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CHAPTER 2
Jason stood outside the door, not
quite sure what to do next. It had taken him all morning just to convince
himself that no matter how Elizabeth felt towards him, he could help her. He
had to help her.
Taking a deep breath and allowing the
cool air to calm his nerves he raised his hand to knock. Not even getting the
chance to make contact, the door swung open and he was surprised when it
revealed the only woman he would ever love. The element of shock that ran over
him was multiplied in her eyes when she saw him standing there looking down at
her.
"Jason, what are you doing here?"
She asked, tentatively tucking a loose piece of hair behind her ear. Her heart
had just quickened and she struggled to keep her voice steady.
"I-I need to talk to you. Can I
come in?"
"Of course…" She took a step back
giving him easier access.
He moved past her and they both
caught their breath when his hand made contact with hers. Jason quickly walked
to the other side of the room. The last thing that needed to happen was for her
to know how he truly felt about her. It would only complicate the situation and
affect his judgment.
"Sonny told me that you're in
trouble." He blurted out, catching her off guard. That was the last thing she
expected to hear from him. "He also told me that someone is coming after you."
Elizabeth's eyes narrowed. Of all
the situations she'd gotten herself into over the years, this one must have
topped the charts if the mighty Sonny Corinthos felt the need to come down off
his high horse and offer her some help.
"He did huh? Well you can go back
to the pent house and tell him that I don't need his kind of charity."
"Is that what you think this is? A
charity case?" He walked closer to her and had to fight the urge he had to take
her in his arms and hold her until all of this was over. "Elizabeth, no matter
what has happened between us I still want you safe. Yes, Sonny did ask me to
guard you, but I made the decision to come myself."
Elizabeth shook her head and began
picking up some paint brushes that had fallen on the floor. "Jason, you don't
have to watch out for me. I'm a big girl and I know how to take care of myself.
Anyway, I'm the one who got into this mess and I can get myself out of it."
Jason groaned in frustration. She
didn't understand what he was trying to say. "Elizabeth, this isn't something
you can handle by yourself. Whatever it is that happened isn't important right
now. What's important is that we get you out of here."
"I can handle this Jason."
"Damn it Elizabeth! I know you
hate being told what to so, but for once would you just listen to me for a
minute?"
She opened her mouth to give him a
stubborn reply, but thought better of it when she saw the desperate look on
Jason's face. "What do you want me to do?"
He let out a deep breath and held
his hand out to her. "I want you to trust me. I'll take you somewhere safe."
"Where?"
"Do you trust me Elizabeth?"
Like you trusted me? She
thought to herself before nodding her head and accepting the hand offered to
her. "I trust you Jason."
After packing up the bare
necessities needed for the trip, Elizabeth willingly followed Jason down the
stairs and out of the building her studio resided in. There was a car parked
out front.
"What, no motorcycle?" Elizabeth
asked, with her eyebrow raised.
"I figured it would be less
noticeable if we went in a car. It would be pretty easy to find us on the
Harley."
Elizabeth climbed in the
bulletproof vehicle and sat her stuff in the floorboard. "What's so noticeable
about the bike?
Jason sighed and settled into the
comfy, well upholstered, seat beneath him. "Well, people….people are used to
seeing us on the back of a Harley. It was our thing and everybody knew it.
Riding in the car is just another way to assure your safety."
Elizabeth knew that it was
probably a good idea to let the subject go. She suspected that maybe the reason
they weren't currently on the bike right now had more to do with the fact that
he didn't want her riding with him anymore, than the fact the car was safer.
They could have easily gotten to their location faster on the Harley.
Mean while, Jason watched out the
window as the buildings around them eventually turned into houses and then
again changing into the beautiful countryside that hardly anybody thought about
anymore. He wanted so badly to say something comforting to Elizabeth, but he
didn't know how to without giving away his true feelings.
"So, are you ever going to tell me
where we're going or do I have to sit here patiently waiting for the
opportunity to see my new dwelling place?"
He couldn't help, but grin at her
spunk. It was one of the things he loved about her. "We're going to one of
Sonny's safe houses. You'll be safe there until Sonny and I can come up with a
better plan."
"What makes you think that you and
Sonny can fix this?" She asked, not meaning for it to come out the way it sounded.
She just didn't understand why they didn't think she could handle it herself.
"Jason, I could have just gone to the police…" She abruptly stopped her next
train of thought when she saw the flash of anger in his eyes.
"There's nothing the police can do
that we can't do better. I can protect you a hell of lot better than they
could."
"Jason, I'm sorry. I know I
shouldn't have brought the police into this…especially after everything that
happened." Her eyes were lowered and she crossed her arms across her chest.
He turned towards her and sighed.
"Look Elizabeth, I still think about that night and it still hurts me to think
about it, but if we're going to be around each other for the next few weeks we
shouldn't have to walk on egg shells just to make sure we don't offend each
other. I'm not saying we should forget about what happened because that's
pretty much impossible, but let's just agree to let it slide for the time
being. I don't want us to be uncomfortable around each other. Not now when what
we need the most is to work together."
Elizabeth nodded her head in
agreement. "You think it'll take that long for all of this to get worked out?"
Jason shrugged and rubbed his hands
over his face. "Yeah could be weeks maybe longer. You never know in situations
like these."
"Jason, why haven't you asked me
why it is that I'm in danger?"
His gaze was directed out the
window again. "You saw someone get killed and the guy that ordered the hit
wants you dead."
The way he said it was so casual.
It made her see just the kind of business he had been in for the past several
years. It didn't make her think any less of him, but she hated the fact that at
any moment he might accidentally slip up and accidentally get himself
killed…but, how was she any better. Look what she'd gotten herself into and yet
he was there trying to get her out of it.
"Yeah, but don't you want to know who
it is that I saw? I know that's why Sonny sent you to guard me in the first
place."
"Sonny does want to know who it is
that's doing this and he did want me to get that information from you." When he
eyes lowered again he quickly continued. "But, I don't want you to tell me
anything you're not comfortable telling me. You can take as much time as you
need."
She smiled and shook her head. "I want
to tell you, but there are some things we need to clear up first." At his
questioning look she slowly put her hand on his. "Jason, there's something you
need to know about what happened two months ago."
"Elizabeth I really don't want to
hear this right now." His eyes closed and leaned back against the headrest.
"I know you don't, but you have to
know something."
He sighed and turned his head
towards her. "Fine. What is it?"
"I don't know quite how to tell
you this without making it sound more terrible than it is, but the reason I was
meeting with Taggart was because…"
"Mr. Morgan, we've arrived at the
safe house." Johnny said through the rolled down privacy glass. Elizabeth
wanted to scream at his bad timing.
"Alright Johnny. We can talk about
this later." Jason said not giving her a chance to reply before getting out of
the car and helping Johnny get some boxes out of the trunk.
Elizabeth sat in her spot not
moving a muscle. All she had wanted to do was finally tell Jason the truth and
as always they'd been interrupted. She was beginning to think the time would
never be right. And it was obvious that
Jason wasn't ready to here anything that she wanted to tell him at the moment.
"Elizabeth, are you coming?" Jason called out to her.
"Yeah I'm coming!" she shook her
head and climbed out the open door. I guess Jason's right. I'll have plenty
of time to tell him the truth once we're settled in. She thought to herself
before following Jason into the house.
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