Chapter Twenty

Amelia had everything in order, now it was just the question of when, she could do it any time, but it just didn't feel right, it seemed to her at least, that the right time would be soon, just not now. She has waited this long, what's a little longer, her father's death was going to be avenged and no one was going to stop her.

She had six different identities for Samantha McCall, all the men that she could find whom she had swindled and now here she was trying to do the same thing.

Before she left the show for the day, she went to her office, being careful to remember to place all incriminating evidence in her locked filing cabinet. It wouldn't do to have someone nosey barging in and find all her evidence that she had compiled against that lying home wrecker.

For some reason, she was having more trouble concentrating than usual, her vendetta against Sam had fueled her rage for years, now that she was so close, she couldn't afford to be distracted, but that is exactly what she was. She had tried to leave, but Sonny's draw, pulled her into his web, she just wished the mob boss would get out of her head, there were better things to think about, she tried to convince herself, while the whole time her traitorous mind replayed what had happened the night of his ex-wife's wedding.

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Sonny sat in the chair opposite of Jason, looking at the woman who only a day ago looked so young and vibrant. Things like this were not supposed to happen, but of course it wasn't the first time he had seen a woman beaten within an inch of her life and he was sure it wouldn't be the last, nonetheless, her injuries were like glass in his veins, just waiting to tear him apart.

Carly and Jax had gone down to the cafeteria to grab something to eat, but not only that, but to give the two men some time alone.

"Jason, we will find the guy who did this, I won't stop till I know he has been found, you just need to have patience." Sonny exclaimed, trying not to overwhelm the poor guy.

"I know that Sonny, but the longer it takes the easier it is for him to escape without punishment. I mean, look at her, even now she is beautiful, but the pallor of her skin and the darkness that are the bru…" Jason said, but stopped suddenly, he saw something and he couldn't be sure if it was just a trick of light or not, but Liz's face looked like it had a word or letters imprinted upon her flesh.

There were only three letters and they were spaced well out, the letters looked like this, "S L C " He couldn't figure for his life what they meant or if they happened to have some kind of meaning. They were small yet fairly easy to see, it looked like those three letters had been branded into the bruise.

"Jason, what is it?" Sonny asked, clearly perplexed by the look on his friends face.

"I dun-dunno, it's something, here look, what do you think they mean?" Jason asked as he thought of the force behind the punch that left those marks, it was something he shouldn't have thought about, because they were something he could not get out of his head.

Before either Jason or Sonny could think longer on the mysteries that were unfolding in front of them, their came a soft knock on the door. Jason quickly got up to answer the door, not wanting to risk waking her up.

Nikolas and Emily stood hand in hand, they had been told something had happened, but Sonny had not elaborated any further. Now she could see why. Her tears were falling even before she realized they were there. Nikolas noticed Emily swaying somewhat and reconfirmed his grip around her waste, she couldn't handle a fall right now.

After the momentary shock wore off, Em strode with purpose to her brother's side, enfolding him in a warm and loving embrace, understanding perhaps better than most, was the small fact that he needed a hug. Em only prayed that her best friend would be alright.

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Skye lurked around the hospital, she had been waiting a long time on some information about Lorenzo, at this point she didn't care what one way or another.

Lila Rae was once again being watched by the nanny and she hated the fact that she was never home now, thanks to Lorenzo faking the amnesia.

Just to get out of the hospital, she decided upon a short walk ,just enough to clear her head. She walked with no real destination, just the light breeze was enough to begin the process of processing the last events that she seemed to have control over, now she was nothing than a glorified mother who didn't know her place in the grand scheme of things.

She turned the corner and noticed that she was only moments away from the docks, so she allowed her feet to carry here where she truly wanted to be.

An hour passed like no time at all, she lost all relative thinking without Lorenzo by her side, where he belonged.

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The man had seen her as she approached the docks, but something about her looks and mannerisms, suggested that she was in pain. He experienced another one of those brief periods of incoherence, and before the night was over, he would once again begin with having to clean up.

But once again, he had no recollection of what had transpired between himself and the brunette, his mind had shut down, blocking whatever had happened. With the amount of blood on him, he understood whether it was by some overall primal intuition or sheer logic, this much blood did not come from slipping and falling, this was murder, but had he been the one to commit the crime or was he a witness to the event. Nothing, his mind was a clean slate with nothing left at this moment.

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Sonny left Jason to make another call to Diane, he needed her to understand that she needed to do everything possible, to prevent Lucky from getting Cameron. Not that she wouldn't anyway, but it seemed more dire now.

She assured him that she would do all she could, but he had to understand that the man who was claiming to be Cameron's father, was also claiming that the boy would not be safe living with Jason and Liz. The legal system was not perfect and more often than not in custody cases, things never went the way they were suppose to, nevertheless, Diane felt confident that once she could prove that Lucky was not the father, that it had been Jason who has supported the boy for sometime now. And while that didn't necessarily look good on Liz's behalf, she had no other choice but to take it, her husbands bills had gotten out of hand and he wasn't paying them, but her on a nurse's salary, and before long, things just got out of hand.

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Nikolas, Emily, Carly and Jax all stood watch over Elizabeth while Jason went to take care of the boys. Monica had over heard his conversation with Isabelle, understanding that the woman had a family emergency of her own. So now Jason needed to get home, so she could leave. But before he could leave, Monica offered for the boys to stay with her and the rest of the Q family. At first he was a little leery about it, but he also understood that his family, for the most part just wanted to help, so he caved, allowing Monica to take the boys.

"You know mom, you don't have to do this." Jason said again, but he couldn't deny her, she looked happier than she had in months.

"I know I may not have to, but I want to." Monica said.

Jason brought the boys to the hospital but did not allow them to see their mother, Alan was to young to understand, but Cam would be able to understand some of it. His mother was hurt and Jason vowed to himself that Cameron would not be subjected to those lasting memories of his mother's poor body broken and bruised.

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"Where's Jason?" Elizabeth asked.

"Elizabeth, you need to save your energy, Jason will be back in a few." The group replied.

"Where is Johnny, I need to talk to him?" Liz questioned, her words were still a little mushy, but that was to be expected. She just felt bad that she had gotten him in trouble, now she wished that she hadn't been so bullheaded and had just let him come with her. It had just made her uncomfortable to thing that he was going to be looking at something she intended to wear for her soon to be husband.

"I believe he is at home, Sonny and Jason sent him there." Carly said as she saw the brunette's eyes fall. "Don't you go feeling bad for Johnny, he knows the rules and he broke them, there is a reason the bodyguards are there, and I will even admit to sweet talking them into leaving me be for a time being, but nothing like this ever happened. Sonny and Jason are only looking out for those they love."

"I'm sorry all of you, how could I have know this was going to happen." Liz said.

"Relax Liz, no one is blaming you, the person who did this is fully responsible, you did nothing wrong." Nikolas said, surprising Elizabeth, since she had come clean with the fact that Alan was not Lucky's child, but Jason's, he had been cold and distant. He knew Lucky planned on taking or trying at least to get Cam, and he wanted to revolt at the idea, but how could he tell Liz he had made the mistake of financing this custody case, although unknowingly, for Lucky had lied.

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Jason helped Monica get the boys situated before he came back to the hospital, he was shocked but pleased to see Elizabeth carrying on a conversation, it was obvious the pain medication was working somewhat.

"I thought I asked you to try to remain quiet, give yourself time to heal. As soon as the swelling goes down you will be in surgery, so please for me, hush." Jason said, hating to silence her, but having no other choice.

"I'm not talking much, just asked a few questions. By the way, do the police know about this?" Liz asked, the pain meds slowly wearing off, it was once again zapping her strength to carry on a conversation.

"Mac knows and so does Rodriguez, they are going to stop by tomorrow to talk to you, seeing as how their has been a new development." Jason said as he recommenced his position by her bedside.

"What new development?" Liz asked, looking dubious.

"Well it took several hours to show through, not sure why it took so long, but you have three letter's imprinted on your cheek, "SLC" Mac says he might have some idea about it, but won't say anything until he sees them, but he did say that those letter's in that sequence seemed familiar." Jason said, planning on continuing, until he noticed that her eyes had slipped closed, as she began to snore softly, the damage done to her nose the obvious reason.

Jason leaned over placing a feather like kiss to her forehead, now that his heart believed that she would survive, he lowered his weary head to the bed, allowing his eyes a moment to rest.

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