Part V
"What are you doing here?" Carly asked as Cruz walked her past Leyla. "You shouldn't be here."
Leyla took a deep breath, "I'm here to see Jason," Leyla said.
Carly narrowed her eyes at Leyla, "What do you need to see Jason for?" Carly suspiciously asked. "Do you even know him?" She really didn't have time to deal with Johnny's latest conquest, but she wanted to know what Leyla was doing here. "What, do you want money or something?" She wondered if it was a coincidence that Johnny started Leyla right before Lorenzo was killed. She wondered how much Johnny actually knew about Leyla.
Jason waited a few moments before answering, "No," Jason said and looked Sonny straight in the eye. "I'm not pressing charges, but I would like to file a police report."
Justus nodded, "Okay, Lieutenant, you heard my client," Justus said. He wasn't surprised that Jason wasn't pressing charges, but wondered why Jason wanted a police report. He had a feeling that Jason and Sonny's relationship was never going to be the same again. He was glad he was able to be there to help Jason. He couldn't speak for Diane, but he only had Jason's interests in mine - he wasn't sure if Diane's loyalties were ultimately with Jason or Sonny.
Ric motioned to Sonny and shook his head, if there was one person that could destroy Sonny it was Jason. He never thought he'd see the day when the two of them were on opposite sides. All he had to do was send Jason to prison, and let Jason destroy Sonny's life. "Taggert, take his statement in another room," Ric said.
Diane looked at Jason, shaking her head, "Am I correct in assuming that your cousin will be with you while giving your statement?" Diane asked. She knew things were going to get messy once Sonny found out Jason was sleeping with Carly, but she didn't think it would end up like this. She was in a tight situation, both Sonny and Jason paid her retainer. Technically, Jason was her client right now, but Sonny also had the right to have a lawyer present. Diane said a silent prayer of thanks that she didn't deal with family law, so there was no way she'd be involved in the custody battle for the Corinthos children.
"Yes," Justus answered. "Feel free to accompany Sonny while he gives his statement."
Brenda glanced at the doors of the PCPD, "You're gonna get him out, right?" Brenda asked. Jason couldn't go to prison, she knew that better than anyone.
Johnny nodded, "Brenda - trust me, I'm doing everything I can to get Jason out of this," Johnny said. He was quickly learning that it was a lot easier to cover up a murder than prove someone was innocent. "And if that doesn't work - Jason's not going to prison." He'd pay someone to confess or break Jason out of jail as a last resort.
"Okay," Brenda said. She knew that Johnny was doing everything humanly possible to get Jason out of jail, but so far nothing had worked. She wondered what evidence Ric actually had against Jason, but whatever it was it was enough to keep him in jail all this time. She was glad that for the moment, she and Johnny had been able to put aside their differences and focus on what was important - Jason.
Johnny glanced at his watch, "If you want to see Jason before his bail hearing, now is the time," Johnny said. He knew that Diane and Justus would want to meet with Jason alone the last hour before his bail hearing.
Brenda took a quick glance at Johnny and shook her head and walked into the PCPD. She rolled her eyes when she saw Carly giving the third degree to a young woman in the squad room, "Who's that?" Brenda asked. "Jason's new girlfriend? Carly looks especially territorial."
"No," Johnny said, throwing Brenda a cruel smile. "She's mine." Johnny walked up to the pair and Brenda followed him. "Leyla?"
"Johnny - where were you?" Leyla asked. "I called you - "
"He was with me," Brenda answered and smiled.
Carly rolled her eyes, "There's nothing you can do here, so you can go back to Rome - go back to your psychotic boyfriend and leave all of us out of your life," Carly said. She barely had the patience to deal with Johnny's latest bed warmer, she definitely didn't want to deal with someone who almost got him killed. "Especially Johnny."
Brenda elbowed Johnny, "You told her?" Brenda asked. She understood that Johnny was upset with how things played out between the two of them, but that didn't mean he had to go sharing all the details with everyone in town. "Why did you do that?"
"What's going on?" Leyla asked. She'd never seen this woman before and Johnny hadn't mentioned meeting up with anyone. There was obviously some history between the two of them and she wanted to know what it was.
Johnny took a deep breath, "Later," Johnny said. He wasn't sure how to explain Brenda, but now wasn't the time or place to have that conversation. "What are you doing here?"
"I need to see Jason," Leyla said. "It's important."
"Angerboy has had enough visitors for the day," Taggert said.
"Unless you want me to file charges - I suggest you use my client's name," Diane said. She wasn't sure how or why, but Justus really did get under Taggert's skin.
"I thought he was your client," Taggert said and motioned to Sonny.
Johnny looked at Carly then at Sonny before glancing in the interrogation room and tried to figure out what just happened. He wanted to know what the hell just happened and why both Carly and Sonny were being escorted to separate rooms to have their statements taken.
"He is," Diane said.
"Isn't that a conflict of interest?" Taggert asked. "Representing the man who your client assaulted?"
"Just take my statement," Sonny said. He wanted to get this over and done with.
"I think this is the most cooperative you've ever been with the police," Taggert commented.
"Are you Jason's lawyer?" Leyla asked.
"I am," Diane said. "And you are?"
"Leyla Mir," Leyla said.
"I think Lieutenant Taggert is right, Jason has had enough visitors for the day," Diane said.
Leyla placed her hand on Johnny's arm, "I need to see him - it's really important," Leyla pleaded.
"I have to accompany a client while his statement is taken," Diane said. She had better things to do than talk with every single woman that came to visit Jason.
"Diane?" Johnny asked. "Five minutes? Can you give us five minutes?" He had no clue what Leyla needed to see Jason about, but whatever it was, it must be important.
"Fine," Diane said and motioned to Taggert. "Take my client to another interrogation room, I'll be there in five minutes. Do not take his statement without me present."
"Mrs. Corinthos - "
"Ms. Spencer," Carly corrected Cruz.
"Ms. Spencer," Cruz said. "Right this way." Cruz motioned for Carly to follow him to an interrogation room.
"I need five minutes," Carly said. She wanted to know Leyla needed to tell Diane.
"Your five minutes are up," Cruz said and led Carly away.
Diane led Johnny and Leyla to an isolated part of the police station, "What is so important that you rushed right in here to talk to Jason?" Diane asked.
"I was in the elevator at the hospital and I overheard DA Lansing on the phone with the coroner," Leyla said. "I heard him offer the coroner money for an autopsy report."
"This is all you have? A one-sided phone conversation?" Diane asked. She wouldn't put it past Ric Lansing to pay for evidence, but she needed proof. Especially, when Jason's freedom was resting on the alibi of his married girlfriend. "Did he even mention Jason or Lorenzo Alcazar?"
"No - "
"Then all you have is here say, Ms. Mir," Diane said.
"Can you get a subpoena or a search warrant for Ric's place?" Johnny asked. He needed to get the name of the coroner and have Spinelli look into his financial records.
"Not based on a phone conversation," Diane said.
Leyla reached into her purse and handed Diane some documents, "What about this?" Leyla asked.
Diane started looking at the reports, "Is this what I think it is?" Diane asked and smiled. Things were certainly looking up. She was going to have Ric Lansing disbarred for tampering with evidence.
"What is it?" Johnny asked as he looked over Diane's shoulder. "Autopsy reports?"
"It's nearly impossible to delete anything from the hospital's mainframe without the Chief of Staff's approval," Leyla explained. "For example, if a duplicate record is accidently created - it needs to be deleted. But if it's deleted, it's not deleted - it's only hidden. You can't find the record by name or case number, but it will show up if you do a search by date."
"These are two identical autopsy reports - with different names and dates," Diane said. "How did you get these?"
"I'm in the student nursing program at General Hospital," Leyla said.
"Good work, Ms. Mir," Diane said and walked up to the nearest officer. "Get me the police commissioner - immediately."
"Baby, you're brilliant," Johnny said and kissed Leyla. Last night he was starting to doubt if he'd be able to find the evidence he needed to free Jason. Luckily, Leyla was able to find it.
"All I did - "
Johnny shook his head, "Don't belittle what you did," Johnny said. "You found what no one else could. You risked your job - "
"And I'm sure once it gets out that I stole documents to free the local mob enforcer , I'll be kicked out of the program," Leyla said.
Johnny laughed softly, "Hardly - do you have any idea who Jason's parents are?" Johnny asked. "Or Carly's mother?"
"No, what does that have to do with anything?" Leyla asked.
"Jason's really a Quartermaine and Carly is Bobbie's daughter," Johnny said. "Trust me - you're not going to get kicked out of the program for this."
Mac handed Jason a stack of documents, "Sign here," Mac said. The one time he had solid evidence against Jason Morgan and it was falsified by his DA. Internal Affairs was going to have a field day with this.
Jason signed where Mac indicated, "Am I free to go?" Jason asked.
"Yes," Mac said. "Just because you weren't guilty this time, doesn't mean - "
"Enough with the warnings," Justus said. "I think you should take a look into your department before warning innocent citizens."
Carly hugged Jason, "Thank God," Carly whispered.
"I told you it would work out," Jason quietly said.
Brenda rolled her eyes, "Can you two get a room or something?" Brenda asked.
Jason reluctantly let go of Carly and turned to Brenda, "Do you need a ride somewhere?" Jason asked. He reached for Carly's hand and led her out of the PCPD.
"Like the airport?" Carly hopefully asked.
"I have a rental," Brenda said. "I'll be in town a few days. I would love to catch up right now, but I only have a few hours before my date - "
"With who?" Carly asked. If Brenda was going out with Johnny, she'd kill him. She wasn't exactly loyal to Leyla, but she did just put herself on the line for Jason and that had to mean something.
"Cruz," Brenda said. She was only going to be in a town for a few days, she wasn't looking for a relationship or anything serious - but a date would be nice.
"Cruz Rodriguez?" Jason asked. "No - you're not dating a cop."
"Last time I checked, you don't have a say on who I date," Brenda said. "And if you get a say in my dating life, I get a say in yours." Brenda smiled sweetly at Carly then laughed as she looked at Jason. "You're not into me or anything are you?"
Jason glared at Brenda, "A cop? Are you serious?" Jason asked. "You can't date a cop."
"It's just dinner!" Brenda said. "I'm not going to pick out china patterns or anything."
"Jase - " Carly said. She didn't care who Brenda went out with, as long as it wasn't Johnny. "Can we go?"
"Yeah," Jason said. He was more than ready to get out of here. He had better things to do than police Brenda's dating life. "Call me tomorrow, I want to talk to you before you leave for Rome."
"Okay," Brenda said. "Stay out of jail, okay?"
Jason laughed softly, "I'll do what I can," Jason said. Brenda gave him a small wave and headed to the parking lot. "Ready?"
Carly nodded, "Yeah," Carly said.
Jason opened the door for Carly and climbed into the limo after she did, "Where to?" Jason asked. They definitely had a lot to talk about. There was so much history between the two of them, they'd been everything to each other over the years but oddly enough - they'd never dated. Saying things were complicated right now was an understatement. Technically, Carly was still married and he didn't even want to think about the impending custody battle.
"My place," Carly said. "The boys won't be home until after dinner, so we have a few hours to start sorting things out." Carly rested her head on Jason's shoulder, sighing when he put his arm around her.
