A/N – Thanks for the comments! I feel like I lost a lot of people this past week even though it was at an exciting part in the story. Since the site seems to be fully functional now, hoping you'll come back and it didn't get to soapy for people.

Chapter 28 - Heartache

Anna watched Alan and Monica walk into the room. "Hi," she said softly. "I guess I know why you are here."

Monica nodded. "I need to see my son."

"Follow me," she said leading them to a room.

They sat down and soon AJ was brought into the room.

When he saw them he rolled his eyes. "Take me back to my cell."

Anna cleared her throat. "Sit down AJ," she demanded.

The guard sat him down and made sure he was shackled to the table.

Alan watched them leave.

"I suppose you want to tell me what a fuck up I am," AJ said with a sneer.

"I don't feel the need to state the obvious," Alan said bitterly.

"Honestly AJ, what the hell were you thinking? You could have killed Elizabeth and her baby," Monica said exasperatedly.

AJ hit the table with his hand. "God forbid that you lose the golden boy's spawn. You all drove me to this. You were supposed to love me unconditionally just like you loved him," he yelled.

"We did still love you AJ. After all the vile things you did, that didn't change," Monica said.

He scoffed.

"Sure I hated your behavior but you were my son. You have made choices that now you have to deal with. No one forced you to let your hate fuel your way through life. You killed people out of a sick hatred," Monica said.

"And Jason hasn't killed people? He's a fucking serial killer."

"Watch your language," Alan growled. "You are insane if you think I approve of Jason's job choice. I don't. At least he had brain damage as an excuse to enter that lifestyle. What's yours?"

AJ glared at him. "No matter what he did for Sonny, you both stood around panting for him to acknowledge you and act like he gave a shit when he didn't even know you. You all bow down at Jason's feet like he's some hero. Meanwhile, I am falling apart and all you can do is spew venomous words and tell me what a screw up I am. I needed your love and acceptance. I deserved that," he said angrily.

Monica stood up and pointed her finger at him. "That is bullshit and you know it. We tried with you AJ—over and over, but you did your best to try to humiliate us. Take some freaking responsibility instead of hiding like a coward. I do regret that I didn't try harder to find you when you disappeared; to try and reach out to you again but I don't understand how much crap you thought we should take."

"When Jason pushed back, you didn't give up," AJ said. "You never gave up on him."

"AJ, your brother had brain damage," Alan said softly.

"And that's my fault too isn't it?" he said under his breath.

"Yes it is," Monica said unapologetically.

AJ's eyes were filled with ire. "No one asked the chosen one to get in the freaking car with me. He made that choice," AJ yelled. "Who gets into a car with a drunk person? You guys act like I shoved him into the car myself and crashed on purpose."

"He was trying to help you because he loved you," Alan said frustratedly. "Jesus AJ. Why do you have to skew everything?"

AJ stared at them for a moment. "I hate all of you so much. There is no more love in here for any of you," he said touching his heart. "You destroyed that by giving up on me."

"No you destroyed it by choosing to hate us and trashing your life," Alan said softly.

"Well, you'll never have to see me again now. They are going to put me away forever because your other son framed me for murder," AJ yelled. "You don't understand what it's like for your whole family to their backs on you and hate your existence. I was hurting. I needed help."

Alan sighed painfully. "I want you to know something. Despite everything you have done. I do still have love for you AJ because I feel like I'm partially at fault for how you've turned out. Maybe I should have tried harder or have done some things differently. I can't go back. But, your failures are my failures. If you don't think that seeing you like this doesn't kill me, then you are so…far…gone…." Alan gasped and sucked in his breath as a pain shot through his chest.

AJ watched as he crumbled to the floor and Monica yelled for Anna who ran inside the room and then called an ambulance.

The guard went over to AJ and pulled him up. He stopped and looked down at his father and their eyes locked. There wasn't any love in AJ's eyes at all. In fact, a slow smile crept across his face that turned into a grin. "Karma," AJ said snidely before he was dragged out of the room as he laughed.

Alan's heart broke.

"Alan, please fight. Please," Monica pleaded. "I can't lose you and my son. Please don't leave me." She yelled.

Alan tried to speak and then passed out right before the EMT's entered the room.

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Epiphany poked her head into Elizabeth's room. They had just moved her. "Jason, I need you to come with me."

He stood up when he saw her face.

"Your mother needs you now," Epiphany said firmly.

Jason looked at Liz. "Johnny is right outside. I'll be right back."

She nodded and watched him run out.

Epiphany pulled her into an on call room. His mother was sitting on the bed sobbing and he ran to her and held her before looking back at Epiphany.

"Your father had a heart attack. They are working on him right now. I'll go check on him and come back and give you an update."

Cody had heard what she had said and texted Sonny. He wasn't sure where Emily was at so he texted Cooper and told him to get her to the hospital now.

Jason was stunned as he held Monica.

"I can't lose him and AJ. I just can't," Monica said.

Jason closed his eyes. He was feeling guilty until Monica told him what happened. He wanted to kill AJ.

"I can't believe that while Alan was laying there possibly dying, AJ stood there and smiled. He wanted him to die as payback. My God, he's like a monster," Monica said gasping for air.

"Mom, please calm down. You're going to make yourself sick. Dad needs you," Jason said. "I'm so sorry that he hurt you. I know you wanted to believe that he could change or would have some kind of regret for what he did. We all need to accept that the man he has become is just someone we don't recognize."

The door opened and Epiphany looked in. "He's in surgery right now. They are hoping to clear out his blocked arteries and from there, we'll just have to pray."

"Thank you," Jason replied. "Can you let Elizabeth know what is going on?"

Epiphany nodded and left.

Jason laid Monica down and covered her up with a blanket. He held her hand as she continued to cry and just prayed that he wouldn't lose both his parents because of this. "Is this how bad it was when I lashed out?"

Monica looked up at him. "Somewhat. We were devastated and it hurt, but we had faith that you'd come around. Maybe that was our problem with AJ. We lost our faith in him when he needed us to believe there was hope," Monica said sadly.

The door flew open and Emily rushed in crying. "Mom are you alright?" she asked.

Jason stepped back and Emily laid on the bed with her mom and hugged her.

"Johnny told me everything about AJ," Emily said. "I'm so sorry. I ran into Anna in the waiting room and she told me the rest. I just can't believe that AJ would do that."

"He's hurting so badly."

"Mom. There is no excuse for what he did. You cannot take all the blame," Emily said emotionally. "Please…" she begged as she clutched her mother to her chest.

Jason sighed. This was a mess. He really didn't know what the right thing would be for AJ. It would be one thing if he were willing to meet them half way but he wasn't. He was bitter and angry and that made him do very ugly things.

He stood up. "I'm doing to go check on Elizabeth," he said softly.

His mother looked up at him. "I love you Jason."

"I love you too," he said before leaving the room. Once outside, he stopped and took a deep breath and Anna stood in front of him and touched his arm.

"Is she okay?"

"No but hopefully Alan will pull through and give her something to fight for," Jason said.

"Can we talk?"

He nodded and they went into an empty room.

"I have a feeling that AJ probably didn't kill the Dimeras."

Jason's retained its stone facade.

"I'm going to give you twenty four hours. You decide what you want to do," Anna said.

"What do you think about him?" Jason asked curiously. "I mean, do you think he could turn his life around?"

Anna sighed. "He's bitter and hateful. I saw the way he looked at Alan. I don't know if he can change Jason. The worst case scenario is that he sits in jail for all the other violations and plots your demise because he's still hell bent on ruining you and the family. That's where he is headed. Can you live with that?"

"Why are you being so understanding?" He asked.

"This is ugly and messy and I get it. Have you heard of a man named Caesar Faison?" she asked.

Jason nodded. "Vaguely."

"Between him and Helena Cassadine, they take revenge to a whole other level. I've been the object of their ire for years and it's not a pretty place to be in. I understand the kind of harm AJ could do."

Jason watched her walk away and then ran after her. He felt so angry that AJ couldn't just stop. He didn't want to hate or hurt his brother and understood AJ's pain. But regardless of the blood they shared, there was no way in hell he was going to let AJ harm him, Elizabeth, or the rest of his family.

Anna pushed the elevator button and got on. She saw Jason rushing towards her and she held the door for him, "What's wrong?"

"I need to see AJ," Jason said.

"Okay," Anna said slowly. "But you can't kill him."

Jason smirked but didn't answer. When they got to the corridor Sonny was walking towards them and Jason explained the situation.

"I'm going with you," Sonny said.

"I don't know if that's a good idea," Jason said.

"I won't interfere but as a friend, I'd like to go along."

Jason nodded. "Thank you."

"Let's go," Sonny said.

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Both men walked into the PCPD. Anna had Sonny sit down in the main room and then took Jason to a small room.

He sat down and closed his eyes until he heard a click of a door and the guard pushed AJ into the room and chained him down.

Both men stared at each other and guard looked at both of them warily. "No contact," he warned. "I'll be watching."

Neither men responded so he went out into the hallway.

"Come here to finish me off?" AJ asked.

"That would be too easy," Jason said.

"Is this about Alan?" AJ asked.

Jason sighed. "I just don't get you AJ. You trashed your relationship with this family and then expect everyone to kiss your ass."

"You mean like you did?

"Actually, I didn't want them around me at all. But I had a pretty good excuse. You have none."

AJ growled. "Don't fucking sit here and act like they treated me right when they didn't."

"I'm not, but we all have choices AJ. You could have just said fuck you and moved on with your life and made something of yourself instead of having a pity party year after year whining about what you couldn't have," Jason said angrily.

AJ groaned. "Fuck you Jason. God you fucking drive me nuts. You are a criminal and they still are at your beck and call. I was running a multinational corporation and I was still the fuck up of the family."

"That was your own doing," Jason yelled. "God AJ. Is this how you are going to live your whole life—hell bent on revenge blaming everyone else for your sad, pathetic life?"'

AJ leaned forward and looked at Jason menacingly. "Until you are lying in a grave; yes," he said furiously.

Jason sighed. "Well, I'm sorry to hear that. You just made up my mind for me. I actually felt guilty about all of this, but that ends now. In fact, you end now. I don't know you. I don't have a brother. You are nothing to me. If you try anything against me from prison, you won't live to breathe another day. There is a reason I'm feared. I will make it my top priority to inflict as much pain onto your body as I can possibly arrange for," he said standing up, his whole body seething with anger. "And if Alan dies, you will pay dearly. I promise you that," Jason said before slamming out of the room.

AJ growled loudly. He knew he was fucked. There was no way in hell he wasn't going to jail.

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Jason rode the elevator up and thought about everything that was said. Right now, he wanted to get on his bike and clear his head. The confrontation with AJ was eating him up. He really wished that things could be different but he couldn't ignore what AJ did or his intentions.

Getting off the elevator, Epiphany looked up at him and let out a deep breath. Jason looked tired and beat up.

"She's doing well. Carly is in with her," Epiphany said. "I'll let Monica update you on your father."

"Thanks," he said heading to the room.

Carly looked up at him as he walked into the room. Getting up, she walked over to him and hugged him. "Talk to me Jason," she said pulling back.

He started to speak and just lowered his head and Elizabeth thought her heart was going to break.

"I can't," he finally said. "I just can't go there right now."

Carly looked back at Elizabeth. "Why don't I go check on Monica and Emily and find out how Alan is?" she asked.

"Thank you," Jason said.

She nodded and left the room.

"Please come here," Liz said softly.

Jason slowly moved towards her and sat down and covered his face with his hands.

"I'm so sorry that you have to deal with all of this but you are not alone. I love you. You can tell me anything," Liz said.

Jason looked up at her and showed her all the pain he was feeling with his eyes.

Elizabeth reached out her hand and he took It. "We'll get through this together."

He shook his hand. "You don't need this stress."

"I will be more stressed if I'm worried about you," she said emotionally. "Don't shut me out."

Jason took a ragged breath. "I'm going to let AJ go to jail for murder because he is still determined to destroy me. It makes me so angry," he said pausing for minute.

Carly walked into the room. "Jason, Monica wants to speak to you for a minute."

Jason stood up. "I'll be right back," he said to Elizabeth.

"She's in the family lounge."

He nodded and headed over there.

Carly took his place in the chair.

"He's really messed up right now about AJ," Liz said. She had filled Carly in when she got there. "I'm really worried."

"Me too. I have always hated that Jason has to carry things like that around. Everyone thinks he doesn't feel but that is so far from the truth. He kind of takes self-inflicted suffering to a whole other level," Carly said.

"What can I do?" Liz asked.

"Just hold him; be there for him. You can't take it away but your love will help him heal," Carly said before grabbing her hand. "I think this baby is a really good thing. Jason will be a great father."

Liz slightly smiled. "I think so too."