Chapter 4

Mac Scorpio entered the police station and walked up to Detective Taggert.  "Where's Morgan?" he asked.

Marcus stood up and faced him.  "He's gone."

"Let me guess, Alexis came in and threatened to sue you for harassing her client," Mac joked.

"No, he escaped," Marcus said reluctantly.

"What?  Escaped?  How?"

"He… He had help."

"Help?  Who was it?" Mac asked.  He noticed that Marcus seemed reluctant to tell him.  "Who helped his escape Marcus?"

"Gia," he whispered.

"Who?"

"My sister Gia!" Marcus said sinking back into the chair.

Meanwhile, Jason and Gia sat in silence as the sped away from the police station.  Every now and then, Jason would glance over at Gia.  He could tell by her face how nervous she was about what she had done.

"You didn't have to do that," Jason said at last.

"I know I didn't have to.  I wanted to.  I just couldn't stand the thought of you spending the night in jail for something you didn't do."

"It wouldn't be the first time," he said with a smile.

Gia shook her head.  "I don't know how you can joke about this.  You were accused of murder remember?"

"Yes, I remember.  Why don't you pull over and let me drive?"

Gia pulled the car to the side of the road.  Jason got out and walked around the car while she slid across the seat.  He got in the drivers side and looked at her.  He patted her leg .  "You know that the police are going to be looking for you too now.  Are you sure you want to go through with this?" he asked.

Gia hadn't thought about that.  She took a deep breath and nodded.  "For you, it's worth it."

Jason smiled and leaned over to give her a gentle kiss.  She smiled back at him as he started the car.

"Where are we going to go?" she asked.

"I thought you knew," he said.  "This escape was your idea."

"I… um… I didn't think that far ahead."

"Well, I guess I had better turn around and go back to the police station.  We can't go on the run if you didn't plan where we'd go," he said with a smile.

Gia laughed, realizing he was teasing her.  She punched him playfully on the arm.  "Seriously, where are we going to go?"

"A cheap motel, somewhere outside of Port Charles."

"And then?" Gia asked.

"And then, we start looking for who really killed Zander.  That's the only way to clear my name.  Now, let's get out of town before the police have time to set up a road block."

Gia nodded.  Jason put the car in gear and headed out of town.

On the other side of town, two shadowy figures approached each other.

"Has the plan been set into motion?" the first man asked.

"Yes.  Everything went according to plan."

"Excellent.  As soon as Jason Morgan is sent to prison,  my plan can proceed," the first man said with a laugh.  "Here take this, you've earned it." he said handing the other man a package.  "Just be sure to stay out of sight for the time being."

The second man opened it and looked inside.  It contained thousands of dollars.  He nodded at the other man and walked away.