Glad everyone is enjoying the story, and thank you for the wonderful feedback, you are truly great, Liason fans, are there any better ones! I hope you don't think I have abandoned this story for my newest one I am working on, it just seems that my muse is on a roll with the other story, but rest assured, I will continue to update this one. I don't see an end yet, so, so long as you are enjoying this tale of mine, I will continue to update it as I write it.
Chapter Fifty-Three
Jason moved to the door and locked it with the ineffectual lock, now that he knew that Elizabeth was okay, he refused to take stupid chances. Never again, her life is going to be so calm and quiet, she'll want to strangle me, Jason thought to himself.
With that taken care of, Jason slowly removed his shoes, socks, pants and shirt, sliding into bed, he settled his back against the headboard. No sooner did he settle himself, than Elizabeth took up the empty space residing between his legs/
Instinctively he wrapped his arms around her, delighting in the weight of her head resting against his chest. He couldn't be sure, but some how he was, she was listening to the steady thump, thump of his heartbeat.
It didn't take long and she was asleep, a ladylike snore issuing from her, he wasn't surprised that she was snoring, with the abuse her face had taken over the last couple of days.
Jason allowed the quiet of the room to lull him into complacency, enjoying the few moments that he had, where he didn't have to worry. Tomorrow was a different story, he was sure there was going to be some things that needed to be taken care of. But for the time being, he had everything he needed, and if a good nights rest was the price for everything that had transpired, perhaps they had won out after all, for he couldn't remember the last time he had been able to lay his head down and not worry about the lurking dangers.
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Sonny followed Alexis into her hotel room, he had been more than willing to rent his own room, but Alexis had haggard him until he had finally given in. Not that it was a hard thing to give in to, but he didn't want her to feel like it was mandatory.
The chance encounter they had before he had left Port Charles was nice, beyond nice actually, but he didn't expect it, or demand that it went any further than that one night.
"What are you smiling about?" Alexis asked, looking warily at her employer.
"Me, I wasn't smiling, jus thinking." Sonny replied, exposing his dashing dimples.
"Put away the dimples Mr. Corinthos, they may work on the little tarts that flock to your side back home, but they are not going to work on a seasoned woman like me, I have had way too much experience with men like you!"
"You haven't experienced anyone like me, that I can guarantee. But seeing as how you are so sure you know me and my type, sleep well, I'll talk to you in the morning." Sonny said, turning and exiting the room.
Alexis didn't know what to say, she was only being pettish because she could not fathom the emotions that he mad her feel. Just being close to him caused her to lose focus. She had always been a woman who could handle any situation, but since meeting Sonny, that strong, independent woman was absconding. She didn't know how to deal with things like this, it was so… so not her.
The worst part was, she didn't want him to leave, she had convinced him to stay, because she had wanted something to happen. One evening wasn't enough, she wanted more, but of course, she had let her mouth get the better of her and her planned escapade walked out the door.
Alexis flopped on the edge of the bed, kicking her shoes off a little too eagerly, her left stiletto heel connected with a crystal vase, shattering. Cursing under her breath, Alexis walked over to the phone and placed a call to house keeping, with that taken care of, she moved towards her luggage, pulled her robe and the slinky negligee out of her suitcase and entered the bathroom. Once again she cursed her stupidity, she had brought the slinky item for the intentions of seducing Sonny, but instead, she was going to be spending a long lonely night alone, wearing the only item she had brought to sleep in, unless she decided to sleep in the nude, but what for…
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Jason was almost asleep when Elizabeth jerked in his arms, a shrill cry escaping her lips. He was ready to wake her up, when she jerked once again and sat up, fear etched clearly across her face as she tried to gasp in one lungful of air after another, her heart beating erratically, a look of pure terror embedded deeply upon her face.
"Liz---Elizabeth, are you okay?" Jason asked, unsure what he needed to do, only knowing he wanted to erase the fear from her face.
"I, I think I'm okay, bad dream. I think it is going to take awhile for the dreams to go away, but waking up in your arms is the best remedy."
"Is there anything else you need, a drink, something?"
"No, I'm good, unless of course you wanted to hold me a little tighter, maybe try to take my mind off the nightmare." Elizabeth said, in a seductive little whisper.
"Are--- are you sure, shouldn't you be relaxing?"
"I couldn't relax more than if I was in your arms and you were erasing the past night with your amazing ministrations. Think you're up to the task Mr. Morgan?"
Jason gently twisted her body around to face him, dipping his head to capture her lips. When he had fully devoured her lips, he moved his attentions a little lower, placing tender kisses to her jaw line, smoothing the transition down her neck and collarbone.
As he began to move down her body, the phone jarred him out of his quest for satisfaction. Looking ferociously at the contraption that always seemed to interrupt him at the most inopportune times, he snatched the receiver up and snarled "Hello" into the receiver.
"Umm.. Did I interrupt something?" Sonny asked, unable to hide the smile that reflected in his voice.
"What is it that you want, didn't we just leave you?"
"The police chief needs to speaks to us, supposedly there has been new evidence and instead of waiting till tomorrow, he wanted to catch us while the memories were still fresh."
"When?"
"Now, if possible. Is Elizabeth awake?"
"Yes, we'll be down as soon as possible." Jason replied hanging the phone up.
"Who was that one the phone?" Elizabeth asked, clearly unhappy about the interruption.
"Sonny, we have to get down to the police department, something has come up and the chief wants to speak to us while the events are still clear."
"So I take it our night of passion is going to be put off till a later date, at least a later time?"
"Trust me, its not what I want, but what do you say we go and get this over with, the sooner we get there, the sooner we get back and I can show you just how much I love you."
"That works for me, need some help getting dressed?"
"If you help me get dressed, they are going to be waiting a long time. I have a feeling you will help me right out of my clothes before you even bothered to help me get into them again." Jason said, walking towards the bathroom.
"And that's a bad thing?"
"No, not at all, but I would prefer if we didn't get drag down to the cop show in cuffs, I am sure they could think of some reason or another to do it."
"Okay, I relent, but you better be prepared for a long night, or long morning, depending on when we get back."
"Deal."
"Deal." Elizabeth said as she sat down on the edge of the bed to put her shoes on.
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Alexis hurriedly put on her outfit that she had worn previously and dashed out the door, almost colliding with Sonny as she did.
The two rode the elevator down in silence, there was much to talk about, but both were lost in their own thoughts. Once they reached the car that Alexis had rented, their conversation began.
"Sonny…"
"Alexis…"
"Sorry, go ahead!" Alexis said, blushing slightly.
"I was just going to ask you what your opinion of this sudden request. Supposedly the chief was more than happy with taking our statements tomorrow, why the sudden rush?"
"I can't be certain, but I am sure he has his reasons. Don't worry, I'll take good care of you. Just remember to keep your temper, this is a small town and they don't care about who you are or what you do and flaring tempers are rarely tolerated."
"If they do their job and do it right, I won't have a reason to get angry."
"True, but some things aren't so cut and dry. Behave and maybe you won't have to go to sleep alone!"
Sonny wasn't exactly sure what he was suppose to say after such an offer, or was it a bribe. Either way, he didn't really care, he wanted another night with her, their last had been all to brief.
Alexis pulled into the visitor's parking stall and switched the vehicle off, as she was exiting her side of the car, another car pulled up beside them.
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"Is there a set way we should be dealing with the questions they are surely going to be asking? I have never really done this before, at least not to this extent, it's a little innerving. Will my nervous energy be instantly classified as guilty?" Elizabeth asked, suddenly, very unsure of her self.
"Don't sweat it, I will be with you the whole time. If I get my way, we will all be in the same room, and I can't see why we won't. Just keep yourself calm and be as truthful as you possibly can, if you don't remember something, be honest." Alexis said, walking up the stairs and into the police department, her three clients following closely behind.
"Sure, calm, think they will be able to tell if I am faking it, because right about now, all I feel like doing is throwing up. They classify that as a guilty reaction to, don't they. Oh, God… Do you think they have tea or something, I don't know if I am going to get through this." Elizabeth said, tears quickly forming in her eyes.
Jason wrapped a reassuring arm around her, pulling her closer. "Don't worry, I will try my best to make this as easy as possible, all you have to do is trust me."
"Piece of cake, I trust you implicitly. Let's just get this over and done with so that I can get you… I mean, so I can get some sleep." Liz said as she began walking again.
Sonny and Alexis both glanced at the younger woman, unable to hide the smile that graced their faces. "It must be nice to be young and in love!" Alexis said.
As they entered the precinct, a desk clerk instantly saw the foursome and picked up the phone. "Sir, they are here!"
None of the group could hear the other side of the conversation, but knew they had been requested to move forward.
The desk clerk waved in their direction, then directed them to the chiefs office.
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