Shot in an Alley: Explanations

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Sonny was stunned. His brother had made peace, they had called a truce, but Jason wouldn't, even couldn't, lie. "What?" was the best he could come up with.

"Do you want me to explain from the beginning?" Jason asked him.

Sonny really didn't want to know, but he knew he needed to.

He looked up at his friend. Jason needed help and medicine quite desperately, that much was obvious. Hearing about Ric was going to have to wait for a little while. Sonny now had a plan of action. "Jason, if I help you do you think you could walk?"

Jason actually looked slightly surprised. "Um, yeah, I think so."

"We're going to the Penthouse. We can get you some help then talk." He then looked at Elizabeth. He saw sadness briefly flash through her eyes. Sonny understood it all now. "You too Elizabeth. We're going to need your help."

She smiled at him. "Okay Sonny." He felt good for making her smile. Finding out about her husband couldn't have been easy.

Sonny turned back to Jason. "Okay man, here we go."

Slowly he managed to get Jason into a standing position then walking. This was risky. If Jason pulled a stitch and started bleeding again they would be in trouble, but they didn't have much choice. He needed protection and if Ric found out what was going on, Elizabeth would too. Jason leaned heavily on Sonny as they got closer to the exit of the building.

"Come on, Jason. You can do it. Lean on me. We'll be there soon." He encouraged. Elizabeth was closely following behind them, she was carrying a blanket and the blueprints he had seen on the studio floor.

After a few more minutes they got to the limo. Johnny saw them and rushed to open the door for them. Once everyone was inside Elizabeth spread the blanket over Jason. His enforcer looked even worse now. Sonny hated himself for all of this.

They all rode in silence and thanks to Johnny's driving skills the ride wasn't too long. When the car stopped he moved to Jason. "I know you're tired man, but you can rest soon."

So with Sonny and Johnny's help Jason and Elizabeth got to the penthouse. They set Jason on the couch. Then he gave Johnny orders to get Jason some antibiotics.

"Okay Jason, from the top. Don't leave anything out." Sonny instructed.

So Jason started talking. How he had gone for a walk and heard a noise. He knew he was being followed then. When he turned around he saw Ric holding a gun. At this point Elizabeth jumped in. She had also been out on a walk. She saw Jason get shot then took him to her studio to help him. Jason hadn't been too aware at this point so he kept quiet. Elizabeth then started to tell him about the cell call she had gotten and about her lie to Ric. Then she told him about how sick Jason had been last night.

The look in her eyes only strengthened what Sonny had concluded before – Elizabeth loved Jason.

Before he had a chance to think anymore on the subject Elizabeth got to the blueprints part of her story. She told him about the panic room.

He felt his heart break for Carly. She had always been so afraid of being alone. She once told him that it was part of the reason she depended so much on Jason. He would never leave her. No matter how awful she was he would always be there. So now, in addition to being afraid for her life and their unborn child's, she was in the middle of her greatest fear.

Ric was going to pay.

"So that's it. Everything we know, you know." Elizabeth concluded.

Jason had been silent for most of the story, but now he opened his mouth. "How are we going to get her out without Ric or his partner trying again?"

That was the question no one had an answer for.

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