The room stood still in silence. "Stop" Carly whispered again and Jason fell to his knees beside the bed. Carly took in her surroundings. The room was in total disarray. Machines were turned over and broken wood was spread across the floor.
"What in the world was going on?" She thought as her eyes met each person in the room and then rested on Lucky and the handcuffs he held in his hands. She immediately knew what was going on. Carly could feel Jason's silent tears on her hand as he knelt next to the bed and held her good hand to his face.
"Everyone out." She told them in a hoarse low voice.
No one moved. They all stood frozen in place in awe at Jason's response to her. Carly was gathering the strength to bellow the command, but Patrick intervened and repeated her order in a louder more authoritative voice, "Move people. She said get out." He waved his hands in front of him ushering everyone out of the room.
Lucky and Jason were the only ones left in side. "You too." Carly told her cousin. Lucky's face was etched in turmoil. Carly saw it and reassured her cousin. "Give me five minutes?" She asked. Lucky opened his mouth to protest but then Carly added a low hoarse, "Please" and he could not refuse her. He nodded in agreement and then silently left room.
Jason rose and reached for the chair that was strung across the room. He pulled it up to the side of her bed and held her good hand in his. "Wow!" Carly said as she looked around the room and then back at Jason. Her voice was a little stronger but it was still etched in pain. Jason could tell she was doing her best not to show it.
"You want to tell me what this is all about?' She asked.
Jason looked around the room and for the first time and took in the mass destruction he had waged. "I lost it." He sheepishly admitted.
"No kiddin." Carly said. "I'm assuming by the handcuffs in my cousin's hand that they want to take you in and by the destruction of my room I'll assume you object." Jason held his head down in shame. Her hand resting against his forehead. He didn't answer her. He didn't need to.
"Just tell me one thing." Carly continued, "If you go with Lucky will Diane be able to get you out?"
Jason heard the fear in her voice. She was afraid that he wouldn't come back to her. He lifted his head and looked her in the eyes. "I'll be back. Diane has already made the arrangements and posted bail. I just need to go in and bet booked."
The edges of Carly's mouth curved up and she winced from the pain. "I thought they were about to lock you away forever. Why the hell are you fighting like this when all you have to do is go down and get booked?"
Jason shrugged his shoulder. "I said I lost it. I don't know why. I just didn't want to leave you. Not like this."
Carly eyes narrowed. "I'm fine, but you won't be if you keep trashing hospital rooms. You'll be lucky if the hospital doesn't press charges. Go with Lucky. Take care of things and then get your butt back here to me. And I mean in that order. No more losing it along the way." Jason nodded in agreement he was her humble servant and would do as she asked.
The door creaked open and Lucky stuck his head inside. "I'm sorry Carly, but we have to go. The swat team is on their way. I need to get Jason out of here before they get here." Jason and Carly shared a look. "The swat team?" Carly said in astonishment. "Well, Mac thought it would take an army to get Jason away from you." And in almost did. Lucky thought in his head.
Jason stood and bent down to kiss Carly good-bye, but he could see in her eyes she was bracing herself for his touch on her bruised and battered face so instead he lifted her good hand, turned it over and pressed a long passionate kiss into her palm. "I'll be right back." He told her and then walked over to Lucky with his arms stretched out in front of him.
Lucky placed the steel bracelets on his wrist and then led him out the room. Jason paused in the doorway and mouthed "I love you" to Carly. Carly answered his unspoken words out loud. "I love you too." She said as he left the room.
Lucky led Jason out the room through the crows of people that were standing in the hall. Jason paused in front of Sonny. "Don't let anything happen to her." He told him and then looked at Patrick. "She's in pain." He told him. "I'll take care of it." Patrick assured him as Lucky led him into the elevator.
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Brenda had been with Jax when he received the call from the hospital. Carly was awake. She faked her enthusiasm as Jax smiled and celebrated. Jax went straight to the hospital. He was pretty sure that Jason wouldn't let him near Carly, but he might be able to sneak in like had done last time. At least he could tell her he had tried. Jax had asked Brenda to accompany him, but she had quickly come up with an excuse and they parted ways.
Brenda's mind was reeling as she walked the few blocks back to her hotel room. "Carly was awake. That woman had more lives than 10 cats put together."
Brenda heard a noise coming from behind her and picked up her pace as fear began to consume her. She frequently looked back over her shoulder making sure no one was there. That Jason wasn't there.
"I have to get out of town. Jason could already know. He could be coming after me at any moment."
After seeing the damage he had done to Jerry she was pretty sure he would show her little mercy. Carly was Jason's life and she had been the mastermind behind trying to take her away from him. She heard another noise and this time instead of looking back she took off running in the direction of the hotel. She had reached the hotel entrance before she realized no one was after her. She slowed her pace and walked through the hotel lobby to the elevator and then to the safety of her room.
She was positive Jason was going to kill her. Her mind was filled with violent images of her death as she pulled her suitcase out on to the bed and rushed around the room throwing her clothes in.
He wouldn't hit her? She hoped. Jason wouldn't hit a woman. He would shoot her. She thought and then dread filled her as she pictured herself in a pool of her own blood.
"Damn't this was not the way things were supposed to happen. Carly was supposed to die and she was supposed to get her life back. The life Carly had stolen from her."
She jumped when she heard the vibration of her cell phone against the desk. She slowly walked towards it. "What if it was Jason?" Then an even worse though came to her. "What if Jason decided to torment her the same way she did Carly? What if he would taunt her? Hunt her like prey. Toy with her before he finally killed her."
Brenda stood over the desk body tense. She swallowed hard before she looked down at the number on the phone. It was Jax. She relaxed her shoulder and snatched up the phone. "Hi." She said in voice that was a bit to perky.
"Hey." Jax replied. "I thought you'd want to know. I wasn't able to get in to see her. Sonny's standing guard outside her door, but I was able to talk to one of the nurses. They expect for her to make a full recovery."
Brenda rolled her eyes. "Yeah Carly." She said morbidly in her head and then said "That's great" out loud to Jax.
She eyed her suitcase. "Where would she go? She couldn't go back to Paris that would be the first place Jason would look. "
She was so caught up in her own thoughts she almost missed Jax telling her that Carly couldn't remember. "Say that again." She said and Jax repeated himself "She can't remember anything that happened to her. They're not sure if it's temporary or permanent. They'll have to run more test to find out, but the good thing is she's going to be fine."
There was a long period of silence on the phone as Jax waited for Brenda to react to his good news, but Brenda's mind was still taking in the fact that she was not about to die a violent death. She finally snapped back and spoke. "I'm so happy she's going to pull through." She said with fake concern.
"I'm leaving the hospital now. Where are you?" I'll pick you up and we can have a late lunch."
Brenda looked around the room at the clothes spread out everywhere and the suitcase on her bed. "That's okay. I already had lunch and I have a few things I have to take care of, but I'll meet you for dinner. Let's say 7ish at the Metro Court."
"Sure." Jax said. "I have a few things I can take care of while I wait."
"It's a date." Brenda said and then hung up the phone.
So Carly couldn't remember. At least not yet.
What was she going to do?
There was no way Jason was going to let Carly out of his sight.
She wasn't going to be able to get close enough to her to shut her up before she remembered.
Was she supposed to hang around Port Charles waiting for the day the other shoe dropped and she came home to find Jason waiting for her?
"Damn, Damn, Damn." She cursed out loud and threw the suitcase across the room.
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Jason was finished at the police station and had just walked out the PCPD doors. Lucky had offered to give him a ride back to hospital, but the hospital was only a few block over and he needed the time to clear his head and get himself back under control.
He could not believe he had lost it like that. Loving Carly was bring out sides to him he would have never imagined he had. Watching her lie there, wounded and helpless had brought out a fierce beast.
He felt the need to protect her from everyone. He still had a burning desire to go down the hall from her room and finish Jerry off. At night when he would lie there across her lap he would visualize the look in Jerry's eye as he pulled the trigger and the bullet entered his skull.
Jason shook his head. He had to get himself under control. He couldn't protect her if he was behind bars and she would have no choice but to move on with her life if he was sent away. He suddenly pictured Carly in a lip lock with Patrick and his hands balled into fist by his side. Just then he felt a tap on his shoulder. He whirled around and barely caught himself from sending his fist flying when he realized it was Elizabeth.
"Hi" She said.
Jason gave her a dry "Hi" back.
Elizabeth walked briskly trying to keep pace with him. "Lucky called to check on the boys and mentioned that he had brought you in. I'm glad to see you got out so fast." She told him.
"Thanks" Jason said with little emotion behind his words.
"Look." Elizabeth said and grabbed his forearm to stop him from moving. Jason stopped and turned to her. "I know I screwed up with the whole fake note thing, but I wanted to be close to you and it seemed like the only way to get your attention was to fake a crisis." Elizabeth stared into his blank blue eyes. "It works for Carly all the time." She blurted and then bit her tongue just after the words had escaped. When was she going to learn to keep her thoughts of Carly to herself?
Jason's eyes narrowed. "Carly doesn't fake trouble and she would never put her children in danger just to gain attention. You're not the woman I thought you were. I thought you were strong and secure in who you were. I see that I had it all backwards. You're insecure and weak and would do anything to be the center of attention."
Jason turned to walk away and Liz yelled after him, "What about Jake?" She asked.
Jason turned back towards her. "At this point I have half a mind to announce that he's mine and then fight you for custody." Liz's eyes bulged from her head and she went to speak, but Jason cut her off, "Don't push me." He said and then turned and headed back to Carly.