In case I didn't mention this before, Alcazar's bodyguards killed Faith when she tried to kill Alcazar with poison, only this time the person saw her slip the poison in the drink. Alcazar got bored in PC after Ric died and left.

3 weeks later

Elizabeth walked into her home with Zander behind her, "So.this is your new place, it's nice, much nicer than that studio you were in," Elizabeth smiled, "Thank you, do you want anything?" Zander shook his head, "Nah, I'm good" Elizabeth sat down on the sofa with Zander began to trail off, "Zander, you still here?" Zander snapped back to reality, 'Oh, yeah, just thinking about Emily, I think of her a lot." Elizabeth sighed, "We all do Zander," she rubbed his back, "She was an amazing person." Zander tried to hold back tears, "I just miss her so much, Liz," Elizabeth put her arm around him, "I know you do, I know you do.but you can't bring her back." Zander nodded, "I know, but.wait I shouldn't be talking to you about this.you know.with Ric and all.." Elizabeth interrupted him, "Zander, don't worry about it, you loved Emily so much..it's OK to talk about it with me, I lost Ric, but I never had what you and Em had with him. He wasn't exactly, you know, a good man." Zander sighed, "I have to go Elizabeth, I'll call you later, we can talk then," Elizabeth followed him as he got up, "Hey, Zander you probably think it's strange I'm not grieving so much, but Ric and I, we weren't truly in love, especially toward the end, it got complicated." Zander nodded, "We'll talk later, I'll see ya." Just as Zander opened the door, Carly appeared.

Jason and Courtney were laughing as he chased her down the stairs to their living room with Micheal's water gun that he left over the other day. "Jason!! Stop!!" Courtney half laughed and yelled at him. Jason laughed as he squirted the gun from the top of the stairs. Courtney ran and fell between the coffee table and sofa. Jason tackled her, "Then give me the ball." Courtney threw her hand above her, "if you want it just get it," Jason laughed and kissed Courtney. Courtney dropped the ball and put her arms around Jason who threw the watergun over the sofa. "Do you love me?" Courtney asked, "Of course" said Jason. "Do you love me?" Courtney smirked, "Well.now that you mention it.." Jason laughed and kissed her again. Just then Sonny burst in. "Where's Carly!"

"Zander, how are you?" Carly asked a bit surprised. "I'm Ok, hope you're better," Zander replied. Carly nodded, "Much, thank you" Zander nodded, "I'll see ya Elizabeth,..Carly" Carly just smiled. "Elizabeth, we need to talk" Elizabeth somewhat dreaded this moment, she knew Carly would come to see her eventually. Carly let herself in and sat down on the sofa, "Can I get you anything Carly?" Carly shook her head, "Nope, sit down." Elizabeth sat down, Carly smiled, "Thank you Elizabeth, you saved my babies.. and my life" Elizabeth nodded, "Well, you're welcome" Carly's smiled faded, "I also am sorry about Ric." Elizabeth interrupted her, "Don't be sorry for Ric. You were actually...right..." Carly smirked, "Aren't I always" Elizabeth rolled her eyes, "Carly, I'm really not in the mood," Carly wiped off her smirk, "Ok..Ok..sorry, I just came over here to thank you, and just to let you know I won't forget what you did" Elizabeth nodded, "Ok, Carly, and I'm sorry I didn't figure it out sooner." Carly got up and was about to leave, "Don't be sorry. I'll see you around,"

"Where's my wife and child, they are gone!!!" Jason and Courtney got up, "Shhh.Sonny, you'll wake the baby, Carly dropped Benny off over here so she could go see Elizabeth she didn't want to wake you, she'll be back soon," Sonny got angry, "Why does she do this to me, leaving without saying a word, no bodyguard!!1" Jason grabbed his jacket, "If it makes you feel better, I'll go to Elizabeth's and get her," Sonny nodded, "Thank you Jason" Courtney watched Jason leave a little dismayed. Sonny saw that worried look in her eye, "What's wrong?"

Carly was rushing back home through the park when she ran into Zander again sitting by himself, "Well, hello again" Carly said cheerfully, Zander just looked up and grunted a hello, Carly knew how heart broken he was about Emily's death still and sat next to him. "I want to see you smile," Carly announced. Zander shook his head. Carly sighed, "Zander, I know we haven't really spoken in a while, but if you need to talk, I'm here Zander. You were a great listener for me, let me be the same for you," Zander looked at Carly, "Ok Carly"

Elizabeth was cleaning out Ric's drawer, she sent the rest of his stuff to Goodwill, and this drawer was the last of it. She wanted to keep this stuff. In the drawer was a wrinkled picture of them in a photobooth, an invitation to Elizabeth's first gallery showing, and a carefully folded note inside. It was addressed to Elizabeth in Ric's handwriting. She unfolded it, and it read:

Elizabeth,
If you are reading this letter, then I am probably no longer with you.or the rest of the world. Almost all my life I've been hell bent on revenge against Sonny, not even you could change that. I lied to you, about a lot of things. It's time you know the truth. On the third shelf on the right in the living room there is a button, if you press it..well, you will find Carly, it is true, I was the one who took Carly. There are many more lies, I just can't think of them at the moment, but I never lied about loving you. You were the best thing that happened in my miserable life. I want to thank you for that.
Love, Ric

Elizabeth gently folded the letter back up, that was it, that was the closure she needed. She smiled at the photobooth picture and put it back in the drawer. Then all of a sudden she heard Jason's voice. "Carly, Carly are you here!"