Author's Note: There will be a lot more scenes with Robin and Jason interacting in the following chapters. For those who have noticed it, yes Jason is showing more anger than normal. I have a lot going on in my life and I am using the writing to get my frustrations out. Both of us will chill out shortly and he will return to his normal self.

Working had definitely helped clear his mind a bit Jason realized. He had been working for a couple of hours now and had gotten a lot done. It felt good to accomplish something in at least one area. Plus, it was good to get this paperwork taken care of now because he would let it slide when he had enough clues to begin looking into who murdered Patrick and why.

Realizing he was out of coffee Jason went out to the coffee shop to get some more. He was very surprised to see Edward Quartermaine walking in. Jason tended to refer to him as 'the old man' but in reality he was his grandfather. Not that Jason remembered him or anyone else in the family. It was okay with him that he couldn't remember any of them. The times he had been over there since the accident were torture and he disliked almost all of the Quartermaine's. Monica he liked and he had loved his sister Emily. Her death had hit him really hard.

"Why are you here?" Jason asked Edward bluntly.

"Can we talk privately?" Edward asked calmly. He was being nicer than normal. Normally he would be yelling and calling him a 'worthless hooligan' about now. Jason was curious and showed Edward into the office.

"You want some coffee?" Jason asked evenly.

"Sure. Black."

"Frankie!" Jason hollered through the open door. He appeared immediately. "Two black coffees and shut the door."

Edward checked to see that the door was indeed shut before he spoke. "We've been having some things disappear from the house."

"Get a security system or call the cops." Jason told him.

Edward shook his head but remained silent as he heard the knock on the door. A moment later Frankie brought in the coffee's and shut the door on his way out.

"It's been mostly little stuff until today. Monica had sent some of her jewelry out for cleaning and it came back today. Alice set the box on the table and went to check on dinner and when she returned it was gone."

Jason had begun paying more attention once he heard Monica's name mentioned. He remembered his encounter with her at the hospital and thinking something had been wrong.

Edward pulled a paper from his jacket and handed it to Jason. "They left this where the box was."

The paper said "The last two were your fault and you are going to pay for everything a little at a time."

"Does Monica know about the jewelry?" Jason asked. He wanted to make sure that was what had been bothering her earlier.

"Yes. I called her and let her know. She is very upset!" Edward told him quickly. This surprised Jason since Monica wasn't an overly materialistic person and typically she wasn't that attached to her jewelry.

"Why? What was taken?" Jason asked Edward.

"That note was threatening." Edward told him as he pointed angrily at the note. "They are coming back and they may hurt your mother!"

Jason shook his head. "No they won't. I'm pretty sure I know who did this and the jewelry will be returned tonight. What has Monica so upset?"

"You little hoodlum!" Edward began yelling as he got out of his seat and pointed angrily at Jason. "You did this. Why would you still from your own mother?"

"Oh shut up Edward!" Jason yelled back angrily.

Both men were startled when the door opened and two guards entered the room with their weapons drawn. Edward was obviously frightened by this turn of events. Jason was just plain mad.

"Trouble Mr. Morgan?" One of the guards asked immediately.

"You think I need help with one stupid old man?" Jason demanded from the guard.

"Sorry sir. We'll be outside."

Edward sat silently in his seat wondering what his grandson was going to do next. He knew he should not have come himself. He always lost his temper and in turn made Jason angry again. Monica would be furious; especially if Jason refused all contact with them again because of his outburst.

Jason wanted to throw his coffee cup but he did not. He wanted to hit the old man too but he decided he wouldn't do that either. Suddenly he could almost feel Robin's hand on his arm all those years ago and he could see her as she looked up to him in their living room and pleaded with him to give his family another chance. He sighed and counted to ten before he spoke.

"I had nothing to do with the stuff being taken from the house Edward but I think I know who did."

"I'm sorry Jason my-boy" Edward said sincerely. "I know you would never try to hurt your mother. It's just that she's really upset and I want to help."

"What is Monica missing that is bothering her?" He never referred to her as his mother. Everyone said she was wonderful to him growing up and in many ways favored him over her own biological son. He had no memories of her from before the accident. He always called her Monica and she had come to accept that he always would.

"Most of it is just regular jewelry. However, her wedding ring and her locket with the pictures of you and A.J. in it are of sentimental value."

Jason nodded. He remembered the locket and the ring. She always wore them both except when working at the hospital. He had often wondered why she still wore the wedding ring since Alan had died several years earlier.

"I will handle it Edward."

"If you know who, do you know why? That note was threatening." Edward told him a little uneasily.

Jason sort of smiled. "He's mad at you. Or ELQ specifically."

"Why?"

"The condom broke and his girlfriend gave birth to twins. She's trying to screw him on the child support and he wants to get even."

"The ELQ lawyers have already settled all the lawsuits from those faulty condoms. I don't want him coming back to the house. I'll have him arrested."

"I will handle it Edward. Arrest is the least of this guy's problems." Jason told him firmly. "Monica is under my protection and he will answer for messing with her. Just leave it to me. I will bring Monica back her stuff later."

A few minutes later Edward had left and Jason was alone in the office once again. He had a couple things to take care of first but Jason decided that he was going to see Robin tonight. He pulled out his cell phone.

"What now?" Sam asked as she picked up the phone.

"I need you to work tonight." Jason told her. He could hear her sigh.

"Can it wait?" She asked immediately. "I have a date tonight."

"No it can't wait." Jason replied. "But if you manage your time properly you can do both. We have a large shipment coming in tonight at pier 25 and I need you to be the harbor pilot."

"What time?" Sam asked more eagerly. She liked the nights she was harbor pilot. That was she was originally hired for but Jason found out she could be useful in other areas as well and had begun training her to handle a variety of tasks.

"2 am sharp." Jason told her. "Should be a simple night. No trouble expected."

"I will be there." Sam assured him before hanging up.

Okay, he thought to himself as he grabbed his leather jacket and keys. One task done. One more to handle before heading to the hospital. It was a clear night and Jason enjoyed the ride to the docks on his bike.

Upon his arrival at the docks, Jason slowly scans each workers face. Toward the end of the dock checking off boxes as they are unloaded he sees his target. His name was Gerald Hinkley but most people just called him G. Jason walked directly towards him and G looked up and became nervous. He could tell Jason wanted him and that he wasn't real happy. He just didn't know why. Just as Jason reached him he dropped the clipboard on the dock and put his hands up.

"Hey boss, what's up?" G asked with his hands still in the air. His next sound was something like 'ARF' as Jason put a right hook into his stomach. He would have gone down except for the fact that Jason was holding him up by the collar.

"Where's Hinkey?" Jason demanded of G. G's younger brother was Harold Hinkley but he was weird and everyone called him Hinkey.

"Don't know." The man gasped through the pain.

"Wrong answer." Jason announced as he pulled him straight up and then let go to hit him a solid left to the jaw. This time G went down with a load thud on the dock.

The other workers were watching this but no one considered interfering. Jason was the number 2 in the organization and if he wanted to beat up an employee they were going to let him. Everyone there knew Jason on sight and knew that he could whip any one of them if he wanted too. The bulk that filled out his t-shirts was all muscle. One or two of them had made the mistake of trying him once and they all regretted it. They all stood back to stay out of his line of fire.

Jason gave G a minute to get his bearings again. Then he leaned down to pull him up again. G scrambled back a few feet.

"Wait man! Let me think." G hollered.

Jason straightened up to let him know he was going to wait. 30 seconds later Jason had had enough waiting and he again leaned in to pick up G. This time however he picked him up by the hair.

"Your brother." Jason demanded and he planted his feet for another right hook into the frightened man's stomach. "Where do I find him?"

"Jake's!" The man screamed as Jason raised his fist again. Jason let him go immediately and G slid to the ground. "He'll be at Jake's trying to get some drunk girl to go home with him."

"You call him and tell him to wait there for me. If he isn't there when I get there I will track him down and kill him." Jason leaned in for added effect. "Then I will come back here and put you in the hospital for the aggravation!"

"Man, what did Hinkey do to piss you off so bad?" G asked so he could be sure he never did it.

Jason ignored the man as he headed back to his bike so he could go find Hinkey at Jake's. Once again Jason enjoyed the cool night air as he headed toward Jake's. The ride was short from the dock to the bar and he was there in less than 5 minutes.

Hinkey was at Jake's as his brother G had said. He was outside the bar with his hands all over a barely dressed woman. Jason realized immediately that she was a hooker, a barely legal one at that. He pulled $100 out of his pocket and handed it to her as he walked up.

"Take a hike." He told her in a tone that let her know not to argue. She took it and left immediately.

The moment the woman had turned the corner and was no longer in view Jason grabbed Hinkey and shoved him forcefully into the wall. Then he put several powerful punches to his kidneys. Hinkey slid down the wall but he was conscious.

"Where is the jewelry you took from the Quartermaine mansion today?" Jason asked him as he took off his jacket and laid it on the ground.

"What jewelry?" he asked with pretend innocence.

Jason yanked him up from the ground and hit him several more hard punches into his kidneys. Jason knew from personal experience how badly kidney punches hurt.

"My mother's jewelry." Jason demanded again. "Where is it?"

"Your…mo…mother?" Hinkey asked with alarm. Jason nodded his head. Hinkey pointed towards the parking lot.

"In…trunk…of…my…car." Hinkey managed to gasp out. He desperately did not want to be hit anymore.

A few minutes later Jason had warned the man what would happen if he came near his family again and had retrieved the entire box of Monica's jewelry. He opened it to make sure the locket and the ring were in there and was glad to see that they were. Before leaving Jason once again warned Hinkey to stay away from his family or else. The man nodded and promised several times to stay away.

Jason checked his watch. If he hurried he could catch Monica as she was leaving the hospital for the night.

Author's Note: This chapter was longer than I expected but I wanted to keep all this together. Please be sure to review!