Antonio stuffed his hands in his pockets as he waited for Jason Morgan to make his appearance in the park. During the hour since the phone call, Antonio had come to the conclusion that his sister's husband knew that he was an Alcazar. Of course, Antonio had known that, eventually, they'd all find out about his background. But it didn't make having to face it any easier.

"Thank you for agreeing to see me," Jason said as he sat down on the bench next to the man who claimed to be his wife's brother.

"No problem, is Courtney all right?" Antonio wondered if his news hurt her, if she would even accept him as her brother.

"She's still trying to understand how it could be possible. She's hurt and confused. But she wants to get to know you, but, I'm sure you understand this, I need to protect her."

"I understand, and I have no intention of hurting Courtney. I just want to get to know my little sister," Antonio tried to explain as he stood up and began to pace.

"Courtney does that." Jason stated as he watched the dark haired man pace.

"Excuse me?"

"She paces when she's nervous. Or sometimes, she stares out the window, but she doesn't really see anything. She just thinks." Jason surprised himself by telling the man this. He normally didn't feel comfortable discussing Courtney with anyone except Sonny, Carly, or Emily.

"Could you tell me more about her?" Antonio asked, intrigued and pleasantly surprised to find that he and his little sister shared nervous habits.

"Not right now. First, I have to ask you a few questions." Antonio nodded. "Why didn't you tell anyone that your last name is Alcazar?"

"Because no one would have trusted me," Antonio stated truthfully. "Would you have given me the time of day if you knew I was related to your business rival?"

"No, I would have told you to stay the hell away from my family. But let's get something straight. Lorenzo Alcazar, your uncle, did terrible things to my wife, and to my best friend. I will never forgive him for what he did." Jason ran a hand through his hair and sighed. "I don't want another Alcazar to hurt my family."

"I can assure you, I have no association whatsoever with my uncle, who doesn't know that I exist, or my father."

"Lorenzo doesn't know that his other brother had a son?" Jason questioned, looking straight into Antonio's chocolate eyes.

Antonio noticed Jason's icy glare and decided that, even if he wanted to, it would be impossible to lie to this man. "No, you see, my father, Javier, didn't want any part of the business. He was a con, used his family's money to go around chasing women, drinking till he didn't remember who he was, and killing anyone who stood in his way," Antonio cringed at the memories. He hated thinking about his pathetic father.

"Sounds like a nice guy. How'd you become involved with the Sandoval family?" Jason asked, feeling unexpectedly sorry for the man pacing around in front of him.

"I fell in love."

"I see, I wasn't aware that either of the Sandovals had a daughter," Jason said, knowing that he now had to tread carefully. He didn't want to insult Antonio. Or hurt him.

"That's because they didn't. Lauren Amaral was in the organization, working as a spy for Sandoval. She was useful mostly because she looked so innocent, like she couldn't hurt a fly," Antonio whispered the last part before he sat down on the bench again, finding himself unable to stand.

"She was in the organization?" Jason asked, feeling the grief coming off Antonio Alcazar in waves.

"She was killed. Well, ambushed actually. They took her, tortured her before they killed her. She was the most important person in my life, and he took her from me." Jason saw that Antonio's face was contorted with anger. He thought of Courtney.

"Who did it?"

"My uncle, Luis Alcazar."

Courtney was disappointed when she woke up alone. Jason hadn't left a note, or woken her up to say he had to go to work. Then Courtney remembered, Puerto Rico. Maybe Sonny sent Jason to Puerto Rico. But, if that was the case, surely he would have told her goodbye.

Pulling the blankets off of her and shutting off the fan, Courtney pulled herself out of bed. She was hungry, again. Making the quick decision to head over to see Carly, Courtney pulled on a zip up sweat shirt and matching sweat pants.

"Hey honey, " Carly said as Courtney opened the door to Carly sitting on the couch, tears running down her face and an empty container of Ben and Jerry's sitting on the coffee table.

"What's wrong?" Courtney asked as she waddled over to her best friend and sat down on the couch next to her.

"Noah just told Allie that since she's going to New York, they shouldn't see each other anymore." Carly sniffed loudly and blew her nose into one of the fifty crumpled tissues lying on the couch.

"You're watching The Notebook?" Courtney asked, as Carly shoved the tissues aside and made room for her best friend on the couch. "This is my favorite movie! Mind if we rewind and start from the beginning?"

"Not at all, here, have some Cheese Puffs." Carly grabbed the orange and yellow bag and offered it to Courtney, who accepted gratefully and dug in. "Don't worry, I won't tell Jason."

Carly got up to rewind the movie and shut off the lights.

"Where are the boys and Sonny?" Courtney asked.

"The boys are with my mother tonight and Sonny won't be home till late. Business."

"You could have called me earlier. I would have come over and kept you company."

"I thought I'd give you some time to deal with the new development," Carly said as she took her previous seat and curled her legs under her, snatching the Cheese Puffs and examining one before shrugging and tossing it into her mouth.

"Jason really helped," Courtney said as she grabbed a bag of chocolate pretzels that she spotted out of the corner of her eye.

"I'm sure he did," Carly said with a smile as Courtney blushed.

"Speaking of Jason," Courtney said as she twisted her wedding rings around her finger. "Do you know if Sonny sent him to Puerto Rico?"

"Not that I know of, I "overheard" them talking about it a little bit ago. Jason said he'd leave in the morning. But, shh. It's starting."

Nodding, Courtney settled down. At least Jason hadn't left without saying goodbye. He was most likely with Sonny, doing whatever it was that they did. Popping a chocolate pretzel into her mouth, Courtney tuned out the world and tuned into Noah and Allie's.

Jason was stunned. Antonio's own family killed the woman that he loved. He couldn't imagine the Quartermaine's, as ruthless and evil as some of them were, ever physically harming Courtney.

Riding up the elevator, Jason knew he had to tell Courtney that he met with Antonio. She might be mad at him for going behind her back, but she'd understand.

Hearing the ding, Jason stepped out of the elevator and quietly opened the door to his penthouse, expecting to find Courtney painting her toes, yet another shade of pink, on the couch, or sleeping, again, on the couch. Not seeing her, Jason ran up the stairs. Once he was convinced she wasn't home, he sighed and walked over to Sonny and Carly's.

Not bothering to knock, Jason opened the door, and he immediately regretted it.

"Why didn't you write me?"

"Oh God," Courtney sobbed, not even trying to wipe away her tears. "I love this part."

"I wrote you every day for a year."

"He really did! He really did write her every day for a year!" Carly gasped into her bag of sour cream and onion potato chips. Neither of the women seemed to notice Jason in the doorframe, wearing a shocked, but amused look.

"It wasn't over. It still isn't over."

"This is the most passionate, loving man in the history of men!" Courtney choked out as she and Carly clanked their paper cups together, holding their Mountain Dew.

Now, Jason had to step in. "Excuse me?"

"Oh! Jason!" Courtney yelled, wiping away her tears and standing up.

"You couldn't wait for like, 40 minutes until the movie ended, Jas?" the brunette asked, pausing the movie.

"Is this the only movie you guys ever watch?" he inquired as he stepped over the empty bags of junk food and soda cans to kiss his wife.

"No, sometimes we watch… other movies…" Courtney said as she wrapped her arms around him.

"No, you're right Jason. This is the only movie we ever watch." Carly supplied as she began to gather all the empty bags.

"I'm guessing that Carly, the junk food queen, smuggled all of this to you? Is that how the stash under the bed got there? Carly?"

"How'd you find that?" Courtney gasped, pulling away from Jason to look at him. Carly smirked as she walked into the kitchen.

"I was vacuuming." Jason told her as he took her hand and led her toward the door. "Let's go home. There's something we need to talk about."

"But, Noah and Allie were just about to make love!" Courtney protested as he opened the door.

"Noah and Allie can stay on pause until tomorrow," Jason said as he yelled over his shoulder, "Bye Carly."

"Bye Carly! Thanks for the uh, food, and uhm, drinks!" Courtney heard Carly giggle before Jason shut the door.

"So what do we need to discuss, Jason?"

"Your brother."

Author's Note: Well, you got this far! There was a lot of info in this chapter. And, try not to act surprised okay? I updated twice in the same day! Has that ever happened? Thanks for the reviews on the previous chapter. I really appreciate them. Keep them coming guys! And really, thanks for reading. I hope you all keep up with the story.

Oh, and I don't own the characters Noah and Allie from The Notebook But I'd really snag Noah if I could... mmmMM!