Chapter Ten
Smiling at the guards that led her into the front room of Lorenzo Alcazar's mansion, Skye was slightly disappointed when she saw Diego instead of Lorenzo. As the door shut she walked toward him and stopped a few feet away from the couch. "Diego," she said with a nod. "I'm here to see your father."
Diego looked up from the couch and sat his glass of water down as he eyed the woman that was becoming more of a presence here over the past few weeks. He had to admit that Skye Quartermaine was a very beautiful woman and his father was lucky to have her as a friend – but he could see clearly that the woman in front of him wanted more. He could see that she was falling in love with his father and Diego was okay with that. He only wished his father would get over Carly and see what he had right in front of him.
"He had business to attend to," answered Diego as he indicated the couch and then headed for the bar. "He should be back soon. Would you like anything?"
Skye smiled. "Sparkling water with lemon, please," she said. With each passing day, Skye could see the change in Diego from the boy who had been shipped from foster home to foster home, lied to by his own mother about his paternity, found out that the man who had 'killed' his father was, in fact, his father. Now, Diego was becoming a man and had changed over time from the insecure boy with so much hatred to a young man with so much to live for. Yes, there were still times that she could see Lorenzo and Diego not agreeing on certain things, but now they were doing so much better and he was spending a lot more time at home while attending college.
Walking over to the couch Diego handed her drink over before sitting on the other couch. "So," he started looking down at his hands then back up at Skye. "How are you?"
Realizing that he looked nervous, Skye raised an eyebrow, her heart suddenly skipping a beat. "Your father isn't in any trouble is he?" she asked, her voice going to a higher pitch.
Diego looked up at her with surprise written over his face and immediately shook his head. "No," he said quickly. "Pop just went for a meeting. He should be back soon with Jodie."
"Jodie?" she asked.
He had said too much. Diego sighed as he ran his hands through his hair, a trait that he had learned from his father. Looking over at Skye once more he knew she was going to ask more questions, but he was not the one to tell Skye the truth. It was his father's decision.
"Diego, are you alright?" asked Skye, now even more on edge from his revelations of a woman…Jodie. Who was she? Oh my, had Lorenzo finally moved on from Carly and this Jodie was his girlfriend? Skye found her heart tightening at that thought and knew in that moment that she was in love with Lorenzo Alcazar. "Who is Jodie?" she heard herself ask.
Looking down at his hands again Diego closed his eyes. Aww, man…Pop's going to have my head for this, he thought before reopening his eyes and looking at Skye once more. "I think Pop should be the one to explain that one…when he gets back…with Jodie," he answered.
Skye felt nauseous at the thought of Lorenzo bringing home some woman. She could imagine the happy look on his face, the love in his eyes…for a woman that wasn't her. "I don't think I can stomach that," she said taking a drink from her water wishing now more than ever that it were alcohol…a long lost friend that helped her through the bad and the worse. Oh God, she was going to throw up!
Diego was immediately at her side. "Breathe Skye," he said with worry in his voice. He then watched as she all but ran from the room with her purse hitting the wall as she did. "Okay…Pop is really going to kill me for this!" he said to the empty room.
His bedroom was huge, thought Jodie pushing her way quietly into Michael's bedroom. As her feet landed on the floor, the door to his room opened and she jumped, a small gasp falling from her lips as she looked toward the person coming into the room. Closing her eyes, she sighed in relief as she saw Michael. "You scared me," she said softly.
Moving his head back to see if anyone was in the hallway, Michael closed the door and walked over to her. "Jodie, how did you get in here?" he asked. He was upset and all he wanted was to be alone, but he could deal with Jodie being there. He hadn't seen her in the last couple of days and he needed someone to talk to – someone that wasn't his father or Jason. He was worried about his mom and now Sam. Since they had gone missing his dreams had become more frequent and scary. He had seen his mom and Sam in a glass cage trying hard to get out as the water rose higher and higher. Each time the water got higher; Michael would wake up from his dream screaming out for his mother and the woman who had become more of an Aunt than his own Aunt Courtney. At one time he had wanted Courtney and Jason to get back together, but now he could see how much Jason loved Sam and how scared he was since she had been taken.
Michael was scared too. He was also very upset with Dr. Thomas. The session today had been horrible, but Michael kept silent until the older man mentioned AJ. He didn't want to talk about AJ! Ever since he had started going to Dr. Thomas for help and had even opened up about the nightmares, everything had become worse, especially when his own mother and Sam had been taken. Oh, his father had kept it a secret from him, but Michael knew. He had gone out of his room to get a glass of water and heard Jason yelling about Lorenzo Alcazar and Faith Roscoe…that they had to be the ones that took his mom and Sam. Michael had been furious – why couldn't the woman just stay dead and why couldn't Mr. Alcazar leave his mother alone! She was in love with his dad, not him!
"I climbed," said Jodie as she watched the emotions on Michael's face, her head moving to the side as she became even more curious, if not even a little scared for her new friend. "Michael what's wrong?"
Sighing, Michael moved away from Jodie and toward the bed. Turning, he sat down and looked at the floor and then at Jodie. "Remember when I talked to you about my mom and dad, and my Uncle Jason and his girlfriend Sam?" he asked.
Jodie nodded as she remembered.
Flashback
"…And I asked Sam to leave again. It didn't work. I began talking to Sam more, even though Mom didn't like that. Sam ended up losing her baby and her and Jason got together," said Michael as he stopped the swing to look at Jodie.
Jodie gasped as she looked at Michael with wide eyes. "Sam lost her baby?" she asked bringing a hand to her mouth in shock. "What happened?"
Michael shrugged. "There was something wrong with the baby and she suffocated. Sam was in a coma for a little while and then when she woke up Jason helped her get better. Then Uncle Jason and Sam tried to adopt Hope. Sam went and lived at Kelly's for awhile after Hope left and then they got back together right before AJ took me, Morgan, and Kristina."
A smile had come to Jodie's face. Michael had told her about what AJ had done to him and his younger brother and sister…but had never talked about his Uncle Jason or Sam. It sounded as if their relationship was strong. If only it had ended up that way with her father and her mother. Jodie felt her heart tighten at the thought of her mother and looked down before she leaned her head against the swing. It sounded like a fairytale – the story of Sam and Jason. However, it wasn't. Sam had lost her relationship with Sonny, Michael's father, and then lost her baby…but she got with Jason. "And now they live in a castle?" she asked.
He had to grab onto the chain of the swing to not fall off from laughing so hard. "A castle?" he laughed. "No way! They live in a penthouse!"
A laugh escaped Jodie's mouth before she could stop it and she began laughing with Michael. It was all silly really…a castle? She began laughing harder.
End Flashback
"My mom and Sam were taken by some guy," said Michael his hands gripping the bed sheet into tiny fists as he tried to reign in the anger and hatred – all directed at the one man he could only think of – Lorenzo Alcazar.
"Do – do you know who took them?" asked Jodie even more scared by Michael's actions as she took an involuntary step back. A voice from downstairs made her head jerk. "Oh no," she whispered.
"You wanted to see me", said a voice from downstairs, making Michael stand up. It was Mr. Alcazar. Hearing Jodie's voice made him look back at her. "Jodie?" he asked. "What's wrong?"
"Umm…nothing," she said as she backed away. "I uh…I got to go…bye!" Turning she ran for the window and climbed out before Michael could grab her. As soon as her little feet touched the ground she all but ran from the house and toward home. Oh man I am so dead meat, she thought.
Lorenzo looked at the two men in front of him, who looked back at him with slight annoyance, surprise, anger, and most of all – hatred. Something was wrong and Lorenzo could feel it as a cold shiver ran through his body. "It's Carly isn't it," he said.
It took him two steps to get to Alcazar, and Jason all but grabbed him by the front of his suit and pushed him into the wall. "Where. Are. They?" he growled low in his throat.
Surprise came to Lorenzo's face as he looked into Jason Morgan's eyes. He could see the usual cold indifference along with hatred and anger …but there was something different. There was fear there too. He realized that something had happened to Sam McCall as well. "What are you talking about? Where are who?" he asked.
Slamming him against the wall harder, Jason moved his face closer. "Enough with the games Alcazar, where are Carly and Sam!" he roared.
"I don't know," he said honestly as he shook his head slightly. He didn't dare move any further. He knew what Morgan was capable of – besides love. He didn't want to piss the other man off anymore than he already apparently had.
"You're lying," growled Jason as he tightened his hold on Lorenzo and positioned his elbow into the man's throat pushing against it. "Where are they?"
"I swear," said Lorenzo as he tried to catch his breath. "I didn't take Carly or your girlfriend…I'm here because you came into my house and scared my daughter!"
For the first time since Lorenzo entered his home, Sonny spoke. "Let him go Jason – he didn't take them," he said his eyes on Alcazar.
"He's lying Sonny!" yelled Jason. "He took them along with Faith!"
Lorenzo looked at Jason in surprise. "She's dead. Faith's dead," he said. "You killed her in the church!"
Jason turned his eyes from Sonny back to Alcazar and for the first time saw the look on his face. No one, not even Alcazar could give that look if they weren't telling the truth. Confusion began to cloud his mind along with exhaustion as he took a step back trying hard not to stumble. "What you do you mean I scared your daughter?" he asked. "I didn't see a girl there…and since when did you have a daughter?"
Putting a hand to his throat he took a moment to catch his breath before responding. "Since I found out from a caseworker," he said.
"You sure do get around Alcazar," said Sonny as he ran a hand through his hair.
Lorenzo let his eyes go to Sonny's as he glared at him. "So do you," he said. "Now what the hell is going on? Who took Carly and Sam and why did you have to send your watchdog over to hound my son?"
Turning away, Sonny walked over to the bar and poured himself a drink. "Stay out of it Alcazar, it's being handled," he said.
"Really," said Lorenzo, sarcasm in his voice as he looked at the both of them. Sonny looked about an inch away from falling in the deep dark hole again – thanks to the extra delivery of alcohol and Jason looked an inch away from collapsing out of exhaustion. Turning to Jason he glared at the man. "Alright, I came over here to tell you that if you come into my house and scared my daughter like that again…I will take you out personally. Jodie doesn't know about my organization and if you need to talk to me, do so in private. You leave my son, and my daughter out of it."
"Jodie," said a voice from the top of the stairs. "She's your daughter?"
Sonny turned and looked at Michael. Those were the first words that Michael had said in more than two days. "Michael!" he said. "Go to your room."
Ignoring Sonny, Lorenzo walked over to the stairs. "You know my daughter?" he asked.
"Alcazar-" warned Sonny.
It took a minute for Michael to nod as he looked at the man whom he thought had taken his mother and Sam. It was a lie…and so was his friendship with Jodie. "She was my friend," he said before turning and running to his room.
"I think it's time for you to leave Alcazar," said Jason as he turned from leaning against the desk. How could Michael know this Jodie, and Jodie would happen to be Lorenzo Alcazar's daughter. What was this man playing at? "Now."
Turning from the stairs he looked at Jason. "If Faith is still alive and you think she was working for me – she must be working with someone else. I wouldn't do this."
"Why not?" asked Sonny before downing the shot of tequila. "You did it before when Carly was pregnant with Morgan." He then threw the glass at the wall.
Lorenzo shook his head. "You're going to need more help. If Faith is alive and involved she won't be keeping them alive for long. She'll be going for you and Morgan next," he said. He then nodded to Max as he walked out of the room.
Sonny closed his eyes shaking his head as he leaned against the chair. "This is hopeless," he said.
"It's been done. Carly Corinthos and Sam McCall won't live through the night," said a man's voice as he walked into the room and toward the woman in the chair. "The alibi is set. Asher Thomas will be taking the fall."
The woman smiled as she shook her head then let her arms move above her head as she stretched in a cat-like manner before looking at him, desire clearly written in her eyes and on her face. "Does the Doctor even know of his impending doom along with Corinthos' wife and Morgan's girlfriend?"
The man laughed as he shook his head and walked over to her. "Not a thing baby," he said capturing her lips with his as he pulled her against his body and onto the desk. Yanking her arms above her head he held her wrists in one hand, the other running down her body. "I want you…now," he growled.
The woman smiled evilly as she let her body be claimed by her lover once more. It wouldn't be long until she had Sonny and Jason right where she wanted them. And while she was at it – she'd bring Lorenzo along with them.
"Sam," asked Carly as she shivered once more trying to get herself warm. "Do you think we'll ever get out of here?"
Turning from looking at the glass for what seemed the thousandth time she leaned against it as she looked at Carly. "You know how Jason doesn't sugarcoat things and just gets right to the point?" she asked.
Rolling her eyes, Carly smiled as she looked at the younger woman next to her. "Are you kidding me? I've known Jason for ten years…sometimes I wish he would lie," she answered.
"Well I can tell you this…we may not get out of here. The next time the water comes in here it could kill us," said Sam.
Carly began laughing even as the tears came to her eyes and she leaned her head back against the glass. "You have so been around Jason for too long," she said.
"If I get us out of here, I'm not leaving Carly," stated Sam as she glared at the woman. "I love him."
A feeling of respect ran through Carly's body surprising her and taking her a minute to nod. "I know," she said. Then she looked around their cage and then saw something at the top they both hadn't seen before. "Sam…look!"
Looking up, Sam walked forward until she could see it. A lock that could be opened from inside. Turning to Carly she smiled. "We're going to get out of here," she said.
"I wouldn't bet on it," said a voice making both women turn suddenly as a light turned on, but this time it wasn't from their side. As their eyes adjusted the face of Dr. Asher Thomas came into view.
A look of relief came to Sam's face and she walked to the glass putting her hands on it. "Dr. Thomas, thank God you're here. You have to get us out of here!" she said.
He didn't say anything. Only stared at her, a slow smile coming to his face as he watched the two women, but his eyes solely on Sam.
Fear began to take over as Sam began to slightly pound on the glass. "Dr. Thomas, please…you have to get us out of here before they come back!"
Carly put a hand on Sam's shoulder. "Sam," she started.
"NO!" screamed Sam as she began pounding harder. "Dr. Thomas please!" She then stopped and glared at him. "It was you."
The smile only got bigger as he looked at his victim…no victims.
The truth became real to her as she shook her head. "It wasn't Carly that you wanted…she was the decoy – someone to use so it wouldn't get back to you. It was me you wanted. Jason was right you son of a bitch! I trusted you, you wanted to hear me! You were treating Michael you bastard!"
A shiver ran through Carly's body as she pulled Sam closer. It couldn't be true. Dr. Thomas was the kidnapper?
"You will not get away with this do you hear me!" screamed Sam. She than began pounding on the windows. "LET US OUT OF HERE!"
Dr. Thomas began laughing as he watched her pound against the glass. The unbreakable barrier he had put between them proving useful. When she stopped pounding at his laugh he suddenly slammed his hands on the glass enjoying when both women jumped and screamed. "Surprise!" he yelled right before he watched the water begin to fill the tank once more.
"NO!" screamed Sam as she grabbed Carly and they moved away from the glass and away from the vents. As the water began to fill the room she held onto Carly tighter as the other woman cried along with her. They could hear Dr, Thomas' laugh on the other side as everything went dark.