Chapter 16

Nik walked quietly to his office and closed the tunnel door. "Alfred?"

The butler entered the study and Nik said "Could you check on the weather, if it nice I was thinking on taking Spencer out for a ride."

"Certainly, Master Nicolas." said the elderly man. Returning he informed his boss, "I am sorry sir, it is starting to snow."

"Thank you, Alfred. That will be all." he said then thought about it and decided to add a another level of cover. "If you should happen to see my cousin wandering the halls, please ask the staff to keep an eye on her."

"My pleasure, sir." was the reply before the man walked away. Hearing the sound of the door knocker, he was surprised to Det. Harper and two uniformed officers outside. "I am sorry, the launch never informed us that anyone was coming. Would you care for a cup of coffee after I bring you in to Mr. Cassidine?"

"We need to speak to your boss." said Harper who then asked "Has Mr. Cassidine left the island at all today."

"No he hasn't. The master has been stuck dealing with business all day on the phone. He just had me check the weather to so he could take his son for a horseback ride."

"What about Miss McCall?" he asked.

"You would be better off asking the launch captain. My master gave his cousin free run of the place and I haven't seen much of her." he said then announced them to Nik.

"Harper, what is it?" he asked while trying to figure out what face to put on, sad or angry at Morgan. When he had made his deal with Jerry, Nik had added a little silent addendum of his own, Morgan gone, far away from Elizabeth again.

"Your brother was shot today. His last words claimed you were the one behind his shooting."

Well, he had his answer. Stunned was the appropriate expression. How the heck had Lucky survived a bullet to the head that long. "Lucky was shot, and you think I did it, why?"

"Your sister reluctantly confirmed that Lucky and you had a fight yesterday, that he was beaten later and that he also blamed that on you." said the detective. He had no use for any member of the Spencer family and even less for their rich relatives.

"We did have a fight, as my study here proves. But I didn't have him beat up, that was more than likely Jason Morgan. They have been fighting over Elizabeth for years, you know that. And I would never shoot my brother, no matter how angry I was."

"What was the fight about?" asked Harper amazed the man hadn't asked for a lawyer yet.

"Elizabeth, what else?" he said shaking his head. "She came on to me last year, it was ugly and Lucky blames me for taking her up on the offer. Though to hear her side of the story, I took advantage of her. I just tried to explain to Lucky what happened, but he didn't want to hear anything against her. Look how long he was fooled by her in regards to her youngest son."

"Okay, one more thing. Your cousin, Sam. Did you know she was pushed down the staircase at GH?"

"No, I don't have a lot to do with the place since I sold the hospital. What happened?" He inwardly grinned, apparently Sam's true relationship wasn't common knowledge. Nik had been furious when Jerry had claimed to have proof and had threatened to offer it up unless he worked with him.

"She claims to have been pushed but the camera's show she ran into a movable wall of some sort that was on the staircase." stated Harper.

"One of the ones for emergency surgery? Those things are heavy, poor Sam." he said. "What was it doing there?" Nik was hoping for a chance to sue the new owners for wrongful death in spite of being the one who had set the wall there.

"We don't know, but we are looking into it." said David Harper.

"Thank you for notifying me, I must call my mother and let her know about Lucky." said Nik dismissing them.

Harper called his boss who told him to meet them at the Spencer house, "There is evidence that it wasn't Cassidine but his cousin, Sam."

"Then why would Lucky say it was his brother?" he asked as he walked to the police boat.

"No idea, but meet me here, there is a lot more we need to go though." said the police commissioner as he lifted up the file.

!!*!!

Georgie had been taking her time, moving her way emotionally to dealing with this. But seeing her sister standing in the living room, holding out her hands in greeting Georgie knew her time was up. "Maxie, how are you?"

"How am I?" she asked then sat down, "You hate me don't you? For falling in love with Spinelli? Then breaking his heart."

Georgie gave a quick bark of a laugh. "No, actually I don't. Maxie, I wasn't in love with Spinelli. He just was someone I could see myself with, that is all. I don't hate you at all, I do however think that you are still making this about you, like always."

"I don't do that. It isn't always about me." she said a bit stung.

"Really? How was my funeral? Mom said it was lovely, that you broke down, crying that Mom was never there for me. Funny, I never had a problem with Mom, that was you." she said leaning against the sofa back and staring at her sister now in front of the fireplace.

"I-I'm sorry." she said. "I just, it just sort of happened."

"Like things always just happen." she said. "Maxie, I love you. I just have come to face that I don't like you very much."

Maxie's mouth dropped as her sister walked back out the door to Mac's car and drove away. The tears started flowing and when she heard footsteps, she turned and saw her mother there. "Maxie, what is it?"

"Georgie said she doesn't like me." with that the tears turned to sobs as the blond ran past both of her fathers and up to her room. Looking the door, she threw herself down on her bed and soon cried herself to sleep.

On the floor below, Mac was telling Felicia and Frisco everything that his replacement had told him. "I think that Georgie knows a lot more. But most of it is just useless information to her. I am worried that Jerry is going to come after her."

Frisco asked "Is that why you have that Zachara gangster following her around? Why didn't you come to me with this, I could protect her?"

Mac looked at the man and said "Georgie doesn't trust you, and while you may be her biological father, you have never been here for her. Johnny owes Morgan for his part in this mess and has a bone to pick with Jerry. He is the best person for the job."

"Mac, that isn't fair." said Felicia. "Frisco was..."

"Yes, I know what Frisco was doing. I don't care. I am grateful though that he felt saving the world was more important than being a father, because it allowed me to have the responsibility he didn't want and I have loved every single moment of it." he said.

"And I am grateful for how much you have loved my daughters." said Frisco quietly looking at the pictures on the mantel with regret. "But what now? You have quit your job, you have a criminal hanging around Georgie, Maxie, she is just one big mess. Maybe it is time I stepped in."

Bobbie had just had a very long afternoon getting her head straightened out after freaking out over her daughter and blaming most of it on her own mistakes in the past. Monica, then Audrey and finally Leslie had talked to her and made her deal with things, only to find out about Lucky and that Nik was possibly his killer.

She had come over to see Mac, needing his advice about what to do next only to hear what Frisco said. "Frisco, Felicia you know that I love you both. We talked after Georgie's funeral, and I know that I said never forget Georgie loved and forgave you."

Seeing Felicia's confusion, Bobbie walked further into the house and said "BUT WHERE THE HELL DO EITHER OF YOU GET OFF TELLING MAC THOSE TWO GIRLS ARE A MESS?"

"That isn't what I said." sputtered Frisco as the red head turned on him.

"NO, that is EXACTLY what you said. Mac has done a wonderful job with those girls and as for the Zachara kid, from what I have been given to understand he owns a garage, works hard there."

"He is a thug." said Frisco.

"No, from what I overheard I gather he is a man who went to help save your daughter while you were off saving the world. Mac, here was saving those girls. Your abandonment and the way she never got mental health treatment after her transplant is the reason Maxie is the way she is. But you weren't there yesterday, from what I understand she took a giant leap into adulthood by apologizing to Elizabeth Webber and actually meaning it."

"Bobbie, what about this whatever he is that she was about to marry?" asked Frisco.

"Yes, Mr. Spinelli. She was mourning Georgie and lord knows what that was about. I think he gave her the same emotional support her sister did and Maxie tried to turn it into more. But if you were so worried, where were you then? Not here, that was Mac."

Mac stopped Bobbie and said "Thank you, but I heard about Lucky. Are you okay?"

"Yes, I had some very good friends with me. I am actually more worried about this evolving into a blood war. And I need a favor." Bobbie knew that she had burnt some bridges in her anger and confusion about her daughter.

"What is it?" asked Mac.

"Uh, you are not going to believe this one, but I just got a call from the Canadian Mounties. The Haunted Star turned up off the coast of Montreal." she said. "Lucky is … d-dead. Luke in prison and frankly Lulu isn't capable of making any sort of decision. They want to sell it off for salvage."

"No, let them know I will head up there and deal with it." said Mac having an idea. "Bobbie, have you tried to talk to Nik?"

"Yes, but something is off with him. Then I was told Lucky said Nik beat him up and was his possible shooter."

Mac went to pickup the ringing phone then said "I will be right there."

Turning around he said "That was Anna, she is at the Spencer house. Bobbie, it looks like Sam McCall killed Lucky. They thought it was a set up at first, but they found a camera that Lucky seemed to be setting up to tape. All they have on it is Sam firing the weapon, not Lucky but it seems pretty clear."

"Thanks Mac. I have to go and deal with my daughter. I am going to have to have Carly committed."

Seeing their shock at the turnaround, Bobbie laid her head against the door and said "I knew, I knew yesterday at the police station. I just, I just wanted to be wrong. I wanted things to go back to the way they were before. Carly is sick, she has to be, why else would she be so obsessed with Jason."

Felicia felt for her friend but knew there was no disagreement about her daughter. "And Michael?"

"I panicked when I saw AJ. I-I, I know that life has finally come full circle. When all of this happened at first, I just thought that... I just... Carly was my little girl, you know." she said her voice trembling. "Maybe it is a good thing I couldn't have more children. I think there is something wrong with the Spencers. A gene defect, or something. I only hope that the younger generation isn't affected."

Mac hugged his old friend then said "Bobbie, this is going to hurt, but I think you know the truth, deep down. It's not the genes, it is Carly, and as for Luke and Laura's kids... it is a sense of entitlement. Maxie, god only knows all the things she has done, but she is the way she is because of the way we let her be after the transplant."

"Why couldn't Carly change then?" she asked feeling intense pain. "Why not my daughter?"

"Honestly, Carly's problems come from Carly. She is her own worst enemy." said Felicia. "And Bobbie, let her face those problems, let her learn to deal with them herself. Why don't you help their fathers raise your grand-babies."

"I can't abandon her. Jax is going to take care of Morgan and Jocelyn and has made it very clear to Michael that he doesn't only have AJ, but that he has him too. Who does Carly have if I walk away?"

No one said to her that might be a good thing, instead they just went on their way while Maxie slept upstairs, right through the constant text ring of her phone.

Spinelli was grinning as he moved through the downtown streets of the Port Charles shopping district. He had bested the evil one named Jerry Jacks. He had used the laptop the man had gotten him to break the codes and escape the minute Jerry left. Seeing the Towers up ahead, he was sure that Stone Cold would be proud of him when he saw the television screen in the store window.

Stopping he whimpered and hurried inside just as the words breaking news once again flashed across his fair Samantha's face. "We return to General Hospital where the newly appointed chief of staff, Steven Webber has just stepped up to the podium with Dr. Patrick Drake and Dr. Leo Julian.

"At 12:46, Lucas Lorenzo Spencer, the son of Luke Spencer and his ex wife Laura Webber Spencer was pronounced dead. This death was the result of a low caliber gun shot to the head."

"Dr. Webber, according to inside sources at the police department, his death was from bleeding out, how is that possible?" asked reporter.

"Mr. Spencer died from losing over sixty percent of the blood in his body. The physicians in the ER did their best, but with that amount of blood loss and the internal damage done by the bullet, Mr. Spencer's death was inevitable."

"Dr. Webber, rumor is that his killer is now currently a patient, what can you tell us about that?"

"Now as to whether or not Miss McCall was indeed the shooter, nothing. I can confirm that Miss McCall is a patient here after a rather horrific fall down the central staircase here at GH."

"Can you tell us how that happened and why the designers installed that staircase. This isn't the first such incident."

"You would have to ask the former owners of the hospital about that. The Cassidines had this mess designed. We are going to be closing down a wing at a time to fix the various design flaws, but unfortunately our architects still haven't come up with a way to deal with that staircase." he said "Now as to how it happened..."

Seeing Steven step back, Patrick took over. "Miss McCall had just stepped away after verbally abusing two visitors at the hospital when she was running up the staircase in four and a half inch heels."

"Why was she wearing heels?" asked one female reporter. "Was she coming from a party or something?"

"No, from personal knowledge the woman frequently dressed in similar shoes." he said then covering the mike saw Harper with said shoe in hand. "Here, are the shoes she was wearing at the time."

With a quick sidebar, the two female reporters could be heard making a joke about the former hooker and rich man's mistress wearing fuck me heels. Spinelli vowed to make them pay for the insult to his friend as it aired.

"Miss McCall ran into one of the movable surgical walls. We found the sign warning of their location on the way, but it appears she never saw it." said Patrick. "She is currently a patient here and I can confirm she is alive but nothing more until we reach her next of kin."

"That would be the former DA Alexis Davis, right?"

"Actually no. Turns out, Miss Davis was given false information about her missing child. Miss McCall is not her daughter."

"Then who is she?" asked one of the more persistent reporters.

"That I have no answer to." he said "Which is why we can only take care of Miss McCalls' immediate medical services until we get permission to operate on her or she wakes up."

"What about Mr. Morgan, weren't they involved?"

"Mr. Morgan and Miss McCall ended a few years ago. The man she has been seen with over the last year was a body double that Mr. Morgan arranged for so that he could track down the people who kidnapped his and my sister's son." stated Steven. "Since this led back to Miss McCall, he is not interested in helping her."

"Wait, are you saying that Jake Webber's kidnapping was connected to Sam McCall."

Steven looked at the reporter and said "Yes. Now if you will excuse me..."

Spinelli watched the screen horrified then realized he was traveling the wrong way, he had to get to GH, he had to see his master. Surely Stone Cold would come to his senses now that the love of his life would need him more than ever.

Steven left the room and as soon as AJ, Jason and he were alone he said "Did I forget anything?"

"No, I do wish you had expanded more on Lucky's shooting though." said Jason. "Jerry is playing games and I want him to think he is winning and covering his tracks."

Taking the disk that AJ had, Jason said "What I don't know is does he know that it was Carly who helped herself to the Alcazar funds and that Spinelli was the one who helped her?"

Elizabeth was talking to Monica outside of Alan's room waiting for her Uncle Tom so they could spend an hour talking about all that had happened since their return to Port Charles. Hearing loud voices they turned and saw Spinelli arguing with Epiphany.

"Why not?" he asked asking.

"You are not a relative." she said. "Now if you will excuse me."

Typing a request for security to come to the hub, Epiphany kept an eye on the geek who hadn't seen Elizabeth yet and she didn't intend for the little freak to get close to her favorite nurse.

Spinelli went to the waiting room, pacing back and forth, trying to figure out what to do. He didn't have a cell phone, his laptop had been left behind to facilitate his escape. Hearing voices, his eyes narrowed when he saw Elizabeth walking down the hall heading his way.

"Begone, evil maternal one." he shouted drawing the attention of everyone in the area including the twosome arguing as they came off the elevator. Johnny stopped Georgie from talking, pointing out what was going on just as Monica and two guards approached as well.

Johnny saw Elizabeth had seen him and shake her head at the Italian. "Mr. Spinelli, do you need some help?"

"Why are you here, you are the reason my goddess is lying in that bed. You, you stole her life. Stole the child that should have been hers." he said "You, you know this, it is why you kept my master from his child. You knew he would removed his progeny from your horrible clutches, you, you HUSSY!"

Elizabeth couldn't help it, she laughed at the old fashioned word. "And you, Spinelli. What are you? A small pitiful pathetic waste of time and space. You know that even Sam doesn't want you. She never did. She used you. And you fell for it."

"You are lying, Sam is my best friend after Jason. You have used your lies to steal what doesn't belong to you, You are a subaccus taking my master away from the true love that is the goddess, you are jealous of her beauty, her kindness, her sweet kind soul."

"Good god Spinelli, are you blind as well as a moron?" asked Georgie.

The emotionally distraught man turned and saw the brunette standing there and said "No, you are dead. I held your dead body, I helped my beloved, your sister mourn your passing."

"Spinelli, get over it. No, I am not dead. And you, thank god I realized that that I liked you because you weren't a challenge. Do you really believe that Sam McCall is more beautiful that Elizabeth, please one is a used up whore who had plastic surgery and the other..." she said looking at Elizabeth. "Has been this beautiful for years. Men have fought over her, whereas Sam, they just pay off after the sex."

"From what I heard, she should be paying them." said Johnny sotto voce. "Spinelli, there is nothing kind about Sam, she is all about using others to make herself look better. And her soul is possibly as black as my fathers."

"You don't mean that, how can you say that. She-Sam is lying in a bed, fighting for her life and you are.. Stone Cold is going to be angry you are doing this." he said then looking at Monica said "You, you know I am telling the truth. Elizabeth is just like Susan Moore, stealing what belonged to you, you stopped it, you know you did. Sam is you, why are you turning against her?"

Elizabeth saw Lainey talking to her Uncle Tom and her father then taking a syringe from him only to move closer. But Elizabeth had something she wanted to say to Spinelli and wasn't going to be interrupted. "Spinelli, you got all of this from a few articles in the paper and court records, but you KNOW NOTHING, NOTHING ABOUT Jason and I."

"I know that you moved in and stole him away from fair Sam. You tricked him into your bed, you were jealous of his marriage to Courtney, you have always been mean to Carly. You have been stalking Jason for years."

"No, Spinelli. She hasn't." said Jason coming into the hallway. "Elizabeth, I-Spinelli, I have loved her for years. You, you know thing about us."

"No, I do, I really, really do know, she has just bewitched you away from where your heart really lies." insisted Spinelli. "Sam told me so."

"Then using your terms" said Jason with a heavy sigh, "She bewitched me years ago, first with long talks at Jake's, then a dance in an empty diner. With nights looking up at the stars and going fast. With beach balls, globes. Uzbekistan and painting the wind. I knew it then, but I was so worried, she was too young, she was too innocent. They were all excuses, because at the heart of my fear of my pushing her away was one thing."

"See, you didn't really love her, otherwise you wouldn't have walked away." said Spinelli.

"No, that is why I walked away. I never thought I was good enough, that I had any right to steal her away. You once compared me to various things, but in my mind, it was like the Greek god, Hades, stealing Persephone to bring her to the dark abyss of the underworld."

Spinelli had no words, he had NEVER heard his master talk like that. "But--"

"No, no buts. Spinelli. See losing her after Jake was grabbed it was the last straw, the last bit of pain that I could take. So I made plans, I called the one man I had absolute trust in and we would have succeeded except once again for the people in my life."

"You, you used the goddess, how could you? I looked up to you." said Spinelli weeping. "After everything we have done for you, how could you say such horrible things about her, to her, to that woman, that interloper. You were so mean in that letter"

The Interloper looked at Jason and said "Looks like we figured out where the letter was. Johnny was right, it was stolen from the safe house." Turning to Spinelli she said "You know what, there is nothing for you here, go home to Tennessee."

"NO, I WILL STOP YOU, I WON'T LET YOU WIN." he shouted.

Elizabeth was trying to decide if it would be worth it and just looked at him and said "Fine, if this is one of your video games, how does it end?"

"With the rightful woman standing next to Stone Cold, as they plight their troth. The evil does are exiled to the netherworld never to be heard from again. You, gone, that unwanted son gone, never to see heard from again." said Spinelli.

Looking at him, Georgie asked "What do you mean by gone?"

"Gone, no more lives." said Spinelli.

With that Elizabeth balled up her fist and punched Spinelli in the face. "Ouch, that hurt. Security, I do believe that the police are looking for this person."

When Spinelli started protesting that that wasn't the way it was supposed to be, Elizabeth turned and said "Oh, course not. Your mind isn't a video game, just a sad pathetic place to live. Jason isn't a game, I don't live my life like it is one either. And Spinelli, my children's lives aren't a video game. Get some help."

"But what about fair Samantha, Stone Cold?" he yelped as Harper came off the elevator with someone who stunned the room.

"Stone Cold, please, save her. She needs you. She loves you, how could you do this to her. She killed her baby to be able to give you your own child, a child from you is her greatest wish, please, Stone Cold, don't do this..." wept the man-child.

"Stone Cold, kid, I have known Morgan a hell of a lot longer than you, and Stone Cold? Not a good nickname." said Taggert. Then looking around said "Morgan, I need a minute with you. Alexis Davis said your attorney is on the way."

Spinelli was calling out to Georgie, begging her to help his goddess, to ask his beloved to come see him. Then finally realizing he had no choice he shouted. "The evil one is going to kill me and the Valkyrie, Stone Cold,. You have to come and save us."

"If that would be one Jerry Jacks, he is currently in the custody of the US Border patrol, I think you might be safe." said Taggert. Then turning to Jason he said "Morgan. You and I need to have a conversation about this man, he was found with almost two million dollars in counterfeit bonds."

"How may my client help you?" asked Diane as she came over then looking around said "Can we clear this area a bit. Det. Harper, would it be possible for you to escort the prisoner to the station? Mr. Zachara, Miss Jones, doctors."

As they all headed away, Jason hugged Elizabeth then whispered she might need to have Monica check her hand. "I'm fine."

"That was the third time in a couple of days, though." he said. "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am fine. But I do have to go track down grams and the two guards they were taking the boys to her house." Leaving, she saw Maxie approaching and tensed up only for the younger woman to ask "Have you seen my sister?"

"In the hospital, visiting with Dr. Quartermaine." she replied then seeing how she looked asked "Maxie, are you alright?"

With her back turned Maxie said "Georgie said she doesn't like me. My sister doesn't like me. What does that say about me and my life? Mom says she will get over it, that she is just angry, but I don't think so, not this time."

Elizabeth looked at her guard then the girl and said "Maxie, she is hurting. She lost two years of her life, and I know this is going to sound cruel but frankly, you were here, you were allowed to move on, find love again. Georgie's life stopped, now it is moving again. Stop trying to push her into her previous role, because like you aren't the Maxie she knew, she isn't the Georgie you are recalling."

Arriving at the car, Elizabeth heard her name being shouted. Seeing Lulu coming at her, Elizabeth looked at the blond impassively as she threw herself into her arms crying. Patting her back awkwardly, she missed seeing Lulu stick something in her coat pocket but the guard didn't.

"Elizabeth, what are we going to do about poor, poor Lucky. Aunt Bobbie is going to arrange for a funeral but that should be you. You are the one he loved, you were the one he wanted a future with. Please, please finally make things right with my brother, you owe him for everything he did for you." Lulu followed Carly's script to the letter.

"Lulu, I am sorry for your loss, but no. I am not taking on Lucky's funeral." she said gently disconnecting the bawling blond.

"Please, you know he would do it for you. That he would take care of you. You owe him." she said once again.

"No, no I don't." she said more firmly then once free of Lulu's arms got into the car. The driver was pulling off when the guard handed a small note to Elizabeth who removed her coat and handed it over. Showing her the bug, he kept up a steady conversation about the weather and the traffic as they went to the docks.

Leaving her coat in the car, they went to the coffee shop and called Jason who snapped at Diane to get this over with. "Mr. Taggert, if there is nothing else?"

"I just would like Mr. Morgan to answer if he had any idea of where the counterfeit bonds came from. We have reason to believe that they were on the jet that blew up with his late partner on it."

"And I answered your question, Taggert." with that Jason walked to the door then turning around said "Why are you even involved with this?"

"The wreckage, some of it landed in my jurisdiction and with my past connections here, my boss sent me to get answers and I am not leaving without them."

"You want answers, fine. How about these. Jerry Jacks somehow got a hold of money belonging to Lorenzo Alcazar, this was stolen from him by that kid Harper just took out of here and Carly. Why don't you go talk to them?" he said before leaving. Stopping Lulu, he snapped. "We know about the bug in Elizabeth's pocket, are you really that stupid?"

"I-er-I don't know what you are talking about." she said feeling like she owed this man nothing.

"Carly or Spinelli, Lulu?" he spit out.

"No one, no bug, you are crazy." she said.

"Fine then it must have been Nik. Good, I finally---" he hid his smile when she shouted no.

Defeated Lulu said "It was Carly, she just wants to talk to her, make sure she sees the mess she is making of everyone's lives."

!!*!!

Carly was sitting at home holding the picture of Sonny, Jason and her and crying when Bobbie entered the room. "Momma, did you talk to Jason?"

"No, he didn't return my calls. I did talk to Mac though." she said easing it around to Michael.

Suddenly hopeful, Carly looked up "Is he back, I never thought I would be grateful for his incompetence, is he going to release Michael, after all, he didn't mean to shot Jason."

"No, he isn't commissioner anymore. He retired." she said her hands were shaking as she looked at the clock and knew she had over an hour before the people from the clinic would get here. Leaving she went to see Jax, knowing that he had to be told.

Hearing her front door slam ten minutes later, Carly let out a squeal as she stood and rushed over to hug Jason who grabbed her hands tight and forced her to sit down. "No, you are going to listen, I am going to speak. I know about the bug in Elizabeth's pocket, and I want to know the real reason it is there. Not the bull crap you fed Lulu."

"I don't know what you are talking about." she snarled while cursing the younger blond.

"Them let me give you a bit of information. Jerry Jacks was arrested today." he counted to ten as she went on and on about knowing he would save her. "From what? Your greed, your unmitigated gall when it comes to your sense of entitlement?"

"Jason, please, just let it go. It was an impulse, I knew about the money from when I saved your from going to jail for killing Lorenzo. That's all. It was sort of a finder's fee." she said.

"Carly, I told Taggert." Seeing her expression, he said "Yes, Taggert, he is on his way here, to arrest you. Spinelli is already on his way to a jail cell. Sam can't move from the neck down, Nik is bankrupt. Lucky is dead, Sonny dead."

"I don't understand. What does that have to do with us?"

"Carly I left here to do several things. Find proof that Sam and Lucky were why the Russians knew so much about Jake. I instead found that it was Sonny, Sonny who told them how much Elizabeth meant to me. More than likely the first time the bastard ever admitted it out loud."

"What are you talking about? Why would Sonny care?" Carly was sure that her ex-husband wouldn't give a damn about Elizabeth or her brats.

"Because like you he was a selfish man who had to be first in my life. Now, he was supposed to end up in jail, but dead works." Carly stared, then blinking said "You, you don't mean that. Sonny and you have been through so much together. He..."

"He sold Elizabeth out, knowing it would destroy me." he whispered. "And in the end he paid. Lucky I have wanted gone forever, but knew I would be the first suspect. Wasn't that hard to set Jerry after him, not after Georgie told me how he was upset at what had happened to her."

"Why would Jerry Jacks give a damn about Elizabeth?" she scornfully said.

"You do remember the baby she was carrying for Jax, you were the one who caused her to lose it."

"The best thing I ever did for him." she said walking to the window. "Jason, first AJ, now Elizabeth. You, you need to realize that you are losing it. I think you have another brain injury."

"No, and stop avoiding thing Carly. We ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS, NO MORE EVASIONS, NO MORE PUSHING IT OFF ON OTHERS." he said tersely.

"Fine, shall we talk?" she said throwing herself down into a chair. "What else have you done, Jason? What else are you going to regret doing someday? Who else have you betrayed as a result of whatever they did to you?"

"I had AJ slowly and steadily strip Nik of everything but that Island. All of it, all his power, his money it's gone. He still doesn't realize how bad it is." said Jason coolly. Then I let Jerry grab Sam and Spinelli. After he was finished with them, I have every intention of stepping up to take over. See, Sam watched as my son was grabbed, hired men to threaten Elizabeth and the boys in the park."

"Why would she do something so stupid?" asked Carly. "Threatening Jake?"

"She is going to pay for that and for the games she tried to play with Elizabeth, for the lies the deceit and most importantly for hurting the woman I love. Just like Spinelli and just like you. You are done Carly. I sat here in this living room, and warned you, but you ignored me."

"Jason I only want what is best for you and that isn't Elizabeth."

"No, Carly you want me. Too bad for you, I never wanted you." he said.

"Yes, yes you did." she said triumphantly. "Remember, Jake's, I have never forgot."

"Carly, you were a body, it was sex, recreational sex at that. Yes, it was fun. But I have had better." he said looking at her. "And more importantly, I have learned the difference between sex and love. And love and making love is something I never did with you."

"Why are you trying to hurt me? When you come out of this, you are going to be so mad at yourself for hurting me like this." she whispered. Even knowing he didn't mean it, didn't stop the pain.

"Carly, I love Elizabeth. What I feel when I am with her in no way compares to the brief bit of sex that we had. That night in August, was one of the best nights of my life. And since she stars in all the rest of the top ten moments that is saying something."

"What, now I have proof that you are being trapped, how good could it have been. You went right back to Sam afterwords. How good could have fucking her one time have been?"

"Only because of miscommunication with Elizabeth." he said then looking at her laughed. "Is that what Sam told you, one time. She screwed Ric one time. Elizabeth, Elizabeth and I made love and talked most of the night. Even I was a bit shocked when I got rid of the condoms the next morning. I don't think I ever used up eight in one night before even when I was a randy brain damaged thug like when I was with you."

Carly stared, she had never, ever in her life heard Jason talk like that. "You have to stop being mean, Jason. I don't know how much more I can take. Michael needs us."

"No Michael needs his father, he needs AJ who is going to be there for him. You, you on the other hand. Not so much, good bye Carly. Whatever plan you had, whatever you thought you were going to do, whatever you thought Jerry was going to do. It's over."

"Jason, it's not over. Not as long as I am alive." she said looking sadly at her best friend. "I will always love you, always be there for you. You will never be alone, I promise."

Looking at her, he said "No, Carly you won't."

Walking to the door he said "Carly, you are going to be locked up again. While there, there is going to be an accident. I will say all the right things, telling Bobbie how sorry I am, but I won't be. I will be home with hopefully Elizabeth as my wife raising our sons. This, this Carly is goodbye."

When he had left, Carly just shook her head and tried to reach Nik. If Jason was right about Jerry, he was her last hope. Hearing a knock on the door, she opened it to let in Jax. "Are you here to return my children?"

"No, I am just here to sign the papers." he said sadly as Bobbie and two men came in through the back door. "Jason recommended this place, I hope he is right, that it can help you."

Carly got a sinking feeling, looking around in desperation. "NO! NO! I AM NOT GOING. NEVER AGAIN. I DON'T BELONG THERE. JAX, please, please, Jason is sick and he is going to regret this later, please don't let them take me. Jason warned me that I was going to pay for all I did to Elizabeth. If you let them take me, you are going be widower. They are going to kill me, Jason is going to have me killed, please, you can't let them take me."

Carly's screams echoed through the neighborhood as she was placed in the straight jacket. She was kicking and screaming as they loaded her into the van. Bobbie ran back in to get her coat and the driver turned and said "Relax Mrs. Jacks, Mr. Morgan ordered us to take good care of you."

TBC