Through Thick and Thin
Chapter 10
Jason looked at her, shocked at who was standing in front of him.
"Elizabeth?" She walked over to him, still in shock at what she done.
"What happened?" Jason asked, looking at Elizabeth, who he could see was clearly upset.
"I … killed … him," was her other reply. Jason picked up his cell phone.
"We have a problem. You know where you need to meet me," he said and hung up the phone. Elizabeth was shaking. She was so terrified.
"You called the police, didn't you?" Elizabeth asked shakily. "I'm going to jail, aren't I?" Jason looked at her and shook his head.
"I didn't call the police; I don't like the cops." Elizabeth looked at him.
"O-Oh yeah.... I know. Uh.. Do you want to know what happened?" She said as she walked away from, looking at Ric's dead body next to them. Jason nodded, not saying anything.
"I came to pick some stuff from his apartment, and I was on my way out when he walked in. He looked at me and said 'Remember what I told you. Nobody is going to tell the police what happened to Courtney.' Then he grabbed a hold of my hand, and wouldn't let go, I told him to let me go, but," She paused for a moment.
"I picked up the lamp that was next to the bed, and hit him with on the head. I didn't mean to kill him, but he wouldn't let me go. I didn't know what he would do to me. He could've killed me or... I had to do something," Elizabeth said, as she started to cry. Not for Ric, but for herself. She didn't know what would happen now.
"What's going to happened now?" she asked looking down at the ground.
"Let me handle that," said a voice. They turned around to see Sonny standing in front of them.
**
"Zander?" Emily said, so happy to see him. He turned around.
"Emily, you are back," he said happily as he hugged her. He couldn't believe that she was here. It was the first time since her accident that he has seen her. It was so wonderful to see her walking again.
"When did you get back?" Emily looked at Zander; she knew that she missed him, but she never knew how much until now. She looked at him, and leaned over and kissed him.
"I got back yesterday," she smiled as they pulled their lips away from each other.
"Are you just here visiting your family?" Zander asked as they sat down. She looked into his eyes and smiled.
"I'm came back for you."
**
Elizabeth looked at Sonny standing in front of her.
"You called Sonny?" she asked looking at Jason, surprised. She started to walk away from Jason and Sonny and was about to walk out of the apartment, when she turned around.
"You were coming here to kill Ric, weren't you, Jason?" Jason didn't say anything.
"Elizabeth, you have to listen to us," Sonny said.
"I'm not listening to anything to you say to me! I'm going to the police and telling them what happened. It was self defense. I didn't mean to kill him!"
"You really think they are going to listen to that? You are going to go to jail, Elizabeth. Please, just listen to what we have to say. We need to sort this out. Now did anybody see you come in?" Jason questioned Elizabeth. She shook her head.
"No, I have a key to his apartment."
"Okay. What I need you to do is go away for a while until we sort this out," Jason explained to her. Elizabeth looked at Jason.
"Actually I was going to leave town in a few days anyhow. You can ask Courtney she will tell you," Jason didn't think that Courtney was friends with Elizabeth, but right now, it didn't matter. Ric had hurt Courtney and Carly and Elizabeth didn't deserve to go to jail for his murder. Sonny took Elizabeth aside.
"I know that you killed Ric in self defense, so I'm going to help you in anyway I can. Wherever you wanted to go, I can get you there. Just make it like nothing has happened and leave town like you were going to." Elizabeth nodded and walked out of the apartment, like nothing had happened, but it was still hard for her to know that she just killed a man. He might have been a bad man, but she had still killed someone. Someone she thought she had a future with.
**
All Elizabeth could about think was Ric lying on the ground in a pool of his own blood. She never wanted to hurt him, but she was terrified of what he would do to her. Someone bumped into her and she jumped back, startled.
"Oh Elizabeth, are you okay?" Elizabeth looked up and saw Courtney standing in front of her.
"I'm fine; I guess I'm still getting over the whole Ric kidnapping thing and everything else."
"I understand," Courtney said nodding.
"Actually, I'm really glad that I bumped into you as I wanted to tell you that I'm leaving town, tomorrow," Courtney looked at Elizabeth in surprise.
"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" she asked as they sat down on the bench.
"Yes, I just don't belong here anymore. I'm going to start somewhere fresh and new," Elizabeth explained. Courtney sighed and nodded.
"When are you leaving tomorrow?" Courtney asked. Elizabeth looked at Courtney.
"As soon as I can. I'm not sure what time though."
"Elizabeth, I know we haven't gotten along that well since I started dating Jason, but I think after our little "adventure" together, I have gotten to know you better and I think of you as a friend, now," she said as she hugged Elizabeth.
"Me, too, Courtney. Me, too," Elizabeth whispered as they pulled away from each other. Courtney took a piece of paper and a pen out of her purse and wrote something. She then handed it to Elizabeth.
"Here. This is my email address, try and keep in touch." Elizabeth paused for a moment.
"You know I didn't like you because I thought you stole Jason from me, but I realize now that wasn't the case. You are a nice person, and it was nice getting to know you a bit," Elizabeth took the piece of paper and put it in her pocket. Courtney stood up.
"Thanks for everything that you did to help me during the kidnapping. I don't know if I would be here right now if it wasn't for you. I hope that you find what you are looking for somewhere else." Elizabeth smiled. She had a different respect for Courtney now. She wasn't the reason Jason left me, that was because I left him, she thought to herself.
"Bye," Elizabeth said as she started walking away from Courtney.
***
"You came back for me?" Zander asked, confused. Emily was just about to reply to her answer when her cell phone rang.
"I have to get that," she said.
"Hello... Okay, I'll meet you then," she said as she hung up her cell phone. Emily turned around to face Zander.
"I'm sorry, but I have to go meet Elizabeth. She seems like she really needs someone to talk to. Can you meet me at the pier in one hour?"
"Of course," Zander said as he leaned over and kissed her.
"I hope Elizabeth is okay."
"Me too," Emily said as she walked away from Zander. She walked to Elizabeth's studio and knocked at the door. Elizabeth opened the door.
"Hi," Emily looked at Elizabeth and could see that she was upset.
"What's wrong?" Emily asked as she walked into the studio.
"I'm fine," Emily then saw that Elizabeth was packing a suitcase.
"Are you leaving town?"
"I am. I think it's the best thing to do. My life isn't in Port Charles anymore. I need to get away." Emily and Elizabeth sat down on the couch.
"Why do you want to leave?"
"Emily, there is a lot of reasons that I want and need to leave, but the one reason is there is nothing here for me anymore."
"I'm here," Emily laughed. Elizabeth smiled.
"I know, but that is not enough for me to want to stay."
"This has to do with Ric. Elizabeth, you can't let him make you leave town." When Emily said Ric's name, it brought a chill down her shine.
"Don't talk about him; I don't even want to think about him anymore,"
"So where were you when I called you?" Elizabeth asked trying to change the subject.
"I was with Zander," Elizabeth smiled at her best friend.
"Did you tell him that you miss him?"
"No."
"Can I give some advice to you?" Elizabeth asked. Emily nodded.
"One thing I have learned over the years is sometimes you take love for granted. Look at me and Lucky, I thought we were going to be together forever, but it didn't work at that way. If you really love Zander and wanted to be with him, tell him how much you miss him and how much he means to you. I know that he missed you while you were away," Emily smiled.
"Okay I will," she said as she hugged Elizabeth.
"I'm going to miss you. I just got back to town and now you are leaving."
"I'll miss you, too, but we will keep in touch," Elizabeth said. Emily got up from the couch.
"Bye. Call me when you get to where you are going."
"I will," Elizabeth nodded as she watched Emily walked out of the studio. The sooner I get out of the here, the better, she thought to herself.
**
The next day, Courtney walked into the loft and Jason was there.
"Hey," she said as she leaned over and kissed him.
"How was your doctor's appointment? Is everything okay?" Jason asked.
"The doctor said I'm fine and I won't need to use my sling for much longer." Jason hugged Courtney.
"That's great, Courtney!" he smiled, but then his smile faded.
"I'm going to be going away for a few days." Courtney looked at Jason.
"Why?"
"You know. Business."
"Okay, I understand," she said. Jason hated lying to her and not telling her that this had nothing to do with business, but in a way it did, because if Elizabeth hadn't killed Ric, he would have. Jason's cell phone rang. He picked it up.
"Yes... Okay, I'll be there...Bye," he said as he hung up the phone. Jason turned around.
"I have to go now, " he said as she leaned over and kissed her.
"I'll see you in a few days." Jason showed up at Sonny's penthouse.
"So, what do you want me to do?" Jason asked.
"I already dealt with the problem that we had."
"What about Elizabeth? What are we going to do about her?" Jason asked.
"I talked to her a while ago, and she told me where she wants to go, so I just need you to tell her that everything is set." Jason nodded and walked out of the penthouse.
**
Elizabeth was walking on the docks to her studio, when she felt someone touched her.
"What do you want?" She turned around and saw Jason standing in front of her.
"Oh Jason, hi," she said.
"I was just coming to tell you that everything is settled for your trip. You are will be leaving tonight," Jason said. Elizabeth nodded. Jason then started to walk away from Elizabeth.
"What happened to Ric? What did you do with him?" Jason turned around.
"You don't need to know what we did. He is gone and nobody will ever know what happened."
"You mean nobody is going to know that I killed Ric?" she whispered.
"You did what?" They turned around and saw Courtney.
To be continued!!!