Truth or Die

Chapter 36

Mrs. Hardy showed up at the same time they did and requested their help getting the bags up to the penthouse. Once they were on the fifteenth floor, she pawned the shopping bags off on Johnny and went to Jason's old place; it was where they were all supposed to be meeting.

Entering she could tell someone had cleaned things up. It was still sparkling as they entered and Brenda ran upstairs, Georgie threw herself on the sofa and groaned. She wanted to talk to Brenda. The model still wasn't making any sense. All she would say was she slept with Jax, not how it had happened

"What happened, did you have an argument with Johnny?" Asked a concerned Elizabeth.

"No, it's a long story, let's wait until everyone arrives."

Got it, she said as she went to answer the door that had interrupted her talking. Letting in Skye who had Lois and Brooklynn with her. The Ashton women, who wanted to know what the previous evening's call had been about, quickly cornered Georgie.

Brooklynn was laughing as the older women just shook their heads at her stunt. "Elizabeth, do you know where Jason got his bike, if we are going to be teaching me to ride, it might be a good idea to get one of our own."

"You tricked the man. Besides, I am still waiting for Jason to teach me how to drive that thing. All I hear is that it is too big of a bike for me. " She told the women.

Lily entered a little flustered as they teased Elizabeth. "Have any of you seen Mike Corbin?" She asked tossing her purse on the coffee table. Elizabeth recalled the day before and wanted to say something but knew better.

"Not since he accused me of stealing Jason from Courtney."

"I haven't seen him since the day I died." Was Georgie's answer. "Why, is he missing?"

"We were supposed to meet at Greystone, yesterday. He never showed up, I called Mac and told him I was worried. I got the feeling he needed a favor yesterday, more than likely money, since there were two loan sharks looking for him this morning when I stopped by his place."

"Sounds like Mike is in trouble again, you think he ran or did he get drunk and fall asleep in some alley again." Asked Brenda as she returned.

"Brenda, why do you look so bad? And why didn't you call me last night like you promised?" Asked a waddling Robin as she entered the penthouse, followed by Maxie.

"Sorry I was rather busy making a fool of myself by sleeping with my ex."

"Which one?" Asked a grinning Robin.

"The only one not currently married and with kids. Who else? Oh god, he is still married to the manbeast, isn't he?" She said shocked. "What is wrong with me?"

A few of the women considered answering that, but at matching glares from Robin and Elizabeth, they looked down. "Shall we get started? Lois, I understand you are supplying the entertainment for the concert, but what about the carnival, we need to make plans for it. Does anyone know how to do that?" Asked Elizabeth as she sat down at the desk, Jason assured her that there should be notepads and pens inside.

When they had discussed the various needs, Lois suggested that they get posters done and talk to the various news organizations. Elizabeth promised to have one finished by the end of the day.

"I can have Audrey and Monica do that. Elizabeth, did you know that your grams and mother-in-law are very scary when they are out for blood?" Asked Brenda as she proceeded to inform them of what she had heard.

"Where is Emily, I thought she was going to help with this?" Asked Robin looking around..

"She decided to join the cooking class. I promised to update her this afternoon; we are going to spend the day with the boys. Speaking of making plans, Jason is tossing me out tonight, to spend time with Jake and Cameron. I think we need to call Lainey and Kelly to have a girl's night out. Anyone interested."

"I'm in, should I try Nadine and Leyla? Asked Robin as she struggled to stand up. "I have to get to the hospital. Luke is coming in to be tested."

"Let me know how it goes, please?" Asked Elizabeth, "Tell Patrick, I have the other lists for him. Hopefully one of them will work if the Spencers don't."

Georgie said goodbye to her cousin, but Robin could tell she was just going through the motions; she had avoided her since she had arrived. Maxie had tried to get them to talk, but Georgie had politely steered clear of doing so. "Maxie, could you call me later? I need to get some more of my stuff."

Lily quickly followed; she had a meeting with Diane and Carly today, which she was not looking forward to. Brenda just wanted to avoid Jax, so she went to the mansion after promising to do her part in the preparations. Soon it was just Skye, Georgie and Elizabeth.

"Georgie, I should warn you. I saw Lulu this morning. She is staying at the gatehouse with Dillon. Lucas fled when he found out she was staying. I think he is at the Brownstone with his mother."

"I heard from him yesterday night. He said that Lulu is dealing with her mom's rape, but still believes that I am after Johnny out of revenge."

"I understand that Monica went down there this morning and told Dillon she needed to leave. He was rather unhappy, but Monica suggested she move home. That the Spencer house was empty."

Lulu tossed her bag into the closet of what had been her room. Elizabeth had left it the way it was when she had lived there as a child, in case she wanted to come and stay with Lucky and her while they had been married. Going down the stairs, she saw that Dillon was waiting for her; they were going to the diner for lunch, since she was not allowed on Quartermaine property at all.

Hearing someone's keys in the front door, she was unhappy to see Sam entering the house. "What are you doing here?" She asked the brunette.

"I am returning Lucky's things. We ended things the other day. What are you doing here?"

"This is my house, just as much as it is Lucky's. Now please leave your key behind on your way out the door." She said snidely.

"I plan to; I do have to ask how you are going to deal with Sarah Webber, after all your brother tossed me over for his ex-wife's sister."

"I'm not worried, Sarah isn't a con artist, who will toss my brother over for the next rich guy who asks her to spread her legs or open her mouth."

"You mean like you. Isn't that what you did to Logan Hayes? Meet the rich and powerful Johnny Zachara, and forgot all about Logan. His love for you was what killed him. At least I am honest about what I am after. The thing is I play to win, Zachara used you then ran off with the younger Jones girl."

"Not for long, she will bore him to death, if his daddy let's them be together for that long. There is no way that Anthony lets him stay with her; he didn't like me what are the chances he will like Georgie "I am so perfect" Jones."

"Rather well, actually. You know I was sure that she was the worst thing that could happen to my brother but if it upsets you this much, it is so worth my dad fawning over my brother's wife." Said Claudia as she entered the house.

She had been meeting Sam to tell her, their plan was off, but this was much better. "We had dinner with the happy couple last evening. Daddy ADORES Georgie. You should have seen it; he even paid her tuition for college. Once they left, he said she reminded him of his late wife. Classy, smart and more than capable of dealing with living in our world. Unlike you." She said with a smirk.

"Yeah, right. Do you know who her parents are, or you just glad she isn't me. I wouldn't let you walk all over me and she is a pushover. Always was. Sweet little Geor"

"ENOUGH! Lulu, Georgie has been your friend when you haven't deserved it, so don't you dare attack her for being a caring and kind person. I'm leaving, find some other sucker to be your friend." Dillon said as he stormed out of the house past Sam and Lucky who was pulling in.

Inside, Claudia looked at Lulu and said, "Hey fruit loop she shot and killed someone, as well as helping take down Jerry Jack. Without ending up in a padded cell or needing someone to cover it up. As for being sweet, she was nothing of the sort. You're nothing more than an unpleasant memory for my brother."

"GET out, now! Claudia, I don't know why you are here, but Nik is not going to be happy you are attacking his sister." Lucky said entering his house.

"Strange I don't see him around. As for your sister, she dragged my brother into her mess a couple of months ago and now she acts like he owes her something. He doesn't. You're over, go away. Why don't you go visit Nik in Greece? When he calls tonight, I will suggest it to him." She said sauntering out the house.

"By the way Miss McCall, I changed my mind. I am no longer interested in helping you with Elizabeth Morgan. You want Jason back, do it on your own."

Sam was pissed as she got into her car and went for a drive to clear her head, first the truth about Jake's kidnapping. She had lied her way out of that, then Lucky's screw up. Someone had found out about Miami. NO ONE knew about Miami, no one.

How had they found out, how had they accessed her money. As soon as she was out of range of anyone she knew she called Kauai and checked on her house. The local she had hired was all apologetic, "I"M sorry Miss Chamberlain, your house is gone."

"Gone?" She asked. "How can a house be gone?"

"Some men came and took it back. All of it. They took the plants and the appliances; they even came and took the pool from the ground. They said you didn't pay Miss Chamberlain that their bills were not paid."

"I paid for that house, years ago. How can they say I didn't? I have receipts, there." She steamed.

"The men at the bank said you have owed on it for at least four years. That the last payment was made in early 2004. They foreclosed after the contractors took back their materials. I'm sorry Miss, but you never returned my calls and I haven't been paid in several years."

Sam just hung up the phone and screamed. Getting back into her car she drove to the docks, she knew that Jason was somehow responsible for this. He had to have known somehow. Entering the coffee shop she slammed into the office, only for a man sitting in the chair to ask "how may I help you."

"Who are you? Where is Jason?" She asked suspiciously.

"How about telling who you are?"

"I am Sam McCall, Mr. Morgan's former fiancée" she said. The man was gorgeous, he looked a little familiar but she would remember someone this hot if a little old.

"Oh yes, Sonny's contribution to populating the world one offspring at a time. You're the one who he slept with while fighting with Carly during the third marriage. The con artist pretending to be Alexis Davis kid. Sonny wanted you to distract Jason from Elizabeth to keep him from learning about his son with her. The bed warmer he was being pushed into marrying. Oops, too bad it didn't work."

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?" She screamed at him.

"Oh, how rude. I am Frisco Jones, Miss McCall; you are acquainted with my daughter Maxie I believe. You're a little annoying pest, not able to take no for an answer, no wait that is the Spencer girl.

You're the one who watched a kid get grabbed so as to not upset your fake life with Morgan. Now I understand you want try and get a rival crime family to kidnap Elizabeth's eldest son and kill him and her for a free path to Morgan and his youngest. Morgan is well aware of the plan. He has one in place of his own."

"Right, if Morgan really cared about Elizabeth and her brats, I would be dead."

"Miss Samantha McCall, aka Daphne Ellsworth aka Angela Monroe aka Livvie Locke. You are a walking dead woman. You just don't know it. Jason knows that the Ruiz family was after you. My employers are watching over things, so I would suggest you run and hide, if Morgan doesn't get you. I will, but I like the hunt almost as much as the kill."

Sam looked into his eyes and saw that he was serious, he had no compulsions against killing her. Turning she rushed out of the room and past one of the men who had been watching her, she screamed and went around the tables and out the door.

"Now that wasn't very nice, Mr. Jones." Announce Sean from the doorway. "Especially since according to my investigation, you avoid killing people if at all possible.

"Miss McCall isn't aware of that. She will head straight to Carly; the blond is her last hope. The blond is the wild card. Too bad Spencer walked away."

"According to the GPS, she is almost there." Said Cooper from the doorway. "Have you called Tony? Did she set it up before she ran?"

"Yup the various members of the Spencer family will be at the house tomorrow morning."

Jason pulled Elizabeth back into his body as he leaned against the tree while they watched their sons tormenting their aunt and grandfathers. "Your father is turning into quite a surprise, is he trying to make up for what he did to you?" He asked.

"Yes, he says things happened that he couldn't tell me. I wish I could believe him, but I am afraid to completely trust him yet. How was your morning other that the run-in with Carly."

"Fine, we do need to talk about something, where are we going to live"

"What is wrong with our house?" She asked lifting her head from where it rested in the hollow of his shoulder blade.

"It's too small; we need more bedrooms for those dozen children. I was thinking we look for one now, while the boys are still used to the upheaval."

Elizabeth thought about it for a minute and said "why don't you call a realtor and we can look, make sure to request some old oak trees on the property." She said with a grin.

"You think you are funny, don't you." He said with a growl, as he pinned her and started tickling her. The boys decided to come over and join in, to the amusement of Emily and Alan. Jeff was worried; Elizabeth used to puke if she was tickled too much.

"Uncle! I call Uncle!" She said as she sat up laughing and pulled Jake into her lap. Cameron was running around claiming to be the winner. Jason smiled at his wife, he knew he had won, but he would be gracious. There would be oak trees but the branches would not be anywhere's near a window in the new house.

Emily started telling her father about the cooking lesson and how Spinelli had grabbed the fire extinguisher when Johnny had set his frying pan on fire. Audrey had been covered in the foam; she was threatening to make them learn to cook at the fire department for the next lesson.

"What were you cooking?" Asked Jeff rather curious.

"We weren't, we were just getting ready to drop in our eggs." She admitted, leaving out that she had burnt her frying pan as well.

Carly was not in a good mood and when she heard someone leaning on her doorbell opening the door to see Sam standing there, she told her to get out. The next thing she saw was Sam collapsing.

Rolling her eyes at the drama queen she saw the blood and called 911, "I have a women at my door, she just collapsed. Two gun shot wounds. One to the arm and the second to the back, it seems to have an exit wound. We need an ambulance. And you might want to inform the DA that someone shot her daughter again."

When she was rushed into the emergency room at Mercy, Patrick was just leaving. Seeing Sam he told the emergency room attending that she had been his patient before and took over the exam. He was shocked to see that the bullet had followed the same trajectory as the last one. Straight through the uterus, right next to the path of the scar from the first one.

"We need someone to call Alexis Davis. I need permission to operate."

Carly finished with the police and joined Kate and Lily at Diane's office. She had been there this morning, but the attorney had refused to divulge anything until this meeting. When she had gone up to Jax's suite, Marty had refused to let her go alone. In fact he had insisted on joining her. She wanted the hotel back for no other reason that to fire him.

Entering she saw Jax there, as well as her mother. Looking around she saw no Jason. No surprise there, Elizabeth would not let him be within ten feet of her without a leash. Sitting stiffly she waited for all the legalities to get taken care of. Alexis, Lily and Kate soon joined them.

"First I have to tell you what was decided in regards to Lily Rivera Corinthos. The court decided since she was returning to divorce Sonny she gets half on his net worth at the time of her supposed death. This is were we run into some problems.

It seems that Sonny's net worth at the time was almost double what it is now. However she has graciously agreed to receive half of the net worth that he got from her father's death. As well as what the penthouse would be worth, if he still owned it since it was their place of residence.

Now on to the rest. The three children all receive trust funds, Jason Morgan was named the administrator, but the judge agreed with him that it should be changed. Jax has agreed to become the new administrator instead. I hope that will be agreeable to all."

"If it's not, if I want Jason to do it." Asked Carly.

"Mr. Morgan won't be an option. A court appointed one is the next option. However the partnership agreements are still in place, Jason receives the businesses he was a partner with Sonny in. As well as the Quartermaine stock he turned over to Sonny."

"That should belong to Michael." Insisted Carly.

"The judge disagreed. Michael isn't a blood or a legal member of the Quartermaine family. If they decided at some point to allow him membership in the family they can give him stock. The rest of the estate is divided piecemeal.

The estate he purchased for Michael called Greystone is in Michael and Morgan's name. As well as Kristina's. Now as to Molly being his biol-"

"WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PULL, THERE IS NO WAY HE "

"Carly he was the biological father of Molly. There are blood tests proving it. I only slept with Sonny that once, but Ric somehow got his hands on his brother's sperm and had me implanted. The same thing he did to Elizabeth when she was pregnant the first time. He got the sample from someone." She finished lamely. They knew it was Courtney that helped him, but they also knew Carly would not believe it.

"Alexis, you said you want nothing from the estate except an identical trust fund for the girls, so if you will sign here. I will take care of that. This of course removed Kristina from the deed."

"Now he arranged for a trust to be set up for Mike. Jason was to administer that one as well, but now it is transferred to a court officer. The private island owned by Mr. Corinthos and Mr. Morgan was a small problem but Jason agreed to allow the estate to buy his half out. That will be given to the boys as well."

"What about Courtney?" Asked Lily.

"There were no provisions set up for his sister. Kate you receive some personal items and was to receive some of his estate. I understand you don't want it. This is the paperwork to change that."

"Carly you also receive a small share of his estate. Around five million dollars is all that is left after taking care of all outstanding debts and legacies. He gave a set amount to the Stone Cates Memorial Wing at GH, which is just said to be in the care of his wife. The court agreed that the wife in connection was Carly, since he was married to her when he set this up in his will the first time."

Carly knew what she was going to do with that, she was going to get that little bitch fired from the hospital. Elizabeth Webber was going to have to go back to being a lousy waitress. "Does that include his seat on the board?" She asked.

"Yes, it does. The paperwork in there tells you what your responsibilities are and when the meetings are set."

"Does it include how to arrange an emergency board meeting? Since with the fire the hospital is in need of a lot of money and help." She asked intently.

Jax knew what she was up to, as soon as they left the meeting; he called the hospital to warn Dr. Quartermaine, who just laughed. "Carly is in for quite a shock if she tries to pull that off. Did you hear about Sam getting shot?"

"Yes, Alexis told me. She signed for the surgery since it still lists her as the emergency contact number."

Elizabeth entered Mercy; Robin had called and said that Lucky was fine as a donor but that Luke wasn't. They now needed to find a family with at least twelve members with the same DNA strand. At least a family with a 98 match. With lots of members. She was mentally going through the lists when the paramedics brought in the dead body of Mike Corbin.

"We found him dead; the smell of liqueur was strong. The police are on the way. They need an autopsy but I would guess he pissed off some loan sharks again and tried to drink his way out of it."

"Does anyone know his contact number? It was his son but with Corinthos dead, I have no idea whom to call." Said the emergency room attending. "Elizabeth, you are married to Morgan, do you have any idea." Calling Lily she left a message about Mike, hoping it sounded as innocent as she wanted.

"Here, this is his boss's number. Bobbie might know how to reach the correct person." As she walked to the labs, she saw Patrick leaving the operating room and heading her way. "What is up?" She asked

"Someone shot Sam McCall, same place as last time. This time she might not be able to walk. The scarring from the first injury did even more damage, the bullet bounced off it and played pinball in her uterus."

"I am on my way to see Robin do you need anything?" She asked. The last time she had gone out of her way to help Sam, this time she could care less.

Jason got the message from Anthony's man and just tossed it into the trash. He hoped Sam got the message. Tomorrow morning, she was going to be taken into custody. Cassidine had revoked her bail now that she had done, as he wanted. He had kept his promise; she would not go to prison.

Georgie entered the bookstore with Serena and Brooklynn with Francis following behind. Only to see a familiar blond head bent over some books and a couple of disks. Groaning mentally, she made no plans to walk away. Lucas had called to tell her that Dillon was with him at the Brownstone. Dillon had gotten on the phone and gave her a play by play of his morning listening to Lulu blaming her for everything from the sun not shining to Johnny and all the way on to her being forced to move into the Spencer house.

"I think we need to talk. This has to be settled. I want my boyfriend back I earned him. We are going to sit down and talk this out intelligently and rationally Georgie, In the end you will see that I am the right girl for Johnny.

"You're right, we do need to discuss this, shall we." She said leading the way to the quad with her entourage behind her. Now you say you earned him. Tell me how?"

Lulu went into her explanation about the Ball and Anthony, then the kidnapping finally about Logan Hayes and ending up in Shadybrook as well as the trial. She knew that Georgie would be reasonable.

"Okay, let's start with the ball, you were told to stay away by Johnny. It was your own fault that happened. However, there was a payment for that. I believe he invested in the Haunted Star. That should be payment enough, now on to the kidnapping. I believe he rescued you, that was Trevor anyhow.

"You don't understand the bond that Johnny and I have. He talks to me, tells me things. He told me about his mother, about his dad."

"Yet you didn't know about Claudia until she came to town. Nor that he had a wife and child. So I would say it wasn't as deep as you thought. As for Logan. Lulu, you did that. You played the two men off each other. Just like you did with Milo, Spinelli and Dillon, this time you got burned. That is all on you and your weak mind.

"That doesn't change that my life is more suited for him than yours. Your father being the police commissioner should prove that."

"Lulu, Lucky is a cop, not a good or even competent one, but a cop. This so called Spencer smarts is nothing more than your family running away from trouble? Your dad being on the island with Mikkos was just an ACCIDENT. He wasn't there to save the world. He was just there to escape with your mommy."

"You're just jealous, my dad is a hero." Said Lulu. "Yes, he has made some mistakes but he is a hero to everyone."

"Who?" No one I know. Your dad got Lucky that was it. He is a loser who can't hold a steady job and who is living off his rich wife. I think that makes him a gigolo. Like Carly is a whore who married and screwed rich men. You're following in their footsteps. I can't stand Lucky but at least he is holding down a job. You worked for Couture for like what six seconds. Lulu you are looking for a rich man to take care of you, that's all Johnny was to you."

"You don't understand what we shared and you never will." Said Lulu. "We are soul mates."

"Yes, just like Carly and Jason." Snarked Brooklynn. "Georgie you are wasting your breath because it is hardly fair to engage in a battle of wits with someone so ill-equipped for the fight."

Serena started laughing, while Francis just discreetly texted Johnny before there was bloodshed.

"Now Brooklynn, mind your manners, you had advantages that poor Lulu didn't. After all her mother was in the nut house for years and her father just abandoned her. We have to pity her; at least that is what I have been told my whole life. We have to take pity on poor pitiful Lulu Spencer. She can't help being a spoiled selfish kid, now on her way to being a spoiled whore just like her cousin Carly." Was Serena's response once she stopped laughing.

"Enough, we don't have to be cruel. I got my point across. Lulu, Johnny and I knew each other long before you came to be standing on the side of the road. We are married; we were expecting a child together. One created on our honeymoon, one we both wanted. You cost me my child, but have yet to so much as say your sorry. Go away, get a life with someone who will love you."

"Johnny loves me." She said. "He told me so."

"I did, I am sorry about that. Lulu. I was grateful for what you gave me, but it was not right. I understood what was happening between Nik and Claudia so well because that is what I was doing with you. While I made a mistake, I refuse to pay for it forever. I think we are even. I love Georgie. I feel in love with her long before we meet and will love her until the day I die. I look at her and see my future."

Georgie finally got that he meant it. He was there for her. Now she needed to let her heart trust in his love like Elizabeth suggested.