Ch 14

Jason and Sonny were sitting in the office at the coffee shop. Keesha and her children had been moved into Sonny's old penthouse and had been given around the clock guards. Keesha was so terrified that she had not let the children out of her sight. The Livingstone family rarely left the penthouse. Jason had brought Jake, Cameron, Kristina, Michael and Morgan by the penthouse to play. Keesha sent the guards of for food and other necessities. She didn't leave the house but that didn't stop Mariucci from getting to her. He had called multiple times, just to harass Keesha. Christopher Mariucci seemed to be the type of person who merely enjoyed terrorizing Keesha. Jason had began sleeping on the sofa after he realized that even with guards on her door, Keesha had taken to staying up all night with a gun locked and loaded by her side. Jason had walked in one morning to find a sleeping Keesha gripping the weapon. He knew that she trained for the police department briefly but he still couldn't imagine prim and proper Keesha Ward wielding a gun. He had awoken her as gently as possible. He had explained to her that it wouldn't be safe for the children for her to continue her nightly vigils. So he had taken that upon himself.

Keesha had gotten used to walking down the stairs and seeing Jason asleep on her couch. He had been a godsend in the last few weeks. She didn't know what she would do without him. He had been her rock. While he spent his nights on her couch, he spent his days trying to keep Mariucci at bay and someone by the name of Anthony Zacharra in an asylum. Keesha didn't know much about the Zacharra business; Jason didn't discuss the other aspects of the business. The one thing she did know was that Jason was running himself ragged. He rarely slept, he rarely ate. She woke him every morning and made him have breakfast. He did it to humor her, but at least she knew he ate one meal a day.

Keesha had begun having more and more interactions with Elizabeth Webber, Jake's mother. The young woman had been more than willing to allow Jake to be around Keesha and her children. She was happy that Jake would get to see his father; at least for a little while each week.

Keesha had spent her weeks getting to know Port Charles and its residents again. Through her interaction with Elizabeth, Keesha had become reacquainted with Lucky and the rest of the Spencer clan. The Spencer's had become to her like a host family when she and Justus had first arrived in Port Charles. She couldn't believe her eyes when she saw Lucky, the kid had grown into a handsome young man and little Lulu, was just as beautiful as her mother.

Carly had spent many hours catching Keesha up on the gossip, but the one story she was most interested in was about Jason and Elizabeth. Carly explained from the beginning to the bitter end. Liz and Jason had a friendship that sometimes could have been more. When they had finally tried, they tore the whole town apart and, in the end, Elizabeth realized that she couldn't live without one Lucas Lorenzo Spencer Jr. Keesha hated to admit it, but she was glad that Liz and Jason hadn't worked out. However, she was glad that Jason had a beautiful child because of the relationship.

Lucky, who was now a private detective, had offered to do some digging on Christopher Mariucci. He had promised Keesha that he would do everything in his power to help her and her children. He had even offered to work with Sonny and Jason. After hearing the history between the men, Keesha knew that that the truce meant something very important. She was honored that these people still cared that much for her.

As Keesha walked down the stairs, she saw Jason was stretched out on her couch. She wished that he had somewhere more comfortable for him to stay. She would have offered her bed more than willingly, but that was taking this… whatever it was, too far.

She walked around to the front of the couch and kneeled down next to him. "Jason", she whispered. "Wake up, its morning, sweetie."

"Mmmm, Keesha?" he asked sleepily.

"Yeah it's me, Jas…" she was cut off as his hand snaked behind her head and pulled her into a kiss. She felt her body respond as Jason tongue pushed past her lips and into her mouth. Jason pulled her on top of him on the couch. She felt Jason's hard body beneath hers and her blood began to boil. As the kiss continued, Keesha felt Jason's fingers trail down her arms, then over her back and down till his hands were gripping her firm behind. He was pulling her closer to him until he was grinding her against his hardened member. Keesha gasped into his mouth as she felt him. Jason pulled his hands up Keesha's face and into her hair. He caressed her throat gently with his fingertips as he held her lips to his.

Jason could feel Keesha's hardened nipples pushing against his chest and it made him want her more.

"Mommy, what are you and Jason doing?" Maya called out from the top of the stairs.

Keesha couldn't help but laugh against Jason's mouth as she heard her daughter call to her. Jason groaned as Keesha pushed him away.

"We aren't doing anything honey, just waking Jason up" Keesha told her daughter.

"Well your 'waking up' looked a lot like kissing." Maya said.

The two adults laughed. "Can't get anything past her, can we" Jason said with a laugh.

"You're right; honey, Jason and I were kissing. That is something that adults do when they really like each other." Keesha said trying to explain.

Maya seemed to think about it for a while and then she ran down the stairs into Jason's arms and planted a big kiss on his cheek. "Is that how kids tell grown ups that they really like them?" she asked Jason.

"That is exactly how kids do it." Jason said.

"So, that means I get to go give Aunt Carly, Uncle Sonny, Aunt Emily, Granma Monica and Granpa Edward a kiss?" Maya asked.

"Yes you may. But you know you can't kiss every adult you like." Jason explained. "You should always ask your mommy or me and we'll let you know, ok?"

Maya shook her head that she understood. Just then, Justus came down the stairs holding Lila.

"Justus, guess what? Mommy likes Jason and they were kissing." Maya said to her older brother.

Justus stopped and looked from his mother to Jason. "Eww gross" he said as he made a face. "Jason, even though she's my mom, that's still gross. She's a girl." Justus said as he scrunched his nose.

Jason shook his head and laughed as Keesha grabbed Justus and Lila and began to tickle the boy. "I'm gross, huh? Is that what you think?" Keesha asked as she tortured the boy's ribs with her fingers. She placed Lila on the floor and continued her mission.

"Mommy, no, no you're not gross. Girls….." he never got to finish because Keesha pulled up his shirt to reveal his stomach and began giving him raspberries there. The little boy giggled and giggled.

Jason watched as Lila crawled over to her mother and brother and joined in on the fun. Maya, not wanting to be left out came over and jumped on the pile. Jason watched on in amusement. He saw that Keesha was losing the battle of adults versus kids. He went over and picked up Maya and swung her over his shoulder. He began to tickle Maya mercilessly. The little girl giggled as Jason continued. It was long before Jason had joined Keesha and Justus on the ground. Justus had wiggled free and took a leap off the couch onto the couple on the floor. He landed with an oomph on top of Keesha and Jason. The couple laughed and played with the children. This is the way Sonny found them when he walked in a few minutes later.

Sonny stood in the doorway of his old penthouse and watched as his best friend and his new family played on the floor. Sonny cleared his throat in order to catch their attention. Jason looked up and saw Sonny standing there. Sonny gave Jason and Keesha one of his famous dimpled smiles as he entered the penthouse.

"Did I interrupt something?" Sonny asked playfully.

"Uncle Sonny", the kids screamed. Maya took off running and launched herself into Sonny's arms. She was about to plant a kiss on Sonny's dimpled cheek when she remembered Jason's warning. "Uncle Jason, can I give Uncle Sonny as kiss. I like him a lot" the little girl asked.

Jason laughed and shook his head 'yes'. Maya wasted no time in planting a wallop of a kiss on Sonny cheek. Sonny was a little take aback, but still held the little girl close in a hug.

"Why don't you guys take Lila upstairs so that we can talk to Uncle Sonny" Keesha said.

Each of the older children grabbed one of Lila's hands and carefully walked her back up the stairs.

"Well you two look like you're having a good morning" Sonny said as he looked at Jason and Keesha.

"We were just having a little battle I like to call Adults vs. Kids" Keesha said laughing. "I'm usually outnumbered, but today I had help" she said looking over at Jason."

'And yes you do have Jason' Sonny thought.

"I hate to bring down your good mood down, but Stan found something that you need to know about." Sonny said.

Keesha and Jason sat down on the couch. His hand instinctively went to hers.

"Stan found that there is a safety deposit box in Munich, Germany. Seems that he opened that box about six months before he died. Spinelli found that this was around the time that your husband started his association with Christopher Mariucci. You are going to need to take a trip there, Keesha. We need to find out what is in that deposit box. Also, we've contacted Carla, the girlfriend from LA. She, after some convincing is ready to talk. I'm going to have Alexis and Max go to California and see what we can get out of her." Sonny said.

"Alexis?" Keesha asked. "How is she involved with this, Sonny?"

"Remember the papers I asked you to sign a few weeks ago?" She shook her head 'yes'. "Well that was a transfer of yours and Daniel's affairs to Alexis' firm. She is now your attorney." Sonny said.

"Well thanks for telling me Sonny" she said sarcastically.

"I thought you had enough to worry about, considering. I thought you needed to be surrounded by people that you can trust and you know that Alexis is high on that list."

Keesha shook her head in agreement. She knew that she could trust Sonny, Alexis and Jason. And if they were willing to get into the middle of her mob related life, then she was more than willing to let them.

"I appreciate that, Sonny. I would, however, appreciate if you inform me of these things in the future." Keesha said.

Keesha got up and began to pace around the room. "So I have to go to Germany?"

"Yeah, you're the only one who can go and look in that box. You could send Alexis but it would be better because we need her to go to California. We don't really want you to get involved in that." Sonny said looking away.

"I appreciate that, Sonny. But you can best believe as soon as I can get back to the states, Carla and Adrienne are both going to receive a visit from me. I want to know why my children are in danger and theirs aren't. When we get to the bottom of this, we are going to get to the bottom of all of it" Keesha said before she turned to walk upstairs.

Sonny and Jason watched her walk away and knew that she meant every word she said.