are an idiot, Morgan loves Elizabeth. Here, read this."

Looking at the folded paper, Spinelli read the note and he wept for his goddess. "How could he, she would give up anything to be with him and he treated her this way. Fair Samantha has proven her love again and again, yet he would chose to believe the woman who lied and kept his son from him? The woman who seduced him while he was grieving for the love of his life?"

"Wow, you really are nuts." said Jerry as they arrived to the shore. Seeing Carly waiting he said "Get in."

"I can't. I need you help. I need to rescue my son from his biological father." she said sure that Jerry would help, if she needed to she could offer him money.

"Carly, you don't get a choice. Get in before we are seen. I will let you off when we arrived down by the towers."

Seeing Spinelli she said "Did you get rid of Elizabeth yet?"

"No, Sam is first. She will run if she thinks I am after her, and Elizabeth won't."

"That cow will just hide behind Jason, like she always does." she groaned then listened to his questions. Getting an uneasy feeling Carly hoped he wasn't going to do what she thought. If Spinelli traced that money back to her, she was a goner. But seriously, she had been married to Lorenzo, it should have gone to her over Jerry.

Cody slipped into the Hardy residence and gave Jason his report. "What next?"

"Who do you have on Johnny?" Jason was worried that Jerry might take out his double.

"Alverdo and Smits." he said. "They are under strict orders to keep the slut puppies out."

"Fine, just deal with the next item. Just make sure that no one is on board." Jason knew that Ethan had been living on the boat.

As the rusted bucket called the Haunted Star floated out to sea, Jason slipped back to the sofa then hearing footsteps, saw Cam and Jake slipping down to see him. "Jason?"

"Hey, what is wrong?" His heart ached as the two boys came into the room holding hands.

"May we talk to you. We waited until Mommy and Grams were asleep." asked Cam after looking at Jake.

Picking them up and tucking them under the blanket, Jason sat down and said "Okay?"

"I hears Mommy and you saying you want to be our daddy. Can you be our daddy?" he asked holding his breath. "Be a daddy who doesn't get sick or leave?"

"I will promise to try." he said picking them up and sitting them on his lap, needing the contact. "I will be here as long as you to want me. I promise."

"Good, cause we talked to Grandma Monica and we want to keep her too." he said beaming at Jason. While the boys told him about their epic adventure on the train, they slowly fell asleep./ Knowing he should carry them to their bed, Jason found himself tucking them in against his body and covering them up.

Early the next morning, that was how Elizabeth found her sons and Jason. Wiping away the tear, she said to her grams. "I want to trust him, it is just hard taking the leap of faith, you know what I mean?"

"You are getting there, just give it time. You both have a lot of healing to do." she said kissing Elizabeth who then curled up on the huge chair near her grandfather's desk.

!!*!!

Maxie woke up feeling cramped and wondering why she was asleep on the sofa. Stretching she saw the empty to-go container and went to find her sister. As she walked through the entire house she was shocked to find no Georgie but the open door to the attic. Going up as quietly as possible, she was still stunned to see her little sister curled up on her old mattress and covered with her blankets on the floor.

"Georgie?" She almost didn't believe what her eyes were showing her.

Not getting an answer, she heard the phone ringing and then her father's voice then the sound of others waking up. Moving in closer, she saw the dark circles and left to let her sister sleep.

Georgie waited until she no longer heard Maxie then sat up and said "You can come out now?"

Sheepishly Johnny did so. "Why are you here?"

"Look, I am just worried about Jerry coming after you." In truth, Johnny knew that was an excuse.

Georgie started laughing then saw he was serious. "You aren't kidding. You do know that Anna and Robert and my father are here. I think my mother is asleep in her old room and I think Frisco is in the den."

"So, you are still up here." he said defiantly.

"Johnny, that count is 3 current WSB agents, my Mom is actually a very successful PI and my dad was the police commissioner. Do you really think Jerry is that dumb?"

"Actually I do." said Mac from the doorway. "He grabbed Spinelli, at least according to Carly Jacks."

!!*!!

Jason thanked Cody when he informed him who was at the door; then said "Get rid of her."

Walking to the front porch of the Hardy house, Cody told Carly that Jason didn't care.

"No, I want to talk to Jason, you let me in there or else?"

"Or else what, Carly?" asked Elizabeth walking onto the porch. "You woke up my sons, go away. If Jason wants to talk to you, he will be in contact."

"No, he won't because you will pull your usual needy whiny bit out and then pull the daddy card."

"Wow project much." said Elizabeth leaning back. "I repeat, leave, Carly."

"I am not leaving until I talk to Jason." With the Carly moved forward and tried to push Elizabeth out of the way only to be slapped. "You are going to pay for that"

Carly pulled out her phone and called the police. When the officer arrived, he listened to both of them then told Carly "You can be arrested for trespassing."

"No, I can't, Jason won't allow it." Carly was sure of that, after all Jason was only confused.

Jason was inside, he had just gotten to the great room and walked out on the porch pulling Elizabeth close. Kissing her cheek, he said "Carly, I heard, I don't care. Go home and let the police take care of it."

"JASIN!" shouted the voice from the car that was pulling up. "You have to help me, Jerry threatened me last night."

"Really, well here is Patrol Officer Berhan, I am sure he will be quite glad to take your statement, now if you will excuse us, we are going to have breakfast with our sons."

Ignoring the complaints, Jason and Elizabeth re-entered the house while the two women steamed. Sam then went to find Nik who was her only ally right now while Carly went to find another way to get through to Jason. And she knew exactly how to do it.

Twenty minutes later, she found Lucky and was shocked. "What happened to you?"

"My brother and Nik is going to pay." Lucky was already making plans to take his brother down.

Jason took the phone that Mrs. Hardy offered him and said "Thanks, I will be right there, I have a lot I want to say to Mr. O'Brien.

TBC

TBC