Chapter 4: The Son follows in his father's footsteps
Your child will become what you are, so be what you want them to be
As Jason watched Johnny with the boys, he was astonished at how easy it seemed to be for the young mobster. Looking at the clock and knowing the boys wouldn't be going to bed for at least another couple of hours, he moved out of the backyard and to his car so that he could keep an eye on the place.
He was just waiting until bedtime then he was grabbing the SOB who took his sons, but he knew if he rushed in there now, it would only scare Jake and Cam. Sitting in the car, Jason couldn't help thinking that Epiphany Johnson had been correct last summer when she had come to him.
She has warned him that hanging around with Sam and avoiding Elizabeth was slowly destroying the woman he loved. He had gone for a ride and seen for himself that in spite of the way things looked on the outside, she was falling apart.
He had then driven around to see other people in his life and realized that if he wasn't around to save them, they would just move on to using someone else who would.
Carly, who came to him with every single crisis in his life constantly wanted his help, she only was supportive of him at that time because it meant Elizabeth was out of his life. What kind of best friend didn't tell him to work things out, she had with Sam, with Courtney. Yet with the woman who was the mother of his child, she had told him that someday he would be happy again. When he had realized that he had started working on a plan, but it had taken someone else's plan for him to finally figure out a way to freedom.
Spinelli, had only brought more chaos and trouble to him. He had gotten him out of the business and into the detective agency to slowly separate him from Jason's world, but instead the kid seemed to get in deeper every time he turned around. And his constant companion Maxie seemed to think she ran his life. Jason had been upset when he figure out that Mexico wouldn't have been necessary if he had just done what he had promised earlier that year, until yet another woman had distracted the kid.
Then there was Sonny, his former partner/supposed best friend. He was married to the woman who had hurt Kate. Flirting with her cousin, and yet when there was a problem with his family, instead of dealing with it himself, he pawned the mess off on Jason.
He should have figured out years ago, that his friend was only out for the main chance when he had gone to him about Johnny O'Brien.
As for Sam, well he hadn't known what to do with her. If he had pushed her away, he had been scared she would go after his family. He hadn't stop to think that Elizabeth would think her being around meant they were back together. He still didn't get how that had happened.
When he had left his double in Mexico, it was with strict orders, to protect Elizabeth with his life freeing Jason up to chase down whoever was behind the mess with Jake getting kidnapped. Then Jerry had shown up, he had been shot and AJ had panicked and taken him to the nearest hospital leaving his doppelganger without complete information. That mess had cost his love so much and now he was going to have to help her rebuild her heart.
Sighing heavily, Jason saw the lights go out in the boys room then a nightlight go on. Walking up the steps to the front door, he quietly picked the lock and then knocked. When he heard footsteps coming to the door, he pushed it in, knocking Johnny on his ass.
The gangster pulled his gun on the intruder, he had to protect those boys. Raising the gun to fire, he stopped astonished to see Jason Morgan standing in front of him. "You? How the hell and what is up with your hair?"
Reaching down to pull the man to his feet, Jason slugged him in the mouth then pushed him onto the sofa in the parlor. "I will be asking the questions. Why did you grab Elizabeth's sons?"
"Don't you mean your son?" asked the dark haired man as he picked up the cloth that Morgan threw at him and pressed it to the blood flowing from his mouth.
"They are both mine. Now start talking."
"When the warehouse exploded, I fled and saw the minivan. The suitcases in the back and I knew she was planning on leaving town and the users behind. When I heard she died, I grabbed the boys. I wasn't going to let you and that whore you call a fuck buddy ruin their lives." he said scornfully then once again looked at the longer blond hair. "But then it wasn't you was it?"
Realizing that Johnny hadn't meant harm to his sons. Jason sat down and took time to get his breathing under control. "No, it wasn't. I had a friend take my place so that I could track down something."
"Your so called friend, he is a screw up. Sleeping with Sam just created even bigger problems." he said then stood saying. "I have to get some ice so this doesn't swell, if you don't want the boys scared."
"Who says they are staying with you?" he sneered.
"They might not be staying here, but right now I don't trust you to do what is best for them, you hadn't yet. Instead it has been what is best for your friends, for Carly Jacks, for that idiot Spinelli and for you. Never what is best for Elizabeth Webber or for the boys."
"I thought what I was doing was for them." he admitted. "Trust me, you are only the latest in a very long line to rip into me for my mistakes. We need to get all this packed up. You and the boys are coming with me."
Johnny looked him into the eyes and said bluntly. "We are not going back to that horror house called
Port Charles, I am not letting those boys turn out like me."
Jason glared then said "Why do you care?"
"I kept an eye on her and the boys, every since my father figured out that you loved her and that one of the boys was yours biologically."
Turning white, Jason said "How?"
"I don't know. But I do know that you can thank Ric Lansing for his getting distracted enough to stop him from going after them."
Jason's hands were shaking as he realized that Diane had been right, he had been living in a fool's paradise. "We aren't going to PC. But for your own sake, I can't tell you were we will be staying until we get there."
!!*!!
Tom played the conversation with Jeff for Elizabeth, then asked "Do you want to talk about it?"
Over the next two hours, he slowly drew from his niece her feelings that she was responsible for her family's fights, how she had heard that her mother wanted to abort her. How Carolyn had belittled her and how she had felt her father had abandoned her.
When they got to Elizabeth being left in Colorado, she froze and would go no further. Stubbornly she retreated into the angry teenager she had been on the day she left Boulder for Port Charles.
When she told him to get out of her bedroom, then slammed the door, Tom heard the room being tossed then nothing as Elizabeth curled up and cried herself to sleep.
"What was that?" asked AJ from where he was standing.
"She has dealt with her feelings of worthlessness. She has come to realize that what happened wasn't her fault, that her father did love her even if Carolyn didn't. She also knows that Carolyn didn't love her for one reason, she didn't want children with Jeff."
"Then why did she marry him?" he asked confused.
"Money, status and because she was an unwed mother." replied Tom. "She is going to need some sleep, then I will work with her on ending up in town. But we have to face that dealing with her rape, it is going to take quite a bit longer than today."
"The only good thing might be that rebuilding her self-esteem is going to help with dealing with the rape. Instead of hearing how Lucky saved her, she might face the fact that if he had only done what he promised she might not have been in the park alone."
"What do you mean?" asked Tom wondering what this man knew.
"I tried to remember everything going on then, but I was pretty drunk most of the time. One thing I do remember, Lucky was supposed to have been her date then stood her up to go with Sarah."
Tom slammed his way out of the room and went to call his mother. "Mom, I was remembering
Elizabeth and someone told me a story, I need to know if it could possibly be true."
When Audrey first heard what he had to say, she said "No, she had a date with a football... oh my god. I think it was true." With that the elderly woman looked at Steven and told him what Tom had heard.
Closing his eyes, he said "Sarah knew, she had to. I would guess that is why she she asked Lucky, that and to make Nik jealous."
Telling Tom about that time period, Audrey felt like a weight had settled on her heart. "I never knew."
Steven hugged his grandmother after she had hung up the phone. "I didn't either. Lucky Spencer has a lot to answer for."
With a sigh, "You have no idea. I don't know how many times we have expected Elizabeth to help him thinking that they could help one another. But if he did stand her up, it was more than likely guilt that was behind his helping her in the first place."
"I need to go to Elizabeth's grave." she said. Walking to her car, she never saw the man following her as she drove to the cemetery. She had insisted on bringing Elizabeth with them since Port Charles had never done her any favors.
Picking up flowers, Audrey placed them in front of the tombstone and quietly talked to her granddaughter. Breaking down in tears, she apologized for her part in the past. "I hope we find your boys soon. I promise I will help Steven raise them."
Lucky left, furious to realize that Audrey didn't have his son. Where the heck were those boys? Taking the first flight home, he arrived at the Haunted Star just as his father was arrested by the IRS.
Calling Alexis on his behalf, he then went to the station and asked for Mac.
"Mac Scorpio is no longer the commissioner. The governor stepped in and appointed someone." replied his former partner. "Mac resigned a few days after the explosion at the warehouse."
"I need some help locating my kid." he said only to be handed some forms. "You need to fill these out."
"I don't have time to fill out forms." he said tossing them down. "I think they were grabbed because of the lie that Elizabeth told. Thanks to her, my son is more than likely dead."
"Mr. Spencer are you here to report a murder or a kidnapping?" Turning Lucky saw a short man with a receding hairline walking from the interrogation room.
"Who are you?"
"Commissioner Abbott, now I have report on file in reference to the disappearance of Jacob Martin and Cameron Steven Webber. Their grandmother filed it. The FBI is investigating the case. For now, unless you have some information, please let us do our job."
"I want to talk to my father." he said only for Alexis to arrive and say. "I need to speak to him first."
Letting in the attorney, Abbott went to his office and read the file on Luke Spencer. Whoever had given him up had done a thorough job. They had dates, times, payments, and that he had funneled money that should have paid his taxes into off-shore accounts. Mr. Spencer must had missed the memo that the feds were tracking down those accounts and requiring their owners to pay taxes on that money.
Luke leaned back and said with a smile in his voice, "So Natasha, how soon can you get me out of here?"
Reading the files, she looked up and said "I can't, you have really done it this time. They have the Cayman accounts Luke. The false passports, the ..." with a groan she said "Please tell me you weren't involved with these fake papers that have been floating around."
"I won't, if it will help you get me free." he said.
Alexis sighed, Luke was living in a different world now, the man just didn't get that after 9/11 things had changed. "Luke there is no getting out of this one and this time you dragged your own kids into it."
"How did I do that?" he asked only for her to say "They are listed on the ownership papers, doesn't matter that it was just you. Ethan, Lucky and Lulu are all going to be charged as accessories after the fact. I might be able to help them, but you old friend, you are going to prison or worse."
"I don't think they have the death penalty for forging a few papers." he said only for her to slap her hand on the table.
"Wrong, have you ever heard of the Patriot Act. Creating fake passports? False identity papers, social security cards? Your best bet is to plead guilty to the charges from the IRS and hope that Homeland Security doesn't make you disappear."
"But darlin', I am only taking back what..."
"Luke, grow up. It's a new world out there. Who knows who ended up with those passports. There is no out, not this time. You are going to jail." she said emphasizing the word jail.
Lucky was on his way out of the building when he saw Lulu and Ethan in cuffs being led in. "What is this?"
The agent looked at the man then the picture in his pocket and said "Lucas Lorenzo Spencer Jr.?"
"Yes, now why is my sister and brother in cuffs?"
"You are under arrest..." Before Lucky could say anything else, he found himself finger printed and photographed.
!!*!!
Mac went to the forth mark on the bridge and bent down to pick up the taped envelope. Inside was a key and a note. Reading the note, he was pissed there was just another clue. Getting ready to toss the manila packaging, he heard something crumple inside. Pulling it out, he saw the black and white photo and knew why he had been dragged into the middle of this.
Taking out the clue, he read the paper and then shook his head. Calling the airport, he found the next plane wasn't for six hours, but that there was a train leaving downtown Boston in two hours. Thinking things through, he knew he would be in New York quicker by train.
Rushing to his bed and breakfast, he quickly checked out and was on his way to the station. Rushing to the check in desk, he was told they only had a first class compartment available.
Giving them his name, he was shocked to find that someone had arranged to pay for it when he eventually showed up. Hurrying aboard, he was just sitting down when the Porter came along to check tickets. "The dining car will open up in fifteen minutes and if you are in need of Internet access, please wait until then to try and log on."
Nodding, Mac decided that when he got to New York his first purchase was going to be a laptop. It might help cut down on all of the needless running around he had been doing. He could also try tracking down Jason Morgan's connection to Morgan Motorcycles, he doubted that was a coincidence.
!!*!!
Jason and Johnny had loaded the boys into the car, then went to find out when the next train left for the continent. "Why England? Why not Italy?"
"Because the boys spoke the language and I figured that we could all learn whatever language came next together." said John as he sat in the car. "Have you found out how we are going to do this?"
"Train to Calais, then we travel by car to Lyon. The boys know me so that should help. I am going to tell them we are taking them to their mother."
"Don't! You shouldn't make promises you can't keep, I just told them we would be looking for her." said Johnny only to see Jason glaring. "What?"
"Your kidnapping the kids, screwed up the entire plan, I AM taking them to their mother. Elizabeth was hurt in the explosion but mostly it is emotional damage from my stupid plan." he said swearing at himself.
Johnny closed his eyes in pain and said "Elizabeth is alive. Fuck, I just stole two little boys from their mother, who didn't deserve it."
"Yes, but I am grateful because not I don't have to rely on our backup plan for the boys. And for the record, I didn't have anything to do with Claudia. Not to say if I had been there there wouldn't have been retribution, but whatever happened it wasn't me. I had my own plan in regards to your sister."
"It was a mistake, Morgan. She wanted to make Sonny pay, that moron Devlin shot at him in spite of Michael being there. I know you don't believe it, but she would have never deliberately hurt a kid."
Taking a chance, Jason sighed then said "I know. I am aware of her plan for Mexico, but she had no idea that Spinelli and Sam had their own plan. Jerry escaped because of something that she had no control over."
"What are you talking about?" he asked looking at the man behind the wheel.
"Your sister, sent Jerry after me, to protect herself, I get that, but then she sent someone after Jerry.
Unfortunately, that was also me. I have been working with someone and I needed to be in two places at once a few times. I have someone that helps."
"The double in Port Charles." he said getting it. "So, what went wrong."
"I don't know, not really. I had to take Sam with me to keep her out of town, so that my other partner could do some work, but he found out who we were chasing and decided to help. I ended up taking four bullets, but my lookalike was shot as well."
"My partner got me to safety then made sure to guide the kids home while I was unconscious, somehow during this time, my double ended up replacing me in Port Charles. We aren't real sure on that part. We only have second hand information."
"How did you end up a bleach blond, if you tell me that, I will fill you in on what I know about Port Charles." he offered still curious about the hair.
"My br- partner did this. Or rather hired someone to. He had been tracking my double, needing my help- but things exploded too quickly. We went to Europe after I reached my double, leaving messages for him to protect Elizabeth."
"Does he even know that Jake is your son?" Johnny quietly asked.
"Yes, but he believes I don't care. I don't completely trust him and didn't want to give him a weapon to use against me." he admitted. "He has his own reasons for being involved that have nothing to do with helping me."
"Fine, I will let that go. From the rumors I heard, keeping in mind they came from Maxie and Lulu, Sam and fuck, what do we call your double..."
Jason gave a quick grin then looked at Johnny and realized that wouldn't work. "Uh, how about Brian."
"Okay, Brian and Sam reconnected, supposedly having sex all over the place down there. They made quite a point of talking about it in front of Elizabeth." he admitted.
Groaning and thinking about what Sam had done to his family, he knew Elizabeth would take that as a slap in the face. At least he now knew what led her into the mess with Nik and Lucky, this entire thing had been his own fault.
"There is more, you started acting strange." telling him about the gun at the carnival, the quick visit when Jake was hurt, the way Sam seemed to stick close, then he added. "This Brian has been acting strangely for months, when around mirrors. I mean really strange, he smashed one."
Jason thought about it then said "My partner said he thought he was acting weird when he went back to check on him when Sam was helping him recover. My spy in town said he has suffered a traumatic brain injury, this after one not long ago. When the church fell on him, … I wonder if he even knows he isn't me."
"I don't know, but there were a few rumors floating around the day I left, Sam is pregnant and it is "Brian's."
"Do you know if Elizabeth was aware of this?" he asked the younger man.
"Yes, I heard her shouting at Jas-well Brian." admitted John. "It's one of the reasons I took the boys."
!!*!!
Elizabeth was asleep when AJ checked on her, brushing her hair off of her face, he was reminded of his own sister, and knew that she would want them to do whatever they could for her best friend. Sitting in the chair, he covered her when she kicked her blankets off while tossing and turning during a nightmare.
When she called out his brother's name, AJ couldn't help thinking that if he had only realized the truth years ago, none of this would have happened. He wouldn't have ended up where he had been and maybe none of the others would have either.
He went to make a call and got the latest from Port Charles. "So it has begun."
"The Spencer's are under arrest, did you do something to have Mac Scorpio leave town?" asked Epiphany.
"Yes, but not because of this, we arranged that for another reason, the same one Jason came to you about." replied AJ. "Did you take care of the other matter?"
"Yes, the files on are their way to Dr. Webber. Is there anything else I can do for you?" she asked looking at the photo of Stan and missing her late son. When AJ had come to her with proof of how he had died and who was behind it, she had been furious and full of rage, now she was just determined to make those who felt they were above the law pay.
"No, we did locate the boys, they will be with us in a couple of days. It wasn't business, it was someone trying to protect them from Jason's friends, according to my partner."
"Well, tell that partner, things here are going to get hairy soon unless he steps up his plan. I saw a certain woman with an FBI agent, making deals."
With a cold smile, AJ said thanks for the warning and then hung up. "Things are right on schedule."
Spinelli was visiting with Jason when Sam returned from her doctor visit. Touching her belly, she smiled at the man in the bed and said "Everything is right with our little one. Dr. Lee says it is too soon to know if we are having a little boy or girl."
Spinelli stood and awkwardly hugged her just as Maxie entered. "Does this mean I get to be a godparent?" he said excitedly.
Sam agreed, knowing that they wouldn't be here when the baby was born. Turning to Maxie, she said "I would love to ask you, but we both know that Jason is going to want Carly to be the godmother to his first born."
Nodding and not the slightest bit hurt, Maxie just stared at Jason. "I was hoping to get you out of here for a while, you need fresh air for the baby and Jason will understand."
"Sure, but first, I need to talk to Spinelli real quick." said Sam. "Could you please make sure that Carly knows we are going outside so she will sit with Jason."
Finding the blond arguing with her husband who was pushing a baby stroller, Maxie passed on the message and then moved further down the corridor, she didn't want to hear yet another fight between the Jacks in regards to Jason and Carly's obsessive need to be at the hospital all the time.
Sam turned to Spinelli as soon as the door closed and asked "Can you do me a favor, track down Jason's money. I am worried that since someone cleaned out Elizabeth's account they might make a run on Jason's since that is where the money came from."
"I will protect Stone Cold's lucre like it was my own." he promised pulling his laptop case up to his chest in excitement.
!!*!!
AJ made the call only for the dark haired man on the other end to say "I have nothing about this in the computer. I will do some checking then make a point of heading there myself. Do you know if she has anything legitimate on him?"
"We don't know and I don't care. I want him to pay, but frankly I think she is going to do a runner from their custody anyhow. Can you do something about it?"
Looking at the loud blond who just walked into the headquarters of the Arizona office, the agent in charge said "Yup, I have the perfect agent to be in charge of her. What about the man?"
"He is a friend, but she is unaware that it isn't Jason." he said then thinking about his son, said "What if she implicates Michael?"
"We will do our best, but AJ, you know he is determined to follow in Sonny's footsteps. They have an undercover cop in there, he is trying to get through to the kid, but so far it isn't working. I am sorry
man." he said regretfully.
"I just want to give him a chance. I did so many things wrong, I should have made better choices." said a sad AJ as he thought about how lost Michael was. Walking to the door after hanging up, he looked out over the sea and couldn't help thinking about the past.
!!*!!
Sonny was talking to Olivia about her missing boy toy when the phone rang. "Boss, we have a problem, can you meet me at Carly's old club." said a grim Max.
Telling the guard he would be right there, Sonny thanked Olivia for helping him see that Alexis was right in regards to Kristina then went to the club. "What is it?"
"Dominic is a cop." Seeing Sonny's shock, Max added "I double checked it. NYPD. There is more, he specifically asked for this assignment. I am waiting for Jason's geek to join us so I can get the complete police jacket."
"I don't care. Are you sure he is a cop?" asked Sonny grimly. Seeing the big Italian nod, he took out his phone and called the younger man. "I have an assignment for you. Meet me at the old bridge out by Vista Point."
Dante called his boss and said "I think I finally have his trust. He wants me for an assignment."
"Be careful, I know you don't like wires but you can't be too careful with this man. He has survived in his world by being ruthless not stupid." Warned Ron.
"True, but we all know most of the careful plotting comes from Morgan." he said grabbing his gun and heading out. Calling his mother, he told her he would see her for a late dinner.
Arriving at the isolated spot, he found himself tied up and his head covered. "A COP, A FUCKING COP. YOU ARE GOING TO PAY YOU LITTLE ASSHOLE. I TRUSTED YOU. I LET YOU AROUND MY FAMILY AND YOU BETRAYED ME!"
When they arrived at the sanitarium, Dante had broken ribs and could barely breath. Sonny looked coldly at the kid tied up and said "Get me the truth."
Max and Milo worked over the little shit and got nothing then his head went down and he could barely breath. "Boss, I think a rib punctured his lung."
"Fine, when he is dead, take him to the old bridge and toss him off." Moving closer to the bastard, Sonny said "I want you to die knowing that I will take great pleasure in using you as an example to those who betray me."
Breathing desperately, Dante spit in his face and used his last breath to say "You are no more than a two bit hood who got lucky. I may die, but my mother will never forgive you. And she isn't someone you want on your bad side. You will pay you bastard."
"Like I am worried about the woman who whelped you. You are nothing." said Sonny wiping off the spit. When the kid was dead, he kicked him in the balls and then said "Find Lulu Spencer, she might need to be handled, see what she knows."
Hearing the ringing of a phone, Max looked at Milo then at the man tied to the chair. "Sonny, I think he has a phone."
"Get it, track down who he called. Get me names." he said coldly before leaving the room.
When he arrived home, he saw Michael sitting there, telling the guards to deal with something. "Belay that order. Michael come with me, now."
When they arrived at the bridge, Michael saw the limp and beat up body of Dominic being tossed over.
"That is what your future is if you keep trying to live in my world. Is that what you want, to know where the bodies are buried? To kill people?"
Seeing the wild expression on his father's face, Michael said "Yes, I want that power, I want to be the one giving orders for others to die. I want the respect you get."
Sonny shook his head, realizing he wasn't getting through to his son. Maybe Alexis was right, maybe sending Kristina away was the best way to handle this. "Fine, you want to work in this business, when school is out this summer you go to San Juan, learn the casino part from the bottom up."
"Why should I do that, I should be your second in command." he protested only for Sonny to stare at him.
"It doesn't work that way, you need to learn. Do you really expect to earn the respect of the men that way?"
"They should respect me because I am your son." he pointed out.
"They won't and you can't kill them to get it. Your idea of my life is nothing like reality. I didn't just start out in charge, I moved up and got … well, I took an opportunity. Earn it, Michael or I will give the entire thing to someone else."
"What about Uncle Jason?" he asked suddenly worried, his uncle had made it very clear that he didn't want Michael involved.
"Your uncle has a weakness, one I can exploit, are you sure you want this, because that is what this life is about. Finding weaknesses and exploiting them."
"Sure but what is Uncle Jason's besides Mom and us? Sam?"
With a sick bitter chuckle, Sonny said "no, his son."
"What son?" asked Michael suddenly jealous, he had always been the only child in his Uncle's life.
"The one he has with Elizabeth Webber. Spinelli fixed the tests for some reason, but your uncle pretends not to care, but that little boy is his Achilles heel."
Michael kept inside of him the rage at the idea of Jason having a son. "Besides, Sam is pregnant as well. Either kid will do if we can't locate Jake."
Hearing the news, he vowed that by the time his Uncle woke up, there would not be any kid and no one would trace Sam losing it to him.
Robin was working on the files and saw the other anomaly. Jason, rather the man lying in the bed using Jason's name didn't have any previous scarring from brain damage, something they should have noticed long before.
Taking the blood sample, she wrote up a file with the correct information and put it into the computer taking the original Jason file and putting it under a different name. Hearing a knock on the door, she said "Come in."
"Robin, I heard the plastic surgeon is to start working on Jason this afternoon. Does he need any photos of him?" asked Carly.
"No, he works from the bone structure, it is why he is one of the best in the world. Carly, did you notice any of the changes we were discussing earlier?"
"No, like I said when Patrick asked, no I mean he was more irritable but I just thought that he had too much on his plate. I can't wait for him to wake up, we need to hold Jocelyn's christening soon."
"He will wake up on his own schedule but it shouldn't be too much longer. Dr. Steadman said he woke up for a few minutes during his exam before falling back unconscious from the pain."
"Why weren't we informed so we could talk to him?" she snapped.
"Carly, it was for a mere minute and we did tell Sam." she said.
!!*!!
Monica was standing at the foot of Jason's bed, not feeling any kind of pull for her son. It bothered her, but she had decided that this time, he had gone too far and she just couldn't forgive him for what he had done.
Touching his feet, she bowed her head, and finally was letting him go when she felt the blanket slip off his legs. Seeing the birth mark on the lower leg, she stopped and stared.
Moving towards the door, she went quietly to call Gail. "I don't know who it is in that bed, but it isn't my son. What should I do?"
"Nothing, I just had a call from Audrey. Mac Scorpio suggested she leave town, may I suggest a quick trip out of town."
"What do you know?" she asked suspiciously.
"Nothing more than I told you, but Audrey sounded remarkably upbeat after talking to the man."
"I need to talk to Edward, suggest maybe a visit to Ireland." she said before hanging up.
Lulu thanked Alexis as they handed her her personal effects.. Calling Kate she learned the woman was in meetings and that she had ordered Lulu to the office as soon as possible. Turning to her brothers, she thanked Nik for bailing her out then asked what would happen next?
"For your dad, he is going to be allowed to plead guilty or to trial. There is no out on this one. He is facing 25 years to life in prison. As for the three of you, I talked to the DA, she is going for probation."
"But we didn't---" Lulu had just turned her phone on when it rang. "Milo?"
Whatever he asked she was shaking her head no. Then with a guilty look said "I can meet you in ten minutes, but are you sure?"
Hanging up, she said "Dominic was supposed to meet Sonny and never showed up. They found his car out at Vista Point and wanted to know if I had seen him."
A bit surprised at the way it was being handled, Alexis felt her eyes widen as she realized they were using Lulu as an alibi for some reason. Shit, she thought. They killed him.
"Uh, boss we have several calls to Olivia Falconari on the cell phone."
Sonny's head snapped up and then he took the list. "Find out where she is, now!"
Fifteen minutes, later Spinelli wandered in while they were talking. "Godfather, I found something weird, a connection to the smart bossy one."
"In English you twit." said the Cuban.
"Dominic aka Dante Falconari is the son of Olivia Falconari."
Sonny closed his eyes, then asked "Who is his father?"
"It is listed as father unknown, does you want me to keep checking."
"Yes!" snapped the Cuban who then had Max drive him to visit Kate Howard, seeing Michael talking calmly with his grandmother and Jax after what he had seen earlier, scared Sonny but he just kept heading to the elevator.
Entering Kate's office, he saw Lulu there. "I need you to get out."
"Stop telling people what to do where I work, we are no longer together and I no longer find it charming." snapped Kate.
Lulu left quickly, she had just been lectured and demoted by her boss for something that she had no control over. Calling Dominic's mother's phone, she asked "Have you seen your son?"
"No, why?"
"Sonny is looking for him and just came over here to the office furious with Kate about something."
Swearing to herself, Olivia left the offices of Jacks' enterprises and hurried over to prevent a disaster but was too late, just as she walked in the door, she heard Kate informing Sonny that Dante was his son.
As she entered, trying to do damage control both women were shocked when Sonny grabbed his heart and keeled over.
"Should we call 911?" asked Kate from behind her desk.
Stunned, Olivia did just that then asked her sister what was going on. With a sad look, Kate said "I hope I am wrong, but have you talked to Dante today. I mean like in the last couple of hours?"
"No, why? I mean that blond of yours was looking for him, she mentioned..." Olivia broke down just as the paramedics arrived. While they were working on the Cuban, she numbly walked out of the office and down the stairs while Kate ordered her assistant to track down Carly.
Arriving in the lobby, Olivia sat down and cried "Olivia, are you okay?"
Looking up at Jax, she said "Can you do me a favor, try and find my son. I need to see Carly."
Calling over to his wife, he told her that Olivia needed her. "I can't. Maxie just called, Sonny had a heart attack in Kate's office. I thought he was done with the paper doll."
Turning to Bobbie, the Aussie asked her to take Olivia to GH then went to try and find her son.
When they arrived, Sam saw the commotion from the doorway of Jason's room and heard them saying that Sonny was going to need bypass surgery. Seeing Carly greeting Olivia she moved closer hoping to get something else to take to the FBI.
When Kate entered, Carly snapped "What did you do to Sonny?"
"I do? Nothing, I have never done anything to that rat bastard, he is the reason I was shot, your son was responsible for the first time. And unless I am wrong, he just killed my nephew."
"What nephew?" she asked looking at Olivia who was staring at an entering Michael
With no foresight to what was about to happen, she said "Dante, my son and Sonny's eldest. Your ex-husband killed him, and unless I am totally off my rocker, your little brain damaged nutjob helped.
Didn't you? You killed your own brother, didn't you?"
Michael just gave her a eerie smile and walked away. Carly was horrified, staring at the arrogant gait of the blond who was heading for the exit, she wanted to protest what she was saying but she knew.
"When did Sonny find out he was his son? And why do you think Michael was involved?"
"I told Sonny about Dante." said Kate quietly. "As for Michael, he had been jealous of Dante even before tonight. It was only a matter of time. Carly, you reap what you sow. And Sonny and you, you sowed a little bastard. If you were smart you would cut your losses now, before you lose Morgan and Jocelyn as well."
TBC