"That's enough, Elizabeth," Sly said as he stepped out of the bathroom, gun aimed at Sonny Corinthos.

"Sly, are you crazy? Put that away," Elizabeth said.

"Are you armed?" Sly asked as he approached Sonny.

"If he is you certainly aren't going to disarm him while your aiming a gun at his face for doing nothing wrong," she said as she placed her hand over the weapon, "You are not an enforcer in this room, you are my friend and so is Sonny," she turned to look at him, "He was anyway."

"I know this isn't your husband," Sonny said as his eyes narrowed towards Sly, "But you look familiar."

"You use to do business with my Uncle," Sly said moving the gun down towards his side but keeping it in plain view, "Luke Spencer."

"Sly Eckert," Sonny said, "I had no idea you were in this business."

"What I do is what I do, no one needs to know about it," Sly said as he pulled Elizabeth's wrist and she tumbled towards with a squeak, "Lizzie and I are just fine. You can go now."

"Sly…" Elizabeth warned through gritted teeth.

Sonny shook his head and looked at Elizabeth, "I'm assuming since Jason didn't mention that you were married, he wasn't made aware of it."

"I didn't get a chance to say much," Elizabeth said quietly, "But he told me that he's expecting a package in the morning and I'm sure the rest of the information is in there."

Sonny nodded, "I want to get you out of town, him I'm not worried about."

"There's no need to, I can take care of myself," Sly snorted, "And Lizzie."

"Alcazar must be an idiot to let a young fool like you be in charge of eliminating his enemies," Sonny said, "I could've taken that gun off of you in a…"

"You wanna try it?" Sly asked with raised eyebrows.

"Enough," Elizabeth said and turned on Sly, "I swear to God if you don't stop this macho bullshit I'm going to literally knock you upside the head. Now," she said turning on Sonny, "I want to take your offer; I want to get out of here so that I won't cause your family any further danger."

"Lizzie…"

"But," Elizabeth said glaring at Sly, "Sly assures me that he can stall Luis for a few days and he can get me out of town, with him. I trust Sly and I can't leave without him. I know that I've given you no reason to trust me, but you have my word Sonny that you're family will be safe."

"Elizabeth, I'd rather not take that chance," Sonny said, "If allowing this kid to go along with you…"

"I'm not a…damn't Lizzie," Sly growled as she elbowed him in the stomach.

Sonny cleared his throat, "If allowing Sly to go with you will get you out of this town sooner than I'll arrange it. I'll let the pilot know you'll be ready to leave tomorrow morning." He tossed the wad of bills onto the hotel table, "I hope that you're finally able to find some happiness, Elizabeth."

She smiled sadly, "I already did Sonny, enough to last me a lifetime."

He nodded and looked at Sly, "Dawn tomorrow, don't be late."

The door was closed quietly behind the mobster and Sly went back over to it, flicking the lock and securing the chain, "You can't seriously think that I'm going anywhere…"

"You told me that you'd come with me," Elizabeth said as she choked back some tears, "And you know what Sly I want to fight you, I want to tell you that it will be better for you, that we can go live in the Virgin Islands where you can bartend all day and seduce the ladies all night, I want to convince you of that that but Sonny Corinthos just walked out that door, promising me a better chance at life, a chance to live in paradise and to enjoy the rest of my days doing nothing and I could care less," she whispered as tears fell from her eyes, "Because my life, my happiness, my paradise is sitting in a penthouse at Harborview Towers and I'll never be able to enjoy a minute of that again."

"I'll go Lizzie," Sly whispered as he pulled her into his arms and held her tightly, "I'll go."

Elizabeth smiled sadly as she came to sit on an old stone bench in front of the fountain at the park. The morning sun was just about to kiss the sky and she asked Sly for a few more minutes before they would have to head to the small airfield where Sonny kept his private jet.

She hadn't been here long but Port Charles felt like more of a home to her than any of the other cities she had lived in. She couldn't believe that she had no intentions on stopping in this dinky little town. She couldn't imagine just passing through without making a pit stop at Lily's club.

And while it hurt, while her heart ache and her gut twisted, she had the moments, tucked away of her and Jason, lusting after one another, loving one another, feeling so complete after making love with him. Nothing and no one would ever be able to touch that and while he ripped the foundation out from under her, rightfully took away her friends and her safety net, he would not be able to take away the memories that she would live with for the rest of her life.

She never wanted to think about moving on, she never wanted to try and find someone else, and she certainly didn't want to patch things up with Sly. She wanted to be stuck in neutral, living in the past three months, treasuring what she could.

She would be able to do that, on a straw bar stool, at some beautiful beach, in the Virgin Islands.

Sighing Elizabeth stood up and bumped right into a hard body, "Oh, I'm sorry…Jason."

Jason cursed under his breath, stepping back and clenching his raw hands into fists. He had been stumbling around the city since earlier that morning, unable to stay in his penthouse because he kept having visions of her, dancing for him, stripping for him, trying so hard to cook for him and he couldn't escape her, she was everywhere, making love to him in the kitchen, on the floor, on the stairs, in the shower. It was hell and he had to escape it so he had been circling the park since three a.m., killing time until his early morning meeting with Johnny. He hated that he ran right into the devil that he was running from.

"You aren't supposed to be here, I thought I told you to get out of town," he said.

Elizabeth took a step back. She could feel the hate radiating off of his body, his words coming out in clipped tones as he stared at her, his icy blue eyes boring right through her skin.

"I'm leaving right now," Elizabeth said as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, "Sonny said that the…" she stopped and her eyes grew wide, releasing that Jason didn't know Sonny was her way out, "Excuse me," she mumbled walking around him.

"No, I don't think so," Jason said grabbing her arm and holding her in place, "What is this about Sonny?"

"It's nothing," Elizabeth said, "You wanted me to go, I'm going," she felt Jason's fingers pressing harder against her skin, "Jason, you're hurting me."

"And no one wants to hurt poor Lizzie," he said in disgust before releasing her, "Do you have Sonny wrapped around your little finger now? Is he helping you find another way out?"

"Sonny offered me a way to leave town because Lily asked him to," she said quietly, "I'm on my way now."

Jason laughed harshly, "Are you fucking him too?"

Elizabeth gasped, "That was uncalled for. I can't believe that you would…"

"I would what, Elizabeth?" he asked, "Hmm? I'm just trying to be honest, something that your unfamiliar with. I'm trying to understand why my best friend would want to help you out because you are the one who brought this danger upon everyone; you are the one who…"

"I tried to tell you and you wouldn't listen!" she screamed back, "You just take what you want to hear and you…"

"You lied to me!" Jason yelled at her, his finger pointed in her face, "Can you deny that? Huh? Can you talk your way out of that, Elizabeth?"

"I never made any intention of staying," Elizabeth whispered, "I didn't plan on us falling…"

"Oh I fell alright," Jason said, "And it was a nice big wake up call. The minute you decided to stay in town you should've opened that lying little mouth of yours and made us aware of the situation. Sonny would've gladly helped you, shit he's doing it now isn't he? But no, you had to take their friendship and throw it right back in their faces."

"Do you know who you're dealing with?" Elizabeth asked, "Did you get your fucking papers yet Jason? I don't think even you would want to start a war with who I'm running from. I am trying my best to salvage this screwed up situation but I am not really equipped to…"

"Oh you were equipped enough to come into the club and lie to me," Jason said, "Produce some fake identification to get yourself into my life, into my bed. You made it this far, Elizabeth, I have faith that you'll find another man who you can sink your claws into."

"I told you how I got here, Jason, my father used me to pay off his…"

"You know, you can only take that so far," Jason said, "And I'd like to know if Lily would be able to forgive you if you were saying that while she was standing over her husbands bleeding body."

Elizabeth scoffed as the tears fell from her eyes, "I guess this is the enforcer that I never met, the man who becomes a statue for his enemies, a figure that nothing and no one can penetrate. And here I stand Jason," she whispered, "Still loving you."

He looked away from her, unable to take anymore of her tears, "Yeah well don't."

"Oh no," Elizabeth laughed as she stepped towards him, "You can throw me out of your penthouse and you can take my friends and you can order me out of town but you cannot, will not, take my love away. Our time is something that I hold very dear and I am so sorry that you got caught in the middle of this Jason because hurting you was the last thing that I wanted to do but it happened and I know now, more than ever, that you can't forgive me for that."

"Elizabeth, I'm tired of you're…"

"I'm tired of it too, Jason, all of it," Elizabeth said, "But I'm leaving now and I'm glad that I was able to see you one more time, just to tell you that I love you."

"Lizzie," Sly said as he came to stop a few feet from her, "It's time to go."

Elizabeth looked up at Jason, looking for some sign that he heard her, that it got through to him, but he stared ahead his eyes focused on Sly. She sighed and turned away from him, slowly making her way to her old friend, his arm easily coming around her, his hand resting against the small of her back. She looked back once more but Jason was looking away, his eyes focused intently on a bush that stood beside him. She leaned into Sly, resting against his shoulder as she shed even more tears.

Jason heard the shifting of feet and turned back, watching her disappear with the stranger, watching her walk out of his life forever. One lone tear slid down his face as his lips opened and his mouth whispered, "I love you too."

"They'll be boarding the plane momentarily," Sonny said as he hung up his private desk phone and turned to his wife, "She's safe."

"Thank you," Lily smiled from the couch, "And thank you for taking off of work today to spend some time with me."

Sonny grinned flashing his dimples, "With Grandpa Mike offering to baby sit…" he frowned as the phone rang behind him, "Keep the couch warm, I'll be right there. Hello?"

"Mr. Corinthos, I want to thank you for your hospitality towards my wife, unfortunately it wasn't necessary," Luis Alcazar grinned, "I'm on my way to Port Charles as we speak not only to collect my dear Lizzie but I'm afraid I've become quite fond of the territory you hold there as well."

"Don't think that you can just come to…"

Luis laughed, "Say hello…and goodbye to the Missus for me."

Sonny pulled the phone away from his ear when Luis Alcazar disconnected. He slammed it down and walked towards Lily, "We need to get out of here, we're getting the kids and I'm taking you to a…"

They both looked up startled when three rapid shots came from the hall. Sonny threw Lily on the ground, his body covering hers when the door was kicked open and a lone gun man stood there, firing the remainder of his gun clip into the bodies on the floor.

"Something's not right," Sly said, handing Elizabeth her black bag and reaching into his waistband for his gun, "Something's off."

"What?" Elizabeth asked as they slowed before they reached the airplane, "I knew the guard who brought us here, there's nothing wrong with him, I don't see…"

"Stop," Sly said as he pulled Lizzie to a halt, about thirty feet from the plane. The stairs were already down, waiting for them to board and she could see the pilot with his head set on, turning towards them and waving for them to move forward.

"Sly…" Elizabeth words were cut off as the plane exploded in front of them, the force throwing them back to the ground as the pieces of metal and plastic began to shower over their bodies.

"I just don't get why someone would want an early morning meeting in the park," Jason said as he clenched and unclenched his fists, his nerves still on edge from his meeting with Elizabeth.

Johnny shrugged, "Witnesses, I don't…Jason look out!"

Johnny threw his employer down on the ground and tried to fire as a car sped past them, three guns aimed in their direction, spraying bullets everywhere. He managed to get a few shots off before a bullet whizzed by his head and he was forced to take cover. He saw Jason pop up next to him, hitting the car twice before he too fell to the ground. He growled as he struggled to sit up, wanting to know if Jason had been hit badly.

"Jason…" Johnny said crawling towards him, "Jason."

It was then that he noticed the blood pouring from his head.