Courtney and Janine

Janine Matthews walked into her hotel room. She was dead tired. "You can do this Janine." She said to herself as she collapsed on her chair and put her hand on her head. "It'll all be worth it when Courtney and me can get the life we deserve." Speaking of she thought. Janine picked up the phone and dialed.

Courtney was coming in from work when she heard the phone. "Maybe its mom." She thought as she went to pick it up. "Hello?" She said. "Honey its me." Janine said. "Mom." Courtney said. "Whats going, why aren't you back yet?" "Just a little trouble, baby." Janine said "But pretty soon we'll have a whole different life." Courtney hoped she was right. "Do you want me to come see you?" Courtney asked. "No." Janine said sharply. No way was she going to let her daughter meet Mike Corbin. She didn't even want her to be in the same town as him, but she softened. "No, thats okay. I can handle things here. You stay there, and I'll be home before you know. And after that we're going to move out of that dump and into a condo and your going to get your own car and then you can go to college or do whatever you want." Courtney smiled at that thought, she hoped her mom was right. "Well, that would be really nice." Janine also smiled. "Listen sweetie, I've got to go. I'll you later." Courtney smile disapeared. Something was going on. "Okay, bye." Janine smiled. "I love you." "I love you too." Courtney said before Janine hung up.

"Courtney cant ever know that Mike is alive. She cant." Janine said her smile fading. Courtney was her life and she may not be perfect ... far from it. But she was a good Mother. She was.

Courtney packed her bags. She was going to find out what was going on with her mother "One way or another." She thought out loud. She grabbed her bags and called her friends Cassie to fill in for her at work. "Port Charles, here I come." She said sarcastically locking the door behing her. She went into her car and turned on the engine and she was off.