This is the second half of yesterday, since I use voice recognition programming, I never realize how long each chapter is until I start beta-ing the story. This one was a rather long 21 pages. I wanted to make a few people suffer and got carried away.

Truth or Die

Chapter 27

Same time as Sonny's wedding:

Sam went straight to her place; the use of the name Daphne had spooked her. Jason hadn't known about that identity, no one here had.

Placing a discreet call to Miami, she got no where. She decided to try Spinelli, he usually had a soft spot for her, she would ask him to check and see if he could find the name of her stepdaughter in the news. That would give her a hint as to what was going on.

Then she would take care of Elizabeth, if she had too. But she would be one of the first suspects so it would have to be well planned with a convenient scapegoat. Like maybe her lying and cheating fiancee.

CARLY tried calling Courtney and got her voicemail, the dumb blond had been given one of Sonny's cells and had Milo help her to change its message. "It's me, leave me your name and number I will call you back when I return from getting my divorce. Jason I love you!" Rolling her eyes, she left a message to call her, dealing with Courtney, as Jason's wife was only tolerable because she let her plan her entire life.

Bobbie called her daughter again, this time she answered after getting voicemail all morning. "Have you seen the paper, Jason is adopting Cameron. This after they went to court and said he was too dangerous to be around Morgan. I can't believe that Elizabeth is allowing this to happen, what about poor Lucky."

"What page?" Was all her daughter said then finding the correct page, told her mother she would call her back, then ripped the article out and after reading it called Jason's cell phone only to be told it was no longer in service.

Grabbing her keys and purse she rushed out the door and tried to locate Jason, finally she decided to try the Quartermaine house, she could get it out of Edward. Knocking on the door, she was let in by Alice who told her she was no longer welcome there. Just when she thought the maid would toss her out; Edward came down the stairs and asked "Carly, to what do we owe this visit?"

"I need to talk to you."

"Fine, come into the study." Edward had read the evening paper; he knew why the blond was here. So he just led her into the study and laid in wait for her.

"Jason is adopting Zander's child, how can you allow that?" She went straight for what she assumed was the jugular.

"Cameron is smart as a whip, why would we not want him in the family. He looks a lot like his grandfather did in baby pictures; so I would assume he will grow up to be a fine and handsome young man. His father and mother are smart, quick-witted people, just the sort of person I want someday as the head of ELQ."

"You want Zander Smith's son run your company?" She asked astonished. "You used to call him a thug; you liked him less than Sonny."

"You are rather incorrect, my dear. I liked Zander more than Sonny did. His stock has risen in recent days by virtue of the fact he wasn't Cameron's father."

"What! Jason is raising Ric Lansing's kid, no going to happen, it will be over my dead body."

"Marvelous idea, but also incorrect. Elizabeth didn't sleep with Zander that night, someone made it look like that, more than likely that wastrel did you call an ex-father in law. Here look at these pictures that Audrey gave me of Jake and him."

Carly gritted her teeth but looked then saw the one where Cameron was dressed for Halloween. "Only Elizabeth would put her child in such a tacky outfit." She said pointing to the picture of Alan as a toddler wearing a sequined cowboy costume.

Edward had intended to just be civil, not cruel but with that insult to Lila, he went for the jugular. "I thought it was cute at the time, Carly that isn't Cameron, those are the pictures Emily had digitalized of her father, that is Alan. Jason is Cameron's father. Now please leave my house; you are not wanted here. For the record, Jason isn't adopting Cameron; he is claiming his son. He is married to the woman he has love for most of his life as Jason Morgan. If I were you I would run, I think the more you attempt to hold onto my grandson, the shorter your life expectancy is."

JOHNNY let himself into Georgie's suite; he could hear the shower running and sat down on the sofa with dinner, hoping she would at least eat something. Hearing the water stopping, he expected her to leave the bathroom, ten minutes later he started to worry.

Knocking on the door, he asked "Georgie. Are you okay?"

Opening to door, he saw the lotion in her hand, and mentally groaned, one the few nights they had spent together she had showered then put that on, this was not going to be easy. "Yes I'm fine, why?"

"Dinner is getting cold, at least mine is. Let's talk then you can go back to putting that on." Hoping she agreed before he made a fool of himself, dinner was just fine, he was more worried about getting a hard on, while talking to his wife.

"Give me a minute." She said quietly.

Entering the seating area a few minutes later, she sat down in the chair, after grabbing one of the bottles of water from the wet bar. "Thank you for coming."

All he could think was why is she thanking me. Doesn't she know I would do any-? He stopped, after the past few days probably not. "I heard Elizabeth got Hunter out of your house."

"My father's house, not mine. Never again. I just can't go home, it won't feel like home anymore. This is so strange, I am not sure what to say to you, I just want to yell and scream and cry. This was never us. Johnny, I'm not sure who you are. The annoying man, who stalked me in the library, then charmed me over a pair of gloves then seduced me with ice cream.

"I seem to recall that was more than mutual." He protested as she blushed. "We are still the same, things got so twisted, by others, by our own lies. The smaller the lie the more it seems to hurt. I just have to ask what A stood for."

"Ashton, My dad bought Lois Ashton's car for me. My dad liked the safety features and I didn't want an SUV, like he bought Maxie." She lost her smile, thinking of her sister.

"You know I didn't do anything with her. Even before I knew she was your sister, I wouldn't have. This was all on Claudia. I think we should be eating while talking." Elizabeth had warned him she didn't always eat so he was determined she at least eat part of the salad.

Reluctantly taking the to go container, she opened it to a salad, the problem was it was a chicken pita salad with feta cheese, something she hated, but that Lulu loved. Tossing it aside, she calmly went over to the phone and called room service for some take out.

Johnny didn't understand, she ate salads all the time. "Georgie?" He started to ask, only for her to turn and say.

"You seem to be confusing your mistress with your wife, I hate feta cheese, and maybe you should take this to Lulu, since it happens to be her favorite."

Johnny set his fork down. Walked over and gently grabbed her turning her around, "I ordered it from downstairs. I said a grilled chicken salad. Like I have seen you eat, several times. Someone made a mistake in the kitchen. I swear I didn't do that."

"We need to talk, because yes, I screwed up. I am responsible for this mess, but Georgie; I am not walking away. I know the difference between Lulu and you, You are the woman I fell in love with when she poured whiskey all over my coat, the woman who drives me insane by merely being in the same room with me.

She is the one who chased me and made me want to stop missing you. I have you back; I am not letting you go. I will give you time and some space, however not your freedom. I love you, not her."

Georgie wanted to believe him, but the anger and resentment was too fresh, the mental images of seeing Dillon and Lulu were being superimposed with images of her with Johnny. It was eating her alive.

"Georgie, not talking is getting us nowhere, talk to me like you do Jason, like you do Margie. Like you do Elizabeth. Please. Be made at me, yell at me but please stop holding all of this in."

"I hate you, I want to hurt you as badly as I hurt, and do you get that, Johnny. I think it would hurt less if you had slept with Maxie. Maxie has never set out to deliberately hurt me, like that little bitch. Now she has cost me something I can never get back, you HELPED HER."

CARLY slid into the Metrocourt; she had the perfect way of getting Jason back into the fold. She knew Jason, if Liz got her claws any deeper it would not help. Killing her wouldn't work; they needed to use the danger issue, which meant using Anthony Zachara.

She entered the hallway and knocked firmly on the door, she could hear him cursing, then opening the door. "Miss Spencer what may I do for you."

She saw the listening equipment and made a mental note to warn Jason. "I want to make a deal, I have information you want and I need you to do something for me."

"I don't think so, Miss Spencer, now I would like you leave. You have nothing I want nothing I need and I trust your ex-husband more than I do you."

"I can give you Jason Morgan's kid. I can help you take away what he cares for most in the world. All I want is his wife to be shown for the lying cheating tramp she is."

"Miss Spencer, you seem a little hard of hearing, like your cousin Looloo. I don't want Morgan's kid; I rather like Elizabeth Morgan. She has shown grit and proven to be rather entertaining right where she is. I so enjoy watching as my daughter Claudia; the bimbette trio of Miss Matthews, Miss Lesley Loo, and you make fools of yourselves around town.

Throw in that her ex sleeping with Miss McCall and her sister, it makes for better television then my favorite police show. How is that ex-husband of yours doing, after being stood up at the altar by Miss Falconari?"

"Who?" She asked as she heard a knock. Hearing Mac, she slipped into the back not wanting to be seen. Anthony was ordered to come down to the station with the commissioner.

Carly recalled the listening equipment. Turning it on, she listened to what sounded like Johnny and a girl talking about the sex club out past the cliff roads, how they meet there, frequently. She pulled out her phone then called Lulu leaving a message to meet at her place. Then taping a few minutes on the phone as they discussed the library she could not help wondering what kind of club had that for a name.

JASON stood in Cameron's room, watching him sleep. Feeling Elizabeth encircle his waist with her arms and kiss his shoulder blade, he said, "I always wanted a connection to him, I hated that Lucky was his going to be part of his life. Now that I can be his father, I just want to go back to the day at Kelly's run off with you. Once again there were lies between us. I wish I had told you that I wanted to be back to where we were."

"Jason, I love you, but who knows, if we did that, Kristina might not be alive. Sam might have run, gotten rid of the baby. We might not have Jake. Things tend to work out. No matter the damage people try to do to us. I regret we didn't take one of the chances that were given to us, but I love knowing that the future is ours.

"I want to make sure it stays safe and secure, at least as safe and secure as I can make it. We need to speed up dealing with Sam, Sonny and with taking care of my deal with Anthony. After that we take our time, just living life how we want."

"Just be careful with that last one, he is as dangerous as can be."

"I will." They both heard the knocking on the door and then the announcement that it was the PCPD in Lucky's voice. Grimacing, Jason told Elizabeth to stay upstairs, she shook her head no and said I am coming down too.

As they went down they saw that Marco, Francis and Sean were standing in front of the door. Opening it Jason asked if he had a warrant.

"Yes, I do Elizabeth Webber you are under arrest..." Harper wouldn't even look her in the eyes as he handcuffed her. Too bad, he would have seen her smiling and Francis calling Diane, they had been expecting this.

"Jason, you have to come down to the station as well, someone shot at Claudia Zachara tonight and she named you as the shooter. Lucky will be staying with his sons."

"I don't think so." Stated Jason.

"You have no choice in the matter, he is the father of record and the judge ordered the boys to be temporarily placed into his company.

"Local or Federal?" Asked Sean from behind them.

"Local, of course." Sneered Lucky.

"Well, Detective Harper, I suggest you read these. This is a federal restraining order against Lucky Spencer forbidding him within a hundred feet of Elizabeth or Jason Morgan or their sons Cameron and Jacob. You are violating it by even being here."

"We will go into the station, to straighten out the mess, but Sean O'Malley will be staying with our sons. Lucky please removes yourself from this porch and our street."

Harper read the order and was grateful, Baldwin had made a deal with Spencer, Elizabeth in jail by arresting her too late for bail, then the mob princess had come in, they made their move immediately. Now the boys were safe, he was ambitious not corrupt. Spencer was twisting in the wind.

CARLY let into her house, telling Lulu to listen she played the memo on her phone. "You have to admit that sounds like Georgie Jones."

"Please if it was her, Johnny would still be with me, not her. The voice is similar that is all. She is staying at the Metrocourt according to Mike who heard Spinelli talking to Maxie. She was all broke up over the two of them being together.

I made sure to talk about how much Georgie had liked him; hopefully it will crush Maxie and him from getting any further. Plus she dislikes mobsters. She can't stand Jason. So there is no way she was involved with Johnny. There can't be."

Jason chaffed at the handcuffs on Elizabeth; she was just serene, as they were lead into the police station through the crowd of reporters. The Mayor was standing there talking to Scott Baldwin, making Elizabeth smile.

Better at hiding his emotions, Jason just made sure his face was blank. This was going to be fun, he thought. Baldwin walked over doing his usual posturing, then turned to Elizabeth and said, "Perjury is a crime, and you are going to pay for lying in court. I will let it go if you give me Jason."

Elizabeth looked down then up Scott, finally meeting his eyes; the way they glinted had Scott thinking she was going to cry. Maybe they would finally get Morgan, he thought, then I can take revenge for Laura.

"Scott." She sighed. Waiting for the reporter that was hiding in the bullpen to get closer. "I have to deal with Claudia throwing herself at Jason, Sam, Carly and Courtney fantasizing and trying to throw themselves at Jason, but you too, this is just really sad. He is mine, I married him. Get your own coffee importer. I think Sonny is available, now that you have given up on Luke. Good thing, I never really saw you as his type."

Alexis was rather disturbed, she had been called by the Attorney General of New York who had been called by the Attorney General of the United States, she walked into the station ready to take Scott's head off his shoulders but listening to Elizabeth she just snorted into her coffee as it went down the wrong hole. "Scott having all the fun without me, why are Mr. and Mrs. Morgan in cuffs."

"Miss Zachara said that Morgan shot at her. Elizabeth is under arrest for lying to the jury when Morgan was on trial." He blustered.

"Really, I recall when she was here earlier; I don't recall anything about Morgan, in fact I recall all she said it was a man in a black SUV. Jason, where were you around four this afternoon." Alexis asked. She knew but wanted all to hear. Thankfully Diane entered and gave her client permission to answer.

"At the garage at Harborview towers with two state police officers as they arrested Lulu Spencer for violating a restraining order. Mac Scorpio was there as well. She was given a chance to leave but chose to stay and get arrested. "

"She isn't here." Said Lucky as he entered after calling Sam who had joined him in witnessed Elizabeth's humiliation.

"No I believe she was at the state police barracks." Said Mac as he entered his station with Anthony Zachara in his wheel chair. "Spencer you can bail her out later. Harper, take the cuffs off of Morgan."

"That doesn't' change the situation with Elizabeth." Said a smug Baldwin with Mayor Floyd standing behind him and Lucky and Sam smiling as he imagined taking the boys from her.

"Sir, there is a call for you." Said the desk sergeant. As Sonny entered with a smirk and a reporter who looked very happy.

Who is for, Longblood."

"The Mayor sir, it is the governor." Floyd preened as he went to answer the phone the news that they had a way to finally solve the longstanding mob problem must have reached him. The entire room saw him pale, then start to sweat, finally he carefully placed the phone back into its cradle and said "Take off the cuffs."

"No can do, you can't tell me how to do my job." Blustered Scott, for once Sonny was hoping he stuck to his guns.

"Listen to me you moron, get those cuffs off of her now." Shouted the Mayor as visions of federal prison danced in front of his eyes.

"No." was all Scott said. Mac waited, he knew what was happening, in fact had been waiting for this. He was going to clean the corruption out of his department in one fell swoop all courtesy of Elizabeth Morgan. He had to appreciate that.

"You're fired. Alexis take care of this." Mayor Floyd ordered.

"Harper take those cuffs off, did anyone think to call me before creating this mess?" She said hiding her smile.

"I didn't have to. She lied on the stand; it is a federal offense." Said Lucky as Harper got a very bad feeling.

"Yes, a federal offense. One that BALWIN has no authority to try. These are the reports from the federal prosecutor; they were on your desk, Spencer. Did you read them? I thought not. No charges to be brought, by order of the governor ."

"I think we need to make sure that there are no more misunderstandings Officers" said the Mayor like he hadn't been in on the plan.

Lucky and Sam slinked away not believing that Elizabeth was going free. Sonny stopped and said to Jason to watch his back, he could be next. Alexis took Diane and the newlyweds to her office; "this could have gotten ugly." Thanking them for their help, she told them about Ric. Then after they left pulled out the files to get Baldwin, Floyd, and Lucky out of their jobs.

"Is he dead?' asked Mac as he entered the room.

"Yes, a shot through the heart, one through a three of clubs. We will announce it tomorrow morning. What did Anthony give have to say?'

"You were correct, he claims to know nothing. Why would he admit anything?" He said.

"We have Durant who tried to have him tossed into prison, his attorney who slept with his underage daughter, and helped to set him up to die. His daughter who he hates, Ric who betrayed him."

"I know but something feels off. I have seen that man here several times; he seems almost calm, not as rabid as usual."

"I know it is like he has a plan, a big one that no one knows. Then there is Morgan; Jason seems a little too relaxed lately."

"That could be having Elizabeth back, do you have some time, I need to tell you a few things, and it seems Georgie might need your services. I am hoping she considers suing Lulu Spencer."

LULU called Spinelli, only to wake the geek, "Listen, I am sorry, can we meet. I need someone to talk to." She said.

"Lulu, I won't tell you anything about Jason, go find another patsy."

"I just am so confused about Johnny. Please?" She asked.

Showing up twenty minutes later to an empty and dark Kelly's. She tossed him a bag of chips and a soda, saying Carly thinks that Johnny is seeing Georgie. I told her it was wrong that she likes you but you know how Carly can get."

"Blond one, you need to move on, find a soul mate, someone who will love you for you." He said trying to avoid looking at her.

"He is my soul mate. We are meant to be together, after all we have been through, nothing will ever separate us. He loves me he told me so."

"It is time to move on, Lulu, he still loves his wife. I wish I could find a way to help you, but alas, all I can offer is a shoulder to cry on. You can always call me for help. I have to go back to the penthouse; I am running a trace on something for fair Sam."

Spinelli let himself back into the darkened penthouse, only for a light to be turned on, "You never learn do you?' he heard.

"What may I do for the formerly clean-cut cadet?"

"You can obey Jason. I was following Sam today. I know about your meeting, I know that she asked you to help her. This after Jason told you to stop talking to her. In fact to avoid her."

"The former goddess, needs my help, she is trying to right her wrongs before moving on with the Maternal Ones, former husband."

"NO, SHE ISN'T. She is trying to cover her mistakes, she killed a child, that is why she wants the information, you are going to purge it from your computer, you are going to listen to what Jason told you. Or I will help Sean and Francis make you disappear. Do you understand?"

"She assured me that you were wrong, she wants to make up fo-" Cooper grabbed him by the throat and tossed him across the room to the sofa, saying you are wrong, "HERE, WATCH THIS!"

With that he loaded the DVD, showing Sam making plans with Sonny to take out Elizabeth and the boys. Then showed her at the station with Lucky. Sleeping with Harper and trashing her place. "Spinelli, you need to grow up, this is what she is after, are you that backwards that you don't know she is conning you. Same with Lulu this evening, she is still after Johnny. Tonight was a fishing expedition."

"You need to stop letting yourself be used. Just because a woman pushes her chest in your face, doesn't mean they want you. It means they want something from you. You hurt Georgie constantly back when she was alive. Now you are HELPING THE WOMAN who caused her to miscarry her child. A child that YOU HELPED HER LOSE.

This is the news footage from when the ferry docked." Cooper put it in and showed him Lulu shoving past Georgie knocking her into the pylon and down, Georgie getting up, holding her stomach, then Spinelli shoving past calling for the Blond one. This time Nadine had to help Georgie up and they could see the terror on her face as she held her stomach,

"THIS IS WHAT YOUR OBSESSION WITH FAITHLESS WOMEN HELPED CAUSE. NOW YOU ARE HELPING THE SAME WOMAN AGAIN. Sam killed a child, she watched two children being held at gunpoint. Did you know that she went to see Elizabeth when Jake was missing? She went over there drunk, while Elizabeth was out of her mind with worry then told her that Elizabeth son WAS DEAD and it now made them alike. This is what YOUR SO-CALLED GODDESS DID.

Then there is Carly, my god, are you going to be falling all over Courtney the manbeast next. From what I hear you drool all over the woman who HIRED IAN DEVLIN. Claudia, Carly, Lulu, Sam, they are all cut from the same cloth.

Selfish bitches that are only out for themselves, you think they are your friends; that they care. THEY DON'T. Not matter what they say, they don't. You let them use you to get at people who are your true friends, Jason, Georgie, and even Maxie care about you. But all it takes is one of them to turn their attention to you and you BETRAY your real friends.

GROW UP SPINELLI. With that he walked out the door, taking the computer with him. "You can have it back after I tell Jason what you have been up to."