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Chapter 9

"Stone Cold, what's going on?" Spinelli asked as Jason spun him around back toward the garage.

"Liz is upstairs and I can't deal with her right now. There's a lot of other stuff going on. We still need to figure out who's behind the boat explosion. Plus there is this whole thing with Jake. I need to find out who is behind the switch. I don't like having my life played with." They got into the car. "So what did you find out?" he asked as he pulled out of the garage.

"Well it appears that the results were never changed in the computer because the file was never modified once the test results were placed into the computer. Someone would have had to switch your DNA sample with Lucky's."

"That doesn't make sense. I gave a sample. Lucky didn't. He didn't even know about the test. How would someone have been able to do that?" Jason gripped the steering wheel.

"Stone Cold, a lot of people knew that you were doing the test." Spinelli brought up a good point.

"But no one wanted it to say that the baby was mine. Everyone that I know who knew about the test would have made sure that the test said that the baby was Lucky's."

"This brings us back to my original theory, that the maternal one orchestrated the entire scenario to benefit her hearts desire. She had access to your sample, knew when the test was being done, and could have gotten a sample from Lucky without him questioning anything. I believe that she has been lying to you the whole time. I am glad that I exposed her for the lying treacherous being that she is." Spinelli appeared proud of his theory.

"Spinelli, just stop. Something still doesn't add up. Liz switching the test before she even knew what the results said doesn't make sense. She was unsure to begin with. Who would have seen the results before they were documented into her file?" Jason was

"The lab tech and then it would have been passed on to her doctor who would have added it into her file."

"That means that Dr. Lee would have to have seen the results, unlike she said."

"Dude, do you really think Dr. Lee would have done something like that?"

"I don't know but she and Elizabeth are friends so I don't think that she would want to do that to Elizabeth."

Spinelli thought about it for a minute before he grabbed hold of the dash board and then his head. "I got it. The bad blonde one. She would have wanted the test to say that the innocent one was yours. She hates the maternal one and wanted Lucky all for herself. If the test came back that you were the father, she probably figured that Liz would come clean and Lucky would leave her because at the time everyone thought that she was pregnant with Lucky's child."

"You may have a point Spinelli. I'll question Maxie later. But something just seems too obvious about that too. I mean Maxie would have made it known that I was the father at least to Lucky, if that's what she really wanted." Jason hit his fist on the steering wheel.

"Stone Cold, but then she would have to admit that she did it."

"Not really, she could have said she saw the file or something that would make Lucky question Liz or she could have approached Liz with the same story. I just don't get that feeling that she did it."

"Then I really don't know who else to look at for this. Stone Cold you have depleted my list of possible wrong doers and all I can do is go along with your inner most feelings on the matter." Spinelli shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm going to figure this out one way or another." Jason said as they pulled into the hospital parking lot. Jason and Spinelli got out and headed up to Sam's floor.

"If you want to check on the test then we should be going to the seventh floor, not the tenth." Spinelli went to hit the 7 button.

Jason let him and when the doors opened up on the seventh floor, Jason pushed him off. Spinelli held the door open. "Are you not coming?" He asked.

"You go do what you do. I'm going upstairs to check on Sam." And with that Spinelli let the doors close.

"Yes! The gods are smiling down upon us for the reuniting of Stone Cold and the Goddess." Spinelli yelled out. He then went down the hall and disappeared into a room where he could work on possibly finding out who switched the results.

Jason headed back toward Sam's room. Alexis was there. He waited outside and just stared through the glass at her. Alexis was stroking her hair and talking to her. The door was closed so he couldn't hear what she was saying. Then a few moments later a nurse came in to give Sam her antibiotics and pain medication. Alexis stepped out while the nurse changed her bandages. She looked at Jason and broke down.

"Jason it's not fair. We were making progress. We have been through so much. I can't lose her now, I just can't."

"I hope you don't because I can't either. Do you mind if I sit with her for a little while?"

"Go ahead, Jason. I'm done trying to keep you two apart. I swear if she wakes up and you want to be with Sam when this is all said and done, I won't interfere anymore. I know that you two are destined to be together. I'm going to go and check on Molly."

"Alexis, thank you for asking me to come."

"Jason, I thought that I was doing what was best for Sam. I'll be back in a little while." She said.

"Okay thanks." He said as she walked away.

He walked into the room after the nurse stepped out. He sat down and took her hand. She barely looked like herself. But he remembered her beautiful smile and how it lit up her whole face. He leaned into her. "Sam, I'm back. I told you I would be. I would love for you to open up those big brown eyes so that you can see for yourself. Look I have a lot to apologize for. There's a lot of time to make up for, so I need for you to start breathing on your own again. I promise that I won't ever let you go again. I need you. It's killing me to see you like this. I swear that I will find whoever did this to you. If you wake up I won't let Carly take priority over you and I'll trust you enough to make the decision if my work is too dangerous for you to live with. We can do this however you want to do this. If you want to take this slow then I'll wait. If you want to jump in head first then I'm right there with you. However you need for this to work. And even if you are ready to let me go, don't let go of me like this. Wake up and show me everyday what I missed out on. I'll tell you everyday that I love you if you open your eyes for me." He held on to her hand and could have almost swore he felt her grip his hand back in the slightest. "That's it Sam. Keep working your way back to me. I'm here and I swear I'm not going anywhere ever again. I love you so much." He kissed her hand and waited.

After an hour, Alexis came back and he went outside to talk to her.

"How's Molly?" He said.

"She's better. It looks like she'll be able to go home on Monday if no pneumonia develops. How's Sam?" She said as she went to the glass and looked at her oldest daughter dying right before her eyes. She placed her hand on the window and cried.

"I can't say for sure but I could have swore I felt her squeeze my hand a little. But it could just be wishful thinking. Look Alexis, I guess I should tell you that being here with Sam like this made me realize…"

"That you still love her." She cut him off.

"Yeah. How did you know?" His look was puzzled.

"Jason anybody that has seen you and Sam together when you were going through something like this, knows that look on your face. I saw that same look when she was shot and when the virus was going around. It was even there when she lost her daughter. I don't even think you realized you loved her then. I saw it when you agreed to come and talk to her. I want to go in and sit with her for a little while if you don't mind. I just need to tell her some things. And then I'll go back downstairs with Molly and you can stay with her as long as you want."

"Okay, I need to go and take care of some things. I'll be back. Just let her know that I'm not going to be long please."

"I think that I can do that." She said and went to grab a gown. Jason walked off and passed Maxie.

Maxie walked up to Alexis. "How is she?" Maxie asked.

"She could definitely be better. But I think Jason being here might actually help."

"Wow, I never thought that I would hear something like that from you, mommy dearest."

Alexis rolled her eyes. "I just need for my daughter to wake up and if it takes the love of Jason Morgan to do it than so be it."

"That's a complete 180 if I ever saw one. You weren't so concerned with your daughter's happiness and well being if it included Jason's love before, despite how much she defied you and told you it was her life."

"Maxie, I get that you and Sam are friends of sorts but why are you here?"

"I came to see how Sam was doing. And to let her know that I'm here for her. But look Alexis; don't try to act all high and mighty okay. You and Sam are not out of the woods yet as far as having a happy mother-daughter relationship." Maxie leaned in toward Alexis. "I know your deepest darkest secret. I saw what you did all those years ago Alexis. I know that you switched the paternity test results on Jake."

Alexis' eyes went wide. She couldn't believe that Maxie had known all this time and didn't say anything. "How… When…Why?" She stumbled over her words.

Maxie just smiled, "I don't care that you did it. Hell at the time I was glad you were doing it. That's the reason I never said anything. I saw you when you got the lab technician out of his office. I watched as you went in and looked at the results and switched it. Who do you think kept the lab tech busy when he realized that he wasn't paged after all? Do you even realize how long it took you to change the results? You had your reasons for doing it and I had mine for keeping my mouth shut. I mean I know that you thought that you were helping Sam by changing the results. You probably thought that if Jason was the father then Elizabeth would have told him and he would have told Sam and she would have broken up with him. I thought that if Jason would have came out as the father then Lucky would let go of Elizabeth and want to be with me and our baby."

"But you weren't really pregnant." Alexis stated matter of factly.

"Yeah but he didn't know that and she didn't either, at the time. I figured with Liz out of the way claiming to be having Jason's kid, that me and Lucky would have a chance. I guess neither one of us thought Liz would keep her mouth shut as long as she did and actually get Jason to agree to let Lucky raise his child."

"How did you know what I was doing?"

"Come on Alexis, I'm far from stupid unlike Elizabeth who really thought that she could keep a secret like having a paternity test done at GH, especially one involving Jason Morgan. But anyway, I heard you on the phone talking about making sure that Jason turned out to be that baby's father so that your daughter could finally be free of him and if that person wouldn't help than you would do it yourself. Then I watched you go to one of the hospital phones and have the tech paged to go to the help desk or something and I followed you knowing what you were doing. You're welcome by the way."

"What should I be thankful to you for?" Alexis asked.

"Uh maybe for keeping my mouth shut. Perhaps you should be thankful for me keeping that dork of a lab tech occupied while you committed a felony, keeping him from catching you in the act and you out of jail. But if you don't see it that way I could always tell Jason that Jake isn't his son and that I know because I found out that you changed the results."

"You claim not to be stupid but you must be if you don't realize that you're as much to blame as I am. Jason would want to know how you know I did it and why you didn't say anything. Then he will come down just as hard on you."

"See that's where you're wrong. I'm pretty sure I can come up with a way for me to just have found out. But look. I don't want to have to go there with you. Just steer clear of me and you had better not ever interfere with Sam's life again. Be her mother, not her dictator. If she wants to be with Jason let her. If she tells me that you had something to do with another one of their break ups, I will tell her and Jason."

"I already told you that I'm done with fighting that." Alexis was angry that this little girl actually had something to hold over her head.

"You say that now because you don't want to feel the guilt of everything you've done to your daughter to cause her so much pain, especially when she could die. It will probably be different if she was to wake up and her and Jason got back together."

"What makes you think that will happen?"

"Because Jason would not have been here if he didn't still have feeling for her. Everybody knows that. Now do you mind if I sit with Sam for a little while?"

"I was just about to go in there myself." Alexis rolled her eyes. She couldn't believe she had gotten caught and by this little bitch.

"Oh Okay, I'll come back a little while later then." Maxie said about to head down the hall.

Alexis was about to let her go when she suddenly remembered that Jason would be back soon. "No, wait, you can go in now. I'll wait out here." Alexis wasn't about to chance Maxie running into Jason.

Maxie noticed how Alexis tensed up. Maxie was amused at how she started fidgeting in her seat. "I won't be long." She said as she put on her gown and walked into the room, closing the door behind her.

She sat in the chair and began slowly, "Hey Sam, its Maxie. I just wanted to stop by and say that you need to wake up. You can't just let go. I need you. Jason was leaving when I came up so I'm assuming he must be worried about you. Maybe if you wake up then you two can start over. I can't stand to see him with Elizabitch. Anyway, I just want you to know that you have people who love you and all. Alexis is right outside the room. She knows that I know she changed the paternity results. I told her that I'll keep my mouth shut as long as she doesn't interfere with your life anymore. I threatened to tell you and Jason if she did. She doesn't know that I told you the other night when we were totally wasted. Look I don't know if you plan on telling Jason when you wake up or if you're just going to stay in this coma until someone pulls the plug but if you do wake up and need to tell him then I'll understand. I really don't plan on telling Jason anything I just wanted Alexis to know that she didn't get away unnoticed and she no longer has any leverage over you and your relationship with Jason. Well I'm going to get going. I'll be back though. I just hope the next time I see you, you'll be seeing me too. Sam, I don't have many friends and for obvious reasons. I don't know if you hate me for keeping the secret that Alexis helped to destroy your relationship but I'm sorry. You and I didn't even really know each other back then and I was only looking out for my own selfish needs. I really am sorry. I just hope that after all is said and done, I still have you as a friend." Maxie started to cry, scared of what might happen. She knew she might lose her friend one way or another. She got up and wiped her eyes and walked out. Alexis stood up when she saw the door open. She tried to read Maxie's face and saw that she had been crying.

"What happened?" Alexis asked.

"Did you ever get that feeling that you knew you were about lose someone forever?" Maxie eyes filled with tears again.

"Maybe once or twice but I refuse to believe that about Sam. She's going to fight this." Alexis said trying to convince both Maxie and herself.

"Well I hope that gives you enough comfort for now but you may need to face reality sooner or later." And she walked off.

Alexis just stood there wondering what she could have meant for a moment before walking into Sam's room. What neither of them knew was that Spinelli had hacked into the hospitals video surveillance and heard the entire conversation between Alexis and Maxie. He couldn't believe what he had heard. He was about to shut off his computer and go tell Jason when he saw Alexis come running out of Sam's room and a host of doctors and nurses go running in. He quickly packed up his computer to go find Jason. As soon as he got to the nurses desk he saw him sitting on the couch.

He approached Jason quickly and said "Stone Cold we have to go now." He walked over to the elevator and pushed the button.

"What? Did you find something?"

"Well yes but right now that can wait. The Goddess Samantha is being attended to quite urgently by several nurses and physicians. I think we should move with haste and see what is going on." Just then the doors to the elevator opened. They stepped in and when the doors opened on the tenth floor, Jason rushed down the hall. Alexis was in the hallway in a chair, screaming out "Please God no, no, it's not fair." You can't take her from me. Please."

"Alexis what's going on?" But from the look on her face he already knew. The tears filled his own eyes and Spinelli could only slide down to the floor and allow his own tears to fall.

"She crashed. The machines started blaring .I ran out and called for help. The all rushed in and pushed me back out the room. Then I heard the long beep. She's gone." Alexis could barely get the words out as she broke down. Jason's tears flowed freely now as he walked up to the window. He couldn't see her. The doctors were surrounding her. One of the nurses stepped out of the way and he saw that the respirator was no longer moving up and down. He placed his hands on the window and said out loud. "I should never have left you. I should never have stopped loving you. I'm sorry." And he was about to walk away when one of the doctors came out.

"Ms. Davis, I'm sorry for…….."

"No! No! No! This can't be happening." She wouldn't even let the doctor say the words and she passed out.

A/N: So how was that? Would you ever have guessed Alexis? Well I think the next chapter will be the last one. Please let me know what you think.