A Shotgun Wedding

by mandymld

Elizabeth sees Jason and John kill Anthony Zachara, with consequences for the now married couple who are angry with one another.

2. Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Previously on General Hosptail: Shotgun Wedding...."There was a mistake, but no, Lucky did bring back the child we think my sister gave birth to, problem is that Nik isn't the father. Lucky is." she said looking at the dark haired man who looked like he had been slugged. "I am sorry Nik, more sorry than you know. There is more and this is the worst part."

"How much worse could it be?" asked Alexis feeling for her nephew.

"Bad." she said looking with hatred at the others in the room. "Because, while more than likely Elizabeth carried the child, biologically he isn't hers."

Ignoring the shouts, she turned to Nik and said "I don't know why your grandmother did this, but she is the only one who had a motive."

Nik said "Have you told Elizabeth?"

"No she left me a weird voice mail about getting married and moving to Italy the other day. I left messages but all I get is Jason and her talking... here, listen."

Pushing speed dial four, Sarah let them listen as it automatically went to voice mail. "This is Elizabeth Webber..."

In the background, they heard Jason saying. "Morgan, Elizabeth Morgan and don't forget it."

Sam gritted her teeth, but determined to listen to the bitter end. "I am unavailable to take your call right now, but leave your name and number and if we decide to move back to the states we will be in touch."

There was the sound of kissing then Elizabeth telling Jason she had to hit the... the button on her phone. Then more kissing and finally dead air. "I uh, guess we can all figure out what that was about."

Robin felt bad for Sam, then frowned as some of what Sarah said started to sink in. Words like watched kidnapping, set up Elizabeth, and most damning of all was that it was clear Lucky had known all about it, Jason too and that the woman had gotten away with endangering the kids.

She couldn't figure out why at first, then looking between Sam and Carly she suddenly laughed out loud as she got how alike they were. "OH my god, I don't believe it."

Patrick reached for his wife who then said between giggles. "No, you don't get. I finally figured it out. Carly, you are a fool, a big stupid fool. In your mind, oh my god, in your mind... Sam is the innocent, isn't she? Elizabeth is evil because Jason loves her and you; you are on the outside looking in when they are together. Wow, I finally get it."

More somberly she said "Truly you are a sad person. Both of you and Jason choosing to be with the woman he loves, leaving you two pieces of trash behind, it is justice. For them and for all the people you have stabbed in the back, all the people you have destroyed trying to keep hold of Jason. For the way you have set about destroying Jason Morgan himself."

Carly sneered and left the room, gleeful at the idea of Elizabeth tied to Lucky forever and even more importantly destroyed at having to give up that little boy. Lucky had already turned to Sarah and demanded to know what else she knew.

"I know who the mother is and I can't wait for Alexis to tell you what the law says about who the mother of the child is no matter the biology."

Alexis frowned a bit at the strangely leading phrase and then said "Elizabeth is the mother since she gave birth. The courts ruled that no matter who donated the egg, the woman who gave birth is the mother, it's why there have to be adoptions after surrogacy. "

"Yup, Sam. You have a kid and no chance in hell of getting custody away from my sister. I find it ironic, that after years of screaming how Jake should have been yours that you have a kid and can't even approach it." The blond smugly grinned at the tarted up old whore.

Sam honestly didn't care, after all the boy wasn't Jason's. Then she looked at Lucky got an idea of how to make Elizabeth start paying for stealing her child and said "We need to work out a deal."

"No deals, Sam. Lucky and you have no say. Read it and weep." Mac said handing over the papers. "Next time you are so desperate for money Lucky, try the blood bank. I still can't believe there is a sperm bank in this country that took your DNA for money."

Nik read the papers his brother tossed without reading, then looked at Alexis who said to both her poor daughter and Lucky. "Lucky you sold your sperm. You have no say over it. And this bill of sale to Helena proves that it was what she used. Sam, there is nothing you can do except to talk to Elizabeth, to reason with her."

"Like hell she will." snarled Sarah. "You heard what your daughter did to my late nephew. Or did you not hear what I said about her watching as Jake was kidnapped, her hiring men with guns to come after my sister and nephews. Someone might want to look into her connections with the Russians, even if she didn't rat out Jason and Elizabeth; she sure as hell led them to Elizabeth's house."

Sam reached out and grabbed the blond only for her to say "Let me go or I will press charges of assault. I am not kidding. You made my sister and Jason's life hell for Jake, attempt it with Aidan and I will wipe the floor with you. Nik, deal with your brother."

Mac looked at Lucky and said "Well I don't have to tell you that there is no chance of you getting your badge back, there wasn't before I entered this room, now, you will be lucky to get a job as a crossing guard."

Lucky fumed as he sat there impotently; then looking at the wedding ring on his hand, then the newspaper spread open to the article about the wedding. With a soft chuckle he looked at Alexis and said "I want to sue for custody of both boys. Elizabeth spent time in a mental institution; she is married to the mob. There isn't a judge in the world who would give her those boys over a man who is married, working as a cop."

"Lucky, you are no longer a cop." Robin smugly said. "Lucky, you truly don't get it do you. You are done. Go home to your wife. Sam, there are no words, none."

The room emptied out until all that was left was Sam and Alexis. "I want my child, there is no way I am letting Elizabeth Webber raise my child. She let Jake run out into the middle of the road; she is the worst mother in the world."

"Morgan." said Alexis absentmindedly as what the blond said was starting to sink in. Alexis sat there, trying to find a way to get custody of her grandson. Finding nothing, she looked at the newspaper article and then took a closer look. Swearing softly as she recognized the background, she made a call.

An hour later, she stormed into Mac's office and said "Jason Morgan killed Anthony Zachara, Elizabeth saw it and that is why they got married."

The man sitting across from the police commissioner said "No, he didn't."

"Yes, yes he did. Why else would they get married at the Zachara mansion?" she pressed on in spite of the disinterest of both parties. "Mac, are you listening to me?"

"No, I am not. Alexis, Lisa Niles killed Zachara, we have footage." he said holding up a tape. Showing her the short movie, he said "She is dead. Killed by that guard I have seen with Carly Jacks, we are just waiting for her to come in and explain what we found in his apartment from where he fled."

Alexis looked at the tape, then at Mac before turning to the other man. "Who the hell are you?"

"Special Agent, Jagger Cates. I was seconded to Port Charles until Mac gets his department clean out of cops too close to the mob." he drawled then said "Now, I do believe you might want to leave, from what I heard the Attorney General is looking into your appointment as DA and your ex-husband's considering your relationships with Sonny Corinthos and your daughter."

Alexis left, then at the office saw Diane hanging up the phone. "Alexis, we need to talk. The AG has appointed a whole slew of lawyers to go over every single case you prosecuted as DA; they are also looking into how Spinelli and Sam got their approval for the agency. Bernie is looking at losing his certification to be an accountant too."

Alexis sat down, stunned. "Where is Jason?"

"Sonny is looking but Max said that no one has heard from him since the night the wedding happened. This might be real, Alexis. If it is, the Corinthos Organization and I hate to say it, but you are screwed."

Alexis went home, then through every single case file she had copies of. When Sam showed up, later that evening demanding to know what she had done so far to get her child back, Alexis closed the door to her home office and said in a deadly tone of voice. "Sit down, now. I will tell you exactly what is going to happen."

Sam sat down then looked at her mother who said "You have no chance in hell of getting this child. I just went through a few files, the federal government is doing the same at the station and I am not talking one star struck female lawyer Sonny can screw into forgetting he is a criminal. I am talking a team of fraud investigators have shown up. I am going to be lucky to have my license let alone my freedom. You, you are going to let this go, you won't have a single moment of weakness, you won't do anything stupid or I will kill you myself."

Her jaw dropping at her mother's words, Sam snickered and said "That's funny, I almost believed you. Now, seriously what is going to happen? I have a bargaining chip, a huge one, that if push comes to shove, I will use."

Alexis wanted to shout at her daughter but the smug smile on her face gave her a feeling of terror. "You had better tell me Sam. Now, while there is no one listening in."

"Jake, that little brat is alive." she said gleefully. "I found out by accident while everyone was searching for Brenda's kid. I know where he is and they won't find him without me."

Alexis looked at her daughter and her mind racing on how to fix this without losing her license to practice law said "Fine, here is what I want you to do, so that they don't use it against you. Write it down, we seal it in an envelope, then both of us write our names across the seal, then together we take it to my safety deposit box, not my safe, my box at the bank."

Sam looked at her mother, seeing she was being serious now, Sam said "When?"

"In the morning, we can meet at the bank, you write it out then together we place it inside." she said trying to keep calm even as she wanted to rip out the hairs one by one on Sam's head. To do that to a mother, to keep quiet about a child when others think that child is dead... how on earth did she give birth to this animal?

Sam went home, then pulled out of the drive and to Jason's penthouse. "Spinelli what have you found out?"

"The tape is real." he said sadly. "I have no idea why my master would abandon you like this; he said he would never do anything like that again."

In Italy the day was dawning when Jason heard Elizabeth walk past him to the patio. Standing, he watched as she sat down and cried silently. When he saw the photo she had in her hands, he felt his heart ache and left the mother of his son to grieve as he swallowed his anger at her.

"What, you aren't going to console her? What, she isn't Carly the not so mother of the year. So what, you just leave her, in pain alone?" tossed out John at the man who stood there.

"You don't understand." said Jason. "I would, but I can't."

"Why not? You afraid of betraying that cheap trick you are with back in Port Charles." asked John. "You are a fuck up, oh she is too, but you, are the man, well more like half a man because you have no spine, no guts. She is grieving, you are angry at her, at yourself. Go argue with her, tell her you are mad, tell her why but this time, instead of letting guilt about things that aren't your fault regarding the two whores control you, listen with your heart, the one you keep boxed up, Morgan."

Jason was not sure this was a good idea as he stood on the threshold watching her cry, he wanted to shout at Elizabeth, ask her why Lucky was a better father than him, why she always, always chose him over himself unaware he had said those things out loud.

"Because unlike you, he wouldn't put Michael and the rest of Carly's kids first. You, you have never, ever put your son first. Hell before you went to rescue him the first time he was grabbed; you went to see that bitch Carly. Why, what was more important that you had to talk to Carly?"

Jason flushed as he said "I didn't want her creating problems, so I went to talk to her. I didn't mean to be there that long. I am sorry."

"No, no you aren't sorry or you wouldn't have done it again when you took over the mob, sealing our fate for her, Jason." she said sadly. "We were never first with you, whereas with Lucky at least we were first some of the time."

"As for choosing Lucky, I did do that and like you said, I am sorry or maybe I am not, I have never felt like you wanted to be with me. You were always running off to save other people, putting them first, never us." she said with a resigned sigh.

"Jason, the whole world falls down on me when we are together and you do nothing to support me, you let Carly harass me, you let Sam harass me, and then there is Sonny. He made it clear that he would prefer that your son and I were never a part of your life. That would be fine, if I had ever had your support before them, but I never have."

"Why didn't you tell me you felt that way?" he asked.

"I have but you always say that it is your job. No, it isn't. You MAKE them your priority over everything involving me, involving your son. How is it your job to hold Carly's pee stick? How is it your job to hold her hand? No wonder Jax hates you, I would be angry if my spouse always turned to another before me. Especially since Carly has no sense of boundaries."

"Jax knew who Carly was when he married her." Jason tossed out. "Now he is trying to take her daughter away."

"Jason, you said you walked away from Jake to keep him safe, was that true?" she asked. "Carly had a chance to be away from that life and she chooses to live in it. So are you saying that Jake's life is worth more than Joss's?"

"No, but they aren't the same thing." he protested.

"Jason, from where Jax and I are standing, it is. Carly could cut down on non-essential contact but she REFUSES to do so. So, Jax is right to be concerned. You just can't see past your blind loyalty. Carly deserves to lose custody."

Standing to walk away, he turned and snapped. "What about you, you are the one who choose to get involved with Nik, who went up a roof and almost made our son an orphan. What were you doing, Elizabeth. What was more important than our son?"

Stung, she shrunk back then said "I thought you didn't blame me for what happened. I didn't know, Jason. I thought Jake went up stairs, I was tired, I had worked a double shift, Lucky stood up the boys, I just saw the envelope regarding the retesting of the DNA and I froze."

Snorting Jason said "No, I don't blame you for the hit and run, I do blame you for the choices you made leading up to it. If you didn't want to marry Lucky then you should have said so, without fucking his brother."

"Yeah, you mean like Courtney did, you do remember your non-wife, don't you. She was married to your brother when you two starting sneaking around together."

Jason said "Don't turn this around; why the hell did you say yes to Lucky?"

"Because, because he was THERE!" she shouted. "We were surrounded by the Quartermaines and his family and I didn't know what to say. I didn't want to say yes, but I didn't know what to do. Everyone was expecting me to say yes, how could I do that to the boys, they were so excited."

"There you go, letting Lucky manipulate you." he sneered then asked "Why the hell are you working double shifts, you have five million dollars, Elizabeth. I gave it to you so you didn't have to be gone so much from the boys."

Standing up, she tossed down the pillow she had been holding, her voice quiet but deadly as she glared at him. "Tell the truth Jason. That money was a payoff for me to go away so you could go back to your whore. I loathed that money. When I lost it, I felt guilty but in truth I felt was a sense of relief when it was gone, it made me feel like a whore, like you had paid me for services rendered."

"Gone? What the hell, how is it gone?" he asked confused. Then after she explained, he snarled "You had no right, none doing that with that money. That money was given to you so that you could spend time being mother to our sons. What the hell were you thinking Elizabeth?"

"That I didn't want your blood money. You walked away, I never wanted your money, I wanted the man I thought you were, but you aren't that man. You are the kind of man who would walk away from your son, then fuck the woman who tried to kill him. Jason, stay away we were doing just fine without you."

"Then why is my son dead?" Elizabeth tensed then slapped him hard across the face.

When his hand went up to cup it, she laughed then said, "Yeah, I thought so, I can't believe you even dared say that to me."

Turning away she said "He is dead because your fucking best friend was so eager to have his body parts. I would have given him a chance to recover; funny, how when Carly did the same thing with Michael. Yet with your own son..."

She gave a bitter angry laugh as she continued. "With your own son you didn't even give him a chance. You had to kill what was left of my heart with your request. So Jason, your son is dead because you asked me to take him off life support."

Walking away, she turned then said "How does it feel to know you killed your own son?"

John rubbed his face, not sure what to do. This had seemed like a good idea when he had come up with the plan, now after watching the two former lovers take bigger and bigger chunks out of one another, he could only wish he knew how to fix things.

Later that day, Sam showed up at the bank, eager to start getting her son away from Elizabeth. She had come to realize that it was a win/win situation when she saw the headline of the newspaper regarding the death of Anthony Zachara.

Elizabeth had to have come across Jason killing him; they had had to get married like Carly had said when they talked on the phone a little while ago. Now, she had a plan. She would wait, then when Jason returned after being cleared of the charges, she would go for the jugular, get custody of Aidan, then suddenly find proof that Jake was alive. The judge would give Jason and her as married parents custody and poof, poor sad Elizabeth would be destroyed.

Seeing a tense Alexis; standing by a huge round vault door with a handsome man. "Sam McCall?"

Nodding, she offered the letter she had written up to her mother, but the man took it and said "We need to speak over in the alcove first."

Frowning a bit, she did as requested and followed him off to the private spot. There she said "Is something wrong?"

"No, no, we just need to sign across the flap." he said then when they had done so, led the way to the box, then when they had placed it inside, watched as the woman walked out.

Jagger turned to a pale Alexis and said "You do know you are doing the right thing."

"I know, but at the same time I am betraying my daughter, her sisters may never forgive me for this." she said then walked off while Jagger ripped open the note. Reading what it said, he made the call and sent the waiting team to the house.

Within moments the team had the couple in cuffs and the little boy in the arms of a shocked Steven Webber. "Jake, oh my god, Jake."

"Sorry about not telling you sir, but we were keeping this one close to the vest." said the agent as he loaded them into the back of an ambulance while the unhappy couple was shouting about them kidnapping their son.

Taking them to the station, Mac had them in the small windowless room just as social services arrived demanding their release. "Mr. Scorpio, here are the papers proving that the adopting of young Jason Moore is legal."

"Problem is the kids' name is Jacob Webber and his mother was lead to believe he was dead." snapped the cop as he told them he wanted the rest of the file. Reading the names, he saw one that looked familiar and went to check it out. Finding out that this was all connected to Brenda Barrett, he gritted his teeth. "Have Brenda and Sonny come in, now. It's regarding her son's case."

Letting the duped couple go, he found himself feeling sorry for them as they found out the truth. They had clearly come to love the little boy in the short time they had had him. Learning the truth had devastated them, then to learn who the little boy's father was had terrified them in spite of being assured that Jason wouldn't blame them and would more than likely be grateful for the good care they had given to the little boy.

Across town, Michael was miserable as he mopped the floors of the hospital. His mother had been there trying to talk to him but his boss had been told she was to have no contact and the tough as nails SOB wouldn't even let him wave at the woman who had given birth to him.

Hearing a commotion, he saw Patrick talking to a tall blond who was asking the head nurse where her brother was. "He called and asked us to meet him here, said it was vitally important."

"This, this is why I asked you two to come." said the blond man walking next to the gurney with the quiet little boy on it.

"Jake? Is that Jake?" asked Patrick, his heart stopping when he saw the little boy smiling and asking where his mommy was.

"Yes, I need you to get all records on the little boy you actually operated on, including the autopsy. I saw the clothes that were given to Elizabeth; they were Jake's, so someone in this hospital more than likely helped whoever did this."

"What about Lisa Niles, she could have been working for Zachara." said the doctor.

"I have to try and find my sister and Jason. But I have no idea where in Italy they would go." said Steven frustrated. "Sarah what about you, do you know? Drake?"

"No, I could try Spinelli." Patrick said hesitantly recalling the boy's love of all things Sam.

"No, no I don't trust him to tell the truth, besides if he had any idea about their whereabouts Sam and he would have been on the first jet out of town." said Sarah as she recalled all Elizabeth had told her about the geek.

Carly was waiting at the hotel for Sam who had said she had good news. Hearing footsteps, she saw two officers entering from the staircase just as Sam got off the elevator. When she had joined Carly, the blond said "Something big must be going on, I just saw an FBI agent with Harper just now."

"Anyhow, you said you have news?"

"Yes, my mother is going to represent me in the case against Elizabeth and I personally handed her the single most important piece, the one that is going to force Elizabeth to give me my son."

"What about Lucky?" asked Carly who then heard about how her cousin had agreed to let Sam and Jason raise the boy.

"Then we go after custody of Jake." said a smug Sam unaware of what she was revealing as she took glee in her being the winner.

"Uh, Sam. Jake is dead." said Carly. "Not that I am too broken up about it, but you can't get custody of a dead kid."

"No, Carly you can't but your pal here, she knew that Jake was alive and has known for about four weeks." said the darkly tanned man. "Sam McCall, you are under arrest for accessory to kidnapping, three counts, and that is just one of the charges."

"You can't arrest me, you are a bank manager." she said scoffing at the man.

"Wow, you really are as fucking stupid as they say." he said scornfully. "I should save the tax payers the money, let Morgan kill you."

"Jason won't kill me, he loves me." she said confidently.

"Yeah, that is why he married another woman, the mother of his child. So Sam, do you want to stand or do we have to do this the hard way?" he asked in a bored tone.

Sam stood, then held out her hand and said "You have no proof."

"We have this." he said showing her a copy of her letter, "Plus we have your mother's testimony and then there was what you just admitted to Mrs. Jacks who won't lie on the stand unless she really truly wants to spend a very long time in a jail cell as an accessory."

Carly looked on with horror at Sam as she stuttered "Y-you knew Jake was alive and you didn't tell Jason or me? Why, why would you do that?"

"Oh, come off it, you would have done the same thing. We both hate Elizabeth, so why would you care?" Sam sneered at Carly's question.

"Sam, because Jason deserved to be with his son; you had no right, none doing that to Jason. Yeah, Elizabeth doesn't deserve to be a parent, but Jason, Jason... to do that to Jason, how could you?" she asked shocked as the woman was lead off in cuffs.

Automatically dialing Jason's number, Carly left a message, apologizing and swearing she hadn't known that Jake was alive or she would have made sure he had custody and that that neglectful bitch hadn't been able to keep him away from his son anymore.

The message went on and in Italy, John listened to it, then gave a slow grin as he figured out this was the way to get Morgan to see the truth. As Carly promised if he came home, she would be there to help him raise his son that they could raise Joss and Jake together, without people like Jax and Elizabeth interfering. That it could be like it had always been meant to be.

Meanwhile Lucky had left the interview with Siobhan not talking to him as she said she was going to be packed and on a plane to Ireland by the end of the day. Lucky didn't hear a word of it as he figured out he would soon have Elizabeth back.

At the hospital, Michael called his dad, only to get voice mail, same with his mother and then he called his cousin Lulu and gave her the good news. "Jake, Lucky's son is alive."

Lulu sprinted out of bed and told Dante she would talk to him later as she went to see her father then her brother to spread the news that her father wasn't a killer. Arriving at the hospital with Lucky, they were demanding to see the little boy as proof for themselves when Diane Miller along with Steven walked out of a hospital room.

Handing him the paperwork, Steven said "Leave now. As for your father he might not have hit Jake, but he did hit someone's kid and that child is dead. So, yeah, your father is still a drunk who killed a kid."

"But not his own grandson." she trilled.

"Does it really matter who the kid he killed was? He still is responsible for another human being dead." sneered Sarah who was in the doorway. Lucky tried to push his way inside only to find no one there. "Where is my son?"

"Your son? Like hell." said Sarah. "Lucky go home, Elizabeth isn't coming back to you, you need to let this go because I won't let you make my family's life hell."

Snorting in annoyance Lucky said "I will be back later, with my own lawyer and we will see who Jake is coming home with."

He was looking all over for Alexis when he heard the news from Carly and sank into a chair. "Sam, Sam did this?"

"I don't know, but I do know she was well aware of Jake's location." she said bitterly as she heard her name being called. "I am Caroline Jacks."

"Here, you have been served, have a nice day." said the woman brightly before walking off.

Carly opened the custody papers and just rolled her eyes before calling Diane who said "Carly, Jason never sent me a message so I gave my resignation papers to Sonny yesterday. I won't be representing anyone in his circle. Good luck."

Sonny and Brenda entered the station, neither of them knowing why they were there. Sonny's newest attorney was talking to Mac Scorpio, being rather belligerent that the man wouldn't tell him anything.

Mac looked at Sonny then at Brenda before inviting them into his office. "Like I tried to explain to your attorney, you aren't under arrest. Some facts involving a current case pertains to you."

Robin had been joyous when she had seen Jake, but the news that the hospital records office had just given her had her wondering how they had all missed seeing this, had missed noting that the blood type had been wrong, that the little boy was actually at least an inch taller than Jake and had weighted a bit more as well.

Entering her Uncle's office, she was unprepared to be stopped at the doorway by a uniformed officer and told he would be with her in a moment. "It's about the Webber case."

Showing him the records, she listened to what was going on inside and stood there in shock at what she was hearing.

"Brenda, there was a little boy found in an adopted home today. Suzanne was the one who arranged his adoption. The records said his mother had died. That wasn't true, she falsified the records."

"Mac, are you saying that Lucian isn't my son?" she asked.

"No, at least not that I am aware of." he replied.

Looking a bit confused, she said "Then why am I here if this doesn't concern my son or me. What Suzanne did was on Suzanne. I knew nothing about it. I am sure you can find out what happened."

"We know who the little boy is, and who his parents are." Mac said getting annoyed. "What concerns us is why she did what she did and how she hurt an innocent mother and child because of you."

"How dare you try and blame Brenda for this." snarled Sonny before turning to his attorney and saying. "Do we have to listen to this?"

Mac looked at the two of them; Brenda didn't seem to care as she went to stand. "Brenda don't you want to know what woman was without her child as a result of this, as a result of the mess created by Dante, by you."

"I didn't do anything, I am a victim. I am sure that the mother will be happy to get her boy back, as I was." she stated then added. "No matter what you say, it doesn't concern me. Now if you will excuse me, I must return to my child."

"Brenda, this woman was told her son was dead, she buried another child, mourned him. Look, you can leave but I am surprised that you haven't put things together, you either Corinthos."

The Cuban straightened his cuff sleeves then said "I am too busy to deal in riddles."

"You, you really don't get it do you. What about your best friend, what about Morgan? Doesn't it bother you that he has been mourning his son, for nothing? After what you went through when Michael was kidnapped then thought dead. Yet, both of you..."

Mac looked at the two of them a bit disgusted and that became outright open disgust when Sonny said "Good, now maybe Jason can get back to doing this job. Now, if you will excuse us."

Robin felt sick, then pushed her way in as she looked at Brenda. Moving close to her friend, she didn't see any happiness that the man who had risked so much for her had found out his only child was alive; she instead had turned to Mac and said "Why are you bothering us with this? Clearly Jason doesn't care so why should I?"

"You bitch, I don't know who you are, but you aren't the Brenda I knew, the girl who was my best friend." said Robin the tears tracking down her cheeks. "How can you stand there, after all Jason has done for you and act this cold. What about Elizabeth, who has been devastated at the loss of her son. You know how that feels yet you stand there, acting like hearing this is a waste of your time!"

"Robin, it's not like that. I am glad for this Elizabeth woman, I am sure she is happy to have her child back, but this has nothing, I mean nothing to do with me."

Snorting as she looked at her friend then at Sonny before saying. "My god, you have sold your soul to be with him, haven't you?"

At the door, Brenda was about to leave when Robin bitterly tossed out there. "To bad that the kid you are hurrying home to, he isn't yours. And you know what; you don't deserve to know what happened to your real son. Go home, play mob wife, but Brenda if you have to change who you are, how are you going to be happy as Sonny's wife, because eventually Carly and Sonny will end up in bed together. Then where will you be, you just burnt one of the last bridges you had left."

Brenda turned and looked at her angry friend then said "You just don't understand and stop lying to me. The tests proved that Lucian is my son. You were the one who ran them, remember?"

"Yes, I do, that is why I came here to tell you the truth. The Brenda I grew up with, she deserved the truth, this version, she can go home with Sonny and pretend like everything is fine. But it isn't and the person you used to get your happy life... at this moment he is someplace out in this world, thinking his son is dead. That happened because of you, because of your lies."

"No, that happened because of the kid's mothers lies. Sonny told me all about Jason and how this Elizabeth yo-yos between Lucky Spencer and Jason. I have no sympathy for her; she is the one who created this mess. Not Me."

Robin shook her head then saw Jax entering the station, swearing under her breath, she went to greet the blond and saw Brenda talking to him on her way out while Sonny was speaking to Detective Dimestco about his son and how he is was looking forward to getting back to work after his suspension.

"Brenda, excuse me, I have a meeting with Mac and Robin." distantly replied the blond as he joined the other two. Brenda looked between Robin and Jax then returned to where they were standing. "Robin what is going on?"

"In my uncle's office, we need some privacy for what I am going to tell you, it's regarding some DNA paternity results." she said as quietly as possible.

"If this is about Joss, I had two different independent labs run tests on her after she was born to make sure she was mine." he offered up and seeing Sonny standing there suddenly listening in he sneered at the man "As if I would ever take Carly's word for it. Not with the way you two screw each other all the time."

"No, look can we please step into Mac's office." she said just as Patrick arrived.

"Jax, I just wanted to say, I am sorry, I did the best I could. Like I told Elizabeth when we thought the little boy was Jake, there were just too many injuries."

"No, no, you can't mean it..." Brenda looked between Patrick then at Jax in horror. "I was told... no, Alexander was... no, that wasn't my son."

"Brenda, yes the little boy who died was yours. He had seven markers in common with both Jax and you. Clearly he was your child." said Robin watching as her friend started to weave back and forth.

When instead of Sonny, Patrick went to hold her up, she looked over at the dark haired man who was clearly fuming as he glared at the Australian and instead of coming over to his wife, turned on the heel of his shoe and stormed out.

Brenda looked torn between following Sonny out the door and just passing out right on the floor as she asked "How is this possible, I mean. I thought for sure that Alexander was the father."

"What was it you said, that you had no sympathy for Elizabeth?" asked Robin when she saw Brenda once again looking for Sonny. "That she created this mess because she was torn between Lucky who helped her after she was raped and the obligation the Spencers put on her and her love for Jason. Brenda, that is you. You created this mess. Now if you will excuse me, I have to get home to my daughter."

"Robin, you can't leave me." she cried out when her oldest friend just walked past her. "Please, I need you. Now that we know Jax was my son's father, Sonny is going to leave me."

Robin looked at the needy woman in front of her then at Jax who was staring at Brenda like he didn't know her and said "Don't you dare help her. She is reaping what she sowed."

"Robin?" Jax was in shock, and then saw that Mac was reacting the same way. Mac gave him a quick rundown on all that had happened that day, then the blond looked over at Brenda and said with a sigh. "I will drive you back to Sonny's."

No words were spoken between the ex-lovers during the long drive. Pulling in and seeing Carly's car there, Brenda said caustically "She doesn't waste any time does she?"

"I have to go but Brenda at some point, we are going to have to sit down and discuss this because I have questions and you had better come up with the answers." said Jax when she got out of the car.

Inside, feeling a hundred years old, Brenda went looking for Sonny. Instead she saw the man she was married to on the patio, his hand in her hair while Carly was stark naked only wearing Brenda's husband.

Brenda was shell shocked as she returned to the study. Going to the desk, she made a call then she pulled out the gun she knew was always there and walked quietly back out to where the couple were on a chaise lounge.

Holding the gun, she snarled. "Carly get the hell away from my husband or I will shoot you in your rather large posterior.

The horny couple pulled apart, Sonny showing no remorse. Brenda just shook her head then told him. "Jax and I were together at a time we weren't. This, this right here... you are a selfish son of a bitch, Sonny. I just found out that the boy upstairs isn't my son. That my child is DEAD, and what do I come home to? My husband fucking the woman who wanted my child cut up for body parts!"

Waving the gun between the two of them, she looked at Carly and said "Get dressed and get the hell out of here."

Carly quickly got dressed then jumped about twenty feet when she turned to see Sonny and Brenda struggling between them for the gun. Dante had heard the news from an officer at the station and he had arrived with Lulu and his mother.

Seeing the melee he was about to intervene when a shot was heard, then the blond went down before Sonny tripped after pushing Brenda away. Everyone gasped as they saw the bullet hit Carly in the above mentioned rear, then heard the second shot as the gun went off as Sonny dropped it while putting out his hands to stop his fall.

"Oh my god." shrieked Lulu as she saw the bullet enter the head of the godfather of Port Charles while Dante pulled Brenda back. Olivia saw the wound and knew it didn't look good as she went to check on Carly.

The blond had passed out from the pain and just as Olivia went to call the police Mac and two officers and medics entered. "Oh my god, Brenda really did shoot Carly."

"Actually Mac, my father had gotten the gun away from Brenda, he tripped and shot Carly then himself." said Dante as the medics were announcing they had to rush Mr. Corinthos to the hospital.

Getting statements as the second team took Carly to GH, Mac agreed that it was a tragic accident then said he wouldn't be pressing charges. Brenda rushed off to GH with the other three while Sonny's attorney who had arrived refused to let them search the house.

Soon back at the station, Mac called an old friend and was soon informed of Jason Morgan's whereabouts. Going to the station he saw Lucky Spencer creating a scene while his sister was telling everyone what they had seen at the estate.

In a small operating room, Steven Webber and Epiphany Johnson were trying not to chuckle as they sewed up Carly's wound. Letting the recovery nurse take the blond to the observation room, their lips twitched as they wrote up the report then went to tell her family she would be fine.

Bobbie could do nothing more than shake her head when she heard what Brenda had to say about the two exes just as Patrick and Matt came out of the room where they had been working on Sonny. "He is in a highly vegetative state. The bullet bounced around inside of his head, he is never going to be the same again."

"NO! No this is Sonny, bullets don't hurt him." said a stunned Alexis who had arrived when she got the call from Dante who looked at Brenda then sighed before asking that his stepmother be removed from deciding his father's care.

Brenda gasped then saw the others looking at her, bursting into tears she fled to the chapel. Looking up when she heard the voice of a woman talking to a child, she gasped when she got her first look at the little boy who could only be Jason's son.

She listened as someone he called Aunt Sarah promised his mommy and Cameron would be home soon. When Jake hugged the blond then smiled at her, Brenda felt the tears start again as she left and went to the roof. "I thought I might find you here."

"Brenda." Robin had been called in regarding Sonny's surgery and had walked out of the waiting room when she had seen her former best friend.

"I just saw Jason's son." she offered as a bridge to conversation.

Robin didn't say a word. She had supported Brenda during her return in Port Charles, but as she had spent time up on the roof, Robin realized that Brenda had rarely sought her out, unless she had needed something. That she hadn't been close to her old pal this trip.

"I uh, I am sorry Robin. I know I was wrong. Regarding Sonny." she said awkwardly "Uh, I am going to have the guards help me bring my stuff to Jason's penthouse."

Snorting in disbelief Robin turned and said "Once again proving how selfish you are. Jason just got married, Brenda. He is going to be too busy to take care of your messes."

"Jason and I understand each other, he will help. I know that I haven't been much of a friend to him, but I am going to try and change that." she said softly. "I have to help Lucian find his family and Jason is the best at things like that. I mean, he speaks Italian and Suzanne had to kidnap him from there. I know Jason; he won't let it go, will overturn every rock to get that little boy home."

"Brenda, Jason is going to be too busy or did you forget he has yet to find out his own son is alive. My guess is that Elizabeth and he will be a bit busy with Jake and her other sons for him to be chasing all over Italy for you."

"He left Sam to come help me." she said a bit confused.

"That is Sam, Elizabeth, well you are about to find out why Carly and Sam are so crazy about Jason thinking about Elizabeth. Jason finds if not his backbone around her at least a piece of plywood to lean upon and tends to not be at everyone's beck and call when with her. From what I saw, he loves her."

Shrugging she said "He said he loved Sam as well, Courtney too."

Robin walked past the former model then said "Good luck with that... I don't think it will work, not this time."

In Italy Johnny hung up the phone shocked at what he heard. Turning to his man he asked "Where are they?"

"Courtyard, now that the boys are in bed, they are going for round 5475." reported the guard.

"Pack things up, I need to go and speak to them." he said then headed towards the couple. Johnny saw them having yet another argument, but quickly back up when Jason's response to whatever it was Elizabeth said was to pull her close and kiss her.

Giving them a few minutes to kiss then talk, John looked at his watch then approached the twosome. "We need to talk. I need an honest assessment from the two of you. Can the two of you play the happy devoted to only each other couple or are we going to be stuck here longer?"

Elizabeth stiffened then said stiltedly "I will do whatever I have to, to get home."

"I will as well." clipped out Jason.

"You do know that means no telling Sam, no tell Lucky the truth. No telling Carly or Sonny... no one." pressed the Italian. "It means moving into the home I had my people purchase in both of your names, it means sharing a room. I am serious; there can be no screw ups."

Elizabeth thought about the two boys upstairs then looked at Jason before telling the other man that it won't be very believable, that everyone knew that Jason loves Sam.

"Morgan, tell her the truth." sighed the other man feeling like a damn marriage counselor.

"I love you, I have always loved you." he stuttered then said "I just... when we left that courthouse, I shut my feelings up in a box, I am sorry. I wasn't thinking about how you would feel, or maybe I was. Maybe I wanted to cause you pain like I had been feeling. You, you are the one who has always been there, the one I hurt the worse because my heart can't let you go, not completely."

Looking at him, Elizabeth said "I will always love you too, but that changes nothing because Jason, I will never be able to trust you not to walk away."

"Well, I have an idea about that." said John showing them the prenuptial agreement. Seeing both their signatures, the couple read it then looked at one another shocked to read the agreements.

"Five years?" asked Elizabeth weakly thinking they would go home, then in a couple of months she would have her freedom.

Jason thought about it then reluctantly agreed. He was going to have to deal with Sam; he regretted hurting her but at the same time... this was a chance of a lifetime. Time guaranteed, time to fix things with Elizabeth. They were going to be together for five years unless they wanted to face jail time.

Reading the rest of it, Jason winced; Lucky Spencer was going to be a problem. Hopefully Carly would finally accept that Elizabeth was in his life to stay. That was part of her problem; Jason had never made her face that.

Now, she would have no choice. Johnny and the entire team had the house packed while Jason and Elizabeth took care of Aidan and Cam. At the airport, Elizabeth saw passport control and pouted a bit to learn they had been in Italy all that time and she had seen nothing but that house and the courtyard.

Vowing to bring his family back soon, Jason closed his eyes, resting well aware that the moment they arrived in Port Charles all hell was going to break lose. He had no idea how right he was...

John held his breath as they cleared customs and was being transferred to the cars. Telling his people to drive to the house, he told the couple the news. "The house is a five bedroom Early American with three car garage. My people looked at Elizabeth's place and took the decorating cues from it. If asked you can tell them you decided to bring nothing from your old lives."

Elizabeth wanted to protest but John looked between them and said "We brought a few personal items for the two of you, all of the boys things. Elizabeth, your van was gotten rid of, we found a GPS tracker on it, Morgan the same thing with yours. I would have thought your security people would have found it."

Frowning a bit, wondering how Spinelli had missed it, Jason said "What about my bike?"

"That I afraid I have some bad news about. Er, Sam ran it over when she saw the article in the paper about you two being married." he announced. "She claimed not to have done it but her vehicle had dents in it and paint transfer."

John knew the slut hadn't done in the motorcycle but he had heard Elizabeth during one of her arguments with Jason mentioning the bike and decided that they were going to start with a fresh everything. He had even cleared out photos of Lucky from the albums, at least the ones with the boys and gone through Jason's memory boxes in the closet. Everything not them had been purged.

Pulling up in front of the house, he sent out the text, hoping that ONLY the right people turned up. AS the Morgan family entered the large house, John dropped yet another bombshell. "Adoption papers for Cameron and Aidan are on the credenza. That part I leave up to you."

Cam just looked at Jason then walked away like he didn't expect it to happen. Jason said "I would be honored to finally be Cam's dad. But I doubt that Cassadine will allow me to adopt Aidan."

John moved closer while Elizabeth had moved further in, exploring the house that was to be her home for at least the next five years. "That won't be an issue."

Across town, Robin found the text message from Elizabeth and called her brother. "Steven, did you get a message from Elizabeth?"

"Yes, she asked me to meet her at an address a few miles away from her house." he said while Sarah started to dress Jake so that the little boy would be reunited with his mother.

Elizabeth meanwhile listened to the message from Lucky regarding Aidan and grimaced as she got that he had somehow found out the truth about their son. "Lucky knows about Aidan. I wonder if Maxie told him."

"No, Maxie and Lucky haven't been talking. There is something I should tell you, but I will let those close to you do so." said Johnny.

He saw Jason stepping to the hallway to listen to his messages.

His staff had gotten rid of the ones from Sam, other than the first one regarding her anger at his marrying Elizabeth. When he saw Jason stiffen then turn white, John got that he had heard the rather obsessive rant from Carly and how the stupid blond had let her guard down and had been more honest than she had ever been. John had had his people edit out the part regarding Jake, wanting them to get the news together.

He saw the enforcer suddenly looking around with new eyes and the sadness and shame as he looked at Elizabeth. "I heard, feeling a bit like shit right now, aren't you?"

John left quietly, leaving Jason alone with his guilt and Elizabeth with her confusion as he drove to his penthouse. Taking a sip of water, he looked out across Port Charles and hoped that this time those two got it right.

Monica had to restrain Edward who had wanted to be there from the moment he had heard the truth. Convincing him that chasing down Jason and Elizabeth was a mistake unaware that Tracy who was on the phone with her wayward husband had passed on the news to the man.

On the run from hit and run charges Luke considered contacting his son but decided that Siobhan was a better fit, that getting Elizabeth away from Morgan now would be nigh on impossible.

Lulu meanwhile had let Michael know his mother was doing alright then went to where Dante was waiting with Brenda regarding Sonny. "Dante, I am going to go back to Carly. She is a bit groggy thanks to the drugs. Didn't you have a meeting with Mac today about your job?"

"I already talk to him. I can't do what he wants, so I have no idea where I go from here. He won't reinstate me unless I renounce Sonny. I just found my father, how do I do that?"

Lulu wanted to point out the man had shot him, but just kept her mouth shut as she returned to where Carly was starting to regain her senses.

TBC