Author's note- Alexis does not have cancer in this.
Alexis was fuming mad. The judge dropped the charges after Carly announced she could not testify against Jason due to spousal privilege.
The courtroom started to clear. Jason and Carly headed for the door when Alexis grabbed Carly's wrist and spun her around.
Jason said, "Hey! Don't be manhandling her."
Carly yanked her arm out of Alexis' grasp.
Alexis' eyes were on fire. She spit at Carly "If I find out this is a scam I will see you are put behind bars. It is a felony to defraud the court. So you better make this latest marriage of yours work better than your other three or else you will be charged with a whole list of crimes. I can think of five off the top of my head."
Carly wrapped her arm around Jason's waist and leaned into him. "I love my husband. Would you like to give me a polygraph to prove it?"
Alexis turned her anger on Jason. "You killed Ric and you are not getting away with it."
"The judge disagrees with you." Jason said "I'm free to go home. Come on, Carly, lets get out of here."
"See you around." Carly said to Alexis with a smirk.
"You lying bitch!" Alexis cried "You married him only so you wouldn't have to tell the truth here today. I am going to see that you pay for this."
Jason's face turned cold. "That is the last time you threaten my wife. Keep your distance from her and move on with your life."
Carly said to Alexis "Don't you get it yet? Whoever killed Ric did you a favor."
Alexis shook her head. "How can you be so cold hearted? He was Molly's dad."
"Exactly. Now your kid has a chance to not know what a psycho her father was. Neither Jason or I are letting Ric, from the grave, ruin the rest of our lives. And you shouldn't either."
With that Jason and Carly left the courtroom and went home.
Later that night they sat on the couch together playing a video game. The kids were in bed.
Carly said, "No fair! You got good at this playing against Michael. I don't even know what I am doing."
Jason laughed as his player on the screen stole the basketball from Carly's player.
"Ja-son!" she whined
"There is no crying in basketball, Carly."
He made a three pointer and won the game.
Carly threw down her controller and stuck her tongue out at him. "You suck."
"Actually, I rule at this game. That score there says you are the one who sucks."
Carly jumped on him and starting playfully hitting him. "Oh, yeah? Take that, Jase!"
He rolled her over and pinned her down."I win. Again."
Carly scrunched her nose at him. "You could give your wife a break."
He sat up, shaking his head and smiling. "You are going to milk this wife thing for all it's worth, aren't you?
Carly grabbed his arm and used it to haul herself up and then leaned forward onto him. "Of course."
He said, "So how long do you think we have to stay married to avoid prosecution?"
Carly scooted away. "I don't think I have ever heard a more unromantic question."
Jason told her, "Matching prison jumpsuits aren't romantic either."
"True." she agreed. " Well, I don't think the court can expect us to last longer than the average Hollywood marriage."
"Really? Cool. How long is one of those? A couple weekends?" he joked
Carly smacked his arm and gave him a dirty look.
"A year?" he asked
"More like two."
"Whoa."
Carly sprung up. " I can leave now if you want to get rid of me." She stomped toward the door.
He jumped up and grabbed her lightly around the waist "Hold on, Carly. I never said I wanted you gone. I knew what I was getting into when I said I do."
She looked up at him, pouting. "I don't want to cramp your style. Get in the way of your hot love life."
"Very funny. You know Sam and I have been over for months."
Carly broke free from his arms and said, half seriously "Well I am sure there is some poor lonely waitress down at Kelly's waiting to take her place. Isn't that where you find all your women?"
"There and Jake's."
She started to smile. "Don't go looking for any while you are my husband."
He smiled. "I wouldn't subject any woman to your wrath."
Carly gave him a long stare. "So two years? It's agreed?" She thrust her hand toward him.
They shook hands.
"Two years." he said nodding. Then he looked up and said "Lord let me survive it."
She started laughing and flung herself into his arms. "You ass."