Chapter Fourteen

The divorce was now finalized, Lucky didn't protest anything, seeing as how everything they had acquired had been bought by someone else, Liz left Lucky with everything, except those things that were for her son, so Liz was now a free woman, but the custody case was only a week away.

Half the town was willing to testify on behalf of Elizabeth, but the judge was not allowing anyone to do such, they were allowed to submit a written statement and should the need arise, the judge would read over them.

Liz had finally been taken off restriction, but Jason had been gone out of town for three days now, him and Sonny had gotten a lead on Ric and Lorenzo, so they felt the need to follow it up, not intrusting it to anyone else.

Since he had left, Liz had not slept well, she and Jason had waited for Kelly to finally take her off restrictions, it was something they had been looking for, and yesterday, Kelly had. Now she was left waiting, they had tossed the idea around of waiting till their wedding night, but both knew that was rather old fashioned, seeing as how they already had a child together.

Carly stopped by daily, visiting with Alan and helping to ease some of Liz's fears. She would have never believed the two of them could have become, dare she say it, friendly. Carly understood what she was going through, even though her and Sonny had supposedly moved on, Carly still worried about him.

Monica had stopped by a few times over the last couple of weeks, offering her assistance with any wedding details, should Liz need some help. She was growing closer to both of her grandson's, because whether Jason adopted Cam or not, the little boy had already wormed his way into her heart.

Nikolas and Emily had visited a few times, but Nikolas tried to remain distant, he didn't want to cause his brother any more heartaches. Nikolas wasn't pleased with Lucky though, he had heard from Em about Lucky's plans in trying to take Cameron from Liz and while he was disgusted with Lucky's actions, he also understood them.

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Ric and Lorenzo unwittingly had evade Jason and Sonny once again, they had decided it was time to move, luckily for them two days before the other men had shown up. Lorenzo was driving them back to Port Charles, it was now time to execute the last stage of their plans.

It was just after four in the morning, Lorenzo had been driving for hours, perhaps that is why he didn't see the semi crossing over into his lane right away. when he finally did see it, it was almost to late, he turned the wheel hard to the left, hoping that the shoulder of the road wasn't overly soft and would keep them from rolling over, but it was another mistake that was made, another choice taken out of either of their hands. The semi side-swiped them at an alarming speed, driving the vehicle the last few feet over the side of the road, causing the vehicle to tip over, rolling end over end down the embankment.

Ric was thrown from the vehicle, he had not been wearing his seatbelt, so he had been thrown through the windshield. The safety glass didn't offer much resistance, but the hard ground and the weight of the vehicle rolling over top of him, ending his life, quicker than either Sonny or Jason probably would have done.

When the vehicle stopped, it rested on it's roof. Lorenzo was secured tightly inside by his seatbelt, but he looked just as worse for wear as Ric did. He was unconscious and bleeding quite badly from many wounds, he would be lucky if he lasted till morning.

The semi's driver was killed instantly when his truck also rolled down the opposite embankment, he had been over the legal limit, his blood alcohol level was astronomical, which was what caused the accident in the first place. but the drivers death was caused by the extreme damage he sustained from the steering wheel, the driver had not been wearing his seatbelt either, so with the impact with the other vehicle and the rolling, he had crushed his sternum and broken a number of ribs, one of which pierced his lung. he might have survived, but with so much alcohol flowing through his system, his blood had been thinned to much. Before the second revolution of the semi had ended, the driver was dead, the cause was a bleed out, among other things.

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