It is a few days before Thanksgiving. Jason and Elizabeth are happily living in the gate house and loving their privacy. Her parents are living with the Quartermaines until the baby is born and they all move back to Italy.

Jason and Maximus had been going back and forth to the villa to check on the progress. Most of the time they could skype with the contractors but they did do spot checks on certain things because the safety of the family is very important. Maximus had a guest house on his property that Elizabeth, Jason and their son were going to stay in while the renovations were going on. The winery was just as important as the villa itself especially since it was going to be his livelihood. The home itself was going to take until the middle of summer before it was done. The winery was going to be done sooner. It was going to be ready in April or May. The workers on the property were men that lived in the nearby communities and it was going to help the economy so the community was very behind the young American couple moving there.

Elizabeth and her mother bonded over their shared love of art. Her mother was very impressed with Elizabeth's skills as an artist. Her mother dabbled in art too and was thinking about opening a gallery in Tuscany. She wanted to be able to have something that she could do with her daughter and a gallery is something that would work really well for the two of them.

"Mama, do you think that I will be happy in Italy? I have been wanting to go there for so long and I hope that I will finally feel at peace. My soul has been longing to go there and even when Jason and I were stranded; Italy was where I wanted to go, not Port Charles. I see our future there and even though I love life here, Italy is where my heart yearns to be."

"There is some things that are different there but you will be protected because of who you are and no one will want to mess with you or your family. Your brothers love Port Charles but now that their sister is back and she will be living back home, I believe that they will want to come back home too. I feel that because of you, our family is coming together again. It was like we all had this piece missing and you were that piece."

"Thank you for saying that. I felt it too. You all are wonderful and I finally feel like that I am with the family that I have been missing. I am so excited about having Thanksgiving and Christmas with both families and then my little miracle will be born. I want to get ready for Christmas and decorate the gate house. Do you want to help me? I am going to hire some guys to do the actual lifting and moving but the designing and placing everything we can do together."

"I will love to help with the decorating. Are you having just the one big tree or are you going to have one main tree and one somewhere else?"

"Just the one main tree. I want even the outside decorated. Next year, I am going to have to start real early because the villa is huge. I know I have to take one day at a time but I love to plan and this is going to be a great new year. This year is a year of many ups and downs but I wouldn't trade it for anything. Especially being married to a great guy, having his child and meeting my real family."

"You are a little chatterbox. I think you take more after your dad that way. Your brothers are more quiet and reserved like me but that is fine. I love that you are like him that way. I can't wait till you learn Italian and the two of you are fighting in it. You both are very stubborn and strong willed so that will be fun. Your brothers just agree to disagree with your dad. He tells them to do things his way, they say okay and then do it their own way afterwards."

Jason and Maximus had flown over to check on both homes. Maximus was going to miss Christmas back home but he knew that next year it would be wonderful and finally having his daughter back and new grandson will make it even better. "I want you to know how proud of you I am for everything that you have accomplished. You have made great choices ever since you started working for Sonny. The best choice is Elizabeth. I think that she is an amazing young woman and even if she wasn't my daughter I would feel that way. I do believe she is amazing and because of what happened to her, it amazes me even more."

"Elizabeth has been through a lot and I know that you have done background checks on her and myself. I wouldn't have done anything different. She feels like her life has changed so much in the past year and it has made her even stronger. When we were stranded on the island, she was so strong and it gave me hope that we would be found. Towards the end of our stay, I was so worried that she would give up because of the lack of food for her and the baby. She just couldn't do it anymore. My life would have ended too because she is my life. The baby is so important to the both of us and I realize just how much you and your wife suffered when Elizabeth was taken from you. Are you going to see if there is a way to find out how the Webbers got her?"

"I am going to check out how they got her. I feel that the Webbers were just a stopping place and she was supposed to go somewhere else but somehow that didn't happen. These are things that have been bothering me for over 18 years."

When everyone was back at the mansion, Elizabeth decided to ask the family about coming out to Italy for their first Christmas there. "We are so blessed that we have both of our families here for the holidays. Jason and I have been thinking that we would love to have everyone over for Christmas next year. It will be our first in Italy and we want everyone to enjoy it like we will. I know that a lot is going on here but I just want you to know where our hearts are and how we feel about all of you."

Lila looked at Elizabeth and there were tears in her eyes. "I am not sure that I am up to that kind of travel but if I am, I would love to go see your new home. Edward and I would be honored."

Monica and Alan also accepted the invitation to the villa for Christmas. Emily would already be there and AJ also accepted the invitation. Her parents would already be there too and they might have to go between the two villas but she knew that her family would be over for Christmas morning to see their grandson open up his presents.

Elizabeth, Monica, Lila, Margaretta, and Emily talked about Thanksgiving dinner and also about the decorating for the Christmas holidays. "I hope that little Jake is a tiny bit early so that he will be home for Christmas, if he is late then how about a New Year's baby. I know that he is due on the 27th but it would be cool to have a holiday baby."

"Monica, is the staff taking bets on my son? He will be here when he is ready. I don't want my son to feel rushed before he is ready just so you win a bet." Monica and Emily started laughing because Elizabeth knew what they were doing.

The rest of the day was spent on planning how and when they were moving to Italy. Emily was going with them to help set up the guest house. She and Johnny were on track to be the next ones getting married even though there was no proposal out yet. It was just something they were kicking around especially since they would both be living together under her brother's roof.

It was the day before Thanksgiving. Elizabeth had grounded her husband and said no more trips to Italy unless something was on fire. She wanted him home with her and she knew that the crews working on the winery and villa needed some down time for their holidays too. She knew that they didn't celebrate Thanksgiving like she did in America but she didn't want her husband and father going over there when they should be staying in one spot.

"When Thanksgiving is over, I will let you go check on everything but you have to be here the week before, and the week after Christmas. The second week of January we are moving to Italy unless our son has other plans. I want you to know that I love you both and I want you here with us."

"Isabella, my sweet child, I will do as you ask but if there is an emergency, then I must go. Your brother Milo is here and so is your mama. Please understand that. Your husband is very important to all of us and the men back home trust in him too. That is the only thing I ask."

"Okay, Papa. You can go if it is an emergency. No emergencies tomorrow. Its Thanksgiving and I have a lot to be thankful for and that includes getting to know my true family."

Somehow, word got back to the Webbers about Elizabeth meeting her true family. The only person who reached out to her was her brother, Steven. He decided that he needed to see his little sister, face to face.

He got there the evening before Thanksgiving. He went up to the Quartermaine estate and rang the doorbell. "I have come to talk to my younger sister, Elizabeth." He was brought into the study where Elizabeth was sitting with her parents and brothers.

"Elizabeth, I need to talk to you. I think I know how you can to be living with us. I asked mother but she wouldn't say a word. Our father told me what he could remember and I think that mom had more to do with it than dad. I think that is why she treated you the way she did. I am so sorry about this. I was too young to really remember anything, but I do have a picture of someone that might have known your real family."

Elizabeth looked at the picture of the young woman and handed it to her father. "Papa, does that woman look familiar to you? Could she have been the one that took me from you?"

Her father and mother looked at the picture and realized that the nanny was the one that took her from her family. "She was our nanny. I thought that they had killed her and took you and hid her body somewhere. I think that she may have had ties to someone here in Port Charles."

"Yes, that would be me. The nanny was a cousin to my mother, Heather Webber. She disappeared shortly after leaving my sister with my parents. I believe she was supposed to bring her somewhere else and that when the nanny realized what she had done, she fled leaving Elizabeth with us. I am not sure if my parents ever knew who you really were or why you were left with us. Mom thought of you as a burden while dad thought of you as a miracle. He was too much under mother's thumb to help you though. I am so sorry about this. I wish I could tell you more."

"Thank you Steven for telling us now. It must be a big relief to my parents to know that the nanny did have reservations about what she had done. I just wish she could have told your parents where I was supposed to be but then I would not have grown up with you, Steven. You are the best part of my old family. You and our grandparents."

"I guess I should be going. I have a long ride home. Thank you for letting me tell you what I know."

"Steven, don't go. Stay with us for at least Thanksgiving. You can leave the next morning. We have room at the gate house and I would love to show you around here."

"Okay, but I have to go home on Friday. I have work on Monday morning and I need to be relaxed before going into surgery."

The rest of the night went well and soon everyone was going to bed. Jason, Liz and Steven went back to the gatehouse. Steven had brought his camera and took some pictures so their father could see how well she was doing. He was devastated when he thought she had died. He was glad that she made and even happier that she found her true family. He just wished that he could have cherished her the way he wanted. His wife was not having any of that. She was glad about her being found alive and finding her parents because it left her off the hook.