First, I asked a probation officer my hubby knows about the anklet thing. They are mainly used to monitor things like where a person is at night. If for a sex offender that they aren't near a school or a playground and that you don't leave the country. Otherwise they are pretty much useless unless you have someone monitoring them 24/7.
Sam's was to keep her from fleeing the country, so she would be allowed to move around freely. Remember the security guard gave her a badge, that was to monitor her while at GH.
Chapter 8
Jax was outside dealing with a valet when he saw Jason Mo-Quartermaine kicking something in the snow. Ending his conversation he crossed the street to the park and asked "What did the snow ever do to you?"
Turning to glare at the man, he said "Go away, I need to think."
"I would but we need to talk anyhow." he said before suggesting coffee. Once in his office, he watched amused as Jason drank the cup straight down then poured another.
"Want to talk about it." he asked then replied. "I turned forty last month, why?" to the rude question.
"How many women have you had sex with?" he asked as Carly who had seen them on the monitor eavesdropped.
Choking Jax said "Excuse me?"
"Sorry." said Jason blushing then with a heavy sigh admitted. "According to my attorney, Morgan was active when he first woke up. It was what lead to the mess with Robin Scorpio and the blond. After that I don't know."
"Jason, why is this an issue?" asked Jax.
"I don't remember." he mumbled. "I have no recollection of sex, not even of kissing anyone. I am having these dreams. Elizabeth and I, together. Very, very vivid dreams."
Jax sometimes felt like Alice down that rabbit hole with Quartermaine, but this conversation felt more like to the Twilight Zone. "Uh, okay."
"No it's not. I only ever slept with Keisha, and it is mainly a distant memory. My brother was right years ago. When Brenda hit on me, upset about Jagger, I should have taken her up on her offer. Slept with her, or some of those other girls. God, what a mess."
Jax couldn't help himself he asked "Why a mess?"
"Elizabeth made it very clear, she loved Morgan, doesn't know me, yet my mind wants only her. But she loves this way-too perfect jerk Jack Griffin." he mumbled the last line like a spoiled five year old. "If Morgan had only told her the truth this wouldn't be happening, we would be happy."
"But you wouldn't exist." he pointed out then said "How do you know you would be happy?"
"Because Morgan's plan was foolproof until someone altered it. When I figure out who it was, they are going to pay." he growled. "Thanks Jax. I just don't get why he didn't deal with this..."
"He tried, remember, I told you I talked to Jason."
"No, your idiot of a brother. Even brain damaged, Morgan knew not to trust Sam McCall, yet your brother is relying on her for money. Sounds like a stupid thing to do if you ask me."
Carly ducked into an empty office and pulled out her phone without even a second thought. "I have some more stuff on Jerry. And you won't believe the conversation I just heard between Jax and Jason."
Robin looked at her phone like it bit her then held it back up to her ear. "Carly, you do know who you called don't you?"
"Look, where are you?" she snapped still in shock that her first instinct had been to call Robin.
"At the hospital, why?" asked Robin as she handed Patrick back the chart.
"I am on my way there, meet me in the cafeteria in ten minutes."
When the blond arrived, Robin handed her the dessert and said "What is going on?"
Her jaw dropped as Carly told her.
"So you are saying... you have got to be kidding me..." at that point Robin saw Dr. Griffin entering and shushed the blond as they both tried not to laugh at the idea. When he had gotten his snack and left she said "So, why are we talking about this?"
"See, I think that Elizabeth has residual feelings for Jason. Yes she is with the hottie doc but I think we should help fix this. What do you think?" she said beaming at her brilliant idea.
Robin groaned, maybe she should have Lainey give her a mental health check, she had had the same thought when she heard about them locked in the storage closet. "I will think about it and pass on the information to my mom about Jerry."
Walking down the hallway, she saw Elizabeth who looked a bit flustered but the doctor didn't even notice. Stopping her friend, she grabbed her by the shoulders and said "Tell me there is nothing wrong with me, that I haven't lost my mind."
With a slight grin, Elizabeth drawled "Weeellll, you are married to Patrick, that in and of itself... then there is your choice of dinner companions last night... maybe a stay at Shadybrook might be a good idea."
"Funny, see if I come running the next time you decide to have a pizza party." she sniffed as she went to walk away. Then turning back said "I hate to point this out, but I wasn't the only one eating with Carly last night."
Jack sat down in his office, then reading his messages returned the call. "Thanks Simon. Do you think Vee can be trusted with this?"
"Yes, you do know she is a former cop from there, don't you?" asked the gambler. "Now who do I contact about the game?"
"Spencer senior would be the best person. I need you to make it seem that the game was all your idea." he stated. "Are you sure your skills for dealing what you want are still in place."
"Miss McCall will never know what is going to hit her. By the way, how are things going there?"
"I think Morgan is still in love with Elizabeth. I know he was playing a deep game, one that backfired. Now I just have to help Elizabeth realize she still has the capacity to love. Hopefully this lead them back together. Crap, does Vee know Elizabeth or about me?"
"I don't know, I will ask. But if you want this to work, you need to get them together. Get them snogging, once the fire ignites... maybe the heat will melt the rest of of it away."
"How poetic?" he snarked. "Been reading poetry to your wife again?"
"Oh bugger off." said Simon before hanging up. Finding his wife in the security room he asked "Luv, do you know an Elizabeth Webber or Jason Quartermaine?"
Kate made sure that Maxie was out of the office before calling Brenda Barrett back. "Are you set?"
"Yes, just have her call me. How are you doing with learning what he did." she said without mentioning Sonny's name.
"Knowing that he went into business with the Zacharas, isn't a shock. That was how he always was. Something I let myself forget. I got caught up in trying to relive something that should have died years ago. Are you sure about coming here?"
"I have a few people I owe. Including Jason Quartermaine. He was my friend, in a way I am partly responsible for his ending up working for Sonny." she said with a heavy sigh. "Dealing with the trio will go a small way to make up from my mistakes."
"Security just buzzed me, Maxie is on her way up." she said before hanging up the phone. When her assistant knocked she said coolly. "I have a new assignment for you, please don't mess it up."
Kate drove out to Pentonville and was soon setting across from Anthony Zachara. "I know you were the person who shot me."
"And, what? You want an apology?" he said with laughter.
"No, I just wanted to face you myself. Your daughter is dead, Sonny is in jail, you are in jail. There is no one left on the outside who gives a damn. Your son certainly doesn't."
"Oh, I have people who will help me. Don't under estimate by ability to affect things on the outside, if you don't believe me, ask Mr. Morgan." he said with a huge grin. "Ask him how life is with the mother of his child and his son? Wait, that's right. He doesn't have a son and was sleeping with Sam McCall."
"No response?" he said laughing again. "Morgan looked at me like I was scum, but in the end, I own him. And all it took was a small pill and a low class slut."
As he talked, Kate made appropriate responses then said "Really, so you honestly believe Mr. Morgan will come to your rescue."
"Sweet Sammy thought she hid her secrets, deep. She didn't. Now my partner is going to expose them. In the end, Morgan loses everything. Sammy finally gets what all women like her deserve. As for you, Miss Howard, you are boring me. I need to go and take my nap now. Beef stew for lunch, and I don't want to miss it."
Outside, Kate called Elizabeth then met her at GH along with the dark haired woman from the pizza party. "Sweet Sam?" Elizabeth said with a smile. "That sounds like a Jerry Jacks comment."
"I need to talk to Jason." said Anna then on her way out of the hospital said "Be careful both of you. Miss Howard, stay away from Mr. Zachara."
Kate answered her phone then said "Thank you, Maxie. Now I want you to arrange a party for me."
Turning to Elizabeth she said "Taken care of. Fashion shoot; Maxie will be there along with Brenda Barrett, now I just need to figure out a way to make sure Mr. Spinelli shows up."
Sam drove Spinelli's SUV to the meeting, knowing Jerry was not going to be placated. But she had no choice, she no longer had access to funds, not even Spinelli had any money. He was whining about needing a job.
She had the perfect plan though it required some help from Jerry. All she needed was a way to get some money. As she tried to work that out, she pulled over to answer her phone. Hearing what Luke Spencer wanted. She gave a slow grin then said "When?"
"I'm in, but I want a cut of the take." she responded. Then her eyes widened as she laughed at what he had to say. "Really, well then I am most definitely in."
Once at she was at the meeting spot, she saw Jerry waiting and said "Here, seven thousand. It's all I have. Jason's mother shut my accounts down. I do have a proposition for you, though. A card game, high hitters, buy in is a million a piece."
"Where?" he asked. When he heard the answer he said "Are you sure it isn't a trap?"
"No, I have heard of this Simon Prentiss. He is a high stakes poker player. Always looking for the next big game." she said then saw him expression. "What?"
"He is friends with my brother. I will have to arrange a crew." he said. "How many players?"
"Full tournament." she replied.
"So about fifty million maybe more if there is a buy in." he said. Thinking a few minutes, he said "It's in less than a week, I have to get working on this."
"We split it, fifty/fifty." she warned as she made plans to kill him afterwords.
"Of course, darlin'" he said deciding to hand her over to a few friends once her usefulness ended. "Sam, if I were you, I would stick close to town, your last plan blew up in your face and now there is a serious hitter looking to take you out."
Sam was returning Spinelli's vehicle and soon got an earful as the geek complained that his couldn't find a way to get Jason to forgive him. As he went on and on about how he had only wanted to help his master and that Sam was truly the best person for Jason Morgan she finally had enough and said "What caused this meltdown, Spinelli?"
"The most bodacious one doesn't want to see." he said covering his keyboard. Then seeing her glare said. "He had another visit with the good doctor today."
"Show me." she growled.
The officer entered Mac's office then said "We were monitoring her. How were we to know what she was doing though?"
"I want Sam McCall's every single movement monitored. She is up to something and I want to know what it is." he said then turning to Anna said "What do you have?"
"Sam and Jerry had contact with Zachara Sr. He was aware of the drugs in Morgan's system. I sent a contact to Mexico, to look into this supposed shooting and escape down there."
Sam hit the start arrow after getting rid of the geek. Seeing Jason talking to Lainey, she put on the headphones.
""He knew he was broken. Jason Morgan was well aware of the danger to his family from Sam. It was why he let her stay close. It was a set up, but someone interfered. His notes stop making sense about the time of the Mexico trip. Before that he is very clear, he is playing her. Keeping his family safe. The problem was he didn't know who to trust."
Sam thought back on that night in Mexico, and knew that was the memory that would bring Jason back to her, it had to.
Lainey asked "What do you mean?"
"Jason by that time knew that Spinelli was helping cover something up, but he didn't know if the kid was a dupe or an active part of the mess. He went to Sam, had her partner up with the kid, to keep him out of the way, but instead it just gave Sam more of an excuse to come over."
Like he hadn't wanted her there. She thought to herself remembering the feel of his arms around her when she fell that day into them. Why else would he search her out afterwords?
"Why didn't you try to push her away?" she asked.
"Because when he did that, she went after my family. Elizabeth and the boys. Jason was very specific about that. She had done terrible things, but Jason also knew that he couldn't go to the police. That Spencer and Sam's mother would get things swept under the rug."
"No offense, but why didn't Morgan just kill her?" asked Lainey.
"He threatened too, actually considered it according to the notes." he signed. "But in the end, he needed to know exactly who helped her and her involvement in the second kidnapping because there was another suspect. One that Morgan didn't want to believe would endanger his son. Sonny Corinthos."
Jason hadn't meant that. He could no more kill her than she could him.
"How do you feel about all of this?" she asked.
"He should have dealt with Sam, then found out the truth about Sonny. But Jason was scared. And since he didn't know how to deal with that kind of fear, he broke himself. Its why he stayed away. I can feel the emotions he was feeling when he wrote these notes. The pain, the desperation."
Bull-crap! Jason had loved her, he had made a promise to her while Elizabeth was pregnant and she was going to hold him to it, Jason and her would have the perfect child. With their brains, their beauty and their love of adventure. It was their destiny.
Suddenly the recording ended, so Sam went to ensure that in the end, her plan would win the day for her.
Ethan read the note, then made a plan. He had to find Rebecca find out if the child she was carrying was his. If it was, there was no way he was walking away from it. Hearing footsteps, he saw Lulu walking onto the Haunted Star. "Do you know what dad wants?"
"We are hosting a big deal poker tournament. Some guy that is friend with Jasper Jacks arranged it. Next week. We need your help getting things ready. House keeps 10 percent."
"Ten percent?" she said with a laugh.
"At least five million, possibly more." he said quietly. Seeing her expression of interest, he said "We have to get things ready, Luke is getting the money so he can play."
Luke slipped into GH, Elizabeth knew more than she was telling about Nik's leaving and why Lucky felt the need to disappear and he wanted to know the truth. Seeing her snobby fiancee, Luke slid around the corner then listened as he talked to Kelly Lee.
"So, Cassadine took the kid to safely." he was explaining. "I did some research, this Matthews woman, really did suffer from the same deformity."
"I should have paid better attention, but I have to admit, I just wanted her out of my office when she was there. I couldn't stand the blond. It explains a lot about her, though. As for Spencer, I hope that his father waits like recommended for the surgery. Poor kid."
Luke got out of there, then went to Spoon Island, he had long ago, sussed out Nik's hiding place and went to access whatever he had in there. Taking the two million dollar bond notes, he thanked Laura's son for the extra money then read the file.
His eye brows went through the roof, he couldn't wait until the next battle with Helena. He had the perfect weapon to disarm her. The Cassadine family was going to end with the first name of Spencer.
Jason left his meeting with Lainey, then after a check up with Patrick Drake waited while the guards check the security camera. "The signal has been diverted."
Seeing Elizabeth, Jason stuttered hello then said "Uh, I do you mind if we talk for a minute?"
Elizabeth was finally coming at accept that he wasn't the man who hurt it, it didn't make it hurt any less to see him but she would try to stop blaming him. "Okay, let's talk."
"I'm sorry for earlier. I should never had tried to kiss you." he said. He couldn't look her in the eyes, because while he was sorry about pushing it on her, he wasn't sorry about the actual kiss. He only wished it had gone better.
"Thank you." she said. "Jason, it is going to take time for me to get used to you not being..."
"The man who broke your heart." he said sighing. "I get that. I just don't want to walk away, I can't. No matter what, you have to understand one thing. Morgan's feelings for you are a part me. I feel them as well."
"Jason, we ..."
"Elizabeth, I am more than Jason Quartermaine, I am also Jason Morgan. Part of me is still the man who hurt you and yet the man you fell in love with once upon a time." He found himself reaching for her hands, wanting to touch her. As they connected, he closed his eyes, reveling in the soft feel of her skin. "Please don't walk away."
"Jason, I can't trust you. That is the part I can't change. I was burnt one too many times." she said sadly.
"I know that, but Jason, he was doing all of this, for you, for the boys." Elizabeth wished that she dare tell him she got what he was saying, but as long as Sam McCall was wandering the streets, she would never be able to relax. The woman had to be been behind quite a bit of this mess, but the gloating she had done, made no sense. Why if she had been behind all of would she have been so thrilled?
Jack called Elizabeth when she answered he said "I have to make a quick trip out of town, will you be okay tonight?"
Jack was on the plane, reading the file on Sam McCall. Her medical records were fascinating to him. He also found himself wondering about the competency of the GH medical staff when he read her X-rays, her blood tests as well as the surgery she went under a few years earlier. They should have noticed the repeated stress fractures, instead they had blamed the damage on a bullet. Damage that had been caused by her medical and sexual past.
Getting into his rental car, he drove to the small back water town in rural eastern Kentucky. Stopping at City Hall, he soon got the address and when he arrived at the Southern Colonial mansion, Jack was confused.
Knocking on the door, the woman who answered looked at him with suspicion. "I am Dr. Jack Griffin." he said handing her his ID. "I want to talk to you about a woman who used to live here. This woman."
Showing her the picture of Sam, he stopped her from slamming the door in his face. "Wait! She goes by the name of Sam McCall. She was involved with the kidnapping of by best friend's son. She hired men to threaten them. Look I just need to know why she visited her a few months ago."
"I can't talk to you, she told me if anyone ever found out again, that if I spoke to ANYONE, SHE WOULD TAKE SHANIA."
"Please, look, if you help me, I will make sure she never hurts this Shania again."
"You can't make that promise. I can't trust you." she said shaking.
"Yes, you--"
"Aunt Susie, who is at the door." said the preteen girl with dark black hair and brown eyes. Jack got a good view then closed his eyes. Talking softly to the woman he said "Fetal Alcohol syndrome."
"Yes, I can't let you in. If she finds out that I talked to someone again, she threatened to take her away."
"She has no chance of doing that. Sam has a lot of problems there. I can make you disappear." He saw her sad smile.
"I can't travel, it upsets Shania. Lucy, the woman you are calling Sam, was married to my brother. I tried to tell her when she was pregnant not to drink. But she didn't seem to care, she grew more frustrated as her pregnancy progressed. It was difficult, my brother was suffering from a fatal illness, but he held on because of the baby."
"I can give you some good news. Sam is going to be facing charges in New York. How did you end up with the little girl?"
"She went into labor the day my brother died. When we had the will reading, she was left everything, but she hadn't realized everything was nothing. The house is mine, my brother had very little money. She left, never returning until a few years ago saying she had found a father for her daughter. But when she saw what Shania was like, she left again. Warning me to keep my mouth shut."
"Do you know the exact date?"
"Close enough, it was May 2007."
"Thanks, you just gave me what I needed." He thanked her then said "Here, this is my card. If she contacts you, call me."
Once he was on his way back in Port Charles, Jack called Carly Jacks. "This is Jack Griffin, I need to talk to you, about Sam McCall and when she was pregnant with your exes kid."
Carly agreed then went back to tucking her little girl into bed. As she went to grab a cup of coffee, she stood in the kitchen, thinking about Jason and how he hadn't been able to do the same for his own son.
How she had once told him that he would have her little girl wrapped around his finger and the pain it had caused him.
She wanted a favor, to sit with her while she took this test. She didn't seem to realize the pain it was causing me. It was like an epiphany, my friends truly didn't seem to care that I was hurting, as long as I was there for them. To do what they needed done. You are the only person who has never treated me like that.
When she asked me to look for her, all I could think was that I would never get to do that for us, never have a chance to sit in a bathroom, waiting anxiously for proof our love was giving us another child. All I could think about was what she was cheating Jax out of.
Hearing footsteps, she went to the living room, wiping tears off her face. Seeing her husband she hugged him then said "I love you."
With a soft laugh, he said "I don't know what caused this, but I love you too."
Sitting him down, Carly told him what Jason had written. "He was right, I was so arrogant, so sure that I could have it all. I can't help thinking that if I hadn't been so sure that Elizabeth was using Jason..."
Hugging her tightly, Jax asked her what she was talking about. "Sam knew she wasn't first. She didn't care, it was all about the rush, the money. With Elizabeth... with her, I have always known, things would change." she admitted softly.
"And honestly, if Jason, was still my best friend Jason, I don't think I would be so willing to face my mistake. But that letter, Jax, when I was at Shadybrook, they made me keep a journal. Jason had the same tone. He thought he had a small chance of success but that it was his only shot at winning a life with his family."
Early the next morning, Carly drove out to the fancy estate planning on meeting with Jack. As she was let in, Morgan who had come with her, called out to Cam who was coming down the stairs. "Mommy is still asleep, Grandma Monica and I are slipping out to Kelly's, can Morgan come with us, Grandma?"
Monica gave Carly a description of the rough night Elizabeth had before adding her own request to Cam's. Getting Carly's permission, the three kids left with Romport and Monica for a very unapproved breakfast. Hearing the sound of noise upstairs, she turned to see Jack entering carrying a heavy bag.
"I have to run downstairs, when you see Elizabeth, tell her I have started food. She needs to hear this as well."
There was no way she wasn't going to explore. Heading up the marble staircase, she looked around then decided to try the double doors to her right. Stopping in the sitting room, she growled. Elizabeth was asleep in a huge bed in the center of the room. But the annoying part was the second bed in what was more than likely usually the sitting room.
In shock, she walked over to the bed, shaking Elizabeth violently, she said "You were telling us the truth."
Waking up, she groaned, "Please tell me this is a pizza induced nightmare. That you are not in my bedroom when I was up til four in dealing with a crank calls, then the alarms going crazy. And every in between, I had a visit from the police as well as the fire department."
"Spinelli?" she asked as she pulled the comforter off Elizabeth.
"I think so, Mac is looking into it, but I want a word with a Mr. Damien Spinelli myself." said Elizabeth getting up. Hearing laughter, she glared as Carly pointed out the Chuggin Charlie pajamas. "Go away, now."
"I would, but your fiancee invited me over. By the way, when we are done, we will be talking about how he is your fiancee." she warned as they went downstairs after Elizabeth had dressed.
Jack filled them in on Sam, then asked Carly about Sam's pregnancy. Carly told them as much as she could remember. Jack asked questions then said "Do either of --"
Liz's phone rang, answering it, she told Mac she would be right there. "I have an appointment with a Mr. Damien Spinelli, newly arrested jailbird. I have to go."
"Do you--" asked Carly.
"NO!" she said "I am dealing with him on my own. See if you can figure out what Sam is up to, I will go deal with the sidekick."
Jason walked into the station, seeing Elizabeth talking to Mac Scorpio he walked over only to be stopped by the annoying blond who was friends with the computer geek. "Do something, Jason."
Looking at her, he was a bit shocked to realize he remembered Maxie Jones as a kid. "No, he is getting what he deserves."
"He helped you all the time, saved you when you needed it. How can you do this to him?"
Mac told his daughter to sit down, reminding her she was going in front of a judge herself this afternoon. "Jason, we have something you need to see." Then he turned to Harper and said "Stay outside the door, only enter when Elizabeth asks you to come in."
Nodding that he understood, Harper went to get Spinelli while Mac took down the information from Jason that Anna had given him about Jerry. They walked back to the window, looking in as Elizabeth was allowed into the room where Spinelli was seated with his head hanging low.
"Did you have fun last night?" she asked scornfully. "Did you enjoy playing games with your computer?"
Spinelli was holding his throbbing head as he looked at Elizabeth. "I am sorry, Maternal One, but I have no idea what you are talking about."
Slamming her hand on table, she said "Nice try, but YOU ARE NOT the only computer expert in the world. Anna DeVane arranged for one to come to town, he tracked you down, we know that the attack on my house last night came from your computer."
"No, you don't. Because I am too good." he bragged. "If I had done what you are talking about, I would not have been caught. 'Sides, I was at Jake's all evening. You can ask Johnny Zachara."
Mac went to make a call, then returned to see what else he would tell Elizabeth. "Really, well they tracked the mess to your computer, so it was either Sam or you."
Spinelli snapped his head up to look at her, then retorted "You would like that wouldn't you? Sam out of the way, allowing you to steal Jason away from her. She is his true soul mate and you are jealous."
"Yes, that is why I hired gunmen to threaten her, and watched as her child was kidnapped, no that was your partner." she said. "Sam lied and manipulated Jason to get him into her bed."
"She is his perfect partner, she loves his life, she loves him. He knows that, why else would he have left you for her." he said.
Elizabeth sat down, stunned. Spinelli felt like he had gotten through to her, "I feel sorry for you, you are chasing a dream. Jason loved the idea of a son, you were only an obligation, you were not the woman he wanted to be her mother. I am sorry you lost Lucky, but you need to move on."
Laughing, she said "You really are delusional, you pathetic loser. I used to feel sorry for you, but you were part of the problem. You and this idea that you know Jason. You DON'T KNOW Jason. You meet him what, two years ago? I have know Jason for over 12 years."
"I lived with him, you get to know..."
Laughing, Elizabeth said "Do you really think you are the first to live there, I lived there too. And that you didn't know that, says a lot about what Jason has told you."
"That you didn't mean as much as you thought you do." he said. "I know all about Jason and Sam. That should tell you something."
"Yes, that Sam needs you to validate herself. Spinelli, a month after Jake was kidnapped, Jason wrote letters to those he cared about, before starting the PTSD drugs. He left one for Monica, for me and for the boys. Did you receive one?"
Seeing his stunned expression, she said "Didn't think so. You were the obligation, the person who needed Jason to live. You, Sam, both of you would be nothing if it wasn't for Jason. Just like you are now. Nothing but a loser who is clinging to something that no longer exists."
With that she walked to the door then turned and said "If you weren't responsible for the calls and alarms going of last night, you were for what happened when my son was kidnapped thanks to the way you believed that garbage you are spilling. I am gong to take great pleasure in watching as you finally realize that you have nothing left.
Mac stopped Elizabeth giving her the news. "I agree, he was telling the truth. Are you going to investigate Sam for it?"
"Maxie claims to have been with her." he admitted. "I think my daughter is lying, but..."
"Mac, they are escalating."
Jason slipped in to see the kid, staring at him. "Why did you listen to my session with Dr. Winters?"
"You, the real you would have wanted me to." he said pleading for Jason to understand with his eyes.
"No, he wouldn't have. You have no idea about Jason Morgan. My guess would be that you never did. Stay away from Elizabeth and our boys. If you keep trying to help Sam McCall, I will watch as you go to jail along with her."
"But you, you know you love her. You have to know that, deep down."
"No, what I know is that Jason Morgan was trying to fix things the only way he knew how. By protecting those he loved, by walking away. His family was in danger from SAM!!! Have you ever heard the phrase keep your friends close and your enemies closer? Sam was the enemy. I wasn't sure if you were the enemy, now I know that you aren't the enemy just a sad pitiable fool who thought he knew everything. You don't. You certainly don't know me." he said leaving.
Spinelli sat there, crying. What now? He had to help Sam, get their Jason back. There was no other choice.
Elizabeth was sitting on a bench in the park, trying to calm down. Jason had brought that idiot into their lives, she had felt sorry for him. Seeing a familiar looking hand, she looked up and saw Jason looked as angry as she felt.
"What are you thinking?" he said sitting next to her.
"That I really wish you had let Lorenzo Alcazar kill that kid. Then I felt guilty about that. Then I was back to being furious with you for his foolishness. Then I just want to bitch slap Sam." she said laughing softly. "I did that once, you know? Maxie too."
"Really?" he asked. "Tell me about it."
As she told him about the ball and Sam's pissing her off, Jason winced when he heard her reasoning. "Would it really have been that bad for Lucky to learn the truth?"
"No, but at the time... I just was scared of living. Scared that if I took a risk, something bad would happen. I blamed myself for Emily's death. Then for the rest of things that happened. Until I went to London, I blamed myself for all of it. For trusting Lucky, for not allowing myself to be happy."
"I think I was just as responsible for that. I should have taken you away, like you wanted."
Stunned, she asked "You remember that?"
"Bits and pieces of events. Mainly when my heart was breaking. You, the boys, I was so sure that the way to get to a future with you was to walk away, make others think that you didn't mean anything to me. Instead it allowed their delusions to cement."
As they sat quietly, she said "I was hurt, badly but I made several bad choices, it wasn't all on you."
"Really, your friends watched Jake get grabbed, your friends hired men with guns to hold me up in the park? Your friends lied and cheated to get you to do what they wanted?"
"Lucky Spencer, enough said." she admitted wryly. "My own personal albatross. I let worrying about his ego control so much of my life. Then the thing with Nik, he was hurting, I was hurting and frankly the pain I felt by being involved with him made me feel alive."
Embracing her loosely, Jason said "No matter what else was going on, I could feel your pain like it was mine. I should have walked away from revenge. We could have taken a chance, gone to the other mobsters, said I am leaving but it isn't about you it is about me."
"Jason, Jason Morgan would have felt such guilt about abandoning Carly and the others. You don't remember it but they were close." she said softly.
"I read his letter to her, there were things said in it, it was short and sweet like Sam's. A statement of facts, including that he would always care for Michael, but that Michael was his nephew, not his son." he told her.
"Jason, we need to learn from the lessons of the past, otherwise there can be no future. she said then got up. "I have to head over to GH, I will see you later."
Once she was down the pathway, he smiled and said "See you later, we don't say goodbye, do we?"
Sam walked into the station, more than a little annoyed. She had had to take a taxi here, only to be told that Spinelli had gone to court with Maxie. Walking down the street to the courthouse, she saw them leaving the courtroom, looking pale. "How did it go?"
"I have to pay a fine, go to anger management classes and I am forbidden contact with you." she said as tears flowed. "I also required to see Dr. Winters once a week for six months. Spinelli, I need to talk to Sam, can you drive me home."
Harper walked over and said "You are not allowed within fifty feet of Miss McCall as of this minute. So please separate; this is your only warning. Miss McCall, the commissioner wants to talk to you about some trouble out at the Griffin estate. Maxie, you are wanted in Alexis Davis' office, immediately."
Once there, Alexis looked at Maxie then sighed. "You lied to your father today. You were not with Sam last night."
"Yes, I was we were at Jake's." she said.
"No, no you weren't. Sam is wearing an electronic tracking devise. We know she was at the small apartment she arranged for herself. You, Miss Jones were seen at Jake's."
Maxie's mouth moved, she had no words to say. "This is your only chance, another lie, another meeting with Sam, you are facing four years in prison. Is the friendship with my daughter really worth it? Does getting revenge for whatever you think Elizabeth Webber did to you worth it? Worth going to prison?"
"But she--"
"Did nothing, Lucky was married to Liz, you slept with him. Lied about being pregnant, faked a miscarriage, where is Elizabeth's crime?"
"But she stole Jason from Sam."
"My daughter was writhing around with her stepfather on my living room floor the night her very ex-fiancee slept with the woman he had been in love with for years. You weren't hurt, Sam wasn't. Neither of you get to claim Elizabeth did you harm."
"What about Jake? What about how that bra--"
Alexis slapped Maxie, shocked, she pulled back her throbbing hand and said "Jake is an innocent. A little boy who was created in love, that is the part my daughter hates, that is the part that you despise. Because at a very basic level, you both know you will never measure up to Elizabeth. To Jason's and Lucky's feelings for her. Now, I suggest you concentrate on work as an outlet, because, I am going to be watching."
Jack was at work, going over the files. Calling Patrick, he asked to speak to the man. Once they were seated, he showed him the information he had gathered about Sam. "So what you are saying is that Kelly Lee misdiagnosed this."
"No, she could only work with what she had. As for these drugs, yes she can get pregnant, but eventually she would miscarry without the additional surgery. I gave her a list of names, but I called them this morning. I advised them to seek a psyche evaluation before treating her."
"Why am I here, if you covered your bases?" he asked.
"Because I talked to a doctor over at Mercy, Sam went to see him a few months ago. She left his office with the impression she could get pregnant, yet she came to me for treatment. I think she was planning on creating trouble somehow." he said being careful to leave all names out of it.
"I will tell Alexis." said Patrick.
Kristina made the call, then told Mikey to set up the camera. Ten minutes later they watched as the two men approached Sam. When she started to fight them, they held their breath, worried about the orderlies getting hurt but when they gave her a shot, Michael said "How long?"
"I would say, 48 hours." said the young girl as they followed the car to Shadybrook where Natasha Bergman was placed on a forty eight hour watch. According to her records she was a violent nymphomaniac who would do anything for sex.
Leaving the area, Michael answered his phone then said "Sure, Jason, I would like that."
Dropping his sister off, Michael drove to the Ward House and joined his uncle in the office. "Why are we here?"
Explaining how Ward house had gotten started, about AJ helping him arrive for the city council meeting, he started to show Michael another side of the man who had been his father. Before bitterness and jealously had turned him into the man he had been when he died.
Telling Michael about boarding school and how they had only had each other while their parents fought and destroyed their own lives, Jason showed him their old yearbooks and photo albums. "What about his drinking?"
"Yes, and he did cause the accident. But Michael, Jason Morgan didn't have a way to express anger, the family didn't know how to help him. He took the easy way out, because essentially he was little more than an angry five-year-old. Things changed, but by the time that Jason got what he was doing was wrong, it was too late. Too late for a lot of things." he said with regretful look at the picture in his hand.
"When was that?" he asked. "Jason Morgan still kept screwing up."
Sitting him down, Jason at first thought the boy was too young but knew that Michael had seen a lot of things he shouldn't. Telling him what he had learned and what Morgan was trying to accomplish, he saw the ice completely thaw then the young boy said "Wow, he screwed things up didn't he? Why would he trust Spinelli if he didn't trust Sam?"
"I honestly don't know. I don't get why a mobster had the kid living with him anyhow." he admitted. "What do you think?"
Surprised his uncle was treating him like an adult, he replied. "Uncle Jason was trying to stop him from making bad choices, but he forget one of the most important things he taught me. That you can't make other peoples decisions for them."
Messing up his hair, Jason said "You are right, but your uncle was running scared, worried about the fact he didn't trust anyone. So he put that trust in someone he thought didn't have an agenda."
"Please tell you aren't talking about Spinelli, he has agenda written all over him." scoffed the kid.
"I wasn't talking about the geek. The reason this worked so well, I did put my trust in someone, someone who tried to help. I am free because of that. Jason Morgan is dead, I am going to be myself, hopefully earning back the trust of Elizabeth, and finally getting to be a father to my sons. Maybe a better uncle to my nephew."
Holding out his hand, Michael said "Hi, I'm Michael, and you are?"
"Jason, Jason Quartermaine." with a quick handshake, they moved on to the more important things. Girls. "So do you love Elizabeth?"
"Yes." he said with a grin that quickly took over his whole face. "What about you, do you have a girlfriend?"
"No, being the son of Sonny Corinthos has pretty much made my social life with girls non-existent." Looking at Jason, he said "I am actually thinking about changing my last name as a statement, you know. Either Jacks, if Jax with let me, or Quartermaine, but that will set my mother into a tizzy."
"Do it for you, don't let others make your decisions. But I do think you are going to have to wait until you are eighteen, otherwise Sonny gets a vote."
As various gamblers received their invitations, Jack got a visit from Jasper Jacks. "What are you up to?"
"Simon has a big mouth." he said sitting down on his desk.
"No, his wife called me. Wanting to know why we were holding this tournament here in mob central. Then asking a lot of questions about Elizabeth. What is going on?"
Sitting down, Jack looked at the blond and said "We are going to have a bit of revenge on Sam McCall."
"Don't hurt her mother, Alexis has been through enough." he warned.
"I won't. We are holding this at the Haunted Star for a reason, I have a few issues with Spencer. I am going to ensure this is the last gambling event ever held on this rusty tub."
"I'm in. What do you need?"
"Convince some of the people on this list to come."
Jax looked it over then said "Some of these people are real heavy hitters in the gambling circles."
"They are also well known for being very superstitious, all have their own versions of bad luck and good luck." he said trying not to smile.
Jax went down the list, then said "I will make some calls."
Elizabeth was working, her mind on the boys, Jason and what Jack had said about Jason. When Epiphany asked if she was okay, Elizabeth smiled then said "No, but I am getting there."
Looking up, she saw Maxie Jones approaching her and said "May I help you?"
"No, but some day, you are going to pay and I am going to be there watching as your life goes up in flames, you bitch." she said before walking away. Robin who had been entering the hub, sighed then called her Uncle Mac. "Maxie just attacked Elizabeth."
"No, I just think we need to step things up a bit." she said. Calling Kate Howard, she gave the woman a head ups then called Brenda.
When Maxie arrived at the office, she growled at the chirpy greeting from Lulu then got to work. When her boss came out of the office and coolly said "I am glad to see you aren't in jail, but I need to see the two of you, in my office."
Entering, Lulu tried to think if she had screwed anything up lately but was instead shocked at the offer. "Brenda Barrett wants to go with an unknown model since we can't get anyone big for the line. She suggested one of the two of you. Unfortunately since it is a line for petite woman, you are out Lulu."
"Oh, okay." she said sadly. "Is there anything else?"
"Yes, since you can't model the clothes, she wants to borrow you as her personal assistant while in town. I agreed, it will allow you to make some of the contacts that Maxie got while you were gone a few years ago. Maxie, you are going to be the model."
Squealing in excitement, Maxie preened as she said "When do I get measured for the clothes?"
"You will be measured this week, wearing some of the dummy clothes. The exact fabrics are being kept a secret to the last minute. So meet with Phillip for your fittings. And your friend, the geek, I offered him up to Miss Barrett as help during her visit."
Calling Spinelli and giving him the message about the temporary job, she was happy he agreed to take it. She was getting sick of his melancholy attitude. This would be just what he needed to perk himself back up.
Two days later, there was another hack on a website, this one the now phenomenally successful Everyday Heroes with it's host Tiffani with an I. Fans were soon crowding the message board, enjoying the streaming video of former host Sam McCall going bonkers locked up in a mental institution.
Soon being downloaded across the world, Kristina pretended to be upset as she went to see her mother. Showing Alexis the site, the woman groaned then called Shadybrook. It took two hours before Sam was released from the padded cell where they had been keeping her.
When she tried to blame Elizabeth, Alexis showed her the paperwork, then said "It was Helena, not Elizabeth."
Kristina took the twenty dollar bill from a grumpy Michael, saying I told you so. Then asked why are you so upset, it's only twenty dollars?
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to actually earn twenty dollars?" he groaned. "I have to get back to work."
When he saw Jax talking to a tall blond and hugging the vivacious woman with him, he hesitated to approach him, until his stepfather called out. "Come here, let me introduce you to a couple of old friends. This is Simon Prentiss and his wife Vee. Vee, this is my son Michael, he works at the Check-in desk."
"Jax, why not give him a better job?" she scolded only to be told the by the young blond. "This was my idea. I want to work in every single position here. That way I can learn from the ground up."
"We were on our way to lunch, let Marty know I am dragging you along." said Vee. "I want to hear all the dirt on Jax. Like does he actually change dirty diapers?"
"Jax, where is Mom?" asked the blond once they were seated.
"Kate called, something about a shoot in the spa." he said. Seeing the look Michael gave him, he said "I know, but they left the lobby together. I will have Vee look in there after lunch, if they are both still alive we can invite them for dessert."
Kate and Carly planned out the shoot, the hotel owner still a little worried about Brenda, returning but when she had told Jax all he had said was that she had better not try to take over the whole hotel. That they would be busy with the incoming gamblers this week.
"Are you sure about her plan for Spinelli, I really don't think it is going far enough?" asked Kate.
"No, but this is Elizabeth's plan." said Carly. She was still reeling from Jack being gay and hoping Jason and Liz found their way back to one another.
Hearing footsteps, Carly was shocked to not feel a bit of jealousy when Brenda entered the room. It might have had something to do with the morose geek following her or maybe just maybe she was secure in her marriage.
"So, Mr. Spinelli, I need measurements." she said with a smile. "Here is a list. Miss Howard, Carly, shall we talk elsewhere?"
"Where is Lulu?" asked Carly as soon as they were in her office.
"I am not completely sure on her, yet. So I had Brenda give her a bogus assignment." said Kate.
"So, what next?" asked the former model. "I have one request, I want a meeting with this Sam McCall. I want to have some fun and since Carly has gone all respectable on me, she will do."
Carly gave a Cheshire grin to her old rival and said "That can be arranged, but I want video. Maybe send it out like the picture of her on Everyday Heroes."
Seeing her confusion, Carly explained with a live and in color tape. Brenda said "You still have it."
"Oh, I didn't do this. I have no idea who did. But I have been enjoying the show." she said. "Excuse me, I have to head home. Morgan is due home from school and I want to be there when my daughter wakes up."
When they left, Brenda said "Some things never change. The little dig about the little girl. Like Carly actuall..."
Kate said "She does, now. After Michael woke up, unless she has to be gone, she is there for the kids."
Staring, Brenda said "Wow. I have to check in, then I am heading over to the Q's."
At the front desk, Brenda saw the young man moving behind the counter and froze, looking at his name tag, she said "Michael?"
"Yes, Miss Barrett?" he asked hoping she wasn't here to cause trouble for his mother.
"Wow, you look just like A--" stopping before she said J, Brenda looked at him again then said "I am checking in."
"Here is your room key, and Miss Barrett, thanks, I know I look like my dad." he said then thought about what he had just said. Uncle Jason's visits and discussions had him facing up to certain facts. And one of them was that AJ Quartermaine, had been his father.
Luke went through his boat, checking on details. Seeing Sam entering he said "So, Alexis called. What did you do that managed to piss off the Ice Queen?"
"I don't give a damn what you think, I know Elizabeth was behind this." Luke didn't care about her delusions, all he wanted was the fifty percent of her proceeds if she one.
"Get your head where it belongs. You need to be at the final table. Here, it's a list of the gamblers. All that I know about each of them is marked. Do you have your wardrobe ready?"
"Taken care of." she snapped. "Do you have my buy in?"
"You will get it tomorrow, I don't trust you not to run off with my money." he said then told her to be there early. "And do me a favor, wear a bra, those puppies look like they are sagging a bit. We can't keep their eyes on your assets and off the cards if they are hanging below the table."
Leaving, Sam called Jerry and verified they were set. "I have a few men. Locals that were tossed out by the reorganization of Sonny's old territories."
"Two days from today we will be filthy rich. Did you get that other thing taken care of?" she asked looking at her leg.
"Yes, they will be removing it as soon as we are off the boat."
Sam went to take care of one more detail. Hiring the man, she said. "Get the money, we will split it fifty fifty. I just want Jerry Jacks dead."
Walking away quietly, she never saw Ethan who kept walking down the docks. Deciding to help himself to the money, he followed her to Jake's.
Brenda was let into the mansion, only to see two little boys chasing Edward around the foyer. "Grandpa, but Grandma Monica said we all have to eat them."
"I think at my age, I can decide that myself." he said as he tried to escape the five year old. "Wait, let's get her!" he said pointing to Brenda who stood shocked at the sight of the little boy with the carrot.
Turning to look at the woman, Cam said "No, she is Miss Dr. Robin's friend. Do you know my mommy?"
"Who is your mommy?" she asked as the little boy looked at her confused.
"Well, she is Mommy. Jack calls her luv, Grandma Monica calls her Elizabeth."
"Cam, I will explain." said Jason as he came down the stairs dressed in dress pants and white shirt. He had spent the afternoon dealing with Diane and Edward's attorneys.
"Jason? Jason Morgan?" she asked stunned at the change.
"No Quartermaine again. I guess Robin didn't tell you." he said giving her a quick hug. "So what on earth possessed Morgan to marry you, even in name only. I mean even with brain damage, that one is out there."
"I will tell you my story if you tell me yours." she said then saw the two little boys moving closer.
"Jason, can we go outside, you said we would when you changed clothes." Cam reminded him.
"Yes, Brenda it will have to be later. My son wants to play." he whispered as he went back up the stairs.
Looking at the two little boys, Brenda saw the youngest and noticed the resemblance to her friend who had just rushed off to change and said with a Desi Arnez accent "Oy boys. Quartermaine, youse got a lott of 'splaining to do."
Edward bellowed for Alice to Cam and Jake's delight. When she entered, he said "Would you be so kind as to pull out those sled we bought. My grandson and his boys are going sledding."
Turning to Cam he said "We had better hurry, your Mommy will be here in an hour."
"Hot cocoa afterwords?" he asked excited. "With a brownie like Miss Emily used to make for me."
Brenda put it together, brown curly hair, Emily, Elizabeth and Jason, thinking about the beautiful woman who used to drive Courtney Matthews crazy with jealousy, she said "I do know your mommy and she is a very nice person."
Jason stopped on the steps then said "You have no idea how nice. Let's escape quickly before she comes to get you. That way you can have cocoa before heading out."
Brenda stood silently next to Edward as they watched Jason and the two little boys
playing outside for almost an hour. As the sun started to set, she realized that they weren't the only ones watching the them. A woman was standing off to the side and when the snowy three outside saw her, Brenda saw something unexpected.
Jason Morgan Quartermaine smile at the woman then say something to the little boys that had snow flying back and forth. When sun was just above the tree lines, the young woman held the elder boy's hand as Jason carried in the child who had to be his son.
But the part that really got her attention was when they were back inside. After brushing the snow off the boys and removing their winter clothes, the couple watched as they rushed towards the kitchen.
With a smile, Jason brushed the snow off of Elizabeth's hair and said "Thank you."
"You are welcome. Did they behave?" she asked feeling awkward as his hand seemed to linger near her hair.
"Oh course, they did. They are your sons." When Elizabeth smiled at that he couldn't help himself. "You are so beautiful, do you know that? I look at you and see so much..."
Closing her eyes, Elizabeth said "Jason..."
Pulling her into a hug, Jason said "I know you want me to back off, but I find I can't. I did too much of that in the past."
When she felt his chin on top of her head, she said "We should join the boys."
"We will. You really do smell like snow. Fresh and crisp." He said then backed away before she could feel his body's reaction. Watching her walk down the hallway to the kitchen, he said "I am not giving up."
Elizabeth wasn't sure what to think, part of her was thrilled with the idea of his chasing her after the nightmare they had been through, but at the same time, he thought she was engaged to Jack. Would he still be so interested if she was free? Would he still want to fight for them.
TBC