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Chapter 37

"Sonny I need to talk to you." Carly burst into her ex-husbands office. The former mob boss had purchased a building downtown to work out of.

"Why are you here?" Sonny asked the pushy blonde. "We are divorced and since I gave up my parental rights we don't need to talk about the kids. You said that we needed to stay away from each other, but you keep coming back around."

"You weren't complaining in the limo." Carly pointed out.

"I was getting laid." Sonny said grinning. "If that's why you are here then drop your panties and let's get to it." Sonny had been hoping Sam came back needing more help.

"Don't be crass." Carly didn't have time for this. "Jax is divorcing me."

"Did he find out?" Sonny knew that Kate didn't know yet. In fact the rumor mill bumped them when Jason dropped his bombshell.

"I don't think so." Carly sat in front of Sonny's desk. "I need a lawyer."

"I can't help you." Sonny told her as he poured himself a scotch.

"It's early in the day for that isn't it?" Carly said raising an eyebrow.

"Did you want something else? Because if we aren't going to have sex then show yourself out." Sonny had things to do.

"Fine." Carly turned and stormed out of the office. She would go see Jason and make a fuss over the baby. He'd tell Diane to represent her and her problems would be over. Diane never lost. If Scott Baldwin had just accepted her case she wouldn't be in this bind. He had hung up on her after she said her name.

No lawyer in the area wanted to deal with Sonny Corinthos's ex. They all thought that he would kill them if they lost. All those years of throwing his name around were coming back to haunt her. Diane was her last chance to make Jax pay.


"Good Morning." Diane walked in and peeked at the sleeping child. "He's so adorable. Just as adorable as my godson who I spent a lovely evening with. We laughed, we played, and we ate cake. It was better than Cats." Diane laughed at the old joke.

"I'm glad you had fun." Elizabeth was feeling down because of Robin.

"I heard about your friend. I am sorry." She didn't know Robin at all. Francis said she was nice. "I have something that will lift your spirits a bit."

"What's that?" Jason asked his lawyer.

"Cameron's temporary birth certificate." Diane handed the envelope to Elizabeth. She was happy when the young mother smiled. "Jason may I see you in the hall." She said to her boss. "I'm going to go let me know if anything is misspelled." She told Elizabeth.

"Thank you Diane." When Jason returned Elizabeth would let him open the envelope.

"What's up?" Jason wanted to see the new birth certificate.

"I didn't see anything sparkly and new." Diane said arching an eyebrow.

"Sparkly and new?" Jason asked confused.

"Where is her Push Present?" Diane asked the younger man.

"What is a push present?" Jason hadn't ever heard of such a thing.

"I would think Johnny would have covered this with you. When a woman gives birth you present her with something, usually jewelry, to say thank you for pushing out another human being." Diane explained.

"I've been here since before the baby came." Jason pointed out. He had no clue he was supposed to buy Elizabeth something.

"You need to go to the jewelers today and get her a gift. An expensive gift since your sister tried to kill her." Diane threw in. Then she smiled. "I would be happy to come along and lend my expertise."

"I don't need assistance." Jason knew Elizabeth's tastes.

Diane looked at her boss who still dressed in blue jeans and t-shirts. "Are you sure?" She wasn't convinced he could get the job done.

"Be nice or I'll make you represent Carly in her divorce." Jason used the most heinous threat he could think of.

"I'll turn states witness first." Diane threatened him right back. "I will be by the new house later today I expect to be blinded walking through the door." With that the lawyer turned and walked away.

Jason just smirked after her. Diane was an original. He was heading back to the room when Carly spotted him. "Jason."

"Carly." He said watching his friend walk up.

She gave him a big hug. "Congrats dad. So how does it feel?"

Jason extracted himself from her grip. He hated hugging, anyone other than Elizabeth. Carly knew that yet she always did it. "It feels great. Come in and meet Jake."

"Jake?" Carly laughed as they were walking into the room. "You named my godson after a dive bar."

Jason stopped, He briefly glimpsed the surprised look on Elizabeth's face before he pushed Carly back into the hall. She was probably not going to take what he was about to say well and he didn't want her disturbing the baby. "Carly."

"Why did you push me out?" Carly looked annoyed.

"You are not Jake's godmother." Quick was best. He saw the hurt register but that was not an honor she was going to have bestowed on her. She hadn't shown that she could respect his sons' mother.

"I'm sorry what? I'm your best friend and you let her tell you I can't be your son's godmother." Carly knew this was Elizabeth's fault.

"Carly this was a decision that I made. You have been nothing but mean to the woman I love since day one. You have always been threatened by her, wanting me to choose. And in the past I chose you and watched while she let someone else love her. If you were the friend you claimed to be then you would have told me to go after her." Jason had wanted to say this for years. "If you want to know Jake you are welcomed to do so, but you don't get to be his godmother."

"Who is?" Carly wanted to know.

"Epiphany and Johnny is his godfather." Jason didn't have to tell her but he did anyway.

"After everything I have done for you I can't believe you would do this to me." Carly just shook her head. "I named my son after you. I let you raise my first born."

"Really Carly, you want to go there. You really want to talk about how you ran out on Michael and I raised him for a year before you took him and had me arrested on kidnapping charges when I took him for a visit. Then you gave him to Sonny to raise. I was thrilled when you named Morgan after me, but I didn't ask you to do it." Jason paused and just looked at the woman who had taken up so much of his time and energy. "I am making space for you in my life, but it's on my terms. Do you want to meet my son or not?"

"Fine." Carly huffed out.

"Never mind. Go home Carly." He didn't know why he expected her to change.

"Jason wait." When he stopped she swallowed her pride. Jax was leaving her and Sonny was gone she couldn't lose Jason too. "I'm sorry. I'm being a bitch, I just expected to be the godmother."

"Maybe if you learn to get along with Elizabeth then you can be the godmother of our next child." Jason told her.

"Planning already." She teased. She could stomach some visits with Muffin. It looked like she wasn't going anywhere this time so Carly would need to get used to it. As long as her secret didn't get out, and she saw no reason it would, then she could keep her place in Jason's life.

"Carly's here." Jason said coming in and smiling.

"Okay." Elizabeth wanted to know why Jason had pushed her out earlier. If he wanted her to know he would tell her. "Hi Carly."

"Elizabeth." She said with only a slight smirk. "So where is he?" Carly wasn't here to make small talk.

"In the bassinet." Elizabeth watched as Carly walked over and when the blonde picked up the baby she had to fist her hands in the blanket. She didn't like Carly holding her son. She didn't trust the woman at all.

Jason immediately picked up on the shift in Elizabeth's mood. His eyes locked onto hers and she looked away. His gaze drifted to her hands holding the blanket and he watched her watching Carly. His friend was sitting in the armchair cooing at the baby.

"Jason he's perfect." Carly said grinning completely ignoring Elizabeth. "He has your eyes."

Jake started crying something he hadn't done with anyone else who held him. "Let me take him. He's probably hungry." Nothing could be further from the truth. Jake had just eaten and been changed. When he took his son from Carly he was aware of Elizabeth relaxing. Lesson learned Carly didn't get any more visits.

He took the little guy to Elizabeth as he passed him over he whispered. "Sorry."

"It's okay." Elizabeth whispered back trying to resist the urge to check Jake for marks. It made no sense Carly had never threatened either one of her boys, but Elizabeth couldn't help her reaction.

"Well I'll go. I'll be back later for another visit. Jason can I see you in the hall?" She walked out not even bothering to say good bye to Elizabeth.

"Yes." Jason knew Carly was going to make this difficult.

"I need a lawyer, can you tell Diane to call me?" Carly expected a yes.

"Diane isn't going to represent you Carly." Jason told the blonde.

"She's the best Jason. Jax has Alexis." Carly whined. "You have to help me."

"I will ask Diane to find someone to represent you." Hopefully his lawyer wouldn't hurt him. "Having her represent you is only going to hurt your case. Jax is going to try to show you as being in bed with the mob and dangerous to your sons. My lawyer won't help with that impression." It was true but it also got her to back down.

"I didn't think about that. I guess you won't be coming to court." Carly could handle a brief separation until she got custody of the boys.

"It's for the best. I'll have her contact you with a name." Jason said heading back to the room. Carly turned and walked to the elevator.

Jason found Elizabeth rocking Jake and talking to him about the Harley. "He's a bit young for a motorcycle don't you think?"

"I was just telling him." Elizabeth handed him over. "Carly is gone?"

"Yes. I will make sure she doesn't come back." Jason promised.

"She's your friend Jason I will get used to her being around the boys." Elizabeth was willing to compromise.

"You shouldn't have to get used to it." Jason wanted Elizabeth to know she came first.

"Jason I'm fine with you being Carly's friend. I promise. It's just that I don't trust her yet. It takes time." Elizabeth would get there eventually.

"You are a wonderful woman." There would be no more visits until Elizabeth was ready. If she never was then Carly would have to deal with that.

"I know." Elizabeth answered laughing. "Put Jake down I want to look at the paperwork."

"Okay." Jason couldn't wait to see his name linked with Cameron's.

"You open it." Elizabeth couldn't wait for him to see what she'd done. As he opened the envelope she had a sudden attack of nerves. What if he didn't like it? It was too late now. Chewing her lower lip she waited.

Jason took out the square piece of paper and looked down. He looked at the names on the paper and his eyes flew up to hers. "Elizabeth." He looked down again just to make sure he read it correctly.

"It's okay right?" Elizabeth asked still nervous.

"Baby, I…don't know what to say." Jason was at a loss for words.

"You don't like it?" She asked softly.

"I love it, I just never expected this." Jason could feel his eyes burning. "Thank you."

"I think it has a nice ring to it." Elizabeth leaned forward and he kissed her.

"Cameron Jason Morgan." He said the name out loud. "I like it."

"Now he's named after someone like Jake is." Elizabeth congratulated herself on her surprise. Jason hadn't seen it coming. "Everything is spelled correct?"

"I never even checked." He looked the document over. "Everything is perfect." He told her smiling.


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