Hope you all enjoy and will let me know what you think. I can't thank you all enough for the kind words, thoughts and prayers for my dad. He says "Thank you for thinking of me, your words, thoughts and prayers are not only appreciated by my daughter, but me as well" (I read your wonderful responses to him! Huge hugs and love for you all) Thanks for all the reviews, faves and follows!
Chapter Ten
"What do you mean, 'we're family?'
"If I told you, I'd have to kill you."
"Hahaha, funny…now that you are done being a clown…you are done, right? Will you please explain yourself?"
"I don't see why I have to explain myself but since it will need to come to light sooner rather than later, I will share the information I have, as soon as we get the hell out of here. Stop asking questions…better yet, just shut up and do as you're told for once."
"Listen here…" Before he could work up a good head of steam, he was once again cut off."
"Yes, yes, the great Jason Morgan, you'll beat me, break my knee caps, eviscerate me and flog me…Do you want your wife in danger forever or are you man enough to put up and shut up?"
Not bothering to respond, he simply gestured to the open bedroom door. As they moved through the house, Jason took notice of every detail of his surroundings; it was until they crested the front of the house, that they heard the telltale sign of tires on gravel.
"Time for the backup plan son, let's go."
"I am not your son, do not call me that."
"No shit, if you were my son, you couldn't be married to my daughter."
As they ran through the dense thicket of trees, Jason hoped Xavier knew where he was going, the twists and turns of his obviously random movements, confusing Jason immensely. Then all of a sudden his brain kicked in as he replayed that last sentence.
"Say what the fuck?" Sure it wasn't his most eloquent moment, but he figured he deserved to be forgiven for that.
"Oh how the mighty have fallen. Did your mind finally catch up or catch a clue?"
"Wow, you are a cranky, sarcastic bastard. You throw this shit at me and expect me to trust you and your word, but I don't know you from Adam."
"Listen up Mr. Morgan and listen well. You married my daughter and had her keep it a dirty little secret; while you ran around with those mentally disturbed people you call 'family'. You married her because you are a selfish son of a bitch and didn't think how your big 'secret' was going to affect her."
"You don't know anything Xavier. I love her, more than my life, I would die for her. I have been doing all of this because I want to make her safe, I need her to be safe and now, I need our child to be safe." Take a breath and giving himself a moment to collect his thoughts, Jason began again. "Just because you 'claim' to be here father, doesn't make it so. Where's your proof? And if you are her father, where the hell have you been all this time? Where were you when she was raped?"
"That I promise you is a really long story and this isn't the time. We need to meet up with John Durant. Perhaps from here on out, you'll be a little more careful with the vipers you let into your home and heart."
"What does John Durant have to do with anything?" Jason asked, but he had a sinking suspicion.
"He's the 'Boss' everyone's been talking about. Your dear, wonderful, completely sane friend – I say this with derision – has decided that waiting for you to claim her, had taken too long, so she upped the stakes. She also convinced Ric and Ian to beat my baby girl to death, the only reason she is alive now, is because those two sick freaks started thinking with their little heads. She's alive because she was raped. Your 'friend' did that to her."
Jason's stomach threatened to revolt, but with sheer will alone, he managed to get it to settle down some.
How could he face his own wife after all of this? How did he let such malevolent people into his life and not see them for the monsters they were.
"What they did to Elizabeth, it isn't your fault. She won't blame you, just like I don't. It was Carly and those two bottom feeders; I can't in good conscious call them men. From what I have witnessed and gathered Carly has a 'me complex', everything has to be about her, all the time. When she isn't front and center…that's when her plans come into play."
"How…gah, I don't even know if I want to ask this but, how did you witness her? Was it from a distance?"
"Let's just say, I have up close and personal experience with the she-devil herself. Since I came to Port Charles, all my actions were to help my daughter. There were certain things I could do and one of those was getting close to Carly and pumping her for information. It isn't hard to get her to turn on those she 'loves', she is the worst kind of viper, she'd turn on her own kids if it meant bettering herself and we both know Carly never betters herself, she just wants more money, more power, more people bowing down and kissing her feet."
"Sucks to be you! You may have discovered some of her plans and ideas, but the one thing about Carly that you might not know; she thinks well on her feet and will always keep certain things quiet. Even if she trusted you completely, she…I suppose the word is learned to always gather as much information for and against a person. The worst thing is, she'll use or sell that information to garner the best response."
"She may have some secrets but I believe I have the biggest of them figured out."
"So what does John Durant have to do with all of this?"
"Carly went to him when things…weren't going her way, so she made a deal, as I said before, if 'daddy' takes away everything you cared about and isolate you to the point that you'd be grateful to her, and then she was going to bring in daddy and have him help to shore up the business. Except, you'd still just be an enforcer, John had no intention of giving up that sort of power."
"How did you find this entire thing out and why haven't you revealed yourself to me or Elizabeth?"
"The first is easier to answer. I planned too, but my man on the inside, or I should say men, heard that things were going to be happening soon. Carly's narcissistic attitude, would have soon pushed her to act against Elizabeth in some form or another of violence, probably her death. When I found out you and she had a plan, I took a step back, hoping I'd find you worthy to handle things."
"I've failed in every aspect."
"Not at all Jason, you have done many things right, like marrying and loving my daughter. You could say the reason I know so much is because we are in the same business but unlike the ex-Mr. Corinthos, I actually have people loyal to me and I run a tight ship."
"So you HAVE been trying to take over my business?"
"Not in the least, where Sonny was failing it, I simply bought it back and shored it up, not only with money but the power behind my name."
Things were finally starting to make sense. All the attacks that seemed to come from within really had. Sonny had been making bad choices for years now it seemed.
"What do you plan on doing about the business, since, if my calculations are correct, you now own 79%?"
"Absolutely nothing, except help if you want it or to offer advice. I have been mostly retired for three years now, but when I found out about my daughter, I slipped back in a little more, to ensure her safety."
"Nothing in life has a guarantee."
"Jason, we can continue to do the round and round but the fact remains, Elizabeth is my daughter, I do own most of your company, which I intend to return to you. I plan on staying in Port Charles so I can get to know you both better and my granddaughter of course."
"How do you even know about the baby?"
"I am a very thorough man and leave nothing to chance. When I noticed Elizabeth's routine alter even the slightest bit, I grew concerned, at first I thought one of your 'friends' were threatening her but when she made two back to back appoints with Kelly Lee, I put one and two together and came up with, baby makes three."
"Did…you…how do you know it's a girl? Was it in her paperwork?"
"I don't know any more than Elizabeth does, but when I heard her at that bench you two claim as yours, she was softly talking to the baby and continually called her a...well a…her."
"You know, when we first started talking about babies and what our life would be like once this looming threat was over, we always said we'd like to have a girl first. Well, actually, I wanted a boy first, a boy who would cherish and protect his younger sister, a brother who would be her confidant, her safe haven when she felt she couldn't come to us. Elizabeth said, if we had a girl first, then she with her patience could teach us the right and wrong ways of raising a child. In all honesty, I think she just wants a girl."
"I missed so much of her life and even now, it can't be settled because of the threat your friends pose."
"I'd love to talk about her more and share past stories, but we can't, as you said, now is not the time. Back to the matter at hand, how and when are you going to call Mr. Durant?"
"I'm not going to call him at all, am I Mr. Durant?"
"What?" Jason asked.
He had been so caught up in the moment he had forsaken his greatest asset, to always know your surroundings and who were in those surroundings. He was kicking himself for his lackadaisical attitude, especially when his and Elizabeth's life hung in the balance.
"If you two were any louder, you'd have alerted everything in a five mile radius to your location. If you were trying to get away, you didn't do a very good job. Good to see you again Mr. Morgan, Xavier."
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