ON A SLOW BOAT TO PORT CHARLES
"Happy?" he asked.
"Ecstatic, but we really should get dressed soon." she said pulling the covers up over her skin. "Why is Cam with us on our honeymoon?"
"I just didn't want to send him home with any of our guests. I didn't plan this well, did I?" he asked as they went to the shower.
Seeing her giggling as she looked around the bathroom with the nautical theme, he said "What?"
"I just, I remember when I faked my death, Sonny sent me to the Island on his yacht. I was out of it most of the time. I just was imagining his version of this bathroom." Dark colors and heavy fixtures more than likely.
With soft push into the shower, Jason joined her and said "I don't want you even thinking about another man's bathroom."
"I just am curious." she said with a smile as Jason turned on the taps then decided to help her lather up.
"We are in the middle of the ocean, limited supply of fresh water, we need to conserve." he said his voice thickening as he reached for her loofah.
"Sure, that is why we are in here together." she said moaning as he soon showed her how saving water was a good idea.
~~*~~
Three days later when they were entering the Saint Lawrence Seaway, Jason and Elizabeth were outside looking at the stars while drinking ice cold sweet tea. "Are you ready?"
"I am. I can't believe you bought five tests, Jason." She knew that Jason was excited she just didn't know about the peeing on all of them, it was going to be awkward enough as it was to have him handling them afterwords.
"The directions are in Italian. I just want to be sure." he said. "Are you sure you are okay with the possibility?"
"Yes, but why are you worried?" she asked turning from where she was in his arms.
"I just... I don't want you to feel like I am rushing you into something." he said, he had been aware of not having condoms when they had been at the penthouse, he did sometimes wonder if he had made an unconscionable choice to get Elizabeth pregnant in case she had changed her mind.
Thinking on the day they had left, she chuckled and said "Jason, when we got off that elevator, I seem to remember you had your key in the door and were going to get your passport, I was the one misbehaving."
"Yes, but then we lost the electricity." he said recalling what was without a doubt his now favorite memory when he had felt Elizabeth's lips on his neck then felt her hands encircling his waist from behind in the dark while asking if anyone else was on the penthouse floor. His belt, her shirt then the rest of their clothes soon did end up on that floor.
"All I did was kiss you, you were the one who removed my clothes before we were even in the penthouse." she said remembering being pushed against the door and loved until she could no longer stand let alone think.
Hearing him laugh, she said "What?"
"I was thinking. We made love without a condom, how many times until we thought about it?"
"The door, the floor behind the couch. The pool table." she said wiggling her eye brows. "The kitchen when I offered to teach you how to lick slam and suck. Though what we did wasn't the way we did it at Jake's." She was sure that Kelly had at some time, she just didn't know the who.
"I learned something important that night." he said "Never ever pour tequila where you did." His parts still shivered as he recalled the feeling of the ice cold liquer.
"That lead to sex in the shower. Twice." she said. "Besides, I wasn't thinking about how the cold tequila would affect things." She hadn't been thinking at all, just wanting to taste a tequila flavored Popsicle.
"Me either." he said ruefully, by that point his brains had turned to mush. "Then you saw that box of condoms. Just had to insist on using it."
"So, what you are saying is that we got pregnant from that as opposed to all of the times we used nothing?" she asked lifting her head to look at him.
"No." he said. "Just saying we shouldn't have bothered wasting the time returning to the bathroom for them."
"It did kill the mood." she stated recalling getting the box, then removing the wrappings then getting out the condom.
"Yes, but I am glad. We were only supposed to be there long enough to get my passport." he reminded her.
"I am rather happy we split up after that. I don't think I want the mental image of Ric and Sam as well as the one of Maxie and Lucky." she said. "My eyes don't deserve that punishment."
Thinking on it, he had to agree. "We do have a decision to make."
"I know, I know." she said quietly. "Too bad we couldn't find a place real quick."
"I have Max working on it but we know his idea of homey though I did ask Diane to help him." he said.
"We could just stay here on the boat." she said with a smile.
"We could, but Cam needs firm ground." The preschooler was inquisitive like his mother and Jason worried about his ending up in the water somehow.
"So, we stay at Sonny's old place for now." she said shrugging. "It is secure at least."
DELUSIONALVILLE
Carly entered the Quartermaine mansion where Monica and she gave Emily a schooling in Elizabeth and Jason history from the view of Sonny and Carly' history. Emily sat there not saying a word then got up and started for the door only to turn and plop herself down. "I screwed up, didn't I?"
"Yup, but don't feel bad. At least you didn't push both Courtney and Sam at him." only to see Emily wince. "You didn't? Both of them?"
When she nodded then said "Add the Lucky mess to my tally as well."
Carly said "Well, she forgave me, and you two have been friends way longer than she even knew me."
"So I should have known better," said Emily. Seeing Carly looking at her, Monica asked what was going on.
"Okay, this isn't coming from me, okay?" she asked. "Diane did some research. She has a suspicion about something she saw. What can you tell me about Elizabeth's parents?"
"Not much about Carolyn and I used to be married to Jeff. I remember stories that Elizabeth's mother blamed her for losing a prestigious assignment which could have led to the Lasker for her if she hadn't got pregnant."
"Pretend I know nothing about medicine?" she asked.
"Sort of a version of the Nobel Prize. The winner could write her own ticket, any place in the world of medicine."
Hearing the tell tale tape of heels, they saw Diane entering and nod at Carly. "I was right."
"But how did we miss it?" she asked. "Wow, this isn't going to go over well."
"What?" asked Monica while Emily watched them looking at one another before Diane spoke.
"I thought Elizabeth was Alexis' daughter, after something I saw at the Villa. They are mother and daughter. I talked your husband into doing a blind DNA test run for me in regards to a case. Sam isn't a Cassadine."
"Who is she?" Alexis knew she was trouble but not even her family deserved this particular relative.
"A Webber." said Diane triumphantly. "She is the child of Carolyn Webber and her brother in law Rick. His DNA is in the computer from when he was killed. Same for a Sarah Webber who shows up as Sam's half sister. As for Elizabeth parents, Alexis attended a very exclusive boarding school in the New England area, same with Elizabeth's dad. He was a decent enough kid, but they were just a summer romance. A young man who went into the medical profession, he died. A car accident years ago." said Diane regretfully.
"Now who wants to tell Elizabeth and who tells Alexis?" Monica was sure that Emily would want to be there to start making amends but she wasn't sure that was a good idea.
"We can't tell Alexis until we tell Elizabeth." said Emily worried about how her friend was going to react. As for Sam, she slept with Alexis' husband she could understand wanting to dump that baggage then groaned when she realized that Elizabeth had been married to Ric. Well, at least he was dead and not around to cause trouble anymore. "We can however tell her that Sam isn't her daughter."
Carly was saying me, me. me. Then called Jax and asked him to get Alexis to their office, when he asked why, she gave him the good news...
~~*~~
"What is going on?" asked Alexis as the four people in the room grinned at her like fools.
"We have some very good news as the result of a bunch of random tests that were run at GH to test their system." said Monica. "At least I think you will consider it good new. Sam McCall is the daughter of Carolyn Webber, not Alexis Davis."
Stunned, Alexis sat down and said "Really?" She just wanted to be sure before letting the burden lift from her shoulders.
"Yes." she was told in chorus as they all looked rather happy about it. Searching each of the faces, she found they were telling the truth, even Carly.
"But the records..." Then she thought, well the hell with it, records can be wrong.
"I have no idea." said Monica. "And the best news is Elizabeth isn't biologically a Webber."
"Who is Sam's father?" asked Alexis. "Do you know that?"
"One Rick Webber, remember him?" Alexis thought about it then remembered the mess happening when she was pregnant with Kristina.
"The man who died at the Scorpio house that Nik and Lucky pushed over a cliff in a car?"
"That's the one." said Monica cheerfully as she thought about the death of her ex-lover.
"Alexis, would you like me to call Sam for you?" asked a gleeful Carly.
"No, I will take care of that, myself." she said. "Does this woman know?"
"I called her husband, Jeff is in shock." said Monica. "His marriage has been rocky for years and he wasn't too happy when he hung up after hearing Sam's resume from me."
"WAIT!" called out Alexis. "Where is my real child?"
"That wasn't in the records." said Monica skating the truth as she realized Alexis hadn't thought to connect Elizabeth to her. Sometimes what was right before your eyes was what was best hidden.
When Sam showed up to see Alexis she saw Jax with her. "What you need someone with you to see me now?"
Alexis said "GH was running random tests today to check their system. You are not my daughter."
Smiling broadly she said "Really?" This was great, one of the things separating Jason and her was who her mother was.
"Yes. Do you want to know who your real parents are?" she asked as she wondered about this Ric and Carolyn and how they had created this sad pathetic creature with no morals.
"Not really, finding you were my mother wrecked my life." She said liking having the freedom to tell the woman what she really thought of her.
"You have family in town. Your mother is Carolyn Webber she had an affair with her brother-in-law.
"So I am related to Elizabeth?" she asked interested. This might actually be helpful since she knew that Jason liked Elizabeth unlike Alexis. A sister in law he could be comfortable with was much better than a mother-in-law who was trying to send him to prison.
"No, Elizabeth is adopted and estranged from her family." said Jax. Seeing Alexis look his way he said "Research." Jax was mentally kicking himself for almost giving it away.
"Who is my father?" asked Sam wondering if he had money.
"Rick Webber." said Alexis. "He was killed a few years ago. I called his brother a few minutes ago, his wife isn't dealing well with this.
Sam was gleeful as she went to her boat. She didn't have to deal with that straight laced pain in the rear Alexis anymore. Seeing Lucky Spencer staggering around the docks. She stopped and asked what he was doing?
"I uh, I don't suppose you can lend me a few bucks until Elizabeth gets home?" He was running out, buying pills on the docks was way more expensive than having Maxie steal them for him. She wasn't talking to him, Mac had talked her into going to stay with her mother in Texas until she gave birth.
"Wait, Elizabeth isn't back yet?" she asked wondering why it was bothering her. Then dismissing it, she said "No, no money. But I need crew. I am heading to Canada to pick up some cargo."
"Fine." he said following her to the salvage boat. Soon they were chugging out on the lake, Sam skillfully questioning Lucky about Elizabeth's family and was disappointed to learn there was no real money there. Just comfortable upper middle class.
~~*~~
"Sonny, she just sailed." announce Max as he entered the coffee warehouse. "When do you want me to make the call?"
"Wait, until she picks up the shipment. Then do it."
"Are you sure we can trust Alcazar?" he asked. Max had his doubts, but the man had faithfully sent Diego to the warehouse for a month. Too bad the younger Alcazar had none of his father's brains to back up his mouth. Less than a day after he was told he was done, he had been crewing for Sam on her smuggling trips.
"I am sure of it. Sam was warned not to take his son on as crew. She ignored that and now he has been shipped to Singapore by his dad after he disrespected the Romano's. Sam is ours to handle. The shipment will he what he ordered it to be."
"What about the timing?" he asked.
"I called the captain of the Aegean Sunrise, he is going to bring the yacht in slow so that they time it perfectly." said Sonny with a grin. "Audrey was informed by Monica today about the wedding. She had left town to escape from Lucky. She isn't happy about the wedding but is resigned at them being together."
Max said "We didn't find a house we both agree on for them yet so Jason said they would stay at your old place for now since I have it secured. So granny is resigned huh, Spencer really must have pissed her off."
"So she is going to get Jake in Montreal. She should be there already." said Sonny. "I understand that she has Milo with her."
"Good." said Max. "Sam isn't going to go down without a fight."
"There is nothing left for her." said Sonny. "Who is her crew?"
With a grin, Max said "Spencer and he just bought a whole brand new bag of a certain pain killer."
THE LOVE BOAT
"Well?" she asked sitting nervously on the edge of the tub staring at the tests. "Well?"
"Well, we have two lines." he said grinning like a fool.
"Well?" he asked expectantly when she just sat there looking at him.
Standing she caught him in a hug then said "I am having a baby?"
"Yes, you are having another baby." he said with a grin as he thought that he finally had what he had wanted for so long and it was with the woman who had always been a part of the dreams since he meet her. "So, still doubt my intuition?"
"No, but we can't tell anyone not yet. It is bad luck to do so before we are past three months." She had had two miscarriages and that left a heavy burden on her heart especially since Jason seemed so excited.
Pouting a bit when he wanted to shout it to the world, he saw Cam yawning in the doorway. "We have to get dressed. Your grandmother will be waiting."
Hugging Jason, she said "So daddy how does it feel?"
"Scary." he admitted. Seeing Cam walking around the bathroom looking at everything wide awake and alert at seven in the morning and comparing him to Elizabeth who looked ready to go back to sleep in spite of being happy, he couldn't help saying something about it.
"I think that the early mornings make me wonder, are you sure that Cam is your son?" he asked looking at the wide awake little boy then ducked out of the way. Picking up the four year old, he asked "Are you ready to be a big brother, soon?"
"Jason!" she scolded then gave him a huge smile. "Why don't you two go and get dressed."
Kissing her quickly, he carried Cam to his stateroom. "Are you going to miss the boat?"
With his lower lip trembling, Cam said "We aren't keeping it?"
"I wish we could buddy, but I only borrowed it. We can look for one of our own, how about that?" he asked. Seeing Cam shake his head, he said "Why not?"
"I want a smaller one for the bath instead. Then I can steer." he said smiling. "Can we visit?"
"That we might be able to arrange." he said thinking about the large ocean going cargo ships that Sonny and he owned. "What color do you want yours?"
"White." he said promptly.
"I take it back, you are your mother's son." he said with a laugh as he tied the little guys docksiders. Hearing the noises indicating they were pulling into port, he said "We have to hurry up."
"Okay." said Cam. As they docked, he saw his grandmother waiting on the dock and waved and jumped up and down excitedly. 'GRAMS! LOOK GRAMMY, I AM ON A BIG BOAT."
Audrey boarded as soon as they were docked hugging her great grandson and then asked him to let his mommy know she was here. "I would like a word with you Mr. Morgan."
Waiting until she was seated, he said "I can only guess..."
"No, you can't. I am not thrilled with this, but after a month of Spencer selfishness that drove me from my home that Steve and I created, I am grateful." she said. "Don't hurt her, don't hurt either one of them."
"I won't. We made mistakes in the past but know one thing. I have loved Elizabeth since that summer before you got her that studio." He said. "We let others interfere for too long. No more. We are a family and we are going to stay a family. I adopted Cam while we were in Italy."
"Good, I take that as a good sign." she said offering her hand.
"Grams, how are you?" asked Elizabeth as she joined them. She had seen the handshake and was grateful for the detente that apparently was declared
Hugging her granddaughter she said "Better now that I have seen you. I have had an interesting month, nothing like yours but interesting. Luke is going to be a problem for you, dear."
"I can deal with him." she said grimly. "Now are you sure you are okay traveling with Cameron."
"I have the Quartermaine jet and ten different offers to help with him once I get home." she said dryly. "There is a very nice young man who wouldn't let me carry my carry on from the hotel to the limo he had waiting, who is without a doubt armed to the teeth. I am fine, we will be fine."
Kissing Cameron, Elizabeth said "I am going to miss you."
"Mommy, daddy said it was only for one night." he replied. "Wes be fine. Right?"
Jason picked up Cam and said "You be good for your grandmother and Milo, okay?" Seeing Milo coming on board, he said "Milo, this is my son, Cameron. Cam this is Milo, he is to be obeyed unless your grandmother tells you otherwise, okay?"
"Okay, daddy." he said then rushed off with the twosome. Waving at his parents as the boat released from the dock, he was soon ushered into the limo for the ride to the airport. Audrey listened to what he had to say and felt what few reservations she had on Jason's feelings for Elizabeth and her son go away.
"So daddy put padding on the swing set chair and...."
HOME OF THE GREAT WHITE WHALE
Nik found himself in shock. "So Sam is the daughter of Rick Webber?"
"Yes." said Emily wishing she could reveal the rest. There was an awkward pause once again. The problems with Lucky and Elizabeth had strained their relationship but not as much as Carly's words that day in the diner.
Every time Emily looked at Nik, she saw him with Courtney. She heard Carly's words about him. She tried to excuse it, using what happened with Sonny, but she KNEW that it was different. Breathing a sigh of relief when Alfred entered, she was about to leave when Nik took a look at the message.
Making a call, he said "How sure?"
"She died cursing me and mine." said Luke. "Ding dong, the witch is dead."
Nik stood and walked to the hallway. "I want proof. I want DNA tests ran here and elsewhere. I want to know what killed her."
"I have arranged for the body to be shipped there. I am going to see your mother." he said wearily. "About the other, I can't find any proof that Jason and Elizabeth are together. Are you sure of your facts?" Luke had checked all his underworld sources and nothing, nada, zilch on Elizabeth being with Jason Morgan.
"It all fits too well." he said. Then went into the other room and gave Emily a run down on the discussion.
"Why can't you let it go?" she asked wishing she could tell him all she knew. Carly had sworn her to secrecy saying that she owed Jason and Elizabeth for her attitude. "Lucky needs to get clean for himself, we have to face that."
"If she tossed him over to be with that thug, she is dead to me. I won't talk to her, I won't even be in the same room as her EVER AGAIN." he said tersely. "To lower herself that way."
"You do remember that the thug in question is my brother?" she asked. Then standing said "I am going home. Nik, we need to take some time apart. Decide if this is truly what we want."
"Excuse me?" he asked. "You need what? I took you back after you shacked up with Sonny." he said protesting.
"And I took you back after you broke our marriage vows with his sister the tramp. Don't go there." she snapped not regretting call him on it at all. They had never really talked about that part of the past and she got why they hadn't. It would have ended them right then and there.. "Let's just call us over, save ourselves the trouble." she said.
"Fine, I am taking Spencer to visit Lulu, Lucky is stuck here because of that court stuff, help if you would." Nik just took her acceptance for granted so he was surprised when she stopped at the door and looked back shaking her head no.
"No." she said firmly. "I won't do it, not this time."
"What?" he asked stunned at what he heard..
"I said no, Lucky has already cost me a lot, well no more." she said sick of it always being about Nik's family, Nik's brother, his sister, his insane granny.. "Get some other sucker to help him."
Once at home, Emily cried herself to sleep as she finally let go of her childhood love. Hearing footsteps, she opened her door to see Skye going into the room kept for her use. "Skye?"
Walking over and setting down, the woman placed her newborn daughter on the bed and said "Lorenzo wanted me to come. I just hate that he felt it was necessary for me to flee our home." she said sitting down and picking up Lilarae. "Diego did something and he is cleaning it up. I can't lose him."
"Do you love him? I thought it was just you know..." she asked.
"It was, and there have been times I want to scream and slap him into next week, but want to know something. I haven't even thought of drinking since we got together." From Skye that was a big thing, usually being in a relationship with a man drove her to drinking.
"So, being sober isn't a reason to stay married." she said thinking of the irony of what she had been expecting Elizabeth to do for Lucky.
"I know, but we have great sex, we respect one another, we trust each other. And we have her." said the flame haired woman smiling down at her little girl.
"What about love?" Emily asked.
"I have had the worst luck when I call it love." she said "That is why this works."
"Okay." she said then heading back to her room, she went back to bed. An hour later she got up and grabbed her car keys and drove to the huge estate that belonged to Lorenzo Alcazar. Banging on the door, she saw the man in question, letting her in.
"Ms. Quartermaine, is there a reason you are here?" Lorenzo racked his brain to remember if he had ever been in the same room as her alone.
"I have a question for you. Do you love my sister?" she asked entering and tossing herself down in a chair then looking around. "Well?"
"What business is it of yours?" he asked leaning against his desk and looking at her amused. "You could care less about Skye."
"Because I am tired of letting people use those I care about AND that INCLUDES Skye." she said. "I think she is in love with you and is refusing to admit it."
"Her issues." he said knowingly. "Coffee?"
"No, I am waiting for my answer." she said following him to the kitchen then watched as he started to grind the beans. Once he hit start, she looking at him and said "Still waiting."
"Are you going to tell her what I say?" he asked less amused. Skye and he both had issues with love and this woman was going to push them to explode if she kept this up, he was doing his best and that meant playing by Skye's rules.
Then while the pot dripped he said "Of course you are, earnest young women like yourself think that if you say I love you it solves everything. It solves nothing. When you get to be our age, your emotional baggage is pretty heavy. Skye refuses to believe in love, so no, I don't love her."
"Oh, my, god." she said stunned. "You do. You love her."
"I think it is time for you to leave." he said looking at the clock with a grimace. He didn't need this now, he had enough to deal with, without her trying to fix things for Skye and him.
"Fine, I get why you won't tell her, but be at least honest with me." she pleaded.
"Goodnight, Ms. Quartermaine." he said opening his door for her. Once she was gone, he hear the footsteps and said "You do know that entering my house from the kitchen like that carrying a gun could be considered a threat."
Sonny poured himself a cup of the coffee and said "I saw Emily, did Skye forget something?"
"Only that siblings can be nosy. Are we set?" Lorenzo didn't want to do business with this man but enough was enough and when he gave someone a warning he expected them to take it. Miss McCall had ignored that.
"My people are in place. Did she pick up the shipment?"
"Right on schedule." he said cruelly smiling. "Good doing business with you, lets not make it a habit."
Nodding, Sonny said "You should buy our brand this crap sucks." he said dumping the coffee. On his way out the door, he stopped to ask "Skye?"
"Skye is at her father's in case Sam tries to pin this on me." said Lorenzo. "Are you sure that Morgan will be arriving at the perfect time."
"Yes." said Sonny. "I think Elizabeth is pregnant so be careful."
"I will, did he get the same warning?" Lorenzo knew that if Sam realized her dream life was over, she would take pleasure in hurting Elizabeth.
RETURNING HOME
Jason woke Elizabeth up and got her up to date on the plan. "Lucky is with her, he has drugs on him."
"I feel bad for his family but what is he thinking?" she said. "What about Sam?"
"She made the deal. She gets no mercy." he said. "There are few things that Alcazar and we agree on. Terrorism is one of them. Bringing in that package, she is going to be in a world of hurt. Lucky might be able to claim he was only working for her, but she is going to jail."
"She could try turning on you." Elizabeth pointed out.
"Let her, she doesn't know anything that would let her be a threat."
As they slowly got ready for their landing in Port Charles, Elizabeth felt her hands shaking as she thought of all the ways this could go wrong. Looking up at Jason, who was on the phone with Sonny to let him know they would be docking right before dawn, she relaxed knowing that no matter what happened, Jason would keep them safe.
~~*~~
Lucky took another pill, then went to help Sam get them ready to sail into the harbor. Seeing the huge luxury yacht about a quarter of a mile in front of them, he couldn't help his feelings of envy. He worked so hard for what he had, and others just got big huge boats handed to them. "Lucky, come on, we have to kill those lights." Sam shouted.
Once they were dark, he walked to the cockpit and said "Why are we waiting on that piece of crap, just go to the side."
"I want a boat like that. Once Jason and I are married, I am going to ask him to buy me one of those. With a captain and crew that do whatever I want." she said in a dreamy tone. "We can sail the world, just us and our two perfect children. No Port Charles, no Sonny and most definitely no Carly."
"Yeah right." snorted Lucky. "Sam great daydream but how about waking up to some reality. Jason won't walk away from the mob. He didn't for Michael, in the end he came back. And Sonny and Carly, they call he runs. Do you really think it will be any different if you two get back together."
"Oh course it will. I know once we have babies, they will become a distant memory." she said. "He loves me."
Strung out, and not really giving a crap after almost forty eight hours of listening to similar tripe, Lucky looked at her and said "No, he doesn't. Hell even I know that. I have seen Jason in love. I saw him chasing after my wife. I have never seen him look at you like he looked at her."
"That is because he didn't love her." she snapped.
"Live in delusionville much?" he sneered. "Sam, you fucked Sonny. Had his kid. That was how you got Jason, we all know it. Every single person in Port Charles knows it. You were there, convenient. He loved you, yes, I a sure about that. Jason loves to have a woman there, soothing his brow, telling him what a hero he is. So he got engaged to you, my guess is that he knew you were needy."
"Stop, you don't know a thing about Jason and me." she cried out.
"Did he ever take you to the old bridge before it was torn down. It is sort of important spot to him. I know he never took Courtney. I gave her a ride once when she was with Nik, we drove by the spot and I mentioned it. I never saw anyone who supposedly was in love with a new man throw such a fit about an ex before in my life."
"So?" she asked feeling superior to the drugged out ex-cop.
"I know that he saved Robin out there. He stopped her from killing herself. It was a place they talked. Then when he started chasing after Elizabeth both times, he would go out there on that old bike of his with her." he said with a malicious grin. "I followed them once, then made the both pay. I know he took Mikey there once, trying to reason with the spoiled brat. I heard how special the place was to him. He told the kid that he used to bring a very special person out there on his bike and they would talk and vent their problems. I would follow him every once in a while, trying to catch him at something illegal."
"Once again, so?" she asked but was starting to feel a little annoyed.
"He told the kid that he had loved that person but had let them go because he wanted them to have a better life than what he could offer. That she was happy now, a mother with a little boy." he said keeping his grin wide knowing it would bother her. "I heard that and made a point of being around him with Elizabeth and playing father to her kid, proving that I had what he had lost."
"I am supposed to believe he would tell a little boy crap like that?" she asked.
"I don't care what the hell you believe, but the time line of this... was right about when it became public knowledge you were pregnant with Sonny's leavings."
"So, that is history, Jason loves me. He told me so the night Emily and Nik got married." she stated.
"Really, I saw him that night, looking at Elizabeth after he caught the garter and you know what, I saw his eyes, he may have said the words but Jason Morgan has become a great liar. I am sure he even made you believe them."
"He asked me to marry him, when he thought he was going to die he wanted to go away with me."
"The moron had a brain clot pressing on his head, Sam. You were there, always there. My guess is in the end, he thought you were all he had. But since finding you screwing Ric, where is he?"
"He had to leave the country because he killed Ric for me." she said smugly.
Laughing loudly, Lucky said "Really? You have got to be kidding me. You really don't know the truth do you?"
"What the hell are you talking about?" she snapped as his shrill laughter got on her nerves.
"ALEXIS, ALEXIS killed Ric." he said laughing out loud. "I know it, I think Mac Scorpio knows it. This Zachara was cover for her killing him since the guy is nuts."
"Alexis, she couldn't kill anyone." said Sam derisively.
"Luis Alcazar not ringing any bells? And she got away with it by claiming temporary insanity, but she did it. And Ric was killed by a poison. A Cassadine family recipe." he said enjoying knowing something she didn't. "I saw the tox screen. Alexis did it, not Jason. My guess is he hasn't given you a single thought since he left town."
"Funny how he left the exact same night as your wife." she snapped at him.
"Elizabeth has a son, she would never get involved with Jason." he said confidently. "She is probably off pouting somewhere. I know that she still has the Ice Princess, I have spent years trying to find it. I am sure she could chip off a small piece of it and use it to disappear just like dad used to. It used to piss me off how hard I would work and she still didn't give it up no matter how deep we were in debt."
"Ice Princess? What is that?" she asked.
"A diamond, a flawless diamond. Helena used it to brainwash me, then Elizabeth stole it. She claims to have tossed it into the ocean on her way to Sonny's Island when they faked her death." he said then saw they were getting closer to shore. "How much longer is this going to take?"
"About thirty minutes. So you think she still has this diamond." asked Sam as her girlie places tingled at the idea of getting a hold of this diamond. It had to be worth millions.
"What sort of person tosses a diamond into the ocean?" he asked. "Oh course she does. My guess is that she hid it before faking her death."
Getting Lucky to fill her in on as much as she could think to ask, Sam knew what she had to do. Once they were docked she was going to get rid of Lucky and find Elizabeth. Grab the kid to make her tell her where that diamond was.
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The DHS was in place, the yacht was acting as cover for the men to plant the device on the tug while Sonny and Lorenzo were watching from the coffee warehouse as first the slow moving yacht bearing Jason and Elizabeth docked followed into port by Sam's tug. Sonny watched as Jason and Elizabeth disembarked just before the government agents surrounded the tug.
They saw the agents cuff Lucky and then Sam before searching the boat. He saw them shouting then a briefcase being carried to the shore followed by what looked like a big bag of pills and from the way that Sam seemed to be shouting at Lucky, she hadn't know about them.
Down on the docks, Jason and Elizabeth were clearing customs with the local agent when they saw Sam and Lucky being brought up to the boardwalk. "Elizabeth?" shouted Lucky. "What are you doing with that thug?"
Sam just smiled, Jason was home, all would be well. As he was handed back some documents, she heard what the customs agent said. The smile went away and she shouted "Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, what the hell is going on here? You two got married?"
Sam was sure it was fake, it had to be. Maybe as payment for what she had done with Ric since Jason would never marry the bland sweet little nurse she was sisters with. Then she saw the way Jason was acting, the protective circle around Elizabeth and knew that she had to put an end to this, before her own sister stole her man away. Maybe it was better for the woman not to know they were related, at least for now.
Lucky was threatening to kill Jason and then shouted "I am going to make you pay, you bitch. For every single time you screwed that thug. You belong to me, I OWN you. Just wait, I am going to be freed as soon as my father hears about this then I am going to come and take you home by your fucking hair. You like being with a caveman so much, just you wait."
Jason felt Elizabeth's trembling hand on his arm, keeping him from killing Lucky like he wanted to. That he would talk about Elizabeth that way, after all she had been through was just more proof it was all about control for him. Turning to her, he said "Let's get out of here."
"YOU COWARD!" shouted Lucky as his face got read. "You fucking piece of crap. You wait until I am weak from pain then steal my wife. There is no way that marriage is legal, we were barely divorced a week ago."
Elizabeth turned and said "Lucky stop. Jason and I got married in Italy two days after our divorce was final. No one stole me, I walked away."
"I know you saw me with Maxie, please, I can explain, you just didn't give me a chance."
Feeling pissed, but needing to free herself, she said "Lucky, Jason and I ran into each other at the stump of the old bridge out past the cliff roads that day. We talked but I had to go to work. I saw you with Maxie and I was shocked when I left that diner to realize that all I felt was relief."
"So what, you took off with Jason because another woman was giving me what you had refused to for MONTHS??" he shouted.
"No, Jason showed up at GH, we talked then he got a call from Carly. After talking to her, he came back just as my shift ended. We went to the Towers to get something, then the blackout happened. We were stuck in the elevators until they got the emergency generators working. We talked about the past and finally admitted what others have known for a long time. That we want a future together, that we love each other. I am sorry if you are hurt but we should have never gotten together."
"Lying bitch." sneered Lucky while Sam just smirked, sure that this was all a set up, after all, she knew that Jason had come looking for her that night. He was hurt by what she did that was all, there was no way he wanted a life with her.
"We no sooner exited the elevator then we lost the generator again. You don't want to know the next part but I did break my married vows. But that wasn't the plan. We were going to wait until I had gotten my divorce but the combination of the long wait, the heat and frankly that we had been open and admitted we have loved each other for years."
"So let me get this straight, you screwed Jason in my home?" asked Sam as she thought about the used condom in the penthouse and that the woman she was going to let into her life had slept with her fiancee.
"No, Jason and I made love in the penthouse." said Elizabeth correcting the strung out woman.
"Once, then he came looking for me." said Sam laughing as she looked at Elizabeth. "You obviously weren't enough for any man. Ric cheated on you, Lucky did the same and Jason didn't get enough in one night so he came to me." Sam looked at her, then laughed. Maybe she wasn't a Webber after all, they obviously couldn't hold onto a man, and men sat up and begged for Sam.
Jason had wanted to be the one to talk but Sonny had agreed that that would only aggravate the situation with Lucky but now that Sam was sticking her two cents in, he decided his promise was no longer valid.
"We were at the penthouse to get my passport, that is all and Sam it wasn't once. We just used a condom once." he said. Seeing Sam looking confused he said "Several times, no condom."
Stunned, the woman just laughed and said "Yeah right, you know you are just using her to make me jealous for sleeping with Ric."
"No, I am not. I called the airport, arranged for three tickets then dropped Elizabeth off at her apartment building so she could discreetly get her things, instead she found Lucky with Maxie, so she left and called me. I was leaving your house with your mother after seeing you with Ric. I had gone there so that you would understand we were over. So that you would stop wearing that ring that Carly picked out for you." Jason didn't care how, he just wanted to forget his mistake of being with her. He couldn't believe what he had done to himself.
"Carly, CARLY picked out my engagement ring?" she said pissed at that thought.
"We picked up Cameron and were on our way to Italy before dawn." he said ignoring her question. "There we waited until Lucky signed the papers. We got married there."
"And now, I have prisoners to process." said the agent who had not wanted to do this, but had agreed when a WSB agent had called his boss and offered up some intel they needed.
Sam saw her chance, she had gotten the cuffs off while Jason had been spinning his web of lies. Grabbing Elizabeth she pulled out the knife she kept hidden on her and held it to her neck. "Come any closer and she dies."
Backing up as the agents and Jason held a gun on her, she refused to believe he would kill her. Arriving at the upper stairs, she said to Elizabeth. "You and I are going to get a rock called the Princess. So unless you want me to kill that little brat of your, don't lie to me. Where is it?"
Jason was desperate for a shot, but knew that he could accidentally hit Elizabeth. Then hearing what Sam said knew where Elizabeth would take the woman. Hoping Lorenzo's men didn't take the shoot and that Sonny kept a tight rein on their people, he breathed a sigh of relief as the DHS men stood down.
"We have a tag on the McCall woman. Follow her discreetly." called out the agent in charge.
Terrified but knowing she had to keep Sam calm for the sake of the baby she was carrying and for Cam, she thought about it then said once they were up the stairs to the upper deck of the docks. "It's at my studio."
"What studio?" she asked. When Elizabeth told her, she only hoped that someone was watching as Sam led her to the rundown building. Entering, they were going up the stairs when Elizabeth said "The thing is, I don't have a key. I was in Italy. I didn't take it with me."
"We don't need a key, we can just kick the door in." she said shoving Elizabeth who staggered as they came to the correct floor.
Sam took one look at the steel door and said "What kind of trick is that?"
"No trick. I told you we needed a key. I was kidnapped from here and Jason put this door up so I would feel safe." she said only to be told to stop talking about Jason, that she didn't give a crap about Elizabeth's past with Jason.
"Pick it." snapped Sam.
Rolling her eyes, Elizabeth said "Who do I look like? Do you really think I know how to pick a lock?"
"Then stand over there." she said pointing to the far side of the hallway. Elizabeth did what she said knowing that Sam was going to have a hard time getting through the lock which suited her perfectly.
Ten minutes later, she didn't know where he was, but Jason was someplace close when Sam got the door unlocked. "Get in."
Entering, she ignored Sam's order of no funny business. Then the woman went over to her easel and said "Is this supposed to be a joke, you think you were going to use one of these knives on me? Now where is this Ice Princess?"
"Under the floor board in a wooden box." Elizabeth said only to be told once again to back away. Walking backwards to the side wall, she grabbed the handle behind her and breathed a sigh of relief and gave a mental thanks to her husband for his habit of unusual gift giving.
Sam meanwhile had pried the board away and opened the box and said "What is this crap?" Pulling out a quarter and a post card of Italy and a bunch of broken glass."
"The Ice Princess is at the bottom of the ocean between here and Sonny's Island Sam. Why would I keep such an evil thing." Said Elizabeth scornfully.
"You expect me to believe that you THREW AWAY a diamond worth millions?" she asked in disbelief. Standing she held her knife in front of her as she moved towards Elizabeth. "NOW TELL ME WHERE IT IS?"
"Or what, Sam, you are going to hurt me?" said Elizabeth growing more confident. She could feel Jason's presence even closer and knew he had to be outside the door.
When the small woman approached shouting that Elizabeth was going to give her what she wanted, Elizabeth took the Louisville slugger from behind her back and hit Sam in the stomach followed by one to the knees and to the shoulder blades. She didn't want to kill her just disable her.
"JASON!" she shouted as Sam lay on the floor of the studio.
Her husband came rushing in followed by Sonny and Lorenzo Alcazar. They all came to a stop as Jason slowly approached her. "Elizabeth, hand me the bat."
Stunned to realize she had been holding it like she was ready to take another swing she dropped it just as the agents along with Mac Scorpio rushed into the room.
Lorenzo walked over and saw that Sam was still alive but down for the count as the agents cuffed her using riot cuffs this time then called the medics. "What happened?"
Giving them the facts, Elizabeth blinked and said "Why did she think I have the Ice Princess?"
"What is an Ice Princess?" asked Sonny and Lorenzo.
"The diamond the Cassadines used to freeze the world then Luke stole it, Helena stole it back to use to brainwash Lucky. I tossed it into the ocean years ago from Sonny's yacht." she said shivering as shock set in.
Lorenzo recalled what he had heard about that legendary diamond and asked "You tossed it into the ocean?"
"Yes, why is that so hard for people to believe."
'Good thing you are rich, Morgan. God, a diamond worth millions whole and worth possibly more as separate stones." he said chuckling as he left. Heading home to the mother of his little girl, he was glad that at least Skye knew the value of a good diamond.
When the medics arrived, Jason asked "One of you needs to check out my wife, she is about two months pregnant and just had a shock."
Elizabeth let Jason fuss, while they cleared her, she saw the hatred in Sam's eyes and knew that the woman finally realized that Jason and Elizabeth really were married, that Elizabeth had what she had long wanted. "I am sorry, for your sake, Sam. But we loved each other long before you showed up. You had a chance at a different life now, but you tossed it away."
"Don't waste your pity on me. I will be back to get what belongs to me. Jason and that brat you are carrying." she said as the medics said she was fine, bruised but fine. When she was led away, she saw Lucky who sat there in the car gloating as he called out. "I told you so."
Reaching down, she freed the gun of the local cop leading her to the car and lifted her arm trying to shoot Lucky. Instead she found herself shot in the back. Turning she saw Luke Spencer standing there with a smoking gun.
Falling foreword, she looked up at the sky and called out for Jason only to be ignored as the cops surrounded Luke and the medics declared her dead.
TBC