Jason quietly walked into the house. It was 1 am and they had just arrived into town 30 minutes ago. He got the call that everything was taken care of when they touched down. It was all officially over. He set the alarm and walked up the stairs. He checked in on Danny first. He smiled when he sees that his son sleeps just like him; covers half on half off. He walked over to the bed and pulls the blanket up to Danny's shoulders. He gives him a kiss on the head then walks back out of the room. He heads over to Lila's room and sees she had fallen asleep reading again. Her bed side light was on and her book had fallen into her lap. He takes the book carefully from her lap and puts in on the night stand. He kisses her head and tuned her light off. He walks to the other side of the stairs and into his and Sam's bedroom. He sees that she tried to wait up for him. The light in the room was still on but Sam lay on her side of the bed, out could. He walked into the bathroom and got ready for bed. He turns the light off and gets into bed beside his wife.
Sam feels the bed move and it wakes her up. She feels Jason move into her back and wrap his arms around her. They both stay quiet for a few moments. Jason gives her a kiss on the back of her head when she finally breaks the silence. "Is it over?" Jason takes a deep breath and shoves his face into her neck. He kisses her there before saying "Yes." Silence fills the room as Jason lets Sam feel the nature of her loss. He knows his wife. She may have hated what her cousin did and understand the outcome that needed to happen but she still loved him. He was family. He may have forgotten that, but she didn't. He feels the tears hit his arm and pulls her closer. A sob escapes her and the tears fall freely.
"I'm sorry, baby." Jason whispers into her hair. "This is not on you. He did this. He made his choices and he deliberately hurt me. I just don't know why. I don't know what would possess him to do something like this." Sam sobs. "And I don't know why I'm so upset. He deserved what he got so why am I so sad?" Jason pulls her around so that she is facing him. "He hurt you. But that does not mean that you didn't love him. It is ok to be sad, Sam. It's ok that you hurt because he is gone." He holds her as she cries for the cousin that she loved and the monster that he turned into.
The next morning Jason got off the elevator at GH. To please both his mom and his wife he relented to getting a checkup. It hadn't been that long and he felt fine but to sooth both of their worries, he agreed to go fir more tests. "Hey Jason. You can come on back. We are all ready for you." Patrick says when he sees him. The men walk into the cubical as Patrick asks "How have you been feeling? Any problems? Having trouble sleeping?"
"No. I've been fine." Jason answers. "No headaches?" "Not one." "Good. That a good sign that everything is fine. The test that we run today will let us know if there is any kind of abnormality in your brain." Jason just nods as Patrick goes on and does the tests.
After they are over both men walk out of the cubical and head to the front desk. "Elizabeth called us the other day. Robin answered. I haven't been able to bring myself to talk to her since everything happened. Robin said that Liz left town and was not coming back. She gave custody of the boys to Lucky and split. I know that you had something to do with all of that but I'm not going to ask. What I am going to ask is how you guys are doing? With what Liz and Nikolas both did to you and your family, it can't be easy to get over." Patrick said.
Jason looks over at him and sees that he is genuine in his asking. "It isn't. Both Sam and Alexis are still reeling from everything that they did but they are coming to terms with it. Lila is adjusting great. Everyone is so happy to have her back that most don't care about Nikolas. Danny is too young to know what's going on. He is just glad to have her in his life. And other that everything with Nikolas, Sam couldn't be happier."
"What the hell was that guy thinking? He had to know how badly Sam would be hurt by all of this and he just didn't care? I don't understand his change in behavior."
"No one does. Everyone thought that he was the good Cassadine. But I don't really care about anything other than getting Sam and Alexis through this. How about you? How are things going with Robin?" Jason asks him.
"We're working things out. Going to couples counseling. We love each other but that just hasn't been working for us for a while. And with Emma older now and being more aware of things we don't want to take any chances of it going south again. For her sake we want to do it right this time." Patrick explains.
"That's smart." Jason takes a deep breath and continues "I want to thank you for being there for Sam and Danny. You made them happy when I couldn't and I want you to know that I appreciate it."
Patrick looks at Jason a little shocked. "Wow. That couldn't have been easy to say." Jason chuckles and says "It wasn't. But it is still true. I never wanted Sam to sit around and wait for me to maybe come home. And you made sure that she didn't. I know that she dated Danny's doctor for a while but it was you that made her genuinely happy and I am grateful for that."
Patrick nods his head and says "She made me and Emma happy too. And I did really love her. But we are both where we belong and I am really happy that we are able to remain friends." Jason and Patrick shake hands as Jason gets on the elevator to go home.
Sam is sitting on a bench at the park watching Danny play on the jungle gym. There was not another kid in sight and Danny was having a blast having the park all to himself. He was so much like his father, Sam smiled to herself. She went to check on her mom this morning. Sam could tell that her mom was upset and angry just as she was. But then Alexis told her what Helen had said to her dad and the anger intensified. She couldn't believe that Helena took her away from her parent just because she was jealous of the fact that her grandfather was fond of her. The bitch was certifiable and she was glad that she was finally gone.
"Sam!" she hears from her right. She looks over and sees Emma running toward her and Robin following behind. "Hey girly!" Sam says when Emma runs into her arms. Sam hugs her tight as does Emma. Sam had missed her this passed month. She had gotten so used to seeing her every day that it took a while to get over not.
"I miss you, Sam." Emma tells her. Sam feels the tears welling up in her eyes. "I miss you too, honey. How have you been? Are you happy your mommy is home?" Sam says trying to distract the little girl from sadness. It works as Sam sees a bright smile come across Emma's face. "Yeah! She says that she promises she is never leaving again." "Good." Sam returns her bright smile.
"How is Danny?" Emma asks. Sam points to him behind Emma's shoulder and says "Why don't you ask him yourself?" Emma whips around and sees Danny playing. "Can I go and see him, mommy?" Emma asks her mom eagerly. Robin smiles at her little girl and say "Of course." Emma runs off and goes to play with Danny.
Sam looks up at Robin and says "How are you doing?" Robin sits down on the bench next to her and replies "Good. Me and Patrick and in therapy trying to work through the past few years. And so far it has helped a lot. I am glad that I ran into you. I wanted to say thank you."
"Thank me? For what?" Sam asked confused.
"For being there for Patrick and Emma. For making them happy when I made them nothing but miserable. You gave them both something to look forward to. You and Danny. And I won't be able to thank you enough for that." Robin said with tears in her eyes.
Sam reaches over and takes Robins hand in hers. "When I found out the real reason you left town I didn't know what to think. Jason had been gone so long that I didn't want my heart to have hope he would be coming back. At first I was mad at you for not telling me and for leaving them the way you did. But then it hit me why you did it. You did it foe Danny. You wanted him to have his father in his life and if you could help with that you would. You put your needs behind those of mine and Danny and everyone else that loved Jason so that you could bring him home to us. And you did. It may not have worked out the way you planed but he is home now and so are you. So any gratitude that you feel for me pales in comparison to the gratitude I feel for you. You brought my husband home. You gave Danny back his father. Thank you." The two mothers smile at each other as they continue to watch their children play.