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Theblondeone07 – You will have to wait and see if Jason can help Courtney or not.
Shamira – I am glad that you like Carly and Courtney conversation, and the Elizabeth and Courtney scenes. I am a Alcazar fan, but he won't be in this story that much, so you won't have to worry.
Aftermath
Chapter 4
Jason looked at Elizabeth in shock; he couldn't believe it.
"Elizabeth, what are you talking about?" Elizabeth looked up at Jason; she could see that he didn't believe her.
"May I come in?" she asked. Jason nodded. Elizabeth walked into the penthouse.
"I know you don't believe me, but I was walking back to my apartment when I heard a crash in Courtney's room. I opened the door and checked to see if she was okay. Then I saw her throw a bottle of pills across the room and say 'I need them." Jason looked at Elizabeth in disbelief.
"Are you sure they were pills?"
"Jason, I know what I saw. Your girlfriend needs help, " Elizabeth said, concerned. Her and Jason use to be able to talk to each other about anything; she just prayed that he would listen to her. Courtney had a big problem; a serious drug addiction.
"Elizabeth just go, I don't need you telling me what's wrong with Courntey," Jason snapped. Elizabeth just looked at him.
"If you don't believe me, fine, but if something bad happens to Courtney, remember what I told you," she said and then she walked out of the penthouse. Jason sat down on the couch and put his head in his hands. Courtney doesn't have a drug problem there is no way! There must be some other explanation. He said to himself. He decided to go and ask Courtney herself. He grabbed his jacket, and left the penthouse.
**
Lorenzo looked at Sonny's sister, who was in need of drugs.
"Please get me some drugs, I will do whatever you want," she begged as she grabbed a hold of Lorenzo. He looked at her.
"I don't know if I really want to give you drugs; you are his sister. Sonny wouldn't be happy if I did that. I really don't want a war right now," Lorenzo said.
"You don't care about Sonny; you care about what Carly thinks, isn't that right?" Courtney asked. She then grabbed a hold of Lorenzo, again.
"If you can't have her, why don't you have me?" Courtney asked seductively as she leaned over and kissed Alcazar. Lorenzo looked shocked.
"You are in need of some serious help," he said as he walked away from her.
"No, please come back! I need them, please!" she shouted. She knelt down on the ground and started to cry. She had lost everything that mattered to her; her child, Jason... What was she going to do now? Suddenly, she felt someone touched her shoulder. She jumped and turned around and saw Jason standing in front of her.
"Hey," she said as she stood up. She wiped away the tears from her cheek.
"What are you doing here?"
"I needed to talk to you." Courtney looked at him.
"I thought I made myself clear last time we spoke! We are over; there is nothing that you can do change that." Jason took a hold of her hand.
"Is everything okay; is there anything you need to tell me?" She looked up at him.
"I'm fine," she said as she let go of his hand .
"Elizabeth told me she thinks you have a drug addiction; are you taking drugs?" Courtney looked at him shocked.
"How could you even say that? I took some pills for my neck injury, but that was a while ago. What Elizabeth said that I'm addicted to drugs and you believe her? Well I don't care! I hope you and Elizabeth are happy together," Courtney said and she stormed away and headed back to Kelly's.
Jason watched as Courtney walked away. He wanted to go and talked to her, but it was no use. There is no way that she had a problem, he thought to himself as he walked away.
**
Courtney was walking to her apartment when she bumped into Elizabeth.
"Just who I wanted to see! Why did you tell Jason that I was addicted to drugs? You don't know anything about me or my life. Do you want Jason back? And you think making up a lie will get him to want you back?"
"Courtney, this has nothing to do with me wanting Jason; I don't want to be with him, but I think he deserves to know that his girlfriend is in trouble."
"You mean ex-girlfriend," Courtney corrected. Elizabeth looked at her, shocked at the news, "Yes, Jason and I broke up, so you can be with him now."
"I'm really sorry, Courntey. I know breaking up with someone is hard. If you need anybody to talk, you can come to me; you don't need to go to drugs."
"Why do you keep on saying that? I'm not addicted to drugs!" Courtney shouted.
"I know what I saw and you need some help before it is too late," Elizabeth said as she walked away from Courtney and walked into her apartment. Courtney suddenly realized that Elizabeth was the one at the door when she thought she'd heard someone opening her door earlier that day. It doesn't matter what she thought. I can't stay here, she thought to herself, as she walked down the stairs, and walked out of Kelly's. She didn't know where she was going. She wanted to forget everything about her life. Her life was such a mess; she just needed something to make her forget about it.
"Miss.." Courtney turned around.
"Yes."
"I heard a conversation that you were having with that man earlier when you were asking about drugs, if you still need some, I have some," he said. She looked at him and realized he was a drug dealer, but she didn't care.
"Where can I buy some?" she asked eagerly. The man wrote some on a note.
"Meet me here in half an hour. What is your specialty?" he asked. She then told him her prescription.
"You like the painkillers, I see. They might take me a while to get..."
"I don't care what I have, I just need something," she said.
"I can make that happen," he said and he walked away from Courtney.
**
An half an hour later, Courtney looked at the piece of paper in her hand. She was at the right place, but she didn't know if this was the right thing to do. She knew that she needed something to make the pain of losing both Jason and her baby go away.
"Hey, I see you came," the man that she met at Kelly's said. She smiled.
"Yes I did. Where are they?"
"I couldn't get your specialty, but I have these," the man said holding out a bottle of pills.
"I don't care; all I want is my drugs."
"First you have to get me your money." She handed him her money and he gave her a bottle.
"Thank you," she said.
"Come back whenever you need more," the man called out as Courtney walked away. She popped a couple of pills into her mouth and suddenly she felt much better. The emptiness that she was feeling from the loss of Jason and her child was gone.
**
A few weeks later, Courtney was sitting in Kelly's when Carly walked.
"Hey," Courntey said. Carly looked up.
"Just the person I wanted to see. How about me and you go shopping?" Courtney looked at Carly.
"Yeah sure; that would be great. I'll just grab my purse," she said. Courtney grabbed her purse and it suddenly tipped over and all the contents fell out. Courtney try to get the bottle away from Carly before she saw it, but it was too late.
"Courntey, what is this?" Carly asked as she held the bottle of painkillers in her hand.
"Oh those," Courtney said as she grabbed them out of Carly's hand, "I had some painkillers when I had my neck injury; I must I forgot to take them out of my bag."
"So you aren't still taking them?" Carly asked. Courtney looked at Carly and lied.
"No, of course not, I will have to throw them away later."
"I can take them if you want." Courtney looked at Courntey.
"I guess Jason told that I am addicted to drugs, huh?" Carly looked shocked at the news.
"Jason didn't tell me anything like that! Why? Are you?"
Courtney sighed. "I'm not listening to this, Carly. You are my best friend and you even think that I am taking drugs," Courtney cried as she started to walk away from Carly. Carly grabbed a hold of Courtney.
"I don't think anything like that, but if you aren't addicted, then give me the bottle of pills."
"Fine, you can have them," Courtney said as she threw them at Carly and walked out of Kelly's. Carly watched as Courtney walked away. She knew that something was definitely wrong with her, but she just didn't know what. She had an idea how she was going to figure it out. She took her cell phone out of her pocket and dialed a number.
"Hi, it's me, Carly; I need your help.." Carly then told the person on the other line what she needed.
"I don't know if I can do that," the person said.
"It is matter of life and death for her." If it was true and Courtney was addicted to painkillers, she was going to need some serious help. Carly thought to herself.
"Okay, meet me in half an hour."
"Bye," Carly said as she hung up the phone. She put her cell phone back in her bag, and left.
**
An half an hour later, Carly showed up and walked up to Bobbie.
"Thank you for doing this, Mom."
"I shouldn't be doing this, you know? I could lose my license," she said.
"I know you could. All I want to know if these bottle of pills are the same ones that her doctor prescribed her a few weeks ago." Bobbie looked at the chart and shook her head.
"Carly, these are different drugs from what her doctor prescribed." Carly sighed.
"Thanks, Mom," she said as she hugged her, "I have to go find Courntey now. I just hope I can help her."
"She might need more help than you can give her," Bobbie said.
"I know mom that is what I am afraid of. Talk to you later," Carly said as she walked away.
**
A few hours later, Carly knocked on Jason's door. He opened the door.
"I'm busy, Carly," he said. She then walked into his penthouse.
"Has Courtney been by here?"
"Carly, you know that she moved out of here."
"I know she did, but I went to her room at Kelly's and she wasn't there. Penny said that she saw Courtney leave a few hours ago. I really need to find her; she is in trouble, Jason." Jason looked up at her with a concerned look.
"What happened?"
"Let's sit down," she said as she led him to the couch, "This afternoon, I walked into Kelly's and I saw Courntey there, so I decided to ask her to go shopping with me.."
"Get to the point, Carly."
"I found a bottle of pills in her bag. When I asked her if she is using them, she said no. She told me that they were from when she hurt her shoulder and neck and that she hadn't gotten rid of them yet, so I took them to the hospital and got my mom to look at them. She told me they were different pills than her doctor prescribed. Oh Jason, Courtney is addicted to drugs. We need to help her now!" Jason stood up and walked over to the window. Carly walked up to Jason.
"Jason, you haven't said anything; don't you care about Courtney?" Jason turned around.
"I should have listened to Elizabeth when she told me."
"What does Elizabeth have anything to do with this?" Carly asked.
"She came to me a few weeks ago with suspicions that Courtney had a drug addiction, but I didn't think anything of it."
"You are telling me that you knew and you didn't try to help her?"
"I didn't believe Elizabeth," Jason said. Carly looked at Jason.
"Did you try to find out?" Jason looked at Carly.
"I asked her and she said she wasn't."
"You believed her? Well I am going to help Courtney, it doesn't look like you are going to," she said as she started to walk away from Jason. She then bumped into Sonny, who'd just come into the penthouse.
"Carly, are you okay?" he asked. She looked at Sonny.
"Jason will tell you everything. I need to find Courtney before it is too late," she said as she slammed the door.
**
Later, Carly walked into the penthouse and saw Sonny and Jason.
"Did you find her?" she said as she sat down next to Sonny.
"We looked everywhere, but we couldn't find her, but Max is still looking for her," Sonny said.
"Try calling her apartment, maybe she is there now," Carly replied. Sonny looked at her.
"I have been calling her apartment for the last four hours; she isn't there."
"Sonny, why didn't I see that Courtney was more depressed than I thought? She lost her baby; I didn't even try to help her, maybe that's why she started taking drugs, because her family wasn't helping her," Carly said as she put her head on Sonny's shoulder.
"None of this is your fault," he said as he stroked her hair, "We are going to find Courtney and get her the help that she needs." Suddenly the phone rang and Jason picked it up.
"Okay, thanks," he said as he hung up the phone. Carly got up from the couch.
"What is it, Jason?"
"Max found Courtney."
To be continued