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Chapter 25

He paced back and forth trying to figure out what to do. Stopping he looked down at the newspapers on the coffee table. This was his fault, all his fault. He'd forgotten to deliver the gift. He was watching Carly and he kept forgetting. And because he was absent minded she thought he didn't care. Smacking his head hard he wondered why he was surprised. A woman like her needed to know you cared. If he had shown her then this wouldn't be happening.

When the blonde and his Lizzie walked out of the restaurant one week ago apparently a photographer had been lurking in the area because the next morning a large color picture of the two of them appeared on the front page of the Port Charles Watch. The paper was nothing more than a gossip rag. Not something he would normally buy. But he had to. He had to know how badly he messed up.

She was with the man from the bar. The criminal. Lizzie deserved better, but she was lonely. He'd left her alone for too long and this other man swooped in. Not that he blamed Jason Morgan. When presented with an opportunity to be with Lizzie only a fool would pass it up. They said that Morgan had suffered brain damage, but clearly he was still smart enough to know a quality woman when he saw one.

Too bad he wouldn't be able to keep her. Once he delivered his package Lizzie would realize that her true love was still here. That he was coming for her. All he had to do was take her his gift. He looked at the gaily wrapped box. He'd picked what was inside with care. Knowing that it was something she would love. Smiling he imagined the joy that would come to her face when she removed the lid. If only he could be there. But he could not. He still had work to do to ensure her safety. He would continue to woo her while he eliminated the threat. It was only a matter of time until they were together again.

Jason was pissed. He hated it when he showed up in the newspapers by himself but now that they were exploiting Elizabeth he wanted to hurt someone. While she had been labeled 'unknown brunette beauty' in Saturday morning's paper it hadn't taken long for someone to call in with her name. The afternoon edition ran with her full name and the words mob moll behind it. That had been enough to make Jason storm from the house.

So far none of the reporters had been stupid enough to approach Elizabeth directly but pictures were still popping up in the paper every day. Her at the supermarket, her at school, her jogging in the park with Cody. All apparently taken with a long range telephoto lens because no one had seen any photographers hanging around. It made Elizabeth's skin crawl that she was basically being stalked. She was also concerned that Jason was going to end up in jail if this continued.

Earlier in the week however had been the worse. It was her first day back at school since the press starting following her. The shooting investigation had been closed and the University reopened. As she was leaving class one of her fellow students had very loudly called Elizabeth a mob whore. Right there in front of the entire lecture hall. The petite brunette had simply kept walking not even acknowledging the remark but Cooper who was with her knew that it had hit home. She had forbidden him from calling Jason saying she would tell her boyfriend herself. She had before dinner and after he made sure she was okay he called in a few favors and suddenly that student's financial aid package disappeared. Hopefully others would get the hint and back off.

Elizabeth popped out of the basement where her home studio was located. While she had loved the last visit to her old studio at the docks she'd come to the decision that she didn't want to go back there. Jason said he would leave it vacant in case she changed her mind but she knew she wouldn't.

"I need to go get the mail." She said in an overly bright tone. She was hoping that the art book she ordered on line would be here today. She was trying not to let the press and small minded folks of this town get to her, but it hurt to be called names. None of them had the right to judge her or her relationship with Jason. He was hands down the best man she knew and if this was the price for being with him then so be it.

"I'll walk you down and back up." Cody offered even though it was Saturday Jason was at the office.

"Okay." Elizabeth told her guard. She wasn't leaving the grounds but since she was going down to the gate he would go with her. She could just call and ask that the mail be brought up, but that made her feel funny. The guards weren't her personal servants and she didn't want to treat them that way.

They weren't gone for very long and Elizabeth offered to make Cody some coffee when they got back. A pot of coffee was always ready because the guys drank a lot of it. I guess that's what happens when you worked for a coffee importer. Putting the stack of mail aside she picked up the good sized colorfully wrapped box with an attached bright red envelope that clearly contained a greeting card that had been waiting with the mail. It didn't take a huge leap to figure out that it was a Valentine's Day gift and card. The holiday was next week. She didn't celebrate it anymore.

Her hands were shaking a bit as she ripped the envelope open. Inside was a gaudy card with a bright red heart in the center with the words 'Be Mine' written in glitter glue. Opening it inside three words were scrawled in black inside 'Thinking of you' Elizabeth frowned when she noticed, just like the flowers, it wasn't signed. Turning over the envelope she saw that it was postmarked Port Charles. Still frowning she opened the box lifting up the contents before quickly dropping it again. When a whimper escaped her Cody was instantly at her side.

"Ms. Webber." The guard said in concern. She was staring at the contents of the box and when he touched her shoulder she screamed in fright.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" She hugged herself and backed up into the wall. Sliding down it she curled up into a ball.

Cody was already on the phone. "Jason will be here in ten minutes." He said to the clearly distraught young woman. Seeing her like this was bad enough, but the whimpering was what was making his temper rise. No one should make a sound like that.

"In the hall." Jason instructed when he came through the door. Cody had already mentioned the gift and seeing Elizabeth so afraid made Jason's blood pressure spike. Before he approached her he looked in the box. Frowning he held up the item inside to examine it closer. A red dress. Folding it he put it back. "Baby?"

Elizabeth launched herself into his arms holding on tight. "Who would do this?"

"I'm going to find out." Jason swore to her. "Can you tell me what upset you?"

"The night I was raped I was wearing a red dress just like that one." Elizabeth shuddered hard and moved closer.

Jason had no idea what to say. "Johnny." He called his second in command who was waiting in the hall with Francis and Cody.

"What's up?" Johnny was looking at the young woman kneeling beside his boss. He'd never seen her so pale. Even the night they'd moved her to the Quartermaine's she hadn't looked this frightened.

"I want to know everything you can about this gift. The card goes with it." Odds are they wouldn't be able to turn up anything but it wouldn't hurt to look into it.

"I'll get right on it." Johnny told his boss. He remembered the flowers. "Do you think the flowers go with this and not Cal Atkins?"

"Look into it." Jason didn't want to think that there were two people stalking his girl. "Come on baby, let's get you upstairs." Jason held out his hand and Elizabeth clutched it tightly. They went out into the hall where the guys were standing.

"Cody, I'm sorry I yelled at you." Elizabeth hadn't meant to take out her fright on the man who'd been nothing but kind to her.

"Don't worry about it Ms. Webber." He hadn't taken it personally.

"Thank you." She still felt bad.

"Francis can you please call Dara and tell her I'm at the house. If she could drop the contracts off here then I can look at them tomorrow." He was done working for today.

"It's okay Jason you can go back to office. I was just startled." Elizabeth didn't want to interfere with his work.

"Francis?" Jason would set her straight on what his priorities were when they got upstairs.

"I'll make the call and wait for the delivery." The enforcer told him.

"Thanks." Jason said before scooping his girl up and taking the stairs two at a time.

The next morning at five a.m. Johnny was at the airport to pick up Max and Milo. "Welcome back." Johnny grinned at the two brothers.

"Aren't you supposed to have a cardboard sign with our name on it?" Max said smirking at his friend.

"Your last name is too fucking long to fit." Johnny said laughing.

"Asshole." Max snorted looking around. "Where is your car?"

"This way." Johnny was in the front lot. They walked out to the large black truck with tinted windows.

"I didn't think you drove anything but those candy colored toys." Max said to be difficult. O'Brien's love of sports cars was legendary. The man owned one of the premiere car collections in their world.

"I'm not putting the two of you in one of my cars. Well I'm not putting you in one of my cars. Milo can have a ride." Johnny said smiling as they got in the vehicle.

"Did I mention that you were an asshole?" Max said buckling up. Milo had been typically silent during their exchange.

Johnny just smiled as he gunned the engine. "It's early yet I'll take you the long way." They sped out of the parking lot.

"So tell us about the new problem." Max would not speak about New York until he was with Jason. However Johnny was expected to bring the two brothers up to date on their recent problem.

"It's not new. We just missed it. Elizabeth has a stalker. Atkins's attacks were ironically enough timed so that we thought it was all one thing." Johnny was pissed at how sloppy they'd been.

"Another threat. Poor woman." Max shook his head. They still hadn't met Ms. Webber yet.

"That's the thing. Francis and I talked it over until late last night. We think that whoever is doing this thinks they are in love with Ms. Webber." Johnny handled the car like a pro as they took the turns in excess of one hundred miles an hour. He handled the truck like it was a sports car. "The notes with the cards make us think whoever this is, is trying to court her. We are waiting to see if there will be more gifts."

"Doesn't make the person any less dangerous. In fact they might be more dangerous once they realize she doesn't love them back." Milo finally spoke up.

"We agree." Johnny said speaking for both him and Francis. "At least they are now in the house. School may be an issue though."

"From what we have heard Ms. Webber sounds like a smart young woman. If Jason thinks it's too dangerous for her to continue to go to the University she will probably agree." Max had heard some of the other guys speak of the brunette. They all liked her.

"You think Corinthos will try to sleep with this one too." Milo smirked as he shook his head. He didn't like Sonny at all.

Information in their world moved at Mach speed. Everyone knew that Corinthos was sleeping with Jason's ex, and that she hadn't been Jason's ex when that affair started. Everyone also knew that Morgan had moved on with a young woman named Elizabeth. No one outside of Port Charles had met her yet, but it hadn't taken long for it to be reported that he would kill anyone who threatened her.

"Not if he wants to keep breathing." When Johnny had checked in with Cody the couple had still been in his boss's room. "Jason didn't love Carly. He loves Elizabeth."

"Good for him. He needs a good woman." Max really liked Jason. He also respected him. He knew from his parent's marriage that men in their world needed a woman who would ground them. Not one's who catered to their egos. Carly was a mess and a woman like her got a man killed.

"Since you guys are sticking around longer, Jason wanted to let you know that one of the penthouses at the Dorchester Towers is vacant. It's got more room then the hotel you are staying at. The key is in the glove compartment." Johnny looked at the clock. "We have some time if you want to swing by and check it out." Jason acquired the building with the territory. "You'll have me and Francis as neighbors."

"Hell that makes me want to stay at the hotel." Max joked.

"I'll move. If I have to put up with your snoring one more night I may kill you." Milo said from the back seat.

"Yeah because you don't snore." Max glared over his shoulder at his younger brother. "Take us by. His highness back there is upset because he's not getting enough beauty sleep."

"What's your excuse for being so fucking ugly?" Milo shot back.

Johnny just laughed. He really liked the Giambetti brothers.

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