~~ Complicated Ch. 21

I Disclaim

Emily rolled her eyes, but nodded. She knew it was true, on a holiday to please Lila; the Quartermaine males would fake politeness to Sly, Lucky and Nikolas, or even Juan or Jagger. But there was no way that Juan would ever get along with Jason or her best friends, and she was too afraid of Jagger's reaction to bring them up.

It was all about understanding. Most men could never understand her relationship with her male friends, Juan and Zander certainly couldn't. While she couldn't understand how they didn't all get along, it wasn't like they were polar opposites of each other, if nothing else all the men in her life could at least bond of protecting her. Of course that was pointless, while they all agreed she needed to be protected that all have different ways of doing it.

" So how are my top two favorite Spencer's?"

Lucky glared at his cousin, before he leaned across the table and lowered his voice. " Sly is the father of Maxie's baby." He waited for a stunned reaction, but saw none, which meant one thing. " When did you find out?"

" Same time he found out, when you told us at Thanksgiving that year." Emily put up her hand to halt his protest. " It wasn't my secret to tell, this is about Maxie and Sly, and 'their' son, I'm just a friend, who technically should be a godmother," She let her gaze swing to her ex before going back to Lucky." but I understand that an ex-girlfriend isn't exactly the model god mother, so I let it go, you should too."

" Let it go, you know that for the past few years people have been thinking this kid is mine."

" But he isn't, Jack's my son." Sly said quietly, he looked at his cousin, and challenged him with his eyes. " Jack is my son, Maxie's' my woman, and you're with Georgie so why are you angry?"

" Boys."

" I'm angry because you didn't trust me with this, and I'd like to know why?" " Why after everything our families have done to us with lies and half truths, you would let your son be brought up in one, without part of his family there to love him."

" Guys." Emily said louder, trying to stop the fight before it got too much momentum, when dealing Sly and Lucky there was always the possibility of violence.

" My son wasn't brought up in a lye, he knows who I am, and this is the very reason I didn't tell you. You and Aunt Bobbie and Luke would have descended on Maxie, and she wasn't ready for that, we did this our way, and I'm not apologizing for it."

" So it better it be hidden, like a dirty little secret no one needs to know about."

" SLY. ."

Sly set his jaw, and stood quickly, he wasn't surprised when his cousin repeated the gesture and met him nose to nose." It's not a secret, it was private, I don't care who knows and Maxie feels the same." To reiterate his point he moved to the center of the diner. " I SLYVESTER WILLAIM ECKERT FATHERED MARIA MAXMILLIAN JONES' SON JACKSON WILLIAM JONES!!!!"

The patrons looked at him with surprise and shock, but none seemed sure what to say. " You did what!?!?"

Emily looked toward the door the same time as Lucky and Sly, just in time to catch the look of unmasked fury on Frisco Jones face, right before he launched himself at the his grandson's father. Leaving Emily just enough time to hit the speed dial on her cell phone. " Hey Jagger I'm going to be late for dinner, so don't head over to the Mansion without me." She looked over as Lucky tried along with another customer to pull Maxie's father off her friend, before answering his question. " Oh I'm just taking on a new client, nothing bad first degree assault at best."

Angel looked at her assembled group proudly. They weren't brightest at what they did, but they were willing to die for her, and that she respected them." Tomorrow is the night Carly Corinthos club is opening tomorrow night, all of Port Charles will be in attendance, and by the end of the night, I will be the new head of the Port Charles territory." She sat down behind the large oak desk, in her fathers' old den, and nodded to Max." The Plan?"

" At approximately 8:00 pm, one of our contacts will plant some cocaine on Jason Morgan, and then place an

anonyms phone to Lt. Taggert, Morgan should be in custody by 8:30."

" Good, next?" The men beside Max, Bruno stepped forward. " At the same time, our man Morrison, will shut down the computers at the Port Charles Police Precinct, making it impossible for Morgan to be processed, while Judge Alton, is made indisposed and unavailable to sit for a hearing."

" Next." She turned her head, and

motioned to the man in the corner. James moved off the book case and looked directly at his employer as he spoke.

" A car following Sonny Corinthos on his way to the precinct, will be ambushed, killing everyone, but Mr. Corinthos himself, who will be brought here."

" And?"

Max retook the floor, and continued with his orders." At 9: 00 pm, after Juan Santiago's' first set is completed, a group masked gunmen will enter Carly Corinthos Club, and hold all those in attendance hostage, during negation with Police Emily Quartermaine, Carly Corinthos, and Alexis Davis will be killed."

" And finally?"

" Once word reaches the police station that Ms. Quartermaine and Mrs. Corinthos have been killed, Morgan will make a break for it, and in the ensuing battle, will be fatally wounded." Bruno finished, and held back the flinch at the look of satisfaction on his bosses' face.

" Good, now gentlemen that is the plan, those that deviated from it, will die." The smile that crossed her face, was all ice, it showed just how heartless, and cold she had become, as she stood, showing the nine millimeter gun in her hand to the group of men, as she made her way to the door. " Don't fail me."

" I know you're a good person." The words played in his head, like a record stuck on a groove. He could see her smiling at him telling that, entreating him to believe. How much she believed in him, and just wanted him to be happy. All Emily wanted was for him to be happy.

" Don't let them play you, some people need to be taken down." The other mantra, popped up every now and then. This one was said behind a devious look, and a sly grin. Skye believed in revenge and payback, that no one that wronged you, should be allow to live happily until they favor was returned tenfold. Skye at least would be proud of him.

He understood that his actions, could cost him Emily, but that was only if she found out and he had taken special care to hide all evidence of his involvement. And even if she did find out, he would just have to deal with it, it wasn't like they were close anymore, a few phone calls every now and then, and cards on the holidays, she spent more time with Lucky Spencer then she did with him. Besides this was about his family, Michael and Courtney belonged with him, not Jason or Sonny. He would show them, he wasn't going to be the family loser any more, when all this was over Alan James Quartermaine Jr. would stand tall as the victor, and no was going to stop him.

" Good evening A.J."

A.J. turned and meet her cold eyes. " Hello Angel, everything set?"

" Yes, by this time tomorrow night, Jason and Carly will be but a memory. " He nodded, and look up at the sky, and soaked up the mid day sun. With Carly and Jason dead, and Sonny in prison, Michael and Courtney would have no one else to turn to. " Good, what do I have to do?"

" Look surprised when you get the news." Angel said mockingly, she knew once A.J. Quartermaine got the news he would indeed be shocked. Emily and Alexis weren't part of the deal, nor where her plans for Sonny, but if Junior didn't like it, he could meet his maker right along with his brain dead brother, and whore of a sister.

" I can do that."

" I have every faith that you can." She said nodding.