Chapter Seventy-One
Emily came down the stairs, noticed Elizabeth sitting on the couch with the boys and decided she needed to talk to someone, and seeing as how her best friend was sitting right there, she decided now was the time to do so.
"Liz, do you have a moment, I need to talk to you?" Emily asked, not exactly sure where she was going to start but knowing she couldn't keep the secret.
"Sure, pull up a seat. Hope you don't mind talking in front of the boys though, our nanny up and left us." Liz said, but before she could say anything else, the phone rang.
Elizabeth stood up, handed Alan to Emily, grabbed the phone then headed into the kitchen. "Hang on a sec, k?" She said into the phone. She turned briefly around, "Em, do you want something to drink"
"A water would be wonderful, please." Emily said, smiling down at her nephew. It wasn't going to be that long before she was going to be the mom, that thought scared her a little.
"So what can I do for you?" Elizabeth asked politely.
"Sure, come on over, Emily is here… Can you hang on a second, I have another call coming through."
"Hello?"
"Hi Carly, yeah sure, come on over, Robin is on her way over and Emily is here already, we can have a gabfest before the party tonight. Talk to you soon." Elizabeth switched back to the other line and discovered the annoying buzzing of a disconnected call. Thinking to herself, "I guess she will tell me what she wants to when she gets here."
Elizabeth grabbed two bottles of water, returning to the living room. She took Alan from Emily, finally noticing that Emily looked upset and in desperate need of someone to talk to. Liz placed a sleeping Alan in his basinet and quickly switched DVD's for Cameron.
But before she could even sit down and begin to listen, the doorbell rang. Without waiting for an answer Carly came striding in and closely behind her Robin.
"Wow, what did you guys do, call from the car?" Elizabeth asked, smiling.
Carly and Robin came into the living room, but when they discovered there really wasn't going to be room, Carly made a suggestion, "Why don't we take this conversation to the dining room table, what I need to talk to you about is way to important for little ears."
The four women agreed and moved to the large table, but once again before anyone could begin, Jason appeared looking amazing. He looked to his wife and the people who miraculously appeared. "Do I even want to know, or can I just go talk to Sonny?"
Elizabeth rushed over to him, embraced him and placed a sweet kiss to his cheek, "You go honey, we can talk later and get back to what we were doing before." The sultry look in her eyes pulling a groan everyone heard.
As he left girlish laughter drifted to him. He was almost happy that he had business to do, once you started putting larger groups of women together, it, well lets just say for arguments sake, it was never good, at least from a mans perspective.
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Mac had finally made it home, but for some reason, as he laid in bed, he couldn't shake the thoughts that persisted to fly through his mind.
He laid there for a good hour or more before his mind slow unwound, his eyes began to drift close and a image began to play behind his closed eyes. That was until Maxie knocked on his door, a question that she just had to have answered.
Mac cursed her timing and slowly sat up, he covered his eyes when the light was suddenly thrown on, the harshness of the bulb hurting his dark adjusted eyes.
"Maxie, what is it? It has been a very long couple of weeks, I need some sleep." Mac said, trying to remain pleasant but failing slightly, he was tired after all.
"Actually it doesn't really have anything to do with me, I was wondering what is going on with Lucky Spencer, I tried to get in to see him, but Rodriquez said he wasn't allowed any visitors. Mac for me can you make an exception, I really need to talk to him."
"Maxie, this is not up for discussion, you are not getting in to see him, no matter what." Mac said, his anger flaring high, he hadn't thought he could be any angrier at Lucky than he already was, but Maxie proved he should never doubt anything, just her rather innocent question sent off fireworks of anger.
Maxie looked like she was going to argue, but at the last minute decided against it. She mumbled something under her breath then pulled the door shut behind her.
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All the women sat around the table, looking at one another. Since Jason had left no one had said anything. It was clear everyone had something to say, but for some reason, was unable to say it.
Another interruption caused Robin to stop speaking, mind you she had only managed to squeak out "I'm" before Johnny opened the door for Leticia.
"I am sorry if I am interrupting, but Mr. Corinthos said you needed my assistance at least until you find a replacement for Izzy. I am so sorry Mrs. Morgan, I didn't, I mean I wouldn't have suggested her, if I had known she would do something like this. I really am sorry." Leticia said, rambling on, a trait she shared with Elizabeth.
"Don't worry about it Leticia, I don't hold you responsible, but I would be grateful for your support, if that is Carly doesn't mind sharing you." Elizabeth said, directing the woman to the dining room table.
"I don't have a problem with it, actually you need her worse than I do. Didn't you hear Lady Jane is moving in with Jax and me, so she can be closer to her son and grandchildren." Carly said, mortification clearly written upon her face.
All the ladies tried to stifle their laughter but it was a lost cause, even Carly joined in, how could she not, the situation was laughable to say the least.
Leticia had already spent time with the boys, so instead of standing around and gossiping, he picked Alan up and convinced Cameron to go upstairs with her and they could play a game while she changed Alan.
With the downstairs to themselves again and silence threatening to turn them all mad, Robin spoke first, throwing caution to the wind. "Okay, well since no one else is going to talk first, I guess I will." She took a deep breath, held it and finally let it out, "I'm pregnant and it's Patrick's."
Carly somewhat impassioned by Robin's admission began to speak, "Okay, so I know Jax and I haven't been together long and yeah, joyful joyful, Lady Jane is moving in, but hey why not, what is another mouth to feed when I'm pregnant too."
The silence in the room was almost deafening until Emily too found her voice and spoke, "Yup, me too, I'm pregnant, Nikolas is the father!"
Not wanting to break the chain, Elizabeth took a breath and said, "Well, I guess you would find out sooner or later, me too, I'm pregnant."
The silence was descending again, not one for reflective silences, Carly broke it and spoke, "Okay, did someone taint the water or something, what is up with this? All I have to say, Brenda, Lainey and Kelly better not be pregnant or this town is going to be in for a load of trouble."
That did it, surprisingly enough, Carly had the ability to either cause more stress or lighten any situation, this time it was the latter effect. They all burst into laughter, gently holding their stomachs and swiping haphazardly at their eyes.
When the room finally began to quiet, it was Elizabeth who spoke, "You know, we could start a daycare the way we are going."
Carly's eyes widen in glee, not understanding Elizabeth was only kidding, but once she started running the ideas through her mind, she was hooked. "That is exactly what we should do, and I understand that our business may be frowned upon by some, considering who my ex-husband is and Liz who your husband is, but I think we could really make this work. Considering we will have 8 children from the start."
Everyone allowed the information to process and surprisingly it was Robin who spoke and no less agreed with Carly. "The possibilities are endless."
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Spinelli was currently looking for anything on Isabella, he hadn't been give many details, but he believed he got the gist of the situation.
Sonny stood watch over him, still unsure of the young mans abilities. Which was surprising considering Jason didn't flinch or bat an eye when Spinelli was called to do something.
"Spinelli, do you think you can find her, I really need to talk to her?" Jason said, knowing that her quick departure was telling enough. She had done something, and as much as he didn't want to believe it, he truly thought that she had helped Craig kidnap his son.
He wasn't give much time to contemplate his thoughts further, Spinelli was busy calling him over to the computer.
"I know this isn't much but when I did a search for Isabella, well there were a few things that came up, one that stands out in particular." Spinelli said, knowing he had Jason's full attention.
"So, what is it, get on with it already." Jason said, unable to maintain an air of difference.
Spinelli contemplated his wisest action, when he came to a conclusion, he simply pointed at the screen.
On the screen, a news article had been brought up. Jason quickly browsed the article, swore inarticulately, his hands balling into fists.
"Why didn't I have this kind of information when I hired her?" Jason asked, his anger growing steadily brighter. "How is it that no one knew how much she hated the business that her sister worked for, or rather the man. Her family and her wanted Leticia out from under 'Your Hold', and went on to say they would do anything to find a way to get their daughter our from under you. This is information we should have been privy too."
It seemed the question was rhetorical, but Sonny felt obligated to answer anyway.
"Jason we couldn't have known, we should have done a background check, but, well it's my fault, I just figured she was safe. Considering we never had a single problem with Leticia." Sonny said, shaking his head.
"It doesn't matter now, not really, just everyone we work for is going to have to be warned that she is not allowed within a hundred yards of my family or yours for that matter." Jason said, as an after thought he added, "Spinelli keep looking, if you don't come up with anything by 5, then don't worry about it till tomorrow." Jason said, understanding even Spinelli need a night of fun.
Jason had to go home and at least try to get ready for this evening, with any luck, all the people who were at his house when he left, would be gone and he could once again try to part take in the joys of married life.
Before he left Jason turned to Sonny, "Since you did suggest Isabella as our nanny, I am leaving it up to you to tell Declan. He sure had it bad for her."
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Stan couldn't even think straight, he had asked Kelly if she wanted to join him at the Q mansion tonight, but she had been a little preoccupied to offer any answer.
He wasn't exactly sure how long this tryst would last, but he planned on enjoying it completely.
When he tried to bring up the subject again, he was once again denied any chance at real conversation, but being a guy, he didn't really mind. She could lead him to distraction every day of the year, and he would still consider himself a luck man.
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"So do we plan on telling our respective significant others as soon as we see them, or are be going to save the pleasures for tonight?" Emily asked, a little worried, but feeling much better about the whole thing. She would now have other people going through this, and seeing as how it was Robin's first child too, she took hope that they would figure it all out.
"I think we should save it for this evening, besides, Liz, have you told anyone about your pregnancy?" Carly asked.
"Monica knows and Sonny and Brenda, Spinelli and Stan, maybe some of the bodyguards but not many people know. Besides I am sure with the news of my grandmother kidnapping my baby, no one was really paying attention to the fact that I was once again knocked up." Elizabeth said with a smile.
"Okay, so…" Robin began, but stopped short when she saw Jason walking towards them.
"Am I interrupting something?" Jason asked, a little disheartened at the sight of so many women still in his house. And out of the four, three were ex's.
"No, you aren't interrupting, we were done, you are just being a man, how can we fault you for that. I am sure we girls can finish catching up later tonight at the party." Carly said, knowing full well why Jason was back so soon.
Jason looked at each of the women present, knowing he had interrupted something, but completely oblivious to what it was.
The ladies filed out of the house, and once alone, Jason tried to grill Elizabeth for some information.
A trilling laughter filled the room as Elizabeth dashed up the stairs. Jason couldn't handle it any longer, he followed her quickly, pulling her to a stop just inside their room, where she quickly disrobed, stealing all conductive thoughts from his mind.
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