Into The West
"Room with a View"
Amber Falls Oregon
The Ranchero home of Sonny Corinthos
Previously
Sonny sat his in chair inside the large den of his home. He had received a letter, sent to him by an anonymous writer.
He was discussing the letter with Mable; the Lady of his house.
"I don't believe one word of it," Mable said with her Jamaican accented voice as she read the letter along with Sonny, looking over his shoulder from where she was standing behind him. "Jason must have had a reason not to tell you that he already knew Dugar (the man accused of raping and killing Lily)." Mable concluded. "What leverage can you hold over a man like Jason Morgan (Jason's a gunslinger) to find out the truth?"
Sonny walked over to his desk and opened it. Inside the desk was an over-sized envelope that had been there for months; sealed. The state symbol of Texas was on the front side of the envelope. He took it out and showed the envelope to Mable.
Sonny smiled at Mable and gave her a one word answer; "Leverage..."
Our story continues…the next morning
Jason was sound asleep inside his private room at the Casa Di Tolleranza (the casino/hotel owned by Sonny) when he was roused from his slumber to the sound of knocking at his door. He tried to ignore it but it persisted.
As always, Jason slept with his revolver on a chair right next to where he slept. He quietly reached over and took it in his hand, and aimed it at the door.
"Who is it?" Jason asked, as he placed his finger on the trigger.
There was a pause, and then…
"It's Sean," Sean Donely replied from the other side of the door.
Sean was a trusted associate of Sonny Corinthos, and had recently shown compassion to Elizabeth (the issue when Liz accidentally slapped Sonny) and the stressful situations in her life.
Jason set the gun down on the chair and climbed out of his bed. Moments later he emerged, and as usual, in his all black-gear (his brother, Drew Cain, wears the same getup as well. And as we will later find out so does their older brother…Franco)
Jason shut his door behind him, and saw that not only was Sean waiting for him in the hallway…so was Jagger Cates (Sonny's senior ranch hand).
"What's going on?" Jason asked, as he walked past Sean and toward Jagger.
But then, without warning, Sean thumped Jason over the head with the butt of his own handgun; knocking Jason out cold.
Luckily Jagger had managed to catch Jason's limp body before he had crashed to the ground; saving him from possible bodily harm.
"If I were you," Jagger said as both he and Sean began to move Jason's body down the back stairway (to avoid any unwanted witnesses) "I wouldn't be there when Jason wakes up."
Sean chuckled as he looked down at the motionless gunslinger.
"Maybe," Sean said back to Jagger, "but then again; it was you he saw last…not me."
"Shit," Jagger replied…
Meanwhile, at the new schoolhouse being built for Elizabeth
Elizabeth Webber and Katherine Delafield stood together inside the schoolhouse. While it was still a few weeks from being done, they had both come to see the progress being made.
"So," Elizabeth said as both women walked about the large space that would be the main classroom, "has Satan'kai given in indication he might let some of the reservation children come here to learn?"
Katherine nodded her head.
"Actually, he has," Katherine replied, "But, before he left, Robert told Satan'kai to think on it long and hard. Robert isn't sure the whites will be accepting."
Liz nodded her head.
"Well," Liz came back with, "I'm sure if Sonny were to get behind it and talk to the people of Amber Falls…it could work."
As Liz looked out one of the yet to be finished areas of the wooden frame that would be a window, she saw the Casa Di Tolleranza. She knew that Jason spent his nights in his own private room there.
But Jason was a man; and men had their needs, just as women do (unknown to Liz, Jason had recently spied her enjoying a lustful dream of him).
Katherine saw Liz staring out at the casino; and knew what she was thinking about.
"Don't worry," Katherine said to Liz, with a warm smile. "I saw the way Jason was looking at you at the Sinclair ranch; he likes you. And from what I've been told; he doesn't take casino women to his bed."
Elizabeth blushed.
Liz nodded her head. She wanted to tell Katherine more, but she didn't. Because, as it turned out; Jason and Elizabeth had once been married…but no-one in Amber Falls knew it. Well, Liz may have believed that but in reality, someone else did know; Sonny Corinthos.
Continued…
This chapter featured;
Steve Burton as Jason Morgan
John Reilly as Sean Donely
Antonio Sabato j.r. as Jagger Cates
Edie Lehman as Katherine Delafield
and Rebecca Herbst as Elizabeth Webber
