I'm sorry this took so long, I had a horrible case of writer's block. Thank you for all of the great feedback, its a great inspiration, and I really appreciate it.
Jason looked at Courtney, he watched her trying to distance herself from the situation. She took a few deep breaths, prepared herself for his answer. He cleared his throat before he answered her. "We--uh, we--uh, don't know how you got back. You just came home, but you were injured already we think."
Courtney had already begun shaking her head. "No, no, no. Jason, if I could've come home just like that, why didn't I come home earlier? That doesn't make sense! I love you Jason! I would've tried everything to get back to you!"
"Courtney....Courtney.... Calm down. When I found you, you're head had been bleeding, and there are scars on your arms, but we're not sure what happened. But you have calm down, so you can get better."
"Jason you can't tell me to calm down! You've just told me that I've been missing for three years! Three years that I can't remember! HOW can you tell me to calm down?"
"Mrs. Morgan, I'm afraid that if you don't calm down, we will have to sedate you. You need your rest." The doctor said.
"Ok. Why didn't you just say so." Courtney said as she settled into her bed.
"Where is she? Where's my baby?"
Carly and Sonny turned around as they heard Mike walk into the ER and badger the nurses with questions.
"Mike," Sonny called to get his attention. Mike heard him and then walked over to them.
"Where is she? How is she? Is she OK? What the hell happened?" Mike had a thousand questions to ask.
"Mike, calm down, they have her in a room, and Jason and her doctor are with her now." Carly informed her.
"Well tell me! What happened? I don't understand, where did you find her? Is she ok?"
"Mike!" Sonny said trying to get his father's attention. "Courtney is OK. Now, Janine is on her way here, she should be here soon, and by that time-- "
"I am not going to wait until Janine shows up! For all we now she stopped at the local bar!"
"Mike, that's not going to happen. Sonny's men are escorting her here. And we don't know a lot of what happened either. We're still waiting for Jason and her doctor to tell us what exactly is going on." Carly said trying to appease Mike.
"Well what DO you know?" Mike asked Carly and Sonny.
Sonny took a deep breath before he began. "She was in Jason's penthouse when he got home, he took her to the hospital because there was blood or something, then when they got here the doctors said she had a concussion."
"That doesn't make sense! How did she get into the penthouse? Did she scale the wall and go through a window? Where has she been?!?! What aren't you telling me?" Mike demanded.
"OK, Mike, I know," Carly said as she took his hand and guided him to the chairs. She decided that this was a conversation better had sitting down. "None of this makes sense. We don't know where she was, and one of the new guards let her into the penthouse not realizing exactly who she was. Now, because of the concussion, the doctors think that Courtney may have suffered from short term memory loss." Carly looked at Sonny and silently asked if she should tell him about the scars, Sonny shook his head and leaned forward in the chair to tell Mike himself.
"The only clue we have to where she's been are the scars on her arms." Sonny said softly.
"Scars? You mean--" Mike's face turned pale as he tried to comprehend the information he was being given.
"Yeah, scars from drugs. Monica said that there is no way to tell if she did them voluntarily or if they were forced on her," Sonny added.
"But Monica said there weren't any drugs found in her system. And they did test for certain illnesses or diseases, and there was nothing." Carly said, desperately trying to make the situation look better for him. "The bottom line though, is that Courtney has come home to us."