A/N – Thanks for the reviews! Kcke2pen – lol re: Manny – You should be worried. Thanks for the compliment! * doralupin86 – He is creepy; a true predator! * Gabby1 – Manny does like our girl! * lrobinson01 – Thanks! * leasmon – She really didn't have a choice. She didn't go out of her way to be nice. But, I don't think it mattered. Manny wanted her as soon as he saw her. * ilovedana53 – Worry! And yes Liason is addicted to each other! * Virgy15 – Oh he's obsessed! * kikimoo – The Jeromes invited him.

Chapter 25 – Affiliations

Liz got home before Jason. She was just about to go upstairs and shower when someone knocked on the door.

Johnny poked his head in. "Alexis is here."

Liz smiled at him. "Okay."

It was still weird to have guards. It definitely would take some time to get use to it.

Alexis walked in. "I was looking for Jason actually but Johnny said he wasn't back yet."

Liz smiled. "He should be home soon."

She laid an envelope on the table. "Just tell him I left him some papers."

"I will."

"How are you doing?" She asked curiously. "This lifestyle probably is a bit daunting at first."

Liz nodded. "I'm good. It does take some getting used to though."

Alexis followed her over to the couch and sat next to her. "Elizabeth, I know that we don't know each other that well, but know that you can always talk to me."

"Have you ever dated anyone in the business?" She asked curiously. Alexis had seemed to imply that she understood. But the moment she saw the look on Alexis's face she regretted that she had asked.

"Well, let's put it this way. My family are crazy lunatics bent on violence so it definitely has it's parallels. I did have a dalliance when I was just out of high school with someone in the business."

"I take it that it didn't work out?"

"Not really. It was a summer fling while I was visiting some family in New York. I never saw him again until much later. We're friends now but don't really talk about it."

Liz nodded. "Manny Ruiz showed up at the hospital today and I had to treat him."

Alexis frowned. "He didn't try anything did he?"

"No. So, you know about him?"

Alexis nodded. "Unfortunately, he's terrorized this town once before and got away with it. He was fixated on Maxie for a while and stalked her. But, Sonny and Jason ran him out of town."

Jason came walking through the door. "Alexis is something wrong?"

She shook her head and stood up. "No. I just dropped off some papers for you to sign."

He let out a breath. "Thanks."

"I was just chatting with your lovely wife. But, I have to go. I have a date." She said smiling.

Jason walked her to the door. "Have fun." He said smiling.

"Oh, I'm going to try."

He shut the door and sat down on the couch. Liz had jumped up and got him a cold beer.

He smiled when she walked towards him. "Thanks, this looks like it will definitely hit the spot." He said before taking a big swig. Putting the beer down, he grabbed Liz and put her onto his lap. "I missed you."

Liz smiled. "I missed you too."

He kissed her gently, but it quickly turned into more and soon Jason had her shirt off and her bra was undone. He stood up with her in his arms and walked upstairs and placed her on the bed. Elizabeth undid his jeans while Jason took off his shirt and soon he was naked. He loved the sight of her and after he pulled off her pants, he slowly kissed his way up her leg until he reached his destination. Elizabeth was already quivering when he began to nip and suck her clit. And Jason didn't stop until he heard her cry out his name and tremble beneath his mouth. Slipping in between her legs, he kissed her passionately before entering her to the hilt and he drove into her over and over until they both fell apart.

He laid there holding her as she slept. He was falling in love with his wife.

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Manny sat down at a table with a cold beer. He stared at a picture he had found of Elizabeth on the internet. He had also found out that she was recently married to Jason. However, knowing what he knew, he figured it was a marriage of convenience anyway. Actually, he didn't care anyway. It didn't matter because Elizabeth belonged with him. He was quite sure that after what happened at the hospital, that Jason had already poisoned her mind against him. He needed a plan and he needed one fast.

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Dante knocked on the door of Emily's apartment. They hadn't seen each other for several days because he doing surveillance. It wasn't his favorite thing to do but sometimes it was necessary in their line of business.

The door opened and Emily grinned and jumped into his arms, straddling his waist as he walked them inside the apartment. Kissing her was heaven and as his tongue swept inside her mouth, their heads moved so they could deepen it. He had come to tell her he had to take a trip, but that would have to wait because right then he just wanted to be inside of her over and over again.

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Ava and Julian sat at an outdoor table.

"Has Ruiz made a move yet?" Ava said smiling.

"Not that I've heard of but knowing that psycho, it won't be long."

"I wish I could see the look on Sonny's face when Ruiz takes him down."

"I have some other news for you." He said pushing his ipad over to her.

Ava's mouth dropped open. "That bitch." She said looking at an article about Elizabeth and Jason's nuptials.

"Don't get all wound up."

Ava finished reading the article and slammed her fist against the table. "It wasn't even Emily? We really need to do more thorough back ground checks."

Julian nodded. "They must have been hiding the real Emily so we wouldn't find out."

Ava started thinking. "I need to make a call." She said standing up and walking away.

Julian rubbed his eyes and hoped that Ava wasn't going to do anything stupid.

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Spinelli sighed. He had been looking all over for clues about Liz's parents but couldn't find anything. He called Winifred and asked her if she had time to help. It didn't hurt to have two super sleuths on the case. He typed in Liz's birth date in his computer database to see how many female babies were born around the New York area at the time and ate some chips while he waited for the results.

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The next day, Maxie walked into General Hospital and saw Liz at the nurse's station.

"Hey." She said smiling.

Elizabeth smiled back. "Hey Maxie, how are you?"

"I'm good. I have an appointment."

Liz checked the computer. "She's running a little bit late."

"Can you take a break?"

Liz looked at her watch. "Sure, how about we sit over here." She said leading her to the waiting area.

"I was at Sonny's when they were discussing your parentage, and I want to help."

Liz smiled. "That's really nice of you. I'm just not sure what you can do."

"Well, I know that Spinelli is going to try and find out some information."

"I can't believe you all are being so nice about this. I really appreciate it."

Maxie smiled. "I don't have a lot of girlfriends. It's probably my fault because I tend to be all about me and they don't really like their boyfriends around me. Let's just say there were a couple of incidents. But, I'm really happy with John, so that's really not an issue anymore."

Liz began to chuckle. Maxie was rambled worse than she did.

"But anyhoo, just know that if you ever need anyone to talk to, you can call me." Maxie said nervously.

"That goes both ways you know."

Maxie grinned. "Thanks."

"You're welcome."

Maxie's doctor waved her over. "By the way, I took a picture of you at the dinner and showed it to Kate and she was very impressed."

Liz blushed. "Really?"

Crimson was a high fashion magazine and she would have never thought that the editor would even look at her designs.

"Really. I think I need to come check out your closet really soon."

Liz grinned. "You're on."

She watched Maxie walk away and smiled to herself. It felt good to have her art appreciated. Maxie had made her day.

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Alexis walked into Sonny's house. "You rang?" She asked walking into his living room.

Sonny smiled. He had known Alexis for a long time. "I did. I had some paperwork I need drawn up."

They were interrupted by Morgan and Michael who came rushing into the room. They were covered in cake batter. At 5 and 10, they were quite a handful.

"What the hell?" Sonny said. "Stop." He yelled.

The kids came to an abrupt stop and looked up their father.

"He did it dad." Michael said pointing at his little brother.

"I did not." Morgan said frowning. He always hated it when Michael ratted him out.

Alexis and Sonny gasped as Faith walked out from the kitchen. Tears were coming down her face and she had cake batter all over her clothes and her face and hair.

"Honey are you alright?" Sonny said walking towards her.

"Don't touch me. I don't think I can take this anymore." She said walking past him and running up the steps.