Chapter 4
Jason turned around to face Riley.
"Jason, don't shut me out, please," she said.
"Are you sleeping with Cassadine?"
~~~
Gia walked back to Kelly's and found Nikolas waiting for her. He stood up when she entered.
"Sparky," he said.
"Nikolas," she replied coldly. He looked at her curiously.
"What's wrong?"
~~~
"What? Jason where is this coming from?"
"I don't hear you denying it," Jason said.
"Well, I am denying it." He turned and walked away. Riley watched him go. She didn't know whether to follow him or stay behind and let him cool off. She decided the former.
~~~
Jason was fuming. He loved Riley more than anything, but couldn't shake what Nikolas had told her and how comfortable she was with him.
"What's wrong with you Morgan?" He silently asked himself.
~~~
"You tell me," Gia said sitting down. "Who's papillon?"
"Riley? She's a close friend," Nikolas replied.
"Really?" Gia asked sarcastically. Nikolas sighed.
"Let's go back to the cottage. I'll explain." They both stood and left Kelly's.
~~~
Riley follwed Jason to the Corinthos/Morgan warehouse. He walked inside and into Sonny's office. She followed and stood outside the office for a moment.
~
"Jason, you're back early," Sonny said. He made a note of the look on his friend's face. He was about to ask about it when Riley came into the office.
"Do not judge me until you know what really happened," she said.
He ignored her.
"And don't ignore me." She threw her hands up in the air in defeat and started talking in Russian. She turned back to Jason. "When you decide to listen, I'll be at Wyndemere." She turned and stormed out of the office.
"What was that about?" Sonny asked.
~~~
Nikolas and Gia walked into the cottage. They sat on the sofa and faced each other.
"Gia, what I'm about to tell you cannot leave this room. Riley is the only other person who knows what happened because it all happened to her."
~~~
Riley walked into Wyndemere. Mrs. Landsbury took her to Stefan's study. He stood when she entered.
"Riley?" He questioned seeing her tear stained face. He walked over to her and wrapped her in a protective hug.
~~~
"Nothing," Jason said.
"Doesn't seem like nothing," Sonny replied. "What happened? Why is she going to Wyndemere?"
"We had an argument."
"And?"
"And nothing."
"Jason."
"What?"
Sonny sighed. "What was the arguement about?"
"Her connection to Nikolas Cassadine."
"Cassadine?"
"Yeah."
~~~
"Riley, what happened?" Stefan asked. She was shaking and crying as he held her. "What happened, papillon?"
She looked up at him.
~~~
"Listen to her about it," Sonny said.
Jason looked at him. "There is nothing for her to say."
"How do you know that?"
Jason looked away.
"Find her, talk to her. If you care about her as much as you said you did then you'll let her tell you the truth."
~~~A few hours later
Riley walked into the penthouse. It was dark, the lights were off. Riley sighed. Shaking her head, she walked into the kitchen. She washed vegatables for a salad but she was shaking too much to hold the knife to cut them.
"Stop this Riley," she scolded herself. "Just stop right now."
~~~
Sonny walked down the hall to Jason and Riley's penthouse. He walked inside, quietly. No lights were on except in the kitchen. He went to the door and, staying out of sight, listened.
~~~
"Come on, get ahold of yourself," Zander Smith told himself as he landed the jet. He sighed and turned towards his companion.
"Are you sure that you want to do this?"
"I'm positive Zander," she said. "It'll only be a few days, and as long as you stay out of trouble with the PCPD and Nikolas, we'll be back in Paris by the end of the week."
"I'll take your word for that."
She laughed. "Come on little brother, it won't be that bad."
"So you say now."
~~~
After a few minutes, Riley got control of her emotions. She took a deep breath and began to fix the salad when she heard something outside the door. She set the knife down on the counter and walked to the doorway.
"Jeez Sonny," she said as soon as she saw him. "What are you doing here?"
Sonny smiled. "Well I was looking for you."
She shook her head and walked back into the kitchen. Sonny followed. She picked up the knife and began to cut the tomatoes.
"You cook?" He asked.
Knife in hand, she turned around to face him. "Is it so hard to believe? Just because I spent most of life life with the Cassadines doesn't mean that I'm helpless." She turned back around.
"How ARE you connected to the Cassadines?"
~~~
Zander and his companion walked into their room at the PC Hotel.
"When are you going to see your uncle?" He asked her.
"He's your uncle too Zander," she noted.
"So?"
She shook her head. "You get the couch," she called out disappearing into the bathroom.
Zander chuckled. "I'll be back later sis, I have something to take care of."
She poked her head out of the bathroom. "Tell me that you're not going to Sonny."
"I'm not," he lied.
"Zander!" She yelled as he walked out of the room.
~~~
"It's a long story," Riley said. "It's complicated."
"Give me the edited version."
"There isn't one."
"There always is Riley," he replied.
She turned around to face him. "Fine."
~~~
Jason walked into the penthouse. He distinctly heard Riley's voice comoing from the kitchen and then he heard Sonny's voice. He stood and listened.
Jason turned around to face Riley.
"Jason, don't shut me out, please," she said.
"Are you sleeping with Cassadine?"
~~~
Gia walked back to Kelly's and found Nikolas waiting for her. He stood up when she entered.
"Sparky," he said.
"Nikolas," she replied coldly. He looked at her curiously.
"What's wrong?"
~~~
"What? Jason where is this coming from?"
"I don't hear you denying it," Jason said.
"Well, I am denying it." He turned and walked away. Riley watched him go. She didn't know whether to follow him or stay behind and let him cool off. She decided the former.
~~~
Jason was fuming. He loved Riley more than anything, but couldn't shake what Nikolas had told her and how comfortable she was with him.
"What's wrong with you Morgan?" He silently asked himself.
~~~
"You tell me," Gia said sitting down. "Who's papillon?"
"Riley? She's a close friend," Nikolas replied.
"Really?" Gia asked sarcastically. Nikolas sighed.
"Let's go back to the cottage. I'll explain." They both stood and left Kelly's.
~~~
Riley follwed Jason to the Corinthos/Morgan warehouse. He walked inside and into Sonny's office. She followed and stood outside the office for a moment.
~
"Jason, you're back early," Sonny said. He made a note of the look on his friend's face. He was about to ask about it when Riley came into the office.
"Do not judge me until you know what really happened," she said.
He ignored her.
"And don't ignore me." She threw her hands up in the air in defeat and started talking in Russian. She turned back to Jason. "When you decide to listen, I'll be at Wyndemere." She turned and stormed out of the office.
"What was that about?" Sonny asked.
~~~
Nikolas and Gia walked into the cottage. They sat on the sofa and faced each other.
"Gia, what I'm about to tell you cannot leave this room. Riley is the only other person who knows what happened because it all happened to her."
~~~
Riley walked into Wyndemere. Mrs. Landsbury took her to Stefan's study. He stood when she entered.
"Riley?" He questioned seeing her tear stained face. He walked over to her and wrapped her in a protective hug.
~~~
"Nothing," Jason said.
"Doesn't seem like nothing," Sonny replied. "What happened? Why is she going to Wyndemere?"
"We had an argument."
"And?"
"And nothing."
"Jason."
"What?"
Sonny sighed. "What was the arguement about?"
"Her connection to Nikolas Cassadine."
"Cassadine?"
"Yeah."
~~~
"Riley, what happened?" Stefan asked. She was shaking and crying as he held her. "What happened, papillon?"
She looked up at him.
~~~
"Listen to her about it," Sonny said.
Jason looked at him. "There is nothing for her to say."
"How do you know that?"
Jason looked away.
"Find her, talk to her. If you care about her as much as you said you did then you'll let her tell you the truth."
~~~A few hours later
Riley walked into the penthouse. It was dark, the lights were off. Riley sighed. Shaking her head, she walked into the kitchen. She washed vegatables for a salad but she was shaking too much to hold the knife to cut them.
"Stop this Riley," she scolded herself. "Just stop right now."
~~~
Sonny walked down the hall to Jason and Riley's penthouse. He walked inside, quietly. No lights were on except in the kitchen. He went to the door and, staying out of sight, listened.
~~~
"Come on, get ahold of yourself," Zander Smith told himself as he landed the jet. He sighed and turned towards his companion.
"Are you sure that you want to do this?"
"I'm positive Zander," she said. "It'll only be a few days, and as long as you stay out of trouble with the PCPD and Nikolas, we'll be back in Paris by the end of the week."
"I'll take your word for that."
She laughed. "Come on little brother, it won't be that bad."
"So you say now."
~~~
After a few minutes, Riley got control of her emotions. She took a deep breath and began to fix the salad when she heard something outside the door. She set the knife down on the counter and walked to the doorway.
"Jeez Sonny," she said as soon as she saw him. "What are you doing here?"
Sonny smiled. "Well I was looking for you."
She shook her head and walked back into the kitchen. Sonny followed. She picked up the knife and began to cut the tomatoes.
"You cook?" He asked.
Knife in hand, she turned around to face him. "Is it so hard to believe? Just because I spent most of life life with the Cassadines doesn't mean that I'm helpless." She turned back around.
"How ARE you connected to the Cassadines?"
~~~
Zander and his companion walked into their room at the PC Hotel.
"When are you going to see your uncle?" He asked her.
"He's your uncle too Zander," she noted.
"So?"
She shook her head. "You get the couch," she called out disappearing into the bathroom.
Zander chuckled. "I'll be back later sis, I have something to take care of."
She poked her head out of the bathroom. "Tell me that you're not going to Sonny."
"I'm not," he lied.
"Zander!" She yelled as he walked out of the room.
~~~
"It's a long story," Riley said. "It's complicated."
"Give me the edited version."
"There isn't one."
"There always is Riley," he replied.
She turned around to face him. "Fine."
~~~
Jason walked into the penthouse. He distinctly heard Riley's voice comoing from the kitchen and then he heard Sonny's voice. He stood and listened.