Ugh, so this chapter did not come together like I hoped it would, its one of my least favorite. How do I follow up a chapter with a hickey on Jason's neck, I mean seariously! Sorry for the short length, I will try to make up for it in the next chap:)

Chapter 17

"I have reviewed the contracts for the property, the survey has not been delivered yet so as soon as I receive that we can move forward with the purchase."

Sonny nodded and scribbled some words on the paper in front of him. "Jason, you are meeting with Bernie later?" Jason answered him with a nod. "Good, let him know that we will need funding."

Diane closed the folder and placed it in her briefcase. "If we are finished with business, there is one more thing I would like to discuss."

Jason and Sonny nodded. Jason's hand adjusted his jacket, positioning the collar to cover the red mark on his neck. His move caused Sonny to let out a light chuckle.

"Actually it has to do with you Jason." She looked at Sonny, "You don't have to stay for this although you may want to."

Sonny smirked, "Well Jason seems to have a lot on his plate right now so I'll stay and if I can assist, I will."

"Well…" Diane cocked her head. "Carly paid me a visit this morning." She was satisfied when Jason looked up and gave her his full attention with her words. "It seems that she wishes for you to sue Elizabeth for custody of young Cameron and your unborn child… and she wanted me to file the paperwork."

"What!" Jason shrieked.

Diane rolled her eyes, "That's what I thought… but unfortunately she was serious. Due to the excessive nature, I am not bound by attorney/client privileges, since she spoke on your behalf and not her own."

"Gotta hand it to Carly, when she meddles…" Sonny started to say but Jason cast him an annoyed look. Sonny raised his hands in defeat, "Sorry… want me to talk to her?"

Jason stood, "I will." He growled and rushed out of the office without even asking anything further.

"Well I guess I ruined his good mood." Diane joked.

Sonny laughed, "It's a good thing we were a few minutes late."

On the ride over to Carly's, Jason was so angry that his hands were shaking on the wheel. It seemed that as each minute ticked by, he grew more and more angry. By the time he arrived at her house, he needed to take a few minutes to cool down, pacing behind his car. It was one thing to push away his girlfriend or even barge in at midnight to give her input on his personal life, but this crossed the line. Things had to change and this time he would not look the other way when she did something intrusive.

When all was said and done, it was Carly that influenced the whole situation when the paternity results came out. If Carly… and Sonny for that matter, if they had both stayed out of his personal affairs he probably would have known the true paternity results from the beginning. It was their influence on both him and Elizabeth that set off the chain of events for her omission of the truth.

Jason gently tapped on the door, mainly because he was afraid that if he did not keep it at a tap, he would punch a hole through it. Carly opened the door with a big smile, "Jason!" she cheerfully greeted him.

Jason rushed past her into the house. "Where are the boys?" he growled.

"Oh, my mom is spending the day with them, she missed them when we were gone." Carly closed the door and turned back to Jason. "I can have her bring them back if you want to see them."

Jason shook his head, "No, I didn't want them to hear what I have to say to you."

Carly's smile disappeared from her face and he pointed to the couch. "Sit down." He ordered. When she didn't move he repeated himself, "CARLY, SIT DOWN!" he yelled.

She jumped and still did not move until she looked into his eyes and say extreme anger. She slowly lowered herself onto the edge of the cushion and looked back up at him.

"Jason…"

"Shut up!" he spat and walked behind the armchair, resting his hands on the back to keep his distance from her. His eyes narrowed, "This is it Carly, there will be no more chances. If you EVER pull a stunt like this again…"

"What stunt?" she asked in an innocent tone.

"Are you going to deny that you went to Diane this morning?"

"Well I…"

Jason shook his head, "I don't want to hear your excuses Carly! I want you to butt out of my life."

"I just want…"

He cut her off again, "This isn't about what you want Carly! This is about what I want! You are not to go near Elizabeth or Cam… or the baby when he or she is born! In fact don't even talk about her to anyone… I don't even want you to mention her name in front of me because you are only looking out for your own selfish reasons. If I have a family, yours wont be my first priority."

Her eyes filled with tears, "I didn't mean to…"

Again, he would not let her get her thoughts out, "You didn't mean to… but you did. You never mean to piss me off but you do! This is different this time Carly, I will not stand for your fucking games. I'm only going to say this once, don't make me pick between you and Elizabeth, you won't like the outcome."

She blinked and saw Jason looking behind her. "Carly?" Jax said in his thick Aussie accent. He shot Jason an accusatory look. "Carly, what's wrong?"

"Jax, you need to keep your wife in check…" Jason paused. "Because I can't do it anymore."

"Excuse me?" Jax scowled.

Carly waved a hand at Jax and wiped her cheeks dry, "It's nothing, Jason is just overreacting to something I…"

"Over-Overreacting Carly? You tried to file for custody of Elizabeth's son for me… you tried to take Cameron from her, and the baby she is carrying." Jason wiped his hand across his forehead. "You don't think Carly." He looked at Jax and shook his head, "She would ruin Elizabeth's life if she had that chance and I am not going to put up with the childish interference anymore." Jason looked back at Carly, "I'm done, stay out of my personal life." He said in a stern voice.

Jax turned to face Carly, "You want to take Elizabeth's son from her?"

"He is Jason's now too." Carly flatly added.

"And that means what? So you are saying that it is fine for Sonny to take your boys from you?"

Carly rolled her eyes, "It's different."

"How so?"

Carly sighed, "Because Jason would be a better father than she is a mother."

Jax looked at Jason, "No offense Jason but I don't know of many parents that are more caring then Elizabeth for her little boy. I have no doubt that her children are better off with her then away from her."

Jason nodded in agreement.

"Oh puh-leez."

Jax shook his head, "You know Carly, if you put in half the effort to our relationship that you put into Sonny and Jason's lives, we are sure to last… but it seems that you don't."

"Oh come on, don't turn this into a problem with our relationship." She whined.

"But it is about us Carly because with the exception of when we were away, you are fixated on Jason and Sonny."

Slightly satisfied with his conversation, he turned to the door but stopped, "Carly, you need to think about what you want more… to make Elizabeth's life miserable, or to be my friend because you can't have both." Jason left and roughly closed the door behind him, leaving behind an upset Carly with an even more upset husband.