To those wondering, Lulu will be annoying us for a very long time just like IRL. Johnny came to the party intending to introduce himself to Georgie. That is what the whole playing the piano is about. We will have him messing up a lot to be close to her. The car switch will be explained too. I split the chapters, 66 and 67 where all of this is shown, because I had gone through and corrected 66 already.
Yes, Luckless is dead. As for Taggert and the vest, the way cops react to one of theirs being down is not good. LUCKY shot Mac, and left him to die. I think that Taggert would want him dead, so why not give the person he knows a chance to get him and save Elizabeth.
Francis will not die, and Alan will be watched. We are going to find that Carly has been manipulating things "off camera", to help those she can. Now on to the "show."
Switching Places
Chapter 67
The helicopter no sooner touched the ground, and it was swarmed with medical staff and police officers. "Elizabeth, I need to talk to you. I need you to tell what is going on up there."
Epiphany turned and stared at the detective in charge and said "This girl is wet, and needs to get to the hospital. Send someone over there."
"No! No! Just get me a blanket and a warm coat, I am staying. I am fine Epiphany. Just have Dr. Thornheart check me out. Taggert, Lucky is dead so is Stefan Cassidine. Lucky shot him and my guard."
"Elizabeth, they want me to go to the hospital." Said Michael gripping her hand tightly.
"Of course you are going to the hospital, young man." Said Edward coming up and hugging Michael who squirmed away and Elizabeth. "It's where you need to go Elizabeth too."
"Dr. Thornheart, other than smoke inhalation is Michael okay?"
"Yes, why?"
"Edward, Michael is staying with me. I am staying here. Can we get some dry clothes and a few blankets, but I am needed here and Michael promised to keep me calm." She said winking at Edward who wanted to protest but stopped when he saw the worry in Elizabeth's face.
"REGINALD! Got get Elizabeth and Michael some hot chocolate and some blankets."
"I have that, Mr. Quartermaine." Said Johnny O'Brien as he came over and handed Elizabeth the duffel bag that Jason kept in all the vehicles. Elizabeth climbed up into an ambulance and changed then asked who went to the hospital with Francis.
"Milo and Marco. Max is here with me. Paulie and Greg are here to protect you and Michael. Can you tell me what happened?" Johnny asked while helping Michael change into Jason's shirt while keeping on his own pants. Wrapping the kid up in one of the thermal blankets, he sat him on the backseat of the limo and said "Stay here while I go with Elizabeth to talk to the police. Okay?" He asked looking the red head in the eyes.
"Let's go see Taggert." She said grimacing. Seeing Diane arriving. She joined them as Elizabeth told them what was going on as the second helicopter landed and off loaded Brooklynn, Sage, Lulu and three unknown boys.
"Sage, where is Georgie?" Asked Michael as the girl came over and hugged them at the open car door.
"She won't leave without Alexis." Watching as Lulu went looking for a cop, she smiled as the man turned to look at the blond like she was crazy. The medic pulled her away insisting she got to GH.
"Garcia, he killed my brother!"
"Your brother shot a cop left him for dead in a room on fire. If your darling brother had told someone about the small fire instead of disabling the alarm this whole building would not be burning down. Mac Scorpio is on his way to surgery with a bullet wound and severe burns because of your brother. There isn't a cop in this state that would arrest Morgan. Even if it had happened the way you said."
Taggert came over and said "Spencer, go to GH with an ambulance. This is an emergency situation and you are interrupting us with nonsense. NOW!"
"You HATE Jason Morgan, why are you letting him get away with this?"
"YOUR brother has been knocking over small mom and pop drug stores and stealing oxycodone and percocet then selling them to a dealer while keeping some. We have had people overdosing on those drugs. At least two patients at GH had to suffer longer than necessary after he stole a bottle there. We were arresting him tonight; he shot Mac, so if I were you and anyone else with the last name SPENCER I would consider keeping quiet."
Alexis was trying to convince Georgie to go on the next flight, but the younger girl was insisting on staying with her. "I am not leaving. I am staying with you."
"Georgie, please!" Begged Maxie. "I am eighteen, so you HAVE TO GO!"
"Actually no I don't." Georgie grabbed the heavy silver tray on the table and said "Sorry about this."
Hitting Maxie on the head, she knocked her out and then called Monica. "She just passed out, could this be her heart?" Just as the helicopter landed.
Monica called for Jason, then had him help her load the young heart patient. "She will have to go on the next load." Said the pilot; "I was ordered to get all these kids off of here."
"She is a heart transplant patient; you have to take her." Said Georgie as she handed her sister's purse to Monica who was helped onto the seat along with Dillon, Lucas, and Guy. When Jason tried to help her on, Georgie refused saying she saw staying with Alexis.
"Look, kid this might be it for flights." Said the co-pilot.
"I'm staying. You should take one of the doctors."
Not fighting the girl, he saw Tony Jones and recognized him from his time helping Mercy Flight and insisted the doctor get on.
Tony started to protest, wanting his niece on instead, but the co-pilot grabbed him and forced him into the seat saying NOW!"
Georgie rushed back to the others, holding onto Alexis' hand. The woman had lost her brother, her husband was under the knife and she was not leaving her.
Johnny pulled Jason off to the side and said "That red head in charge is looking for you."
Skye gathered Jason, Sonny, Jax, Nik and Lorenzo and explained what the man on the phone said "We will only get about two more flights off. Do we have an agreement to send the women first?"
Luke came up and said "Blaze; of course, we are sending the women. So you better get busy drawing us a copy of the floor plan before you head out."
"AJ is working on it. But I have to stay. I am the one who put in the new system. I understand what the various alarms mean and where the water systems are. Alan is going in my place."
"Absolutely not!" Said the man in question. "I won't go while there are any women still up here."
"Dad, you can do more good down there. Look, Monica told me about your last tests. I know that you have been warned about stroke and heart attacks. You are going if I have to ask Jason to get you on at gunpoint." For the first time in her life, Skye had felt like a part of a family and she was NOT going to lose her father, not while she had anything to say about it.
Johnny was helping hand out water and towels, when he saw the bottle blond turn her head slightly. "Mom?" He whispered.
Maria swallowed hard and said "Johnny, I can explain. You can't tell anyone I am here. You might endanger someone. Please, don't say a word."
"I knew you were alive. How?" Touching her hair, that was a platinum blond.
"Trevor, the room in the basement. I was one of the women he held there." She said turning her head in shame at the memories.
"M-mom." He said pulling her into his arms. "Trevor can't hurt you anymore."
"He already did his worst. I had a little girl, Trevor stole her. I HAVE to find her. They said she was one of the bodies buried under the roses, but I know she wasn't. I have to find your sister; I have to find my little girl."
When the sound of the rotors returned, they started loading people as quickly as they could while Jax and Jason agreed to lead the two separate groups out of the building. Skye handed the pilot a copy of who was going where and then backed away as Jason loaded an unconscious Alan on.
Jason looked on as the helicopter took off with Jordan, Maria, Lois, Emily and Bobbie. "Okay one more flight that should get Alexis, Skye, Georgie and Carly off along with two men."
"I think it should be a couple of the doctors." Said Zander.
Jason nodded and broke the groups up; "We are going to try to get down the stairways. Jax and Nik are leading one group, Lorenzo and I the other. Break into two groups, with Dr. Lewis and Luke going in the last helicopter.
"I'm staying." Said Luke. "Send someone else." Several more people were loaded into the current copter as they made plans for the last one that was returning.
"Luke, we don't have time to argue." Said Jason as the lifeline to the police rang.
Skye turned white then said "They don't think they can manage another flight. The winds are too strong. They are going to try but don't think it is possible."
"We move out now. WE can't wait for them to try." Said a grim AJ. Sonny and he had made a deal, they would go with separate groups, so that one of them lived for Michael, but AJ knew the fire was gaining ground and was worried his son would end up with no living parents.
Georgie, rushed off, with Johnny and Zander scrambling after the younger girl "What are you doing, get back here. Are you trying to get yourself killed?"
When they reached back stage, they saw her stripping, "Stop!" Called out Johnny.
"I have jeans and a t-shirt here, get the other women back here. They should be able to find something to wear. This is where we changed before the show."
Zander nodded while Johnny reached over and hugged her saying "Bright girl."
Shrugging off his arms, she gave him a quick grin and said "do you mind?"
"What?" He asked then got it. Turning around, he blushed when he realized he had been hugging her while she was in little more than a slip.
The other women joined them, so Johnny left grabbing an empty backpack and sticking water bottles in it. Georgie quickly joined him with a couple more as Zander and Nik came over to help. "Great idea."
"We need some wet towels and any fire extinguishers we can find." Said Nik.
"Got them." Turning they saw AJ and a couple other men carrying all the red canisters into the room.
Carly was squeezing into a pair of her brother's jean and thinking she needed to diet as they joined the rest of the trapped partygoers. Alexis was pulling on Sage's sneakers as she joined them. "Georgie, I wish you had gone with the copter." She fretted knowing how little of a chance they had.
"Okay, Georgie, I need you to go with Skye. Carly with Alexis. Here, take this." Said Jason handing her a wet towel.
Carly and Alexis hugged the others then praying they took the lighter of the bags from the men and went down the west staircase with Jax and Nik. As Sonny, Zander, Ned and Cameron grabbed the others. Carefully edging their way down, Jax touched the door for the fifteenth floor.
"Okay, we are good. Nik get the nozzle ready just in case. "
Opening the door to the staircase again after their rest, Jax escorted all in except to Carly when the flames shot up. Pulling the blond back, he covered her until he felt the heat lesson. As they separated, he saw the wall of flames behind them and in front of them. Carly just closed her eyes, knowing she was going to die. She should have last time, but had escaped, this time she was going to die.
Nik shouted to them, "Are you okay?"
"We are fine. Keep going. Get out and get us some help."
"We can put the fire out." Said Sonny even as he lifted the nozzle.
"Sonny, no, these flames are coming up from the walls, they are too big, Just get to the bottom and get us some help fast." Screamed Carly. "PLEASE!"
Jax pulled her back and helped her to the other side of the wall so they could look out one of the windows. Looking down he saw the balcony was sturdy and said "Carly I need you to trust me, there might be a way we can save ourselves but I need to know if you can trust me."
"With my life." She said calmly.
Shocked he looked up and saw she was standing there handing him a water bottle. "We can tie the bed sheets together and go in through the window on the floor below."
"I'm lousy at tying knots." She admitted.
"I will take care of that, you find something to break the window with."
Ten minutes later, a bedraggled group of partygoers exited the building, to the shouts of the fire department.
"Who is still in there?" Asked Taggert as Elizabeth handed out blankets and hugs to Cameron, Ned and Zander.
"We lost Alexis and Sonny on the fourth floor. Sonny has a broken arm; Alexis and he were taping it up when the fire broke through. Jax and---"
Oh my god! Was all Elizabeth thought as she saw two people hanging off the side of the building. Seeing them finally break the window and get inside, she heard Zander finish saying. "Carly and he were stuck on the fifteenth floor."
"Not any more, that is who just played Spiderman and went through the thirteenth floor windows." Said Justus as he came over with the Mayor while holding binoculars.
"WE are going to die." Said Alexis. "But not until we are old and gray, I refuse to leave my girls."
"I never expected to make it this far." Said Sonny as they leaned against the stairwell. Grabbing the door, Sonny and her entered to rest.
"I can't die. I can't let Kristina's father take her away from Mac. I can't let that happen." She said starting to have a panic attack.
"I thought you used a sperm donor." He said lifting his head from the wall, wondering if he was really the father while trying to calm her down.
"I did, but it turns out the clinic screwed up and used some sperm donated for medical research, not for implantation. Sonny, you have to promise me that you will help Kristina stay with her father, don't let Jeff Webber take my little girl."
"Elizabeth's father?" He asked stunned.
"I found out when Steven was talking one day. They have the same blood type, so I asked Marco, to get me a sample of his DNA, it proves he is Kristina's brother. Jeff found out about the screw up and has been trying to force the clinic to tell him who got the sperm. I won't let him take her away from Mac, not like he did with Elizabeth and the Quartermaines; I won't let him take my little girl."
"What about Elizabeth and the Quartermaines? What are you talking about?"
Alexis gave him the short version of what Carly and she had found out. "So let me get this straight. Annie is her mother, she died after asking Monica to raise Elizabeth, Jeff stole his daughter away, abandoned her soon afterwards. What a fucknut." He said as they took a deep breath after holding the wet towel to their faces and returned to head down the stairs.
Sonny ran into a wall, then realized it was Jasper Jax, "What? HOW?"
"You don't want to know when we get out of here, I swear that I am never going in a hi-rise building again." Swore Carly who then took Jax's arm and said "Lets get the hell out of here."
Rushing down the remaining flights, the cold rain and fresh air hit them as they rushed out of the building together to the screams of Mommy.
Michael pushed past the barrier and rushed to hug his mother while Elizabeth waited with blankets. "Where is Jason?"
"He is coming with another group down the second staircase." Said Carly removing the breathing mask that had been placed on her.
Alexis was torn between wanting to go and see her husband and waiting for her stepdaughter. Seeing the flames shooting out, she decided to stay, telling Ned to check on Maxie and Mac for her.
Hugging her, he said "You should go too."
"I am staying until Georgie comes out of that building."
"I will stay with her." Said Jax as Nik and Emily hugged Alexis.
"Jason will make it, I know he will." Carly told Elizabeth trying to get her to leave.
"Carly, I am not leaving. Please go and see my grams, she is at the hospital. Steven and her were caught on their way back up to the ballroom and are helping with triage there."
Sonny was telling the medic he would go soon, but went over to Alexis drawing her apart. "I won't tell anyone your secret. I promise."
"Thank you." She said before returning to the edge of the barrier and stood with Elizabeth and Jax.
TBC
Chapter 68
Frost: Some say the world will end in fire, others in ice.
At the same time as the previous chapter:
Jason was in front, with Lorenzo holding the second canister as they slowly moved down the stairwell. Reaching the eighteenth floor, AJ and Johnny helped maneuver people over the heavy beam lying there. It was a tight fit and Luke was almost stuck.
As soon as they arrived on the twelfth floor, they went into the hall and took a rest. Johnny helping Georgie to sit. "Why did you do it?"
"Do what?" He asked puzzled.
"Lie about Dante?"
"Why were you looking for him?"
"It's stupid. I think I may know him. That's all. Your turn."
"He is the campus lothario; I like you and didn't want you to get hurt."
"Oh." She said then after he helped her up so they could continue said "Trust me, I have a plan. Before I date anyone I introduce the guy to Jason. Most don't pass, but if they do, I consider going out with them."
Just before they entered the stairwell, he looked at her and said "Do I pass?"
AJ was helping Skye when the sound of screeching metal, reached them. "Enter the next door, enter the next door. The staircase is coming apart."
As the seven of them rushed in, Jason could hear the staircase falling. Taking out Johnny's phone, he was glad to realize he had dial tone. Calling down, he told Justus, they were heading towards the west staircase.
"The first group got down; we have to switch to the west staircase. It is pretty clear."
Luke helped Georgie removed her empty backpack and they left it behind, as they once again started down the hallway. Soon arriving at the corner, they found there was a small fire between them and the stairs.
Extinguishing it, they kept moving with AJ now taking the lead and Johnny on the second canister while Lorenzo and Jason helped the women.
Hearing the sound of a dog barking, they found the small poodle barking its head off as they rounded the corner. Skye helped George stick it in one of the almost empty backpacks and zipped it partially up.
"Keep moving we have to get out of here." Said Luke as they could hear more of the building collapsing.
Reaching the second floor they found the stairwell impassable. "Now what?"
"Get to a window and let's get them to use the ladders."
AJ took the fire extinguisher and smashed out the window as soon as Jason closed the door. Grabbing one of the bed sheets, they waved it out the window to the sounds of shouting. Soon a ladder was reaching them and a fireman was reaching though to help them climb onto it. "Take your time and be careful climbing down.
AJ was escorting Skye with Luke following close behind. Hearing shouts he saw his cousins and grandfather watching from as close as they could get. Johnny soon followed with Georgie as Lorenzo and Jason barely made it on as the building started to collapse.
"HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON." They all heard as the ladder started to swing sideways to protect them from the falling debris. Johnny pushed Georgie down and fell on top of her and the dog when a piece of the stone wall fell and hit him in the shoulder and arm.
"Johnny!" Screamed Maria from where she was standing at the barrier as she watched her son protect the younger girl.
Jason found himself slipping but grabbed onto the railing tighter, Elizabeth would kill him if he ended up dead. He would keep his promise to his wife. Seeing the grim look on Lorenzo's face he saw the same determination in his face to make safely to the ground.
Once they were stopped, the firemen rushed over to start unloading the unintended passengers as AJ swore at himself as he felt the burn he had been ignoring.
"JASON!" Elizabeth called as she rushed over to greet her husband. "Are you hurt?"
"No, I'm fine. Did everyone make it down?" He asked as he held her tight.
"So far the only casualties is Stefan dead, Lucky dead. Sonny has a broken shoulder. Francis is doing fine. They got the bullet out, he is going to be in the hospital for a while Cameron Lewis had a heart attack on the way to GH and Mac who was shot by Lucky and was burned in the fire."
Elizabeth watched from the safety of his arms as Alexis hugged Georgie and the others were all greeted by family. Edward came over and said "how are you?"
"Fine, I will live." Said Jason. "Alan?"
"He is fine. So is everyone else I care about Lulu stole a police car and Nik went after her, but other than that things are fine down here."
Taggert came over and requested his vest back. "Thanks." Jason said.
"You're welcome." He muttered back. "That was for Mac, he shot him in the back. I knew you would get to him first and I wanted him dealt with."
Johnny could feel the burning of the pain in his shoulder but the girl who had come over to check on him made it all worth while. "How are you?"
"I will live. Have you seen the blond from earlier? Older, she was on the second to last airlift?"
"She was over there a minute ago, but the medics insisted she go to the hospital."
"Hey, you never answered my question?"
Not sure at first she laughed and replied "Yes, I think you would pass at least the first round. Then would come my father, that one would be rather difficult." She replied as she released the puppy saying you poor thing, you were crushed weren't you.
"Are you sure that thing is a dog and not a large rat?" He said joking.
"Go get checked out. I have to go with my mom," she said then replied. "I suppose you like great big dogs with lots of teeth."
"Actually no, but for the right girl I could change my mind about that thing." He said pointing at the poodle.
Laughing she said "I hope you find her. Now go and get checked out."
"Yes ma'am." He said saluting her as the medics forced him into an ambulance while Alexis came over to tell her that the Mayor was giving them a ride to GH.
Audrey was running the list of names while family members came to find out about their loved ones. Most of the students had left to go home with their parents but a few had pitched in to help here.
Seeing Lucas and Dillon passing out water bottles and wash clothes, she turned to find out what had happened to Sage and Brooklynn only to witness their reunion with their parents. Sage was crying as Lorenzo pulled her closer.
"Where is Skye?" She was asking.
"Coming with the rest of the Quartermaines. Everyone made it here okay?"
"Dr. Lewis died of a heart attack, but everyone else is alive."
Monica was helping Maxie sit up as the blond was threatening to smack her sister. "I can't believe she did that, what was she thinking?"
"That she loves you. Now let's go wait for them so we can tell them about your dad."
"I am going to wait until she isn't expecting it then, wham one right upside of the head." Said Maxie while walking with her doctor down the hall.
Monica saw a familiar looking patient and told Maxie to go ahead without her. "Mr. Smith, are you in need of medical assistance?"
Johnny looked up and said "I think I dislocated my shoulder."
Taking him into a room, she had the orderly help her pop the joint back into place and told the younger man that their were spare scrubs in the closet. "Thank, there was a woman brought in earlier, could you see if they found an older blond suffering from smoke inhalation."
"Define older?"
"Uh, your age?" He said with a grimace.
Shaking her head, she went to check with Audrey as Mrs. Barrington came into the ER looking for her dog.
"Did you try the local vet?"
"No, someone told me that the Mayor took the girl who has my Tinkles with him."
"That would be Georgie, they should be on their way." Said an entering Elizabeth as she walked in with the various members of the Quartermaine family and Jason.
After the hugs and tears, Dr. Meadows insisted on checking her out. "Shall we?"
Sitting in the exam room, Elizabeth sighed and said "As soon as we have showered I want something to eat and maybe not even in that order."
Joyce Meadows came into the room, handed them some scrubs and suggested the shower in the room nearby. Jason helped Elizabeth out of her clothes then protested when she suggested he join her.
"Jason, just for a shower, I think we are both too tired and hungry for anything else."
Jason smiled and said "Only death could stop the wanting, but you are right. Handing her the unwrapped soap bar, he joined her as they washed away the grim and soot. Hearing Jason grunt, she eased behind him and inhaled. "Oh my god." She said fingering the bullet shaped bruises forming on his back.
"I am fine; we are fine. He is dead." Was all Jason said as he turned and pulled the trembling body of his wife into his arms. "We are fine."
"I almost lost you today, once again because of my past, not your job."
Changing into the scrubs, they silently joined Dr. Meadows as the adrenaline slowly ebbed away. "Here we go." She said squeezing the gel onto her stomach. As the cold hit her, Elizabeth laughed. Reaching out she took Jason's hand and stuck it on her side.
"I don't think our daughter liked that very much, she just kicked me."
Jason reached over and felt the miracle of their daughter. When she kicked again, he said "what does it feel like?"
"Weird, like she wants me to know she is in there."
Reaching over for the napkins, the doctor silently handed them two when the baby stopped kicked. Placing the equipment on Elizabeth's tummy, she showed them the baby kicking on the monitor.
"Wow." Was all that Jason could find to say as they lay there watching, while the obstetrician left them alone. Seeing the gathering family she said "They are just fine. Baby is kicking while on the monitor."
"They are watching?" Asked a happy Monica.
"Yes, they are. Congratulations, by the way. Finally a granddaughter."
Hearing all the happiness, Joyce realized they didn't know. "OOPs." She said before retreating. Telling the parents, she found out that they had planned on telling them this evening.
Johnny looked around, the woman doctor had told him that Maria had left without giving the medical personnel her name or address. Not finding his mother, he soon found Georgie and her family waiting outside a room.
"Who is hurt?" He asked.
"My dad, he was shot and will be fine, but had some minor burns that are going to be sore for a while. What about you did you locate who you were looking for?"
"She left already. Do you have a minute?"
Seeing Alexis eyeing him with doubt, he said "Just a minute."
"I-I just-"
"Hey man, there you are. I'm taking off to drive my mom back to the city." Said Dante as he joined them. "Hey, you are the girl from earlier."
"Yes, I am. We just got here from the hotel." Starting to leave, she found herself stopped by Johnny as Dante continued to talk.
"Listen, my car was in the hotel, do you mind if I borrow yours. After all I lent you mine the other day so you could go hiking in the middle of winter." He said.
"Sure, it's at school." Reaching into his pockets, he pulled them out and tosses them amazed to still have them after all they had been through.
Georgie froze and said "Where did you go hiking?"
Dante decided to help his friend, get the girl. "Out at those peaks by the cliff road. Vista Point."
Looking at Georgie, Johnny got the feeling she knew he was the one writing to her, then she said "I have to go."
"Wait-" he tried to stop her but she joined her family and looked at him like he had betrayed her. "I wonder what that was about."
"Thanks man." Said Dante. "You know if you are so worried about that pretty little car, you might want to get another one. A nice SUV for when you want to go hiking.
Johnny went to the entrance and caught a ride back to school, wondering what had just gone wrong.
Seeing the note, he opened it up and sighed. So there was a good change he had been seen. Now what?
Calling he verified his father was still in the mental institution, then that Trevor was still in prison all the while cursing the reporters who had shown his face on the news. Looks like he was going to have to go back on the road. Grabbing the key for the post office box he packed up his stuff, taking only what was important to him.
Sitting down he wrote out the note, then placed it inside the envelope and laid down knowing he had mere hours before someone came looking for him. Hopefully Dante would keep his mouth shut, or things might get ugly for him.
Nik had almost caught up with Lulu, she was out in the middle of nowhere, driving a police car, determined to get herself killed. Taggert had given him two hours before coming after his sister. He had lost a brother today to his own inability to face life; Nik did not want to lose Lulu as well.
Seeing his sister fishtail, Nik knew she had hit ice, slowing down he found himself drifting off to the side, then over the edge and into a ditch. Hitting his head on the steering wheel, he hit the horn.
Listening to the blare of the horn the dark haired woman walked over to the car, intending on leaving the man to his own devices, then she pushed him back and saw her husband "Conner?"
Dante was heading back to the room where he had last seen his mother, when he heard her talking to someone. "--your son."
"Why didn't you tell me? I had a right to know?"
"What rights would that be Sonny? You left me and moved on to the next girl, to my own cousin. To Connie. So don't you dare talk to me about rights. I was just some goodtime girl while you pined for my stuck up cousin who dumped you and moved away."
"You should have told me?"
"I should have told you and exposed my son to the life you led, you were a gangster with a quick temper and little education. I wanted more for my child and he is all I ever wished for. I raised him, I was there when he broke his leg playing football, and I was there when he had the chicken pox. Not you!"
"You wouldn't let me be there, you never told me."
"I wanted more for my child than to be known as Sonny Corinthos child. I wanted the world for him, not guns, violence and what little attention you would spare from who ever you were screwing that week."
"It wouldn't have been like that."
"Yes, it would. Sonny you have the attention span of a gnat and will never truly be faithful. You don't have it in you to be happy. It isn't part of your makeup. My son is a good kid, he is doing well and has no idea his father is a former gangster who can' t keep it zipped. I worry about him following in your footsteps."
Dante recalled how he had thought this man had such a great life when he came to town, how he had liked reading how he had women throwing themselves at him. How it had sounded so grand. Now he just wanted to run but didn't.
Returning to the waiting room, he saw his mother coming down the hall wiping away her tears. "Are we ready?" She asked pretending to smile.
"I borrowed a friend's car; I will be driving you all the way home." And maybe I can bring the subject around to my biological father and how he had hurt his mother so badly.
Skye didn't want to be alone but knew this was a bad idea as she knocked on the door. "Can I come in?"
Holding the door wider, Lorenzo let her in.
"Can I spend the night, just sleep here?"
Not saying a word, he drew her up the stairs and into his room, and his bed without saying a word.
Carly listened to Jax's thanks and said "You are welcome. I liked your mom the only time we meet." Then realized that hadn't happened, seeing the confused look on his face, she said "I meant talked. She called the club once looking for you."
AJ watched from the living room as Michael told Morgan all about the fire. "I think it is time for bed. Your mom will be in here in a minute and we are going to be in trouble."
As the sun rose over the building tops, most of Port Charles was just going to bed, while others were making plans for the day. Some were watching television like the inmates at Pentonville. One of whom was watching the news and thinking I caught you, I finally caught you. You are going to pay for what you did to me."