Hey everyone! So sorry it took two weeks to get this chapter posted, but it's just been crazy busy! First I had extra hours at work and then since I planned to visit my sister in NJ for a week I had to try and get ahead in all of my classes so I had even less time to write than normal to make time for homework. And even now I'm on vacation visiting my sister and we've been running around, but today I finally had time to sit down and wrote pretty much this whole chapter.
I owe the inspiration to Kelly Monaco and Tyler Christopher, who I met today at a meet and greet in New Jersey. Those two are so funny and so nice…I'm so happy that I got to meet them! They were great and are what drove me to come back here and write. So thanks to them for that! And thank you to all of you who are reviewing this story…you really are the ones that keep me from giving up and without you I would be lost! THANK YOU!
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"No Spinelli! I don't want you and Maxie to cancel the wedding, and Sam doesn't either." Jason says pulling to a stop and placing the vehicle in park. "No I won't promise that Sam and I will be there because I don't know where we will be with security. I'm not about to put Sam at risk or you on your wedding day." Looking down at a sleeping Sam curled up in the passenger seat Jason reaches out to brush back her bangs. "She's sleeping right now Spinelli, but I'll tell her later that you called. If you want to look over the security footage you can, but Sonny has his men on it already. I'm not trying to shut you out Spinelli, but you're getting married and that should be your focus." Rubbing his brow Jason nods his head even though he knows Spinelli can't see him over the phone. "Alright we'll talk in the morning." Hanging up the phone Jason releases a long, tired sigh while rubbing his hands over his face.
"Spinelli means well." Sam murmurs still half asleep with her eyes closed tight.
"I know." Jason says softly, hoping she would fall back to sleep. Sam looked as tired as he felt and she needed her rest. "But I'm only trying to keep him safe so he'll live to see his wedding day. And he fights me every step of the way."
"I know." Sam says with a yawn and a smile. "Maxie does too."
"They really are perfect for each other." Jason can't help but admit with a small smile.
"Just like us." Sam struggles to say through a yawn before her whole body relaxes and she is sleeping again.
Staring at her intently Jason resisted the urge to shake her awake and ask her to say that again, this time without the yawn. Instead he climbs out of his side of the SUV and goes around to the passenger side. Slowly opening the door and reaching out to brace Sam he shifts her weight from the seat to his arms gently, careful not to wake her. Holding her close to his chest Jason nods at the guard he had ordered to stand by the entrance. "Thanks Jimmy." Jason says and offers a smile when the man holds the door open for Jason, who hadn't known how he was going to maneuver with Sam in his arms.
"You're welcome Mr. Morgan." The man says nodding his head in return. "They did a full sweep just like you asked and said the place doesn't look like anyone has been there except the cleaning crew that comes twice a month. They checked all the windows and the door."
"What about the patio? Sam might want to use the hot tub and I want to be sure she will be safe out there."
"Everything is secure." He assures him.
"Good." Jason says not even winded from holding Sam. "And remember if anyone comes looking for Sam or me, I want you to notify me immediately. No one else should know we're here except for Sonny."
"Yes sir."
"That includes Carly." Jason says and waits for the nod of understanding before turning and making his way towards the elevator. Sam stirred in his arms and he glanced down to see her lift her head. "We're almost there." Jason says adjusting her in his arms.
"Almost where?" Sam asks glancing around the elevator, but it looks just like any other one she had been on…except it was strangely familiar. "I thought we were staying at Sonny's?"
"No, Sonny has a full house with Carly and the boys staying there and I don't think I could actually bear living under the same roof as the two of them. I don't know if our friendship and business partnership could take that."
"Not to mention I don't think I could handle that whole situation…with him and her and all of us…in one home…together?" Sam shudders at the thought.
Chuckling at her Jason shakes his head. "My thoughts exactly."
"So where are you taking me?" Sam asks again, realizing Jason never actually did answer her.
"You'll see." Jason murmurs knowing that as soon as the elevator doors opened Sam would recognize the hallway and of the building.
With her brows scrunched in confusion Sam turns to stare as the elevator doors slowly open and the floor comes into view. She immediately looks back at Jason, even more confused than before, but all he does is usher her out of the elevator with one hand resting on her back. "Jason…what are we doing here?" Sam finally asks when he pauses to pull out a set of keys and unlocks the door.
"This is where we will be staying." Jason says as he steps through the doorway as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
"Here?" Sam says not moving from her spot outside of the apartment and staring in at Jason.
"Yes, here Sam." Jason says and when Sam still hesitates to move Jason sighs and walks back and holds a hand out to here. "Come inside Sam, I'm hoping that no one will know where we're staying since there are no ties to us here."
"What are we doing here?" Sam asks joining him inside. "I don't…Jason I don't understand…how is this possible? This place…" Turing in a complete circle and stopping to face him again Sam shakes her head. "I had Alexis sell this place for me after I left…She said she sold it."
"She did." Jas says looking down at the floor instead of at Sam, not knowing how her reaction would be to what he was about to say. "I bought it."
Sam, who had turned again to wander aimlessly around the room freezes and in a jerky motion turns to stare back at Jason, her eyes wide. "You bought my old apartment?"
"Yes."
"Why would you do that?"
Sonny was sitting on the couch nursing his second drink of the night since Jason and Sam had left when the sound of the door slamming open caused him to jump, practically spilling his drink in the process. "What the…" His words freezing in his throat, after he turns to see that it's a very upset looking Carly staring back at him. "Carly is everything alright?" Sonny asks immediately rising to come to her side.
"No! Everything is not alright!" Carly says boarding on hysterical, grabbing the drink that was still in Sonny's hand and downing it in one gulp.
It took him a moment to get over the shock of her actions for Sonny to speak. "Carly what are you doing? You're pregnant, remember!" He shouts back at her grabbing the now empty glass from her hand.
"I don't care right now!" She says throwing her hands in the air and storming past him. "I just found out there was an explosion at Jason's penthouse and there is a good chance he and Sam were there at the time! I have a right to be upset!"
"Carly Jason and Sam are fine." Sonny says lowering his voice, unable to stay upset with her actions when she obviously had reason to worry.
Carly was so riled up she almost didn't hear Sonny speak. "You knew about the explosion and you didn't call me?"
Shaking his head, totally baffled by her Sonny can only chuckle at first…Carly would always be Carly. "I'm sorry for not informing you sooner Carly, but I was a little busy trying to find out if everyone was alright…"
"But after you knew, you still didn't call to let me know Sonny." Carly interrupts him, getting upset all over again. "Jason is my best friend and you didn't have the decency to call and tell me what happened? I had to hear it from one of the woman who waitresses at the Metro Court who I don't even know!"
"I'm sorry Carly…" Sonny tries to say again, but she doesn't let him get the words out.
"Here is this woman…no this girl…she wasn't more than 20 years old! Trying to comfort me and I was totally confused, because what would I have to be upset about? But then she goes on to explain what she heard from one of the guests and I didn't believe her, I mean why would I…how would she know this important information before me, right? Because I was under the impression that if something like that were to happen Jason would inform me…or you for that matter would give a heads up. To let me know my best friend was in an explosion!" Carly finishes the tirade in a yell right in Sonny's face.
"I'm sorry!" Sonny yells right back at her.
"Well you should be!" Carly says, not even phased by Sonny's raised voice directly in her face. "I mean would a phone call have killed you Sonny?"
Rubbing the bridge of his nose, Sonny shakes his head before lowering his arm to speak. "There wasn't really a lot of time between my finding out about the explosion at Harbor View and Jason and Sam showing up here to talk about it."
"What about after you knew they were alright?"
"They only just left before you arrived."
"So instead of calling me you pour yourself a drink?" Carly glances down at the empty glass still in Sonny's hand with her eyebrows raised.
Struck speechless Sonny only stares at Carly and is reminded of all the times she has driven him insane over the years and wonders how it is they can still be so close. Mother of his children, or not, she got under his skin. "Carly it has been a long night, a lot has happened recently, and we're both obviously tired and upset. Why don't we just sit down, pour a couple of drinks…a glass of water for you… and we can talk about this calm and rationally."
"Screw calm and rational I want answers." Carly insists, but there wasn't the same heat behind her words anymore. She had started to come down from her angry tirade from when she first entered the room and now she was just ready to talk.
"Don't you dare talk to my husband like that." Claudia says joining the conversation having heard the last end of it while coming through the front door. It was clear that neither Carly nor Sonny had heard her enter, because both turned around surprised to see her there. Sonny, upon seeing Claudia standing there, could only groan out loud before turning back to the bar and grabbing the scotch to pour himself another drink. Carly, on the other hand, turned fully to face her with a spark in her eyes and a mean smile on her lips. Claudia only glared in response to both of them.
"I will talk any way I want to."
"Sonny and I have very generously opened our house to you since you have nowhere else to go, but that can easily be rearranged."
"Your house?" Carly scoffs and looks back at Sonny with raised brows before facing Claudia again. "This isn't your house. This is Sonny's house…actually if you want to get technical its more Sonny's and my house, than yours. Since I after all helped pick it out, decorate it, and started to raise a family with him here."
"That was many years ago." Claudia says through clenched teeth.
"You could've fooled me." Carly shrugs. "The place looks exactly like it did when we first moved in here doesn't it Sonny? Can't you just remember all the firsts we shared here…in this very living room in fact." Carly's smirk only grew with every word and Sonny, knowing where Carly was headed wished he could stop her, but knew there was no use really trying so instead he went back for another drink, his back to both the women. "In fact I think it was this very same rug that you and I christened our first night here all alone…that was before we lit a fire in that very fireplace and continued our evening…all the way to the upstairs." Lowering her voice, as if she were trying to keep a secret Carly leans closer to Claudia. "Let me ask you Claudia, does Sonny still have that claw foot tub in the master bath? You know the one just big enough for two?" When Claudia's eyes form tiny little slits Carly's smile turns super sweet. "I was the one that picked it out, did Sonny tell you that? Or that the closet where you keep your cheap suits and slutty dresses was made up to my exact specifications…"
"Yea well it's mine now." Claudia relaxes her jaw, but all the tension is now in her tightly held fists.
"Yes Claudia you're right. All of my old castoffs are yours now." Carly says turning her words back on her. "So how does it feel? Living in a house where everything was made just for me and it's only yours because I didn't want it anymore." Letting the words sit and stew Carly shrugs her shoulders before speaking again. "But you know Claudia, it all could be mine again if I truly wanted it…and where would you be then?"
"You bitch!" Claudia says on a sharp intake of breath and in the next instant, before anyone could really see it coming she is in Carly's face and pulling her by the hair.
"Ow, dammit get off me!" Carly shouts struggling to free herself from Claudia's grip. Once she is free Carly doesn't back away, instead she steps forward and slaps her as hard as she can across the face.
Claudia lunged to attack Carly again, but was pulled back before she could make contact by Milo wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her back roughly. At the same time Max had hold of Carly and was having a harder time of holding her back, especially since he didn't want to harm her or the baby.
"Enough you two!" Sonny shouts standing between them. "Carly you are pregnant!" Sonny says annoyed he had to remind her again in less than 10 minutes. "Claudia what the hell do you think you're doing attacking her like that!"
"Are you kidding me?" Claudia asks wrenching herself free from Milo's grasp and glaring at Sonny. "She baited me Sonny! You heard her!" Claudia says pointing angrily at Carly who only smirks in return. "You can't expect me to just sit here and take it."
"Claudia…" Sonny releases a tired sigh and shakes his head. No matter what he said he would piss one of these two women off.
"Oh don't let her play you like that Sonny." Carly snaps, straightening her clothes after Max releases her. "She was the one that stuck her nose in our business. I was just putting her in her place."
"My place is here with Sonny, not you!"
"Your place is out on the street corner!" Carly yells right back.
"That is it!" Claudia shrieks lunging at her again before Milo can get a hold of her, it was only Sonny standing in the middle that was able to stop her. "I have had enough of you!"
"You've had enough of me?" Carly asks stepping forward and glaring daggers at her, not caring that Sonny and Milo were struggling to barely hold on to her. "You haven't even seen what I'm capable of yet."
"Carly, back off!" Sonny barks, his eyes hard on his ex-wife letting her know enough was enough.
Carly only stared at Sonny for a moment, before nodding her head once and stepping back. "Alright." She nods again before waving off Max's hand and turning to pace away from the group, rubbing a soothing hand over her belly.
Sonny waited until he was sure Carly was done before turning to look at his current wife and only after he could tell she wouldn't go after Carly again did he nod in Milo's direction. "You can let her go now."
Turning to glare at Milo as he walks away, Claudia whips her head back around to share the same look with Sonny. "Sonny..!"
"Outside Claudia!" Sonny shouts over her, interrupting whatever she was ready to yell at him. And when she looks ready to argue he simply grabs hold of her arm and not so gently leads her towards the patio doors. "Wait here!" He says to Carly and waits until she nods in silent agreement before ushering Claudia outside and closing the door behind him.
Stalking away, only to turn right back around Claudia points a hand to the house and glares at him when he steps towards her. "Sonny either she goes or I go! That's the deal, because I am not about to put up with her for one more night!"
"Claudia listen to me, Carly was upset because…" Sonny starts to say, trying to rationalize with her, but she wasn't having any of it.
"I don't want to hear it, because I don't care! I don't care that's she's your ex-wife, I don't care that she's pregnant and hormonal, and I don't care if her stupid hotel crumbles to ruins at her feet! That woman has got to go!"
"She will be leaving soon Claudia, these fights with Jax don't last long. Trust me…"
"No I want her out tonight!" Claudia snaps.
Sonny just stares at her and shakes his head slowly from side to side. Shocked at the force behind her words and the fact she had the guts to speak to him that way. "Well that isn't going to happen."
"Why the hell not?" Claudia asks outraged.
"I told her she could stay here as long as she needed to."
"I don't care." Claudia practically whines losing any of the ground she had gained with Sonny over the past months. "I'm telling you I want her gone."
"She is my friend and the mother of my children Claudia…"
"I am your wife!" She shouts over his words. "Doesn't that mean anything to you?"
Sonny frowned at the woman standing before him and wondered what to say to her. If he were honest with himself he would have to admit that a month ago he had thought himself actually falling for Claudia and that this marriage could actually be real. But Sonny knew he couldn't trust her, especially over the last couple of weeks. The secrets and lies had started to become more obvious, even he couldn't ignore what was staring him straight in the face. Claudia couldn't be trusted and he needed to cut ties before someone got hurt because Claudia was always around, using the excuse of his wife for access to information normally not allowed to his enemies. He needed to do something before it became too late.
"Lucky!" Elizabeth calls as she enters the house, but doesn't get an immediate response. "Cameron! Jake! Mommy's home!" She then yells up the stairs and smiles when she hears the thud of little feet and then at the top of the stairs two little boys appear with big smiles on their faces. "There my boys are!" Elizabeth calls as they race down the stairs to her and jump in her arms. "Did you have fun over and Grams?"
"Yes!" They say in unison.
"Did she feed you while you were there?" She asks still crouched down at their level.
"No daddy came and we went out to dinner." Cameron was saying, but Elizabeth's attention was already drawn towards the stairs and the quiet footsteps of her husband who was slowly making his way toward them.
"Hi honey." She says sweetly standing and leaning to kiss him on the lips, her smile faltering only slightly when he doesn't kiss her in return. "What's wrong?" She asks confused, pulling back to see him staring at her intently. "Did you have a bad day at work?"
"Where were you tonight?" Lucky asks instead of answering her questions.
"Lucky…" Elizabeth says with an uncomfortable chuckle and looking down at the boys to avoid eye contact. "I called and told you I had to work late, didn't you get my message?"
"No I did." Lucky nods his head and tries to draw her gaze back to his, but she kept herself preoccupied with the boys. "That's why I got off as early as I could to pick up the boys and take them for supper."
"You did!" Elizabeth says cheerfully and smiling down at her boys. "Well that must have been fun, where did you go?" She asks looking at Jake.
"Kelly's diner." Lucky answers for his youngest.
"We got to split a chocolate shake!" Cameron shouts excited.
"Well isn't that exciting! I'm sorry I missed it." Elizabeth says glancing up at Lucky to see his still had that dark look in his eyes.
"Me too." Lucky crosses his arms over his chest. "Which is why before going to the diner I stopped at the hospital with the boys to surprise you…but you weren't there."
Elizabeth's heart stopped beating in her chest for only a second before it started pounding again loudly in her chest. Lowering her gaze instantly back to the boys she brushes her fingers through their hair, disappointed to find they already had their baths so she wouldn't be able to use that excuse to get away from Lucky and his probing gaze. "I must have been on break."
Clenching his jaw to avoid yelling in front of the children Lucky looks away quickly to control his anger at the fact he had already caught Elizabeth in at least two lies. "Boys why don't you go finish getting ready for bed. Pick out the story you want me to read to you tonight and I'll be up in a minute."
Concern fill Elizabeth at the words, Lucky sending the boys upstairs meant he wanted to talk away from them. Which meant she needed to come up with answers…fast. "Your daddy's right boys, it is getting pretty late. So give mommy a kiss and I'll see you in the morning."
"Alright goodnight mommy!" Cam says kissing quickly on the lips before turning and racing up the stairs again, Jake following closely behind him.
Watching them disappear from sight Elizabeth felt a chill actually run up her spine as the room grew colder without their presence. Turning around she found that Lucky had left her alone at the base of the stairs and was busy pacing the living room. "They are getting so big." Elizabeth says making small talk, with hopes that maybe she can distract him from his earlier questions. "Did you see Jake's pajama bottoms? He is growing like a weed…even faster than Cameron did at that age. My little baby boy…"
"So you're just going to ignore my earlier question?" Lucky asks stopping his pacing to turn and stare at her.
"I don't know what you're talking about Lucky." Elizabeth says as innocently as possible with a confused look on her face. "You asked where I was tonight and I had already called and told you I would be working late for another nurse…"
"I stopped by the hospital Elizabeth." Lucky reminds her, giving her one more chance to be honest and up front with him.
"And I must have been on break at the time." She says immediately in response. "I did leave the hospital for a little bit to take a walk outside to catch some air. We probably just missed each other." She didn't want to try and name names, because if Lucky would be able to figure out she was lying if he actually checked out her story.
With a humorless laugh Lucky runs a frustrated hand through his hair, disbelieving that they were actually going to go through this again. "I waited for almost ten minutes in the lobby for you to show up and you never did. I finally asked Epiphany where you were working tonight and she was kind enough to inform me that not only had you not agreed to work late for anyone, you actually left early!" His voice rising at the end when his anger and frustration getting the best of him. Her jaw working, but with no words coming out Elizabeth can only stare speechless at him. "Run out of lies to tell?" Lucky asks scathingly.
"I can't believe you were checking up on me!" Elizabeth says forcing pain into her words and a wounded look on her face. "After all this time and you still don't trust me?"
"Can you blame me?" Lucky asks, not totally unaffected by the show she was putting on, but unwilling to continue to be the sucker in this marriage.
"I don't understand where this is coming from?" Elizabeth says quietly, lowering herself slowly to the couch and staring up at him with searching eyes. "What happened to us? I thought we were doing so much better with the counseling."
"So did I." Lucky surprisingly agrees with her, but when she looks at him with new found hope Lucky shakes his head. "But that was before I talked to Epiphany at the hospital tonight…she had a lot to tell me."
Lucky's words brought a new dread to Elizabeth, because there was a lot nurse Johnson could've told him, especially about the last few days. "Oh really?" She asks sitting a little straighter on the couch. "And what did she have to say?"
Lucky wanted to shake her, but instead mentally shook himself, because it was the safer thing to do. He feared if he laid a hand on her he might not let go until someone pulled him off, and there was no one here to do that. "Were you ever going to tell me that Jason had you permanently removed as Sam's nurse…even going as far as having your removed from the very floor she was staying on in the hospital?" At her blank expression he clenches his fists at his sides. "I have asked you almost every night since Sam's return how her recovery is going and you always smiled and said really well, that you enjoyed seeing her back and looking so healthy. Never once mentioning you aren't allowed anywhere near her because of your unprofessional behavior towards not only her…but Jason as well."
"That is not true!" Elizabeth jumps to her own defense. "I have done nothing unprofessional towards Sam, she is just being her normal paranoid self. Playing the injured victim act to gain sympathy from everyone and they're all playing into it…Epiphany is the worst." And Jason, but Elizabeth didn't think it would be wise to say his name. Not when Lucky was already in a mood.
"She has three gunshot wounds and has been attacked multiple times since being back in Port Charles, it isn't an act Elizabeth!" Lucky says incredulous. He wasn't actually allowed to work on any of Sam's case since it would be a conflict of interest, but he heard through the grapevine that she was being put through hell while they tried to find the sick bastard who was after her.
"Alright, so she has been hurt…it still doesn't give her an excuse to prevent me from doing my job. Did you know they have me doing inventory off and on throughout the week now, almost as some sort of punishment for misbehavior, when I have done absolutely nothing wrong."
"So you're saying throwing yourself at Jason Morgan in front of the entire hospital staff and waiting room full of patients isn't doing anything wrong? And neither is openly admitting, in front of a patient, that if you had your way they wouldn't receive any medical attention…that isn't wrong either?"
Elizabeth knew she had lost now, it was evident in Lucky's voice and his face he wouldn't believe a word she said in defense of what he had already heard. "Epiphany told you all of that, did she?" She asks clasping her hands tightly together in her lap.
"She felt I had a right to know what my wife and the mother of my children had been up to and I have to admit I appreciate it, because who knows how long I would've gone before I saw what was staring me right in the face all along."
"Lucky…" Elizabeth says breathlessy, standing and going to his side, but her words freeze in her throat when he pulls back from her touch.
"You haven't changed a bit…nothing has changed." He says staring at her and wondering how he hadn't seen it before. "You were just biding your time, weren't you? You were waiting for him all this whole time and stringing me along."
"No Lucky…it wasn't like that I swear!" Elizabeth tries again to reach out to him, but he steps out of reach.
"Then what was it like Elizabeth. Explain it to me."
"I love you." She says staring into his eyes.
"Nice one, but try again." He says coldly.
"It's the truth!" Elizabeth insists. "But I won't lie and say that I didn't try and make things work with Jason." When Lucky rolls his eyes and walks away she quickly tries to get the rest of the words out while he was still listening. "But it was before you and I got back together…it was before I even knew the true paternity of Jake. Jason and I tried." She says, leaving out the part where she was the one actually trying and he kept blowing her off. "And then one day we both realized that it just wouldn't work because…" What was she going to say? The truth was she got pissed that Jason was protecting Sam and Elizabeth was punishing him by ignoring him. But she couldn't really say that to Lucky. That if Jason had handed Sam over to the police like Elizabeth had asked him to that she never would've gone back to Lucky.
"Because what, Elizabeth?" Lucky asks, breaking into her thoughts.
"Because I was in love with you." She says simply, willing tears into her eyes. "And it was hard at first, because I cared for Jason too, but I just didn't have the same feelings for him that I do for you. So even though it hurt to see him hurting all alone I knew what I had to do…what was the right thing to do for both of us. And I think that might honestly be what Jason's problem is now, he hasn't forgiven me for hurting him back then."
Lucky had almost believed her, had wanted to believe her, and would have if she hadn't gone as far as she did. So shaking his head he frowns down at the woman he once thought he would spend the left of his life with and wondered when it had all gone so terribly wrong. "You expect me to believe all that?" Lucky asks, and knows when Elizabeth realizes he didn't believe her. "You forget Elizabeth this is a small town and I'm related to Carly, friends with Maxie, and work in the PCPD."
"So? What has that got to do with anything?" Elizabeth asks clearly annoyed that he hadn't accepted her story.
"I remember what it was like after Sam had left, just as clearly as anyone else. Jason was a wreck. Carly was frantic for months that he would slip away in the night or get himself killed on purpose. Maxie feared that his dark moods would wear off onto Spinelli and was afraid to visit the penthouse alone. And at work we all took notice when the warehouse fires stopped and there wasn't the weekly shoot out." Lucky says painting her a clear picture of what life had been like then. "And you expect me to believe Jason's total attitude change had to deal with you breaking things off with him? And it was only a coincidence that this is right around the time that Sam left town for good." When she just blinks in response he can only laugh at first. "How stupid do you think I am?"
"I don't think you're stupid at all Lucky!"
"Then I must have gullible written on my forehead, because that is the biggest case of bullshit I have ever heard!"
"Lucky!"
"Let me tell you how I think everything played out between you and Jason and we'll just see who is closer." Lucky doesn't even wait for her to agree before speaking again. "Sam, upset over her break up with Jason and the part you played in it took her anger and frustration out the only way she saw fit…"
"She put our boys in danger Lucky!" Elizabeth snaps angrily.
"I'm not defending her, I'm just stating facts here." Lucky quickly says, before continuing. "She soon after leaves town in the middle of the night without a real goodbye to anyone, upsetting the entire town…including Jason. You, figuring that Sam is gone, slipped right in to fill that void for him. Only Jason wasn't really interested, because we all know how he and Sam felt about each other." The ticking in Elizabeth's jaw lets Lucky know he was close to the truth. "And when he didn't return your feelings you decided to move on to the next likely choice…me…and have been waiting ever since for Jason to realize that he does have the same feelings for you. The only problem is Sam came back before that actually happened. Not that it ever would since Jason has always been in love with Sam and nothing is ever going to change that."
"He doesn't love her." Elizabeth says without thinking, but it was so quiet that Lucky didn't hear her.
"What did you say?"
"I know he loves her." Elizabeth tries to say as calmly as possible, without showing how hard it is to say the words.
"Then why are you throwing yourself directly in their path, much like you did before? Why are you constantly sacrificing out marriage for him? If you know that than why not let them be, and focus here on us and this family?"
"You don't understand." Elizabeth says harshly. "She isn't good enough for him." No one was she silently adds, no one but herself.
Lucky only stared at her and wished that he could forget everything he had heard tonight and go back to only weeks ago, before Sam had returned. Before Jason Morgan once again came between him and Elizabeth…only this time it wasn't the other man's fault. Elizabeth had wrecked them this time all on her own. "I think I understand just fine." Lucky says suddenly tired.
"What does that mean?"
"That I'm done here. With trying to make this marriage work for the both of us, when it is clearly obvious that it's not what you really want…and I don't think it ever was."
"Lucky…" Elizabeth says weakly, not really caring at this point if he stays or goes. Soon enough he wouldn't be necessary anymore, because Sam would be gone and Jason would be available.
"No, Elizabeth, I won't listen to anymore excuse or try and let you explain your way out of this. Not anymore. We tried to make this work, but it's not going to and I see that now. You are too hung up on Jason…and it is sad because if you could only get over him we really could have made this work."
Elizabeth only shrugged her shoulders at that, because to try and deny it would only make this last longer and to agree would make her look pathetic. "I'm sorry Lucky." She says with no real emotion behind the words.
"Me too." He says and really means it. "I'm going to go up now and kiss the boys goodnight and then pack a bag."
"Where are you going?" Elizabeth asks not really caring.
"Spoon Island, I had already spoken to Nicholas and he's expecting me." And with that Lucky turns and heads up the stairs, leaving Elizabeth alone in the living room.
Sitting back down on the couch Elizabeth picks up a picture of her and the boys that Lucky took that summer at the beach and smiles. Imagining what it would be like next year, except this time Jason would be there with them. Maybe she and the boys could talk him out of his normal attire of blue jeans and a black shirt and into a pair of swim trunks, with his chest bare. Day dreaming about it Elizabeth almost didn't hear Lucky come down a few minutes later. Looking over her shoulder Lucky sees the picture she's holding and he too remembers that day, and regrets the fact they would never spend one like it again.
"I'm leaving now." Lucky says, startling her into dropping the frame, but it only lands with a light thud on the couch beside her.
"I didn't even know you were still here." Elizabeth says with a light laugh.
"Are you going to be ok?" Lucky asks, his thoughts on the boys upstairs in their beds.
"Me? Yea fine!" Elizabeth waves off his concern. "If I need anything I have plenty of people I can count on. You, Nicholas, Robin, Grams…and a whole bunch of other people for that matter…I'm hardly alone here."
Lucky wanted to leave, but something kept stopping him, a feeling in the back of his neck until finally he said what he had wanted to all along. "Elizabeth I know you don't have to listen to me, especially now since I'm leaving, but if not for me, than for the boys…stay away from Jason. Not only is his life dangerous for you and the boys, but he also seems to love Sam. Who has always seemed more able to cope with his lifestyle than many others. So let them be."
"I don't know what you're talking about Lucky." Elizabeth says rolling her eyes.
"Sure you don't." Lucky sighs, shaking his head. "Just think about it. Jason is in love with Sam and I don't think she's going anywhere this time."
"We'll see about that." Elizabeth is unable to resist saying, and doesn't think anything of it when Lucky just turns and walks away. And only after he leaves the house does she pull out her phone from her purse along with the same card from before. Dialing she is annoyed when it goes to the voicemail, and she is forced to leave a message. "Lucky just left me because of that bitch! I want her gone already!"
And while Elizabeth made her call Lucky was driving down the street trying to decide what he should do. Nicholas was expecting him at Windemere tonight, but he couldn't help but be troubled with how odd Elizabeth had been acting and the fact she clearly held hostility towards Sam. It was so bad they were noticing it at the hospital even.
Coming to a decision Lucky takes a left at the stop light and decides to stop by Jason's penthouse to let him know how Elizabeth was acting, just so he didn't have to worry about it anymore. Once he told Jason it was no longer his problem and he could go to Windemere without worrying about what Elizabeth was up to. Pulling to a stop outside the building he sees the squad cars and reporters milling around the building and rolling down the window catches bits of what happened. Enough to know the penthouse Sam had been in was destroyed in an explosion, but she was ok. The only other place Lucky could think to look for her and Jason was Sonny's, but he didn't want to drive out there and decided he would just call Jason later and tell him. Right now he just wanted to forget the whole mess and get some sleep.
I know, I know it sorta turned into a Liz/Lucky chapter, but that's because I have to show the complete destruction of her character and the next step was taking away her husband. That and the fact I started writing these two and it just sorta flowed so nicely I couldn't seem to stop. I don't really know where it came from and hope you all don't hate it TOO much! I know it's a lot of Elizabeth and none of us can really stand her most days and I'm sorry for that. So I hope that you all enjoyed this newest update even though it was light on our favorite couple and I promise the next chapter will focus more on them. Stay tuned to find out how Sam will react to Jason moving them into her old loft that he bought and what is Sonny going to do with Claudia?