Truth or Die
Chapter 38
MR. SCORPIO, your officers arrested my dau." Anthony was hung up on before Mac could hear that it was Georgie. He had just entered the station into a melee. Elizabeth Morgan, Claudia Zachara, two women he recognized as nurses at GH and his youngest daughter. As well as several men he didn't recognize.
Heading towards his office he saw Johnny Zachara and Jason Morgan, the officers were removing their cuffs as he walked up. Looking around for the highest-ranking officer he saw Harper grabbing what looked to be aspirins from his desk and swallowing them without water. "What is happening here?"
Alexis entered the station; she had received a call from Mitchell Coleman, the owner at Jake's. She had listened to his account, then said she would take care of things. She had told Viola to remind her in the morning, to figure out how that man had gotten her personal cell phone number.
"The same thing I want to know. Harper?"
"I was at the station; Spencer rolled on the call, in spite of being assigned desk duty."
"Where is he?" She asked annoyed. The people with cuffs on were people he had no business being in the same room with let alone arresting.
"At GH, he fainted for some reason. At least that is the story from all there."
"According to Coleman as well." She said to the puzzlement of the officers. "Let's find out the rest of story."
The provost of PCU rushed in; a student who worked at the station called and told him that four of his swim stars had been arrested. He needed to squash the incident before it was the lead story on the morning news shows. Hastening over to the police commissioner and the DA, he insisted that his men were innocent and that they had been having some harmless fun nothing they needed to be arrested for.
"Sir, we are just getting to that. Please be quiet while we talk to the detainees." Turning to the likely suspects, Mac sighed and said "Morgan what happened tonight and how did Anthony Zachara know before I did.
"I was going to pick up Georgie and Jason was picking up Elizabeth." Johnny admitted to his father in law. Diane entered full of vinegar to find her client standing with the commissioner like usual. They had interrupted a cozy chat with Chloe Morgan. Someone was in trouble for this. "Mac, I would like to speak to my client in your interview room." Grasping onto Jason she was annoyed when he didn't move.
He glared at his attorney and said "You're here for Elizabeth."
"I'm here for Georgie Zachara, please don't speak to my client without me present." Announced Jordan as she entered the room. Seeing Claudia she added "Miss Zachara, as well."
"Will all of you please be quiet?" Shouted Alexis. Turning to Harper she said "Give me your aspirin." After taking two she tossed the bottle back and said "Now I talked to an eyewitness who was actually sober. This is what I heard. Mir, Crowell, Morgan and Zachara, the distaff side was there with several other women for a small bitch session. Is that correct?"
Diane nodded at her client who said "Yes, we were having a girl's night out."
"The young men were playing pool and drinking rather heavily."
"That is incorrect my athletes don't drink." Said the provost.
"Then the hundred and fifty-dollar bar tab for liqueur was from what." Seeing the chagrin, she said "I thought so. Now according to others around there. They made a bet about getting someone upstairs and into the rooms at Jakes."
The men were pissed. Who had ratted them out?
"I will accept the silence as agreement. Most of the women left to head home for the night. Leyla and Nadine were playing pool. Elizabeth was at the bar with a bottle of water for herself and Georgie was at the jukebox. One of your stellar students decided to hit on Georgie." She added.
The provost recalled the discussion of Georgie Jones at the faculty meeting yesterday; she was connected to some of the biggest donors at the school. He could not see a way out of this without losing money.
Johnny glared at the guy with the strategically placed ice pack and was making plans to make him pay for upsetting his wife.
"Then Georgie turned down his less that stellar offer. He then grabbed her and tried to forced a kiss on her. That would be our first crime. Sexual assault in the fourth degree. He released her only when she kneed him in the groin. Is this correct?"
There were agreements all around. Except for the Adam who was still denying it. Claudia was glaring at him when Anthony rolled in and added his two cents to the conversation "Why is my daughter in law still in handcuffs."
"Please let us work through this. Then you can file a complaint just like everyone else." Said Alexis with a sigh. "Now I have video of the event. Apparently the supply room is just off the jukebox and the owner has it all on videotape."
Adam shut up; some rich girl locked at the knee was going to ruin his swim career before it took off.
"Next we have Claudia coming to the defense of her sister in law. Is that correct."
"Actually no, I was just defending my families honor." She said.
Adam should have kept his mouth shut, but he just hadn't learned. "You had a gun in my back."
"Yes, I did. She said no, meaning back off, nothing is going to happen got it dirtbag."
The provost had just figured out the rumors where true. Georgie Jones, the police commissioner's daughter was married to the mob. He now had leverage to get his swimmers out of here. "Commissioner, may we have a word?" He said with a smarmy smile.
"We are not finished here. Sir." Alexis continued "Then two of his friends, felt the need to go to Adam's rescue. Miss Mir and Miss Crowell stepped in to defend their friend. Is this correct?"
"They attacked us with pool cues. How is that fair."
"Gentlemen you were after two women, who between them weigh maybe as much as one of you. They used what they had. Now at this point. Mrs. Morgan's guards and her husband showed up and helped to break things up. Is this correct, Jason?"
"Yes." Was his succinct answer. He was making plans to find out from Sean exactly how he came to be outside the bar at that moment.
"Lucky Spencer showed up answering a 911 Call. Detective Harper please release Leyla Mir and Nadine Crowell, then arrange for them to get a ride home."
"I'll be taking them home. Miss Davis." she heard the slight Irish brogue of Johnny aka Sean and smiled at her former favorite guard.
"Now let's continue with getting the rest of you out of here. Claudia, even though the weapon was empty you brandished it, so you will receive a ticket for that. The fine is five hundred dollars I believe. I am sure that it will not break you to pay it. Jordan is that satisfactory or are we going to going toe to toe in the morning."
"That is fine, what about my other client." she added.
"We will deal with her in just a second. Now as to the three men who were in on the bet and the fight. You will be going to Jake's in the morning and paying your bar bill, I would suggest that the college arrange some classes in how to treat women for you, but I am sure that once this gets around you will find your love lives at an end. So release them with just a ticket for inciting."
"What about Georgie?" asked Anthony. "Why is she still cuffed if she is the victim." Alexis sighed and told the officer to release Georgie. She should not have been arrested but Spencer had done so.
"Now Adam Waters, You are a slightly different case. I am going to hold you overnight, perhaps a night in jail will wake you up. The girl you hit on, the girl you forced a kiss on, is the police commissioner's daughter.
Adam looked and said "then who was the man who bought her books today, Is that why you weren't interested, you have a sugar daddy on the side." he said it as a joke but soon got that others didn't think it was so funny.
"What are you talking about?" she asked confused. Then she started to laugh "You really are an idiot, that is my bodyguard. There seems to be high proportion of jerks to women on campus this semester."
"Provost Shelton you might want to give your athletes lessons in the community before inflicting them upon us. Jasper Jacks built the new swimming pool you are training in. He is Georgie's employer once school starts. I should mention she has connections to the Quartermaine's and the Cassidines as well. She has babysat for my daughters. Not that it should make any difference. When a girl says no, it doesn't matter who she is, you back away. We don't take things like that lightly here in Port Charles. Provost, have you meet Georgie's in laws, or you Mr. Waters?"
"Please to meet you, do you like swimming?" asked Anthony. "Being in this wheelchair, prevents me from doing things like that. Do you think you would still be a racer if you had a leg injury or would it take something happening to your shoulders to knock you out of competing. I am rather curious. In a strictly scientific application."
Jordan was worried about how far her client would go, so she turned and suggested. "Mr. Zachara, lets get you out of here. Claudia are you riding with us?" she asked to the annoyance of the mobstress.
"Yes, you can take me back to my car." she answered. "For the record, Georgie, I didn't do this because I like you. I did it for my brother."
Lucky pushed his way into the station as the threesome left. Johnny was listening as her father lectured Georgie. "Next time, don't give the person a second chance. When he grabbed you is when you should have put him on the ground." Mac could not help wondering if being worried about his children would ever cease.
"Yes, dad. I'm sorry I was arrested." she said looking down at her shoes.
"This isn't your fault. Lucky Spencer is an idiot with a badge. He overstepped his boundaries for the last time." he said as the man in question entered the bullpen and started to scream at Elizabeth Morgan.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?" he was livid. While he had no memory of what happened, he knew that Elizabeth had done something to him.
"What are you talking about?" she asked. "You were warned to stay a hundred feet away from me and was insisting on cuffing me. Leaving me in a vulnerable condition with a man whom has verbally and mentally abused me. I just protected myself the best way possible."
"You think that just because you are married to Jason you can get away with attacking a cop." he asked.
"No, I think I will because you are not allowed near me. Lucky, you need to let this go. Does my sister know you are still stalking me?" she asked. "Our guards have photos of you parked near our house, the hang up calls on my cell phone. The illegal arrest. The nuisance court cases. What are you thinking?" she asked.
Mac came over and told Lucky, "Give me the key, why is she wearing non-regulation cuffs. Where did you get them?" he asked his officer as Spencer removed them as roughly as he could get away with.
"Officer Spencer in my office, immediately. I will be right in there. Elizabeth, you may go. I need to talk to you along with Alexis so we will walk you out." Diane ushered her client out along with the DA and Mac.
Mac made sure that no one was around, then said "Elizabeth, I know what you did and how you did it. Don't do it again, unless you are in immediate danger. If I so much as catch you with the stun gun I will have to arrest you. I understand why you did it, but please don't do it again. " he asked shaking his head as he walked back into his station.
Entering his office, he handed Spencer the papers. "you're fired. The safety board reached a decision. You are gone, you will not face charges. I would suggest leaving town."
Jason didn't say a word as he helped Elizabeth out at Jakes and into his truck, so much for the romantic evening he had planned. They needed to talk tonight. Looking sideways at her, he saw her lip trembling and knew she was going to cry.
Jason pulled into the alley next to the studio and walked her up. "Elizabeth, we need to talk. At this rate your arrest record is going to be longer than mine. Why?"
"Why?" What?" she asked trying to put the talk off.
"What is going on." he asked, it came out harsher than he had meant, but he was worried about her.
"Nothing." she said defensively. Jason backed down he knew from past experience that she was getting her back up and would tell him nothing if she felt cornered.
"Jason, are you mad at me?" she asked softly.
"No, I just want to understand. I love you, I love Elizabeth and all the other sides of you, but lately you have been pushing the envelope even for Lizzie."
Elizabeth knew that, but some part of her deep down was still afraid if she showed vulnerability that he would leave again. So when she was scared or worried she let that side out without thinking of the consequences.
"Jason, I need to think this through. My mind is a bit of a mess."
"Why?" he tried again.
Elizabeth thought about it, then said. "I think some part of me is still worried that you are going to leave if things get dangerous. It's irrational, but it is there. I have no idea why but it is still there."
Jason took a deep breath, this is something they could work on. "Elizabeth, you are not the only one having those fears. I find myself worried that if things aren't kept calm, I will lose you. I worry about keeping secrets and what they will do to us. Even business ones. I am starting to let it go, Can we work on you doing the same without stunning half the town."
"Jason, I have only stunned Courtney, which was on the island, Anthony because I felt cornered and I admit that Lucky was about revenge. He had pissed me off and my inhibitions were down. It was reckless and stupid. If it wasn't for Coleman I would be in jail for attacking a cop."
"I'm not worried about Lucky. Just the intent behind it. What did he do that was different from normal."
"Nothing. I am just fed up and wanted a confrontation with Lucky. I want to tell him how he had hurt me over the years. How his insecurities gave me pain, how my own allowed me to give into him time and time again."
"Elizabeth, are you mad at Lucky or yourself." he asked.
"Both, but I am dealing with my anger at me, but have not dealt with my anger at him." she admitted.
"Are you angry with me?" he asked simply.
"Not anymore. I was, but as we talk, things are going away. I love you Jason, so much. Something that scares me. A good scary but a scary none the less. I look at you and see a future with our sons and more children, that is what I want."
"How do I help you deal with Spencer." he asked.
"You don't, I need to do this myself. It is like Stefan said, I was emotionally lazy and let things happen to me. Lucky is my Carly, I have to deal with him. Maybe without the violence though." she admitted with a small watery grin.
"Good, now do you want to hear about the boys and my evening. Jake had his first taste of beer." he teased, she had joked about it earlier and he wanted that ease back now that they had talked this through.
"That better be root beer or I will be making you cook dinner for the rest of the month." she warned.
"It was, our father's came over. It seems like there was a small party at Mom's. No idea why we weren't invited but there was."
"Monica heard about the GNO, they had something similar without the alcohol. Speaking of that, what did you think of Nadine's bedmate."
"Do you think you could draw me a composite sketch with her help?"
"Yes, but wouldn't using the software be faster." she inquired, Spinelli had drawn a picture for her using it of Cameron and Jake before her "death.".
"I want her impressions, not the drawing. Afterwards I am going to ask her to do that."
"I think Georgie will beat you to it, she wants to help Nadine find this guy. She wants to move into a space here."
"I talked to Johnny about it. He wanted to buy the entire top floor. I am going to turn him down. I have something much better in mind. Our empty penthouse."
"Not a good idea." she warned.
"Why not?"
"She saw him there with Lulu a few times."
"Why would that be a problem, they never slept together until after she moved out."
"You are such a guy, trust me it will be a problem. Let's let them solve their housing problems we need to speed up on working on ours. My lease is up in October."
Jason was confused and then realized that his sister was a coward. "The cowardly lion, aka Emily bought the house."
Elizabeth was pissed, then she laughed. Calling Emily she said "I know I told you that Jason and I have decided to buy someplace new, but I love my house, do you know who the owner is so that we can talk to them about purchasing our house to expand."
Emily stuttered and then said "Elizabeth, the house in in Cameron and Jake's name."
"I know, you are going to pay tomorrow. When I get you up that wall, you are going to regret it." she said with an evil chuckle. Emily had already tried to back out twice, but since several others were joining them, she had been under pressure to come with them.
Adam was fingerprinted and moved into a cell, once there his cellmate asked to be moved. Only to be refused. "What is your problem?' he asked the wino.
"That girl the one you forced a kiss on, she is married to the mob. John Zachara her HUSBAND was on trial for murder earlier this year. His dad the old man in the wheel chair killed some people last year at some society party in the middle of the harbor. He almost killed the DA at the time. HE is free. I want nothing to do with this, when you turn up dead your cellmate will be the first suspect."
"He won't harm me, he would be the first suspect." he was sure that the man was exaggerating. This was real life, not an episode of the Soprano's.
"Didn't you hear him threatening you. Look buddy stay on your side of the cell, I want to be alive tomorrow. All I did was have a little too much to drink, I don't want to be in the middle of a mob mess."
Johnny was worried, Georgie had shut down on him. Calling the penthouse, he reached his mother who told him to just talk to her. "About what, anything I should avoid?" he asked desperately.
"Just talk about the past. she is going to be fine, this is part of the PTSD, don't push things, let her change the subject if she wants. Call me in the morning."
"Georgie, do you want some water?"
"No, Johnny I am fine. Just a little freaked out. Nothing too bad. I just feel guilty about getting arrested. How did your dad find out about it though?"
"My guess is you have a guard. Besides the one of Morgan's. He likes you, for some reason."
"My guess is that I was carrying his grandson, that is the only reason."
"No, if it was just that, he would be asking when we were going to try again."
"We need to talk about something, you are going to be embarrassed. Kelly was asking how you were in bed."
"Please tell me you didn't discuss our love life."
"No, more like our old love life. As well as the fact we have been abstinent since I returned."
Hearing him groan, she laughed and said. "Don't feel bad, at least you didn't have to listen as Kelly and Lainey tried to get details of Elizabeth and Jason's sex life. Only to find out that his parents had sex in Jason's bed."
Johnny was laughing at that, "So what did you tell them."
"Just that the day at the library you had that annoying male grin that women hate and that was why I set you up in regards to the kiss. Also that we didn't have sex in a bed until we got married."
"You didn't give them any details did you?"
"No, but I was imagining Kelly' face if I did. Robin would have probably gone into labor when she started hyperventilating. Remember the picnic?" she said with a blush.
"Yes, of course I remember the picnic. You almost got us arrested for public indecency."
"No, I didn't it was your idea to kiss me, you could not control yourself, I was practically a nun."
"Great, as if I didn't have enough reasons to worry about going to hell. Now I had car sex with a former nun, any other career aspirations you want to admit to. I don't supposed exotic dancer was on the list."
Georgie groaned and said "No thanks, I like keeping my body under wraps, not out there for public consumption. Ned Ashton tried to convince me to be a singer once."
"Not interested. Want to play doctor?" he suggested.
"No, if you want a medical exam, I could get Robin do one for you. I was always more into nursing, we could arrange a sponge bath, with privileges." she laughed as she went to change.
"Just what kind of privileges, the kind involving a bathtub, because last time we shared a shower, you almost got a concussion."
"I seem to recall that was your fault."
He started to argue, then said, "You might be right on that one. I think we need to replicate the entire experiment to find out."
Elizabeth quietly entered the bedroom, Jake had woken up wanting a drink of water and she knew that Jason was exhausted. She got a smirk as she recalled what had happened when they had finished talking at the studio, she could now add her studio to the growing list of places where they had made love.
"What is that grin about?" he asked from the bed.
"Just thinking you fulfilled one of my fantasies last night. You and I on the sofa in my studio."
"Come here." he commanded. He laughed as she saluted and them climbed into their bed, "Just one of your fantasies. So what are the other ones."
"You will just have to find out in time, have you ever thought about it." she asked him.
"Do you remember the night at the window when we were watching Alcazar's yacht. I kept thinking about staying in and making use of the pool table, then the terrace." Jason had an epiphany. He had never done any of that with Courtney nor with Sam. Some part of him was still hoping to do them with Elizabeth all this time. Even when he had given up on them, he had kept his pool table virgin, so to speak.
"Where are you?" she asked. Jason knew better than to tell her all of it, but said. You, me a pool table, no interruptions."
"We are going to have to add a large enough room for a pool table; with a lock on the door to our list for the new house."
"Should we add a private bridge, a shabby room with only a bed and chairs like at Jake's."
"You already had that fantasy, we just don't remember it." she said. Looking at Jason she said "Something else stolen from us. A fantasy we both had."
"There is one we are going to have to figure out how to arrange, involving my bike."
"Am I the one driving?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"More like leaning onto the handlebars. While it was a great fantasy, I don't think it would be very comfortable in real life." he admitted a little discomforted to realize that he had used that fantasy more than once during their time apart.
"I might have an idea of how to avoid that, if you can figure out a way to make sure that the police don't show up at Vista Point while we are fulfilling it." she told him.
"When?" was all he asked.
"The day after tomorrow. I have to deal with Patrick and calling people for testing. My dad is supposed to come over for lunch so that we can talk and then I have to go to a meeting about the festival. By the way, I can't get some of them off the idea of a ball, so I am going to ask Francis to be my date."
"You're throwing over your husband for one of the guards?"
"Jason, it is white tie. You should not have to come to it. Especially since I made a deal with Lois to get as many members of the family there to support Brooklynn at the concert."
"Cameron and Jake and I already made plans to be your date for the whole weekend. They want the days, I have plans for our evenings. One night at a concert won't permanently damage me. The dance is a command performance. My mother called. So did your grandmother. I have graciously agreed to be there, to dance with more than just you as well."
"Jason, what could my elderly grandmother and your mother have on you?" she asked in all seriousness.
"possible pictures that I would pay to have disappear?"
"The reindeer sweater." she giggled. "I had heard from Lila years ago that they existed and where floating around."
Seeing Jason blush, she asked "What could be worse than the infamous reindeer sweater that would have big bad mob boss Jason Morgan sweating."
"I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might incriminate me."
"Jason, I will get it out of you. Or better yet, I will ask your mother. Promise her to give her time uninterrupted by Alan."
"You would use our small impressionable sons to further your agenda?" he asked trying to look horrified.
"Only for a last resort. You will end up telling me long before that. Trust me, I have my ways."
"do you?" he asked as he drew her down and kissed her at the same time as easing her out of his t-shirt. Breaking off the kiss long enough to remove the shirt, he pulled her back down and onto the bed. "Show me."