The next six months, things were going great in New Orleans. The baby was getting bigger and Emily had decided to live down there permanently. She and Johnny had been dating for the past four months and were thinking about getting a place of their own. She loved living with Jason and Elizabeth but she knew that she needed to start living her own life and she couldn't do that if she lived with her big brother.
Johnny had found a cute home not too far from where she worked and close to her brother and his family. Monica and Audrey came into town a couple times since Jake was born. They were going to be down there for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Alan was even going down for those two holidays. They were retiring from the hospital and planning on traveling for the next couple of years. Monica and Alan both planned on having a retirement that didn't hold them down. They were going to buy an RV and were going traveling across the country and checking out Canada and Alaska. The only state that they couldn't do that in was Hawaii. They did know what they wanted to see there and were looking at places to stay on the different islands.
Liz was happy staying at home and she was starting to paint again. She also loved interior design. She found a couple of the homes that were for sale and wanted to buy them and fix them up. The homes that Jason had purchased she had them all fixed up and sold. The only two that she didn't sell were the ones in Panama City Beach and Perdido Beach.
The beach houses both meant a lot to them and they could not part with them. The security system business was a great way to help in the community by keeping it safe. There were many families that could not afford to have their systems but the company did it for free. The monitoring service was as low as they possibly could go.
Spinelli found a way to help the families figure out ways to get themselves out their holes and get the money they needed for different things. He had his own show that was on access television once a week. Spinelli would give tips on how to save up for the big things that most families could not afford. He told them about the websites that could help them make money on the things that they didn't use anymore and what kind of things to invest in.
There was a young mother that he had helped who was in a bad situation. She had old cell phones and other electronic equipment that she could sell that would help her get caught up on her rent and get groceries on her table. She saw him one day at the television station that he worked out of and she baked him a pie to thank him. Spinelli saw something in her and asked if she had a job. She said no because of her daughter was too young for school.
Spinelli helped the mother find a daycare that could take care of her daughter while she worked as his assistant. She was very good at her job and Spinelli was very impressed by her. She also helped Jason, Johnny and Francis.
Her name was Isabella but Spinelli called her Bella. She was his muse. Spinelli fell in love with Bella and her daughter Rosie. Rosie was about to turn four and she turned on the charm whenever Spinelli or Jason were around. Johnny and Francis were a little too intense for her at times so she usually stayed close by Spinelli.
Bella and Liz became great friends. Spinelli had moved Bella and Rosie into his new place a few months after they started dating. Rosie was about to start Pre-K and she loved hanging out at momma's work.
Liz brought her two sons to the job, a couple of times a week. She found a storefront that she wanted to use to start her interior design business. Flipping houses was a bit much and so this new adventure would be a little less time consuming and more profitable. Bella wanted to help Liz too but she knew that Bella did not have the time to work at both places and take care of Rosie.
What no one knew was that Carly had found Bella on the streets of Port Charles. She was being paid to gather information on Elizabeth and send it up to Carly. She wanted Isabella to steal from Elizabeth and make her world crumble. Then she wanted it to look like Elizabeth was stealing from Jason so that he would hate her.
The one thing that Carly never understood was that Elizabeth never cared about the money. She only cared about her family. Isabella could try all she wanted too and Jason would never believe her over Liz. Isabella knew that Carly was wrong about the young mother, the minute that she met her.
Isabella contacted Carly and told her that she was sending the money that she gave her to hurt Elizabeth. She told Carly that it would never work and that she had chosen the wrong person to hurt Elizabeth and her family.
Carly was not happy about that and decided that she needed to go down there and talk to Isabella and tell her that she was going to go down for not doing what she wanted her to do. Isabella could feel the walls closing in and decided that she needed to speak to Liz and Jason.
"I am sorry to have to say this but I have to leave New Orleans. I came down here on false pretenses and I am sorry that you have trusted me when I shouldn't have been trusted."
"Bella, what are you talking about? You have never done anything wrong. What is making you so upset?"
Jason knew before Bella said a word. "Did you live in Port Charles? If you did, then you must have met Carly Corinthos? She is not my friend. She probably wanted you to set up either Liz or myself? She then told you that it would be for my own good and that I will leave here and go back to Port Charles. Am I close?"
Bella started crying and nodded her head. "Yes, Mr. Morgan. I am so sorry. I sent Carly the money that she gave me. I told her that I couldn't do it because I knew that Liz would never do the things that Carly said she would do or at least look like she would do."
Liz was mad but she wasn't mad at Bella. "It is okay, Bella. Carly is a spoiled rotten bitch. She needs to learn a lesson and I am sure that she will be down here to mess things up again. Don't worry. You are safe here with us. She can't hurt you and we understand what she tried to do and I want to thank you for what you did."
Carly did want to hurt Liz. She knew the best way was to help Sam get out of hospital. She needed to let Elizabeth feel the pain that she felt when she lost Sonny. She blamed her and Jason for what happened to her husband.
Carly got help from Julian, Sam's father. When Sam escaped from the mental hospital, Carly got her and they took off to New Orleans. Carly had a car take them down there so they could plan on what they were going to do. Carly wanted to make sure that Jason watched Liz die in front of him. She hired a couple of old guards of Sonny who now were free agents. They would do anything if the money was right.
She met them in Biloxi, Mississippi. She told them what she wanted done and how she wanted it done. They told Carly that they were happy to work for her. They planned on going to New Orleans the next day. The guards found out where the Morgans lived and where they worked. Johnny was with Emily and they were going to work when Johnny had a bad feeling. He knew the guys that worked for Sonny after he and Francis were sent away. He didn't know why but he felt that danger was coming.
"Jason, I have a bad feeling. I think that we should pack up and head for the beach house in Panama City. I can have the plane ready to go in half hour. Get ready to go and we will meet you at the airstrip."
Jason knew Johnny and his feelings. They were never wrong. Jason had heard that Sam had escaped from the mental hospital and knew Carly had something to do with it. She had plenty of money to hire someone to hurt them. He called Spinelli and told them that they were to meet them at the airstrip.
Everyone met at the airstrip. Francis was there with Liz and the boys. Spinelli, Bella and Rosie were there. Jason checked his office and Liz's office before going to the airstrip. He felt that he was being watched but not sure who it was. Johnny and Emily were with Jason and then they were off to the airstrip.
They got on the plane and headed to Panama City Beach. The house was plenty big enough for all of them. They just had to double up on the rooms. Jason had the systems on and that was when he found out that both buildings were blown up.
They were upset about it but knew that they could rebuild. When the house was torched that was when he sat down and cried. He loved his home there. He knew who it was but could not believe that she would do that. Sam was cruel but he knew that this was Carly. He needed to get out of the country and called Maximus. He also called his parents and had Elizabeth call her grandmother and Epiphany. He wanted to make sure that they knew that everyone was safe.
It would be hard for Carly and Sam to find them in Italy or anywhere in Europe. They went to the beach houses that Jason owned and torched them. Jason had talked to police in Panama City and in Perdido. He left photos of the two women involved and contacted law enforcement in New Orleans. Jason gave them the information of leaving the country because of the danger to his family and friends.
Isabella left the phone that Carly provided her in New Orleans. She didn't want Carly to trace her moves so it would be easier for them to be found. Carly didn't think that Isabella was that smart but she found out that it would be harder for her to find Jason and Liz.
The police officers in Panama City and Perdido found a link that put Carly at both arsons. They found Sam was also there but she didn't start them. She did film them and the videos showed Carly burning down the home in New Orleans and the two beach houses. The attacks on the office buildings were done by the two guards. Sam was there to stir up trouble but the only trouble that she caused was against the ones that brought her down to the Gulf Coast.
Sam was caught by the deputies and sent back to Port Charles. She was put in a mental hospital that she would not be able to escape from and everyone felt much better about that. Jason still did not believe that Sam had lost touch with reality because of what she did to Carly. She could keep herself out of trouble by showing who did the crimes.
Carly was going away for a long time. The guards that she hired were also going down for what they did. Jason was told that it was safe for them to come back to the states. They were having a great time in Palmero visiting Maximus and his family.
Francis, Johnny and Jason were going back to New Orleans and start fixing up what they could. They were going to have to rebuild and it was going to take some time. The house was razed and so were the office buildings. The insurance covered the buildings but the memories lost in their home devastated both Jason and Liz.
Spinelli, Emily, Liz, Isabella and the children were going to be spending some time checking out Europe. They were going to visit Italy, France, England, Ireland and Scotland. There a few other places they were going to check out but the five countries that were mentioned was where they were going to spend most of their time. Jason, Francis and Johnny were going to be traveling with them too but they needed to go back to the states to make sure everything else was getting done in New Orleans. The houses on the beach were also going to be redone. Especially the one in Panama City. This is where Elizabeth found out she was pregnant and she had fixed the home just the way Jason would want.