Part IV

Justus sat down in the chair next to Taggert's desk and smiled, then adjusted his cufflinks, "I'd like to see a copy of the warrant you used yesterday to enter my client's home," Justus said. "I also want to see an itemized list of any property you seized." Justus smiled again, knowing that each time he did it annoyed the hell out of Taggert.

"Talk to your co-counsel," Taggert said and went back to the report he was writing. Who did Justus think he was? Marching into the police station and demanding paperwork. He had better things to do than sit around all day and make copies for some high priced attorney.

"I'm asking you, Detect - " Justus paused and smiled, "Excuse me - I mean Lieutenant Taggert. You are aware that it is illegal to with hold information from the defense, aren't you? I'd hate to have to file a complaint with your superior."

Taggert glared at Justus, "The defense already has that information," Taggert said. "I don't have to give it to you again. Find Ms. Miller and you'll find your information."

"I'm well aware that my co-counsel has the information, I'm asking you for another copy. I'll be happy to compensate the PCPD for the photocopy charges," Justus said. He knew Diane had a copy, he'd already seen it - he just needed an excuse to get under Taggert's skin. Taggert was cocky on a good day, with the prospect of having a real chance of convicting Jason on murder charges he was as arrogant as he'd ever seen him.

"Fine," Taggert said, refusing to let himself be baited by Justus. "Ask the Desk Clerk to make you a copy, and don't worry about the copy charges. The fact that Jason Morgan will be doing twenty plus behind bars is more than enough payment."

"I'm asking you, after all - you were there and you'll be able answer any questions I may have," Justus said.

The quickest way to get rid of Justus was to just print him a copy. Taggert took a deep breath, "I'll print you a copy," Taggert said and pulled up the report on his computer. He hit print and walked to the printer when Carly entered the PCPD.

"I'm here to see Jason," Carly announced, heading straight to the interrogation room. She knew that Diane would be here shortly to meet with Jason, but she wanted to see him first. Even if it was just for a few minutes.

"Not so fast Mrs. Corinthos," Taggert said. "Visiting hours don't start for another - " Taggert glanced at the clock, "Seven minutes."

"I'll wait for Jason there," Carly said and continued to walk to the interrogation room.

Taggert reached out and grabbed Carly's arm, "I don't think so Mrs. Corinthos," Taggert said.

"Don't touch me," Carly said and pulled her arm away.

"Keep your hands to yourself Lieutenant," Justus warned. "I know that Ms. Spencer is on the visitor's list, she can wait for my client in the interrogation room. Unless, you want to take this up with the Commissioner?" Mac certainly didn't play favorites, but he was fair.

Taggert motioned forward, "Go ahead," Taggert said. "Might as well visit the prisoner now, once he's in Pentonville - "

Carly leaned forward, "Jason is not going to prison," Carly hissed. "The PCPD hasn't successfully solved a crime in years and you are not going to wrongfully convict Jason." Carly went into the interrogation room and leaned against the door once she was inside. She needed a minute to collect herself. She couldn't do this anymore, she couldn't survive with Jason in prison even if it was just temporary.

Jason walked into the interrogation room and waited for the guard to un-cuff him, "What's wrong?" Jason asked.

Carly looked up and walked over to Jason, "I don't care," Carly whispered. "I don't care about Sonny, I care about you. I don't care that this will devastate him. All I've been able to think about is that you've been in jail for the past four days for something you didn't do." She knew she should care about Sonny, and to some extent she did. But this was Jason's life, and the only people that were more important to her than Jason were her boys.

"Carly - "

"Jason, don't okay? We slept together, I'm not ashamed of that," Carly said. Shame was the last thing on her mind. Hell, she wanted to shout it from the rooftops that she and Jason were finally together. She'd been waiting more than ten years for this man, but he was more than worth the wait.

"I'm not either," Jason said. Carly was the one person in his life who never judged him or gave up on him. She was the one person who understood him, who truly knew him and now that he'd stopped fighting his feelings for her, he wanted them to have the life they should've had years ago.

Carly smiled, "I know, but – I'm an adult, and have to take responsibility for my actions and if one of those is another custody fight for my boys then I'll have to do it."

"I won't let him take your boys," Jason promised. Sonny had tried to take Carly's boys once before and he wasn't going to get a second chance.

"I know," Carly said. "But we can worry about that later. I want you out of here. I spoke with Johnny last night - and nothing has turned up."

"Something will," Jason said. Johnny had a way of uncovering things that people didn't want found.

"You shouldn't have to wait for something to turn up," Carly said. "Not when you have an alibi, a real alibi."


"Here to see your lackey, Sonnyboy?" Taggert taunted as Sonny walked into the squad room.

Sonny glared at Taggert but kept his mouth shut. He wasn't going to do to anything that pissed off Taggert because he didn't want it to adversely affect Jason's case. "I'm here to see Jason," Sonny calmly said.

"You're going to have to wait, your wife is in with him now," Taggert said. "Only one visitor at a time, that is - unless, you don't' have a law degree do you?"

Sonny glanced in the interrogation room, "Fine, I'll wait," Sonny said. He turned around to look for Diane and saw Justus instead. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm Diane Miller's co-counsel," Justus explained.

Sonny shook his head, "You don't work for me and you don't work for Jason," Sonny said. Justus betrayed both him and Jason when he chose Faith over them. There was no going back as far as he was concerned.

"Jason disagrees with you," Justus said. "My client is Jason, not you."

"I don't think your loyalties are with Jason, it's best that you leave Jason's fate in Diane's capable hands," Sonny said.

Justus shook his head, "Jason is my cousin, my family, my blood - maybe that doesn't mean anything to you or to Jason, but it means something to me. I'm going to do whatever I have to do to make sure he doesn't go to jail," Justus said. "As for Ms. Miller's capable hands - " Justus paused and took a deep breath. "I'm well aware of her legal record, but this case isn't just a paycheck for me."

"So you want Jason to owe you?" Sonny asked. "Is that what this is about? Does she want something from Jason? She's not going to get a dime or any mercy from either of us."

Justus walked closer to Sonny, "Leave Faith out of this," Justus hissed. "She doesn't have anything to do with it. Besides, you're one to talk about loyalty." Justus coldly smiled, "Remind me again who the DA is?" Sonny glared at Justus. "Oh that's right, it's your jealous sadistic baby brother. The same man who kidnapped your pregnant wife and chained her to the wall like an animal. And considering how you got your wife to bed in the first place, I don't think you should talk to anyone about loyalty."


Carly glanced out into the squad room, "Diane's back, which means I'll see you at the bail hearing," Carly said. She knew she had to sit back and let Diane and Justus do their jobs, they were good - but she couldn't help but be worried. What if Jason couldn't get out on bail? What if Johnny couldn't find anything to prove Jason' s innocence? What if no one believed her when she said she was with Jason that night? "Jase - "

"Hey - " Jason said and motioned Carly over to him. "Everything is going to work out. Just let everything play out." Patience definitely wasn't Carly's strong suit, but he knew everything would work out the way it was supposed to.

Carly toyed with the lapels on Jason's suit jacket, "I don't know how you can be so calm," Carly said. "Ric hates you, Taggert hates you - "

"I have you, that's all that matters," Jason quietly said and tears from Carly's face.

Carly blinked back tears, "I'm supposed to calm you down, not the other way around," Carly said.

"If I know you're okay, then I don't have to worry about you," Jason said.


Sonny motioned Diane over, "You're working with him?" Sonny asked.

Diane resisted the urge to roll her eyes, "Yes," Diane said. Jason hadn't been kidding when he said there was bad blood between Sonny and Justus. "Per Jason's request."

Sonny groaned, he really needed to talk to Jason about his loyalties. "I'll talk to - " Sonny's voice trailed off as he glanced into the interrogation room.

Diane watched as Sonny's face changed from annoyance to anger and she followed his gaze, immediately understanding his distress. Carly and Jason were forehead to forehead and they were both touching the other's face. Just watching the two of them, she felt like was intruding on an intimate moment and started to turn away when Jason lowered his mouth to Carly's. It was a chaste kiss, but it spoke volumes. It wasn't a passion-filled kiss leading to something more or a kiss of desperation or goodbye, it was a promise of something more, a new beginning. A beginning they weren't going to get, not as long as Carly was Sonny's wife. Sonny started to storm into the interrogation room when Diane grabbed his arm, "I think you should stay out of there," Diane cautioned. She was more concerned with keeping Jason calm than worry about Sonny's bruised ego.

Sonny jerked his arm away, "She's my wife," Sonny said, his voice seething with anger. "Mine." Sonny headed to the interrogation room and waved off Taggert who tried to stop him. "What the hell is going on here?"

Carly jumped back from Jason, and he moved in front of her, "Get out," Jason said.

"Get your hands off my wife," Sonny said. "Carly, come on - we're leaving."

Carly shook her head, "I'm not going anywhere," Carly said. She hadn't wanted Sonny to find out like this, but there was no way she was leaving Jason - not when he needed her. She didn't care that Sonny had seen them kissing, that was the least of her worries.

"How long has this been going on?" Sonny asked. He wanted to know how long Jason had been sleeping with his wife.

"Sonny - drop it," Jason warned. He didn't want to talk about this, not now and definitely not here.

"What's going on in here?" Ric asked as he walked in the room, with Taggert close behind him. "Only one visitor at a time, if anyone should know the rules by now, it should be you."

"Ric, get out of here," Carly said. This situation was going to go from bad to worse and Ric being present was only going to add fuel to the flame.

"Shut up " Sonny shouted and turned to Jason. "How long have you been fucking my wife?"

"Don't talk to her like that," Jason warned, his voice low and dangerous. He wanted to hit Sonny, but he couldn't - at least not now with all these witnesses and especially not while he was in jail.

"Having some domestic problems Sonnyboy?" Taggert asked. "The best thing would be for the three of you to talk about it." He knew it was only a matter of time before the delicate balance between those three was upset, he was surprised it hadn't happened sooner. But he was glad it was happening now, Sonny's empire would crumble without Jason and his world would be destroyed without Carly.

"Sonny - I'm not your wife," Carly said. "I filed for divorce over six weeks ago. I didn't even want to marry you in the first place. The only reason I married you was because Jason asked me - "

"Was that the deal?" Sonny asked. "You marry me and you fuck Jason? Is that the only way you could get him in your bed? Let me remind you of something, maybe Jason had a moment of weakness and he let you back in his bed, but he'll never love you. He never has, why would he now?"

Carly stepped forward and raised her hand to slap Sonny, but Jason grabbed her wrist, "Don't," Jason quietly said. "Not here." Jason released Carly's hand and rested his hand on her shoulder. "Don't listen to him, he's never known anything about us."

Carly leaned into Jason, letting his touch calm her. She had let Sonny manipulate the truth once before and it trashed her life, she wasn't about to let it happen again, not when Jason's was on the line. "He never has," Carly said.

Maybe he couldn't hit Sonny, but he could goad Sonny into hitting him and use the impending assault charges to get Sonny to sign the divorce papers. "One word Sonny. That's all it would've taken for Carly to leave you for me. Your first wedding - I had to talk her into marrying you. She would've left with me in a heartbeat. Your second wedding, she was waiting for you but would've left with me. I should've taken her then, but my life was more dangerous than yours. By the time you got married the third time, she did love you but she still would've left you. And your fourth wedding, she didn't want to marry you," Jason said. He smiled and ran his hand down Carly's arm, "How many times do you think she thought about me when you were with her? Did she ever call out my name instead of yours?"

Overcome with jealousy, Sonny shoved Carly out of the way and attacked Jason, he pushed him against the wall and punched him. "She's my wife " Sonny shouted. "Not yours!"

Diane motioned to Taggert, "Do something," Diane said.

Taggert reluctantly pulled Sonny off Jason, "Okay, break it up," Taggert said. "I should put both of you in the same cell so you two can finish whatever it is between the two - "

"Detective " Diane interrupted.

"Lieutenant," Taggert corrected.

"I want Jason released," Carly stated.

Ric shook his head, "I don't think so," Ric said. "I'm going to throw him in jail for a long time."

"Mrs. Corinthos, Angerboy - "

"Don't call my client Angerboy," Justus warned. "Do it again, and you'll be the one sharing a cell with Sonny."

Taggert glared at Justus, "As I was saying, Morgan is in jail for murder and he doesn't get to go home because Corinthos messed up his hair," Taggert said.

"He's innocent," Carly said.

Ric rolled his eyes, "Can you prove that?" Ric asked. Carly was loyal to one person and one person only, Jason. He wouldn't put it past her to confess just to take the heat off him.

Carly looked up at Jason and he nodded, "Jason didn't kill Lorenzo," Carly said, looking around the room but resting her gaze on Sonny. The only reason they'd kept quiet was him, but obviously he knew so what was the point of keeping quiet?

"But you don't have any proof. See, Morgan doesn't ave an alibi and it was a well known fact that he wanted Alcazar dead," Ric said. "So it seems to me that - "

"He has an alibi - me," Carly said.

Ric groaned, "And I'm supposed to believe you because – "

"Because we were together. We were in his room at Jake's the night Lorenzo was killed. People saw us at the bar, I'm sure someone saw us go upstairs," Carly said. "Call my Nanny - ask her where I was that night. Call my guards, ask them where they left me. Call - "

"Remind me again how many times you've perjured yourself?" Ric asked.

"My client has an alibi," Justus said. He really wasn't sure if Carly was telling the truth or not, but Jason hadn't stopped her so that made him believe she was telling the truth. "I suggest someone impartial take her statement."

"Cruz get in here," Taggert said. "Take Mrs. Corinthos' - "

"Ms. Spencer," Justus corrected, and Carly gave him a small smile.

"Ms. Spencer's statement," Taggert finished. He motioned a guard over, "Take Morgan back to lock-up - "

"You'll do no such thing," Diane said. "We have a bail hearing - "

"Not to mention he was assaulted," Justus added.

Ric couldn't believe he was about to ask but if they wanted to speed things along, he had to, "Jason do you want to file assault charges?" Ric asked.


Leyla rushed into the PCPD and looked around the room, she walked up to the nearest officer, "I need to see Jason Morgan," Leyla said.