Chapter 9
Jason was walking up the stairs to his room, his mind still on the winter play with his family and how much he had missed when he felt a hand reach out and pull him into AJ's old bedroom.
"Okay, start talking, Quartermaine." Said Brenda as she plopped down on the bed and glared at Jason.
Leaning against the dresser, Jason did, not sparing a single detail that he knew. Brenda intervened with information about the parts she was aware of, including his past history with Courtney, which confused him even more.
"So, you think I was with her because I couldn't be with Elizabeth." He said. "I already know that. But the part I don't get is why no one stepped in before I moved in with her or married this woman. I mean, for god's sake, I was married to you at the time. And she was married to AJ."
"Jason, my mind was wrapped around my own problems. Honestly, I was just as selfish as the rest of the users who were around you. As for AJ, well, frankly, I don't know that pointing that out would have been a deterent to the other you." She admitted sadly. "Come to think of it, maybe I was worse, because I am the reason that Sonny and Carly went through their problems, leading to the mess with Sam McCall."
"Why are you here?" he asked bluntly.
"Firstly because I was asked by Robin and Kate Howard to help your Elizabeth deal with the troubles these people are causing. This Spinelli kid is going to be shown his Maxie in a whole new light and Maxie is going to be tortured since Elizabeth is too nice to throw her into a jail cell like she needs."
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Jason heard Alice long before she knocked on the door and quieted Brenda down. "Yes, Alice?"
"You have a guest, Mrs. Jacks; she says she has something that belongs to you. That it is important to give it to you in person." said the maid.
Brenda said "I have to go deal with my part of the plan, you might want to find out what Carly wants, she might actually be getting that you weren't put on this earth to be at her beck and call."
Entering the living room Jason saw the brassy blond standing at the mantle looking at picture of the lost members of his family. "May I help you with something?"
Looking at Jason, she motioned towards the sofa then watched as he deliberately chose a chair to sit on. "I need to give you something."
"If this is more pictures of your family…" he stopped when she handed him a box. "What is this?"
"We found it at the penthouse when I helped your mother empty everything out including your safe." She said. "Look, open it and I will try and explain."
Seeing the vase and the beautiful engagement ring, Jason quickly moved them aside when he saw the pictures of Elizabeth and the boys. "Why didn't you give me these before?"
Holding up the originals, she said "Because they looked like this."
Seeing the tear stains and how well-handled they seemed, he looked at her surprise she was helping him. "When I first saw these pictures, I knew I had to help, I had refused for so long to see what you felt for her, and we talked about it right after you walked away. I am sorry, Jason, for my part in this mess."
Sitting down, he looked through them, laughing at a few, and then said I remember this one.
Moving to stand at his shoulder, she said "You had been shot, she protected you from everyone, took care of you. You came to the Christmas party; I remember hating how cute you looked together, I went after her verbally attacking her and it wasn't even the first or last time that happened."
Seeing a few that didn't return any memories of looking at them before, he showed them to her only for her to look sheepish. "I uh, sort of raided my Momma's picture albums for a few of them. They were pictures; you should have been in and would have if it weren't for all of us."
Lifting the delicate vase, he said with a soft smile, "I remember buying this, my heart was heavy, but I can still hear myself telling the man it was for the woman I loved, that the color matched the blue of her eyes." In his mind, he could see himself visiting the Island with the various glass factories, looking for a vase for his Elizabeth to paint.
Swallowing the lump in her throat, Carly eased towards the door then said "Jason, she still loves the other you, you damaged her heart, but it is still there with a few pieces missing, don't lose her this time."
He was holding the ring on the palm of his hand when the person outside the window arrived to set up his spy camera. Looking in Spinelli, plotted on how to help Sam get Stone Cold back, there was no way he was losing his best friend.
Seeing the door open, Spinelli observed Robin entering, and moved the camera in closer before heading to his truck to watch.
"How are you doing?"
"Better, my heart doesn't hurt as bad, are you here as my doctor or to be nosy?" he asked.
"A little of both." She admitted. "How are you doing as far as the memories?"
"Nothing really has changed, but can I ask you a few more questions?" he said placing the vase into the box and carefully closing it.
Spinelli called Sam and asked "Do you know anything about a blue vase? The packaging said it was from Venice Italy?"
Gritting her teeth, she said "No, but remember Jason was taking Elizabeth to Italy, not that that is a big deal, we went to Italy already." Not adding it was for one of Jason's assignments and that they never played tourist.
As the geek paid attention to the conversation inside, he realized that they were talking about Robin telling Jason's brother about Michael. Then he perked up when he heard Sam's name.
"I just don't get why no one figured out that I had to be playing this woman, I mean I didn't forgive you for years about Michael and he was my nephew, yet people believed I would forgive Sam? When she endangered my own son? Hurt Elizabeth as bad as she did?"
"Jason, you were keeping your relationship with Elizabeth a secret, most people didn't know. Pretty much it was Elizabeth, Sam, Spinelli and Carly; and I know for a fact that Carly didn't know all of it."
"I get it, Sam and Spinelli certainly weren't going to believe that I would choose someone like Elizabeth over their pathetic and needy rears." He said. "How stupid can they be?"
"Jason, I knew a bit, but I didn't know what Sam did to Jake or that he was your son. I still don't get why you believed they would be safer with Lucky Spencer than with yourself."
Taking a deep breath and a leap of faith he said "Because the main danger to my family was Sam and possibly Sonny, I knew I had to eliminate that danger. She had her mother, and Spencer on her side, I couldn't do this the usual way. Plus Sonny would have helped her; he saw my real family as a threat to him."
Wanting to deny her friend would do that, Robin sadly realized he was telling the truth. "Where do you go from here?"
"Part of it is already done; I am out of the business. Sam is facing charges and I don't consider the kid a threat to anything since your mother arranged for someone to monitor Mr. Spinelli's internet activities."
Robin left soon afterwords, while Spinelli sat in his car plotting. He couldn't take too much more of this, Jason Morgan had to return. Jason Quartermaine was mean and had no idea about anything in his real life and who was important in it! Pulling away, he went to check out ELQ, Jason had been spending a lot of time there and he got the feeling this was the key to winning their Jason back.
Heading to bed, Jason knocked on Monica's door and was asked to come in. "Do you have a minute?"
As they talked, Monica came to realize she had to tell him about the fight over Emily's death. Jason held his mother as she cried then said "I was already thinking those things long before you said them to me that day. Anthony had made Elizabeth and I stand on the parapet, asking if I would die for love? At that point, I knew I would, but I would never let Elizabeth do so. But I swore I wouldn't walk away."
"What happened?"
"The last kidnapping, when I had to face some stuff. My family was in danger from my enemies, but the worse danger was from my so-called friends. Carly, Sonny, Sam and now I'm learning that this geek who I trusted was a danger too."
"What are you going to do about it?" she asked.
"Solve the problem. Morgan had a plan in place to take out Sonny; my guess is that he was taking Sam out in a similar fashion, when something went wrong. I need to find out what happened in Mexico, I think that is the key to things."
Spinelli entered ELQ, then went looking for Jason's office. Finding nothing at first, he decided to check Edward Quartermaine's office. Going through the drawers, he was stunned at what he saw. Papers that would turn ELQ over to Jason, now he knew he had to help Jason, there was no way that Stone Cold would EVER DO THIS!
Shaking as he saw the box of files, Spinelli opened the top one. Opening it, he saw a list and read it. When he heard footsteps, he ducked behind the sofa only to hear a soft chuckle then saw Johnny Zachara standing there. "You look like a fool, come out from there."
Stuttering an explanation, he asked why the gangster was there. "I have you tagged so that I can keep a close eye on you, I told you to stay out of trouble."
"I need to help Stone Cold, you …"
"Actually you don't. Do you remember when I warned you about hurting Elizabeth, your statement that you never harmed Elizabeth Webber?"
"What about that?" he said.
"What do you consider harm? Do you remember erasing tapes that showed Sam watching Jake just before he was kidnapped? Do you remember making proof that she was behind the incident in the park disappear? Did Morgan tell you to do that, I mean explicitly. Did he ever say for you to make them disappear?"
"No but—" he found himself pushed onto the sofa.
"No, he didn't." Taking the geeks computer, Johnny showed him the tape of Sam, the Russians, then later at the convenience store. That Sam saw the men, then did nothing. "So do you want to tell me Sam didn't know they were there and following them?"
"How did you get…?" Spinelli had made all of those disappear, it was one of things that had created the problem with the FBI.
"I went to the locations; they always have hard copies, not just the ones on the computer that you erased. One more thing, I know about Mexico, Sam's requests that you delay their return. Sam knew Jason doesn't love her, she is well aware that he loved Elizabeth and those boys. The only person in this town who are deluded enough to think differently is you." Johnny was developing his own theory on that as well. He was beginning to wonder if the kid was mentally imbalanced.
"NO! He doesn't love them, he can't. He would never love them. They are only an obligation. He loves Sam, he loves m…" he stopped talking before he said me.
Laughing softly, Johnny said "I bailed you out for one reason. So you could help me, if you don't do that there is a jail cell in your future. Morgan knew about Sam, he was playing her; you were the only one he wasn't sure of. You were the one he was suspicious of."
As soon as Spinelli was out of the building, Johnny called his contact. After verifing that the geek went home, he said "I want Corinthos dead then move on to dealing with Jerry Jacks."
Mac woke up to the phone ringing. Swearing he said "I am on my way."
Seeing Anna in the hallway, he said "Sonny Corinthos was stabbed. They don't think he is going to make it. Want to come with me?"
Arriving at the locked down hospital ward, he saw the man lying on a bed, looking pale. "Any last words before you die, Corinthos?" Asked the Warden.
Hearing him demand a priest, Mac chuckled when Father Mateo arrived explaining that Father Coates was unavailable at that moment. After giving him last rites, the priest moved back so that the orderly could help the gangster who was breathing his last breaths. Moving closer the trustee said "Roy wanted me to give you a message, rest in peace knowing that he will take good care of Miami while the Zachara kid does the same here."
Sonny died grasping the man's shirt, his last words swearing vengeance against all that had wronged him.
On the drive back to town, Mac took the call then said "Stay at my house watching her until I return home."
"Problem?" asked Anna as she got off the phone with Sean Donnelly.
"Maxie went to the Quartermaines, got a bit of a shock when Jason told her he didn't give a crap that Sonny was dying. What am I going to do with that girl, she saw him at the station with Spinelli, what does it take for her to get the message?"
"Hope that this plan works, that she gets that life doesn't revolve around her."
"I have another worry, they found a match to the prints on Morgan's safe. Jerry Jacks, was in that apartment. Plus we found proof that Sam was involved with the theft of Nik Cassadine's credit card. She charged a fortune on it."
"Have you arrested her for this?"
"Can't until I talk to Nik, he is a bit busy tracking down Helena for some reason."
Simon walked onto the boat, early in the morning for Port Charles. Seeing Luke Spencer and the younger man he introduced as his son, they quickly went over the rules and limits. The aging roue was very disappointed to be told there would be no late buy-ins. "Table stakes, Spencer. We do this the old fashion way."
Handing them the table assignments, Simon waited while Spencer looked them over, then pretended to be annoyed when the man stated he wanted to place two of his own people in. "Who and are they trustworthy? Any cheating and the loser forfeits their chips and goes home the hard way."
Giving him Sam's name and saying he would like to play himself, Luke was excited when the man said "Never heard of this McCall woman, so fine. As for you, Spencer, we catch you dealing from the bottom of the deck just once, I don't give a damn if this is your boat, you go overboard."
As he left the saw the tarty woman he had learned was the mark of this con coming towards the boat and made a point to be in her way. Getting the greeting he expected since he was wearing tailored clothes and driving a nice car, he acted surprised to meet her. "I will be seeing you tonight then."
Sam was a bit annoyed, he hadn't even glanced down at the top of her dress, looks like she would have to find a lower one for the beginning of the tournament. Talking to Luke and looking at her table assignment, she went to find out what she could about the gamblers at her table.
Meeting up with Spinelli, she was more determined then ever to make Jerry take the fall for this so she could keep Jason. But first they needed the money so they could help Jason become their Jason again. "I have to go and get a couple of dresses, Luke gave me the funds. While I am gone, find out what you can about these particular gamblers, they are at my table to start off with this evening. Here, this is the list of the rest who are playing as well."
Spinelli got to work, looking for any thing he could find on the list. Meanwhile Sam went to get a few dresses but got no further than the front door of the Metrocourt when she was stopped by Brenda Barrett and her entourage that included Maxie, Lulu and the photographer. Stopping Sam, Brenda asked if they could take her picture.
Maxie was a little worried, Brenda had expressed some doubt as to her ability to model and she was well aware that Sam had been on television. She went from worried to angry on her friends behalf when Brenda said "Thanks for helping out, I wanted a before picture so as to show what is not appropriate for day wear. Actually, honey, I didn't think they allowed people dressed like you into the Metrocourt even as a hooker for Holloween."
Sam looked at the annoying brunette well aware who the damn woman was.
"Really, I am surprised Jax lets' you in, must be his guilt at being very glad that kid you had wasn't his." she said breezing past the woman. Then turning she snaped her fingers then said "Wait! That right you were screwing Morgan, that fits. If I remember right, his heart got broken over that Webber girl, and he went through a trashy stage again. That former stripper, Skipper and then weren't you an ex-hooker or something. Thank god he woke up to the truth, hopefully he was tested for STD"s, I mean you can't be too careful these days."
Maxie said "Brenda, that's not very nice, you have no idea..."
"Maxie, Robin's cousin or not, if you want to work for me, you had better learn to keep you mouth shut when your boss is talking." she said looking at the blond who realized more than just the modeling job was on the line. Then looking at Sam said "So how are you surviving now that Jason is a Quartermaine again? See while Morgan will regret screwing you, I guarantee that if this Jasson remembers, he will scrub himself raw with rubbing alcohol trying to erase the memories of it. He never did have any use for tramps or theives."
"Yet he is hanging around with Elizabeth Webber, tramp extraordinaire." said Maxie only for Brenda to laugh.
"Maxie, when you sex up a woman's husband by giving the addict drugs, you don't get to make any commits on her love life ever. But frankly, I don't recall Elizabeth Webber as a tramp. More like the girl next door." Walking grandly to the door, Brenda looked back and then shouted "VEE, get your butt over here."
The former cop approached then saw her target and smiled broadly as she made it impossible for Sam to leave just yet. "Brenda, how are you?"
As they talked about London, she made a point of saying. "Did you hear, Lord Ashton is getting married."
"The hottie doc? Who is the very lucky bride?" asked Brenda. "Wait, I heard about this, he is marrying into the Webber medical clan.
"Yes, they meet in London. Get this Jax's wife just told me that Elizabeth was one of the two women in competition to take over your old job as Deception model. She actually walked away, if I remember right." she told the former model. "What on earth are you doing here?"
"Kate Howard is interested in that fashion line I told you about. I don't have to guess why you are here, the poker tournament." she said. "Simon playing?"
""Yes and with this being Port Charles and all, I am supervising secondary security since I do it at the club and with my contacts at the department here in town."
"You know with you on the glamour circuit, I tend to forget you used to be cop. Wow, soon it won't be lonely at all. There will be Julia, Elizabeth Webber, you and of course on the society circuit. London won't know how to deal with all these Port Charles women."
Vee bugged Sam when Brenda introduced the others, a sullen Maxie pointing out she forgot Sam allowing her to shake the con's hand and stick the bug in her hair.
Elizabeth was changing after her early morning surgery, her back aching from standing that long in the same place. Reaching for her lotion, she heard the crinkle of papers and wondered what she had left there. Pulling down the blue legal papers, Elizabeth saw she had Jason Morgan's will in her hands.
Seeing the date and then reading it, she closed her eyes and slid down the locker door. He had placed everything except the business with Sonny in a trust for the boys and her. No exceptions, no trusts for anyone else. As she read the rest of the letters, she saw that in the event of his being medically incapacitated she had been left in charge.
The only part that hurt was the last one. Proof that Sam hadn't been responsible for Jason's memory loss. That had been Jerry Jacks working some sort of agenda of his own. That meant that sleeping with Sam hadn't been because of being manipulated. That had truly been his own decision.
Using her lotion, she went to toss it back in the locker when she heard more crumpling. Pulling down the last paper, not sure she wanted to know what it said, Elizabeth read it anyhow. Stunned, the tears flew, as she vowed to find a way to make Spinelli's life the living hell he had turned hers into the previous year.
Getting ready to leave, Elizabeth was stopped by Kristina who asked if she knew which lockers were empty. "Today is my first day as a candy striper and Nurse Johnson told me to pick one."
Showing her the correct area, Elizabeth went to the hub to deal with her after surgery paperwork. Seeing Jason talking to Lainey, she gave him a smile as she remembered playing in the snow the previous evening. When she saw Jason's upset look, she was confused until she realized Jack had come up behind her. "Luv, why I am I getting looks that make it very clear that a certain blond wishes I was dead?"
Laughing she turned never seeing the pain in Jason's eyes as she hugged the annoying doctor. "You are making that up. Wait, why are you wearing street clothes?"
"I have a meeting." he said as toploftly as possible. Then relaxing said "Simon arrived and I have to accidentally run into him at the Metrocourt."
Kissing her cheek, he said "Jake is down in daycare and I promise to bring Cam back with me so we can all have dinner together. Why when you don't need the money are you working a double shift?"
"Because I write the nurses schedule and needed her today." said Epiphany not mentioning that it was at Monica's request. She wanted Elizabeth to have an alibi for the evening.
Carly was in shock, Alexis had told her about Sonny and neither were sure how to tell their children the news. What was even worse was that John Zachara had come over and given her the rest of it. That Anthony had been behind the death in revenge for the torture of Claudia who had been pregnant again before her death.
Now that Anthony was dead, all debts had been paid. he assured them not admitting that Spinelli, Sam and Jerry Jacks were going to pay for their parts in the destruction of the lives of so many in this small town.
Going to GH she saw Elizabeth and Robin were talking both offered sympathy in regards to her ex-husband before rushing off to surgery for the third time today. Carly went to ask the girl behind the counter for Dr. Lee when she saw it was Kristina. "Should you be working today?"
Looking at the blond she had disliked for so long, Kristina felt nothing like that any longer. "Maybe not, but I doubt they are going to let me perform brain surgery on my first day as a volunteer." she replied dryly.
Laughing, Lainey who was walking up with Jason said "No, we usually wait until they have been here at least a month before asking them to fill in for the surgeons."
", do you know where Jason is?" asked the young girl. Seeing her look of suspicion, Kristina said "His mother left a note for him."
"He went to the pediatrics ward, you can run it down to him." said the head nurse as she returned. "Mrs. Jacks, Dr. Lee is busy right now. She asked me to have you reschedule a bit later. Triplets are due any minute now."
Shuddering at the idea of three babies at the same time, Carly decided to take a peek at the newborns before heading out.
As the young girl handed him the note, Jason asked "Thank you, do you know what that toy is?"
"Regrettably yes, it is a Chuggin' Charlie riding toy from that way too sweet annoying cartoon my little sister liked to watch when Mom wasn't around. Why?"
Just shrugging he was grateful when Kristina went back to work as he approached the lonesome toy in the hallway. Lifting it, he saw the name Cam Webber on the bottom and his memories of all visits with the little boy came rushing back. As he recalled Cam running to him after a house fire, Jason could feel the love and yet pain he had felt for the little boy like it was a living breathing entity.
Then looking at the toy, grabbed his heart as the pain felt like it was burning a hole in his heart. The toy he had give him, the only item he had even been allowed to help Elizabeth get, had been discarded like trash. Sitting down he lifted it, touching the wheels, hitting the small horn. "Mr. Quartermaine, is everything okay?"
Looking up, he said here handing the woman all the money in his wallet. "I am taking this, this should be more than enough to replace it."
"Wait, sir!" but the nurse found it was too late. Calling Epiphany she said "Elizabeth Webber is going to kill me. Remember that toy she brought to the daycare, the one Jake loves. Jason Quartermaine just stole it. Gave me, crap, he left almost a thousand dollars telling me to replace it. Can you tell Elizabeth?"
Chuckling softly, Epiphany had the sneaking suspicion that Jason Morgan had been responsible for the original purchase of said toy and that Quartermaine's faulty memory was about to give him a headache when a certain nurse and mother got a hold of him.
Jason slammed into the mansion, setting the toy on the coffee table he paced back and forth angry with Elizabeth, himself and every single person involved in this mess. Walking over to the box of files, he tossed them making a mess of the room as the pain got to be too much. "Jason, what is it?"
Turning he saw the red head from the pictures. "Skye, right?"
"Yes, what happened in here?" She asked picking things up as she entered the room. "Monica asked me to come help her with something, that she needed my area of expertise."
Looking around, Jason sighed then said "I am just frustrated. Just when it seems like I am getting my life back... I learn things are worse than I thought."
"Mr. Quartermaine, your cousin's brother is at the door. He says he is Elizabeth Webber's fiancee." stated Alice.
"Take him to the study." said Skye then looking at Jason said "I will clean up in here, then we need to talk."
Not wanting to join the man, Jason sat down at the desk and looked at the man he envied. "What do you need?"
"To show you this." Taking the disk that Jeff had brought to them, Jack showed him Claudia and Sonny's confessions. Jason flinched then grasped his heart as he heard Claudia talking about getting married to him. Blacking out as most of his memories of the event returned, he woke up to the Brit taking his pulse. "Don't move."
Finishing, he said "Before we go any further, I want an explanation for that." he said pointing at the screen.
"No, since you have seen this, I am guessing Elizabeth has as well. I need to tell her first." he said sitting up. "But there is an explanation, a good one." he said with a smile.
"Good, now I have to go finish cleaning up another one of your messes." snapped the doctor before leaving. Once in his car, he grinned. They should have brought Vee in on this from the beginning. They needed a woman's touch. Hearing a knock on the passenger side window, he groaned when he saw Skye Chandler standing there with her hands on her hips. Rolling down the window, he winced when she asked. "Care to explain how Alice just introduced you as Elizabeth Webber's fiancee?"
"Uh, I gave in to my father's requests?" he tried weakly. Then seeing her glare, he sighed then said "Get in, I will explain on the way."
"The way to where?" she asked doing as he requested. His answer made her laugh as she said "Brenda Barrett is in town and her mouth is way bigger than mine."
"Simone and Ned taped it shut already." Then he explained what was going on as Skye told him that Monica had brought her to town, asking her for help getting Jason and Liz back together.
Calling the number for John Zachara, Jason was relieved to find out his memories were correct. "Thank you, now what was so important you left a message at one in the morning. I doubt it was about Sonny's death?"
Listening to his comments about Spinelli and ELQ, Jason was getting the feeling the geek was going to be more trouble than expected. Calling Anna's contact he ltook some notes then said "Thank you. Can you send him bad information."
"Already told to do that, sir."
Going into the living room, Jason found a note from Skye and read the file she had marked. Reading the Spinelli had not tangled himself up with the FBI to save Jake like had been claimed but because he had been erasing evidence of Sam's misdeeds, made it more important that ever to find out the truth.
He was going through the paperwork regarding his ELQ takeover, when he felt rather than heard the door slam. Looking up, he grinned. Elizabeth looked pissed, he didn't know why, but for some reason she was very angry with him when he should be the one mad at her for giving Cam's toy away. "Hello?"
"Don't hello me, you son is at daycare this very minute crying his eyes out, because some jerk stole his toy from the ped's ward. What were you thinking?"
Freezing, he said the only thing that came to mind."Uh... um..."
"Jake was playing with Andy, a little boy on the ward, came out from his room to find a certain toy missing. The nurse said you took it."
"Hey, I paid for it." he said then winced saying. "Uh, I gave her a lot of money to replace it. Uh, I ... Uh, it had Cam's name..."
As Elizabeth got what happened, she controlled her slight laughter as Jason stuttered through an explaination. "You were almost right." she sighed. "Since Cam was too big for the toy now, I was going to give it to the ped's ward, but then decided Jake might like it in spite of not liking the cartoon."
Flushing, Jason watched as she pulled out her phone and called over to the daycare. Getting an upset Jake on the phone, she told him that "Mommy found your riding toy. Mr. Jason took it home to clean it." she said glaring at the blond who was upset with the Mr. Jason. But he knew dad wouldn't be acceptable yet.;
Hearing Jake calm down, Elizabeth said "I will see you in a bit."
Then looking at Jason said "When Epiphany let me go to deal with this another nurse got stuck covering my shift. I now owe her because you couldn't wait to ask me what was going on, next time try talking to me."
"Fine, then sit down, so we can talk." he snapped.
As she did, he called for Alice to bring them some of Emily's favorite type of cocoa, making Elizabeth smile at the memory. Looking back at her, Jason admired the picture she made sitting there in the purple colored scrubs with her hair losely tied back. "You are so beautiful." he sighed then shook himself then said "I have a few things to tell you that I have learned."
Telling her about Spinelli, he sighed when she said "I found a few other things, similiar to that. He is obsessed Jason. Sam, he and you were the ideal family for him."
"I wish I knew more about him, but most of the memories are gone. Do you know much about it?"
Telling him what she knew about the geek and Lulu, as well as his connections to Lorenzo, she watched as his face got grimmer. "What is it?"
"Morgan was worried about Sam, but what if the bigger threat was the kid? You told me he would make up scenerios about these other women and me, plus what he said about Jake. I think he is dangerous." replied Jason as he moved over to the sofa with her just as Alice brought in the drinks.
Handing her a mug, Jason said "There are a few more things."
Showing her the ID's and then telling her what Diane had told him about being dated for fall '08, he said "There are more."
Elizabeth read the passports, the birth certificates and other items all dated for March '09 in the names of Cam, Jake and Elizabeth Webber she looked at him stunned. "Jason, what went wrong? This is long before Michael's surgery, long before he ran away to Mexico, long before the Carnial even."
"I don't know." he admitted. "What I do know is that Sam, Jerry and Spinelli are all in the middle of this. Now that I can eliminate Sonny Corinthos as being involved, it narrows my focus a bit."
"What do you mean?" she asked still confused.
"Morgan believed that Sonny sold Jake out to Anthony Zachara, at least that it was a possiblity. But I now know the truth, there. He married Claudia instead, somehow Morgan's plan with his secret helper went wrong. He had a fake wedding liscense, was setting up Anthony and Claudia to turn on one another, but suddenly it went wrong."
"I know Jason was going to marry Claudia while seeing me, I learned it last year." she admitted still clearly hurt.
"WRONG, it was all fake. There was supposed to be a pretend marriage followed by a confronatation that evening at his estate." he said shaking his head. "If that had taken place like planned, none of the rest of this would have happened."
Hearing her phone ringing, Jason went to hand Elizabeth her purse accidentally dumping it when he felt the purse vibrate as a couple different electronic devices went off. Elizabeth took the beeper and the two cell phones, grimacing at what they all said. "I have to go, all surgical nurses are being called in."
As Jason returned most of the items to her purse from the cushions, she rushed out the door while the house phone ran. Hearing his mother on the other end, he found himself wishing he was one of the ones rushing to help the patients. While rationionally he knew being a doctor was no longer a viable dream, part of him found it hard to let go of the dream.
Then thinking on it, called Elizabeth and offered to get the boys, grinning madly when she said "Fine."
Elizabeth went to check in with Epiphany only to be told she was on call for Patrick's surgery as soon as the patient stablized. "I am going to let the daycare know Jason is picking up Jake and Cam when he arrives."
The head nurse grinned and said "Did you give him hell for stealing the toy?"
Nodding with a grin as she walked down the stairs instead of taking the elevator, Elizabeth recalled the visit with Jason. As she was explaining to the teacher about the boys, Jason arrived. After greeting both of them then watching Elizabeth leave, he went to see Cam who was frowning at him and Jake. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"Did you take Jake's toy?" asked the six year old.
"Yes, it it at my house. Alice is taking through the car wash even as we speak." he said hoping the answer would suffice. When the two boys looked excited and said "We want to help." Jason knew all would be well.
Jake grinned at his father making Jason's heart turn when he said "Okey dokey." then handed him something. Lifting it, Jason saw the heart created by the red glass with the black onzyz seperating it into sections like a broken heart.
"It's Mommy's, she gave to Jake when he cried." said Cam as he saw Jason looking at it.
Holding it gently, Jason said "I know it's your mom's."
Telling their teacher he would be right back, he called out to Elizabeth, unaware that Jack had come looking for the nurse. "The boys wanted me to give this back to you."
Looking from the necklace to Jason, she said "thank you."
"Here." he said moving behind her and slipping it on. As he hooked the clasp he said softly. "That heart should be whole."
"No, it shouldn't. Remind me some time to tell you when I had this made." she said with a soft smile as she looked at him.
"Fine." he repeated back to her her earlier response about the boys. Leaning down he kissed her softly on the lips, stunned to feel like he was on fire. Moving closer he said. "Thank you for the time with the boys."
"You're welcome." she replied then hesitated before reaching out to pull his head down. As their lips moved closer, Jason could see the dark specks in her eyes before they closed so he closed his as well. When their lips met, Jason fumbled a little as he pulled her completely into his arms letting her take control of the kiss.
Jack silently gave cheer as he walked quietly back down the hall. Seeing Carly watching with watering eyes, he drew her off. "Are you okay?"
"Yers, just wow, that was beautfiul." then went to see an exhausted but excited Kelly Lee. "You wanted to see me?"
Carly was worried, the woman had been rather uninformative on the phone just demanded she come into her office this morning. "What did my tests show?"
"You need to sit down." said Kelly. Now terrified, Carly looked at the woman and said "Is there something wrong, do I need surgery?"
"Maybe not right now, but in couple of months, maybe." she said. "It will be strictly outpatient and we are more than likely going to have to put you on bed rest at some point."
Shaking, worried she might not get to see her children grow up, Carly asked what is wrong with me.
"Wrong?" asked Kelly Lee looking up for the first time. "Wait, didn't you get my phone message?"
"No, only the message about coming in for further testing right away."
"Oh, Carly, I am so sorry, I was wondering why Jax wasn't here with you." Kelly grinned then said "Uh, congratulations, your pregnant."
Stunned, Carly stared and said "How, I mean JJ was a miracle but how?"
""Here, test results." she replied. Carly read them then reached for her phone. "I need you, I am at GH. Kelly Lee's office."
As the evening started, Johnny was meeting with his men. "Don't turn your back on Jerry Jacks. Then make sure that Sam McCall and her little cohort are brought to the safehouse. I might let my partner decide what happens there."
"Yes sir. Do we have any idea how long this tourament will last." asked the large man in the corner.
"Two days, at the least." he said before leaving to check on his guest. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am done here." Then closing the computer added. "How much longer until we can leave town?"
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Jax didn't want to attend the event, Carly and he were still in a state of shock, but she had pointed out that others would be suspicous if he wasn't playing. "I will be there, maybe not in heels to cheer you on." she said grinning excited at the idea of another little one. Thank god for Mercedes, she thought.
They were going to tell the boys later this week, for now wanting to keep the news to themselves. When he asked about Brenda being in town, he had been happy when she said "It doesn't bother me a bit, on your behalf. She gives you one lingering look and I will rip her hair out." she teased.
Hearing Michael and Kristina talking as she got ready to head out, she asked if they were sure they were up to babysitting. "I think so Mom, I mean the diaper goes on this end, right?" he said pointing at his sister's head.
Kristina promised that she would make sure Molly went home early when Alexis called from Pentonville. Mac and she had been busy all day dealing with the mess created by Sonny and Anthony's death.
Carly left telling Mercedes to keep an eye on the five kids but only an eye as she had promised Michael he could be in charge. As soon as she left, Michael and Kristina took the box they had stolen from the Q's and went through it looking for proof that Spinelli was involved with all that had happened while they waited, counting down to the next part of torture Sam to commence. Public humilation should hit just about halfway through the poker games, too bad they were too young to actually be there.
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Sam took down the information that Spinelli gave her then saw the latest camera footage from the mansion, vowing that she would not let Elizabeth get away with this. She had a rich, titled fiancee and a large house, why couldn't she get it that Jason wasn't interested. What did it take for her to get the message to leave Jason alone.
Spinelli just went back to looking in his computer blissfully too arrogant to take serious the words he had overheard as a threat. No one was good enough to track him unless he wanted to be caught. He had no idea anyone was shadowing his keystrokes, keeping a close eye on the Jackal, assassin of the Internet.
Meanwhile Sam had entered the room in a dress that barely had any fabric to it. Vee watched her on camera then said to Simon. "Well at we don't have to worry about her palming cards, there is no place for her to hide them."
Luke walked over and said "Great job, make sure the assets stay up though. Are you ready to begin?"
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Jerry was building the bombs, a delicate operation he didn't trust to anyone. Watching on footage stolen from the security cameras, he saw Sam turn white as she won the first deal. Looking closer, he saw a few of the players giving her a weird looks. Then saw the cards, the black suits, aces and eights and the queen of diamonds. The dead man's hand. Bad luck for a tourament of this kind.
He saw her hand was shaking as she was dealt her next set of card, while the omen it represented sent a shockwave over the table.
Grinning cruely, Jerry couldn't help thinking how apropo that she was dealt that since she wouldn't live to see Monday.
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Maxie was in her room, looking at the pictures, the clothes looked just as hideous on film as they had in person. She had made a comment to Kate about them only to be told that Maxie had no idea what true fashion was. As she went through the pictures trying to find something positive since the clothes were horrifiing, she was grateful to see that Spinelli was grinning in one of the set pictures.
After his hang dog ways for the last month, it had been a breath of fresh air for the few minutes he had stopped by. Looking closer, she thought, she had to be wrong, his hand wasn't where she thought it was.
Getting a magnifing glass form Mac's desk, she tossed them down and called her boyfriend. "Get over here now."
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Jack slipped in the security booth, nodding at various people while watching. "How did it go?"
"She was shaken, now for round two." said Vee.
Luke found himself out, quickly as the best and the brightest at his table thanked him for playing, more like donating money he thought sourly. Walking to the deck to have a cigar, he saw a woman walking on board. "Luke Spencer?"
"Yes? What may I do for a beautiful lady like yourself?" As he escorted her towards his suite. There was a splash then a gurgle and finally nothing as the woman walked off the boat. Heading to an overpass, she tossed the bloody knife into the water then at a different spot disposed of the car. Calling her boss, she said "Prince Cassadine, it was taken care of."
Nik looked in at his son then said "Thank you.
Luke should not have been looking into this, he rationalized to himself. He would allow no one to endanger his son or his family's honor he thought as he walked to the main house. "It is done grandmother."
"Good." she said before shooting him for the dishonor he brought upon them. Helena told her men to take the baby to the states, "Find it a family, then disappear."
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Jason looked up from where he was putting Cam and Jake to bed. Seeing Elizabeth standing there, he said "They were half asleep already, they can stay the night can't they?"
Elizabeth gave in to the needy expression on his face, but wasn't ready to face that huge house all alone. Jack was at the Haunted Star and Romport had been given the night off. Sitting down on the stairs, Jason and Elizabeth spent part of the night quietly talking and getting to know this version of one another, Elizabeth telling him things from their past, he told her what he remembered. They discussed his childhood, AJ, Emily and the messed up Quartermaines as he remembered them.
As they slowly moved past the mistakes, and the hurts, both realized what happened from here on out was on them. Jason Morgan Quartermaine, and Elizabeth Imogene Webber.
"I love you." he admitted shaking when she said "I love..."
Closing his eyes when she couldn't finish, he was startled into soft laughter when he realized she had fallen asleep on his arm.
TBC