Chapter 14: Running to you on the docks...
~ Wyndemere~
Elizabeth was coming out of the bathroom after a long hot shower when she found Emily sitting on the bed with a tray filled with breakfast and a huge smile on her face.
"Good Morning."
"What's this? Room service?" Elizabeth tossed the towel she was using to dry her hair to a chair across the room and sat down on the bed next to the tray and picked up some grapes. "I can get use to this."
"Well you deserve it honey. After everything you've been through." Watching Elizabeth's smile disappear, Emily went on. "Liz. Sorry I didn't mean to..."
Putting on her fake 'everything's alright' face Elizabeth brushed it of. "You don't have to be sorry, Em. You haven't done anything wrong."
"You missed dinner last night, I thought you might be hungry." Silence overcame the room and Emily decided to come clean. "Look the truth is, I wanted to see how you were doing. You seemed sad and preoccupied yesterday. I thought you might want to talk about what's bothering you."
"It's nothing."
"Come on Elizabeth. You don't have to do that. I just want to help."
"I know and am so sorry Em. I just don't want to talk about that right now. Could we just talk about something else? How about you tell me about Port Charles, what's been going on since I left? And don't forget about your weeding girl. I want to know everything."
"Ok. I can do that. Let me see where should I start..."
~ Library~
Nikolas was trying to keep his mind busy, not wanting to think about Luke and Lucky's whereabouts. He kept reciting as a mantra that no news was good news. But it wasn't really working. Wanting to study some of the financial statements from the holding companies, he had secluded himself in the library. He was sure that Emily was upstairs with Elizabeth. Elizabeth, the strongest woman he knew. She'd been through hell and back and was still standing. He couldn't help but wonder for how much longer. She was bound to come crashing at some point. No one could take that much. She needed some time to relax, they all did. But how could they do that when Helena was lurking around and the search for his mother was taking longer than expected.
He let out a sigh and tried to focus on the papers laying on his desk. The knock on the door came as a surprise. He called to let them know the door was open and set the papers a side as he stood up and walked to the front of the desk where he sat on the edge. The gardener came in with a flower arrangement. He set it on the table and gave Nikolas a yellow envelope. Nikolas dismissed the older man and opened the letter. His face went pale, his hands started sweating and as he finished scanning the contents he ran upstairs.
~ Docks~
Carly was on her way towards Kelly's when she noticed the man standing on the pier overlooking Wyndemere. She stood abruptly and watched him closely. The line of his body straight, his head slightly bent to the side and his arms crossed over his chest. He was deep in thought. After a couple of minutes he spoke without turning to look at her.
"Are going to stand there without saying a word all morning or are you going to say something?"
"I- I didn't. Sorry, I just... How did you know it was me?"
"The way you walk, your heels clicking on the wood. Your perfume."
"I didn't know you were here. I was just going to Kelly's, and then I saw you here and couldn't help staying."
Jason turned and walked to were she was standing. They stood there looking at each other for a while.
"How are you doing? Is the bike shop doing ok?"
"It started turning profit a while ago. The clientele is growing. It's going good. You?"
She let out a sigh and looked away. "Hanging on. Learning things that were more than evident once and that I, being my selfish self, never noticed."
Jason frowned at her answer. What was she talking about? Were this things about him? Or about Sonny? Was this about the business? He couldn't help but wonder.
"You're not going to ask what am talking about, are you? Of course not. You're not a noisy person. I am the noisy, obnoxious, self-centered bitch."
"Where's all this coming from?" "Nowhere. Everywhere. I have no idea. This was suppose to be about you. I was suppose to come here and beg for your forgiveness and take you to the island and make Sonny apologize, so we could go back to be the happy family we used to. But all of the sudden I'm starting to realize we weren't that happy after all. I wasn't, Sonny wasn't and you, sure as hell weren't happy."
"Were you drinking last night Carly?"
She looked at him and smiled. "I wish I had. At least I could have an excuse. But I wasn't, I'll leave the drinking to my husband. Being sober and is taking me a while to process this new information, I can't imagine how much longer it would take if I were to get drunk."
Jason just looked at her and shook his head. He didn't know what to say to her. She wasn't making any sense.
"Am sorry. You must be thinking I finally went crazy. I should get going, Mama is waiting for me at Kelly's. I want to talk to you when I get my thought in order. Can I call you later this week?"
"Yes. Call me and we can meet for breakfast down in Danny's Doughnuts."
A huge smile came across her face. "You remembered."
"How could I forget? See you around Carly."
"See you around Jason." She walked up the stairs towards Kelly's, while Jason glanced once more towards Spoon Island before turning and walking the other way.
~ Wyndemere~
Nikolas took the steps two at a time and ran down the hall like a madman. He hurried to the room and barged in out of breath. Both women jump up from the bed at the sight of the man in the door.
"Nikolas, what's wrong? Did something happened to Luke and Lucky? Is it Laura? What's wrong?"
"Honey, you're scaring me. Breath. That's it in and out. What's wrong? Tell us what happened?"
"Flowers...photos...baby...Helena." He was trembling. Emily noticed the envelope on his hand and took it from him. She opened and examined everything inside. Elizabeth was next to her looking at everything as well.
"Oh God!" Emily exclaimed.
"Emily? Are you?" He asked shocked.
Emily walked towards her husband and hugged him tight. She was crying, loud sobs interrupting each word.
"I- I w-was going-g to- to tell- tell you. I'm- so-sorry."
"You don't have to be sorry, babe. How can you be sorry? You're going to have my baby. Am going to be a dad. I love you so much. I love you."
They were still holding onto each other. Nikolas was pouring kisses all over his wife, while Elizabeth was still going trough the photos. There was one of Emily at General Hospital talking to Dr. Meadows and then at a store looking at baby clothes. There was one of the four of them in New Orleans and one of Elizabeth on the docks the day before. The one picture that she couldn't really understand was one of Jason and Emily waiting on the gate at the airport. Was he there? Where did he go? Why didn't she saw him? He was ok, though. She could see he was doing much better than the last time she saw him, but why was he there? She was brought back by Nikolas words.
"We have to leave. Now."
"Wait. Nikolas, where are we going to go? She knows we were with Luke and Lucky. She has to have people tailing us. Wherever we go she's going to be there."
"I know that. But I won't risk anything happening to my family. Not you and certainly not Em and my baby. She took my mom, I won't let her take anything more."
"We can go to the Q mansion for now."
"I don't know about that. But first things first. We have to pack up and get to Port Charles as soon as possible."
~ Helena's office~
"Good job, Morris. My dear grandson must be scared out of his wit, now that he knows his dear wife is having a baby and that I am on to his little escapades to help his brother and surrogate father. Which reminds me. How are they doing?"
"The Spencers are still looked up, Madam."
"I want them out tomorrow."
"But I thought..." "You're not paid to think. I pay you to do what I tell you to. And I'm telling you to get them out of jail. I need them on their way. The big resolution is set, we just need our protagonist in place."
"What about the mysterious woman?"
"I'll take care of that later. Send Frederick out to Port Charles, I need at least four men following every move of Nikolas, Elizabeth and Emily at all times."
"As you wish, Madam."
~ Jason's Garage~
Jason answered the phone and found his little sister's desperate voice on the other end.
"Emily? What's wrong?"
"Helena. She's threatening us. She knows, Jason. She followed us to the airport and she followed Liz last night. We are on our way to Kelly's."
"I'll meet you there."
"Ok. See you."
Jason ran out of the place swearing at the old hag for putting his sister and Elizabeth trough this ordeal.
~ Docks~
"You're not staying alone. "
"Look Nikolas, if someone is following us. He's more likely to follow me. I'm the one whose been going after Luke. You guys meet Jason at Kelly's and go somewhere safe. I'm just going to distract them for a while. Once you're safe you'll call me and I'll catch up with you."
"Are you crazy? You're coming with us. Do you really think Helena has only one person on us? Is obvious she has men all over town. Just come with us. Jason will know what to do."
"I know he will. But you guys will be safer if I stay behind for a while."
"Elizabeth, please we have to get going. Do this for Luke and my brother. Come with us."
"I'm doing his for them and for you. Go to Kelly's. I'll call you in about an hour."
With that Elizabeth took of, duffle bag in hand, leaving a very stunned Emily and Nikolas staring after her.
~ Kelly's Courtyard~
Nikolas and Emily arrived at the Courtyard just as Jason was coming out of the restaurant. He saw them and walked towards them.
"I was just looking for you. What happened?"
"Helena knows we've been helping Luke and sent a threatening note to Wyndemere."
"She has been following me too. Remember when I went to GH, last week?" Jason nodded. "I kinda lied to you."
"What do you mean you lied? Is something wrong?"
Emily started to blush and moved closer towards Nikolas. "No everything is perfect. It's just that... I'm pregnant. We're having a baby." Nikolas put a hand around Emily protectively.
Jason took a moment to process what his baby sister was saying. She was having a baby. He was going to be an uncle. And Helena was threatening them. Damn witch.
"Are you going to say something or are you just gonna stand there and stare at her?"
"I- congratulations. Am happy for you. For both of you." A genuine smile broke out on his face as he went to Emily and grabbed her by the waist and twirled her around, before putting her down, still hugging her. "Am really happy for you. Both of you." He let go of her and hugged Nikolas too. For a moment, they were happy and forgot about the problem at hand.
Nikolas moved to an empty table and motion for Emily to sit down as well as Jason. Once seated they went back to the conversation.
~ Docks~
An hour later Elizabeth was back at the docks. Damn town! Why did she always ended up there. She knew why but didn't really want to think about it. She was about to make the phone call when she heard footsteps. She went to hide and almost took out her gun when she realized it was a woman. She walked back to the bench and waited for the person to leave. But she didn't instead walked towards her.
"Elizabeth?"
God no. It couldn't be her. Why her? You might as well have sent Helena's goons. Elizabeth had her eyes closed and opened them when the woman called her name again.
"Hello Carly."
"What where you doing? Praying?"
"No actually, wishing for you to just walk by."
"Tough luck, muffin." She sat down next to her.
"What do you want?"
"What? Can't we have a friendly chat?"
"We are not friends, never were. The only "friendly" conversation we had was about yellow peppers, a really long time ago."
"I remember that. It was when Sonny..." She trailed of remembering what had happened that night.
"The night Sonny faked his death. Say it. I'm over that by now."
"I didn't know the truth, up until the funeral."
"What was that? Some kind of apology?"
"Kind of. Look I know we are never going to be friends, but I want to talk to you about Jason."
Elizabeth's head turned to look at the woman straight in the eye for the first time. "What about him? Did something happen to him?"
"You still care about him, don't you?" When Elizabeth turned her head and stared straight ahead Carly let it go. "I just want to talk about what you two have."
"Had. Past tense. And as is past tense, why do you want to talk about that with me now?"
"I just started to understand some things and it's important for me to know what happened between you two."
"That's all buried and over with. There's nothing to tell. Besides, what will Courtney think of you digging out ancient history?"
Carly's face was confused and hurt at the name of the other blond. Elizabeth couldn't quite understand why. Before Carly could answer, her cell phone rang. She absentmindedly answered. It was Lucas, she had forgotten about his medicines. She had to go.
"That was Lucas. He's sick and I have to take him his medicines." She stood up and walked a couple of feet before turning around.
"You don't know, do you?"
"Know what?"
"What happened."
"Carly, not that is any of your business. But I've been out of town for almost a year. I left last November and just got here yesterday. Is there something I should know?"
"It's just that... you know what, is nothing. I really have to go. But we have to finish this conversation. I'll see you around." She walked hurriedly away, shaking her head.
"That was weird."
Elizabeth stood up and walk up to the pier. She took her cell phone and dialed the number. No answer. God let them be ok.
~ *~ *~ *~ *~ *~
Jason had to find her. She couldn't be so stubborn as to be running around alone, when there were men following her. He turned towards the docks and walked down the ally. Right before walking down the wooden stairs, he stopped. There she was. She had her back to him, but he knew it was her. The wind brought him her sweet sent of honey and vanilla. She had her hair down, shorter than the last time. The white cotton shirt had three quarter sleeves and her black jeans were hugging her every curve. Whoa, Morgan. Not again. What's with you? He looked around, looking for someone that might be following her. He saw no one. That was good. He walked down the stairs and stepped closer to her.
Elizabeth was crying silently. Things had gone so wrong. She didn't wanted things to go like this. Now Helena was after Emily, Nikolas and Jason and it was her fault. She couldn't go back to them she had to run. That was the only way for them to be safe. She turned around and saw him. Standing there, looking at her. Relief flashing in his eyes.
She had tears running down her face. But at the moment she turned and their eyes met he could almost hear her sigh of relief. Elizabeth ran straight into his arms and started to cry harder. It seem as if time stood still, she knew it was wrong. But she couldn't help it, he was the only person that ever made her feel safe and the only one who let her just be. Right now she needed to be week, she needed to cry and be held. So she just stood there hanging on to him with her heart on her sleeve.
~ Wyndemere~
Elizabeth was coming out of the bathroom after a long hot shower when she found Emily sitting on the bed with a tray filled with breakfast and a huge smile on her face.
"Good Morning."
"What's this? Room service?" Elizabeth tossed the towel she was using to dry her hair to a chair across the room and sat down on the bed next to the tray and picked up some grapes. "I can get use to this."
"Well you deserve it honey. After everything you've been through." Watching Elizabeth's smile disappear, Emily went on. "Liz. Sorry I didn't mean to..."
Putting on her fake 'everything's alright' face Elizabeth brushed it of. "You don't have to be sorry, Em. You haven't done anything wrong."
"You missed dinner last night, I thought you might be hungry." Silence overcame the room and Emily decided to come clean. "Look the truth is, I wanted to see how you were doing. You seemed sad and preoccupied yesterday. I thought you might want to talk about what's bothering you."
"It's nothing."
"Come on Elizabeth. You don't have to do that. I just want to help."
"I know and am so sorry Em. I just don't want to talk about that right now. Could we just talk about something else? How about you tell me about Port Charles, what's been going on since I left? And don't forget about your weeding girl. I want to know everything."
"Ok. I can do that. Let me see where should I start..."
~ Library~
Nikolas was trying to keep his mind busy, not wanting to think about Luke and Lucky's whereabouts. He kept reciting as a mantra that no news was good news. But it wasn't really working. Wanting to study some of the financial statements from the holding companies, he had secluded himself in the library. He was sure that Emily was upstairs with Elizabeth. Elizabeth, the strongest woman he knew. She'd been through hell and back and was still standing. He couldn't help but wonder for how much longer. She was bound to come crashing at some point. No one could take that much. She needed some time to relax, they all did. But how could they do that when Helena was lurking around and the search for his mother was taking longer than expected.
He let out a sigh and tried to focus on the papers laying on his desk. The knock on the door came as a surprise. He called to let them know the door was open and set the papers a side as he stood up and walked to the front of the desk where he sat on the edge. The gardener came in with a flower arrangement. He set it on the table and gave Nikolas a yellow envelope. Nikolas dismissed the older man and opened the letter. His face went pale, his hands started sweating and as he finished scanning the contents he ran upstairs.
~ Docks~
Carly was on her way towards Kelly's when she noticed the man standing on the pier overlooking Wyndemere. She stood abruptly and watched him closely. The line of his body straight, his head slightly bent to the side and his arms crossed over his chest. He was deep in thought. After a couple of minutes he spoke without turning to look at her.
"Are going to stand there without saying a word all morning or are you going to say something?"
"I- I didn't. Sorry, I just... How did you know it was me?"
"The way you walk, your heels clicking on the wood. Your perfume."
"I didn't know you were here. I was just going to Kelly's, and then I saw you here and couldn't help staying."
Jason turned and walked to were she was standing. They stood there looking at each other for a while.
"How are you doing? Is the bike shop doing ok?"
"It started turning profit a while ago. The clientele is growing. It's going good. You?"
She let out a sigh and looked away. "Hanging on. Learning things that were more than evident once and that I, being my selfish self, never noticed."
Jason frowned at her answer. What was she talking about? Were this things about him? Or about Sonny? Was this about the business? He couldn't help but wonder.
"You're not going to ask what am talking about, are you? Of course not. You're not a noisy person. I am the noisy, obnoxious, self-centered bitch."
"Where's all this coming from?" "Nowhere. Everywhere. I have no idea. This was suppose to be about you. I was suppose to come here and beg for your forgiveness and take you to the island and make Sonny apologize, so we could go back to be the happy family we used to. But all of the sudden I'm starting to realize we weren't that happy after all. I wasn't, Sonny wasn't and you, sure as hell weren't happy."
"Were you drinking last night Carly?"
She looked at him and smiled. "I wish I had. At least I could have an excuse. But I wasn't, I'll leave the drinking to my husband. Being sober and is taking me a while to process this new information, I can't imagine how much longer it would take if I were to get drunk."
Jason just looked at her and shook his head. He didn't know what to say to her. She wasn't making any sense.
"Am sorry. You must be thinking I finally went crazy. I should get going, Mama is waiting for me at Kelly's. I want to talk to you when I get my thought in order. Can I call you later this week?"
"Yes. Call me and we can meet for breakfast down in Danny's Doughnuts."
A huge smile came across her face. "You remembered."
"How could I forget? See you around Carly."
"See you around Jason." She walked up the stairs towards Kelly's, while Jason glanced once more towards Spoon Island before turning and walking the other way.
~ Wyndemere~
Nikolas took the steps two at a time and ran down the hall like a madman. He hurried to the room and barged in out of breath. Both women jump up from the bed at the sight of the man in the door.
"Nikolas, what's wrong? Did something happened to Luke and Lucky? Is it Laura? What's wrong?"
"Honey, you're scaring me. Breath. That's it in and out. What's wrong? Tell us what happened?"
"Flowers...photos...baby...Helena." He was trembling. Emily noticed the envelope on his hand and took it from him. She opened and examined everything inside. Elizabeth was next to her looking at everything as well.
"Oh God!" Emily exclaimed.
"Emily? Are you?" He asked shocked.
Emily walked towards her husband and hugged him tight. She was crying, loud sobs interrupting each word.
"I- I w-was going-g to- to tell- tell you. I'm- so-sorry."
"You don't have to be sorry, babe. How can you be sorry? You're going to have my baby. Am going to be a dad. I love you so much. I love you."
They were still holding onto each other. Nikolas was pouring kisses all over his wife, while Elizabeth was still going trough the photos. There was one of Emily at General Hospital talking to Dr. Meadows and then at a store looking at baby clothes. There was one of the four of them in New Orleans and one of Elizabeth on the docks the day before. The one picture that she couldn't really understand was one of Jason and Emily waiting on the gate at the airport. Was he there? Where did he go? Why didn't she saw him? He was ok, though. She could see he was doing much better than the last time she saw him, but why was he there? She was brought back by Nikolas words.
"We have to leave. Now."
"Wait. Nikolas, where are we going to go? She knows we were with Luke and Lucky. She has to have people tailing us. Wherever we go she's going to be there."
"I know that. But I won't risk anything happening to my family. Not you and certainly not Em and my baby. She took my mom, I won't let her take anything more."
"We can go to the Q mansion for now."
"I don't know about that. But first things first. We have to pack up and get to Port Charles as soon as possible."
~ Helena's office~
"Good job, Morris. My dear grandson must be scared out of his wit, now that he knows his dear wife is having a baby and that I am on to his little escapades to help his brother and surrogate father. Which reminds me. How are they doing?"
"The Spencers are still looked up, Madam."
"I want them out tomorrow."
"But I thought..." "You're not paid to think. I pay you to do what I tell you to. And I'm telling you to get them out of jail. I need them on their way. The big resolution is set, we just need our protagonist in place."
"What about the mysterious woman?"
"I'll take care of that later. Send Frederick out to Port Charles, I need at least four men following every move of Nikolas, Elizabeth and Emily at all times."
"As you wish, Madam."
~ Jason's Garage~
Jason answered the phone and found his little sister's desperate voice on the other end.
"Emily? What's wrong?"
"Helena. She's threatening us. She knows, Jason. She followed us to the airport and she followed Liz last night. We are on our way to Kelly's."
"I'll meet you there."
"Ok. See you."
Jason ran out of the place swearing at the old hag for putting his sister and Elizabeth trough this ordeal.
~ Docks~
"You're not staying alone. "
"Look Nikolas, if someone is following us. He's more likely to follow me. I'm the one whose been going after Luke. You guys meet Jason at Kelly's and go somewhere safe. I'm just going to distract them for a while. Once you're safe you'll call me and I'll catch up with you."
"Are you crazy? You're coming with us. Do you really think Helena has only one person on us? Is obvious she has men all over town. Just come with us. Jason will know what to do."
"I know he will. But you guys will be safer if I stay behind for a while."
"Elizabeth, please we have to get going. Do this for Luke and my brother. Come with us."
"I'm doing his for them and for you. Go to Kelly's. I'll call you in about an hour."
With that Elizabeth took of, duffle bag in hand, leaving a very stunned Emily and Nikolas staring after her.
~ Kelly's Courtyard~
Nikolas and Emily arrived at the Courtyard just as Jason was coming out of the restaurant. He saw them and walked towards them.
"I was just looking for you. What happened?"
"Helena knows we've been helping Luke and sent a threatening note to Wyndemere."
"She has been following me too. Remember when I went to GH, last week?" Jason nodded. "I kinda lied to you."
"What do you mean you lied? Is something wrong?"
Emily started to blush and moved closer towards Nikolas. "No everything is perfect. It's just that... I'm pregnant. We're having a baby." Nikolas put a hand around Emily protectively.
Jason took a moment to process what his baby sister was saying. She was having a baby. He was going to be an uncle. And Helena was threatening them. Damn witch.
"Are you going to say something or are you just gonna stand there and stare at her?"
"I- congratulations. Am happy for you. For both of you." A genuine smile broke out on his face as he went to Emily and grabbed her by the waist and twirled her around, before putting her down, still hugging her. "Am really happy for you. Both of you." He let go of her and hugged Nikolas too. For a moment, they were happy and forgot about the problem at hand.
Nikolas moved to an empty table and motion for Emily to sit down as well as Jason. Once seated they went back to the conversation.
~ Docks~
An hour later Elizabeth was back at the docks. Damn town! Why did she always ended up there. She knew why but didn't really want to think about it. She was about to make the phone call when she heard footsteps. She went to hide and almost took out her gun when she realized it was a woman. She walked back to the bench and waited for the person to leave. But she didn't instead walked towards her.
"Elizabeth?"
God no. It couldn't be her. Why her? You might as well have sent Helena's goons. Elizabeth had her eyes closed and opened them when the woman called her name again.
"Hello Carly."
"What where you doing? Praying?"
"No actually, wishing for you to just walk by."
"Tough luck, muffin." She sat down next to her.
"What do you want?"
"What? Can't we have a friendly chat?"
"We are not friends, never were. The only "friendly" conversation we had was about yellow peppers, a really long time ago."
"I remember that. It was when Sonny..." She trailed of remembering what had happened that night.
"The night Sonny faked his death. Say it. I'm over that by now."
"I didn't know the truth, up until the funeral."
"What was that? Some kind of apology?"
"Kind of. Look I know we are never going to be friends, but I want to talk to you about Jason."
Elizabeth's head turned to look at the woman straight in the eye for the first time. "What about him? Did something happen to him?"
"You still care about him, don't you?" When Elizabeth turned her head and stared straight ahead Carly let it go. "I just want to talk about what you two have."
"Had. Past tense. And as is past tense, why do you want to talk about that with me now?"
"I just started to understand some things and it's important for me to know what happened between you two."
"That's all buried and over with. There's nothing to tell. Besides, what will Courtney think of you digging out ancient history?"
Carly's face was confused and hurt at the name of the other blond. Elizabeth couldn't quite understand why. Before Carly could answer, her cell phone rang. She absentmindedly answered. It was Lucas, she had forgotten about his medicines. She had to go.
"That was Lucas. He's sick and I have to take him his medicines." She stood up and walked a couple of feet before turning around.
"You don't know, do you?"
"Know what?"
"What happened."
"Carly, not that is any of your business. But I've been out of town for almost a year. I left last November and just got here yesterday. Is there something I should know?"
"It's just that... you know what, is nothing. I really have to go. But we have to finish this conversation. I'll see you around." She walked hurriedly away, shaking her head.
"That was weird."
Elizabeth stood up and walk up to the pier. She took her cell phone and dialed the number. No answer. God let them be ok.
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Jason had to find her. She couldn't be so stubborn as to be running around alone, when there were men following her. He turned towards the docks and walked down the ally. Right before walking down the wooden stairs, he stopped. There she was. She had her back to him, but he knew it was her. The wind brought him her sweet sent of honey and vanilla. She had her hair down, shorter than the last time. The white cotton shirt had three quarter sleeves and her black jeans were hugging her every curve. Whoa, Morgan. Not again. What's with you? He looked around, looking for someone that might be following her. He saw no one. That was good. He walked down the stairs and stepped closer to her.
Elizabeth was crying silently. Things had gone so wrong. She didn't wanted things to go like this. Now Helena was after Emily, Nikolas and Jason and it was her fault. She couldn't go back to them she had to run. That was the only way for them to be safe. She turned around and saw him. Standing there, looking at her. Relief flashing in his eyes.
She had tears running down her face. But at the moment she turned and their eyes met he could almost hear her sigh of relief. Elizabeth ran straight into his arms and started to cry harder. It seem as if time stood still, she knew it was wrong. But she couldn't help it, he was the only person that ever made her feel safe and the only one who let her just be. Right now she needed to be week, she needed to cry and be held. So she just stood there hanging on to him with her heart on her sleeve.