A/N – Thanks for the comments! I probably won't be able to post tomorrow. I have an overnight several hours away so I'm leaving early. Sorry. Will resume Sunday evening probably (but no promises on that). * Liasonisthebomb – True re: them being equals! Kelly has some things to work through. More next chapter. * Twisted Musilah – Kelly is lucky! * Dreamlover22 – I might be running out of prospects for Cody. * LiasonLuv – Tico's torture will happen soon! He needs to heal first though. * Kikimoo – Thanks! * chawchic – Stay tuned! * Virgy15, doralupin86, ilovedana53 – Thanks! * Blackberry959 – I love all the Kelmanny love! I think Liz was a little influenced by Lila but they really haven't spent that much time together. Liz tends to really think things through until it makes sense to her (right or wrong).
Chapter 37 – Visiting Hours
Emily smiled at her brother. "Elizabeth was telling me about the island. It sounds like fun."
Jason's eyes narrowed. "Did you invite someone else?"
Liz smiled and Jason couldn't help but return it. "Would you be mad if I did?"
Emily watched their silent communication curiously.
Jason really wanted Elizabeth all to himself. "Let's just see how you feel and then we'll discuss our island mates later."
"I'm going to start packing." Emily said grinning.
Jason looked at her blankly as Liz chuckled.
"Everyone out." Epiphany said breezing into the room.
Emily said goodbye and left quickly and Jason looked over at Liz for a moment. "I need to touch base with Anthony."
"Go ahead. I'll be fine. Nathan is right outside."
Jason nodded. "Don't let anything happen to my girl." He said Epiphany.
"Please, nobody messes with me." Epiphany said with a smirk.
Jason smiled and walked out of the room.
"I'm not used to seeing him smile."
"I think it makes him even hotter." Liz said with a smile.
Epiphany chuckled. "I won't argue with that."
"You're not going to try and steal my boyfriend while I'm incapacitated are you?"
Epiphany shrugged as Elizabeth's mouth dropped open.
Chuckling, Epiphany finished up her tests. "As if that were even possible…" She said as Elizabeth grinned.
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Jason walked into the Zacchara mansion.
"Jason, follow me to the study." Anthony said leading the way.
They took a seat.
"How is Elizabeth?"
"She's awake and doing a little better."
"Good. Claudia is upstairs. You should look in on her before you leave."
Jason nodded.
"I'm glad you and Manny found the girls in time. It could have ended tragically."
"I agree. I wanted to talk to you about tracking devices."
Anthony made a face. "You really think my Claudia will agree to that?"
Jason chuckled. "It would only be during the times where we're under attack. Dillon developed some software and he's trying to make it so the device will be undetectable. He'll use satellite pinging and some other geek stuff so that no one can track him either. Because of the frequencies, he'll be able to locate the signal underwater; even in a vault."
Anthony nodded. "Your cousin is pretty sharp."
"He is and when he's finished, I'm pretty certain that it will make it much easier to make sure that our loved ones are safe."
"Maybe he could put something in John's watch."
"I'm sure that will be possible."
"Well, I'm game. Now, you just have to convince Claudia."
"Me?"
Anthony smirked. "Lay on some of your charm. Apparently, you're irresistible to the ladies."
Jason rolled his eyes.
"Seriously, go sweet talk her. Considering what just happened, you might actually get through that hard head of hers."
Jason stood up. "Should I take backup?"
Anthony grinned. "You never know with that one." He said looking up. "Go upstairs and it's the third door on the right."
Jason nodded and headed up the stairs.
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A guard came scurrying out of Claudia's room with a painful look on his face. "I wouldn't go in there if I were you." He said quickly.
Jason sighed and knocked before entering. "Claudia?"
Claudia pushed herself up on her pillows. "Jason?"
"Hey. I wanted to check on you and then make a proposition."
She smirked.
"Not that." Jason said looking away awkwardly.
Claudia grinned. "You're so easy to rattle Morgan. It's quite entertaining. I'm surprised you didn't blush."
Jason gave her a look, making her laugh harder.
"I'm sorry, go ahead." She said quieting.
"I want you to consider wearing a tracking device."
Claudia started to interrupt but Jason held up his hand.
"Let me finish. If you had been wearing one, we would have found you faster. Dillon is working on some new technology that would make it undetectable and there probably isn't a place they could hide you without us finding the location. Elizabeth was wearing one of his prototypes, but unfortunately they discovered it and tossed it out of the window. If Dillon succeeds, then it could save your life."
"I don't know. Are you willing to wear one?"
All she could think about was that Anthony could use it to control her. Every once in a while he would go off the deep end regarding her protection.
"If necessary I will. It would only be when someone comes up against us."
Claudia sighed. If he had asked her a week ago her answer would be a hell no. But, she came really close to dying. "Would it only be the geeks who would be seeing our location?"
Jason nodded.
"I will tentatively agree to it—only when we're under attack."
"Thank you. I'll let you know when the final version is done. You can provide a piece of jewelry and he'll handle the rest."
"What? You're not going to buy me anything?"
Jason shook his head. "Are you ever going to stop teasing me?"
"Not on your life." She said grinning. "If it weren't for that little brunette….."
"Oh, you think it would be that easy?" Jason asked as he stood in the doorway.
"At least let me have my fantasy." Claudia said.
Jason smirked. "Goodbye Claudia."
"Later good looking, tell your girlfriend that I'm glad she's okay."
"I will."
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Jason walked into Elizabeth's room. She stirred and looked up at him.
"Hi." She said softly.
"How's my girl?"
Elizabeth smiled. "I'm okay."
He sat down.
"You showered." She said.
Jason nodded.
"Was it Claudia?"
Jason laughed. "She does always make me feel dirty. Actually, she asked me to tell you that she's glad that you're okay."
"How did she look?"
"Tired and bruised. But, the good or maybe bad news as some would say is that her mouth still works."
Liz chuckled. "Well, I'm glad that she's okay too."
"Has Patrick come back?"
"Not yet. They gave me some kind of muscle relaxants." She said sighing.
"Are you going to get all loopy on me?"
Liz smiled. "Maybe…"
He watched her fall back asleep and then he stepped out to make a few calls.
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Johnny opened up the door to the penthouse across the hall from Jason and held it open so Jessica and Jamie could walk inside. "Here we are."
The girls looked around.
"Wow." Tess said. "I like it."
Johnny shrugged. "Take whichever bedroom you want. I'll be staying here with you per Jason's orders. He lives across the hall."
Jaime ran down the hallway so she could pick which one she liked.
"Jason is being very generous. You said Elizabeth is hurt right?"
"She's doing well but she is still in the hospital."
Jaime squealed and ran towards them and Johnny easily caught her and tossed her in the air.
"I love my room. It has pink curtains and a lavender bedspread."
Johnny frowned. "Really? I need to go see this."
He knew Jason made a few changes, but he was surprised when he walked into Jaime's room. It was girly and fit her personality perfectly. Putting her down he looked over at Tess who wiped a tear from her eye.
"Why are you sad mommy?"
"I'm not baby. It's just been a long time since people were so nice to me. These are happy tears."
Johnny watched them hug. Tess had calmed down a little since she had been going to therapy. He had thought she'd jump his bones, but all they had done was talk a lot which was good because they had really gotten to know each other. From what he understood, the doctors were sort of trying to merge her personalities together. She still had an edge and was smart as a whip, but the craziness wasn't as noticeable as before. The bottom line was that she wanted to be better for her child and give her the best life. Johnny respected that.
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Jason walked back into the room.
"Everything alright?" She asked curiously.
"Yes, Johnny is back with Tess. They are settling into the penthouse across the hall."
Liz smiled. "I hope she likes what Emily did to the room."
"According to Johnny's text, it was a hit."
"It's nice of you to give her a new start."
"Honestly, I did it for a couple of different reasons. For one, after what Tico did to her, they deserved some happiness. I'm also worried about her daughter. She'll be the sole heir of the Santi organization. People might come after her and they need someone to watch their backs."
"Have you spoken to Tess about that?"
"Not yet. I'm going to sit down with her soon. You are my first priority right now."
Britt walked into the room. "Hey." She said smiling. "How are you feeling?"
AJ followed behind her and then stopped and put a hand on Jason's shoulder. "Yeah, when can you leave this germy, dreary hospital?"
Liz smiled. "Soon hopefully, Patrick should be back in a while to do some testing."
"I'm glad you're okay."
"Thanks, are you off today?"
"Yup. I'm actually here to see Monica but I wanted to stop by and see how you were doing first."
"Is everything okay?"
"Just some baby mama drama." AJ quipped.
"I'm about to find out if Alexis Davis is my real mother."
"Well, good luck. I hope you get the answer you want." Liz said.
"Me too."
AJ grabbed Britt's hand. "It's time to go."
"Can you come back and let me know how it went?"
Britt smiled. "Of course, I might need someone to talk me down."
They left and Delores walked in on her own accord.
"No more crutches." Liz said smiling.
"You have no idea how good it feels to not have to use them anymore." Delores said smiling. "You doing any better?"
"I hope so. Your boyfriend will be here soon to check me out."
Delores smirked. "Ha…Ha."
Jason smiled and left the room.
"Patrick was trying to get in on my trip to the island. He wants to be my doctor."
Delores smiled. "Sounds like him."
"You'd have to come too of course."
"Of course."
Patrick walked in. "What did I miss?"
"Nothing." Liz said innocently.
"Hi Dee." He said giving her a killer smile.
Liz smiled. "You two are so cute."
Patrick grinned. "I'd like to think so. Now, how about we take off this neck brace and see how you do?"
Liz nodded. She was a little scared but trusted Patrick to stop if need be.
Patrick eased it off and made Elizabeth do a few exercises. "How do you feel?"
"Okay so far."
"Good."
He continued and then tried to lay Elizabeth flat and she clenched his arms and he brought her right back up. "Sorry." He said softly. "So, you're okay looking left and right, it's just lying back that does it?"
"Right."
"I'm going to do a couple of exercises with you. If it gets to be too much, you let me know."
He started and a few times Liz began to tear from the pain but then it weird thing started to happen and the pain and dizziness was lessening.
"Better?"
"Yeah, it's better than before."
"Good, we're getting somewhere then."
Liz smiled.
Jason breathed a sigh of relief. She was getting better and he decided to start making some island plans.
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A few hours later, Tess and Johnny walked into Elizabeth's room. Mercedes was watching Jaime. She was going to help Tess take care of her since Tess was worried about setbacks. Stability wasn't something she was used to, but she desperately wanted it for Jaime.
"Hey Johnny. And you must be Tess?" Liz asked.
Tess smiled. "I am. So, you are the woman that tamed the giant over there." She said looking at Jason.
"I am. I've heard a lot about you. Where's your daughter?"
"She's at the penthouse. Hopefully, you can meet her soon."
Liz smiled. "I would like that."
"Jason, I can't thank you enough for what you've done for us. Jaime loves the room and I can't wait for you to meet her."
Jason smiled. "I'm glad you're both comfortable."
"Can we get you anything?"
"We're good." Jason said. "Where are you two headed?"
"Kelly's." Johnny said. "I figured I pick them up something to eat."
Jason fought a smirk. He already could tell that Johnny was into Tess. What he wasn't sure of was if Tess was into Johnny.