Switching Places
Chapter 91
Jeff silently tried to control the urge to laugh when he woke up and found the woman lying there as he felt the taste of cotton in his mouth. He had no idea what she was up to, but she was in for quite a shock. Deciding to play along, he groaned out loud when he felt her moving beside him.
"Who are you?" She asked stretching under the blankets, hoping she could get him without drugs, now that he was sure to think they already had sex.
"Jeff Webber and you?" He asked trying not to laugh at her pretence of being shocked to find herself naked.
"Elizabeth, Elizabeth Benson." She said using the names of the women she was out to ruin.
"Really, do you recall anything from last night? The last thing I remember is feeling woozy and the bouncer helping me to the door. Do you know how I ended up here?"
"No, I remember leaving... at the same time you were... we shared a taxi here, I must have invited you up to sleep it off, though why we had sex I don't have any clue." She said with a face showing confusion. "I had a lot to drink, so I really don't remember.
"We have sex? Are you sure?" He asked. "Oh god, I hoped we used a condom." He said hoping he wasn't overplaying his hand, he knew nothing had happened, the procedure the day before would ensure that.
"I have no idea, but yes we did have sex. A couple of times." Looking into the wastebasket, she said no condoms.
"May I make a call?" He asked holding his head, not faking that part. He had been slipped a Mickey the previous evening and this con artist was going to pay for what she had done. Seeing her nod, he called his pal at the embassy and asked for a ride.
Hearing the codeword, the man in charge grabbed two Marines and went to the hotel where Jeff said he was.
Elizabeth was glad that Jason had finally fallen asleep. He had not slept at all the previous evening; instead he had spent it talking to his parents and then watching Lia and her. He needed sleep to heal. Hearing a noise she turned to see AJ entering carrying some packages.
"Jason asked me to pick them up." He said with a shrug of his shoulders before setting them on the small dresser in the room. "I have to get Mikey, are you sure you don't want someone to stay?"
"No, Jason needs sleep and Grams took Lia for a while. She wants to spend time with her since she is going to visit my father later today. I am thinking on working a shift tomorrow. Right now it's a waiting game. We are waiting to see if there are anymore clots, if the scarring is going to lesson."
"Your grams is just leaving you all alone?" He asked astonished, Audrey had been dragged back to the mansion by his grandparents the day before, now she was just flying to Europe.
"Yes, but she is having nightmares about Tom Baker. I understand hope that it helps. I have your parents, and all of the rest of you in our lives. She needs to get away. Jason is getting better, memory problems will be back and forth for the next couple of days. AJ, thanks for helping Jason earlier.
"If you need any help..." he left the rest unsaid.
""Thanks for the offer, how did your date go the other night?"
"Fine, but I can't seem to string a couple of dates together, they either are uncomfortable with my situation with Carly, my former alcoholism or want to date me because of my family. I am not giving up, though; eventually I have to find someone." He said before hugging her on his way out the door.
Georgie and Johnny were listening to Kitty telling them all about her day in spite of the fact she was there with her. When she finally took a breath, it was to ask "Johnny what did you do today?"
Not sure what to tell the little one, he looked at Georgie who was looking at him while grinning. "Well, I unloaded a truck of coffee beans." Seeing her disinterest, he thought then said
"I visited Mr. Morgan's boat. Jason and Elizabeth own a really big white boat in the harbor, maybe I can take you to the piers and show you it, how about that. Let's see, what did I do next?" Johnny dragged it out then said "I went to a meeting about new stores for the Cannery."
"A boat and stores." She said excited. "What kind of stores, Toy stores? Kitty stores?"
"Uh, clothing stores, and a coffee shop." Seeing the disinterest Alexis from the doorway laughed.
"Dinner is done. Georgie, your father said to take Kitty to wash her face in our room. The plumber is still trying to fix the leak in your bathroom." The faucet had been leaking driving the girls crazy, but so far the plumber couldn't find the same old fashioned tap so that he could replace it.
"Okay." She said never seeing Johnny escorted to the kitchen.
"Do you have a little time in the morning, I need to show you something and talk to you about it." Said the police commissioner to his daughter's boyfriend. Mac had gotten over his reservations about the twosome, mainly because he had seen how he was with his daughter as well as his sister. He was in over his head in both relationships.
Johnny agreed a little worried. Mac hadn't been thrilled with the situation between his daughter and him, but so far he hadn't protested too much. "Alexis, do you need any help setting the table?"
"Sure, grabbed the glasses, the blue one is for your sister." She said while bringing in the silverware caddy and plates. Watching as Johnny helped, she once again had the feeling she should know him. Thinking on the file she had on Anthony Zachara, she knew the answer had to be in the gaps.
"Johnny, how are you dealing with being a sudden big brother?" She asked. "Georgie just says everything is fine, but I know it can be difficult to suddenly have someone new in your life. I had spent months with the girls and Mac even before we moved in here and there were still a few bumps."
"So far, is has been pretty easy. The school situation and her abuse at the group home are the hardest to deal with. Georgie talked to someone named Kevin Collins at Elizabeth Morgan's suggestion. We have both talked to the doctor. He has been helping us a bit. Do you know him?"
"A bit. His wife Lucy and he used to live here, I represented him when he almost went to jail for something his twin brother did. He is a very good doctor and a stepfather to two girls himself. He can be of a help to you."
Carly sat at the table amused as the waiter brought them the dessert course and then left. "Are we violating any laws by being here?" She asked as she looked around the almost completed restaurant amazed that she had almost recreated what they originally only changing the things that had been an annoyance the first time around.
"No, we are just waiting on an occupancy order from the city, and then we have to deal with a few last minute details. That is what I wanted to talk to you about. We start hiring staff this week. I know you said you didn't want to run things, but would you like to help with the process?"
"Sure. That I would be glad to do. I found some office space to open my own design studio. I just have to get some clients. I took some photos of here and a few others places I helped decorated. All except the one I am most proud of, but I know that Jason and Liz want to keep their home private."
"How are they doing?" Asked the Aussie.
"Holding it together, right now he is chafing to get out of the hospital according to AJ. When I was there, Jason was wrapped up in Lia. He is only being kept I guess because of the drugs he was given during surgery."
"I would have thought he would be home by now. I have never seen him stay in the hospital this long."
"That would be the Elizabeth affect." Laughed Carly remember her visit, and how Jason had been with Lia.
Lorenzo was helping Skye with the dishes when he heard Sage enter arguing with Diego. She looked at him then said "You might want to let me deal with it, this time."
"Are you sure? If I see him, I will drag him straight to the nearest military school." Lorenzo was furious about the call from Mac. Jax had tried to help, so had Morgan, now it looked like his son was going to get a police record, instead of an education.
The red head entered the living room, to see Sage still in her candy striping uniform while Diego was making nasty comments about her being an angel of mercy. "Stop it, now. Sage, Brooklynn called, she has a recital this week and wants Georgie and you to attend. She needs an answer by tomorrow. I need to talk to your cousin."
Diego didn't disrespect her anymore, but he still didn't respond unless he had too. Skye sighed and said "Maria called. She will be here tomorrow. She is going to be staying at Kelly's."
"Can't let her stay here, after all my dad only owns this place." He snarked but kept it low, sure his father was someplace in the building.
"Grow up, this was her idea. She asked for the name of someplace local and I knew she would be safe at the diner. You might want to know Mac Scorpio called you dad. He knows about the missing cars and the young boy who was seen in the area wearing a black leather jacket. There were traffic cameras recording you Diego. Mac is allowing your father to bring you down in the morning, but you might want to consider your behavior. Your mother will be arriving a mere two hours before you will be arrested.
"I bet you just can't wait to tell her about this can you? That way you can send home the bad seed and make your own kid with my father. Well no matter what, I am his kid. Me, not anything kid you squeeze out."
"Diego, you are to go straight to your room. Don't EVER talk to my WIFE that way. Do you understand me?" Lorenzo was seeing Luis standing there and it terrified him. He did not want his family dragged back into the gutters he had managed to make sure they had escaped.
"Why? She is little more than toy. Let's face it, its not like you were her first." Said the boys before sauntering away. Lorenzo pulled her into his arms, just holding his trembling wife.
"Do not let him get to you. That is what he wants." Said Skye. "He wants you to do something reckless that feel regret afterwards."
"I was hoping having his mother coming would lessen this. But all he does cause trouble. I almost wish he had gone to see the Spencer girl." He said. "I don't want him around Sage, not with the way he is acting. What do I do?"
"We talk to his mother, find out what is leading to this behavior. Something has to be." She said still in shock at the way the boy had talked to her. "If nothing else, we get him to talk to Dr. Winters."
Elizabeth was sitting beside Jason's bedside in scrubs when he woke up the next morning and asked 'How did the surgery go?"
"Jason?" She asked a little concerned that he didn't remember the day before. "What is the last thing you recall?"
Relieved to realize he had his memories, he said "Holding you before the surgery, thinking that I wished we could use the bed for other purposes."
"You woke up yesterday, recalling Jason Q's life." She said smiling slightly at his other comment. "I have to track down Patrick. I will have Steven come in and wait with you."
Patrick examined the swelling and had Jason taken down discreetly for some tests. When they returned, he said "The swelling has gone down on this side now, it has moved to the left side of the wound track. That might be why he doesn't recall yesterday. We talked about his sleeping and waking at strange intervals, this might be a side affect of that."
"So tomorrow I could wake up again, as Jason Quartermaine?" Asked the mobster in the bed worried at the danger this could mean for his family.
"You could, it isn't the best solution, but it could be due to the scarring that we removed to prevent further clots. Now I ran some tests here in your room yesterday, I want to do so again now. Elizabeth, do you have those paintings I asked you to bring?" Elizabeth went to the closet and pulled out a few for Jason to look at.
Jason looked but didn't really see, causing Patrick to explain that the previous day he had. Then handing him a book asked him to describe how he viewed the scene, but to use his imagination. Getting frustrated, Jason couldn't do so. "What about the migraines?"
"I need to look at a few things then I will get back to you for sure. But I think when the swelling is completely gone; you might recall your life as Jason Quartermaine as well as Morgan. With all that that entails." Said Patrick, feeling his phone vibrate he saw it was a hospital in New York.
Stunned, Elizabeth held tightly onto Jason's hand, asking Patrick for a few minutes with Jason before sending in the people waiting. "I have something to tell you. Since your other half knows, I think you might want to" she teased. "Dr. Lee ran some tests after the train accident I am pregnant."
"REALLY." He said shocked and happy. "How did my alter ego take the news?"
"Not bad, once he found out that we got to keep Lia. We really need to figure out what we are going to do for space. But that can wait. I will go and let your family come in. We restricted visitors yesterday and quite a few people want to see you." She said.
"Fine, but for the record, my family is here. They are my relatives; Lia and you are my family." He said before pulling her down into a kiss. Elizabeth opened the door to let in Lila and to frown at Edward warning the man to behave or else.
Johnny wondered why they were meeting outside a closed nightclub to which Mac had a ring of keys. "So are you inspecting to keep it so they can open this place or keep it closed?"
"Neither. Come up with me" said Mac before leading him into the abandoned building and up the stairs to the former offices. "I own this place. Once a month, I come over to make sure the building is in good order and that no one has broken into it."
"You used to... wait, I remember hearing about this place. Georgie was born here, right?" Johnny said with a grin at the image in his head. She was born impatient from the sounds of it.
"Yes, she insisted on being born under a table in the middle of a snowstorm." Said Mac still shaking his head at the memory. "That isn't why we are here though."
Leading him up the stairs, they were soon in the office where there were white coverings over the chairs. Mac removed two and said "Have a seat. We need to talk."
Seeing him stiffen, Mac sighed, then said "It is about your sister. You are trying to do a great job, but you are in way over your head. Right now, you need to help settle her down. Not her effervescence, that is normal youthful spirits. I just; did you know I raised Robin after she lost her parents?"
"Georgie mentioned it." He said from the other side of the desk. while looking around at the set up of the room.
"Well, you are falling into a trap; you need to walk a very fine edge between disciplinarian and brother. The thing is, I have watched as you give in to her every whim. You are going to have to say no eventually or she will turn into a spoiled brat. It's hard, but you really need to learn to do so."
"After what happened at that place in Buffalo, it's rough. I find myself wanting to take away all the pain."
"I do understand, but saying no is important too. Regular bedtimes, routines, it is how they learn what to do. That is all. I don't want you to think you are doing anything wrong, that isn't what I am saying." He said with a smile. "You just need to start adding in these things gradually."
"We have been trying, but I am clueless and your daughter knows more than I do." He admitted with a laugh.
"When we moved Alexis in with us, she had all these parenting books. Alexis was just as clueless as you are, and that horrified her. Parenting is all about trial and error. What works for one, won't always work for another. With Georgie, she loved baths, whereas Maxie hated them. It's funny that that same girl now won't walk out of the house unless she is perfectly coiffed and attired, then she wanted to go everyplace as muddy and grungy as possible."
When they were walking out, Johnny asked why he didn't reopen the club since it had a great location and seemed like a good set up. "It requires a lot of time and energy; I would rather spend that time with my family."
"It looks like it was pretty solid at one point." He said to the man before getting into his SUV to drive off, his mind full of what he had listened to.
The various members of the Quartermaines and Jason's work family trooped in and out of his room, including two of his associates. Francis was correct in it reassuring them that it was simply a clot. They had left to report back to the 'families' that Morgan was fine.
Lila had hugged both of them, the assured Jason that the family had been behaving. "Elizabeth, I do need a minute." Said Emily holding her baby bump.
Walking to the hallway, she asked what was going on?
"I had an ultrasound, we found out its a boy. Mom and Dad are excited, but I am a little worried about Helena learning. Dr. Lee said everything is on schedule, but she forbid me sweets for a while."
Seeing the grimace, Elizabeth hugged her wishing she could share her own news, but Jason and she had decided to wait again. "Now we just have to decide on a theme for the nursery and get a mural up."
"We already decided I wanted bunnies and kitties, but Nik talked me into a water theme. With fishes, boats, dolphins and such."
"We are going to have to sketch it out, then have Georgie and Sage do the fill in work."
Jeff waited for the NCIS officer to return. "So what did you find out?"
"She is sticking to her story. She has no fingerprints, so we are running DNA and her photo through the various systems. We should know who she is soon. I guess that exam you had was pretty timely."
"It sure was I never thought I would be so grateful for a prostate exam. Nor for the drugs to prevent certain things from happening. How did she take knowing that?"
"She is claiming you still had sex. Though a pregnancy scam was out of the question, the medical exam showed she had a hysterectomy in the last few years. My guess is that it was to be some sort of rape scheme."
"I have to go my mother is coming tomorrow. I have some cleaning to do. Thanks for coming." Jeff was not sure what the woman was up to, but it made him nervous at how close he had come to being taken for a fool.
"Like I told you a couple of weeks ago, we have had recent reports of a rollover scam on American men, I wish she was the one, but I will take getting one scam artist off the streets aft-"
"Sir, sorry to interrupt, but you have to see this." Said a young Marine entering. Reading the file, he looked at Jeff and said "Port Charles, New York, ring a bell?"
Seeing the look on his face, they preceded to inform Jeff about Sam McCall and her laundry list of crimes. "I have to go call this Mac Scorpio, do you know him?"
Jason waited until he had a minute then opened the packages from his alter ego. Finding the soft green blanket with bears on it, he smiled at the idea of reusing parts of the furniture for the new baby. Starting traditions for their own family.
Elizabeth had suggested moving Lia to a bed that would convert as she grew, but they had to figure out what to do for room. While he knew a house was the best idea, the house that Carly had shown them was a little small and not very secure.
Calling Diane, he asked if she could arrange for an agent to locate some properties with certain requirements in mind. Then he called Francis who let him know that Sonny was pissed to have heard of his surgery second hand.
"I guess that explains the note I got. I don't have time to sooth Sonny's ego." He said sighing as he felt himself growing tired. Sonny had been doing fine, but there were times like this when the man forgot he no longer ran things.
"I took care of it. Laid it off on getting the call about the casino emergency. WE found proof he was at the casino, but once again, no idea why he is doing this." Francis had finally had enough of this Jackal and when they located him, had every intention of drowning the little rat.
"We need to find that out. Tell Stan I said to do the updates he wanted last year. Then I want him home. This kid is getting too close."
Mac hung up the phone, then called Anna; "Can you do me a favor since you resigned your job in Pine Valley?"
Getting her assent, he explained about Sam McCall. "She is an escapee."
"You are in luck I am in Germany; it will take a few hours, if I can get a flight. Tell the embassy I am on my way to retrieve the prisoner." Anna loved being back in the spy game, it was exhilarating to be in the field.
Robin saw Steven Webber eating alone at Kelly's. "May I join you?"
"Sure, but no shoptalk. This is my time to decompress." He warned, then answering his phone and talked to his Uncle Tom. "Thanks, I can't believe she did that, what was she thinking?"
Robin waited until he hung up then asked if everything was okay?
"My sister, Sarah. She took off with a local guide, wanting to see Victoria Falls without papers. She was almost to the border when she was returned to the camp."
"What is she doing in Africa?" Asked Robin curious as to why she had never noticed how cute the man was.
"Working for Doctors without Borders. Long story, but she never thinks. If she wants something, she just goes after it." He sighed annoyed.
"Who is your uncle?" She asked wanting to learn more. She knew that he would not be easy to deal with what she had done in the past, but she wanted to put it behind her. Jason Morgan was happy, it was time for her to move on.
"Tom Hardy, he was a doctor as GH when Gramps was alive. You know Steve Hardy is our gramps, right?"
She hadn't when she had come to town at first. But during her time obsessed with getting back with Jason, she had researched Elizabeth. She still felt like a fool looking back on her single-mindedness, which had almost bordered on obsession with her former boyfriend.
"Yes, I heard. I heard your grams is heading to Russia, I have visited with Brenda, but it's too cold for me to imagine heading there in winter." Robin was hoping the Brenda considered returning to Port Charles, now that Sonny was out of her system maybe she could finally deal clearly with her relationship with Jax.
"Something came up. Her house was broken into and she killed the man, it still bothers her sometimes. I think if it weren't associated with so many fond memories of our grandfather and the rest of our family, she would sell it. But she wants to keep it in the family."
Audrey was getting on her final flight of the day, when she saw Anna Devane sitting two rows up. Nodding, they asked the attendant for permission to sit together as Anna explained she was on assignment and asked what was bringing the nurse to Russia.
"My son lives here. I just had to see him for a little while." Not wanting to admit that she wasn't sure about telling Jeff what she had found. He himself had been fathered by one man and raised by another. It had caused a rift that had lasted for years, now she was wondering about the fact she was considering doing the same to him.
However, Alexis hadn't intended on Jeff fathering her daughter, Mac was raising the little girl as his own. Did she have any right to stir up this hornet's nest? But did she also have the right to deny him the knowledge. Wishing she had walked away, that she hadn't examined the records, Audrey was uneasy when she exited the jet in Moscow to see Steve's son waiting for her.
Jason woke up looking for his gorgeous wife. He still kept thinking that someone was going to come in and say it had all been a joke. That he wasn't the father of Lia nor the husband of Elizabeth. The new career choice, he could do without, but the family he definitely loved. The blue eyes of his wife made him want to drown in them, and every time she was holding their daughter or she was dealing with his insane family he got to understand what had caused his alter ego to fall so deeply in love with her.
"Jason?" Asked the woman from doorway. Seeing Keisha, he sat up in the bed and smiled slightly sheepishly.
"Come in." he said "How did you know I was here, I thought you left town years ago."
"I heard from my cousin. I have been in town visiting Justice. He mentioned you were having surgery. I just, I guess, I mean, I know that I am the last person you want to see." Not that she truly wanted to be here, but she was given no choice.
"It's fine. Elizabeth just left; she went to work her shift. But I gather you know that." He said wondering why his ex was here.
Flushing slightly, she said "I waited until she left. I just, it's weird. You look like my Jason, without the hardness of the way your eyes used to look when I lived here before." She said sitting down abruptly as she realized this. He looked like her Jason the man that still had a small hold on her heart. How could she do this, but then how could she not?
"Just a side affect of the drugs. Look, I am sorry if I hurt you in the past, but why are you here, truly?"
"I just; I came to tell Justice I was filing for a divorce, when I heard about your surgery. I read up online about the procedure, I just, I don't know. Thought it was fate. I mean. I read there was memory lose... I guess I was hoping to see if you were my Jason again."
She hated this, his blue eyes were reminding her of how much she had once loved him. Then looking down she saw the ring and knew she had no choice. Still, she couldn't help wondering what if he lost his Morgan memories.
Jason, Quartermaine or Morgan hated the idea that she seemed to think that meant she thought she had some sort of claim. "Didn't anyone mention I was married?"
"I just, we, I, we I just. Jason, we were engaged at one point. I don't know why I came here. I just had too." She admitted.
Elizabeth entered the room looking for Patrick Drake, but hearing Keisha said "I understand, but you might want to know that that we are married, have one little one and another on the way. You might want to leave Keisha."
"Look, I'm sorry. This was a mistake. I just..." Keisha made a point of grabbing Elizabeth arm as friendly as she could and finished. "I am sorry."
"I gather what you just..." said Elizabeth gently. Taking her by the arm, she escorted the shaken woman to the waiting room and sat her down. Looking around she saw it was relatively empty. "I don't care why or what brought you here. I don't care what you intended, but stay away from Jason's room without my permission."
"I will it was a spur of the moment thing to do. I am just at sixes and sevens, and hearing about Jason. It was a stupid thing to do." She said embarrassed to realize she had almost forgot why she was here.
"I get that, but don't do it again. I do understand where you are coming from. If Jason woke up tomorrow and didn't remember his love for me. I think I would fight for him, but it is too many years too late."
"I didn't intend to do this..." she said as AJ entered the area.
"Keisha, what are you doing here?" He asked annoyed. Justice had admitted telling her that Jason had had surgery, saying she was family too. After pointing out that Elizabeth didn't need any extra stress, Justice had come to realize that Keisha was vulnerable and might do something stupid.
Elizabeth dragged him off and asked him to take her back to Justices place. Turning to Milo, she asked him to have someone get Francis here then to follow the woman. She then went to have blood drawn. The other woman hadn't been as subtle as she had thought.
Robin was entering the hospital after enjoying a walk through the park with Steven after an altercation with Patrick Drake that had ended up with his kissing her. Seeing AJ walking out with Keisha, she grasped what must have happened and knew that if she hadn't witnessed that private close moment between Elizabeth and Jason it might have been her doing the walk out the door.
Audrey listened dazed as Jeff told her what had happened. "So Sam McCall was alive and here. Why you?"
"They have no idea, but my guess is that she was after me because of my connections to Elizabeth. You might want to call her." He felt disgust at what could have happened.
"No, she has a lot on her plate at the moment. I will call Max Giambetti. Let him know. " Audrey knew that Elizabeth was still not ready to admit being pregnant. She understood, the Quartermaines were not a quiet and calm bunch.
Max took the call, then went to find Francis at GH. Seeing him talking to Elizabeth and Jason, he waited until the man returned. "Sam McCall is in Moscow. She tried to pull a con on Elizabeth's father. She was arrested yesterday morning, or was it this morning?"
"Thanks, get in touch with our contacts overseas, I want to know everything."
Johnny had returned from the city exhausted, Kate Howard was proving to be a more difficult problem than he had expected. Talking to Francis, he went straight to the warehouse and had Max call Mrs. Hardy back then contacted Stan to find out what he had on the kid at the Casino.
Carly was talking to Jax when she saw Luke Spencer holding up Tracy Quartermaine. Staring at him, she turned to say something when he signaled for her to be quiet as Dillon helped the man put her into her Rolls Royce.
Jax wondered what had her attention, but a telephone call interrupted his question. Listening, he grimaced, then turned to her and said "I have to fly to Australia. Someone tried to break into my mother's house. Can you take the hotel from here?"
"Go, see is she will come here for a while. Her suite is ready and I know I would be afraid for her if I was you."
AJ dropped of Keisha and went straight to work. Someone was coming in with an order for a large repair job on a private yacht from the 1930's and he was looking forward to the challenge of updating something so old.
Taking the call from Michael, he was amused at the question. He didn't recall wanting to go to the movies with a girl until he was at least twelve. "I will talk your mom, but I can't make any promises."
Keisha ducked her cousin and headed out to the park unaware of the tail that Francis had placed on her. Seeing her meeting with a well dressed, good looking man, Milo listened in. "So here is the sample."
"Thanks, I appreciate what you did."
"Why do you need this and why is it so important that you would threaten my kids?"
"Don't ask questions; just remember we can get to you and them at anytime. So go home to your nice suburban wife and forget we ever asked you to get a sample of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan's blood."
Milo took the picture then followed the man back to a waiting car and tracked him down to the airport where he flew to a private island in the Indonesian Islands. Calling Francis, the guard was told thanks for taking the incentive to get the flight plan, but get back there right away.
"Stan find out all you can about this Island. It is urgent."
"What about this Jackal?" He asked.
"Both of them at the same time. Get any help you need to track this down. "
"Francis, we have a name on the man who arranged the jet. James Craig. He isn't even hiding who he is. But his photo doesn't match the young man who met with Keisha."
"Get me all you can find about him. Then track down another name. Holly Sutton. She has placed repeated calls to this woman."
Anna went to the embassy only to learn someone else flashing a WSB badge had grabbed her prey, looking at the still photo from a hidden video camera, she said "Hello, James."
Johnny had tucked in Kitty while Georgie finished her last bit of homework. "So do you want to talk about what is bothering you?"
"I am annoyed with my music teacher. Remember the fiasco last year where we were all supposed to sing and wait tables. Since that didn't work out, she came up with a brilliant idea. She wants to do a high school version of American Idol, well more like she wants us to sing for charity."
"So, you are pretty good." He said while rubbing her back, she had been bent over the table for a couple of hours while finishing up her school work. When she leaned into his hands and groaned, he pulled away. Hearing her growl, he leaned over and kissed her shoulder before returning to soothing away the aches and pains.
"If Lucky hadn't been behind that fire, I would have considered pulling the fire alarm myself. I hate doing it. I just took the class to get my music requirement out of the way. She is making it mandatory for every single senior to help. I offered to do backgrounds and costumes, but she won't let me. She said its part of my grade this semester. This is the last part of my transcript."
"Grit your teeth and just do it. I will be there for you." He said reaching over to pull her into his arms and kiss her on the lips. Georgie pulled away to remove his shirt and toss it onto the wing chair.
"Too bad you can't sing for me instead." She said before kissing her way across his chest as it soon lead to other things that required a bed. An hour later, Georgie was thinking that Sage had been very unlucky with Dillon. Experience made all the difference as Johnny pulled her close after their shower. "I love you, Georgie."
"I love you too." She said as a light came on in the hallway seconds before Kitty rushed in saying a monster was knocking on her door. Johnny flushed as he realized his bed was next to the wall her door was on.
"Climb up here." Said Georgie as she thanked her foresight to slip into one of Johnny's shirts.
Mac and Alexis were getting ready for bed, when the phone rang. Seeing the Russian country code, Alexis asked if he had given Anna their home number. "No, when she informed me that Sam had help escaping, I would talk to her when she arrived."
Answering the phone, Alexis was shocked to hear Audrey Hardy asking for her e-mail address. Then the elderly woman asked her to call her as soon as she read the note in the morning. "I wonder what that was about?" Asked Alexis as they soon fell asleep.