Jecjmorgan: Dead man walking is right. PJ: Jason and Liz are going to be discussing the bike, I promise. Lucky is selfish, and myopic, that is going to be a major theme for Sam and him. Ethan's shooter will be outed soon. As for Laura, she is still trying to pull Elizabeth back in, not for Lucky but because … well, you will see. And Carly will be waking up soon. What she does next is the scary part. Lrobinson: I agree, kill Ethan for that reason alone, but no that isn't why he died. Chapter 29
When he leaned in to kiss her, she stopped him saying. "This isn't an accusation, just a request for more truth. Why didn't you tell me you were my baby's father?"
Shocked he looked up then asked "How did you find out?"
Georgie realized how flummoxed Johnny was then saw his fear. Reaching for his hands, she said "When the medics were taking me out of here. I was back in that ambulance where I was kidnapped and things just started to flash forward from there."
"Do you hate me?" he asked holding his breath.
"No, I mean I have a hundred different questions running through my mind, mostly though, it hurts that you didn't tell me. But I didn't really give you a chance to, did I?" she said standing and moving over to the window. "You did try, I was the one who didn't want to hear it."
"Do you remember the night you were discussing me with Maxie, I heard you and overreacted." he said.
Wincing she listened as he told her what was said then looked at him and with a smile said "You should have stuck around for a few more minutes of the interrogation. Maxie got the truth out me, that I did like you."
Walking over, Johnny said "Do you wish someone else had been the father?"
"No." she said looking at him. "I wish I knew, it would have saved a lot of angst. You know, if I had been paying attention, I would have figured it out sooner. Are you sure you are a mobster, shouldn't you be better at keeping secrets?"
Chuckling softly, he said "Yes, but when I am with you, the walls come down."
"Good." she said feeling a sense of peace. "I am sorry I didn't let you come to more of the doctor's appointments, I took time away you should have had with the baby."
Hugging her tightly, he said "When Kelly told me it was a little girl, I ached. All I could think about was how do I tell you the truth after lying for so long."
Turning in his arms, she gently kissed his cheek then said "Someday, it will be the right time. I kept hoping I would beat the odds... but I knew the chances weren't good. Kelly sat me down and told me, she said that it was going to be hard, that it would be sudden if or when I miscarried. I just...."
"Just?" he prompted.
"I know the statistics of what could have been wrong, but I just hoped that we would make it. That the baby... she would make it. I am so angry with Helena, I am angry with me, I am even angry with you."
Seeing him flinch, she said "For not having super genes, I guess." Seeing his eyes widen, she admitted. "It doesn't make sense, I know that... but it is the emotions, they are going to be all over the place. Kelly said my body is readjusting to not being pregnant." Wiping the tears that were gathering, she said "I didn't want to be a mother, not at first, now I just wish.... that I had had more time."
Standing silently holding onto her, Johnny then said "I am angry too. Mad that this woman screwed this up, and yet at the same time.... so thankful, I have you."
Resting her head against his chin, Georgie said "That was what this dinner was supposed to be about, then somehow it ended up being me crying."
"Hormones, remember?" he asked. "I think you should be in bed, though."
"No, I can't. I tried to go in there. Instead I used the spare room, Brenda's pink bedroom." she said with a shudder.
Johnny had had the room taken care of, the bedding was gone but knew that the memories would be much harder for Georgie to deal with. "Then let's go sleep in this pink room, unless you don't want any company."
Taking his hand, Georgie led him to the room, then asked him to go and get them some pajamas. Returning, he changed then waited for her in the bed. Holding her, he just prayed for god to give them the strength to get through this.
~~~*~~~
When Elizabeth woke the next morning, she reached out and ran her fingers down Jason's face, then across his lips then down his chin. Feeling his pulse but knowing he was pretending to be sleeping, Elizabeth decided to see how far she could get before he admitted to being awake.
As her fingertips skimmed the surface of his warm skin, she felt her breath catch as she saw his body's reaction to her playing. Continuing south, she soon ran her hands across his shoulder muscles and touched the scar on his torso before running her hands across his stomach, she felt him tensing up as she slowly eased her hand southwards.
With a soft giggle, she gently wrapped her hand around his hardest muscle only to have his own hand encircle hers. "Behave." he said in a gravely voice. "You slept too late and now we don't have time."
Seeing her pouting, he leaned over and kissed her saying. "I love watching you sleep, but I promise next time...."
"Jason, one you walk away from, is one you never get back." she warned then looking at the clock said "We have ten minutes, I think we can race to the finish line, at least once."
Seeing her eyebrows wiggling, Jason gave a quick laugh as she pushed the covers back "But if you don't think you are up to the challenge."
"I will show you, up for the challenge..." he said with a growl as he pulled her underneath him.
~~*~~
Sam arrived at the studio, still cursing Laura, Lucky and that entire family as she was led to the sound booth and recorded the voice overs that had been agreed to the night before. Sitting on a chair in the studio, she listened to herself announcing her pregnancy and telling the audience that for medical reasons she would only be working in the studio for now.
Seeing her Executive Producer entering, Sam just said "You bastard, you did this deliberately."
"No, not really. I want you gone." he said walking away pretending to smile. "Sam, have you seen the morning's newspaper? There are rumors that your new half brother in law was a con artist, don't suppose you happen to know his past?"
Gritting her teeth as she recalled sleeping with Ethan and his saying he couldn't guarantee that he would keep silent about it. She wished she had been the one to pull the trigger, instead she was just grateful to whomever did.
~~*~~
Anthony was going through physical therapy as well as his daily treatments with his head doctor. He had no one he trusted to check into his family so he would do what he had to so that he could get released. First up was learning to talk again.
Seeing the man he knew was still working for Corinthos, he just kept following orders, letting the man see that he was still weak. But before he left, that man was going to die. He had heard the deal that was made with Corinthos and he knew he had time, time to plan, time to figure out how to escape his current abode.
Thinking on what he knew about his daughter, Anthony swore that first thing he would do after making sure that Sonny Corinthos was gone, was take out Ric Lansing. He had no doubt the man was aware of who his daughter was, after all, he was his father's son.
~~*~~
Claudia was leaving the elevator when she saw her quarry, walking over she said "Mr. Jacks, my name is Claudia Zachara, I believe you know my sister and brother."
A bit on guard, he said "Yes, I do. Are you a guest here?"
Making sure that his wife saw her talking to him, Claudia said with a small grin. "Yes, I do have to say for the most part, service is great, your amenities first rate. The décor, on the other hand, that could use a little work. I know the name of a nice designer if you decide to update it from Nineties Nouveau riche.
Carly stormed over and said "Who do you think you are?"
"Carly, she is a guest in our hotel." said Jax emphasizing the word guest. "She was just offering her opinion."
"Hello, Mrs. Jacks." she said smiling at the raging woman. "I was just telling your husband that your décor needs some updating. You should consider firing your decorator."
"I did this." said the blond waving her hands around. "This is my baby."
"Well, now I get why you were so upset at my comments. I do apologize, but ma'am, if you are going to be spending this much, you might want to consider taking on a professional as a consultant." with that Claudia walked away knowing that the blond was even know screeching at her husband to kick the harpy out.
Hearing clapping she turned to see the pushy brunette from the previous day. "Nice job, I have long wanted to tell Carly her taste in interior design sucked but had too much respect for Jax to do so."
"The sister is the blond, you are the cousin, a doctor right?" she asked "I was just about to have breakfast, can I interest you in joining me."
"I am meeting my friend Brenda, she wants to ruin Carly's morning as well. So we are going to eat breakfast in the restaurant upstairs... If you like, you can join us." Robin didn't like not knowing things and this sister of Elizabeth's was an enigma she just had to solve.
"Will you give me the scoop on the blond gold digger?" she asked looking at the small freckled woman with interest.
"Blond and gold digger, Courtney is dead, you must be talking about Carly." said Brenda. Shaking hands with Claudia, she said "Join us, I will be glad to fill you in."
Upstairs, Claudia got a schooling on more than Carly as Robin filled her in on Georgie and to a lesser extent Elizabeth. Brenda just listened, not knowing much about the brunette who owned Jason Morgan's heart. But as they talked, the threesome were amused to realize they knew a lot of the same people and by the time Carly entered her restaurant, they were laughing loudly like old friends.
"Hell no." she said then went to the waiter carrying the coffee carafe out to them. "I want their bill delivered to them and for them to leave. They are cut off."
"Mrs. Jacks, your husband picked up their tab and told them I would bring them out a new pot."
"And if you want to keep your job, you will do as I told you." she said then hurried to the elevator, she had an appointment with an attorney and didn't want to be late.
~~*~~
Spinelli woke up and realized he wasn't home. Seeing his guard entering, he asked "Where am I?"
"The boss said if I saw you with your goddess again, to take you here. You were warned, repeatedly."
"What is going to happen to me?" he asked his hands convulsing as they gripped onto the edge of his laptop.
"Nothing, but your freedom is gone." he said. "Now I would suggest you start working on your assignments, and forget all about this goddess. Besides, I would have thought you learned your lesson after she was so rude to you last month."
"She apologized." he said in an injured tone. "I want to speak to him."
"Johnny will be here later, for now, do your job." he said empathizing the word Job. Spinelli was shaking as he got that he was on his last chance. Pulling out his laptop, he went to work, knowing that the guard was watching his every move.
~~*~~
Jason was working in the warehouse helping the men unload a coffee shipment when he heard the sound of footsteps. Seeing Sam behind him he grabbed his t-shirt off the rack and slipped it back on. Turning to the two other men hefting around the coffee beans he said "I will be back."
Sam was admiring the sweat as the beads ran down his throat but knew not to touch him. She had a plan and it would only work if she kept up trying to be his friend instead of his girl friend. "I just needed to see a familiar face."
"Sam, I only stopped to escort you out. You should know that being in this warehouse pregnant isn't a good idea." he said when they arrived at the small door. "And I can't be your emotional prop. That is what you have a husband for. If you are having problems, go to him."
"I can't." she said wiping the tears away. "They are slowly isolating me. First she told me to stay away from my friends, now she has gotten me fired or at least demoted on my show. What am I going to do Jason?"
Jason did feel bad, he knew what the Spencer's did to Elizabeth, who had actually had friends and family around, but knew that if he helped she would try to use it against him later. "Sam, I have no idea. Why don't you try talking to Lucky, or someone in his family. Try Bobbie, she is a fair person."
"Why can't I talk to you?" she said no longer pretending to be upset, she truly was. "You, you are my friend, my only one. Jason, I need your help. Please, I know we are over, but I need you to at least still be my friend."
Looking at her and feeling torn, Jason was about to give in when he saw his son come rushing into the large warehouse with his mother following at a slower pace. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Sam cover up her expression and knew exactly why no matter how bad he felt for her, he couldn't become involved.
"Daddy, Mommy said we were having lunch with you." said Cam as he rushed over then stopped when he saw Sam. When Elizabeth caught up to them, Sam gave them both a smile and said "Jason was just trying to help me with a problem. He was only being a friend, I promise."
Elizabeth saw the same expression on her face she had once seen on Courtney's and gave a knowing grin. "Yes, Jason is like that. He will rescue ANYBODY. If this is about Lucky, maybe I can help."
"No, I think Jason gave me all the help I need." she said with clenched teeth. Then reaching out she gave Jason a half hug then walked away sure she had gotten to the whiny wench.
"Well, good luck then, Sam. And if you change your mind, please give me a call." said Elizabeth with a chuckle. Turning to Jason she said "Someone is feeling very sure of herself right now, I wish I knew how to get her to realize I am not worried. I trust you."
Kissing her, Jason said "She can't seem to help herself, but I think she does have a problem. I just am not getting involved to solve it. I told her to try Bobbie."
"If it involves Lucky, Bobbie isn't going to do much, she won't. She loves him. Now, I suggest we found a flat surface, we brought you lunch before we head out to GH for a bit. Then I have to meet my sister and Brenda." Cam was observing everything in the warehouse, his eyes wife as the men tossed around huge bags for coffee like they were bean bags.
"Brenda Barrett?" he asked disgruntled. Then looking at Cooper who was following them asked "Are you related to her?"
"Distantly, we are second or third cousins, something like that. My father said her father Harlan was not a nice man, so we never had much contact." Cooper didn't have much use for his cousin Julia either, but he had never meet the more famous member of his family.
"If you see her here, take her down. Preferable with a large 2 X 4" he said only half kidding. Seeing Elizabeth glare, he said "She can drive anyone insane just by talking."
As they set up lunch on his desk, Jason found himself showing Cameron the photo he had of him and his mommy. "Lunch is served." said Elizabeth as they sat down on the floor and had their picnic. Midway through, Elizabeth felt something then reached out for Jason's hand. Bringing it to her stomach, she let him feel their newest child kicking.
"Mommy, can I feel too?" asked Cam as he soon joined them.
That was the scene that Johnny almost walked into, seeing the small family being just that a family, he left quickly as his eyes watered, knowing that his chance for that was now a lot further down the road.
~~*~~
Carly left the attorney's office feeling very self satisfied. Returning to the hotel she saw her husband talking to Kate Howard and moved over to greet the magazine editor and then get Jax away so they could talk. Soon, Jax was in her office, standing there reading the occupancy rates for the day. Feeling smug that he had done so without a scene, she said "Shall we get something to eat?"
"No, I promised the boys I would have lunch with them, if you will excuse me." with that he left well aware that Carly was up to no good. He had been furious to hear from the bartender what she had pulled that morning with Robin and her friends. Jax was going to let it go, like Alexis had suggested. That way Carly would be relaxed and less likely to fight the divorce.
Shocked, Carly went to follow him only to see Laura coming her way. "Carly we need to talk."
"I'm rather busy now." she snapped not wanting to deal with her former partner. "Call and make an appointment with my secretary."
"NOW!" snapped the older blond. Grabbing a resisting Carly's arm, she soon had her back in her office and said. "I want to know everything you know about Sam McCall. I mean everything. Felicia said you hired her to do research on her, well I want what you have."
"Do it yourself." she said with a smile.
"Now, I think you will help, or I will make public your deal with Coleman. I have what Ethan found when he went looking for information. He truly couldn't have been a Spencer, otherwise he would have known better than to hide it at my house. If you want it, you deal with me."
"I don't know what you are talking about." she said rather uneasy.
"Mitchell Coleman and two former strippers at the Oasis did. One died a few years ago, mysterious accident. The other went missing and Coleman died, after a call to you." she said showing her the man's missing cell phone.
"There is nothing you can do to me, all he had was that Jason was Cameron Webber's biological father." she said bluffing.
"No, that isn't it. Nice try though." she said with a smile. "Two days Carly."
Walking away, Laura turned and said "Lulu is reeling from the death of her half brother. Don't encourage her behavior."
Carly stood and walked to the door, seeing Laura rounding the corner, she slammed the door and called the only person who was always there for her. "Morgan."
"Jason, I know that I screwed up, can you please come over. I really need to fix things with you, please?" Hearing a dial tone, Carly sat down to wait then decided to pull out the papers she had had the lawyer make up for her.
~~*~~
Jason hung up, shocked that the blond would even try this. Seeing Elizabeth's look of curiosity he explained what Carly had said. "Jason, you should go and see what she wants."
"Why?" he asked stunned she would even think his being in the same room as Carly was a good idea.
"Because you two were friends for a very long time. If she has learned her lesson, if she is willing to change, don't you think you owe it to the past to find out?" she asked then leaning over to kiss him said "Jason, we can forgive, we just don't forget."
"I am not sure I can do that." he said watching Cameron touching things in the room, then sitting behind his desk. "Daddy, Grandpa's chair is more fun, it spins."
Standing, Jason walked behind his desk and picked up his son to give him a large hug. "Does that mean you like Grandpa's office more?"
"Yup, sides this way I get to visit my turtle." he said with a grin. Jason groaned, that turtle now had it's own aquarium in the lobby of the ELQ headquarters. He had heard about it but still hadn't seen what sounded like a rather ostentatious home for a simple little garden turtle.
"I have to run out for a while, what are you and Mommy up to?" he asked. He would call Jax, see if the blond knew what was going on with Carly, then decide what to do about the blond.
"Wes have to go and visit the doctor." said the pouting four year old. Looking at Elizabeth, she said "Just for check up, normally it is in July, but I thought it might be better to do it now."
"I wish you had told me." he said feeling a little left out.
"I wish I had too, then I wouldn't have to go." she said teasing him. "This is one of those fifteen minute appointments where he gets weighed and measured, his eyes checked, his ears checked then he gets a lollipop while I schedule his dentist appointment."
"I had better go." he said reluctantly before kissing his wife and son. "Are we still going out to the new place for dinner?"
"Yes, though, I don't know if Johnny and Georgie are still going to be joining us. Emily will though." she said smiling at the thought. "I should warn you, I had intended to invite Brenda and Claudia."
Seeing his head fall down, Elizabeth lifted it to kiss him into submission. "Besides, Claudia said that you might be worried about her and that she wanted to the clear the air."
Once at GH, Elizabeth and Cam went to his quick appointment, the little boy not happy when Elizabeth was reminded he still needed to get two more shots before school started in the fall. Dragging his feet, his head down glaring at the floor, he saw some red shoe with heels and looked up excited.
"Aunt Clawia, hi, it's me, Cameron." he said hugging the shocked woman. Not sure what to do, she stood there until Brenda said in a soft voice, "He is going to keep hugging you until you return the hug."
Bending down, feeling stiff, Claudia hugged the little boy who looked so much like his uncle that it hurt. "Hey, kid. Where is your Mommy."
"Right there." he said pointing with his thumb. "I don't want to go to school."
"Okay, don't. Wait, I thought that there was no school during the summer?" asked Brenda.
"Not nows, Mommy and the doctor said I have to get shots before school. I don't want shots." he said looking at his aunt and the other lady.
Elizabeth finished with the nursing assistant then went to join her son and the two women. Seeing Cam's frown, she said "But you love school, Cameron. I know that shots are scary but even Mommy and Daddy have to get shots."
Seeing him still down in the dumps, she was amused when he suddenly smiled and ran to the person getting off the elevator. "DAAAADDY!" he said.
Picking up his son, Jason said "I was hoping I made it just in time to take you to pick up our art work, Miss Nancy called and said it was ready."
Elizabeth walked over to them, hugging Jason then said "Do you have the time?"
Lowering his voice he said "Yes, Carly was screaming at someone when I arrived at the hotel about Kate Howard so I went back to the warehouse. Then Johnny showed up. He is working down there helping upload shipments, won't talk about it, but I think he is trying to deal with things."
Robin walked up to the two women and saw the weird expression on Claudia's face and said "What is it?" Claudia couldn't help being reminded of the way the Italian bosses treated their families in how Jason clearly loved her sister and their son. It made her wistful for things that were never going to be hers.
"Nothing." she said in a firm voice. She watched as Jason kissed his wife again then led their son to the steps. When Elizabeth walked back over, she said "Is everything okay?"
"Yes." Explaining about the ceramics, she then turned to Robin and asked if she had talked to Georgie today.
"Yes, she was going to work for Diane, doing light paperwork then was spending the afternoon with Maxie. By the way, she talked to Johnny last night. Told him she knew he was the father. I gather it went well." she said. "They are going to have it rough for a while, but I think they are going to be fine."
"Johnny is at the warehouse. Jason said he is unloading coffee beans." Elizabeth told them. "I think the manual labor might be what he needs right now. It is mindless and he can think on other things while tiring himself out."
"So, are we now free to go and check out this new house of yours." asked Brenda. "Maybe we can help you decorate it."
"No way; all that is left is the master bedroom, I like pink but in moderation, there, Brenda." stated Elizabeth while Robin laughed as she recalled what Elizabeth had told her about the spare room at Jason's.
"Pink?" asked Claudia while Brenda asked how she knew. Brenda was too busy trying not to laugh at the mental image of Jason sleeping in a pink lacy bedroom with wicker and brass furniture.
"I would have thought that Jason put a lock on the door and banned it from ever being viewed." she said getting control of her laughter only for Elizabeth to tell her about spending the night there. "There are so many questions I could ask about that."
Carly was entering GH when she saw the quartet leaving and grimaced. "Carly." said Brenda while the others kept going. "I can't wait, you, you will look good in orange overalls when they finally lock you up like you belong."
"My attorney says that I won't face jail time." she sniffed. "After all, I was mentally confused and trying to save my best friend's life. I of all people know how insanely jealous Sonny was and how he would react to Jason getting Elizabeth pregnant while married to his sister."
"That is a good one, Jason wasn't married to Courtney, not yet. And I can be called as a rebuttal witness and say how Sonny never had a jealous bone in his body." she said.
"That would be lying and you know it." she snapped.
"No, it would a matter of interpretation and I can imagine you think that putting Elizabeth on trial will save you, I would think twice about that. Or did you forget who her father is."
"Some doctor, so what?" she asked. "He is a nobody just like his kid."
"No, her biological father." said Claudia moving closer. The blond sneered when she saw the woman from her hotel standing there. "I am sure your attorney can afford a private investigator. Tell him to look up Anthony Zachara and how he reacted to the death of his little girl, Isabella. In case the bleach has soaked through to your brain, I will explain. Elizabeth is Isabella and my dad is freaking nuts."
Walking away, Claudia stopped, looked back at the blond still standing there and said "And you, you have no idea how my family is going to react. We protect our own."
~~*~~
When they arrived at the house, Brenda and Robin were soon well ahead of Claudia and Elizabeth who were talking quietly about all that was going on. "I heard you went to visit Anthony, how was it?"
"Strange, I got to say all the things I have ever wanted to and yet in the end, it felt like nothing." admitted Claudia. "That old man in that bed, he doesn't seem like the same person who killed Maria and tried repeatedly to kill Johnny. I know that it is an illusion, that he really is the same man, I guess..."
"You just want him to be different, you want him to suddenly wake up and admit he was wrong, that he regrets what he did and that he loves you." said Elizabeth, she knew how Claudia felt. "That is actually perfectly normal. Until I found out that I was adopted, I used to dream that Jeff, my father, was going to swoop down on Port Charles, and tell me something similar."
"But I am supposed to be the big bad mobster, not some sweet nurse." she said hiding her smile. "Nurse? I mean why?"
Explaining about Jason getting shot then Cameron as well as what had happened to her trust fund, Elizabeth was surprised when her sister suddenly said "You know, Georgie said you weren't this image you project, that you are a tougher than you look, I guess I was buying into it. Maybe you are strong enough to deal with our father."
"No, actually I am not." said Elizabeth laughing. "I am strong when I have to be, otherwise, I just live and let live."
"Hey you two, move it. You have got to see this." said Brenda as she pushed open the door to the master bedroom. Smirking at the huge shower she said "SOOOO, Elizabeth, any plans for this room? Maybe with Jase?"
Looking around at the oversized shower with lots of shower heads including a sunflower shaped one on the ceiling, Elizabeth said "Well, maybe. Wouldn't you like to know?"
"My mind, please, wash that image from my mind. Lizzie, your hubby is hot, but please, I don't want or need to hear it." teased Claudia then the older girl whirled and pulled her gun. "Come out, now!"
Shaking, Emily did just that then glared at the mobster "Could you be careful with that thing, I don't want to get shot. Elizabeth, I need you."
Then looking rather assessingly at Claudia she said "Wait, I rather think I need both of you."
Robin and Brenda offered to wait for the decorator and after warning them to only help with measurements, the two sisters quickly followed a distressed Emily to the basement of Kelly's. "What is going on?"
"Here, wear these." said Emily tossing them Halloween masks. "Emily?"
Once inside, Elizabeth groaned when she saw the Emily look-alike tied up with a blindfold and pair of head phones on. "Emily, what have you done?"
"I found her, I didn't mean to hit her, but she was bragging about Nik. And I mean, while I don't care from the standpoint of we are over, but I mean, a girl can only accept so much." she said in a grumpy mood.
"Emily, you seem like a nice person, but honestly, kidnapping isn't a good idea." said Claudia. "Do you know what you want done with her?" Claudia's first instinct was to kill her but she knew the other two would not go for it.
"I just want to know why? Why do this to me? Why send those pictures?" she asked pacing back and forth.
Elizabeth sat down, her legs feeling rather weak as she stared at her best friends' double. "Em, this isn't good. Remember TED?"
Looking guilty, she sat down next to her and said "I know, I just reacted, you know what I mean? As for ted, that worked out."
Claudia made a note to ask Morgan who Ted was then without thought; ripped off the blindfold and earphones then said "Who are you?"
"Emily Bowen Quartermaine, and you have no idea how much trouble you are in. Wait until my brother finds out about this. You have no idea the hell he is going to reign down on you." she said smugly sure that saying all of this would get her free. "Or did you not know that Jason Morgan is my brother?"
Looking at Elizabeth, Claudia asked "How sure are you that this isn't Emily?"
"One hundred and ten percent." said Elizabeth hoping the mask altered her voice just enough. "Emily doesn't talk like that and pull up her pants leg, if she was Emily she would have a tattoo of a rose in memory of her grandmother on her ankle." Em had no tattoo, but Elizabeth was banking on the other woman not knowing that.
The woman froze then swore, her tattoo wasn't of a rose, instead it was large phoenix. Jerking her leg away, she squinted then said "Emily doesn't have a tattoo."
"No, she doesn't." said Elizabeth "and you aren't Emily. So who are you?"
"No can do, that will cost you." she said growing more confident.
Claudia grabbed her by the hair, causing the two who weren't tied up to wince as she jerked her head back. Then laughing she tugged even harder exposing the wig and pulled back hair underneath. "Now I would suggest you start talking."
The blond swore then looked around knowing she had no choice.
"My name is Rebecca, Emily is my twin sister. My mother sold me on the black market." Hearing the other sister snort in disgust, Claudia said "Try another one, remember DNA tests, and we don't trust the PC labs. So tell the truth."
"No, wait, I am ..." Rebecca saw that she wasn't buying it so she said "My mom was Paige Bowen's sister in law. We found out after her death that Emily went to live with some rich family back east."
"No, Paige had no living relatives." said Emily.
"Right, no LIVING relatives, my dad was already dead. Mom had just started a new job and couldn't afford to take you in, but we kept an eye on you. Then when Mom died, I came here, you were marrying a prince and yukking it up while I had to scrape together scraps to afford junior college. You never had to work for anything in your life, then I saw your fairy tale fall apart and left, I thought that it was funny, but it's not like you suddenly were poor, were you?"
Seeing her not saying a word, Rebecca said "Did you really think a mask would hide you, I spent the last few years watching your every move. I even helped that blond bimbo win your brother, though she never knew it. Saw him with Elizabeth, knew they had screwed around and made sure that he ended up home that night. It was too easy, he thought I was you."
Elizabeth wanted to slap her but Claudia was quicker, "Okay, now why are you here?"
"I met someone, he had his own bone to pick with the good residents of Port Charles, and after coming here showed up in Chicago to find me. He offered to share with me, if I helped him ruin the Spencer family. He then got money but didn't share."
"You killed Ethan, why?" asked Elizabeth.
"He was going to back away, turns out he was the son of this Paloma and Luke Spencer. Said that now that he had a family he was going to be all about them. Too bad it wasn't true. I altered the tests."
"Who is his real father?" asked Emily.
"Mr. Robert Scorpio himself. But Ethan didn't want to hear it, all he kept saying was he found a good thing, then I saw him in that bar, sexing it up with that McCall woman." Elizabeth and Emily tried not to laugh, but found themselves smirking instead. "He was staying here, dumping me, for her. He said he didn't need me anymore, that he had found a family."
"Why Nik?" asked Elizabeth.
"I just wanted her life." said Rebecca glaring at Emily. "For just one night, I wanted to be her, to be waited on, cherished. Then Nathan who had everything threatened to destroy it."
"I don't understand, what about the photos? Why send them? Did Ethan not realize that we knew it was him with you?" asked Emily.
"What photos?" asked Rebecca confused.
Elizabeth stopped Emily from saying anything else, telling her "I think this is about ruining the Spencers, not you two. The photographer may have really thought she was you."
`"What are we going to do with her?" asked Emily. "I can't call the police."
"No, you can't otherwise you and these two go to jail for kidnapping and accessory to kidnapping." said a smug Rebecca. "I think I get to leave town, maybe with a few million dollars for my troubles."
"No, you don't." said Claudia. "You keep your mouth shut, you live, you say one word, about any of us and you die. Got it?" Claudia was not letting anyone take her family away now that she had found it.
"I am sure you are wrong, Money and my freedom or you go to jail." stated Rebecca.
With a cold grin, Claudia pretended to called Jason and said "Morgan, do you have time to deal with a small problem...." she saw Rebecca turn white then start shaking her head no. Hanging up the phone she said "Do you understand me?"
"Fine, what do you want?" she asked sullenly.
"You gone, don't return and to be sure you get the message...." Claudia made a call and soon had two men there. "Take her to the airport."
Elizabeth was watching her leave when she called out. "The cake, at GH, that was you. Why?"
"I wanted to make it look like either Lucky or his wife did it." she said with a shrug. "Then Mommy dearest, Laura lied for the McCall woman. She was destroying plants, after spitting on the cake. I figured the DNA would lead back to her."
Once in the upstairs of the diner, Claudia was still laughing at her sister's warning not to call her Lizzie when Georgie walked in with her boss. Going over to greet her, Elizabeth soon had another dinner guest when Diane said she was free.
"Good, we all have a lot to talk about." said a smiling Elizabeth. Once Emily and Claudia had left and her guard was sitting at a table with her, she soon found out that Jason had been told about Rebecca when her phone rang.
"Meet me at the studio." was all that was said before Jason hung up.
Arriving, Elizabeth saw he was angry and said "I didn't know until we got there."
"I know, but that woman is a murderer, you should not have taken any chances." he said. "Why didn't you call me?"
"Because you were with Cameron." she snapped. "I consider time with your son more important than some woman who was tied up. I had a guard and Claudia was armed. DO you think I WANTED to be there?"
Counting to ten, Jason looked at her and felt all of his anger deflate as he realized he was projecting what Courtney, Carly and Sam had done in the past on the one woman who would never interfere in his business. "I am sorry, I just..."
"I know what you were thinking." she said evenly. "And you are right to be angry but the reason for it, no. Now I want you to stop and think about two things. Your sister and my sister were there, I was not in danger. And two, when have I ever rushed into something without thinking?"
"When you saved me." he said quietly. Seeing her look of surprise, Jason saw her start laughing "What?"
"Jason, all I ever do is think around you." she replied. "You should probably be angry that I didn't just jump in and follow my heart more." With that, Elizabeth walked over to him and felt herself pulled into his arms. "I love you."
"I love you too and I am sorry I jumped to conclusions, now how about telling me what the guard might have missed?"
As they sat down, Elizabeth did just that. "Where is Cam?"
"With your brother, Johnny offered him pizza." explained Jason who then added "I think that he needed the contact with a family member, who isn't abrasive or pregnant."
That evening as Elizabeth and their friends gathered for dinner and a long needed discussion of the future, they had no idea of what was going on around them.
Lucky and Sam were having a long drawn out discussion about his mother Sam was seething to realize that she was really and truly trapped, she couldn't divorce him, she couldn't miscarry without Laura looking into it and she had no money. Thinking wistfully on the money she had received from Sonny then set up in a numbered account, Sam was determined to gain access to it again. But first she had to find the new numbers, when she married Lucky, someone had moved it on her...
And further away, on an uncharted island, Sonny Corinthos was reading the Port Charles Herald and plotting. He was going to take back what belonged to him. When he read about Carly, he debated reaching out to his ex-wife but knew she was too much of a hot head to ever be a real help when it came to planning. Maybe when it became short term, he would contact his her.
And then there was Helena, the snake who was always keeping a watch on her family. She was happy that Nik had ended things with Emily, now she just had to get him to interact with the right sort of woman to make the Cassidine name rise again. Then she would take back what belonged to her.
Reading the file on Sam McCall, and knowing that Warren James would play game forever, she decided to move things along. Placing the call, Helena then went to the next name on her list. Lulu Spencer. So far, Lucky was where she wanted him, same with the blond belonging to the sister. It was only Lulu who wasn't playing along.
TBC
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