Ch. 22 A Beautiful Letdown

"BECAUSE I SHOT RIC!" she yelled.

At that moment, the worst possible moment, the door behind Jason flew open and he saw District Attorney Scott Baldwin. A sick smile on his face as he and the officers crossed the threshold into the house.

"Well..." he began. "that sounds like a confession to me."

"What..." Jason started to say, but for the moment, he couldn't process everything that was going on. Scott noticed his bewilderment and grinned.

"Oh, careful, don't hurt yourself Morgan." he teased. "We got a warrant for blondie's arrest."

Words returned to Jason and he quickly felt himself fall back into the familiar position of protector. He placed himself before Courtney so they would have to go through him to get her. From the looks on the officers' faces, they didn't look too happy about angering him. Good, he could use that to his advantage if he had to.

"Get out." he said dangerously. Scott only laughed, and leaned to the men at his back.

"Get to it. Do your job guys." The officers approached Jason and he tried to quickly come up with a plan of escape.

"Jason Morgan, you are under arrest for aiding and-"

"Oh,little detail I guess I forgot to mention." Scott interrupted. He pulled out a folded paper from his jacket and waved it in the air happily. "Got one for you too. Do you really need to hear the same old. same old? You know your rights by now, right?"

Soon after, Jason was fighting the off as they attempted to arrest him. For what? For helping the woman he loved. Though they outnumbered him, he was able to hold them off without too much effort. He glanced over and saw Scott himself in the process of handcuffing Courtney.

The distraction was enough to give the police the an advantage.Without realizing how it happened, Jason was facedown on the floor with a knee in his back. He didn't notice the harsh way they pulled his arms back and slapped on the metal bracelets.

"Leave her alone!" he shouted at Scott, ignoring his own situation. "Get away from her!"

Scott ignored him, and roughly pulled her arms behind her and securing them.

"Baldwin, I swear-"

"Jason," she said softly, but still getting his attention. "Just...let this happen."

"Listen to the girl, Morgan. There's nothing you can do." Scott laughed and began walking out of the room. "Let's move, back to good ol' Port Charles for you."

She sat where she was told on the plane, and watched him sit down across from her. Courtney could have thrown up at the look of sheer delight on his face.

"Comfy?" he asked, sarcastically.

She didn't respond, she just sat there. He asked her more questions, but she didn't listen to any of them. She was waiting, expecting Jason to be brought on the plane any moment.

"Morgan's not going to be joining us." he informed, finally getting her attention. "Oh, he's here. But you won't see him. It's just you and me all the way back home."

"Jason didn't do anything." she said.

"Aiding a wanted criminal is a crime." he replied. "I could put your ex away for this. How beautiful would that be? You in one prison, Morgan in another. We'll see how long the Corinthos empire stands once Sonny sees his sister and right hand are rotting behind bars."

"Leave Jason alone." she responded to his scenario.

"I could do that. I could make a sweet deal for both you and lover boy." he offered. "Let's talk about what I would get in return."

It was done. The appointment was scheduled. Tomorrow; 12:30. It was the earliest he could get. A little less then twenty four hours, and the fate of his family would be decided. Sonny wasn't sure if he could stop himself from going crazy before then. The phone rang, and he jumped to it, hoping it was something good. Maybe Sam had realized the time frame was off. That it wasn't possible for him to be the father.

"Hello?"he answered, hearing the anxiousness in his own voice. "Where are you, did you get away? What?"