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Twenty-Five

Brenda refused to see Jason as much as he yelled outside the hospital room door. She didn't want to see the look in his eyes as she lied to him repeatedly. This was all for the best. She hated putting her best friends in the positions of having to lie to him as well, and keep up the charade in Port Charles, especially Robin, when she just got to leave.

He finally left which gave Brenda a very short window to escape with Lois. Robin was alone to manage by herself.

For months, Brenda didn't know what to think. Everyday she woke up excited that she was bringing a new life into the world, but whenever she thought of that, she realized on nearly impossible it would be for her to ever bring her baby to Port Charles to meet its family. Monica was eagerly awaiting the announcement, while Edward was left in the dark.

Rumors spread all the way to California. Apparently after Monica and Robin broke the news to Jason that Brenda had lost the baby, he went after Sonny and Carly. The fight apparently didn't end pretty, with Jason giving his so called resignation for Sonny's organization and companies immediately. It left him extremely vulnerable and shocked everyone. Especially when he suddenly disappeared a few days after.

For months news reports said that the organization went after Jason and disposed of him after worries that he would retaliate. That was never proved and eventually the harassment against Sonny slowed, except when it came to Carly. For the first time she actually played back that week in her head and realized the effect Lois's words had on her: she holds your future in her hands.

Lois knew Jason well enough to know that nothing would stand between him and his child. Carly not only took the first child he ever loved, away from him, but she started the chain reaction that led to Brenda's "miscarriage".

Brenda sat on her balcony patio with a cup of tea in her hands and watched all the people bustle around the city. She hated living a lie, more than she hated Carly. But if Jason left the organization because he blamed Sonny for the death of his child, maybe good things could still come out of the situation.

She glanced at her cell phone on the side table. Making the phone call was the easiest part.