Jason escorted Audrey back to his penthouse. They were in the elevator before she broke the silence that had consumed them since they left the hospital. "I'm so glad to be home from the hospital." "I don't blame you." The elevator stopped and the doors opened. "All those well-meaning people just poking and prodding and…" she stopped her sentence when they reached the door and looked back at Jason questioningly. "I had the door changed. I thought you'd feel safer." Audrey nodded her head. "Yeah. Yeah, I'm…I'm sure I will. It's just a surprise…that's all." Jason started to feel guilty for doing in without seeing how she would feel about it. "Are you sure? I can get rid of it. I can change it back." Audrey shook her head. "No, no I'm glad you did it. Thank you." Jason nodded and opened the door to the penthouse allowing her to walk inside.
Audrey walked in the door and stopped. "I need to get out of here. Somebody help me! Anybody!" Jason gently put his hand on Audrey's shoulder causing her to jump. "Audrey, we can stay or go, whatever you want to do." She shook her head determined not to be driven out of her home. "I'll be okay. I know I will." She walked farther into the penthouse and sat down on the couch. Jason decided to give her a few minutes alone. HE started to walk up the stairs when he heard the door fly open. He turned around and saw Carly walk into the penthouse. He rolled his eyes and walked back downstairs.
Audrey jumped up from the couch and ran behind it when she heard the door burst open. She didn't know why she was reacting like that since Jason was right here but she was still a little jumpy. She saw Carly and started to relax. Carly smiled widely at her and walked over to her, wrapping her in a hug. "Welcome home." Audrey smiled. "Thanks. Do you always just waltz right in here?" Jason smiled as Carly laughed. "Yes. It's one of the benefits of being your father's best friend. I came to see how you were doing."
Audrey took a deep breath and thought about her answer. "I'm…okay. Sometimes I feel great and I don't think about what happened. And then other times it comes crashing in on me and I just want to cower in the corner. When I heard you open the door, I have to admit that I got a little scared." Carly instantly felt bad. "Oh, honey I am so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." Audrey waved her hand at Carly. "No, it's not your fault. It's just something that I'm going to have to get over. Thank you for coming to check on me." Carly nodded.
Jason spoke up at that point. "Carly, I have a favor to ask of you." Carly looked shocked. "You are asking me to help you with something?" Jason smiled. "Yes. I want you and Courtney to talk to Audrey about what it's like to be involved with a guy in this business." Carly looked at Audrey and smiled. "Oh boy. Girls just can't resist the bad boys." Audrey laughed. "I would really appreciate it if I could talk to you and Court. You guys know all about this." "Of course. We'll have lunch tomorrow and we'll dish about everything. It'll be great!" She hugged Audrey before saying that she had plans with Jax and leaving the penthouse.
Sam ran into Carly exiting her penthouse and moaned. Carly was the last person that Sam wanted to see. She wondered if Jason had told her about him and Courtney yet. She walked in the penthouse and closed the door. Jason and Audrey were standing over by the stairs talking. They looked over at her as she walked up to them. None of them quite knew what to do. Sam looked at Audrey. "I'm glad you're home." Audrey nodded once. "Thanks. If you'll excuse me. I'm going to lie down." Jason moved out of her way and watched her walk up the stairs.
When he heard her door close he focused his attention back on Sam. "We need to talk." Sam felt her chest tighten. "Okay." They walked over to the middle of the room and sat down. Sam sat on the couch while Jason sat on the coffee table. Sam tried to hold his hand but he quickly pulled it away and put it in his pocket. "Sam…I don't really know how to say this but…" "But what?" He paused and looked at her. The woman that he once loved. She was just a stranger now. He didn't want to hurt her but he couldn't be with her anymore. "I can't be with you anymore." Sam felt her heart shatter. "What?" "When Audrey first showed up there was a lot of tension between you two. And I wasn't thrilled with it but I was willing to still be with you even though you didn't get along with my daughter. But then she went missing and you didn't care. You didn't try to help me find her and you didn't comfort me when I was going nuts. And I can't be with a person like that."
Sam had tears streaming down her face. "So this has nothing to do with Courtney?" Jason sat up a little and looked down at Sam. "Why would you bring her up?" Sam flew out of her seat and stood over Jason. "I saw you with her! At the hospital. I went to see Audrey to make sure she was okay but when I stepped off the elevator I was greeted by my fiancé kissing his ex wife! If you're going to cheat on someone at least have the decency do to it someplace private!" Jason sat there in silence. He didn't know that she had tried to visit Audrey. He stood up and she backed away from him. "Sam I…" "Save it Jason! This has nothing to do with Audrey's kidnapping. You decided that I wasn't good enough and that you were still in love with Courtney. Well you know what? Be with her." She grabbed a jacket and stormed out of the penthouse leaving Jason standing alone.
Audrey came down after hearing the fight to comfort her father. She got to the last step and saw him standing in the middle of the room expressionless. "Dad?" He moved his eyes to look at her. "Are you okay?" Jason just nodded. "Audrey I have business to take care of. Can you go over to Noah's?" "Uh, yeah, sure. I'll be home later okay?" She walked to the door and looked back at him one last time before exiting the penthouse.
Jason pulled out his cell phone and dialed. He waited for Stan to answer. "Stan. Now that Audrey's home I want to get back to her step-father. Have you found him yet?" Sam opened the door after forgetting her purse and stopped when she heard Jason on the phone. "Okay Stan, what's his name?" He pulled out a pen and piece of paper. "James Woods. And where is he? Austin, Texas." Jason finished writing down the information and ended the call. He was going make that bastard pay for what he did to Audrey.
Sam snuck back out of the penthouse without Jason noticing. She walked over to the elevator and pushed the button and stepped on. She walked out of the building and hailed a cab. She had to wait a moment before one pulled up. She opened the door and got it. "Where to ma'am?" Sam looked at the cabbie. "The airport please. I need to go to Austin, Texas." Sam sat back and looked out the window with an evil smile on her face.