It was like time had stopped. Maxie didn't know what to do. Suddenly all went black. Johnny and Jason ran to catch her.
"Let's get her to the couch,"
"This is great really great!"
Claudia quickly shut the door. "Now what in the hell are we suppose to do?!"
Maxie began to stir. "What happened?" She looked to Trevor and it all came rushing back.
"The Commissioner's daughter had to walk in on this," Claudia began to pace.
"Claudie, stop! How can people think with you pacing?"
"Wait a minute, you can't kill me!" Maxie looked startled at the thought.
"Well Lansing is going to turn up dead and well…we are all here and can be forced to testify."
"Let's get rid of the body and we'd better call our lawyers."
"Hey, I haven't got a lawyer."
"Well you do now, I'll call Diane and have her meet us at the coffee shop. All of us!" Jason looked extremely annoyed by the situation but Maxie decided she wasn't going to be a "Fashionista" in this moment.
At the coffeehouse…
Diane knocked and entered, since she had been summoned by Jason Morgan, she figured she didn't need to wait for an answer.
She was surprised to find waiting in his office, Johnny and Claudia, along with Maxie Jones.
"Alright, I'm here and if it's for all of you then I'm charging 4 times my regular rate since only you are on retainer Mr. Morgan."
"Whatever Diane, it doesn't matter but it will, if we don't find a resolution to this problem."
"Start talking."
Jason sat back and thought this was going to be a long night. "Well there maybe a situation where the four of us could be called to testify and plain and simple, how do we avoid it."
"Well I would say call and Alexis since this seems to be historic in her records but I have two words for you."
"Yeah…"
"Sonny and Carly…"
"God how did I know you were going to say that."
"Wait do not tell me…"
"What are you guys talking about Sonny and Carly?" Claudia looked as confused as Johnny.
"Everyone knows the history if they have ever lived in Port Charles." Maxie began to explain. "Sonny and Carly's first marriage was of convenience and never mind the baby. Carly HAD TO marry Sonny to keep him out of jail."
Johnny quickly looked at Claudia, as a sly grin crossed her mouth.
"So what you are saying is we have to all get married to protect one another from possible jail time?"
"Speak for yourself," Maxie piped up, "I did nothing but appeared at the wrong place and time."
"Listen here, my brother John is not going to jail and if I need you to make sure of it then I've accomplished two things. One, John stays out of jail and two, Lulu will be so jealous she'll have to break up with him, plus you have to prove it's a real marriage." Johnny shot Claudia a look after number 2, and he didn't look impressed.
"Well won't that be sweet, Stone Cold marries the bratty Mob Boss' daughter."
Jason's head quickly looked to Diane.
Diane just smiled and nodded.
"Well isn't this fabulous, married to the mob, my father is going to have a fit. And how do I explain this one?"
The office grew quite until Jason spoke up.
"Diane, I want contracts for all of this. You know what we need."
"Four times as much…" Diane called as she left the office.
The group sat quietly lots in their thoughts. Nothing would be the same.