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Chapter 11
A/N: This scene takes place a little while after Jason left the penthouse.
Liz stared at the door for a while. She couldn't believe that Jason had walked out on her. She was crushed. Her world was falling apart and she didn't even know why. Who would do this to her? Who would do this to an innocent child? There were so many lives affected by this. She made her way to the couch and cried. Today was her son's birthday and she couldn't bring herself to face him. She felt like she had let him down somehow. Even though it wasn't her fault, she felt guilty. She had kept the secret so long and then when it came out, she had been so relieved. Jason blamed her for this. He didn't say it but it was in his eyes. Liz walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water when she heard a knock on the door. The only person she wanted to see was Jason and since he wouldn't knock, she decided not to answer. Whoever it was knocked again. She sat back on the couch and put her head back. Suddenly, Max came crashing through the door with his gun drawn. Elizabeth nearly jumped out of her skin. Max looked around before asking,
"Everything okay in here?" He asked, gun still drawn.
"God Max, you scared me half to death. Yes everything is fine." She was holding her chest and trying to catch her breath.
He scanned the room again before lowering his gun and putting it away. "Well when you didn't answer the door, I had to assume something might be wrong. I apologize."
"It's okay Max. We are all understandably on edge these days. What did you need?"
Just then Lucky stepped into the Penthouse. "Actually it was me that was knocking."
Liz was surprised to see him. She knew he was in town and Nikolas said he was going to tell Lucky about Jake but she still wasn't prepared for the face to face confrontation. And she certainly didn't think that he would do it here at the penthouse. Max looked at her as if to ask, "Should I get rid of him?" Liz said it was okay and he excused himself.
The silence was awkward between them and neither of them knew what to say to break it. Finally Liz spoke up. "I take it Nikolas spoke to you."
"Yeah but I already knew. How could you Liz? How could you take my son from me just so you could be with Jason?"
Her eyes went wide. She couldn't believe that he was accusing her. "What do you mean, how could I? You think I did this? Lucky I had NOTHING to do with what's going on right now. I don't care how much I wanted to be with Jason, I would never have taken Jake from you. I took him from Jason so that you would stay sober. I pleaded with Jason to let YOU raise HIS son. I tried to make it work with you but we had done too much damage to get back what we had."
"So you finally admit to wanting to be with Jason all along. I'm not surprised. You were in love with him way before Jake came into the picture and I honestly don't know what to think about you at this very moment. All I want right now is to see my son."
"Lucky, I don't know what it is that you expect to happen over night but I won't let you disrupt Jake or Cameron's life. We don't even know if it's true or not."
"Elizabeth, if you think for one minute that I will let you keep me from my son another minute more, you are sadly mistaken. I missed 2 ½ years of my son's life because you were selfish. I missed his first everything so far. I'm not going to give you the opportunity to take him from me again. I want to see him NOW."
"Lucky he's not here and it's late. He's asleep right now. He had a very busy day."
"Fine but I will see him tomorrow. We can all go to General Hospital together and get another DNA test done. One that you can't tamper with or lie about." Lucky was angry. He didn't even recognize the woman he once loved. He couldn't believe that she would keep him from his son. This woman who stood before him was conniving and deceitful. She kept secrets that destroyed lives and she would surely try to make him out to be the bad guy for wanting to be with his son. "Just know one thing Elizabeth; I will not be like Jason. I will not let those big puppy dog eyes melt my heart nor will I let that syrupy sweet voice convince me to give up my son. If Jake really is my son, I will claim him. I will help him to understand what's going on and I will fight you tooth and nail for joint if not full custody."
"You wouldn't dare do that to Jake. I don't appreciate you threatening me Lucky and you will not take Jason's son from him. He won't let you have Jake." She was screaming now and the tears started to fall.
Lucky no longer felt sorry for her. There was a time where if she was crying, he felt the need to rush to her defense, to be by her side and be the one to make it all better. But that was a different time, a different place, and a different them. "You see Elizabeth, that's where you're wrong. Jason already told me that he won't stand in the way if Jake is my son. He's already convinced."
Liz's eyes went wide again with that deer in headlights type look. She couldn't believe he had spoken to Jason and that Jason would give up Jake so easily. "You're a liar Lucky. Jason would never just give up Jake without actual proof. Jake belongs to me and Jason, not you."
Lucky shook his head. "I won't argue with you Elizabeth. Even after all this time you can't hide your true feelings. It's written all over your face. You know as well as I do and as well as Jason does that Jake is my son. We will prove it. Right now you are just trying to convince yourself and not me that Jason is the father. You can do whatever it is that you want to make yourself feel better and to help you sleep tonight but the truth, the REAL truth, is out and I will be a constant part of Jake's life." And with that Lucky turned and walked out the door. Max stepped in to see if Elizabeth was ok and saw that she was on the floor by the couch, face in hands, crying. He knew better than to bother women when they got like that. They got all emotional and gravitated toward the first person there. He closed the door quietly and left Liz to let out her pain alone.
Alexis walked into Sam's room. Sam had her eyes closed but opened them when she heard the door open. Alexis smiled and sat down. "You don't know how glad I am to see you. I was so scared. Kristina and Molly are going to be so happy to hear that you're okay. They have both been so worried about you."
"Are they ok?" Sam asked. She wasn't emotional at all when she spoke to Alexis, like she was with Jason. She was straight forward. Alexis paid it no mind. She was just grateful Sam was alive.
"They are fine. Kristina's home and Molly will be home on Monday. How are you feeling?" Alexis went to grab Sam's hand but Sam pulled it away.
"Where's Jason?" she asked.
"I'm pretty sure that he's right outside. He was telling the doctors you were awake and giving me some time to talk to you. Are you in any pain?" Alexis was taken aback by Sam's pulling away, finally realizing that she seemed somewhat distant. Sam never really looked at her. She was looking passed her now into the hall. Alexis figured she was looking for Jason. "Did the two of you talk?"
"No." Sam lied. Sam remembered what Maxie had told her the other night and was not about to let Alexis off easily. She was formulating a plan and needed to tell Jason the truth. "As soon as I woke up, he asked me how I felt, then he got up to get a doctor."
"Oh. Are you ok though? Sam you had a lot of people worried. Are you sure you aren't in any pain? Where are the damn doctors? They should have been in here by now." Alexis said looking out the window to see where the doctors were at. "Are you ok?" She asked again.
"I'm great Alexis. I'm sitting here in the hospital all bandaged up because I wanted to make a fashion statement. And the whole coma thing, I just needed some rest." Her tone was oozing sarcasm.
That was it. Alexis knew something was wrong with Sam. She figured it must have been because of the coma. The medication maybe. She got up and went to the door. "Can someone please get the doctors in here?" She turned back to Sam. "I apologize for getting all motherly but you had me on edge. I thought I had lost you and passed out."
"Was Jason still out there?" Sam was looking passed Alexis again.
"Yes, but Sam what is it that you think is going on between you and Jason?"
Sam had tried to put it off until she could speak to Jason but she couldn't. She had to give just the right response to Alexis' question to make this believable. "What the hell is that supposed to mean? I thought we had been over this Alexis. You don't get to run my life anymore. Jason and I love each other and we decided that we were going to rebuild our life together. We forgave our one night stands, he is not the father of Elizabeth baby and we are stronger than ever. You will not blame him for this too. If Jason leaves me again because of you I will never forgive you."
Alexis stood there in shock. "Sam do you realize what day it is?" Alexis realized that Sam thought she and Jason were still together.
"Alexis please don't insult my intelligence or try to take advantage of my accident. I know as well as you do what day it is. If you don't mind can you go get Jason? That is if you didn't run him away." Sam's eyes glared. It amazed her how quickly this idea came to her. It was almost like she had been planning it in her sleep.
Alexis had to get a doctor. "Okay. I'll send Jason in while I go talk to the doctors."
"Whatever." She said. Sam grinned when Alexis turned her back. Alexis left the room and closed the door behind her. She approached Jason, Emily, Nikolas, and a couple of the other doctors.
"We have a problem." Alexis said to the group.
Jason spoke up first. "What problem?" The others looked on with interest.
"Sam doesn't seem to realize what year it is. She thinks that this accident happened years ago after she and Jason decided to try again and it's after it came out the baby wasn't his."
Everybody was in shock. Jason knew something was up but didn't know what it was. Sam had been fine when he was in the room. Alexis was explaining to the doctors what Sam had said to her and her demeanor. They took notes and decided to go in and check on her. The group of doctors, including Emily walked into Sam's room and left Alexis, Jason and Nikolas to talk.
"Jason what did you say to her?" Nikolas asked.
Jason felt no need to explain so he plainly replied, "Nothing much. I asked if she was okay. I told her that I had been worried about her and then I left out to get the doctor."
"Jason, this is serious. You can't afford to be nonchalant about this. You can't be callous and cold. Sam appears not to have any memory of the last 3 or 4 years. She thinks Elizabeth is still pregnant with Lucky's baby. She doesn't even remember that she and Lucky had a relationship. Her world is about to be blown apart because she thinks that you and her are still together. How do you think she is going to feel when the truth comes out?"
"Alexis, you act like I know what to do. I can't control what Sam remembers any more than you do. It may hurt at first but we can only hope that she can get passed the hurt. This may actually be the chance Sam and I need to get over the past hurt."
"You don't get it, do you? Sam thinks she is going to leave here and go back to your penthouse, which you now share with Elizabeth. She probably thinks that you are going to have a family because for all we know she doesn't remember that she can't have children anymore but Jason, you already have a family with Elizabeth. How does Sam get over the present hurt? That's the question. I know you said that you love her and I'm asking you for one more favor…"
"Don't even think about asking me to leave Sam alone." Jason's fury was bubbling just below the surface. If those words came out of her mouth he was liable to kill her. Luckily, Alexis was saved from making a huge mistake when Emily emerged from the room.
"Jase, Sam wants to see you." Emily said as the rest of the doctors exited the room.
Jason turned away from Alexis and headed into the room closing the door behind him.
Alexis spoke with the doctors. They told her that they would arrange for CT scan and an MRI but they couldn't see a physical reason for Sam's memory impairment. Sam didn't receive any head trauma outside of the burns to her face. It was possibly a result of being under water so long. They told her that they would bring in a psychiatrist to help determine a possible mental cause and not physical. Other than that Sam seemed fine. She was fully responsive. She was taking well to the pain medication and antibiotics. Alexis had no idea what to do and she hated the feeling of having no control. She decided to go downstairs and check on Molly while Jason was in with Sam. She wished she had known what he would tell Sam about what was going on. This way she could counter it. Even though she had said she was done interfering she knew that Sam was much better off without Jason Morgan. She just had to make it so that they made the decision not to be together and it looked like she had nothing to do with it. Alexis couldn't take the chance that Maxie would say something. As she stepped onto the elevator she decided that she would tell Sam "the truth" about Jason being Jake's father. That would surely bring back memories that she hated Jason.
Jason closed the door behind him. He sat down next to Sam. She was smiling at him. "So did it work?"
He was confused. "Did what work?"
Sam took a deep breath in and let it out slowly. She had to tell Jason that he wasn't Jake's father. She was afraid that he might hate her for being the one to tell him. "Jason, I haven't forgotten anything. I'm only pretending not to remember because I've come up with a way to get back at Alexis for playing dangerous games and trying to control our lives."
Jason wasn't exactly sure what Sam meant, so he decided to let her finish just so he could be sure of where she was going with this. "Okay, so what is this about exactly?"
"Jason, I wish that I didn't have to be the one to tell you this." She began to cry knowing that this would break his heart. He took her hand into his own. "Jason, when I was drinking with Maxie the other night she told me that…" And Jason knew what she was about to say so he finished the sentence for her.
"That Jake isn't my son." His own tears began to fall.
"You know? But how?" She was surprised he was so calm. How long had he known? She thought to herself.
"Yes I know. Spinelli came back into town to tell me. Actually he came to tell everyone.I found out earlier this afternoon."
"I'm not following Jason. How would Spinelli know?"
"How else?" Jason asked.
"His computer!" They both said at the same time. It made the both of them laugh. Jason explained how everything came out and how Spinelli overheard Alexis and Maxie earlier. "Why would Maxie suddenly come clean to you after all this time?" He asked.
"We were so completely drunk Jason. I was babbling about not understanding why I was still in love with you after all you had done to me and how things might be different if Jake wasn't yours and then she kind of blabbed the whole story of Alexis changing the results and how she stupidly helped. She explained her reasons and said sorry. The funny thing is I'm not even really mad at her. I understand why she did what she did. She thought she was in love and wanted what she wanted. She was 19 and stupid."
"I don't see it that way. She and Alexis led me to believe that I had a son for years only for me to find out it was all a lie. A lie that was formulated just to keep me and you apart. A lie that put such a huge drift between us that we lost each other. I can't act like Maxie didn't have a hand in this. She not only watched while it was done but she helped to keep the guy distracted so he wouldn't catch Alexis and she kept her mouth shut. I can't pretend that she had nothing to do with it."
"And Jason, I'm not asking you to. I'm just saying that I'm not angry with her. You have every right to deal as you see fit. Just don't kill her. I came up with an idea to make Alexis suffer way more than death. I need and want you to be a part of it. It's going to require you to go along with anything I say."
"Let me hear the plan first before I agree to anything." He kissed her hand. "But I have to ask you a question."
"What?"
"Sam, if you knew that I wasn't Jakes father when I saw you on the docks that night, why didn't you say something?"
"Two reasons. One, I wasn't about to be the one to destroy your world with that kind of devastating news. And two, would have believed me?"
"Probably not."
"Right. I figured you were happy with Elizabeth and I really wasn't here to cause any problems."
"I get that now. So what is your plan for Alexis?"
"How was she when she left out of here?"
"She was upset. She was upset with me because it seemed like I didn't care. She said that you were going to devastated when you couldn't come home to the penthouse and when you found out about Jake and Elizabeth. I think she was going to ask me to stay away but I cut her off."
"This working better than I thought. Alexis Davis will regret the day she ever thought much less attempted to control my life again. So anyway I have her thinking that I think this is after Elizabeth got the results and told everybody the baby was Lucky's. This way I don't have to pretend I don't know my sisters or that she's even my mother. But she thinks I don't even like her because she is trying to tear us apart. I'll be in here for a while. Can you find me a place to live when I get out of here?"
"For what?"
"I very well can't go back to the penthouse, so how about you "surprise" me with a new house or even a new apartment for me to decorate as I see fit as a way to keep me occupied and take my mind off of the explosion. That will make her crazy. She'll try to convince me to move back in to the lake house. She's going to ask you what you are doing. Tell her the truth. That you realized you want to be with me and you're going to go along with how I feel."
"Alexis will tell you that Liz had the baby and that he's three years old and that I'm the father. She said she won't stand in our way again but I doubt that now that I know what she is capable of doing to keep us apart."
"I'm fully aware of what she is going to try to do. And I will call her a liar and deny it, causing an even bigger rift between us. Eventually I will be forced to face the truth. She will think that I'll walk away from you but that's when I'll say I forgive you for lying to me when I first woke up, that I know you did it because you really do want to be with me and you really ended it with Elizabeth because…"
"The truth about Jake is going to come out. Maybe not who did it but that he's not mine. All fingers are going to be pointed at Elizabeth."
"Exactly Jason. It's perfect. Alexis will have to start scrambling to cover her tracks. And then you and I will happen to have a conversation, within her earshot, where you will say that whoever did it is going to die or something and then we'll go in for the kill, not literally though"
"And what is the big kill?" Jason was amused. She had only been awake for a little over an hour and here she was scheming already.
"Mr. Morgan you'll have to wait until I get out of here to find out." She smiled.
"I'm a patient man. Up to a point."
"Don't I know it. But Jason, what are you going to do about Elizabeth and the kids?"
"I was actually going to get ready to leave and go talk to her. I have to tell her that we're over. I don't know how she's going to react. Lucky is Jake's father and I won't keep him away. I want to take Jake for another paternity test just to be sure though. I'll do that tomorrow. I'm not going to say anything to anyone though. Except you and Emily."
"Okay well good luck with Elizabeth. Will I see you tomorrow?"
"You couldn't keep me away. I love you." He said. He got up to leave.
"Jason, wait."
"What is it? Are you in pain?" He sat back down.
"No I'm actually not in any pain. Do you think you would feel like this if it never came out that Jake wasn't your son? Because I don't think I could deal if I was some kind of a rebound."
"Sam, my feelings for you started to come back the first night I saw you by the lake house. I know I was cold toward you but the memories started to come back right then. After you asked about the boat, I remembered your face when I gave it to you. I remembered your smile. I could even feel the hug you gave me so many years ago. I went home that night and slept on the couch and I had a dream about you and me."
"What was it about?"
"Us. We were at Coleman's. It started out as a fight about you leaving town but ended up with us making love on the pool table and you telling me that you know I'm in love with you and that you're my soul mate, not Elizabeth. You told me that I know we should be together and we shouldn't let our anger get in the way. I told you I love you in the dream."
"Wow. At least it wasn't just me."
"What do you mean?"
"That night at the docks when I went to the boat, I stepped on and couldn't believe that everything was still the same. Even my clothes were still there."
"Yeah, I could never bring myself to go there and I never stopped the cleaning crew from going on there and keeping it maintained. I never thought to have them throw anything away."
"Yeah well it was more of a day dream for me when I stepped on there because when I went into the room I immediately remembered the weekend we spent making love all over that boat. I could still smell the flowers from that first night."
Jason smiled. He remembered that weekend well. He made a note to himself to have a bouquet of red and white roses with white orchids sent to Sam's room when she was allowed to have flowers. "Well when you get better we are going to have to make new memories filled with that same kind of love."
"Promise?" She asked with a smile and a yawn.
"I promise sleepy head. Now get some rest. It's been a long day for you."
"Yeah, I know. So what will you tell Alexis when she asks what we talked about?"
"I'll tell her that I decided to go along with whatever you think is going on to avoid you getting yourself upset and going back into a coma. She knows that I want to be with you in the present so it won't be hard for me to explain why I'm going to be here everyday. Liz and I are over. I'll try to make the transition as easy on Jake and Cameron as possible. It won't happen overnight but everything will work out."
"Okay. I love you." Sam said as she began to doze off.
Jason kissed her hand and walked out. He closed the door and headed to the elevator. He looked around for Alexis and was grateful she was nowhere to be seen. He stepped onto the elevator to head home and end things with Elizabeth.
A/N: Okay I've decided that this story will end in Chapter 13. There will definitely be a sequel though. The next two chapters will be a little longer so I can end the story the right way and leave it open for a sequel at the same time. I hope you enjoy.