Chapter Seven

Sonny, Max and Milo waited in tense silence, they had sent the other men home for the time being, seeing as how nothing more could be done, unless Jason contacted them. Spinelli and Stan still searched the web, trying to find anything that might lead them to the kidnapper. Currently they had been give a list of Sonny and Jason's enemies were searching for all possible locations one could be kept.

Sonny honestly believed that they should have heard from Jason by now, it just didn't make sense, unless of course something had happened, because even if Jason had rescued Liz, he would have phoned Sonny to let him know. Sonny got up and began pacing, all this waiting was driving him nuts, and he could not stand just sitting around doing nothing. It was already early evening, so something had to have gone wrong. An entire day had not passed yet, but time was fickle and seemed to be slipping further away.

Seeing the warring emotions on Sonny's face, "Perhaps it's time to go looking for Liz and Jas…" Max said, but before he could finish, Carly stormed into the warehouse, looking for Sonny.

"Excuse me, what was that Max?" Carly asked, situating herself right in the middle of the discussion. She had come, to once again request the divorce that Sonny was dodging, at every turn he seemed to be balking at the idea of her moving on, especially with Jax.

"Carly, never mind, this is none of your business." Sonny said, a warning entering his voice.

"Oh yes it is, Jason is my friend and if something has happened to him, thanks to that goody two shoes Elizabeth, I swear, I'll…" Carly threatened, but never had a chance to finish.

"You'll what?" come on Carly, "Liz has done nothing wrong, and seeing as how any attempts at getting rid of you are just going to take up more time, I guess you'll just have to trust in me and believe I know what is best." Sonny said passionately.

"Sonny, I do trust you, I just want to help, please tell me what is going on." Carly asked. Fear for once blocking her own desires, she could ask Sonny about the divorce later, right now, Jason need her.

Sonny didn't want her involved but knew he would ended up spending the rest of the night or even year trying to dissuade her from whatever action she thought was deemed a necessity.

It didn't take Sonny long to update Carly on the recent turn of events, except when she started accusing Liz of faking being kidnapped, just so Jason would come after her.

Sonny finally told Carly the one piece of information that would be a final nail in the coffin, for Carly loved Jason immensely, but it was as a friend and although once upon a time, she had hoped for more. Knowing how many times, Jason had been there for her and Michael, she finally put aside her animosity for Liz, at least for the time being, she could take out her frustrations later, hopefully. And while she did not hold out hope of them ever being best friends, she hoped that in the coming days and so forth, that some kind of relationship could be had, she knew it was what Jason would want, especially now that Liz was carrying his child. She understood, perhaps better than most, what a child meant to him.

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Luke rapped on the door, the door that used to be his and Laura's, when after a few moments he got no response, he was prepared to leave, but the slight movement of someone on the couch made Luke wary, so he knocked once more and then admitted himself through the unlocked door.

He was not exactly sure what he would find, but the sight that befell him then was not what he had expected. Lucky was a mess, obviously something was wrong and if the indications could be trusted, the empty pill bottle on the floor spoke volumes, and the discovery of a second one spoke even louder.

Luke grabbed the phone and dialed 911, explaining he did not know what was wrong, only that they needed to get there and quickly. Luke hung up the phone and went to his son and tried to rouse him, the stench was bad, it was obvious Lucky had been sick. But braving the stink Luke shook his son a little harder, but received no response, other than rumblings and ramblings of Liz and the baby and also of Maxie. Even this far gone, Lucky was still dreaming of his wife and soon to be child, he needed to get the commissioners daughter out of his head though, that way just led to badness.

Luke did not understand what had caused Lucky to slip, but as he could tell Liz was not there, he just hoped that Cameron was not either. the poor boy had been traumatized enough over the past year or so, Luke decided he would check the house once the paramedics arrived, scared for his son, scared in a way that even the fire had not been able to wring from him. For what had transpired that night had not been Lucky's fault, it was obvious that Lucky had overdosed on pills tonight, and for some reason the reason eluded Luke.

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Jason walked slowly over to Elizabeth, drinking in the sight of her, to him; she had never looked more beautiful. Her breasts were fuller and her stomach heavy with child, all her curves had been softened from the pregnancy, her skin positively glowed, the sight of her laying there stole his breath, and for once, the enforcer was captivated by an array of emotions that lit his heart.

Liz smiled at Jason as he slowly moved closer to the cot, a searing heat starting to spread from her middle out, he was Adonis like, every muscle standing out in all gloriousness, he looked like a tiger in that moment, stalking his prey, ready to pounce when she least expected it.

But as he moved closer, Liz reached out to him, needing physical contact to dampen or at least quell the over abundance of heat flowing from her for a few moments. Jason could see the desire that raged in her and was sure she could see it in him, not needing any direction, Jason slowly took her in his arms and began making a night she would not soon forget, although for Ric and Lorenzo it was not the same reason's they had hoped for.

Jason now understood that all his life he had been waiting for this. The night of the blackout, he and Liz had shared a great night of passion, but it was tempered because of all the hurt, they had not slept together to hurt others, it was something they needed at that moment, to clarify heart and mind.

Tonight however, nothing was like that; it was the sheer drive of need and contact that opened Jason's eyes completely. He had had sex with many women before, but he had never made love before, because nothing could compare to what his body now felt. Locked tightly in Liz's warm embrace, this is what heaven would be like, and the sad fact that he had never made love before, seemed all the sweeter, because it was being shared with someone that he loved unequivocally. Lost for years, Jason now knew he had found home, and home was a glorious word.

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Lucky was admitted into the hospital at a quarter after eight, attempted suicide was written on his chart.

Luke was beside himself, he had thought that Lucky was making headway with his counseling, but it seemed like all had been a carefully crafted act.

It took the doctors over an hour to awaken him; it was almost as if he was physically fighting everything they did, as if subconsciously his body was denying all efforts to help. When he did in fact wake, he was lucid but completely unaware of what had transpired.

When he was finally allowed visitors, Luke was the first to enter. "What were you trying to do Lucky, look at yourself, you are bound to the bed." Luke said.

"I wasn't trying anything, this was not an attempt on my life, I was trying to escape my mind, and I guess I went overboard." Lucky said sadly.

"Overboard, Lucky, I think that is the understatement of the century. Why did you need to get out of your mind? Lucky, you have a baby on the way, Cameron to take care of, not to mention your beautiful wife." Luke said trying to ignite the old fire in his son, but seeing nothing but a trace of ash, the fire in his son had somehow been extinguished.

Almost under his breath, Lucky said, "The baby's not mine and Liz is in love with Jason!"

"Lucky, you are talking nonsense; of course the baby is yo…" Luke said.

"No dad, the baby isn't, I saw the paternity results with my own eyes, the baby is Jason's and Liz is in love with him." Lucky moaned, tears of regret and disgust welling in his eyes.

"How can you be so sure, have you talked about this with Liz, how or even when would her and Jason ever have been together, they are just friends." Luke said, trying to find the truth beneath the entire jumble.

"I have not spoken to my wife, but then again, I haven't seen her since about 3am yesterday. She more than likely came here to sleep and then started her shift early. However, she didn't have to say anything; she speaks loud enough and clear enough while she sleeps." Lucky said, slowly running out of steam. When he turned to look at his father, Luke was nowhere to be seen.

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Half way through his conversation with Lucky, he had run out into the hall, he heard it all, but he all of a sudden felt an overwhelming need to see Elizabeth. His son's recovery lay in the balance; he had to know the truth.

"Epiphany, where is Elizabeth?" Luke asked.

"She's not here, she didn't work today, and I believe she is at home with her husband and child." Epiphany said.

"She is not at home with her family, Lucky was just brought into the hospital, and they are claiming he tried to kill himself from an overdose." Luke said, angry.

Epiphany looked at him as if he had just grown a second head. "First off, I don't know where Liz is, but she said yesterday that she had planned on spending the day with Lucky, seeing as how she didn't work, as for Lucky, I am truly sorry, I know it has been a hard year for him. But don't go pulling an attitude with me; I don't worry myself with other people's personal business."

Luke stormed back to Lucky's room, anger at his incapability to truly help his son and his inability to find Liz. Everything had gone downhill since Laura had slipped away from them; those few short weeks when she had come back had been heavenly. He just wished she was here now, giving him direction in how to help their son, this was her territory, not his. He missed his Angel and wanted her back where she belonged, in his arms and in their home. Standing just outside Lucky's room, Luke shook his head, things seemed all the more complicated when Laura was not around, and while he did have strong feelings for his new wife, no one could possibly replace the love he felt for his Angel.

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