Switching Places 93
The Jackal aka Damian Spinelli woke up to see the well endowed brunette sleeping next to him and grinned. Who would have thought that anyone that looked like she did would be interested in him? Waking her up with a kiss, he never saw her grimace as he fumbled around the bed wanting to sleep with her again.
Sam waited until after he had left to go downstairs, before going to take a shower. She sometimes thought that living on the streets would be better than having sex with this kid. It wasn't that he was cruel and she had known cruel, it was that he did nothing for her, no matter how hard he tried.
Hoping to find his wallet she went through his bag only to find he took it along with his computer with him. She needed access to that credit card; it was her ticket out of here.
Johnny O'Brien found himself with the icy blond, not really sure how he got there. The last thing he recalled was her slapping his face saying he was the last man in the world she wanted to have sex with. Feeling her stir, he was going to ask if she was okay when the words that came out of his mouth made him want to groan. "So does this mean there are no other men on this planet?"
"None that want to have sex with a woman as pregnant as I am." She said looking down in astonishment at the roundness of her belly and feeling the hard on pressed into her back as he encircled her with his arms.
"I am at your disposal. How much longer will it take before you are ready to officially move in?"
"Warren arranged for all this. I just need a housekeeper and a cook." She said stretching as they moved closer together. She knew that these hormones would get her into trouble some day. Reaching up to pull his head down, she smirked at the thought that at least he was well-practiced trouble.
Jason woke up as Jason Quartermaine, but it only seemed to last until he met with his second in command. Francis gave him an update and his brain seemed to throw a switch, as Jason Morgan came back. Only he found the medical terminology stuck in Quartermaine's brain now in his.
When Elizabeth cautiously entered, he laughed and said "He is gone. It is safe."
"Sorry, like I have said, he looks like you, but you have no idea how much of a personality change it is."
Pulling her into his arms, he kissed her good morning. "I missed doing this today."
Leaning in, she said "Me too." Before moving in for another kiss.
"Innocent eyes here." Said Carly as she walked in with AJ and Michael who rushed over to greet his Aunt and Uncle.
"Hey, Uncle Jason, guess what I did today?" He said excitedly. "I kicked a goal."
"That is great." Said Jason as they talked about things. Michael was complaining about Morgan taking his toys and not listening."
"He is just like his big brother; you used to grab at everything, yourself when you were at the age." Said his mother for the fourth time. "We have to go little man."
"Okay, Uncle Jason, I hope you go home soon." He said before leaving.
"He is getting so big," said Elizabeth imagining the day when Lia was that old.
Skye explained to Lorenzo what she wanted to do. "A rapist? You want to have a rapist talk to him? Don't you think that will make matters worse?"
"No, strangely enough. I loathe Todd Manning, but being a criminal ruined his life. Then there is the father issue. He has them in spades. Those two brothers are also a good idea. I just want to stage an intervention. They are the three best ways I can think of doing that. Then end it with his talking to one of the doctors that Kevin Collins recommended. Marie, you have been rather silent."
"I feel this is all my fault. My telling him about Luis added to that today. You were right, Lorenzo, I should have never have done that." She said with tears.
Sage thought about something and said slowly "You know whom else you should have talk to him, Lucas."
"Why?" Asked Skye astonished.
"Did you know about his parents? His dad was a mobster; a man named Julian Jerome. Lucas said for the most part it wasn't a big deal, but that when he first moved south, someone knew his family and his Aunt Olivia. He was offered a job, but he went to his uncle to back the people away."
"Who is his Uncle?" Asked Lorenzo who had no idea that the Jones boy had any ties to organized crime other than Sonny Corinthos.
"Georgie's godfather, Sean Donnelly."
"The head of the WSB?" Asked Lorenzo amused at the idea.
"Don't know, but I do know that Lucas was pretty shook up until this man backed down that southern mobster. It's why his aunt and uncle keep such a close eye on him." She said with a shrug.
Jax got off the plane and immediately called his people at the hotel. "What happened?"
"Some woman tried to use the geek for money. It was handled. She had a connection to the previous owners. But the kid was spooked. He is almost finished her; I haven't mentioned the new job in Port Charles yet."
"Let him know I will be offering the same rate of pay for the job. I need this done before the test run just before Christmas." He said even as he got into the car with his mother. Telling the driver to take them to his penthouse, he hung up and called to talk to the hotel manger that Carly arranged.
"Mom, your suite is done, but would you stay with me for a couple of weeks. My security needs some work."
"Sure, if only to meet with this Carly woman. I want to meet the young woman who has you tied up in such a tight knot."
Elizabeth rushed back to Jason's room; Patrick Drake was there already, so she just slipped in next to Jason. "What is it?"
"I did some checking. Jason's initial injury and then talked to a few people in the city. We need to talk about Jason Quartermaine."
"What about him?" Asked Elizabeth.
"He was a complete yes man, where as you tend to stand up on your own. You might want to talk to someone; the conflicting emotions are going to be a bit of a problem. I am worried about your physical health as much as your mental health."
"Why can't we handle this in house?"
"You can, but you do need to realize your emotions are going back and forth. You have already heard a bit about that. I know your brother told you about what he said about Liz. It will be more of that sort of thing. It will be even more difficult for the people you know now and knew then."
"I do understand." Looking at Elizabeth, Jason waited until Patrick had left then said "I have already been dealing with that. Robin lied to me, when she first met me as Jason Morgan. I haven't talked to her about it, but she did. I am getting feelings that belong to Quartermaine in regards to others."
Georgie couldn't get off the phone with her cousin, he was telling her all about his new boyfriend and all she wanted was to go on this picnic that Johnny had arranged. She still didn't get why Kitty couldn't go and why he had asked Maxie to baby-sit.
"Are you ready?" She heard.
"Yes, Lucas, I have to go." She said hanging up on him. Seeing the boat docked at the Wyndamere pier, she was amused to find it was waiting for them.
"I asked Elizabeth if we could borrow it." He said as he helped her on board. The brunette had been disappointed with him for not telling Georgie the truth before sleeping with her. She had made it plain that now was the time. Not to let it get any further.
Once out to sea, Johnny took them to the middle of Lake Ontario and then let go of the anchor. "I have some things to tell you and wanted to talk away from everyone. It's about my family."
Sitting down, Georgie said "There is nothing you can tell me that will do any damage to us."
"Don't be so sure of that." He said grimly. Then he explained about Anthony and Maria, Annie Logan and Elizabeth Webber and finally about how he fit in.
"So, Elizabeth was supposed to be dead but this woman killed the true Zachara baby. Then who are you?"
Taking a deep breath he said "My mother was a single mom who gave birth at the same hospital. She had to give up her baby. I only found out who she was a couple of years ago."
"Who is she? Have you talked to her?" She asked.
"Yes, we have talked, but she has no idea that I am her son. IT is the only way to protect Kitty." He admitted miserably aware that this could blow up in his face. "Do you want to know who she is?"
"Only if you want to tell me." She said getting the feeling he didn't for some reason.
"I have to tell you, but I think you are going to be furious. You should know that we were involved before I found out, I meant to tell you before we went as far as we did." He admitted with a flushed face.
Georgie thought about it, trying to put the pieces together then added two and two and got four. "Alexis, Alexis is your mother. My adopted mother is your biological mother."
"Yes, technically making us related." He announced with a wince.
"Mac is going to kill us." She sighed. "Wow, that is little icky, isn't it? I mean, it's not like we grew up together or anything, but still. Wow. I gather Alexis doesn't know?"
Spinelli was downstairs heading towards the back entrance when he heard his name and laughter. Stopping he listened as the bartender and one of the male waiters discussed his lovely flower. "So anyhow, I told her the kid was filthy rich. Some kind of dot com king. Two minutes later she was over there all but giving him a lap dance. I figured what harm could it do, he would get laid and the woman would learn a lesson. I can't believe she thought no one would recognize her."
"I still didn't, not until you mentioned it. She really stole all that money from the boss?"
"Yup, Angela Monroe aka Sam McCall aka Tammy Slends. Con artist extraordinaire. I let Bill's daughter know. The police are on the way. She laughed when I told her what I did, but made me promise to look out for the kid."
"Why?"
"Because he is just that, a kid. I mean he lost his virginity, so he should be happy that it was at no cost to him. As soon as he wraps up the computer project he is heading out."
"Still can't believe he is good enough that the boss put him up in the owner's suite."
"That is more so that he doesn't do anything stupid. Kid likes to get high, boss told him not to touch the stuff while living here."
"Will he obey through?"
"He is getting paid a quarter of a million dollars to clean up the holes in the systems, I should think he wouldn't care."
Diego was furious when Sage showed up to visit him. "What here to tell me not to ruin your perfect family, why can't you see that with my mom it would be better. Skye is a nothing; she is the reason my father won't return to the world he was born to rule."
"No, Uncle Lo was out before he even moved here. I am the reason he got out. I am also aware that you might be my brother not my cousin."
"So what, its not like we are going to suddenly bond." He said rolling his eyes.
"True, but I thought you might want your homework. I talk to Mac and he agreed to let me bring it to you." She said holding out the books. "He said you could work on it here. Uncle Lo isn't going to be bailing you out, you know?"
"So he told me. Like he would really let his son rot in jail." He said trying for confidence.
Mac listened to Lorenzo's request and said "It might work. Are these people going to help?"
"Yes, Skye asked this Manning guy, he has a daughter of his own and while still a screw up is more than willing to help her out for some reason."
Johnny O finished talking to Kate, agreeing to her demands. "Anything else?"
"No, do we have a deal?" She asked while trying to keep her hand to herself.
"To make sure we got this straight. I agree to sleep with only you until the baby is born, at such a time we agree to share custody. With you living here and New York. I agree that you can choose her name but if it is a boy, I get to make the choice. Correct?"
Seeing her nod, he continued. "Lastly, at no time is my child to be around the guns and if she needs to have security it has to be someone you are comfortable with. You are agreeing to never keep me away from my child, we both agree that none of our lovers are to be near our child."
"Yes, also you will help me deal with this order to testify at Ric Lansing's trial. I can't stand being in the same room as that creep."
"I can't stop them from calling you, but I can ensure that you are protected. Lansing won't get close to you, ever."
"Good, he might not be as creepy as his father was, but he has some sort of weird obsession with stairs." She said with a shiver as she recalled the day she saw him standing a step above her on the stairs at the Martha's Vineyard property. She got the feeling that if Trevor hadn't been there, he would have pushed her.
Elizabeth was in the park with Lia, not able to get Jason's words out of her mind. What could happen, what if Jason remembered loving Keisha and wanted her back. She could feel her heart breaking at the idea. She had called AJ when she heard that Michael was with Bobbie and Carly for the rest of day, she needed to figure this out and he was the only one would give her an honest answer.
"Elizabeth, what is it?" He asked.
Telling him her fears, she was furious when he started laughing. "You are worried about nothing. Jason loves, I mean really LOVES you. Jason Quartermaine lost his virginity to her and proposed because of that. You need to talk to Jason Quartermaine, the next time he comes out. Trust me on this."
"I know he fancies me." She said with a bit of distaste.
"Yes, he does. The part that is the same as Morgan does. You need to know Jason's history with girls. There was Karen, who dumped him for Jagger mainly because he was boring. Brenda which was to try and get Karen's attention. Then Robin who followed him around like a puppy on a leash. Finally Keisha, that was more about similar interest and annoying grandfather at the beginning. He truly does love you."
"Thanks, AJ. I feel like a fool. I know that Jason loves me, I guess I needed outside reassurance with all the changes.
Stunned, Spinelli walked back up to his suite, walking in he saw the woman who had fulfilled so many of his dreams and went to the desk. Placing his computer bag down, he took out his first installment from his boss and laid it on the desk.
Looking at the woman who was lying on the sofa in the hotel bathrobe and said "Get dressed. Take this and get out of here. Now. I never want to see you again."
Swallowing her fear, she slowly undid the robe and walked over to grab his hand. Placing it on her breast, she knew she had won when he squeezed it while moaning. Leading him to the bed, she did what she had to do, then rose from her knees to see his eyes were still glazed.
"Now tell me what is going on?" She asked while sliding the robe off her shoulders and climbing onto the bed with him.
Spinelli saw the calculation in her eyes and laid back, knowing he was helpless to resist her charms. But also grateful to know that someone was on the way to remove her from his life. An hour later, hearing the knock on the door, he said "I have to get that, it could be my boss."
"Your boss, I thought you owned this place?" She asked sitting up abruptly when he rushed to the door.
Spinelli opened it and saw the police standing there. Opening it wider, he said "She is in the bedroom."
When the female officer forced Sam to get dressed, she glared at Spinelli who was just standing there like a lost puppy. "How can you do this?"
"How could you do this to me or to those men you conned?" He asked as he walked back into the room. Turning to the hotel manager he said "I should be finished with the system tomorrow. Can you let your boss know?"
"Sure, Mr. Jacks just bought this place, but if your system works, he intends to install this system in all his hotels. So don't go far, this could be a big payoff for you." He told the geek. "Don't let someone like her ruin this for you."
"I can't stay here, though." He said looking around in distaste. "You have my cell phone number, would you please pass it on to Mr. Jacks."
"Sure, by the way, the previous owner of this place died at that woman's hands. Be careful, okay? Think about the job offer, I know Port Charles is in the middle of no where but for that money, you shouldn't care."
Elizabeth let herself into Jason's room while pushing the stroller. Handing their daughter to Jason, she sat down and explained her fears to him. "I feel the same way. What if you decide you can't deal with the merging of both of us."
"We talk, like we are now. Wait, why would you be worried?"
"Jason Q and you have more in common, than we do." He said a little upset at that fact.
"What are you talking about?" She asked totally confused.
"You both have screwed up families with medical backgrounds, you have similar childhoods."
"That is all we have in common. Jason Quartermaine would have never caught my attention. Turns out I have a thing for the bad boy." She teased.
"So, are you finally admitting the truth, you only love me for the motorcycle."
"No, for the sex and the kids. The added benefit of being Emily's sister in law is a close third." She teased and bent in to kiss him over Lia's watchful eyes.
Todd looked at the two brothers and sneered. One was living with his niece and the other was supposed to have died. Leaving Natalie a widow. Shame he hadn't done so. But Skye Chandler was blackmailing him into helping her with this. "How much longer until we arrive?" He asked the driver of the limo.
"About an hour sir." He said. Todd turned to Rae Cummings and said "You daughter is a fool to think that this will work. Kids only learn by making their own mistakes." Not wanting to admit his fear of spending time in a cell even one he could leave immediately.
Jason was burping Lia when he realized he was tired, lying back he kept patting her as they both fell asleep never hearing the door opening. "Wow, what a picture." Said the entering woman.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Kate Howard to the dark haired woman and the guard with them. He looked at the bed and said "You need to leave. You can come back when he wakes up."
"This can't wait." Insisted the woman with the thick accent. "I need to locate someone and he is my only hope.
Kate drew off her cousin saying "I told you when you arrived earlier. You need to back off. You should have stayed in Italy and let me handle this."
"This is my life, not yours. You have enough to deal with." She said before stalking back in forth in front of the guard. She never saw the young woman in jeans and a long sleeve green shirt coming down the hallway. Olivia watched as she entered the room and groused to the guard about letting her in.
Elizabeth was moving Lia to the stroller without disturbing Jason, when she heard the commotion. Walking to the door, she pushed it open with the wheel of the stroller. Turning to Milo who was waiting, she asked for him to take Lia to Mercedes. "I will wait here until Max arrives."
Turning to the two women, she said "Miss Howard, Johnny had a meeting but will meet you at your appointment in the morning. He dropped off his medical history with me earlier. This must be Olivia Falconari."
Seeing her surprise, Elizabeth said "I went looking for information on the Internet, something neither of you did obviously. Otherwise you would know, Lois Cerullo used to live here in Port Charles. She gave me a brief history of the two of you and Sonny Corinthos."
"The difference is that I know that Sonny is the father of your son Dante. She doesn't. Now why are you bothering my husband?"
"I am trying to locate Sonny. It's important." She insisted.
"Give me your number and I will pass it along." Liz said while seeing Max out of the corner of her eye.
"That isn't good enough. I need to talk to him as soon as possible."
"Is your son dying? Does he need some sort of transplant? Otherwise, we do this on my schedule." She said firmly.
Walking away, Olivia vowed to reach Sonny before Dante found him.
Kate turned to thank the brunette but saw her talking to the man she had seen with Johnny.
"Carly thanks. I went to see Kate. Believe it or not, your advice worked." Johnny said on his way past her into Francis and his office.
Growling, Carly reached over and smacked him saying "Don't ask next time, or at least have the courtesy not to be surprised when it works."
Johnny docked the boat; it had been a mostly silent cruise as Georgie processed all he had told her. "So you ready to deal with this?"
"Yes, I do understand why it can't be common knowledge. Plus I don't want to think about Ric Lansing even thinking of getting custody of Kitty." She said with a grimace as she remembered his helping Courtney escape from hurting Elizabeth a couple of years ago.
Kissing her check, he asked "What about us?"
"I still love you. I am a little freaked out about it, but I do love you. That is why I am going to say this just once, tell Alexis. She deserves to know. You deserve to know your sister as well. Both of them. Kristina and Kitty."
"I will, even if it is only because she is going to be my sister in law some day." He said unaware of the way she blushed at the idea.
"I wouldn't let dad hear you say that." Teased Georgie. "Johnny..." when he turned she said "... we have a couple of hours before we have to get Kitty, so how about we find out if that ick factor is still there."
Thinking back on the activities that had gone on this afternoon on the boat, he said "I am game if you are. The Brownstone?"
"No, my old house. I have to pick up some music that should be in the attic there and it is still fully furnished."
Calling Sonny, Francis passed on the message from Elizabeth. The former mobster looked at the list the doctor had given him before making any decisions and told him he would call back later.
Afterwards, Francis walked to Kelly's and saw that Bobbie and Carly were having dinner with Michael and Morgan. "So, how is having the Zachara kid living there going?" He asked the woman.
"Fine. Mac isn't taken it to well, but mainly because I see Georgie more than he does." She said. "I still have a few reservations about their relationship, but have to admit he loves her.
Carly was working on her ice cream sundae, when Jax entered along with his mother. "Hello, everyone." He said before introducing his mother to Carly and the kids as Francis discreetly left. The two of them were invited to join them.
"I would love to; maybe tomorrow you can join us for breakfast. I miss when my boys were this young."
"It is hard to deal with them growing up isn't it?" Said Bobbie thinking of her slowly repairing relationship with Lucas. "One day they are infants, who need you to do everything for them, then next, they are living on their own."
"Grandma, I am too young for that yet." Said Michael giggling.
"The key word being yet." She said ruefully before heading over to help with the crowd entering the diner this late.
Jax and Carly stepped off a few minutes as they discussed the hotel and what had been going on. "How is your mom dealing with the break-in?"
"Fine, but it woke me up to something that needs some work. I hired a computer tech that will hopefully be capable of making sure our security is up to snuff. I just had to get this kid to finish the work in St. Petersburg. Then he is coming here. He is a little weird, but supposedly one of the best."
Carly had a bad feeling about this. "Would I have heard of him?"
"Doubtful. This kid came to the attention of my manager down there by accident. Literarily. He is from someplace down south. His name is Damian Spinelli."
Carly mentally groaned. She had done the best she could but it looks like he would be coming here anyhow. She got the feeling that Spinelli was like a plague. That he would bring nothing but trouble.
Diane entered the office, to see her partner glaring at a computer screen. "What's wrong."
"Nothing I can share yet. So how is your love life?"
"Grrreeeaat. In the words of Tony the Tiger."
"You need help. Seriously." She laughed. "I talked to Elizabeth; Jason is getting out of the hospital this week. Since you are so close to the inner circle, do we have anything to worry about?"
"Francis is looking into something, but I don't know what. You know about the incident with Jason's ex-girlfriend right?"
"The blood being taken. Yes, I heard about it. Do they know anything?"
"The tests showed nothing was added, but they still have no clue."
Alexis grabbed the ringing cell phone and listened to Mac, "Are you sure?"
Nodding she wrote down some notes. "Thanks, honey."
Diane watched as her eyes went to the chocolate bar on the table that she had been eating bits and pieces of along with the milk shake and laughed when Alexis rolled her eyes and said "Yes, I am staying away from sugar and drinking my milk."
Diane watched as the phone was hung up and a sighing Alexis tossed the sweets and went to their cooler to pull out a pint of milk. "I hate how well he knows me sometimes."
Alexis waited until Diane had left then went back to the web site. "So are you my son, Johnny and do you know that it is possible?"
Johnny and Georgie were slowly dressing when they knocked over the camera. "What is that?" He asked as the cream colored wedding dress fell to the ground.
"That is Laura Spencer's wedding dress. Most of this stuff belongs to the Spencers. I came up here to grab this old camera to lend to Dillon. He is taking some photos for that thing at school."
"Do you have any idea what you will be singing?" He asked when they had grabbed the camera. "So the Spencers lived here. It really doesn't seem to suit them."
"No, lets see. Laura's mom was married to Rick Webber a doctor at GH, so they lived here then Rick married someone named Ginny. They left town after he cheated on her again, so they sold the house to by dad and Felicia."
"So you grew up here, right?" He asked as they walked down to the kitchen.
"Yes, but honestly it was Mac that made it bearable. I don't remember living at the Brownstone, but I could not care less where I live. It's the people who make a home."
Elizabeth wanted to wait until Jason woke up, but Mac needed an answer now. "Mac, I don't know what I could add to this case. I barely met Ric Lansing. He gave me the creeps but other than that, all I can say is that when I entered the house where Carly was being held he was out of it."
"Thanks; I am just trying to keep this man off the streets. The way he discussed his half sister was way too possessive for a man who never even met her." He said. Justus and he were worried, for a man who was in a coma he had woke up with all his mental faculties.
"I don't know if this is any help, but I know that Sonny won't be coming back to testify so I can tell you. He approached Sonny and seemed to want to supplant Jason in Sonny's life. He also kept visiting grams, talking about me and asking questions."
"Thanks for trying. Elizabeth. Kate Howard gave me more of that. The thing is possessiveness isn't a crime. You usually have good instincts, so be careful." He warned.
Elizabeth waited until he left then called Francis and asked him to contact Sonny again. "We need to get Olivia and that kid to safety. It looks like Ric is going to be set free. Johnny and his sister get extra security. At least until we deal with Lansing."
"I will handle it. Thanks Elizabeth. How is Jason?"
"Better, he is asleep again."
Entering his room, Elizabeth curled up around her husband, needing the comfort that just being close to him gave her. Seeing Monica and Alan pushing Lia into the room, she laughed. "Did you go through some sort of time warp?"
Seeing their confusion, she said "My daughter left here in a modern lightweight easy to maneuver stroller and came back in something from the Victorian Era."
Looking down, Alan pouted a little as she made fun of the light gray buggy with the big wheels and lots of padding. "What is wrong with it?"
Looking at Monica, Elizabeth said "It looks like it weighs as much at I do for starters, what happened to my stroller?"
"Edward."
"What did he do to it?" She asked when Monica looked like she didn't want to answer.
"He was looking it over, wanting to get one for Emily. Then decided it supplied no protection. He went out and got two of these things. You are right about what they weigh, why do you think Alan is pushing it."
"What is that thing?" Asked an entering Emily and Nik. The Prince looked at it and said "I think I had one of those as a baby."
"Of course, you did. Your uncle probably had one made that could be pulled behind a horse." Joked Elizabeth as she slid off the bed and approached the stroller. Looking inside at her sleeping daughter, she said "I don't think her crib has this much padding."
"I don't think one of the cells at Shadybrook has this much padding." Said Monica rolling her eyes. "I have your stroller in the car, I thought she could use this tonight."
Jason opened his eyes and felt a sharp pain. Seeing Elizabeth and his sister talking to his parents, he felt a headache coming on then an even sharper pain, then nothing.
When he woke again, all he could recall was seeing a bright light then his mind exploded with memories and feelings of pain as he dreamed things. Horrible things. Elizabeth walking out, telling him Sonny was his first, last and always.
Incredible pain as she married Ric Lansing, losing her all over again with a lie. Being involved with Courtney made him sick followed by an affair with Sam McCall.
Finally getting together with Elizabeth, dreaming of having it all for mere minutes. Then losing it all. Finally all he could feel was pain, lots and lots of pain. "Elizabeth." He kept whispering, then shouting.
Nine days later, Elizabeth was sitting in the chair next to his bed as the equipment monitored her husband's vitals. He had done nothing but shout her name for the last week, screaming, crying and sounding like he was in intense pain.
"I know you are in there, I love you, remember that. Just keep holding on, Jason, please."
"How is he doing?" Asked Patrick from the doorway.
"Still the same. What is going on Patrick? Do you know anything more?"
"No, whatever is going on, it is stimulating his pain neurons, that is all I know." He said bleakly before joining Robin and Stephen as they worked towards solving this problem.
Feeling him settle down, Elizabeth went to pick up their daughter, for once grateful for Edward. The buggy was being kept in Jason's room so that she could be with them both. Hearing some quiet moaning, she moved over to sit next to him. "I am here, I promise. I will never leave you." She said reaching up to kiss him.
Opening his eyes, Jason felt the pain leave as his mind came into focus. At first he blamed the nightmares on what Carly had told him, but he knew he had lived those times in his mind. He got the message someone was sending. It was time to make sure that this life didn't end up like that. It was time to wrap up this nightmare.
It was time to take control. His other self had walked away too many times and lost what he loved the most, there was no way, Jason was allowing that to happen, not in this lifetime."
TBC