A/N Thanks for the comments. I'm glad you are excited about what is to come. I hope you had a wonderful holiday! It was nerve wracking getting home, but I made it (lost some updates I did on the plane, but it wasn't a lot thank God). Guest W - I'm not going to have Jason sensor himself during an interrogation. He wouldn't do that. Other than that Jason has said it twice. It's not like it's every other word. They are adults and Jake had said it way more. The people in real life mafia use it a lot more than I write it. Guest – re: your birthday. First, happy birthday. Second, sorry I was traveling on Sunday.

Chapter 26

Patrick left and Jason moved to Jake's side and gently touched his arm. "You okay?"

"Yeah. Are you?"

"I'm fine."

Liz shook her head when silence filled the room. "I'll be back." She knew they needed to talk.

Jason slightly smiled. "I forget that she can practically read my mind."

Jake chuckled. "So, make me feel better. Tell me what you did to him."

Jason sat down and told him what happened and what the doctor said.

"So if we try to remove it, it could kill me?"

"Yeah."

Jake closed his eyes and Jason took his hand and held it.

Elizabeth walked in and could tell Jake was upset. She kissed him on the forehead messed with his hair. "You are not alone Jake. I will not let that evil witch win."

His eyes snapped open and he smiled. "I kind of like it when you're feisty mom."

Liz grinned. "Well get used to it because I'm at my wits end with the people in this town."

"Jake, I have a favor to ask of you," Jason said softly. "You can say no."

"What's that?"

"Can you ditch your guards tomorrow and visit Monica?"

Jake didn't say anything right away.

"What's wrong?" Liz asked.

"I know that she treated you badly and I don't know if I can hold my temper."

Liz's eyes danced with amusement.

"You think that's funny?" Jake asked.

"It's just kind of nice that you have my back."

He squeezed her hand. "Always."

"You know, I'm partly responsible for Monica's attitude in the past. Jason wanted to tell her about you, but I insisted that he didn't. She was really hurt that she didn't get to know you. We've ironed it out and she has been nothing but nice to me every time our paths cross when I've come here to visit. So, I get that you need to let her know that you didn't approve of her behavior. I don't have a problem with that. But, I don't need you to fight all of my battles. I know I did a crappy job of defending myself in the past, but I'm not the same person today. There is no way I would let anyone walk all over me again."

He was glad to hear that. "Okay. I'll respect your wishes. I'll go talk to her. You know, for the most part, there was nothing wrong with you before. You were just too damn nice for your own good."

She kissed him on the forehead. "You're right, but I always did have the best bitchy look of anyone else around, except for maybe Epiphany."

Jason smiled.

Patrick came back into the room with a bag full of food from Kelly's. "This is from John."

"Smells good," Elizabeth said taking it from him.

"The kids are eating and watching a movie with Maya."

"She is the best for giving up her night off."

They ate and Jason snuck off to see Danny. When he came back, Jake was sleeping and Elizabeth had just laid down in a cot.

"You okay?" she asked.

"He is still not responding. It scares me to think that he'll remain that way."

"Maybe he just needs time to make sense of everything."

"Maybe."

He sat down in a chair. "Get some rest."

"What about you?"

"I'm fine."

She moved to her side and pushed against the wall before holding up the covers. "Come on."

He sighed and kicked off his boots, knowing she wouldn't give up. "Why don't you let me get in the back?"

She got up and they got situated. It was nice feeling his arms around her and she quickly fell asleep. After a few hours, Jason finally nodded off too.

Jake woke up and smiled when he saw them. He grabbed his phone and took a quick picture and then closed his eyes again. He really wished that his parents would get their acts together. Hopefully, once he was okay, they'd finally try and make a go of it. He just needed them to be together. Something good had to come out of all the pain.

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Patrick walked into the room and smiled. Elizabeth actually looked peaceful. He almost hated waking her up. He lightly shook her. "It's time to go."

Jason's eyes snapped open. "Everything okay?"

"Yeah. It's time to smuggle Elizabeth out."

"Okay."

She groaned and tried to put the pillow over her head and the guys chuckled.

"Come on sleeping beauty."

"Remind me why you're my best friend," Elizabeth said as she stretched.

"Because I'm handsome and you like looking at me."

Liz shot him a look. "Pain in my ass."

Patrick grinned. "You are still the worst person to wake up. Get the lead out of your ass Webber."

She sat up and then went to the bathroom.

Patrick checked on Jake. "His blood work looked good. There were no abnormalities. I can't see the chip on the ct scan because of the way it was put in, but the information the doctor gave us was good. It will be useful when I can do the surgery."

Liz sat down. "We need to deal with Helena before that can happen."

"Too much information."

"You've already committed a couple of crimes in the last twenty-four hours. Face it Patrick, you're a true bad boy now."

He grinned. "Now?"

She rolled her eyes.

"Mom."

Liz turned around. "Hey. How are you feeling?"

"Good."

"I was thinking that you could come downstairs with us," Patrick said. John was still lurking around and he could get Jason and Jake where they needed to be.

Jake sat up and Liz and Patrick got him unhooked from the machines and he went to the bathroom to get changed. Once he was finished, they woke up Spinelli and timed it so they could sneak out when he disabled the camera feed.

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Sam sat across from Lucky. She had just finished packing all of Danny's things.

"When are you leaving?" Sam had only told Lucky that they were moving Danny to another facility and she was going to stay with him for a while.

"Soon. Lucky, Franco is planning on being in Danny's life."

Lucky groaned. He hated Franco. Even though he couldn't stand Jason, at least he was quiet for the most part. He knew that things would be a lot crazier with Franco involved. "Can't we take him to court?"

"I hate him as much as you do, but this is the way it has to be."

"What aren't you telling me?"

"I want a divorce."

He stood up. "What? What for?"

She wiped a tear away. "I'm trying to do what is best for Danny."

"What about what is best for us?"

"Danny is hurting badly and we can't go on the way it was. I love you, but we both know that you've been having a hard time and things have been strained. I can't keep exposing Danny to that environment."

"So your answer is to just leave me? I thought we were in this for the duration."

"I'm sorry. Franco is going to fly me to the Dominican Republic to get a divorce."

"Fuck no!"

There was a knock on the door and Sam jumped to answer it. She let Franco and a guard in and Lucky clenched his fist.

"I will not let this psycho take my family away!"

Franco smirked. "You really don't have any choice. Sam has made her decision and since you drove my son over the edge, I don't want you anywhere around him. If Sam wants to be a part of Danny's life, then you need to go."

Lucky tried to throw a punch, but the guard blocked him and dropped him to his knees.

"I can make this even more painful for you. It's your call."

Lucky was beside himself.

"Look on the bright side, you get to keep the house. Of course you'll probably have to sell it because it looks like you don't have a job, but you don't have to pay alimony. I'll take care of Sam and Danny."

"Don't you even think of touching her again."

Sam left the room before she totally broke down. She was stuck with her rapist for God knows how long and it was really sinking in that she was screwed.

"You're nothing but a rapist. You don't deserve Danny in your life."

"I am going to love my son and put him first, something you aren't capable of doing. He'll be just fine. You on the other hand will be miserable and alone like you deserve to be."

Sam took a deep breath and came back with a suitcase. "There are more boxes in his bedroom, it's upstairs second room on the right."

Franco went to get them.

"I can't believe that you are willing to shack up with your rapist."

Tears welled in her eyes. "I will put up with Franco for the sake of my son. He didn't ask me to sleep with him and there is no way in hell I would. I can't let him take Danny away from me. If you ever loved me, you'll let me go so I can keep my son safe."

A tear ran down Lucky's face. He was losing everything.

"Jason can fix this."

"No, he refused. Even if I didn't go with Franco, Jason wasn't going to let Danny have anything to do with you."

Lucky's jaw clenched. "I guess you made your choice then. Just take your shit and get out."

She quickly ran out to the car and after a couple of trips, they finished removing her and Danny's things. After taking one last look around, she looked at a dejected Lucky. "I'm sorry. Hopefully, one day you'll see that I didn't have a choice."

He glared at her. "There's always a choice." He watched her walk away and then fell into a bottle.

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Ben walked into Windemere and headed to Helena's room.

She was aware that he was on the property so when he knocked, she called out to him.

He entered the room and waited for her to address him.

"Where were you last night?"

"Not far. I needed to get away."

"You aren't feeling guilty about your mother are you?"

"I don't want to discuss her."

She put down her teacup. "Okay. What's on your mind then?"

"We need to step up the time line."

"Why are you in a hurry?"

"Maybe, I want to see a few more people suffer."

She smirked. "I really want to believe that."

Jake just wanted this farce to be over and the sooner her enemies were dead, the faster he got to have a life. "Lucky needs to die."

"While there isn't much that would make me happier than to see Luke mourn his precious Cowboy, I was thinking that maybe I don't want him dead anymore."

Jake frowned. "Why?"

"Because he annoys your parents, that's why. I have a feeling that since Sam left him, he'll partly blame Jason for not rescuing her. I'm curious how that will play out."

Jake closed his eyes for a few seconds. God she needed to die already.

"Besides, it will kill Luke that his son is such a wus."

"Fine," he said walking towards the door. He just couldn't continue the conversation or he would explode.

"Oh Jake?"

He stopped. "Yeah."

"I don't trust John anymore. There might come a day when I ask you to end him too."

He slowly turned around. "After all the shit he has done for you?"

She shrugged. "What can I say? It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind."

"I have a conference call scheduled."

She watched him leave and wondered where his head was at. Normally, he'd have a lot more patience with her.

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Lucky banged on Patrick's door and finally Elizabeth answered.

"What do you want Lucky?"

"I want to see my son."

She pushed him backwards and he stumbled. "Are you drunk?"

"I don't need a lecture from you. I just lost everything. Sam left me for her rapist. They are probably going to fire me from the precinct because someone is framing me. Aidan is all I have left. I want to see my son."

"No. You are not going near him smelling like a brewery."

He looked at her menacingly. "You are the single worst thing that has ever happened to me. All the hurt and shitty things you did to me—it all just comes back to you doesn't it? You spread your legs and had three kids with three different fathers and people still act like you're a fucking saint."

She smacked him hard and Lucky reacted by shoving her against the door.

"Don't you hit me or I swear to God I will fight back and call the police," she yelled.

Cam came out of nowhere and tackled Lucky to the ground, knocking the wind out of him.

"Cam!"

He started to pummel Lucky. "Don't you ever touch my mother again!"

Lucky rolled and pinned Cam to the ground.

"I swear to God if you hit my son, I will make sure that you rot in jail. Go home Lucky!"

"I loved you like you were my own. I took care of you and now you treat me like I'm nothing. It must run in the family." Lucky pushed off of him and made his way back to his car.

Cam sat up and then stormed into the house, leaving an upset Elizabeth on the porch. The guard John had hired called him and let him know what happened and he called Jake and reported it.

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Jake got changed. There was something he needed to do. He had gone back and forth in his mind on whether Lucky should live or die. Of course he cared about Aidan, but he thought his brother was better off without that prick of a father in his life. After he found out that Lucky had put his hands on his mother, it pretty much sealed his fate. Lucky Spencer had done too much damage to his family and he needed him to die. Tonight, he was going to make it happen.

"Dad."

Jason could hear the tension in his voice.

"I'm about to do something that I won't be able to take back. I hope you and mom can forgive me."

Jason stood. "Jake. Talk to me."

"He put his hands on mom. I'm done with him."

"Who?"

"Lucky."

Jason closed his eyes. Lucky must be the stupidest person in the world. "Is she okay?"

"I think so. He pushed her because she smacked him. Cam jumped on him and got some punches in before Lucky got the upper hand. I guess Sam left him and is taking Danny away. I'm not going to let him hurt her again."

"Let me do it."

"No. They will suspect you. Go somewhere public tonight. Don't call mom, that way she won't have to lie."

Jason hated this. "Is there any way I can talk you out of this?"

"No."

Once again, Jason felt like he had no other choice but to try and just be there for him. "Be careful Jake. I love you."

Jake closed his eyes. "I love you too."

For a second, Jason relished the words, but then he heard the dial tone and he threw his stapler across the room. He hated that Jake was a killer like him. It was the last thing he wanted for his son and it was tearing him up inside. He scrolled through his phone contacts, selecting one.

"Jason?"

"I need a friend."

Vicky walked into her office and shut the door. "Talk to me."

"I want a drink, but I shouldn't have one."

"It's almost dinner time. You want to get something to eat?"

"Okay," Jason said softly.

"What are you in the mood for?"

"Metro Court."

"Really?"

Jason sat down. "They have good steak."

"Alright. I'll meet you there in a half hour."

He put his phone down and took a deep breath and then grabbed his keys so he could go get changed.

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Jake ditched his guards. Lucky had just pulled up to his house and went inside. He had trained for years for this, but he wasn't going to take care of Lucky the way Helena had wanted him too. What he had in mind would make Lucky look like the pathetic loser that he is. Slowly he made his way up to the house and slipped in through the back door.