Capturing The Dream – Chapter 11
(PENTHOUSE)
Jason finally turned on his cell phone after he left Elizabeth's room, noticing the many voice messages left by Sonny he hit delete. He didn't want to hear what Sonny had to say in the messages; he just wanted to talk to him in person. Whether Sonny understood or not; Elizabeth was his wife now. Elizabeth and Hope was his family now, he finally had a family of his own. Jason vowed to protect them with his very life and to keep them safe from his world.
Jason finally reached the penthouse and went directly to Sonny's like he promised Elizabeth he would do. He had called the baby store in town and placed several orders that should be arriving in a couple of hours; allowing him some time to talk with Sonny and set up things for Hope before returning back to the hospital.
Jason nodded to Max who was guarding Sonny's door, "Is he in?"
Max nodded yes and opened the door for Jason to enter.
"Uncle Jason you're back," Michael said as he ran to give Jason a big hug.
"Hey buddy, I missed you."
"I missed you too, did you see Morgan yet? Daddy says I have to wait until he is all rested up until I can see him. Do you know if he is all rested up yet?"
Before Jason could say anything Sonny came down the stairs, "Michael, Latisha has your bath ready."
"But daddy I was just . . . "
"Michael go take your bath, I'll read you a bedtime story afterwards. I really need to talk to Jason right now, ok."
"Yes sir, good-night Uncle Jason."
"Good night Michael,"
"What was he talking about, where's Morgan?"
"Well if you would have answered you phone you may have known the answer to that!" Sonny shouted. "You take off without telling anyone anything, with no way of getting in touch with you. You abandoned your family for what?"
"Don't you do that, don't turn this around to be my fault."
"Morgan and Carly were in a serious car accident, Morgan had to have emergency surgery. He is still in critical condition and Carly has not left his side. I have people looking in to what happened, but when I needed you the most you couldn't be found. My families life was in danger and you were . . . off running away I guess."
"I wasn't running away Sonny, I was finally running to the one person in my life I really love."
"Elizabeth"
"Yes, she is my wife now and we have a family together. I'm sorry Morgan and Carly were hurt and that I wasn't here to help. But I won't carry guilt around about it; I have always been here for you. I have spent most my life sacrificing what I really want to make you happy; I gave Michael to you, I married Brenda for you . . . I'm sorry Sonny but this time I did something for me to make me happy. I hope you understand that, Elizabeth and Hope come first now. I will still do my job and be your friend; but not at the expense of my new life with my family. If you are really my friend you will respect that."
Sonny looked down to the ground and placed his hand on his forehead, "I do Jason, you are my friend and I do respect that."
"So how's Morgan's condition," Jason asked.
"The doctors say they will monitor him for 72 hours, right now we wait and see."
"I have to get something's ready for Elizabeth and Hope to come home in the morning."
"Hope?"
"Yes, Hope Elizabeth Morgan. She is so beautiful, she looks just like Elizabeth." Jason said proudly.
"I'm glad you are finally happy Jason, you really deserve it."
"Thanks Sonny, you can thank Elizabeth for that. But anyway after I finish up the rooms I'm heading back to the hospital. I'll visit Carly first and then if you need me I'll be with Elizabeth. I will make some calls myself to see if I can find out anything about the accident."
"Thanks, tell Carly I'll be by later, after I get Michael tucked into bed."
"Ok, I'll talk to you later." Jason exited the penthouse and went to his own to get things ready for the delivery. A couple of hours had past and Jason had everything ready for Elizabeth and Hope to come home. Jason left the penthouse to go back to the hospital to his wife and daughter. On the way their Jason stopped off a jewelry shop to pick up an order he had placed. Putting the small box in his coat pocket, Jason got on his bike and rode to the hospital.
Jason found the ICU room that Morgan was in; Carly was standing by his bed watching him.
"Carly," Jason said as in entered the room.
"Jason," Carly ran and put her arms around him. "I'm so glad you're here." she said with a little relief in her voice.
"How's he doing?"
"He made it through the night, the doctors say that is a good sign. 48 more hours to go before he is out of danger though."
"He's a fighter Carly, he'll make it."
"Thanks Jason, I can only pray he does. Will you stay with me for awhile?"
"Sonny says he will be here after he puts Michael to bed, but I can stay for a little while before I have to go."
"Sonny has been worried, he couldn't get a hold of you on the phone. You just disappeared; I figured you just needed sometime alone to think. So already back and Sonny's got you doing business again."
"Not exactly," Jason responded not sure how to broach the subject of Elizabeth with her, knowing how she didn't like her at all.
"What do you mean, where do you have to go then if it's not business?"
Thinking it was just better to get to the point, "Well, I need to see my wife."
Carly was shocked but happy, "Jason that's great, I'm so happy for you."
Now it was Jason's turn to be shocked, "You are?"
"Yes of course I am, I knew you and Courtney would work things out."
"No Carly, I'm sorry I wasn't very clear."
"Your wife, Courtney . . . I think that's very clear."
"No Carly, not Courtney is not who I'm talking about. We are not back together, she has went on with her life and so have I." "Then Jason who are you talking about, I don't understand."
"Elizabeth . . . Elizabeth is my wife."
"No Jason please tell me you didn't . . . how did she manage to trap you into doing that, she is just going to hurt you again Jason."
"Carly I'm not going to argue with you about this, I love Elizabeth she is my wife and I'm am the father of her baby."
"So that's how she did it, made you feel sorry for her not having a father for her child, Jason you have to get out of it, you know she will walk away from you taking the child with her."
Jason knew Carly was going through a lot right now with Morgan but at the same time he couldn't control the anger building up within him. "Like you did Carly?"
"Jason, I mean . . . you know I just don't want you hurt," the words Jason spoke strung Carly because she knew they were true.
"Elizabeth is nothing like you Carly, she would never take Hope away from me. She truly loves me and I love her. She is my wife now, whether you like it or not."
"Jason I'm . . . I just thought . . . "
"Stop it Carly, you have enough to deal with right now with Morgan. I'll be back tomorrow to check on Morgan and you. Till then I'll be with Elizabeth in room 203, we will be checking out in the morning after that you can reach me at the penthouse. Don't call my cell unless it's an emergency, I want to get Elizabeth and Hope settled in the first day home." Jason turned and left the room.
Carly stood there in shock; he had really married Elizabeth she wondered if Courtney knew.
Elizabeth heard the door of her room open and saw Jason standing there with a dozen red roses. "Jason those are beautiful."
"Not as beautiful as you. How are my two girls doing this evening?"
"Just waiting for daddy to return for our goodnight kisses."
Jason bend down and looked at his daughter nuzzled in her mother's arms. "Elizabeth there is something I wanted to give to Hope."
"Sure honey, what is it?" Jason pulled from his pocket the small wrapped box he had been carrying. Taking Hope into his arms, he hands Elizabeth the present, "Can you open it for her?"
Elizabeth unwraps the box and opens it, "Oh Jason, it's beautiful."
"Do you really like it?"
"Yes it's perfect, here let me put it on her."
Jason sits down on the bed beside her and Elizabeth puts it on Hope's tiny wrist.
Jason had bought his daughter her first bracelet inscribed on the front, Hope Elizabeth Morgan, and on the back "With Love, Mommy and Daddy.
"It fits perfect Jason, I can't believe you did this."
"I told you what ever my wife and daughter wants they get."
Jason and Elizabeth kiss Hope goodnight as the nurse comes to take her to the nursery for her last night at the hospital. Jason snuggles up close to Elizabeth and kisses her goodnight. Taking a deep breath he tries to close his eyes.
"Jason, thank you for the bracelet."
"Elizabeth you don't have to thank me, Hope is my daughter too. I like doing things for the both of you; you better get use to it."
"What's the matter, I know something is bothering you I can see it in your eyes."
"Don't worry about it, everything is fine."
"Jason don't shut me out trying to protect me, we promised each other it would be different this time."
"Morgan and Carly were in a car accident, Morgan is in ICU."
"Jason is he going to be ok?"
"The doctors are monitoring him, Carly and Sonny are pretty upset. I talked them, it was just a little frustrating; but I made them understand how important you and Hope are to me now."
"Jason are you sure we are not going to complicate your life more, I don't want to cause you anymore pain."
"Elizabeth never. You and Hope could never complicate my life only make it better, without you in my life I would be in pain. We knew everyone would not be thrilled with are decision. But it was our decision to make, I love you; nothing and no one can change that Mrs. Morgan."
"I like the sound of that, Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan."
"Me too. And tomorrow we can start our lives at home with our new little girl. So let's get some sleep before our big day." Elizabeth fell asleep quickly after they kissed goodnight, Jason lay there listening to Elizabeth breathing. His mind was rushing with so many things, but hearing her breath softly put him at peace. Wrapping his arms around her tighter he soon fell asleep.(LORENZO'S APARTMENT)
"I'm sorry, I missed dinner you should have woke me last night," Danielle said as she entered the living room where Lorenzo was sitting reading the paper.
Lorenzo looked up from his paper, "You were exhausted, there was no way I was going to wake you up."
"But you could have just left me on the couch, I didn't mean to push you out of your own bed."
"Nonsense, you were my guest and I wanted you to be comfortable; anyway who said you pushed me out of my bed," Lorenzo said with a sly grin.
"You . . . we . . .didn't . . . did we," Danielle was trying to focus her thoughts to the night before.
"No we didn't . . . I slept on the couch. But I thought we were to keep up the charade of us being a couple?"
"You know I did that to keep you from getting punched again, don't you."
"Yes and I appreciate. But it wasn't necessary I can handle Sonny."
Danielle walks over to him on the couch placing her hand on his right cheek, "Yes I can tell by this lovely bruise you can certainly do that."
Lorenzo grabs her hand with his and pulls it to his lips kissing each of her fingertips. Danielle stares into his eyes getting lost in the intense emotion he is bringing out of her. She finally tries to pull away from his touch but he stands up and pulls her closer to him. Lorenzo let his left hand tangle into her long brown hair as his other hand wraps around her waist pulling her closer to him. "Lorenzo . . . I don't think . . . "before she could finish he captured her mouth with his. First so soft and sweet, relishing in the taste of her and the warmth of her lips. Pulling away he looked deep into her brown eyes, "Don't think Danielle, just feel." With that she melt into his arms wrapping them tightly around his neck. She leaned in to his kiss again allow the passion that she was feeling to seep into the kiss. He could feel how much she wanted him and he knew how much he wanted her. Lorenzo bent down and lifted her into his arms never breaking their kiss. Entering his bedroom he laid her down gentle as he crawled on top of her. His warm breath made her skin tingle with delight. Lorenzo kissed her lips again as a battle of emotions poured over both of them; Danielle finally broke the kiss and gentle pushed Lorenzo up. "We can't do this," out of breath Danielle finally spoke.
"Why, why can't we Danielle," Lorenzo asked with hurt in his voice as another woman was rejecting him.
Sensing his disappointment and hurt Danielle tried to explain, "It's not because . . . because I don't want to. Believe me I really want to, but I can't betray Sophie." she spoke as tears began to form in her eyes.
"Danielle she's gone, I'm still here and she is gone. You are the one who told me that she wouldn't want me not to go on with my life."
"I know I did, but it can't be with me. I meant with someone else, someone that you could love."
"Why can't that be you?"
"What? What are you saying Lorenzo?" Danielle stood up and went to the window and looked out. Lorenzo stayed sitting on the bed as he spoke.
"We both know that Sophie was my first love, that will never change. After she died a part of me died too. But that's not the reason why you and I strayed a part. I was starting to have feelings for you, but I knew you were her best friend and I didn't want to ruin that."
"You had feelings for me then, that's impossible. You and Sophie were to be married, you were in love."
"Yes we were, but she was so committed to her work that she lost site of us. I tried to be a part of that life as much as I could so that I wouldn't lose her. But in the end I started losing the love that I held for her. You were always there for me Danielle; you were the woman that Sophie couldn't be for me. I think she knew it too, that's why she ask you to go back to the states to drum up support. She knew that you had feelings for me too, didn't you."
Danielle took a deep breath and released it slowly. "Yes, I did . . . I still do," Danielle said without turning around to face him.
Lorenzo slowly walked over to the window and placed his hands around her waist. In an instance of his touch she leaned back into his arms. "I still do too, Danielle. I pushed you away before because I felt guilty after Sophie died. That was wrong I punished you and myself because of something that was really never meant to be. Can you forgive me for that and let me show you now how much you mean to me."
Danielle turned around in his arms looking at his beautiful brown eyes, "Yes if you can forgive me for denying my feelings for you for so long." She reached up and kissed him softly on the lips, "I love you Lorenzo, and I always have."
"I love you too," Lorenzo responded with another tender kiss. "Please let me show you how much." With that Lorenzo picked her up in his arms again and placed her on the bed. "You are so beautiful, I don't' plan on letting you ever go again." Danielle smiled as he placed soft kisses down her neck and back up to her mouth. He was filled with so much passion for her but wanted to take it slow and enjoy just being with each other. He slowly undressed her and then undressed himself. Laying down beside her he pulled her close and allowed his hand to slide up and down her body as he kissed ever inch of her. Danielle couldn't believe that this was happening, she was actually in his bed and finally making love to the man who always had her heart. Lorenzo and Danielle loved each other all morning long until they both fell asleep in each other's arms.