"Elizabeth my dear," Luis smiled into the phone, "I'm very, although pleasantly, surprised to hear from you."

"Somehow I doubt that," Elizabeth said, "After all you were the one who sent Sly after me were you not? I'm surprised I don't hear disappointment in your voice at that fact that I escaped the bombing unscathed. That's twice now, Luis. I think that comes under the heading of 'Spousal Abuse.'"

Luis frowned, "The bomb was delayed on the plane. It was supposed to go off before you even set foot in the damn hanger as for Sly trying to murder you now, Lizzie; if you would have just come quietly there wouldn't have been a problem."

"You talk about murdering me as you would order a sandwich," Elizabeth said through gritted teeth, "I'm afraid that I'm not as ready to come home as a I thought."

"You are coming home, Lizzie," Alcazar barked into the phone, "Whether you like it or…"

"I am willing to come home. I know that you want me by your side, Luis," she said, "Like a good wife should be but you taught me that we might have to sacrifice one thing to get another."

"What are you getting at?"

"I have conditions," Elizabeth said, praying that Jason would stay in the shower a little bit longer, "Leave Port Charles, abandon whatever you have in mind for this city and I'll go anywhere you want, do anything that you want, be anyone that you want," she angrily brushed at the tears on her face, "I will seduce anyone that you want."

Luis laughed, "You think that you have a choice in any of this, Lizzie?"

"You can have a willing wife or you can have one that will fight you on everything that you do, Luis," Elizabeth said, "I can strip for you willingly, I can come to your bed willingly and I can seduce any man you want me to willingly. It wouldn't look too good for your business partners if I were to kick and scream the whole way through."

"Does Morgan mean that much to you?" Luis asked quietly.

"Lily Corinthos and her children mean something to me," Elizabeth said, "I'm trying to save innocent lives here. I can also promise you yours, Luis. If you leave Port Charles with me, we can go anywhere in the world together, rein supreme over someone else's territory and I'll be at your beck and call," she shuddered as she purred into the phone line, "You remember how it was, Luis? You remember that special way I use to…"

"If you meet up with Sly in an hour, I will consider leaving New York."

"I want your word," Elizabeth snapped, "You consider a lot of things but in the years that I have known you, you have never gone back on your word."

"I don't know what the hell I ever saw in you. You're nothing but a spoiled brat, indulged by your father's riches when the gambling was in his favor," he snarled and then laughed, "Ah Lizzie, I'll give you my word. As soon as you are back in my arms we will leave this dreaded place and start anew. But be warned, sweet Elizabeth, you will be spending the rest of your days making up for what you have caused me to lose here."

"I'll make sure you'll never think about Port Charles again," she whispered before hanging up the phone and standing up, visibly shaking. She didn't have much time as the shower just turned off and she could hear the bathroom faucet running before that stopped as well. She grabbed her shoes, her purse and the notepad and pen that sat on the cheap hotel desk.

She scribbled a quick note to Jason and took one last look around, making sure that she didn't forget anything, making sure that the only reminder of her in this place was the note telling him goodbye. Elizabeth turned and reached for the doorknob, running out of the room in her bare feet and far away from the man she loved so much.

Elizabeth walked up to the black car and opened the door, stepping inside as she smacked her gum and watched Sly motion for the man to continue driving. He then activated the glass window that Luis had installed on all of his cars so there was privacy between man and servant. Sly turned back towards Elizabeth and winced when he saw the fire blaze in her eyes.

"I would ask how you knew where to find me," Elizabeth said as she threw her purse down next to her, "But I assume that you just went searching for the first hooker corner?"

"Lizzie, that wasn't..."

"I know how you think asshole, that's why I was here," she said glaring at him, "And you know what Sly? I'm not mad, not one little bit, because I knew what you were all along."

"Lizzie, really, I was trying to protect you," Sly said, "This isn't how it looks…"

"It was all about the sex and the power," she said leaning closer to him, "And you took what you could get from me and that satisfied you enough until Luis handed you more and more and more until he filled your head with so much bullshit your now knee deep in it," she laughed as she leaned back against the leather seats, "But I'm fine with it, Sly, really I am, because I would have done the same thing had I been in your position."

"What the hell is that suppose to mean Lizzie?"

"If I had an option to keep my job or kill you, I'd definitely shoot you, balls first!" she yelled.

"I know you don't believe a god damn word I'm saying to you, Lizzie girl, but I'm going to protect you until my dying breath," he said, "I couldn't do that three years ago and I obviously am doing a shit ass job of it now since I allowed you to be kidnapped by Morgan but I'm going to step up to the plate, I'm going to take care of you."

"You're right," she said looking away from him, not wanting him to see her tears, "You had your chance and you blew it, then, now. It's over Sly, there's no longer anything between us. No friendship, no nothing," she looked backed at him, her blue eyes watery and pained, "I hope you rot in hell with Luis."

Jason was just finishing towel drying his hair when he heard the phone ringing from out in the room. He secured the other towel around his waist and hoped that Elizabeth had the good sense not to pick it up. Dropping the one towel to the floor and hurrying into the room he was surprised to find Elizabeth nowhere in sight.

"Yeah?"

"It's me, Jason," Johnny said, "There's activity going on at the hotel. It looks like Alcazar is packing up and moving out of Port Charles. I haven't seen Eckert anywhere but Alcazar is directing things."

Jason noticed the note that had fallen to the floor when he made a grab for his cell phone. He flipped it open and recognized Elizabeth's penmanship, "That doesn't surprise me. In fact Johnny," he said crumbling the note in his fist, "I'm sure that within the next day or two we'll be able to bring Sonny home and everything will return to normal."

Johnny cleared his throat, "You should be happy about that."

"I am."

"I'm here," Elizabeth said as she was ushered into Luis' suite with Sly in tow, "Let's go."

"My dear," Luis laughed, "Have a seat, Sly is exhausted. He's been all over the state looking for you. Let him catch his breath. A scotch Sly?"

"No, he doesn't want anything to drink," Elizabeth said, "He wants to go. I'm surprised you don't have everything packed and ready by now, Luis. After all you've won; you killed my mother, my father and now me. Tell me, before we go, was there something that my family did to yours or did you just latch onto my father because you were bored?"

"Sweet Elizabeth," he whispered as he walked towards her, his fingers trailing down her smooth cheek, "From the moment I laid eyes on you, before you had even turned fourteen I knew that you were going to be such a delicate beauty. Your overwhelming innocence was simply breathtaking and I couldn't resist you, I knew that I had to have you for my own." He shrugged, "I merely made sure that once your father was indebted to me he was never to get out. And," he said nodding towards Sly, "I made sure that my apprentice was occupied elsewhere when the day came that I was to marry you."

"You wanted me every since I was child?" she whispered, holding onto her stomach, feeling as if she were ready to be sick.

"That was in the past, Lizzie," he smiled as he leaned forward and placed a wet kiss on her cheek, "Everything is going to work out fine now, just fine. You are going to have my children, we are going to raise a happy family together and then we'll settle down, finding another spot to wreak absolute havoc." He pulled her to him and placed a kiss on her forehead, "You made a wise decision, sweet Elizabeth, very wise indeed."

"I want one last phone call before we leave this wretched place," she said her eyes meeting his, "In private."

Luis nods, "I can accommodate that. Stay with her Sly," he laughed as he excited the room, making sure that the door was locked behind him.

Elizabeth walked across the room to the hotel phone and picked it up, chewing on her lip a minute, trying to remember the number that she called a few times in the past, when she needed help, when she needed someone to have lunch with, when she needed to whine about the bastard that was Jason Morgan.

"O'Brien."

She smiled and couldn't help but respond tearfully, "Webber."

"Elizabeth?"

"Don't…don't talk," she said quietly, "Just listen to what I have to say. I need to you pass a message on for me. I want you to call Lily, I want you to tell her that everything is going to be alright, tell her that I fixed things, that I'm going to be okay and that I…I love her, I love her for being the one person that never gave up on me. Do that for me, Johnny, please?"

"Eliza…"

Elizabeth gently placed the phone back on its cradle and ignored the shadow that was in front of her. Sly Eckert, hovering, his warm hand placed on her shoulder. She didn't want to lean on him, she didn't want to lean on anybody but she couldn't help but fall into his arms when he offered the one thing she needed most; comfort.

Jason sat on the bed, staring at the note in front of him, running his hands over his face. He had told her that he wouldn't allow it; he had told her that he would handle things but she still left, she still sacrificed herself for the people that she claimed to love, just like her note said.

In your mind I'm a child but in your heart you know that I will never love another as I have loved you. I'm setting things right for you, Jason Morgan, so that maybe one day you can tell your grandchildren about your stripper friend who turned your world upside down.

Elizabeth

Jason stood up from his place in bed, tucking the note inside of his pocket and glanced around, making sure that he had everything and there was no visible evidence of anyone ever being in this room.

His gun was slipped in the front waistband of his jeans; his secondary was strapped around his ankle. He had a spare knife along with the Swiss Army in case he needed it. The small bag that he brought was packed, some ready cash was in his back pocket and his keys were in his hand. It was time to leave.

Just as he was grabbing his cell phone it started to ring and when he flipped it open he found that the caller identification was unavailable. Taking a chance, hoping that this could be Elizabeth he pressed the accept button.

"Morgan."

"What happened?" Lily cried on the other end, "Johnny just called me and told me that Elizabeth called him rambling on about how everything is going to be alright, that she fixed things and that she loved me. Jason, please, don't tell me that…"

"She turned herself over to Alcazar," Jason said, "She did it for you."

"No!" Lily yelled, "What are you doing about this Jason?"

Jason smirked, "What the hell do you think I'm doing about it Lily? I'm going to get her."

He flipped his phone shut again, stepped out of the hotel room, secured his bag onto his motorcycle, along with the spare helmet that was Elizabeth's and hopped on his bike, destination, Port Charles, New York.

"It's beautiful here isn't it?" Luis asked as he and Elizabeth came to stand by the fountain in the park, "At night, it's so serene," he smiled at Sly who was behind them, shifting nervously, "Wouldn't you agree?"

"Why did you bring me here?" Elizabeth asked, "You told me that we were leaving town immediately. I didn't want a walk through the park."

"Lizzie, it doesn't seem like you're doing everything that I want," Luis said.

Elizabeth huffed and looked the other way. She didn't know how she was going to spend the rest of her life like this. Her skin was crawling with the fact that Luis was walking around holding her hand. She couldn't imagine going home with this man and actually sleeping in the same bed with him, not when she had a man like Jason Morgan to compare him to, a man that loved her thoroughly and showed her what it was like to be made love to.

He was the reason she was doing this, he was the reason she was going to suck it up and deal with it. She was saving his life and nights with Luis was something she was just going to have to accustom herself to. She did it before and she was going to do it again.

"Have you ever been to this park dear?" Luis asked as he looked around, "This spot looks hauntingly familiar."

Elizabeth glared at Sly, "I don't remember."

"Surely you must," Luis said, "Why isn't this the spot you had an argument with Mr. Morgan about whether or not you really deceived him? And I'm wondering if, standing there in the bushes now, Mr. Morgan is remembering too. I wonder if he's wishing that he should've listened to you then instead of standing here now surrounded by guards with guns pointed at every inch of his body."

Jason stepped out of his hiding place from the bushes and walked closer to Elizabeth and Alcazar, Sly was now standing directly beside Alcazar, his gun in plain view.

"You think I didn't know this was a trap?" Jason asked as he stopped a few feet from them, "My guards were made aware of this and I can assure you that everyone of them is on everyone of your guys, except for the kid," he said motioning to Sly with his head, "I can handle him and you."

"Jason, no." Elizabeth said moving towards him only to wince when Luis gripped her hand tightly, holding her in place.

"My dear, I believe you have forgotten where your place was."

"Elizabeth is a smart girl, she doesn't forget a lot of things," Jason said, "And you're a smart man too, Alcazar, smart enough to get out of Port Charles before anything drastic happened. I'm glad that you realized leaving was the best thing for you. I'm also glad to be the one to tell you that you're going to be leaving without Elizabeth."

Luis laughed as he pulled Elizabeth tighter up against him, "Do you think I'm an idiot, Morgan? I would never leave Port Charles. This place is a gold mine in shipments and to give it up over some insipid little girl who stupidly fell in love with the wrong man. That's ludicrous. No, Morgan, this was all a ploy because Sly made me aware that you were thinking with your heart instead of your head and now you have to pay for it."

"You lied to me," Elizabeth said as she tried to pull away from Luis, I trusted you, you bastard. I should've never believed you. You lying, piece of…"

"Shut up!" Luis roared as he slapped her hard across the face, "I've had enough out of you."

Jason started to move forward but Sly raised his gun and Jason stopped, watching as Elizabeth pressed her hand against her injured cheek, watching as Luis pulled out his own gun and aimed it at Jason's heart.

"You both are fools," Luis said, "I am crazy about dear Lizzie but love has no place in this organization. Whores like her will come and go but now that she's back with me I'm going to keep her around for a while and I'm going to keep your head on my mantle to remind this bitch that she's never to run from me again. I'm going to show her what a real man is like, Morgan, right after I make this territory mine."

"Over my dead body," Jason said between gritted teeth as he moved one step closer.

"That'll be my pleasure," Luis said cocking his gun, "It was a pleasure doing business with you, Morgan. I'll see you in hell."

Elizabeth watched in horror as Luis caressed the trigger on his gun and she went from being Luis Alcazar's wife to Jason Morgan's lover. She pulled away from the man that tortured her for the past three years and jumped in front of the man that had shown her what real love was.

She heard the shot, felt something sear her body, felt herself collapsing to the grass beneath her, heard the screaming, heard more shots, then felt the warm blood as she touched the dull ache around her stomach. She was surprised when her hands came back filled with blood. Then the red slowly started to turn to black and she felt nothing more.

Jason dropped to his knees before her, watching as Elizabeth's hand fell limply from her stomach and onto the dewy ground beneath her. Her breathing was becoming more shallow and he was helpless as he watched her eyelids flutter closed.

Sly dropped down beside her and looked at Jason with terror in his eyes, "What the hell do we do?"

"Call 911," Jason said quietly as he removed his leather jacket from his body and laid it over Elizabeth's lifeless form. He then stood up; reached for the gun in his waistband, the one he never had a chance to pull before and walked over to the groaning body of Luis Alcazar. He aimed the gun between Alcazar's eyes and stood above him, a sadistic smile on his face, "I'll see you in hell."

Then he pulled the trigger.

Jason turned away from the man, watching as Johnny and Francis came crashing through the bushes towards them.

"The cops are circling the park; they're going to be here any minute. Oh my God." Francis whispered when he saw Elizabeth's body.

Jason could do nothing, for once in his life he was helpless, unable to save or protect the one that he loved, watching as her last breaths were released from her body, watching as Sly leaned towards her, trying to find some kind of pulse. He didn't realize that he was falling to the ground, he wasn't aware that he was on his knees until Johnny and Francis were trying to hoist him up. The only pain that he felt was in his heart, as if someone were trying to reach in and rip it from his chest.

Nothing, he could nothing, nothing more than let the tears fall from his eyes as a primal scream was torn from his throat.

"Elizabeth!"