Finally, after hours, the plane began to descend and they landed. Emily got off
the plane and blanched, wherever they were it was hot, very hot, and she cursed
herself for only packing her autumn wear…she'd been in such a hurry she hadn't
really thought about the fact that he would take her to one of Sonny's islands.
The heat made her long sleeved shirt stick to her skin. Jason led her over to
two old, shabby looking cars that Emily doubted held the much needed gift of an
air conditioner, unfortunately she was right. Jason and another body guard got
into the car with her while the other two got in the other car. As they started
to drive Emily thought this whole thing was starting to feel like a bad movie,
she didn't want to be in paradise, she wanted to be home, where the leaves were
brilliant colors of orange and red, where she had things to do, not in this
place that was hot and humid. To keep her mind off of the sweltering heat she
studied the landscape and decided it wasn't so bad after all. There were trees a
vibrant shade of green and all different kinds of colorful flowers she'd never
seen before but she could smell their fragrant perfume as they drove along a
dirt road. As they drove she saw a town way off in the distance but for the most
part there was no sign of civilization. Finally they stopped and Emily looked
out before her at a brilliant blue ocean with dazzling rays of sunlight bouncing
off of its calm surface, it was absolutely breathtaking. She could happily stay
there forever just looking at the ocean. She looked around and hidden by a grove
of trees was a beautiful villa and Emily decided paradise wasn't that bad after
all.
"Jase, is this where I'm staying?"
"Yeah, do you like it?"
Emily was speechless, she followed him up the stairs to the door and was even
more impressed by the interior, a breeze was coming off the ocean, making the
translucent white curtains sway gently.
"I love it."
"Monica and Alan told me how hard you've been working lately so I thought this
would be a good place for you to relax and take a break."
Emily walked over to the balcony and breathed in the ocean air, "This place is
really beautiful Jase, thanks."
"Now for the rules—,"
Emily groaned, "I knew this was to good to be true," she said jokingly with a
smile and Jason smiled back.
"You take a body guard with you at all times, even if you only plan on being
outside for a few minutes you have to notify someone, no exceptions. You can go
to the beach or take walks, no more than two miles any way out. No trying to go
to that town we saw a little while back, if you need something ask a guard and
it will be taken care of. No phone calls, no letters and please listen to your
guards."
Emily nodded, "I will, I promise…be safe, Jason. I'll never forgive you if
anything happens to you."
"I'll be fine, try not to worry too much."
"I'll worry quite a bit thank you very much," she said giving him a hug. "Now
get back to Port Charles and do whatever you do."
Emily watched Jason drive away and then she looked around, the place was pretty
big. Emily noticed her four body guards as they stationed themselves around the
villa. She knew three of the four of them and that surprised her, maybe she was
in more danger than she had thought if Sonny and Jason were having long-time
employees protect her, but it also made her feel a little more safer. She walked
through the kitchen and dining room into the living room and she was
disappointed to see that there was no T.V., not that she would be able to
understand the language it was in. Her room was large and thankfully the dresser
was stocked with summer clothes, she wasted no time in getting out of her
sweater and into a tank top. Down the hall from her room there was a large
library so she figured she wouldn't be completely bored out of her mind. The
last edition to their household was a housekeeper that cleaned and cooked for
her and the guards, unfortunately she didn't speak English so Emily was denied
female companionship. That day she took her lunch on the balcony overlooking the
ocean and later did the same with dinner and she wasn't happy. At first she had
liked it here but now it was driving her crazy, she had nothing to do.
She should be at Kelly's busing tables not relaxing with nothing to entertain
her but the ocean…it was going to be a very long stay.
Emily had been at the villa for a few days when one of the guards got sick,
Emily looked after him even though he wasn't deathly ill, it just gave her
something to do. The last few days she had begun to run out of things to do so
she had started cleaning the house, much to the housekeeper's annoyance, when
the villa was spotless she spent several hours at the beach building a
sandcastle that had ended up being swept away by the tide, her life was so
boring. On their fifth day at the villa they got a visitor and Emily feverently
hoped it was Jason come to tell her she could go home so she was more than a
little disappointed when Johnny got out of the car.
"Hello, Miss Quartermaine," he said giving her a smile.
"Hi Johnny, why are you here? Is there any news about Jason?"
"The last I saw him he was fine, I just came to replace Eddie, Sonny wants him
to go back to Port Charles."
"Oh," she said thoughtfully. Having Johnny there wasn't so bad after all, maybe
she could entice him to talk to her, the other guards, for the most part,
ignored her.
"Welcome to paradise," she said with a smile as she led him up the stairs.
A/N: I know, boring chapter, but don't worry, more excitment is coming soon.
