Switching Places

Chapter 28

Momisms: I can always tell when you are lying

Jason watched as Elizabeth gingerly sat down on the side of bed, she had insisted on walking down to the end of the hall and back, but he knew it was tiring her out. Helping her lay down, he sat beside her and handed her the reindeer and blanket.

"Thank you." She said looking up at him with a soft smile. Folding the pale blue blanket, she placed it in the acid free bag and then did the same for the reindeer. Kissing them both she gently placed them on top of the two travel guides and closed the box. "We have to find a place to store this at home."

"I have something in mind, but I will wait until we are both home to take care of this." He said as he picked up the cream colored box with the deep green lid with shaky hands. Seeing the look on his face, she watched as he lifted up the lid and placed inside the letter she had given him announcing the fact that she had been having a baby.

"Do you want me to see if Dr. Meadows is ready to let you go home now?" He asked. The doctor had promised to come back before noon, but it was now almost one.

"A nurse came in and said she had been delayed by a woman coming into the hospital with fetal distress, I think that Monica can release me though."

"I will find out." He said before picking up her hand and kissing her palm. Walking out to the hub, he asked Amy to find out if his mother was available, then returned to his wife.

When his mother entered, she assured them that Dr. Meadows had cleared Elizabeth to leave, seemed to hesitate, then said "A woman named Sam McCall was brought in with emergency, they are prepping her now. Sonny is with her."

"Thank you Monica, we will check on them before heading out." Said Elizabeth. Turning to Jason, she said "The baby didn't survive in the other timeline, we might want to be there for Sonny and even Sam."

Courtney sat in the jail cell waiting for her attorney. Ric Lansing had promised to represent her if she went to the station on her own, saying that it would help her immensely. Reluctant at first, she was now grateful; his suggestion had gotten her bail and even sympathy from the judge. Grinning to herself, she never saw Taggert standing in front of her, until it was too late.

"I don't know what you are so happy about. I would imagine that this is one of the safest places around for you. Once Morgan finds out you are released, my guess is that you disappear."

"Sonny won't let him hurt me, I'm family." She said with a smug grin.

"Detective Taggert, please refrain from talking to my client without my being present." Asserted Ric as he walked down the hall with an obviously upset Scott. "Now how about you release her from the cell?"

"Fine, but she will soon be right back there. She can't seem to stay away from Morgan and his wife."

Once he had Courtney released; Ric drove her to lunch then arranged for a nice place for her to stay. Once she felt comfortable, she started to vent to him all about her mean big brother, his fickle and slut of an ex-wife. How Elizabeth had stolen Jason from her, the wicked witch in her story.

By the time she was finished, he now had enough information to make inroads in with the young nurse. Now he just had to find away to get her in his path. Starting with her grandmother would do the trick.

Sonny sat down in the chapel, he had held his daughter for the few minutes she had drawn a few shaky breaths, but now he had to make decisions about her quality of life. The neonatal specialist was not hopeful, he could see it in the woman's eyes. All that he really had to do was decide, did he want to end his daughter's life now, or in a few years after countless operations and excruciating pain?

Sam had insisted on trying to save the little girl, while he understood where she was coming from, there was very little the doctors could do. Little Adella had a very weak heart, which was overworked already along with her lungs, and her brain had been damaged by a lack of oxygen due to her mother arguing about coming to the hospital, until he had ordered her to come with him.

When the young mother had slipped into a coma, the decisions about both her and their daughter were now in his hands. Seeing Jason entering, he said "I don't think I was meant to be a biological father, I really don't. How do I make these decisions, I can't, I won't."

"Then you are being selfish, think about the best interest for the child, not yourself, same thing for the girl."

"Dr. Meadows wants to perform a hysterectomy on Sam. Adella is much easier to decide as long as I can do what you said and stop being selfish. I have to deal with my guilt and my failures, but she will be out of pain."

"Sam McCall is a con-artist who has done this before; you have read the file." Said Jason, then went to the door and said "However we are both who we are and some could say we have no right to be parents as a result either."

Carly read the note then gave a grin that would scare even a Cheshire cat. She knew it, that bitch was no more related to Alexis than she was. Stopping to laugh at that idea, Carly went to find Elizabeth, she had heard the brunette had stayed with Sam until the woman had slipped into a coma so she should still be here.

Seeing her sitting with Alexis and the Jones girls, she calmed down a little then walked over to hear them discussing Christmas presents and Mr. Whiskers. Carly almost walked away, the stupid tabby cat hated her, she had no idea why, but it insisted on attacking her every time she tried to pet the thing.

"We need a few minutes, Alexis can I have the girls run down to get some ice cream at the cafeteria."

"For the record, I'm sixteen, not five. We will do the polite thing and walk away, Carly." Snarked Maxie.

Watching them, she told Alexis, "That one is going to be a handful in a few years. She needs to be brought under control now before she turns into Sam McCall's 'bestest' friend."

"Carly is that what you wanted to talk to us about?" Asked Elizabeth trying to get the blond back on track.

"No, I have some news. First of all AJ and I are telling people about the baby. Second, I told Michael last night, he is fine with it. Then there is the fact that the con artist did really somehow fake being Alexis's daughter in the other time line."

"Carly?" Asked Elizabeth.

"I didn't have to change them, I was right." She said, then explained to Alexis that if the girl had turned out to be her daughter that she would have fixed the results.

Alexis shook her head, amazed at the way the woman's mind worked. Then said "Who is she?"

"I have no idea, nor do I care. You are more important than this gold digging tramp. I heard the techs talking; Sam had drugs in her system. Some thing that started her labor. She is going to be in serious trouble as soon as Sonny find out that Adella would have been fine if she hadn't induced labor six weeks early."

"ARE you sure?" Asked an astonished Elizabeth, the few minutes that Sam had been conscious, Elizabeth had been certain she really had loved her daughter.

"Here is a copy of the toxicology report." Carly handed it to the nurse whom read the results and winced at how she had been taken in by Sam, again.

Francis was watching over Elizabeth, thought Johnny, now was the perfect time to have Brenda stop over. The former model had asked for his help, now that Sonny and she had gotten their act together and were separating, she wanted to talk to his guard about coming to work for her. While he liked Brenda, her relationship with Jax and her unpredictability was a problem.

Watching as the women squirmed on the sofa, he asked "What is it Brenda?"

"I'm leaving for Milan and then onto Rome as soon as my annulment is taken care of, but Jax isn't coming with me. The only thing is he doesn't know that." She admitted. "Do you think you could work as my bodyguard temporarily?"

"Until a certain blond surfer boy gets the message?"

"No, I just want to have someone there for a while."

"Sounds like you are trying to buy companionship instead of hiring a guard."

""Johnny, I need you help, if I have to go it alone, I will take Jax with me. Not because I love him but because I'm scared of being alone."

Sonny sat with his daughter and watched as the specialist turned off the power switch and asked the mobster if he wanted to hold his daughter. Holding back the sobs, he took the tiny body in his hands and held her close, until the nurse entered at the sound of the machine. "Mr. Corinthos, do you want me to take her for you?"

"What happens now?" He asked the nurse.

"We take care of your little girl, then you arrange for the next step."

Sam was still not conscious when he walked into her room, taking hold of her hand, he said to the woman. "Our little girl didn't make it; she is no longer dealing with the pain." Sonny vowed that he would make sure that Sam was okay, no matter what she was or who she was, he owed it to the tiny child even now being taken to the church.

"Sonny?" He heard, turning he saw Alan Quartermaine standing there with Dr. Meadows and the neonatal specialist. Along with Mac Scorpio.

"Scorpio, whatever this is about, it can wait."

"He is here because we asked him to be we need to talk. It's about Adella. Sonny, please come out into the hall, there is something you need to know." Said Alan.

Seeing the look of discomfort in the man's face, he stood and started to weave, but got a hold of himself.

Entering the conference room, he saw Jason and Elizabeth entering along with Alexis and Justus. "Sonny, Adella didn't have to die. We ran some tests on both her and her mother. Sam McCall was taking diuretics, one that there is a black box warning on. It specifically states in rather large letters for pregnant woman not to take this drug."

"There is no way anyone could fake being that upset. She did not do this, Quartermaine, is this some kind of sick pathetic way to make your son look like the better person."

Elizabeth walked over and sat down next to the man, holding his hands looked him into the eyes and said "Sonny, she had to have known. She took ten times the dosage. At the very least she knew she was going to be a very sick woman. She did not do this on accident. She might have just been trying to start labor, who knows, but she did this, you are not the person responsible for this."

"Elizabeth, they are showing you the wrong information. There is no way anyone would harm a child like that. Not this late in their pregnancy."

"Sonny, this is not the first time she has done this. You saw the list that Felicia found you know that she is a con artist. I wish it wasn't so, but she did this."

"What do I do now?" He turned to Jason, "How do I deal with this?"

"First of all, you need to relinquish control of her health care; we will ask the court to appoint someone else to take charge." Said Justus. "The rest is up to Mac.

"I would love to charge her but there is really nothing I can use. Even with the medical testimony, I have less than a fifty- percent chance of getting her charged with a crime. Scott is talking to the DA in New York they had a similar case, we are going to get the file.

"So she is going to get away with killing our daughter?" He asked not believing what he was hearing. While she would not have lasted inside prison, he would have liked to see her tried and convicted.

"For now, I will be able to get her on Luis Alcazar's murder. She went to see him that night; we have DNA evidence linking her with the case. She had physical contact with the man." Mac had no intention of revealing what kind of contact, sure that Corinthos and Morgan would get the information from their contacts at the station.

Two hours later, Jason let Elizabeth into the house, then tossed the keys on the desk, "We need to talk."

Swallowing her fear, she sat down and said "Jason what is it, you have been distant since earlier. Is this about my mistake and the baby, I'm so-" Jason had cover her mouth with his hand, looking up she saw the stunned expression on his face.

Picking up his wife, he sat down on the sofa, then said "No, our baby died because Courtney Matthews is a nut job, no other reason. I will not have you constantly apologizing you are not responsible. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be distant. I was thinking about what Carly told us about Sam and her child. She is correct; the woman is going to stick around like the leech she is. I might have an idea about how to get her away if it becomes necessary, if Sonny's guilt won't let him deal with her."

"Something, I can know about?" She asked as she curled up around her husband.

"Actually, yes. Now do you want to hear about what Bobbie did to Lucky?" He asked trying not to laugh.

"What happened?" She asked, she knew that Mac had forced him to spend some time with the new female physiatrist at GH.

"She is making him work in the diner when he is finished with his training for the day. For the next four weeks is he responsible for closing the diner and must listen to Penny and Lucas. I get the feeling that Scott overrode Mac on getting rid of him."

"He did, Alexis told us that Mac wants him gone from the force, saying he already has one Taggert and doesn't need a second one."

Chapter 29

Nike: Just do it

Alexis was dithering again, she had no idea what the problem was, but lately it seemed like she couldn't make up her mind what shoes to wear let alone what to do about her future. She was an excellent attorney, one of the best, so why was it so hard to keep her personal life on track.

Seeing Mac enter the room, concern in his eyes reminded her what the problem was. Maybe she should take her own advice to Georgie and just get it over with. "Mac, can I ask you a question?"

"Can I come back to answer it I have to run? We found out why Sam was visiting Alcazar and I have to get to the station, immediately." He said then without thinking, bent down and kissed her on the forehead before walking out the door.

"Well...well, why did he do that?" She asked herself. Now she had another issue to deal with. Feeling her daughter kick, she said to the little one. "Kristina, your mother is trying to screw up her own life and I don't need you offering up any opinions."

Carly could not help wondering what Sonny wanted, the man had called and ordered her to stay at the Brownstone until he arrived then hung up. When he had entered with a bouquet of flowers and lost of charm, she was dazed at the smile he was wearing. Just yesterday he had buried his daughter, now he was trying to charm her?

"Sonny what can I do for you, I have to hurry. I am on my way to an appointment for my new baby."

"The baby is what I need to talk to you about. Carly I want to help you raise your son or daughter. I know that you don't know who the father is, so we can just put my name of the birth certificate, people will believe that we are back together, in fact I want us to try again."

Carly knew that she could do this delicately but she had to just say it. "Sonny, the father of my child and I are not getting together, but since the father is AJ, I doubt anyone will accept you in the baby's life."

"AJ? AJ Quartermaine? You most definitely need me, what were you thinking, AJ? He just got you pregnant to get to Michael."

"Sonny, Michael doesn't even enter into this. I am raising this child with his father; we are going to co-parent this baby. He is going to be there for the baby, I agreed to it. We even signed papers." She said.

"Are you stupid, my god Carly, he will try to control this child like he did Michael. Why not just let me take care of you, I need to take care of you, like you need someone to do for you."

"Sonny, I think it is time for you to go. For the record, he is going to court with me, we have it all worked out and the judge signed off on things."

"I won't allow you to take Michael from me; I won't allow that man into his life. He is going to dump you as soon as this child is born; it is up to me to protect you and it from AJ, as well as yourself."

Georgie entered Kelly's and saw Sage along with Dillon and listened and wallowed in misery. Every since she had seen the wild haired youth, he had been all she had dreamed about. His sweet smile and careless ways had gotten to her.

Seeing the girl who held his heart, she sighed when he came over to ask what she wanted to eat. "A chocolate shake and an order of fries."

Sage saw Lucas watching from the kitchen and could not believe he was crushing on someone he shouldn't be. Walking towards him, she said "That is illegal you know."

"What?" He asked confused as the annoying girl gave him a knowing grin.

"Drooling over your cousin, I think it is a crime most places."

"Not in this case, she is my adopted cousin." He said when he realized that the young girl didn't get that he was interested in Dillon, not Georgie. Thankful that no one knew his secret; he went back to doing dishes and wondered why Georgie was so down lately.

Sage decided that since she was starting GHHS in January, at least if Skye succeeded in convincing her uncle to let her stay she was. She would talk to the girl, find out all she had to know before starting a new school, her uncle had always told her to get as much information as possible that it was the most important part of any ambition.

Elizabeth entered Kelly's checking to make sure that Lucky wasn't around, seeing Emily walking across the courtyard, she called out to her lunch date just as Nik did the same. After greeting the younger girls who had been joined by Maxie and Brooklynn, the three of them sat down and ordered.

"Elizabeth, is there anything we can do for you?" Asked an entering Stefan, he had heard from Nik about her miscarriage. He had always liked the girl, in spite of her terrible taste in men. "If you feel the urge to get away, please let us know. The Island in Greece is lovely this time of year."

"Thank you, Mr. Cassidine, but all is well as can be expected. Nik why are we here?"

"I need your help with something, you know from what Alexis was telling you, my situation, well there is a possible solution, but I hate to take it. I am not sure that it would be wise to get involved with this attorney, then I heard he talked Courtney Matthews into turning herself in."

"I have only met him a handful of times since he arrived, but he is smarmy. I would not trust him at all." Said Emily.

Turning to Nik, Elizabeth asked "What did he offer you?"

"Access to money, unlimited access. At first I thought he was fronting for Jason and Sonny, but the source of the money is from out near Crimson Point. A client of his fathers."

"Nik, do me a favor, look into that money." Said an entering Carly. "Unless I'm wrong, it is from his father's less than legal clients. Alexis and I checked into them when we first meet Ric. Trevor, his father worked for Helena, in something involving Alexis."

Stefan had stiffened when she first mention the name Trevor, now he recalled where he had heard the name from, looks like they would be searching for a different source of revenue. The Russian girl who needed a husband was still a possibility.

After they had left, Elizabeth turned to Emily and asked how was her plan going?"

"Carly gave me a little help, New Years Eve, is when I intend to wow Nicolas Cassidine right out of his socks." She said with a wicked grin.

"Emily let him keep on his socks, make sure to get his pants off. What is it with you younger girls?" She asked mockingly.

Elizabeth laughed at the blush on Emily's face, then said "How are you doing with what you were told?"

"I think that Carly and you belong in a nice soft padded cell, but since Alexis believes you, I will accept what you have told me." Emily said as she held onto her coffee cup tightly. The idea that she would screw things up so bad, but still get a happy ending sounded great, but she wasn't sure about this idea of almost dying.

Jason was waiting for Courtney in her new place, when the blond entered. "We need to talk. What are you telling Ric Lansing about Sonny and I?"

"He is my attorney and my brother's. He is required to keep secrets." She stuttered back.

"I could care less what he is required to do. Tomorrow you are going to leave town, or I will make sure that you are found guilty and placed by "mistake" in the deepest darkest prison I can arrange, where you will have a fun time trying to shower."

"Sonny, won't let you kill me. I'm his sister." She said smugly as she poured herself some water and swallowed.

"I have no intention of asking his permission." Tossing the letter at the blond, he waited until her skin turned sallow from reading what was written, then he took her phone out of her purse and waiting until she passed out, then taking her pulse, called 911, letting the phone drop next to her body.

When Elizabeth entered the penthouse, she saw that there were two packages waiting on the desk. "Francis, they are in here. Tell Marco I said thank you."

"You're welcome Mrs. Morgan." Said Marco from the doorway. Turning she saw that the three guards were all grinning at her. "Mrs. Morgan, can we take that upstairs for you?"

"It can stay here; it's a sort of belated wedding gift for Jason. Thank you anyhow." She said as she closed the door knowing that the guards all had a bet as to what was in the box. Opening up the box, she snickered at the joke she was pulling and hoping that the guard downstairs valued his life.

Entering the kitchen, she took down the coffee cups and poured herself some hot cocoa before placing the dinner she had prepped into the oven. Opening her mail, she was reading the various cards, when she felt someone sneak their arms around her and try to kiss her.

"Jason, you are still in the doghouse." She laughed as she turned around in his arms; her husband had been teasing her all day with notes and messages.

"I think I can change you mind about that." He said as he picked her up and lifted her onto the countertop, then started kissing her.

Ten minutes later, she sighed and said "When do we have to go to this thing?"

"Right after the hospital tomorrow. It won't take long. I promise." He said his eyes flashing with amusement.

"Fine, but I had been hoping for a ride on the bike. I feel a sudden need to see the wind." Pulling him back into the kiss, when the fire alarm went off two hours later, she scrambled off the sofa with a almost naked Jason following her into the kitchen now filled with black smoke.

Hearing the sound of a door opening, she rushed off into the laundry trying to control her urge to cry since laughter was what had started this mess.

Carly stood in the hallway, watching as the neurologist was checking Sam. Seeing her mother coming down the hallway looking upset, she took the papers the woman handed her and read them. Counting to ten, she then said "I need to go and see Alexis. Don't worry, Momma, I have it all under control."

Tossing the papers down on her attorney's desk she said "Sonny is trying to take Michael away from me, it looks like I am going to need your help after all. Can you contract that attorney we discussed?"

"Sure, I have the file I had my assistant create from the minute you mentioned her name. Who is representing Sonny?" Looking at the paperwork, she sighed and said "Ric Lansing. I knew this jerk was going to be trouble."

"I have a way of dealing with Mr. Lansing; we just need to get my ex-husband under control."

Taggert rushed into the apartment, the woman was dead. Standing over Courtney Matthews's body, he knew that Morgan had done it. Now he only had to find the proof. "I want everything fingerprinted, and I mean everything."

"Sir, this was a suicide We have the note and her confession." Said the CSU guy. "My people have ran been running the finger prints as they found them on order of the commissioner. So far we have the woman's. Her brother's and this Ric Lansing's'. That is all, there were a few smudges but they were on the sink. Not that there were many prints to begin with. The manger told me that the maid service cleaned this place pretty good after the incident a few weeks ago."

"What incident?" He asked as he prowled the apartment.

"This is the apartment that used to belong to that man who killed his wife and kids beat them to death. The guy from the incident in the park where a bystander was shot. He is now in county lockup."

Taggert couldn't help wondering about the coincidence of that, but went back to ordering them to keep looking for proof that Courtney had not committed suicide. Seeing Scott Baldwin's self satisfied smile in the doorway, he said "From all the evidence it was a suicide. I have them checking to see if Morg-"

"Sir, you need to see this." Said the man taking photos of the trash. Taking a baggie he placed the evidence in inside and spread it out. Inside where several different copies of an attempted suicide note. Several different versions all with the same theme, that she had been driven to kill herself by Carly and Elizabeth who had stolen her life.

Taggert read the notes and passed them on to Scott Baldwin who stiffened as he read them. "Crap, I was hoping that she had been killed. Taggert let Corinthos know that his sister is dead, then tell him what is in the note. We might get lucky and he will attack Quartermaine. Otherwise, this is a done deal."

Walking into the elevator, Taggert saw that Morgan was getting on too. Smirking he said to the man, "Your obsessed stalker committed suicide tonight. Wonder what your partner will think when he finds out why she did it?"

Jason just ignored the man, then watched as he entered Sonny's. Turning to Marco he asked where Johnny was?

"With Brenda Barrett, the former Mrs. C has moved out. Should I call Justus?"

"The doorman downstairs already did. If it gets out of hand, let me know.' he said then went into his house with the dinner that Elizabeth had sent him for after burning the roast when they had gotten distracted earlier.

Ric Lansing knocked on the hospital door, then asked if she had a minute?

"What may I do for you?" Asked Audrey as she looked up at the nice young man in the suit.

"I'm an attorney from New York. I'm hoping you are Audrey Hardy. If so do you have a few minutes to spare?"

"You found the right woman. Please have a seat."

"Thank you." Ric sat down and recalled Courtney's version of events in regards to Elizabeth's grandmother. The woman did not like Jason Morgan; in fact she had cut off all contract with her granddaughter as a result of the relationship.

Charming the elderly woman, he soon had her on his side as he mentioned his mother and what had happened to her. "I have only meet Elizabeth once, and felt an instant empathy with her after watching what Courtney did. That is why I offered to represent the girl, so that she would face her day in court. Those mafia types tend to help their relatives in ways other than going to court."

"You sound like you know something about that." She said hesitating.

"My father is an attorney in the city. He worked for the Alcazar family when they were legitimate business people. I got stuck taking over the cases when he retired, and with Luis's death, I am free to live my own life the way I want. That is why I moved here for a fresh start."

"Thank you for asking about Elizabeth, but she is going to be fine." Said Audrey as she watched the man walk out the door thinking what a nice young man, too bad that Elizabeth was married. However she was trying to talk Sarah into move here, maybe she could find her elder granddaughter a nice safe young man since Elizabeth was now with Jason.

Sam felt like she was floating then realized that she knew that feeling. She was being heavily drugged. Good, that meant that all had to have gone according to plan. Reaching for the call button she was sure was someplace close, she found she could not move her hand.

Turning her head, she tried to reach for the IV needle that was blocking her movements along with the restraints they sometimes used to keep the patient from hurting themselves, she heard a clang. Moving her hand again, she looked down and saw the handcuffs and ceased moving.

"Good you are awake; I will let Dr. Jones know." Said a perky and curious Amy Vining from the doorway.

"Wait, what about my baby, what happened to my little girl." She asked brokenly.

"I will let Dr. Jones and Dr. Meadows know you are awake." She said a little less happy. What kind of woman would harm a child she had carried almost to term?

Tony entered the room along with Dr. Meadows and completed her exam while Dr. Asher stood in the hall and waited to visit with the patient. As soon as he pronounced there was no permanent brain damage, he walked out ignoring her questions about her daughter.

Scott entered along with the doctor and Mac, then said "Miss McCall or should I say Mrs. Wagnerite, or is it Mrs. Johnson, or one of the other alias you have used. You are under arrest for the murder of Luis Alcazar, as well as aborting a fetus past 24 weeks. You have the right to remain silent and ...."

Sam could not believe that they were trying to arrest her, she had not killed anyone. As for the baby, abortion? What abortion, she hadn't tried to kill the kid, just bring into the world a little sooner than it should have been. "What happened to my baby?" She cried.

"Miss McCall your daughter did not survive. We took her off life support at the request on the child's father, Michael Corinthos the second." Said Dr. Asher.

"He had no right, no right at all. How dare he. That is who you should be arresting for murder, he killed my child, he killed my little girl."

Scott could not believe that for once in his miserable life, Corinthos wasn't the bad guy and that his office had helped the man. "Mr. Corinthos had the court's permission to make the medical decisions for his daughter. The child that you tried to harm did not make it. I believe she is buried at St. Anne's.

Sonny sat on his sofa and cried for his daughter who had not had a chance to survive and his sister who had taken all the chances she had been given and blown them. He suspected that his partner might have encouraged his sister towards the decision to take her life, but knew that Jason would never admit to it. He only wished it hadn't been done this way, now she could not be buried on consecrated grounds.

Hearing a knock on the door, he saw that it was his soon to be former attorney. "Thank you for handling this Justus." Getting control of his emotions, he tried to concentrate on what he was hearing.

"You are welcome, in two weeks you will be out of the mob for good. As for the restaurant, you are all set. The papers were filed this afternoon, in regards to the liquor license; also we need to discuss the name. Since you can't use the current name any longer, what do you want to call it?"

Sonny sat and thought then said "How about Adella's. For my mother and my daughter."

"I will file the paperwork in the morning. I was sorry for your sake about your sister. Good night."

"Thank you. So what are you going to do, keep on working for Jason?"

"Actually the job of District Attorney is opening up, there will be an election this year. I think I am going to follow my father's footsteps and go into politics."

Jason was telling Elizabeth about Courtney's suicide when they heard the knock on the door, letting in Sonny the mobster asked Jason to help him finish up the last of the paperwork regarding the transfer of power. "Elizabeth, I apologize for pulling him away, but I want to get things done before the holidays start."

"Sonny, for your sake, I am sorry about Courtney. As for tonight, it's fine. I have to clean up the kitchen anyhow." She tried not to giggle as the man politely pretended not to smell the burnt smell floating through the place in spite of the windows being open.

"Elizabeth, once the restaurant is open, I think you need to spend some time learning how to cook." Said Sonny as he tried not to smile and pretend not to notice the smells.

"That won't solve the problem, I know how to cook, I just was distracted, by a piece of art. A nice sculpture took my attention off of the food." She said smiling as Jason blushed while following his confused boss out the door.

"Jason, I didn't know you have any sculptures." Was the last thing she heard before the door closed. She smirked as she sat on the sofa-thinking Try explaining that one, Mr. Morgan.

Chuckling evilly as she finished the cleaning up, she heard a knock on the door and opened it to see Alan Quartermaine of all people on her doorstep.

"-Alan." She said stopping, it was hard to remember to accept his request to call him by his first name outside of the hospital after all these years. "Are you looking for Jason?"

"Actually, I am looking for you. We were supposed to have a meeting the day you were hurt." He said awkwardly.

Elizabeth groaned, she had forgotten all about his request to visit him that day. "I'm so sorry."

"Don't be my dear. May I come in, I really need to talk to you and with all that has been happening, it is now a matter of some urgency."

After they were seated, Elizabeth saw that the file in his hands was her work file "Am I about to be fired?"

"No, at least not really." He said with a half smile "Elizabeth have you ever heard about the nurse practitioner program."

"Qualified nurse who handles more than just basic care."

"Sort of, they do a lot more than that. With the basic general practitioner doctor program on the decline it is a very important part of most hospital programs. There is a new class starting after the New Year's at PCU, I was hoping you would be interested in being the nurse we sent this year."

"Is this a because of who I am to you and my family or because of me?" She asked cautiously.

"The nurse who is nominated doesn't come from us. It comes from your peers. Actually, as shocking as it may sound, it was Amy Vining who suggested you for the program. Your grandmother and Bobbie seconded it. Then it went in front of the committee and there was almost an unanimous acceptance of your name."

"My dad would be proud." She said trying not to laugh and cry at the same time. "I know that I have to give you an answer soon, but can I take the night to think about it? I also have to talk to Jason about it. I wish that I had gotten back to you sooner." she said with a hiccup in her voice at the reason she hadn't.

"This was before your miscarriage, I wanted to give you some more time, but I got the call about it today." As she started crying he gathered her into his arms and tried to soothe her hoping against hope his son got here soon.

Feeling the breeze of the door opening he looked up and changed his mind, idly wondering if Jason would kill him then find out why his wife was crying in his father's arms.