Jason sat on the couch after the girl had left, after his maybe daughter had left. He finished off the beer in his hand and stared at the phone, he could see three missed calls from Sam he should probably return but strangely for him he couldn't be bothered at the moment. He did thumb threw the contacts to Sonny's though, Sonny would keep it to himself and he knew about unexpected children, he had left him a message saying he needed him asap, another message sent to Carly as well without the asap almost as an after thought, Carly could keep a secret if it was for him. Anna, if she was his, he missed it all, she was 19, she is a grown woman. Why had her mother never came around to the Quartermaine house, anyone who knew about the family had money so why has this never come up. He didn't understand why no one had known, in 20 years no one ever said a damn word.

Jason was pulled out of his thoughts by the door to the penthouse opening and Sonny walking in.

"What's so urgent man?" Sonny said as he closed the door and took a look at his friend.

Jason stood up and walked to the bar pouring two drinks and handing one to Sonny before speaking. "I might be a father." Jason said bluntly.

Sonny looked at his friend questioningly. "You going to have to give me more then that Jase'." Sonny sat in the arm chair and took a sip of his drink.

"I had a girl come by today with a birth certificate with my name on it, well Jason Quartermaine but my name none the less and says I'm her father." The blonde emptied the glass in one go.

"Could be nothing, could be someone looking for cash or an enemy looking to try and get leverage." Sonny suggested.

Jason refilled his glass and shook his head. "You ever just know something Sonny, I got a feeling looking at her, she has my eyes."

Sonny stood up and turned his friend to face him. "Look someone sent a little kid here to pull at your heart strings, probably some woman sent her kid in to be a cash cow."

Jason shook his head. "It's not a kid, she's 19. Told her I want a DNA test but I can't shake the feeling that I know what it's going to say." Jason took another swallow of his whiskey.

"19, hell she's grown. Do you really think this girl is your daughter?" Sonny was surprised Jason wasn't one to go on blind faith.

"I don't know but I think there is a reason that I can't say that I don't. I keep thinking if she is mine, she grew up with out me, so did she think I was a dead beat or that I just didn't want her and how did she grow up did she have a good childhood or a bad one." Jason couldn't stop from speaking his thoughts.

"Sometimes our guts are right sometimes there not, don't get invested before you know for sure. Make the appointment get the test done and know for sure. Did you tell Sam?"

"I know, I'll keep my head and Sam, she doesn't know yet." Jason didn't know how she would take the news but he knew her well enough that it probably wasn't going to go over well.

"Probably best to wait it out before opening that can of worms." Jason with a daughter, he could see Sam losing her shit, problem for her was if it came down to it and the girl was his friends, she would lose if she couldn't deal, Jason was not the type to abandon his kid, grown or not.

"I texted Patrick, he's going to get us in tomorrow, I still have to let Anna know."

"Anna." Sonny said softly. "Call her let her know, Patrick will rush it I'm sure so you should know by this time tomorrow assuming your appointment is in the morning."

"It's at 8:30. Give me a minute, I'll be back." Jason pulled out his phone and walked off to the kitchen leaving his oldest friend in the living room.

Sonny knew that if she was Jason's daughter it would gut him, knowing he missed it all, people might think the man didn't feel but those that knew him knew he did. He always was a second father/uncle to his own children would die for them, kill for them, Sonny almost hoped the girl wasn't his just to save him from that heartache of missing all that time the other part of him hoped she was Jason would make a great dad even if she wasn't a child.

"It's just a matter of time now." Jason said returning to the living room.

Sonny nodded. "Have you told anyone else but me and Patrick?"

"I asked Carly to come over." The pair may not be together but they were on some what decent terms.

The door swung open and the Woman in question walked in to the room. "Speak of the Devil." Sonny said cracking a smile.

"Jason, Sonny, what's going on is everyone okay? Oh God is someone hurt...the kids?" She rambled up eyes darting between the two men.

"Everything is fine, Carly. This is nothing like that." Jason soothed the blonde, before she could fly off the handle.

"If you don't what me to worry don't send a cryptic 'Penthouse now important' text with no other information." Carly said setting her bag on the desk. "Now why am I here?"

Jason looked over to Sonny before looking back to Carly and repeating the same story he had told Sonny.

Carly listen her eyes wide with surprise and when Jason said the girl's name it clicked. "Anna wouldn't happen to be short for Annabell would it?"

Jason looked surprised but nodded. "Why?"

Carly laughed before making her way to the bar and fixing her own drink. "Checked her in to the Metro Court this afternoon, there was something about her I couldn't put my finger on but I gave her a discount on a room for the week, something about her felt...familiar. Now I know why."

"Carly let's not start buying in to this before we know if it's even true." Sonny advised his ex.

"If she's not your kid Jase' I'll give you the damn hotel." She smiled, she damn well knew there was something about that girl.

Jason groaned. "Carly."

"I'm just saying I have a feeling, I was actually hoping to see her before you texted me, poor kid was a bundle of nerves when she left the hotel." Carly sat beside Jason full grin on her face.

"She wasn't at the hotel when you left? Did you come from the Metro?" His eyes narrowed, what the hell.

"No I was hoping to see her and I left right from the front desk. Why?"

"I called her a few minutes ago she said she made it back fine." Did Carly miss her coming in? Or was she not there?

Carly and Sonny shared a look before Carly pulled out her phone. "Hey Abby, it's Carly can you do me a favour and check to see if a guest used their key card, Annabell Lenux?" Carly waited a beat before thanking the person on the other end and hanging up.

"She's not there is she?" Sonny asked reading the woman's expression.

"Her key card hasn't been used since I checked her in." She looked nervously to Jason.

She fucking lied to him, he had known her all of half a day and she was already lying. "Then where the hell is she?"

"Jason don't get too mad she is a 19 year old kid, they lie about where they are, it happens." Sonny tired to reason.

"She doesn't know this city, she could be doing God knows what with God knows who." The city was not unsafe to people who knew where not to go but she didn't where could she go and why would she lie.

"Jason you have her number give it to me, I'll call saying I just wanted to check in see if she's okay, you don't want her to think you don't trust her if she turns out to be yours." Carly suggested.

"Fine." Jason handed over his phone open to her number to his friend.

Carly keyed the number in to her phone before hitting the call button.

"Hey Annabell, it's Carly from the Metro Court?"

"No, everything is fine."

"I just wanted to check and see how you were doing after this afternoon, you seemed a little out of sorts."

"What advice?"

"Shit."

"Where are you, I could come grab you and bring you back to the hotel?"

"I don't think that is the best idea."

"Is someone with you?"

Sonny stopped his friend from grabbing at the phone, letting Carly continue.

"Look I didn't want to do this but I am Jason's friend and he is worried your not at the hotel, please just let me come get you."

"I won't not yet at least."

"Oh, yea I know how to get there. Give me 20 and I'll be there. Do not go anywhere."

"Thanks."

"Where the hell is she?" Jason asked as she hung up the phone.

Carly stood setting her drink on the table. "I can't tell you that, not today anyway but just know she is fine and I am going to go get her and bring her back to the hotel."

"Carly, he has a right to know." Sonny was surprised she would keep something from Jason.

"It's not important the fact is she is fine, she is going to be back at the hotel so you don't need to worry. Ask me once we know for sure and I'll tell you." Carly said waking to the desk and grabbing her thing. "Just trust me Jase'."

He trusted Carly he did so if she said Anna was fine, he could give it a day. "Fine, text me when she is in her room for my peace of mind."

"I will." With that the blonde slipped out of the penthouse.

TBC...…...