Chapter Twenty-Eight

Jason sat next to Liz, taking her hands in his, it was obvious something was bothering her, now he just needed to get her to talk. For the past five minutes she had done nothing but look at him and sometimes strangely.

Finally, after she had all her thoughts together, she told Jason of her dream. Pausing often at the sights that still flashed through her mind.

Jason listened quietly, unable to say anything. He remembered that night, but he didn't remember them ever making love. What he remembered was there hands touching and then Elizabeth's head coming to rest on his chest when they had almost kissed, was it possible that the dream was more than that, was it a memory lost to a night of abusive amount of alcohol consumption and could he really believe he would ever forget a night like that.

"Liz as much as I would like to believe that Cameron is my son, neither of us really know what happened, tomorrow when we get the DNA test done, then we will know." Jason said, his heart leaping at the possibility of it all.

"I know, but the blood work is done tomorrow, we won't know for a week or more. Think you can wait that long?" Liz enquired, because she herself was dying to know.

"I can wait, it is going to be hard, but why not, we've done hard before." Jason said with a smirk.

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Alexis searched for Sam for days, but finally gave up hope. There was much she wanted to ask her and while she didn't like the things she had done, she was her daughter and mistakes had been made throughout both of their lives.

Kristina constantly asked for Sam, she didn't understand what was going on and that was good, because Alexis didn't have the foggiest idea on how she could explain that to a child.

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Jason and Cameron arrived twenty minutes earlier than need be. Liz had wanted to come, but the facial bruising was still to prominent, she didn't want to scare her son.

So Jason and Cam had stopped at Kelly's for breakfast and then had headed to the hospital. Cameron didn't understand what was going on, he just understood he needed to get a needle and while he wasn't fond of them, he was going to be a big boy, or so he told his daddy.

Dr. Kelly Lee was taking Cameron's blood, she didn't want to leave this to anyone else. Seeing as how Liz had phoned her at the crack of dawn and explained what she might find. She also asked Kelly if she would do a paternity test on Jason for Cam, seeing as she was doing one for Zander, no point in not covering all the bases at once.

Dr. Lee showed the men into her office, more privacy she explained to Jason when he looked at her with questions in his eyes. "There are enough nosey people around this hospital, this is none of their business, I figured you would approve of this more."

"You're right this is better. Do you know how long its going to take, is there any way we can put a rush on this. Liz and I are very anxious to hear the results." Jason said, his hopes shining brightly in his eyes.

"Well we are back logged right now, but I believe a week, possibly two at the most." Dr. Lee replied.

Dr. Lee inserted the needle into the little boys arm, and just like he had said, he was a very brave boy and didn't shed a tear, of course the promise of ice cream if he was good was probably a good reason why he didn't cry.

"You guys are free to go. I know it isn't much but try to relax and don't think about it, whatever the outcome, you love this little boy, so the answers that you are seeking are moot, they will not change what you already feel." Dr. Lee said as she led the duo to the elevators.

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Jason took Cameron for his ice cream cone, even though it was only seven in the morning. He believed in keeping his promises and wouldn't let Cam down, by denying his a frosty treat.

Once he was cleaned up and ready to go, Jason drove him back over to the Q mansion. "You know buddy, you get to come home soon, you and your brother. Mommy is feeling better and can't wait to see you."

"Yay, I want see mommy too. How many sleeps?" Cam asked in his sweet voice.

"Well, mommy and I have to talk about it, but I think four more sleeps and you can come home, sound good buddy?" Jason said, his tone soft and gentle, unlike the tone of voice he used around adults. He could imagine the laughs his enemies would have at his fatherly side, but he thought to himself, make no mistake, I will protect them with my life, I haven't forgotten the Enforcer in me.

With Cam safely back at Monica's Jason headed home, it was nice having things so calm, he was sure it wouldn't last, but he planned on enjoying it while it did.

"So how did it go, did Cam make a big fuss?" Liz asked as soon as Jason appeared in the door.

"No, he did great, he even conned me into an ice cream at seven in the morning." Jason said with a laugh.

"You gave our son sweets so early, why? Monica is going to have her hands full today." Liz said a smile gracing her lips.

"Good thing it's grandma and not us." Jason said as he sat down beside her.

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Lorenzo died the previous night, he had not a single visitor since Skye had died, the nurses who check on him, that didn't know about his sordid past felt badly for the man, those who knew him, felt he received his comeuppance, he had made his bed and he was now going to lay in it eternally.

His death was being deemed natural, but Mac still planned on investigating it quietly, something didn't seem right, it had happened rather quickly, and seeing as he was a man to follow his instincts, he couldn't not with this case either. They had said he was recovering as much as he could ever recover, then to all of a sudden have all his systems shutting down, it didn't seem logical.

By ten the next morning he was on his way to a funeral home, and by noon he was nothing but a distant memory, his will had stated he was to be cremated then sent home to be buried in the family plot.

Everything Lorenzo had was left to Skye and everything left to Skye was left to Lila Rae. As for the poor child herself, Skye had stated in her last will and testament that she wanted Alan and Monica to raise her daughter should anything happen to her, it was obvious Skye hadn't updated it since her father's death.

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Two days after the reading of both wills, Monica received a surprise she never would have imagined, but it was one she would truly never be sorry for. And although she was getting older, she felt younger than she had in years, three grandchildren around the house was something she couldn't even try to explain, her happiness was beyond anything she could have imagined, especially after Alan's sudden death. Her life finally seemed like it was back on track, and while she missed Alan as much as ever, she took hope that she would see him again, when her time had come.

And two days after taking Lila Rae home with her, Jason and Liz came and picked up the boys. Monica was sad to see them go, so was the rest of the household. Luke and Lulu had even warmed up to the children, they weren't allowed to be alone with them, a stipulation of Jason's, but the Spencer's, minus Lucky of course had finally forgiven past indiscretions, understanding Jason and Liz had just as much right to happiness as did Lucky.

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Two weeks passed in a blink of an eye. Carly and Jax had just returned from their honeymoon, not wanting to miss the coming wedding, they had cut their trip short.

Jason, Liz, Carly and Jax went out for dinner when they returned, they spent a long night talking about nothing at all, just some of the great spots in Fiji to visit should the soon to be wedded couple want to visit there.

They looked happier than when they had left. And it seemed like Carly was hiding a secret of her own, but when asked about it, she denied everything. Liz had a small secret of her own, but wanted to wait to tell Carly about it until later. Right now she was more than happy to hear about their trip.

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Liz and Jason got the results back and while they had both been hoping that Cameron was Jason's, they knew it was a pipe dream, but as they sat with the results, securely hidden in the envelope, their hope was shining in their eyes.

"Jason, he's yours. All this time, and he's yours. You missed so much of his life and for that I am truly sorry, I didn't know." Liz said sadly.

"There is nothing to be sorry about, you didn't know, I didn't know, now that we do, we can make up for the lost time, that is all that matters and soon you will be a Morgan as will Cameron. But should you really want to make it up to me, you could think about giving me a daughter soon. I wouldn't argue to have a house full of our children, they are an amazing gift." Jason said, a smile playing at the corners of his lips.

"A houseful huh Morgan, you do realize this isn't the 1700's, women don't need to be barefoot and pregnant. But I do have to agree, a little girl with her daddy's looks and personality would be impossible to refuse. When would you like to start on this girl, might I ask?" Liz enquired with a smile playing on her lips as well.

"I think we need to do this one right, good thing we don't have long to wait till we say "I Do", but have you finally picked out your wedding dress?" Jason teased.

"You just never mind mister, you will see what I decided upon when I walk down the aisle, and you'll love it ." Liz replied as she dashed up the stairs, Alan was crying.

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Liz was almost ready, she only had one problem, she couldn't decide between two dresses. Carly, Emily, Robin and Kelly tried to offer their sound advice, but no one could agree upon which looked better, first it was the dress that was tighter in the bodice, then it was the one with the shapelier gown. It was an argument about empire waste's or form fitting, no one could agree, by the time they left Liz was up to four dresses to decide on, which of course was worse than when she began.

Of course with each dress they had found a new veil was needed, Liz was ready to go out of her mind. Johnny and Max sat stiffly off to the side, somehow he had managed to retain his job and sonny and Jason had both trusted him enough to allow him to watch all the women, but the stipulation for the time being was, two bodyguards with the women at all times.

He was not distracted from anything but his job, except of course when Carly asked his opinion of which dress looked better on Liz. To the poor bodyguards chagrin, she looked beautiful in everything, both Johnny and Max couldn't help smile at the princess like quality in Elizabeth. Secretly they both wished they could find a woman as fine as Liz, they loved her like a sister and wanted nothing but happiness for her.

Johnny his first day back had apologized profusely for what had happened, he had droned on about his stupidity and inadequacies until Liz had placed a small hand on his very large arm, ending his self-depreciation.

"You're sorry, I get that, I forgive you, but only if you forgive me for putting you in that position to begin with." Liz said in all honesty.

Johnny looked like he was going to argue, but thought better of it and settled for saying, "There is nothing to forgive, but if you must hear it, I forgive you. And thank you for your forgiveness."

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