Chapter 12
Alexis waited until things had started to settle down, before approaching Julian. Her first lover saw her coming and turned to say something to Anna before heading her way. "Lexie."
"Ian or should I say Julian." She answered looking at the man in front of her. The same smile was there, along with the eyes that she had spent years dreaming of. But there was a hard look in his eyes now, along with strength of purpose the young man she had known never had.
"We need to talk." He said as they walked towards the various vehicles waiting. "About Elizabeth, a few other things."
"I agree; can you stop by my house tomorrow."
"I think we do this on mutual territory." He said. "So that you know, I have spent the day learning about our daughter. And the woman you thought was our daughter. As well as your behavior. Interesting reading. I also read about your younger two daughters, as well as our grandchildren."
Alexis froze then stared at Julian. "I-I, I have got to go." Getting into Mac's squad car, she waited until they were far enough away then let the tears flow, knowing that Mac would be a gentleman and wait until she was ready to discuss them.
As they pulled up to the Lakehouse, he asked if there was anything he could do?
"Build a time machine; take me back in my past to at least three years ago. I am a grandmother, you know. I had forgot that with everything else going on. I have two grandsons, and I helped make excuses for the woman who tried to harm them repeatedly. I did that same thing I used to look down on Sonny for. All his excuses for his behavior, for his family's behavior. I used to dream about the child I lost, then I found Sam, I wanted so much for her to be more like me."
"Alexis, I wish I could tell you that things between Elizabeth and you will be easy, but I doubt they will. One thing though, Elizabeth has a good heart, she won't shut you out completely. Work on accepting that, in time, she will let you in. Just be glad she is there for you to have the time to get to know her and the boys."
"You still miss Georgie, don't you?" She said gripping his hand.
"Every single day since she has been gone. I will never understand, never accept her death." He said thinking about Anna's visit that day. His former sister in law had taken the files from the case and he was hoping she would find something that they had missed. He wanted some closure for his little girl.
When they returned to the Quartermaine's, Jason and Elizabeth checked on the boys before crashing in the guestroom next door to them. As they curled up together, Elizabeth asked Jason what he thought about the offer.
"I think that they are serious in their offer, but I was already making changes when Sonny came back. When I walked away, I just gave up. I didn't have anything left to fight for." He said burying his head in her shoulder. "We wasted so much time, time we should have had together. Time, where I should have been there, helping Jake learn to walk, been there for his first word."
"Hey, even I wasn't there for that." She said wiping the tears. "Grams was."
"I am sorry, Elizabeth. You know one thing has never changed in all these years, I have always wanted this with you. I don't get why you never just hit me upside the head and walked away."
"Because, we both made mistakes. I made more than my fair share. The last one almost cost us everything."
Jason just pulled her closer thinking about how his life would have been without her, nothing but Spinelli and wiping up Carly and Sonny's messes while dealing with Sam always being around. He did feel some guilt about the last one; he should have never let her have hope, who knows what else she did or had done to Elizabeth and the boys.
Hearing quiet, he realized Elizabeth had fallen asleep so leaning down; he kissed her softly before sliding out of bed. His body was reacting to the closeness of his wife and he wanted her to get sleep, it was more important right now than making love to her.
Padding down the stairs, barefoot, Jason saw a light on in the study. Walking over he saw Edward with a photo of who he took as Lila while talking to her. "They are asleep under this roof, our great-grandsons. Cameron looks like Elizabeth. And Jake, he has your eyes. I can't help recalling that Jason was about the same age when he came into our lives."
Backing away, Jason went into the living room where he took the files and read them. Anna had made sure that he knew all there was to know about Julian Jerome. Sighing, he tossed the file down, and thought about what to do. The man had been working to take down mob families for years, partly out of guilt over the death of Duke Lavery. Jason was worried about the danger this might bring to town, in spite of their promises he knew that sometimes things happened that you couldn't control.
Edward was walking by, heading up to bed when he saw Jason get up and wander over to the picture of his brother. Seeing him pick it up, he walked away knowing that whatever was on his mind, Jason would not share it with him.
Jason looked at AJ and thought about Michael. Would it have been so wrong to let him into his son's life? Carly had convinced him so at the time, but what if she had been given legal backup without his lying. Would AJ have turned on her or would he have worked out something in regards to their son? At the time, he had thought AJ the worst thing for the boy, now he knew that Sonny and the world they inhibited was.
Thinking on Drake's comment that it might be possible with the new surgical procedure for him to wake up, Jason couldn't help remembering Michael's stated goal of becoming like his father. What where they going to do if he tried? Even with the new deal, someone somewhere in some family would offer him a job, if for no other reason than to screw with things here in town.
Knowing he wasn't going to solve the riddles of his life that night, Jason went upstairs and was soon back in bed with his wife. When she turned towards him and ran her hand down his chest, he groaned thinking it was going to be a long night if Elizabeth kept molesting him in her sleep.
Controlling her breathing, Elizabeth became a little more daring as she moved her hand further south and wrapped it around his growing hardness. Hearing his breath catch at the same time as he tried to capture her questing hand, Elizabeth let out a soft giggle.
"So you want to play..." he said softly while pulling her on top of him. "What do you have in mind?"
"How about Mommy is in charge and daddy has to do everything she says." She said while wiggling her eyebrows.
"Sounds good to me." He said before lifting his head and taking her lips into a deep kiss. "So just what does Mommy want?"
Edward, who was still wandering the halls trying to find a reason to fall asleep, smiled at the sounds coming from the guestroom, hopefully someday soon they would learn about another grandchild on the way.
Anna was up late into the night reading the files, and making notes, when she saw the beginning of daylight, she showered and stopping to grab Julian from his hotel room and calling Robert she insisted that they all needed to work on this together.
Going into the old Outback, she said "This place brings back memories."
"Why is he here?" Asked Robert when he joined his ex-wife, brother and some detective who were waiting.
"I need his help. So stuff it, Robbie." She said. "Mac, Spencer screwed this investigation up from the beginning. Why was he allowed to even be there when you investigated Emily's death?"
"He wasn't supposed to be, but Cruz kept letting him switch with him on the case. It's why he is now working primarily on cases with the County." Said Harper. "I had to repeatedly pull Spencer back, but I also have to admit after a while even I started to see the mob connection."
"Then you might want to go back to detective school." Said Robert. "You were being influenced by Spencer's hatred for Jason Morgan."
"Let that go for now. Mac, I did some checking, Leticia Juarez's murder, while similar to Georgie and Emily's was only that, similar. I think you had two different killers on your hands. The second used her killing to cover up whatever he was doing. I know who killed the nanny."
"Who?" Asked Mac as he took the papers from her.
"Logan Hayes. There is a DNA match to his, I checked and he was fired for leaving the nanny and the boys alone to hang out with Lulu Spencer."
"What lab?" Asked Harper. "Ours didn't even find anything to run."
"The WSB have better equipment." Was all she said
"A lot, but I will get to that in a minute. Mac you suspected Johnny Zachara as the killer for a while didn't you?"
"Yes, he had no alibi for Emily or Georgie."
"I think that Trevor Lansing was setting the boy up. The thing is why. I think I know the answer to that one as well. He was trying to kill two birds with one stone. Getting the kid out of the way and driving Sonny over the edge."
"Why not attack Kate Howard then?"
"My guess is that someone how Carly stirred the pot, you know how she is. As for the girls, I don't find any way that their death is connected other than the MO. Diego claimed to have killed one of your officers as well, but with his earlier shooting weakening him, he wouldn't have had the strength to take on a former Marine."
"So what are you saying?" Mac asked.
"I am saying that Diego didn't kill either of them. And that I have no idea why or how they truly died. Some things aren't adding up. I have a few people I want to talk to, but Julian had a theory that I will share only if I find something to back it up. Until then, all I will say is that I hope I find the proof."
Elizabeth was arriving at the hub after taking the boys to daycare, frustrated with her husband this morning. He had gotten her all riled up then Cody called, needing him. She had wondered why he couldn't have taken five minutes to finish what he had started, only to be told with a grin, that what he had planned required a lot longer than that.
Growling when she saw the amount of paperwork waiting for her after patient's rounds, she got to work on it all the while grumbling about getting stuck with it.
"Problems?" Asked Nadine as she joined her at the hub.
"Paperwork." She answered. Seeing Anna entering just as she was going on break a couple hours later, Elizabeth knew that the super spy wanted something. Telling Nadine she would be back, she went to see what she needed.
"Elizabeth, I just wanted to warn you, I just dropped Julian off at the launch for Spoon Island. Apparently Nik is refereeing their meeting out there."
Calling her friend, she found out that her biological parents had also requested Jeff's presence. "Why there?" She asked her friend.
"This way it will be easier to hide the bodies if they kill each other." Joked Nik as he watched the three-point standoff in his study.
"Not funny, Nik." She said before hanging up. "Anna, Jason mentioned you were looking into Emily's death."
"I am, I waited until I heard you were going on break, I was hoping you had time to answer some questions."
Elizabeth answered questions from Robin's mother ranging from Lorenzo Alcazar and his son to Emily and the Ball as well as about a few other oddball subjects. When it was almost time to return to work, she asked the woman why the odd questions.
"Because something is wrong here. I had your father there and he agreed something is truly off about all of this."
"What would Jeff- you mean, Julian don't you. Are you thinking there is a mob connection to this?"
"That's just it, we don't." She replied before thanking her for her help.
Jason walked into the penthouse and saw Maxie talking to Spinelli. "What part of you aren't supposed to be here ever didn't you get?"
Jason saw the way Spinelli swallowed his fear and waited. "Stone Cold, the fair one is leaving town; I am looking into what dastardly villain had her fired. All I can locate is the name of the company that gave the Fashionista the money for her magazine. It is an unknown entity with its finger in a lot of pies."
"Spinelli, I told you two days ago that I didn't want her around. She is leaving now. By the way your villain is me. I gave Kate Howard the loan and told her that as long as Maxie was gone, she didn't have to pay it back."
Seeing the stunned looks, Jason counted, waiting for the brouhaha to being. "But Stone Cold, why would you do that to the Fair Maxa-"
"Because she has hurt my family one too many times. You need to decide, do you want to work for me or do you want to be her friend more. Because while I was willing to let it go before, I can no longer do so. I gave you an order, Spinelli. She was NOT to be here, and you ignored it."
"But Stone Cold, you should be happy, you are with your progeny now. All should be forgiven." Jason saw the look on the geek's face and realized that more had to change.
"Forgiven, who should I forgive?" He asked. "You for disobeying my orders and for making Elizabeth believe that I would ever touch one of those women you kept letting into my penthouse. Maxie, for deliberately lying to Elizabeth about my non-relationship with Sam and for coming to set me up. Too bad for her, it would have never worked. Maxie Hates MY WIFE, what part of that don't you get Spinelli?"
"The Fair one feels like-"
"I could care less; I meant what I said. Now you have to decide." He said before going up the stairs to grab more clothes.
Maxie saw the torn look in his eyes and realized that Spinelli seemed to be thinking on coming with her instead of staying with Jason. While it did her ego good, she knew that it would be a mistake. "Spin, don't decide. Stay here." She said before leaving.
Spinelli waited for Jason to come back down, when he did the geek announced. "Fair Maxie made the choice for me. I am staying."
"Fine, I will see you later at the office." With that Jason left making it plain that the younger man wasn't going with him.
Sitting there, looking around, Spinelli realized he had lost almost everything in the last eight months. "What just happened?"
Johnny entered the Gothic nightmare of a house only to hear voices raised in anger. Walking in he saw Nicolas Cassadine leaning against his desk while the man he had met the night before was yelling at the DA and another man a bit older than him. Walking over, he asked Cassadine what he wanted.
"I have to referee this, and then we have to talk. But for now, just wait." He said wincing as Julian attacked his aunt's fitness as a parent.
"Don' even go there. You are the one who left our daughter with him." She said pointing at Jeff Webber who was rubbing his chest where the sharp points of her nails had gone in.
"He was a doctor, he SEEMED like a caring father, how was I to know his wife was a nut job obsessed with having a son."
"Try asking?" Asked she said sarcastically.
"What about you, Miss DA, you are the one who has spent the last week running around trying to get Elizabeth in trouble for what? Truthfully, what? What had she done that has you so angry?"
"Nothing." Replied Alexis as her guilt ate at her.
"Nik, you know that I-" said Alexis.
"Leave me out of this. I am just here to make sure that no blood is split. Dr. Webber, I know this is the first time we have met, but I have a question, why is that?" He asked looking at the man.
"Why what?" He asked looking into the hard eyes of his daughter's friend.
"Why is it that I have known your daughter-"?
"She isn't his daughter." Snarled Alexis.
Ignoring his aunt, Nik continued. "As I was saying, Elizabeth, yet I am just meeting her father. Why did you abandon her?"
Jeff flushed and wanted to ignore the younger man, but saw the looks on the other occupants in the room and said "I love my daughter, but adopting her ruined my marriage and my family. My wife made it clear several years ago, that it was either her and our other children or I walked away from Elizabeth. She had just found out about her parentage."
"You bastard." Said Julian. For once they all agreed on something, thought Alexis.
"I did the best I could, I had two other children to consider and my wife had just found out she was pregnant. She had a miscarriage after learning the truth, what was I supposed to do. She wanted that baby more than anything." He stated.
Nik looked at the man and said "Get out of my house, what kind of man are you. She was a child, the youngest. Sarah was what, 16. Steven is even older, but you walked away from Elizabeth. Who was still a kid."
"You don't understand." He said looking up. "My wife, she needed me, Elizabeth has never needed anyone in her life. She is the most self-sufficient person I know. Even as a kid."
"Maybe because your wife and you never ever offe- you know what, I don't care. Get out of my house."
"Fine, but know one thing. I loved my daughter; I have loved her from the moment she smiled at me as a baby. I did the best I could. I arranged for money for her, I set it up for her to go to school, then for her to get her money from Julian. I did what I could."
Nik watched him walk out the door and wondered if having him pushed off his launch in the middle of the harbor was worth the charges that they would bring against him. Seeing Julian and Alexis looking at each other horrified, he pointed towards the door to Johnny and soon they were outside.
"Have you talked to Lulu recently?"
"Not since we ended things." He admitted. Last night he had gone straight to Jake's then after a run in with Maxie he had gone home wanting peace and quiet.
"She is leaving town with my mother today. But she said she wouldn't be coming back that she was going off with a friend. I know my sister well enough to know it was a male friend."
"Good for her." He said. Seeing Nik's surprise, Johnny said "I hurt Lulu and I am sorry about that, but looking back, I get that I went a little crazy with my freedom from my family. Honestly, I don't think you are going to like this, but in truth, Lulu and my relationship was a mistake."
Thinking back on Courtney, and Katherine Belle, Nik got that, but he wished his sister's heart hadn't been broken in the process. "I do get that. I was worried from the beginning, not because of the mob stuff, though I wasn't thrilled about that. But Lulu was looking for an escape and I think you were too, but word of warning, Maxie Jones is not someone you want to move on to."
"I get that; I was at that memorial service, yesterday. Maxie was a way of breaking up with Lulu, I think that my brain was trying to get my conscious to acknowledge that fact."
"How are you doing about being related to Elizabeth?"
"I barely know her." He said blushing.
Nik knew that look, after all he had been there once too. "If it makes you feel any better, she is my cousin and I tried to kiss her." Seeing the sharp turn of the head, he told him the story of his crush and what Helena had done.
"So fantasying about her, you don't think it is wrong." He asked shocked.
"Well now that you know she is your cousin, it is." He said dryly. "I do hope you never mentioned this to Morgan, though. He still loathes me for crushing on her."
When Johnny admitted what had happened the previous evening, Nik gave a chuckle then said "Are you coming to that party this evening at the Metrocourt?"
"Yes, why?" He asked suspiciously.
"I may need you help. The Webber family is going to be here, the rest of them arrive this afternoon, according to Audrey Hardy who has fled her own home to escape their wanting to stay. And you are related now, you might want to get to know Elizabeth; she is a wonderful person to have in your corner." Said Nik before walking away. Then he recalled the other thing he wanted to ask. "Zachara, are you going to tell your father about Elizabeth?"
"No, why would I? I haven't talked to him since he was tossed in prison." He said before leaving at the same time as the DA who was still fuming. Seeing her start to hyperventilate he asked "Are you okay?"
The launch captain handed her a paper bag kept on hand for just that purpose and called ahead to arrange for an ambulance as Alexis seemed to be turning blue. Calling back to the house, Johnny warned Nik who had stopped Julian wanting a word. Both men assured him they were on the way.
Nik felt like he was manipulating things, but he still called GH and asked to speak to Elizabeth.
"Alexis is on her way in, she is having severe breathing problems."
Elizabeth was walking to the hub knowing that she had to be in the ER when Monica came up to tell her. "Your mother is in the ER. I know you want to avoid her, but could you please deal with her, for my sake." Not wanting to have that woman there any longer than she had to.
Rushing down, Elizabeth saw Patrick at the hub and said "My mother is on her way in."
The blond sitting on the chair was astonished at the level of concern and said "Here, I thought you wouldn't care if I lived or died. After all why else would you embarrass this family even more than you already have. Elizabeth how dare you marry that gangster?"
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Turning, Elizabeth saw Carolyn with her leg bandaged and Sarah with her and groaned. At least now she knew what grams message was about. She had thought the elderly woman had been talking about Alexis. "Not now, Carolyn, I'm busy." With that she went over to the ambulance coming in at the same time as Nik and the two men arrived.
"Alexis, are you okay?" She asked when she saw the woman sitting back with an oxygen mask in her lap.
"I will be as soon as these men let me out of here. You know kidnapping is a very serious offense. You can't just drag someone off to the hospital; it is against the law. I should-"
Nik walked over and hugged her saying "I am glad you are okay, but your face was turning blue. They did this for your own safety."
Glaring at her nephew, she turned to Elizabeth and said "Can you arrange for them to let me go. I just had a panic attack, that is all."
"Why don't you let us run a few tests?" Suggested Patrick.
"No, I am fine. I promise." Said Alexis as her face flushed when she realized all the people watching.
"Just let them check you out, Lexie." Said Julian ignoring the death glare she was giving him.
"Why don't you have them remove that stick you-" Alexis started to reply, but Elizabeth knew that they had been arguing so she took the mask and put it back on the woman's face. Turning to Cassius the orderly on the floor and said "Please take Miss Davis up to six and if she fights you ask Robin to give her a sedative."
Hearing her arguing the entire time she was being rolled away, Nik turned to Elizabeth and said while chuckling, "Good job."
"Thanks, now could you use your influence and have someone deal with my family."
"Care to be more specific?" He asked pointing out she had a lot of family now.
"The ones sitting in the ER; telling me how I disappointed them again." She replied before going around her guard and thanking Johnny. "They seem to feel that they have a say in my life."
"You know you have a rather burly guard following you around, I think he is more than adequate to deal with them." Suggested Patrick as Carolyn huffed and puffed.
"True, but my guard is going with me up to six where I am going to have to referee between Julian and Alexis. Or did you not notice his following Cassius up." She said sighing.
"Elizabeth Imogene Morgan how dare you ignore me?" Hissed Carolyn.
"Dr. Webber, please remember this is a hospital and act accordingly. If you are looking for your husband, he isn't here. Sarah, I am sure you remember the way out the door." Said Elizabeth as she took the stairs.
"Wha-?" Sarah started to complain as the security guard took her arm and suggested she leave the hospital. "Nik, tell them to stop. How dare they treat me this way?"
Looking at the blond, Nik said "Sarah, why don't you go home. By the way, why are you here? Who invited you?"
"No one invited us. Some reporter called and asked my poor mother how she felt about her daughter marrying the town thug and what she knew about her husband being the father of a serial killer. We had to come and straighten this out. This loser, Peter had no business claiming to be related to us. He is no more related to us than that whore trying to masquerade as a Webber, Elizabeth. I can't believe that no one told me that she wasn't my sister. The damage she has done to the Webber names."
"Seems to me she has raised it back to the level it belongs." Said an entering Monica. "Hello Carolyn, well it's true I see. Jeff mentioned that you and your shrew of a daughter were coming to town. If I were you, I would lower your voice, Sarah. You never know who might be offended with your remarks about Elizabeth."
"She is the child of some low-life gangster. Why should I care? No one wanted her and my dad foisted her off on my mother. She should have stayed were she belonged. Not try to act like her betters." She sniffed. "She is nothing more than the child of some girl who couldn't keep her legs closed, come on according to what dad said the mother wasn't even fifteen when she got knocked up. But then look at Lizzie, blood will out, you know."
Johnny had been watching and waiting, then got what he had waited for. "So you think that Elizabeth belongs with her own kind. What kind is that, Sarah? Tell me what you really think." Said Nik getting quiet.
"You know that I am telling the truth, my supposed sister is little more than trash. From a family who is nothing more than trash. C'mon, Nik, would you want her to be part of your family. Wait, she was, wasn't she." She said laughing. "She was married to poor, poor Lucky."
"Sarah, I think you need to shut up now." Said an entering Steven who saw his father slipping to the side and trying to get his wife to go with him.
"Oh shove it, Steven. Saint Steven, come on, even you have to admit that having Lizzie in the family is an embarrassment."
"No that would be you." He said quietly. Turning to his parents, he said "You too, Mother. Dad I think you need to put them on a jet for home. Either way, get them away from Elizabeth, before I decide to make their life a living hell."
"Well, I suppose since you now live in the gutter, since this killer is related to you." Snarked Sarah.
"Sarah, that is your name, right?" Asked Johnny.
Looking at the good looking but younger guy, Sarah smiled and "Yes."
"One more word about my cousin and I will introduce you to my father. He has a thing for mouthy ill-bred women like you." He replied. "Elizabeth, from what little I know about her, has proven to be a classy, caring, wonderful mother who is loved very deeply by the man you called a thug. Something to think about, if Jason Morgan is really that bad, should you be running your mouth about him?"
"How dare you threaten my daughter?" Said Carolyn, "Who do you think you are?"
"I'm sorry, let me introduce myself. I am John Zachara, Elizabeth is my cousin." Turning to Nik, he said "That is correct, cousin, right?"
"Sort of, she is my first cousin, your second. And Sarah, I won't forget what you just said about my Aunt Alexis." He saw the moment she realized her mouth had gotten her in trouble. "One more thing, weren't you the one spreading your legs for both my brother and I?"
Nadine had come down to get Nik for Elizabeth, but arrived in time to hear the blonde's rude comments. But the always-polite prince's remarks had her laughing. "Uh, Nik. Elizabeth needs you."
"Thank you Nadine. Could you please make sure that the security personnel know that the only members of the Webber family allowed in GH is Elizabeth and Steven. Thank you." With that he walked away leaving a few stunned doctors.
"Who was that man?" Asked Rebecca as she joined the crowd. "And what did he do to the Prince?"
"Funny, Emily, real funny." Replied Sarah furious at what he had said to her.
"You know I am getting really sick of being called Emily." Said an annoyed Rebecca. Turning to walk away, she gave a smirk then turned back. "Would the sweet and precious Emily do this?" With that she slapped the blond witch across the face and walked away muttering about how that had hurt her hand but mentally had felt real good.
Jason arrived at the courthouse and went into the meeting with Mac and the WSB chief. Diane handed him the papers assuring him that all was legitimate. "Are you ready to do this?"
Looking at Sean, Jason said "Yes. But I meant what I said if you go back on this or my family is ever in danger..."
"I get that. You know I only offered this deal to one other man and he didn't have the brains to take it. He was more worried about power. I am glad to be wrong. I thought you were just like your former boss."
Jason had been signing the paperwork, when what he said registered. "You offered Sonny this deal?"
"Yes, back when Luis Alcazar came to town. But he didn't want to deal with the restrictions. Didn't want to curtail the business. He said the only way he would take the deal was if we took out Alcazar. But truthfully, Luis was handy for us. He was an unstable influence in South America."
"Did you know about Brenda?"
"That she wasn't really ill, no. That she was with him, yes." He admitted. "When Alcazar came here, we tried to run interference, but suddenly Sonny was cocky, sure of himself well beyond what he had any right to be."
"That was probably when he found a way to access the Jerome fortune."
"We do have to talk about that; I had someone talk to the vault manager then. He had a tape you need to see." Replied Sean. Handing it over, he told Jason. "I was worried, I didn't know how you would take it, but Anna says you were in love with Liz Webber even then."
Jason finished signing the paperwork and left. Once at the office, he asked a very quiet Spinelli to set up the DVD and check it before running it for him. Ten minutes later, the geek said "Stone Cold, it is clean. Where do you want to watch it?"
"Here is fine." He said. "Stay I may need you to interpreted it."
Spinelli debated leaving but sat down instead. Having already looked at the tape, he grimaced but did as was requested. When Cody had entered, Jason hit play.
Jason saw the blond he had been foolish enough to believe innocent; talking to the guard. From the date on the machine, he knew it was in his mind, at the back of his memories. Going through his memories, he tried to remember why it was important. He watched as her head disappeared from the screen and then the sounds that filled the room.
Watching he smirked, she hadn't been very good at that, no matter what she thought. No wonder the man had refused to give her the key. Instead he had insisted on money.
When Courtney opened the door, he turned to Cody and asked him to lip read. "Sonny, he wants the money."
"Fine, here." Sonny walked in and sat down as the guard gave them the key. When Sonny had pressed it into the wax, he returned it and the guard left the two of them alone in the room.
"Sonny, now that I have done what you wanted, what is in it for me?" Whined the blond.
"Exactly what was on the table last time. I will get Elizabeth out of his life and you deal with AJ for me. I know what buttons to push, but the rest is up to you. I won't betray Jason that way." Jason watched as Sonny handed Courtney some thing in a small sack.
Furious, Jason saw Courtney's smile and walked over to the doorway, trying to get control of his temper. "Stone Cold, are you sure you want to see the other part?"
"Yes." He replied. When he saw the visit where Sonny and Courtney returned to access the vault, he saw the blond stick something in her pocket while Sonny's back was turned. Wondering what was going on, he soon saw that Sonny was emptying out the box then going to return it with the bank officer.
When Courtney had seen them leaving she pulled out a piece of paper. "Spinelli, can you get closer so that I can read that?"
"Already done." Said the young man quietly.
When Jason saw the birth certificate and what it read he turned to Cody and said "Find that piece of paper, I don't care what you do to get it."
"Where would she have hidden it?" He asked.
"Try that stupid loft. Carly kept it for some reason. Then go to my penthouse, tear it apart if nothing else."
Jason walked out of the coffee shop and placed a call. "I need to see you."
"I will be right there"
When they met up, Jason pulled Elizabeth into his arms and said "There was a birth certificate in that bank vault. Courtney knew; she knew that you inherited everything. She knew you were Alexis' daughter. And that's not all."
"Jason?" She asked. She could see the anger in his eyes.
"Elizabeth, I think that Courtney drugged AJ. The tape, it was dated the same night that AJ ran into the strip club. I think she used AJ and set it up. I think he was supposed to die. AJ wasn't drunk that night, he was drugged. I blamed him for what happened, but it wasn't him. It was her, she did that because she wanted me and Sonny said he would help her."
"Help her, but he didn't want you two dating." She pointed out.
"I think I was played." Everything had been out of his control, and he would never make excuses for his behavior that reeked too much of a Spencer trait. Instead he was going to find out the truth, and then he was going to have to deal with it. Because he was ultimately responsible for what happened.
He had been blind to what Sonny had been up to, what Carly had been doing. Part of him had known about Courtney, but he had wanted to believe that someone or something would put him first.
The problem was, he hadn't put Elizabeth first, and by doing so, others had used his insecurities to ruin them. But it was the past and Elizabeth and he were moving to a bright future. One that would not include those who didn't support them.
TBC