CHAPTER 36
MORGAN HOUSEHOLD
As Jason and Elizabeth compared schedules for the day, they wished they could have spent some time together, she had to deal with work, planning two weddings, and Lucy Coe. Jason needed to see Carly, and make plans with Francis and Max. He also had an appointment with Diane that was just as important as starting the war. This one on a personal matter that he realized he had forgotten to discuss with Elizabeth.
Cam was cranky this morning, he had wanted to have frozen waffles instead of scrambled eggs, he had been a handful since he woke up this morning, telling his mother that he didn't want to go to daycare, he wanted to spend the day with Jason. Jason hated disappointing the little guy, but when he started to change plans, Elizabeth would not let him. She had tried to explain about needing limits but all Jason saw was a disappointed four year old.
He called over to see if his mother was working, then tried Spinelli, only to be told he was in the middle of a breakthrough. Finally trying Elizabeth's father he was happy to find out Stephen had the day off and was willing to take Cam with him on his visits. Elizabeth had wanted to protest but she thought that Jason was more upset then Cam was, so she kept out of it, for now.
Finally heading out the door, Jason was further upset when he saw that they were taking different vehicles.
"Jason, I have a lot of running around to do this afternoon, so I need my own vehicle."
They compromised by agreeing that since Stephen and Kurt would be with Cam, Marco and Milo would be with her. Jason threatened Milo with bodily harm if he paid more attention to his new girlfriend Nadine than his charges. Jason decided to look into getting more guards that he trusted onto the assignment of his family.
If Sonny got any whiff of what he was planning he would try to get to Elizabeth and that was not going to happen.
SCORPIO HOUSEHOLD
Robin had spent the night tossing and turning in her bedroom, she was having a hard time dealing with the fact that everyone thought she was after Jason. She knew that they could never be together. He was in the mob, no getting out. She would never accept that lifestyle, so why would anyone think she was still waiting around for him.
She kept hearing echoes of Carly's diatribe the night at the Metrocourt, where she said they had tried to manipulate Jason, that she had been as bad as Carly. It had joined Elizabeth telling her to get over it, that Jason wasn't interested. Mac's voice saying similar things.
She picked up the phone and called Lainey. When the sleepy voice of her friend answered she asked if she could talk to her as a patient today? She wanted her opinion on something. On Jason and Elizabeth. Lainey thought about it then agreed to meet with her around 10:00. Lainey had no intention of being the doctor who actually talked to her friend. Rae Cummings was in town and had called to have coffee with her this morning she was going to have Dr. Cummings take the session.
Maxie knocked and listened as Georgie slammed a drawer shut then called for her to enter the room. As she joined her sister, she took a deep breath and told her about what had happened the night before at Kelly's. Georgie was upset, but she understood that Maxie was being Maxie. The sisters discussed their plans for the day. They were working opposite schedules, Georgie was candy stripping this morning and off in the afternoon and Maxie was at the boutique in the morning and candy stripping in the evening.
When Georgie mentioned seeing Kate Howard at the hospital today, she grabbed Maxie's arm and squealed saying I have something to tell you. "I was in a room the size of downstairs full of designer clothes, and shoes and all sorts of accessories. The two young women were carrying on so loudly they didn't here Mac trying to get their attention at the open door.
Finally giving up and took the coffee cups back to the kitchen, grateful that for a couple of minutes his girls were back to normal. He answered the knock on the door and saw Johnny standing there asking to talk to him for a minute.
"If this is about Georgie," started Mac.
"No, it's not sir. I was trying to avoid the station and called to see if you had left yet, it's personal for me. I guess business or rather half business for you." Mac resigned himself into having a conversation with the younger man.
"How about meeting me at Bannister's Wharf, in about thirty minutes, I have to make a quick trip to the station, then can meet you there. Now do you want to see Georgie before you go?"
"Johnny, were we supposed to meet this morning?" Georgie wracked her brain wondering if she had missed something last night. They had spent about a half-hour at the studio kissing before he had stopped them from going any further and she had been a little upset when he had dropped her off. Though frustrated was a better word for it.
"No, I got a call from Ferncliffe, Anthony is dead, he had a heart attack last night. I also need to tell your dad about what I learned, so we are meeting later, can you meet me for lunch or do you have plans?"
He was thinking can you sound any more pathetic, you are all but stalking the girl. He knew she was going to be at the hospital this morning and had already made plans to stop by there and now he was trying to plan his whole day around a possible lunch date.
"No, I am meeting Clarice and Serena for a working lunch, how about dinner?" she asked hopefully.
"I have a meeting with my new attorney, plus after dinner the meeting I mentioned last night. I don't supposed you want to come with me?" he returned.
"I think you need to do that one alone, but call me afterwards, we can get together and discuss how it went." she offered.
Mac was amused at the hopeful looks they kept throwing each other, he was happy they were having a hard time getting together for the day, at least until Georgie suggested she sleep over so that they could discuss things tonight. Johnny was going to agree, then reminded her about their plans Tuesday.
"Oh, your right. We have got to find time Johnny. Or else.' she threatened forgetting Mac was in the room she pulled on his pullover and kissed him. Johnny tried keeping his hands to himself, he kept reminding himself that Mac had a gun. Screw it he thought, so do I. He placed his hands around Georgie's hips and pulled her closer and deepened the kiss until he heard a loud cough.
He opened his eyes and saw Maxie standing on the stairs, and Mac looking like he was ready to use that gun he had holstered. He hugged Georgie and whispered we are going to have to see each other later, but I think your dad is going to kill me in a half hour. So if you don't hear from me by noon, call the ER. I'll be the patient with the gunshot wound to the heart.
Georgie laughed and pushed him out the door turning to Mac and her sister saying "I couldn't help myself. I like kissing that man." she turned and grabbing her garment bag kissed Mac on the cheek saying but you will always be my favorite guy.
JACKS RESIDENCE
Watching as Jax and the boys left for their mornings, Carly turned to Lulu and ordered her to sit down, now.
"Okay I am going to talk and you are going to do nothing but listen, Leslie Lu, this needs to end. I know that with Lucky and your Mom away, and Nik in Switzerland. You feel all alone but this acting out has to stop and stop NOW. Your father was worried enough about you to call me yesterday, Lulu he called ME to discuss YOU.
Your father has never voluntarily called me without wanting something in his life. My mom is worried about you and I would guess after the scene I got hauled into at Kelly's last night so is Elizabeth. Sweetie we are all worried, you are out of control and with us, I hate to say it, but us, Spencer's out of control is never a good thing.
You need to stop fighting in the diner. No matter what the provocation. You work there, you need to try and act like it. I understand the urge to pull Maxie Jones hair out by it's roots, but there is a time and place for that. Last night wasn't it.
Then there is Logan and Johnny. I don't like Logan at all, I think he is smarmy. Then there is Johnny, the mobster. If anyone understand chasing after a guy like that it is me. The thing is he doesn't seem to like you. You need to accept that, I saw him with Georgie at the tree lighting last night. He was so wrapped up in her, I don't think he saw the lighting. Just her watching it. I have seen that look in a guys face before, Lulu and I did what you are trying to do. I did that to Jason and Elizabeth by helping Courtney.."
"It worked though, Jason married Courtney." she interrupted.
"Oh, sweetie, you don't get it. He thought he had lost everything. It was Jason's way of committing suicide. He just shut down and did what we told him. He wasn't happy. However because he was doing what I wanted him to, I believed he was. I had a wakeup call recently and I don't want you to go through what is going to be happening soon to me. When I tell Jason all I had done in the past, he is going to walk away this time. I am trying to change, but the facts are it might be too little too late. I will deserve what I have coming."
"I don't understand"
"I know, and that is the scary part. Simply put if you keep running after Johnny you are going to lose your friendships with both of them. Georgie especially. After all this isn't the first time you have done this to someone she cares about. I would guess that if things don't change for you, you are going to end up in serious trouble with no one to bail you out. We also need to discuss your visit to the station yesterday."
"Lulu what were you thinking, reporting that Jason had you kidnapped? If the wrong people had gotten a hold of that, Jason would have gone to jail this isn't a game, you don't seem to realize that. Luckily Mac knew the situation, and prevented you from doing damage but then you shouted it out at the diner. Why?"
"I wanted to help find Johnny, to show him that I was the right girl for him. Jason interfered and was mean to me." she admitted. Carly wanted to scream, that was something she would have done.
"You would have been no help. You have very little knowledge of the mob business and it was Helena, so you are lucky she decided you were of no consequence or you would have been dead, do you realize that. Johnny would have yelled at you if you had been there, not thanked you. Now I know that you have to be at the diner for the morning shift, so go change and and head out to work. Your keys and phone are on the dresser in my bedroom."
BANNISTER'S WHARF
Johnny waited for Mac to arrive and dropped the file on the bench that Jason had suggested he give to the man, he hoped Morgan's plan worked. He wanted out of this life.
Mac approached the lower docks and watched the little jerk who had his tongue down his little girls throat a little over thirty five minutes ago, the only reason he hadn't hurt him, was that it had been rather obvious that Georgie had started the tonsil hockey. There were certain things a father should never see and that was one of them. "What can I do for you?"
"First of all, I need to tell you some things. Anthony is dead, I am having him buried in a plot as soon as he is embalmed. I understand that Sam McCall was his daughter, if no one has taken care of it, I will. If Trevor Lansing hadn't switched us, there is a good chance Anthony would not have gone over the edge. Also that she would not have turned out the way she did."
"Alexis took care of her arrangements. So if you and Sam were switched does that mean you are Alexis' child?"
"Yes, we got the results yesterday. I am supposed to visit with her this evening, Georgie wants me to go alone, to meet her without expectations. I'm not sure, after Helena grabbed us, I don't know that I want to meet my family, but I promised your daughter, I would."
"Georgie knows Alexis is a decent person, the Cassidine legacy is a bloody one, but Alexis and Nik want nothing to do with it. Once Helena dies, the feud is over. She is right you should get to know your mother.
I want to discuss my daughter and your relationship real quick. I am not saying stay away. I am saying hurt her and I will make you regret it. I delivered her, I was there for her first tooth, her first day of school, her first heartache, she is my daughter no matter what.
So trust me when I say, don't tread on her soft heart. After the damage Dylan did, I know that it weighs on her. It made her feel less than wanted. You need to understand that Lulu is a Spencer, she is going to keep coming after you until she finds someone else. Logan Hayes broke up with her rather publicly last night as well."
"Sir, I know this is too soon to be saying this but I am in love with her. It started when I watched her throw her cell phone at a dog half her size. I knew I was, by the time we went out the other night. I am scared, she is quickly becoming the most important part of my life, and for a guy who has never wanted to care for someone that deeply. I won't ever deliberately harm your daughter. I can't say we won't argue but I can say I will be there for her always."
Mac wanted to argue but he saw that Johnny was serious. When he looked at the file handed to him, he thanked him and headed quickly for the station.
GH SIXTH FLOOR HUB
Elizabeth watched as her students put away files after morning rounds and headed towards class. She was finished with them for the day, checking through the memos, she found a note to page Patrick Drake as soon as possible. As she listened to the page echo through the hospital she saw Georgie taking around the book cart and Kate stocking shelves with medical supplies, a normal day in the hospital.
Patrick asked her to join him in the waiting room for a minute. "Elizabeth, we are having a hard time figuring out when Jason was exposed to this cocktail. With his former brain injury it has thrown off all the calculations. I need to sit down and discuss a time line with him. There is just no possible way he was exposed when he should have been. It doesn't make any sense, Robin needs to be brought in on this, but until she pulls her head out of her butt, Monica doesn't want her involved. I need someone who is involved with drug research and forensics, can you try and reach your brother Stephen in an unofficial capacity."
"He's here in town, I can ask him to do it for me. He might help and keep it quiet. You have surgery this afternoon, right? I will have him reach your cell phone tonight."
"Thank you, this was important to Emily. It's strange but I need these answers for more that you and Jason. I need them so I can say I did something for my sister, even if I never knew until she had died."
Rae Cummings had just come from her meeting with Lainey and was hesitating before knocking on Monica's office. The doctor looked up and saw Skye's Mom standing in the door, she invited her in and offered her a seat, "You do know that Skye moved back to Pine Valley, don't you."
"Yes, we talked a couple of days ago. I just wanted to stop in and say I was sorry to hear about Emily. I know that words are inadequate, but I needed to say them. The reason I am here, is that Dr. Winters wants me to have an interview with a couple of her patients. The man who helped her father die. And also a member of the staff named Robin Scorpio. She doesn't feel that she can offer a unbiased diagnosis to the woman. Is that alright with you?"
"Thank you for the sympathy, it will hurt less when they catch the guy. My son bore the brunt of my anger for days, unjustly so, now I have gained acceptance, but I am afraid there will never be forgiveness. The monster that took my daughter, took another one of my nurses, my grandson's nanny, attacked the young woman you are seeing and he is still out there. I appreciate you talking to Robin, do you want to see her file, this is part of her probation, the treatments. She had rejected going before, now it looks like she is going to make an attempt."
"Yes, thank you. That will be very helpful. From what Dr. Winters tells me she is a remarkable young woman, who has completely lost herself. Can I ask what your opinion is?"
"Robin wants to control everything around her, its a result of losing Stone to AIDS. She helped my son years ago, now she acts like she is the only person that understands what he thinks and why he does what he does. She is still trying to make decisions for him. Hence the case that caused her to be brought up before the medical board. I think she really does believe that she knows best. Jason has changed and grown. He has lost so much because of a decision she made out of emotions. I truly believe she thinks that her and my son might get back together some day."
"Are you certain they won't. I mean if she is hanging on this long, she doesn't sound like an obsessive person"
"No, Jason is, well he is with the woman he has loved for eight years, now. They have a son, and are getting married soon. I discussed Robin with him when we were deciding what to do about her, he didn't care what happened. It is too late to fix the damage done to his brain, so he just moved on, and will live his life. She seems to be taking it as a sign that he will forgive her. they have a past that was iffy at best before this.
Elizabeth the woman Jason is in love with is an artist, she used to be a painter when younger, I know that Jason wants to take her to Europe and visit museums and art gallery's, for him to actually be able to see the paintings is a big deal for him. The ability to dream and feel cold or hot, those things matter. The one that matters most is his memories of Lila and the rest. He doesn't have those memories,and losing the ones of Lila. She made a medical decision based on what she thought he wanted never asking him. I can't accept that as a parent or as the chief of staff."
"I will take the appointment and then give you a written report before I head out this evening. Monica, once again I am sorry about your loses this year."
"They are still here, you know that Rae, they will continue to exist in my heart."
METROCOURT
Alexis knocked on Jax's door, and entered telling him she had news. As she explained about Sam and Johnny. Jax wasn't sure how he felt, but he saw that Alexis was nervous, in an excited and happy way. As they talked about the information she had on her son, and how she wanted to get to know him, Jax laughed. She was talking so fast, she was falling all over her words. "So what is new with you, my favorite ex-husband?"
"Well I am going to be a father, next summer. My stepson had me involved in a scheme that will more than likely get me in trouble and needing your services, and my wife is still my wife."
"So, congratulations. Boy or Girl?"
"We don't know yet, don't say anything yet, we still have to tell the boys."
JACKS HOUSEHOLD
Carly grabbed her keys off her dresser and headed down the stairs to head out Christmas shopping. Her doctor's appointment was arranged for the following morning. Kelly had to cancel, there had been an emergency at Mercy, requiring her help.
A patient had a car accident and was getting surgery there, was all the nurse would say. Irradiated at the inconvenience but trying to be understanding, she was going to take the spare time and go shopping. As she crossed over towards the door she heard.
"Going somewhere, Carly?" she glanced over and saw Jason sitting in the armchair in front of her fireplace.
"Yes, out shopping." she answered.
"Sit down, we need to talk." Hearing the echo of her earlier conversations with Lulu she took her coat back off and sat down on the sofa, wondering which of her many indiscretions was about to come back and bite her now.
"Carly we have known each other for years, in all that time, I have lied for you, I have helped you keep my brother's son from him, let you take over Robin's house when I had no right, basically let you do whatever you wanted, then cleaned up your messes. I told you that night at the Metrocourt if I found out that you had hurt Elizabeth in the past you would pay."
"Jason, why are you angry about the past, I have been trying, you have to know that."
"Is that supposed to make up for the public humiliation you put her through, or the private hell you and Courtney created for her. For your lies and outright cruelty, for the verbal attacks, the deliberate belittling. I have only ever asked you for one thing in regards to Elizabeth and that was to leave her alone. You never did that."
"Jason, I don't know what your are talking about, I never was deliberately malicious to her, I would just see her and then we would have words and then next thing I knew I would be back at the studio door getting tossed out by her. I never did it deliberately." Carly winced as she recalled the night of her club opening, that had been done on purpose, but most of the other was running off at the mouth or the result of some of things Courtney had told her. The lies that had caused her to attack Elizabeth, even after her and Jason had broken up.
"You really think that makes it acceptable? As for what you just said I know thats a lie Carly, I have proof." with that Jason pulled out the diary from under his coat and tossed it in front of her on the table. He watched as Carly paled then asked where he had gotten that.
"That is none of your business, as a matter of fact my life is none of your business. You are out of my life Carly, and while I am at it, I think I will help Jax get out of it, what would you think of that, after all you ended my life, why should I not take yours away. The difference is Carly do you even feel anything that deeply, because for you to have done what you did. I just want to know is why, why treat Elizabeth the way you did?"
"Jason, please, I need you in my life. I am trying, I swear."
She watched the disgusted look on his face then listened as he said "That's all Elizabeth wanted back then, was for us to take a chance and try to be together. It's all I wanted, a life and a family of my own, but only with her, not with Courtney or Sam, but you helped take that away from me then and tried to do the same last year. Your only sorry you got caught." he sneered.
"No, I, Jason, I am trying to change. I knew when you found out, you would hate me, did Jax give you the diary, he was threatening too, he told me that wanting to wait until after the holidays was selfish. "
"Why would Jax have Courtney's diary, wait, there are more than one diary, isn't there. Carly if you have them, so help me, give them to me NOW!"
Carly got up and went upstairs and brought down her lock box, taking out the important personal documents she handed the entire box over to Jason. "There are some letters and old receipts and canceled checks in there as well. Jason, the diaries are horrible, you don't want to read them. She was nothing like she pretended to be."
"I could have told you that a few years ago, but until I talked to Elizabeth last week I had no idea what she had done to her, and thanks to the diary I now know she had help. Carly if you had really matured you would have brought this to me I would not have had to come here and confront you with it."
"I was planning to, after Christmas, Jason I knew that I was going to lose your friendship, I just wanted one more holiday with my family. When you read those you are going to hate more than me. I told Lulu this morning that sometimes I am sorry isn't enough. I know that this is one of those times. All I ask is please try to stay in Micheal and Morgan's lives they don't deserve to pay for their parents mistakes." she softly said.
"You know what Sonny did, don't you, when Carly, when did you learn about it. The past or recently?"
"The diaries, Courtney wrote everything in them. How she was paid by Sonny to be my friend and spy on me, how she befriended me because of my dislike of Elizabeth and our relationship. how she set things up to seduce you, then convinced Sonny to change his mind about the two of you by pointing out that if you weren't with her you would go back to Elizabeth. I just don't get it, Sonny likes Elizabeth, why would he care?"
"Carly is there anything in these I need to hear from you before I read them."
"Yes, Jason I warned Elizabeth when she came back with Cam to stay away from you. Courtney had seen the two of you together with her son, and told me that she thought Elizabeth was trying to trap you and I went off on Elizabeth. I also pushed you into getting engaged to Courtney, and helped them convince you to go to Elizabeth to cover up the hit and run. I gave Courtney advice on how to ask you. Jason. I had no idea, I never saw this side that is in this book." she said brokenly.
"She wanted Elizabeth's life for some reason, she hated her. She was going to try and take my boys, the only reason she backed down was she got bored with playing Auntie to them. She just about succeeded in destroying my life."
"This the result of your meddling in my life, Carly. I have spent the last several years living in a strange sort of hell, created by the fact that others in our lives never wanted Elizabeth and I together. I am at fault as well. I was convinced that the best thing was to stay away from Elizabeth to protect her, to care for her from afar, I let Courtney and Sam use me, I let them deceive me and I let them hurt Elizabeth, I hurt Elizabeth because of my blind obligation to others who had no concern or obligation for me.
Carly reading that diary, kills me, I sat there and let the two of you do this stuff, I may not of known of most of it, but I knew things weren't sunshine and roses between the three of you. The morning I woke up after Elizabeth left was one of the worst days of my life, I was numb, and I stayed that way until February when I was telling Elizabeth of course, I will stay out of my sons life and let Lucky raise him. I came up for air that day but you and Sonny your lives just pulled me back down. It took Amelia Joffey and Diane to help me find myself again. By then it was almost too late. For both Elizabeth and myself, all she has ever wanted was for me to try. well I am done trying, it's over.
I can't trust you, I don't know that I ever will again. I just have one more question, did you help Courtney drug me the night I slept with her?"
"No, Jason I would never do that. She drugged you, why? She was always so sure of sex between the two of you, that was the one thing she said, that you wanted her, that if nothing else you wanted her."
"I think she may have had something to do with that Carly. I have no solid memories of that night we slept together. Unfortunately I also am missing other nights we supposedly had sex. I think she drugged me on more than one occasion. Read the diary entry for it." Jason watched as Carly found the page he had marked and watched as she paled. Then looked up at him, then read it again.
"Jason, I see what you mean the phrasing. I swear she never said a word to me about it. I swear I also never told her to sleep with you, I did tell her about our early relationship but I used it to get you to help me. I compare Elizabeth to that, I said she was the one manipulating you. Listen please read the other diaries, then call me. We may be done as friends but I need to know that you will read them. I swear you will see that I was conned as badly as you. As for Elizabeth, I am going to continue trying. I know it is too little too late, but someday I am hoping you and she can eventually forgive me."
"Carly, I doubt it, just be glad your pregnant, otherwise my threat of destroying your marriage would have become a promise. Attempt anything else and it will." Jason picked up the strong box and walked out the door without looking back.
There were a few more segments, but I felt I needed to end this chapter right here. That this was what a few of you have been waiting for. Mandy.