Chapter 17
Cam woke up first and went to find out if his Mommy or daddy were awake to get him breakfast. Seeing the open door and empty bed, he said "yes." thinking they were already in the kitchen. As he carefully padded down the stairs, he heard a soft sound then his Mommy saying yes sir before she started to come up the stairs.
"Daddy, whys don't you have a shirt?"
Whirling around, Elizabeth saw her son standing there then looked down at Jason with a smirk and raised eye brow before saying. "Yes, Jason, why don't you have on a shirt?"
Cam looked at his Mommy then said "Mommy, why are you wearing daddy's shirt?"
Jason choked on his chuckle then said in a tone that made Elizabeth blush. "Mommy lost her clothes, daddy gave up his shirt so she wouldn't be cold."
Waiting for even more embarrassing questions, they were surprised when instead they were asked "May I have breakfast now gramma?"
Rushing up the stairs, without even a sideways glance at her grams, Elizabeth could hear Jason's soft laugh as he called up a reminder to wear something warm.
Maxie let herself into the house, dead tired. Kate had left for Paris, taking Olivia with her and she had been stuck dealing all night. Her former roommate had absconded the day before and now Maxie was once again stuck cleaning up her mess.
Seeing Georgie asleep on the sofa with John Zachara of all people shocked her, but she was too tired to stop and find out what that was all about. Instead she dropped her bag on the chair and went up to bed in spite of it being almost seven thirty in the morning.
Lying there, beyond tired, her mind kept whirling between Spinelli's death and Johnny O'Brien's plans to leave town. She knew it was only a faint attraction, one that was muted by his looking like Jason Morgan, but that it was even there bothered her. Then there was Spinelli's suicide.
They had ended well before he had killed himself, but Maxie couldn't help wondering if she was at fault for his death. Setting her alarm for noon, she decided to stop in and see Sam, to remind herself that while Spinelli had claimed to love her, it was the dark haired woman he had been loyal to.
Her last thought before sleep drew her was what the heck was she going to do about the rent and what was her sister doing asleep with John Zachara.
Diane was up early, arriving at the building, she was relieved it was at least sound. Looking at Alexis she said "Here?"
"Yes, if Mac Scorpio is going to reopen his club and agency, I am sure he would be willing to rent out the front part for our law firm." she said. "Like I said yesterday, fresh start for all of us."
"One minute you are reluctant to pair up with me, now you are suggesting a new office. What happened to the careful planning, serious deliberation and then moving at a snail's pace that you usually do." she asked as they looked around.
"The girls last night. I asked them how they felt about it, then told them I only wanted their opinion that my decision might not match what they want." she said. "I was surprised though, they both liked the idea."
"Now we just have to spring this on Mac." said Diane.
"Spring what on me?" asked the man. Seeing them turn, he repeated the question.
"We want to rent out the front part of your building." said Diane having no shame. "In exchange for letting us remodel it ourselves, we will pay only half the rent for the first year."
Amused, Mac leaned against the car, then said "No, not really a fair agreement. How about this one. You can pay for the renovations that are superficial, I pay for any structural since that would be my responsibility as a landlord. You then agree to two restrictions. One, Alexis isn't allowed to cook, not even popcorn."
Seeing her protest, he said "It's deal breaker. Second your sign for your law firm is in the front part of the small landscaping, not on the side of the building."
Her eyes narrowing, Diane thought abut it then said "I agree, what about coffee, is Alexis allowed to make coffee?"
"Only until she burns the pot for the first time." he said. "Good doing business with you, standard rates ladies?"
Walking off to the side entrance for his club, Mac saw Jasper Jacks waiting for him. "Why are you here? I am meeting my contractor here in a few minutes?"
"I know, Georgie told me when I called. I just need a few minutes." As they entered the dusty and messy club, Mac asked "Is this about Jerry?"
"Yes, one second." said Jax then came back into the club carrying a strong box. "I found this in one of Jerry's bolt holes."
Mac picked the lock, then opened the lid. "Here."
"No, I don't want to know." he said grimly. "I am having enough trouble dealing with who he became, that and whatever is in there, I don't want to know. I figure that Georgie and the Quartermaine's do though. I just don't trust them to tell you what they find, where as I know you will tell them."
The blond left and Mac opened the various envelopes. Tossing some, he called Abbott and said "When are you charging Sam McCall?"
"The DA isn't going to charge her since it would only be punitive. She is going to never be able to move again."
"Bad mistake, meet me at my house in two hours, there are a few things I think you should read." he said. "If she gets better and is left to walk around, I don't think any of us are safe."
Jason and the boys were leading Elizabeth into Kelly's when they saw Bobbie Spencer talking to Mike. "Elizabeth, have you seen Lulu or Ethan?"
"No, I haven't." she said then joined her family determined to stay out of Spencer family drama. "Maybe they went to see Nik."
Whispering I hope not, Bobbie left the diner and hurried off, missing the call from Jax in her hurry.
As the quartette ate, Mike observed them from the counter and felt sad that her daughter would never have that with her son. Too much had been stolen from poor Courtney. He needed to ask Jason about Nik but knew if he did it while Elizabeth was with him, the mobster would shut down.
Waiting until Jason had moved to the counter to take a call. "Jason, a minute please?"
"What is it Mike?" he asked the man.
"I uh, I have been worried about my grandson, Nik left town yet again, and I am worried I am going to lose what little contact I have with Courtney's son."
Gritting his teeth and thinking AJ couldn't return fast enough, he said "I don't know what to tell you. There is nothing I can do for you.
"Can't or won't?" he snapped at the man. "Don't you get that if you had just paid attention to my daughter, Spencer would be your son?"
A bit taken back, Jason looked at the man to see if he was serious and was a bit surprised to realize he was. "No, if I had been paying attention, Elizabeth and I would have never been separated. Your son caused me to lose her, your daughter played a part as well. If I had been paying attention, I would have been married to Elizabeth years ago."
Mike saw him toss down the money to cover lunch then heard him suggest to the boys they go and get ice cream from the Metrocourt for dessert. When the diner had emptied, Mike sat down, his hands shaking as he came to realize that if Jason did a little research, he might end up the same way as Sonny.
An hour later, Bobbie showed back up at the diner with with Christmas decorations and asked the waitress, "Where did Mike go?"
"I don't know. He was talking to Jason Morgan then high tailed it out here after he left." she said with a shrug and went back to filling coffee cups.
Georgie woke up, then seeing Johnny was still asleep, ran her fingernail along the edge of his jaw. Stopping at the indention on his chin and seeing he still hadn't woke up, used the tip of her finger to rub his early morning scruff on his face.
"Keep that up and we are both going to be lying on this couch." said the raspy voice as he slowly woke up. Seeing the playful brown eyes that were leaning over him, he said "So you want to play, do you?"
Finding their positions quickly reversed, Georgie shrieked and started shouting help when her arms were pinned over her head and her side tickled. "Help, please? Uncle?" she said still laughing. "I promise to behave."
Rubbing her eyes, Maxie came to the top of the stairs and after glaring at them for waking her up said "Get a room."
"You have the wrong idea." Georgie called up to her sister just as Anna came into the room.
"Really, because from where I am standing I would have guessed the same." she said then added "There is coffee in the kitchen, are you aware that it is almost ten thirty."
"We stayed up watching movies until four. Sorry." said Georgie then felt Johnny yawning. Looking at his bowed face, she had a fanciful feeling about the way they were laying but told herself he was way beyond her and pushed the thought away.
"I as still tired." he groaned then made a joke of going to put his head down like he was going to go back to sleep, then quickly got up as he realized what the softness he had been using as a pillow was. "Uh, I should open the garage anyhow."
"I have to meet Diane at noon, anyhow." she said a bit regretfully. "Also if Lulu absconded like I think she did, I have to help Maxie figure out what to do with her apartment."
"Yeah, Lulu isn't exactly the most responsible person around." he said. "My guess would be she didn't think to leave the few months rent. You would never guess how irresponsible that family is. No wonder she turned out how she did."
Stiffening a bit, Georgie looked at him in disbelief, "Thanks for telling me about Lulu, it's not like I haven't known her since we were kids. She has always been selfish, self serving and certain that the world owes her for being a Spencer."
"Yeah, but a lot of that is …."
Georgie looked up at him and said "Look, you knew her what, two maybe three years, I have known her all of my life. And trust me, Lulu shows one side to men, and another to women."
Not sure why they seemed to be arguing he said "I know that, I just think that Luke..."
"Lulu likes to forget that Lesley Webber raised her for a good long time. She loves to blame her family but Maxie and my parents were gone most of our lives, yet we didn't use it as an excuse."
"Look, I know you don't like Lulu, but..."
"Don't like, try loath. She SLEPT with my husband, then tried to act like I was the one at fault. Then she decides she doesn't want to be a mom so she has an abortion, once again that is someone else's fault. The mess last summer, with Logan Hayes, she caused at least part of that with her lies, so don't ever think I am going to look on Lulu Spencer as a victim."
Seeing his expression, she gave a quick laugh then said "Logan, wasn't a good guy by any means, but I wonder how well you would act with a stomach full of hallucinogens in your system. That attorney who worked for your family, he was drugging Logan, using him as a test subject."
"A test subject?" he asked.
"He was trying to find the correct dosage or something from what I over heard so he could control... OH MY GOD..." Johnny saw the horror in her eyes then she said "YOU, poor screwed up Logan lost his life because Trevor Lansing wanted to control you."
Sitting down, she kept talking "First Maxie uses him to score points against Lulu, then Screwlu used him to toy with you, then dumped the moron, then he ends up... god, I can't believe I feel bad for him."
Johnny went to the door, then looking at Georgie left as he finally figured out what she was saying. He had always known he bore some responsibility for Logan, but this... to know this... Needing to know if what she said was true, or just a version colored by her own experiences, he called Elizabeth Webber and asked if he could talk to Jason and her.
"The boys would love to spend some time with you as well." she said then went back to where Mac was showing Jason the Sam files and told him what Johnny was worried about.
"It's true." said Mac quietly before handing them Jerry's files on who owed him for what. "At least the drugs by Lansing part."
Once Mac had left, Elizabeth checked on the boys. Cam was playing with his train along with Morgan who looked embarrassed. "I know I was supposed to come back down after dropping off my suitcase but... the train."
"Morgan, you are fine." she said gently. "We are glad you are here."
"Jax said you invited me, but I know you didn't like my mom." he said "I know she was mean to you."
"That is your mom, not you. So you go ahead, play with Cam. I just need to see if Jake is up from his nap." Jax had called Jason when he was driving from the airport and had asked if he could keep Morgan for the night, explaining that he had to have a meeting with Bobbie that wasn't going to be pleasant.
Heading down the hall, she saw her grams talking to Jake and had to giggle. "Isn't he a little young for that song."
"You never know. I used to sing it to you when you were a child." she said with a quick smile. "Besides, young Morgan in there needed time with Cam. He is a very lonely little boy."
"I know." hearing the doorbell, she said "That is Johnny, something came up he needed to talk to Jason and I about."
Audrey checked on the twosome and then went back to Jake who had dumped the socks all over her bed. "You are so much like your mother, you do know that don't you?"
Seeing the grin, she laughed and sat down next to him while he handed her different colored socks.
Downstairs, Jason was confirming to Johnny what they had learned about Trevor. Seeing his expression, Jason asked "What is it?"
"Logan Hayes died as a result of this." he said. "I knew he cared about Lulu, didn't care, she made me feel free, so I let her be there. Now a man has died because of things in my life."
"No, at least not directly. Johnny, I told you about her past. She decided she wanted Dillon, and lied and schemed to get him. Dillon was going to work on his marriage, she kept creating reasons for him to help her. Then when he decided to end things with Georgie, or I think actually she ended them. Lulu decided to play games with Milo, Spinelli and Dillon. When she had their attention, she started seeing Logan. When she had Logan, she started to spend time with you. Then there was Ethan."
"Ethan is her brother." he said. "What does he have to do with anything."
Elizabeth winced but knew she had to tell. "Until she found out that, she uh, well, I hate to tell you but she was flirting with him. I knew she liked him. It was why it was so hard for her to believe the truth about his parentage."
A bit sicked by that, Johnny said "I just don't get why I ended up in an argument with Georgie about it."
Jason looked at Elizabeth who said "Okay, let me try to explain it from her perspective. Georgie and Lulu are close in age. Georgie is the smart one, so everyone tells her that. But she is beautiful too, problem is that Mac thinks she has no self-esteem issues like Maxie."
"Okay, so no one tells Georgie that, they just talk about how smart she is. From what I recall, she and Maxie both liked Lucas, who liked Maxie. Georgie ended up dating Dillon during this, but Tracy interfered, blackmailing Georgie with something involving her father to stay away from her son."
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"Tracy wanted to do business with Lorenzo and Sage who liked him." said Elizabeth. "Dillon screws up and sleeps with Sage." She left out part of that, Johnny didn't need to know about their virginity pact.
"Okay, so he breaks her heart and what?" asked Johnny. "They had to get over it, they got married."
"Yes but it took a while, and then Sage was killed during a blackout at the Quartermaines." she said.
"After Georgie was cleared of the murder, things settled down until Diego showed up to stalk the girls for what happened to Sage. Diego went to jail, Dillon almost died so Georgie married him against her family's wishes and I think it really wasn't what she wanted." stated Elizabeth.
"Then why did she do it?" he asked.
Jason listened knowing it would give him a clue as to Elizabeth's mindset with Lucky back then as well. "I think out of a sense of obligation."
"Lulu and Diego made a deal, he wanted Georgie, she wanted her step brother. Lulu ended up pregnant and Georgie wouldn't forgive Diego. You know the next part but there is the emotions I am sure she went though."
Seeing he didn't understand, she said "She worked at Kelly's with Lulu, had to see the man she had loved chasing after Lulu, making a fool of himself for her. It does a number on you. Then she had to watch as Lulu ran off with Logan. I can get her anger, especially since I guarantee that Lulu thinks Georgie should apologize to her for Dillon not choosing her in the first place."
"That makes no sense." he said confused.
"That is the Spencer part of her coming out. Georgie has always been the good girl, the one to do the right thing. Lulu has taken from her repeatedly and I know there is more, but honestly, Johnny, it is none of your business until she is ready to tell you." Elizabeth said firmly.
"I just don't... I like Georgie, but I have a past with Lulu. I can't pretend that I didn't care for her."
"NO one, including Georgie wants you to, but Johnny, when we talked about this last time, I told you, Lulu is a drama queen who in true Spencer fashion tells tales that are well slanted her way."
"I know, I do know that, I guess it was this idea Georgie has that Lulu is two faced." he said.
Elizabeth laughed and said "Johnny, she is. I have seen it."
"Why didn't I see it then?" he asked.
Thinking on it and her own past, Elizabeth said "You won't like my answer but men never do until after they stop sleeping with a woman, men never want to see it. They hate feeling like they were taken for a ride, like they aren't the best lover in the world."
Wincing, Jason knew that Elizabeth was talking about more than Lulu now, it could just about fit Courtney and Sam as well. "Johnny, talk to Maxie, now that Georgie is home... trust me on this. She is past this need to bond with Lulu because of Georgie's death. She will actually be more honest than I am."
Walking the younger man to the door, Jason said "Do you remember asking me about Courtney?"
Nodding as he moodily stared at the porch floor, Johnny was shocked at what Jason said next. "Lulu is like Courtney in that regard. She wanted a man who had money and power that reflected on her. Courtney hated Elizabeth, not because of anything she had done, but because Courtney and Lulu hate women they think of as having it all."
"But they don't, no one does."
"Elizabeth and Georgie are well liked, smart and beautiful with looks that are going to fade away as they get older. They are also well liked by their own sex. Lulu mainly had male friends, Maxie was the exception and while I don't like the blond, I could see how she was missing her sister. Courtney had one female friend, that was Carly and they were using one another."
Leaving Johnny made plans to think things through, he liked well, he had to admit more than liked Georgie but knew he had to give her time, let her see that he saw her as the smart beautiful person she was. He considered calling Maxie, but he got what Elizabeth was saying. She was right about that part too, he didn't want to think that Lulu had had other reason for wanting to date him, but he should, after all he had had other reasons for dating her.
Jax was telling his mother what he had found, then told her that Morgan was with Elizabeth and Jason. "I have to give Bobbie some bad news and thought that it would be a good idea for him not to be here."
"What did your ex do now?" she asked, after hearing about Jerry, she wasn't ready to deal with more of this.
"Nothing, at least not like you are thinking." he said wearily. "This is about Michael."
"How is he doing?" she asked. She had liked the little boy.
"Better, AJ wants to have Bobbie come out for a visit but she has to abide by a few rules she isn't going to like."
When the former nurse arrived, Jax sat her down and gave her the news. "Why are you letting AJ get away with brainwashing Michael."
"He isn't. This is the doctors' orders. Michael has been dealing with his issues, and I agree with Dr. Collins, Micheal's worst problems stem from Carly and Sonny. Now if you want to go with us, we are leaving the day after tomorrow."
Still pissed, she asked "And my daughter, where is she?"
"Germany. I will give you the name of the hospital but it won't do you any good." he said. "Carly tried to escape and was hurt. She has a broken arm, now."
"She needs me." announced the woman, "But you are right, Michael needs me more. Jax, do you think she will get better, ever?"
"I don't know." he said then went to walk her out. Returning, he sat down and opened the letters, reading them, he made a decision. "Mom, I have to run out, can you keep Jossyln?"
Arriving at the garage, he walked in and saw the younger man working on a vintage Aston Martin. "Nice."
Johnny stood and glared at the blond while rubbing his head where he had hit it. "What can I do for you?"
"Nothing, I just found these in my brother's stuff, they seem to belong to you." he said tossing down the bundle of letters. Johnny stared at them, like they were snakes.
"Thank you." he said woodenly. When the blond had left, Johnny took of the gloves he had been wearing and sat down on his bench. Picking up the letters, he said "Why now?"
Not getting an answer, he locked up and went to his rooms upstairs. Pouring himself a glass of scotch, he sat down and stared at the letters. All he could think was he had been moving on, accepting that his dream girl was long gone. Starting chronologically, he took the first letter out in a trance like state and sat down to read it.
It was early the next morning that he came to a decision. Tossing the letters into a box in the back of his closet, he closed the door wishing it was as easy to walk away from the memories the letters brought back. Walking down the docks, he tried to make up his mind and knew that he couldn't.
Calling Mac Scorpio, he said "Thank you for the offer, but I need to spend some time finding out who I am."
Leaving, he called the owner for the silver car in his garage and informed him it was ready then went to pack. As he made plans, he found himself not wanting to leave. But after a night of long thought and hard decisions, he knew he had to. He had fallen so quickly for the young girl, but what if it wasn't real, what if he hurt her by keeping the memories that these letters brought back.
Georgie deserved a man who could give her their whole heart, especially after her past. He on the other hand was still in love with someone he had never met. Wishing it wasn't so, he sat down to write her a letter. As hard as it was and knowing it would hurt her, he still did it. It was better to hurt her short term than to pretend she was the only person in his heart.
Going to his closet, he took out the letters and sat down, part of his loathing the way they affected him, the way they had returned to him just as he had come to realize he was in love with someone else. An hour later, he sat in front of the Scorpio house, then slipped in to leave the letter.
Driving to Crimson Point, Johnny made a call and asked the man on the other end. "How hard is it to trace a post office box?"
"Depends, is it at the Post Office or one of those private operations."
"A private box." he said before taking out a pen and starting to go though the letters, bit by bit looking for clues.
Sam wasn't happy she was being transferred and didn't hesitate to let anyone know it. When she was in her room at the private clinic, she was feeling rather smug, since it was the same clinic that had housed Michael. Jason had to have arranged it for her.
Hearing footsteps, she saw Alexis entering and said "what are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to let you know, I did this. I figured it was the perfect place for you." she said coolly. "I also made damn sure they knew what you did to those little boys."
Walking away, Alexis felt relief that her last obligation to Sam was over. She had taken the money from Nik that he had stolen from Lucky. It had confirmed her thoughts as to how he had died and it sickened her how much he had turned out like his father.
Nik sat in his study, feeling shell shocked. His diamonds were blood diamonds, worthless in the current political climate. The bonds were worth penny's on the dollar and his last remaining cache had been stolen someplace between Port Charles and Greece.
Walking around his island, Nik tried to figure out where he went wrong then heard his son calling his name. Starting to snap for him to go find his nanny, Nik recalled he had let the woman go since he didn't have the money to pay her.
Trying not to snap at his son, Nik sat down and built the sand castle the little boy wanted. In his mind he thought about his assets of which there were few. His title, his looks then grimacing knew he had to start working out again and cutting down on the foods.
Making a few calls, he found someone needed what he had to offer and he made the deal, turning down the offer to see a picture of his future wife. Walking back to the huge white elephant his family had build, Nik looked at the papers the lawyer had faxed and saw the amount of the dowry and signed them sure his coffers would soon be full.
Georgie had read the note and after crumpling it up, swore she wouldn't let a man get close to her emotionally again as she worked for Diane and prepared for her dad to reopen his agency. Working out at the gym, she took every single self defense course they had to offer needing the outlet to work out her anger and disappointment.
Meanwhile, Johnny sat in the study at Crimson Point unable to bring himself to look for his nameless friend as his mind kept wondering what Georgie was up to. He had called Jason only then found he couldn't bring her up. Instead he asked about Elizabeth and how things were going with the new house.
Hearing that the family was getting ready to move in, he turned down an offer to come for dinner anytime he was free. Elizabeth reminded him too much of Georgie. As he went for a drive, he sat down on the dock bench for hours.
"Johnny?" he heard and flinched when he heard Maxie Jones' voice. "What are you doing here?"
"Thinking." he said. Then asked her to sit down. "How are you?"
"Fine, I uh, I don't know if I should let you know, but Georgie is in Italy for a two week trip to that school she got into." she said looking at the man. "What happened?"
"Nothing." he said quietly. "I am a screw up and don't want to mess things up anymore than they are."
"How would you do that?" she asked. "Because frankly as the queen of screwupville, I know more then most about the subject."
With a slight grin, he stood and said "I have to be going, just... look, I ..."
"She will be fine, Georgie always is." she said gently then watched him walk away and made a call to get another number. Then calling it asked "I know you are busy, but can I talk to you?"
Driving down the tree lined drive, Maxie sat in her car for a couple of minutes then went to knock on the door in spite of the guards. "Elizabeth?"
"Come in." she said as she led her into the living room. "What is going on, Maxie?"
Taking a deep breath, she said "I think this is more something you can help with than me. My sister is living a half life, I know what it looks like, after all I saw you like that when helping Sam torment you. Then there is Johnny, I saw him on the docks. He looks no better."
"I know you want to help, but honestly, there isn't a lot you can do." she said. "I have a good idea what is going on."
Jax had stopped and told them about the letters and how his brother had apparently found something in them to use against the younger Zachara. It had taken a while but Elizabeth had figured it out. And while she wished she could tell Johnny to chose the real woman in his life, she knew that if he didn't figure this out on his own, they would never be happy.
When he returned home, Jason entered the newly decorated bedroom and gently eased Elizabeth onto the bed and said "What do you say to spending the rest of the afternoon, right here?"
Pulling his head down into a kiss, she said "Sounds like a good idea, but I have plans with this handsome blond with azure blue eyes who really likes my cooking."
"You must be..." seeing the trap, he said "Oh, no, I am not going to say a word about your cooking ever again."
"Good choice." she said. "I need to tell you something."
"That your answer is yes?" he asked quietly.
"No." she said then seeing his disappointment, she put her hand over his mouth, she said "The answer is yes, but that isn't what I have to tell you."
"Then it can wait." he said reaching down to start removing his t-shirt. Then stopping rushed down the stairs to the den and opened the safe. Following him, Elizabeth laughed then said "Wait!"
"No, we are doing this now. I will arrange for a priest, we can get married as soon as you are ready." he said very intent on getting them married; finally.
"Jason, please stop and listen to me for a few minutes." she said only for him to pick her up and spin her. "Jason, please, you are making me sick."
Stopping, he sat down with her still in his arms. "I can't, you have no idea."
They had worked so hard over the past few months and since returning to Port Charles he had been more sure that things would work out. When Tom had finally left town, telling them they were more than capable of dealing with any lingering issues themselves, he had been proud to know that they had survived the fire and brimstone that the hell their lives had been.
"Jason." she said kissing him on the lips and reaching for his hands, she placed them on her stomach and said "Those six or seven kids we discussed, number three is on the way."
Freezing, Jason was happy then scared in less than thirty seconds. "Is that why you said yes?"
"No, I had planned on getting you to take me out on the new bike and telling you yes, but I was dizzy today at the hospital and Kelly suggested I take a test." she said with a slight grin that quickly fell. "I forgot to cancel with your parents, they were going to keep the boys so I could tell you yes."
"Don't, we will still go, just in the SUV. I just dropped them off and Alice and they had plans." he said then kissed her. "Are you sure you are okay with this?"
Thinking back on their talk about waiting for a year or so, she said "Yes, I was a bit surprised but since we haven't been using anything, I don't know why."
AJ and Michael were in his son's room as they discussed the day's therapy session. Michael was not doing well with having to talk about his past feelings of anger and resentment in regards to Jason and his family.
He had wanted to sweep that part away and hadn't liked that both Jax and AJ had been there with him. They had finally got him to admit that he felt jealous that Jason had a new family. He had also been a bit upset to find out that AJ had been guiding Kristina and him home from Mexico. He had looked on that as something he had done and hadn't taken it well to find out it wasn't the truth.
Bobbie's visit had been a good thing, the red head had left sure she was doing the right thing by helping with Michael instead of chasing to help her daughter.
Christmas was coming and Jason and the boys were keeping secrets, while Elizabeth was dancing around singing carols as she prepared to celebrate their holidays. Christmas Eve had been spent at the hospital before going home and spending the night and part of the next day by themselves.
On a visit to the Quartermaine's later, Elizabeth had overheard Dillon talking and knew that Georgie had come back from Italy for the holidays but had made it plain to her ex that they didn't have a future together. Elizabeth had considered interfering but had decided to stay out of it.
She had figured out one more piece of the puzzle and had felt bad for not telling anyone, but she knew that the young couple had to get together on their own. She did feel bad because she was almost certain that the ghost Johnny was chasing was the exact same woman he was worried about falling in love with without answers to his past.
She had sent him an invitation to her wedding, hoping that he would show up and realize what he was doing to both himself and Georgie.
A month later, Elizabeth walked down the aisle at the hospital chapel and said I do to the man who had held her heart for years. Looking around at their family in attendance, she closed her eyes and thanked whoever was listening for giving her another chance at her dream.
As the reception continued, she talked quietly to Robin who spread the word to the guests who agreed to do what she had asked. Changing out of her wedding dress, Elizabeth took the smaller bouquet and tossed it over her head, hoping her aim was true.
Sure enough it was, while Johnny looked a bit upset, the rest of the men laughed at his catching the bridal bouquet. Jason hadn't want to help but his wife had made it clear he was going to help or would be sleeping with their sons that night.
Making sure to aim for Cody, who would dash out of the way at the last minute, he found the hush a bit much until he saw that it had landed right in Georgie's glass. When she sat it down then picked up her father's shot of brandy and drained it, Elizabeth hoped this worked.
When the young couple danced, Elizabeth and Jason bade the rest of their guests goodbye as they reminded Cam and Jake to be good for their grandparents. "Mommy, we are always good."
Burying her head in her husband's chest to hide her grin, Elizabeth said "Sure you are."
When the jet was winging it's way to Italy, Jason pulled her into his arms and said "Okay, what are you up to."
"The letters, the woman Johnny is chasing, it is Georgie." she said then explained. "I want him to tell her what is going on."
"What was up with the music?" he asked thinking on how they had gone from an small band to a DJ after they had danced.
"I wanted them to dance to that song." she said simply.
"I liked the words." he said as he pulled out the disk, "I uh, sort of ask them for it."
With a laugh, she took the CD and said "Me too."
"You know, when AJ bought the jet, he made sure it had all the amenities." he said with a grin.
"Really, he did?" she asked only to be drawn to the door leading to the back of the plane. An hour later, she kissed him and said "You know, he had a good idea."
"I love you, Mrs. Morgan and Miss Morgan." he said kissing her stomach.
TBC
I thought about it and since this story only has one more chapter, I decided to post it first. Then return to Thanks to Helena. I am also asking which of my older stories do you want me to finish next? Switching Places, Happily Ever After or should I finish bringing Repairing the damage over here and finish posting One Bright and Shining Morning(JoGo) at ?
Those that like Prodigal son, I am currently reworking it since I am loathing Nik with the hate of a thousand suns right now.