***Emma's third birthday party.***

Carly: I don't think she's going to be able to blow out those candles. The tall blonde said. Her own daughter on her hip, Morgan had just recently celebrated her third birthday as well.

Jason: Emma it's your birthday today baby. You're getting so big!

Courtney: Here Jase, take her for a sec. I'll blow out her candles.

Michael: No Aunt Courtney!!! Can I blow them out?

Courtney: Of course sweetheart!

Michael blew out the candles and everybody clapped. Emma had gotten so many presents. Most of them had been from Carly of course. But Jason had gotten her quite a few as well.

Michael: Happy Birthday Emma!!

Emma: Dada!

Jason: What honey?

Emma was pointing at her cake.

Jason: Do you want some of your cake?

Emma: Yeah.

Jason: Okay. Courtney, you wanna get her some cake?

Courtney: Okay sweetie, come here. Mommy will get you some cake, and ice cream!

Emma: Yay!

Courtney and Emma went off into the kitchen to get the ice cream out of the fridge.

Carly: Emma looks just like her.

Sonny: Yeah Jase, you're gonna have to look out for that one. She's gonna have the boys all over her.

Carly: Me and Courtney's plan will help out our daughters.

Jason: What plan?

Courtney had come back into the living room trying to balance her daughter on her hip, the ice cream in her hands and she had the plates on top of it all.

Carly: Jason? What kind of husband are you? Help her!

Morgan: Daddy!

Sonny: Yeah baby?

Morgan: Emma.

Sonny: What about her?

Morgan started reaching for her.

Sonny: You wanna play with her?

Morgan nodded her head.

Carly put her daughter down and Courtney did the same.

They walked over to all Emma's new toys, hand in hand.

Carly and Courtney: Aww.

Jason: You were actually let her have ice cream and cake? Both of them?

Courtney: Uhh. Yeah.

Jason: Do you know how unhealthy that is for a three year old?

Courtney: it's her birthday Jason, look how happy she is!

Jason looked over at his daughter and his niece.

Just as he did so, the glass in the windows broke. Bullets were flying everywhere. Jason's instinct took over he grabbed Courtney and pushed her down to the ground, and flew across to the other side of the room where he held his daughter close to him and ducked. End.

***Same Day. After the shooting stopped.***

Sonny got up off the ground, trying to comfort his crying daughter.

Jason: Everybody alright?

Courtney: Emma?

Jason: She's fine.

Courtney: Oh my God.

She picked up a piece of paper off the ground. It was a letter addressed to her.

It read:

Dear Courtney,

It's your daughter's first birthday today. I hope one of the bullets didn't hit her. She's so beautiful. She looks just like you. I love you Courtney. Jason doesn't deserve you or Emma. He doesn't deserve to live. I will always love you more than he ever will. I hope to be seeing your beautiful face soon. You have my whole heart. Always.

Love you,

Brian

Jason: He's dead. That's it. He hired somebody to shoot through my windows, he could have killed my wife, or my daughter. Sonny, I don't care if you say no. He's threatened my family for the last time.

Sonny: Go for it.

Jason hadn't even noticed that Courtney had been crying. He gave Emma to Carly and took his wife into his arms.

Courtney: I just wanted her to have a good birthday. That's all. Instead I have a psycho man shooting the windows in my home. He could have hurt her, or Morgan. He is so sick.

Emma: Daddy? Why is Mommy sad?

Jason: Emma, Mommy's just sad because the windows broke.

Emma satisfied with the answer, asked Carly to put her down so she could go and play with Morgan.

Courtney: Thanks for explaining that to her.

Jason: I have to go.

Sonny: I'm coming. This bastard is gonna suffer for this.

Courtney: Can you just hurry up and come back please. Oh, and take this letter with you. Can you tell Brian that I hate him?

Jason: I'd be glad to. He kissed his wife's tear-stained face. I'll be back as soon as I make sure that that bastard never bothers you again.

Courtney nodded her head. Be careful. You don't have just me to come back to now.

Jason smiled. I know.

He walked over to Emma and kissed her on her blonde head.

Jason: I love you.

Emma: I love you more Daddy.

Jason and Sonny then walked out of PH2, telling Marco and Max to make sure that no one got in or out. End.