Chapter Nine
At the police station, Lucky was looking frustrated as Mitch Williams and Scott argued it out. "Spencer did this town a public service, and this killer is dead."
"Some might say the same thing about Miguel killing Spencer Sr. I know about his past, remember I was here. As far as I can tell Luke Spencer was a drain on his sister financially, drove his wife into a padded cell and his children... well Lucky was kidnapped by someone after Luke and still hasn't recovered from that and his daughter... just where is Leslie Lu Spencer?"
"At boarding school, my brother pays for it." snapped Lucky.
Scott however had an idea, as he ushered Mitch out the door. Turning to Lucky, he said "We are going to change our path. Instead we are going to use what Helena Cassadine did to you to get you free."
"What are you talking about?" asked Lucky scowling at his attorney. He was furious that Nik wouldn't press Alexis to represent him, he needed her mob expertise to get him out of this one.
"We are going to say that you are still under the affects of your brainwashing." he said with a smirk. Two birds with one stone, he would win the case pleasing Laura when she came too and he would also get Lucky tucked away in a padded cell.
When the other man left, Nik entered the room and spoke to his brother. Hearing what Lucky wanted he said "Alexis is not going to be able to do that, Lucky. She is dealing with almost losing her daughter."
Not to mention he had a good idea what is going on with Alexis and this missing Cassadine and he was positive that the answers were going to create more trauma but they needed answers. Like what happened to his Aunt's son?
Sonny from his spot on the waiting room sofa looked at Jason then said distastefully. "You need to deal with Sam, she is out of control."
Walking away far enough so he didn't reach out and strangle the man, Jason said "When your daughter is doing better and this funeral is over, we need to talk."
"What is going on with you?" he said to his partner frowning. "I can't seem to locate you when I need you lately. You aren't doing your job, Sam is getting out of control, Jason. You need to rein her in."
"Sam ISN'T my job. She is my albatross." he snapped. "My job is our business and you have been so busy with your messy personal life that you haven't noticed what is going on. Our problems are that every single year your personal life gets messier and messier, leaving me to clean up after it to keep our business interests safe. Well no more, Sonny. Get it together OR I will walk away and leave you to it."
"You can't do that."he said getting panicky. "You can't leave the mob, you know that."
Jason who was fed up said "Strangely enough, that is no longer true. The Zacharas are out, Lorenzo is getting out. Thanks to 911 and the Patriot Act families are getting their acts cleaned up. Sonny what is going on is that you are addicted to the power, well I'm not. I could walk away with no problems."
"What about your promises to me, to Michael?" he tossed out.
"I fulfilled my obligation to Michael, I will still keep an eye on my nephew but I am sick to death of having to clean up after you messes. Carly, Brenda, your sister and now Sam." he stated. Seeing Sonny starting to protest he said "Yeah, your messes. I am done with cleaning things up, I will help Sam because I was already in the middle of this mess when I realized that you have no respect for me, you seem to forget that you were my partner, not my boss."
With that, he left, leaving Sonny standing there steaming and furious with Jason. "How dare he betray me?"
Thinking on things, Sonny knew that this had started about six weeks ago. Making a call he said "I want you to meet me on the roof."
Max was sweating as he looked into a very cold Jason's eyes then thought about the call he had gotten from his father as he asked permission to take a quick break.
Agreeing, Jason saw that Elizabeth was in the room with Sam and waited outside, wanting to speak to her before entering to deal with the grieving mother. Hearing his name being called, he saw Carly and Courtney coming his way and walked to prevent them from being seen by Sam. He wasn't up to dealing with all three of them.
"What are you doing here?" he asked with a dark frown. "I suppose you heard what is going on."
"Yes, poor, poor Sonny." said Sonny's sister. Carly was annoyed when Jason stopped her from touching him.
"What is going on with you, Jason?" she asked frowning. "You act like you don't want me to touch you."
"I don't." he snapped. "Can't you greet me without insisting on touching me, or throwing yourself into my arms."
Her mouth was moving but words weren't coming out as she looked at him. Getting control she said "But you know you love it..."
"Carly if I love it, why am I saying something to you about it?" he asked. "Let me tell you why, because I have let it go to keep you from creating scenes well I am done with being nice to people who act like you do. You treat everyone like they are lower than you, people I care about and I am done acting like I have no problem with your actions and your attitude. Grow the hell up, Carly."
Stalking away, he was furious when he saw that Courtney was following him. Stopping he turned and said "Courtney we are divorced, that means we don't have to be around each other. Why don't you go back and support your friend because I am not in the mood to be nice today."
"But Jason, I care about you, I still love you..." Jason looked at her silently then back at where Carly was watching them, her eyes narrowed, but what happened next was sheer stupidity on her part.
Elizabeth was exiting Sam's room when Carly reached out and grabbed her arm. "What are you doing here?"
"Iworkhere." she said emphasizing the word work.
"Well stay away from Jason." she snapped. "I have seen you talking to him here, like you have any right to. What ever happened to becoming an artist, wait, I know what happened, no one wanted your crappy little shit work."
Rolling her eyes as she walked past the blond, Elizabeth saw she still had her arm and said"Carly there are twenty eight bones in the human hand if you don't let me go I will break at least half of them and no one would stop me."
"As if you could..."Carly was shrieking but smiling at the same time as she saw Jason coming down the hall. "Jason, you won't believe it, but she attacked me. Tell her to let me go!"
Courtney waited, expectantly as she listened, expecting Jason to snap at Elizabeth.
Taking in with delight the picture of Elizabeth bending back Carly's hand, he asked "What did she do? Wait, I can see her finger imprints on your arms. Carly want to change your story?"
"JASON!" Carly was in shock, what on earth was going on, why wasn't he putting a stop to this. "I am hurting here."
"Yet you are still speaking clearly." said Alan Quartermaine walking onto the scene."Elizabeth, let her go."
Elizabeth did so, grimacing as she rubbed her sore arm where Carly had surely left bruises. Dr. Quartermaine lifted her arm, saw the red welts, the mark from Carly's vulgar engagement ring then looked at where Carly was whining about her hurt hand and said "Enough."
"I want her suspended." she snapped. Holding out her red hand with swollen fingers, she smugly grinned at Elizabeth then continued "Look what she did to me."
"Carly, you started it." Alan retorted. "Now, let me make this very clear, if you attack a member of my hospital staff they have the right to defend themselves. What are you doing here, because we know you aren't here to see Bobbie, she left to take Lucas to Nashville."
"I am here to support Sonny." she said crossing her arms in defiance.
"Where is he?" asked Alan. Looking around he said "Clearly he isn't here, this is Sam McCall's room and we all know of the animosity between the two of you, so I would suggest you go find your ex-husband."
"What about her, aren't you going to punish her?" snapped Courtney. "She could have broke Carly's hand. Carly can't work if her hand is broken."
"Carly has gotten a job? Astonishing." stated Alan glaring at the woman he held responsible for the mess with his family. "And no, I won't be punishing Elizabeth."
"Wait until Sonny hears about this." fumed Carly. "Come on Jason."
"I am not your lapdog Carly. I believe I just made that very clear." he said standing, leaning against the door to Sam's room. Entering the room, he closed the door in Carly's face who glared and then turned to Elizabeth,"You will regret what you just did."
Alan watched Carly leaving, wishing that her walking away was a permanent condition. Nodding at Elizabeth he went to speak to Epiphany Johnson. "If you see them harassing her, I want to know immediately."
In the hospital room Sam was relieved when she saw Jason. She had just heard the argument in the hallway and was hiding her happiness at Jason putting the shrew in her place. "Jason, thank you for coming..."
"Sam, I made a promise to help you. I will keep that promise, but you need to put away this idea of us being a couple. We are not a couple we will never be a couple. I am here as a friend, nothing more." he said as gently and as bluntly as possible.
"Jason, I consider you more than just a friend." she said and he groaned as he got she wasn't getting what he was saying. "That is why you are the only person I trust."
No sooner had she spoken then Lainey and Kelly entered, annoying the patient who felt like she was never alone with Jason. "Sam, we need to speak about your options."
"What options? What are you talking about? Oh, is this about fixing the birth certificate." she asked suddenly feeling better about things.
"I am afraid not, with the DNA results on file and the paperwork Sonny and you filed, he had legal right to name your daughter." Lainey said as gently as possible. "You can file to change the first name but he has the legal right to keep the name Corinthos on it. As for using Morgan, you weren't married to Jason, so you can't use it legally."
Her eyes went helplessly to Jason. "Maybe we can get married now, you can adopt Delilah."
"Sam, Sonny was the father of your little girl, I told you before that he wanted to be the father." he tried to get her to face her wishes weren't going to happen. "And we are not getting married, ever."
"I have no rights, do I?" she asked bitterly regretting letting Sonny get her to sign paperwork when he gave her the money in exchange for going through with the pregnancy.
Bending her head forward, trying to hide her thoughts, she was worried about the money, what if he could renege on the death, what if he didn't give her the ten million dollars.
"Sam, we need to speak about what went on during your surgery." With that Kelly Lee explained what was going on. "Jason refused to make your choices for you, it will be up to you."
"I won't have the surgery, I refuse to let anyone take away any chance of having children from me." she said.
Jason stayed silent like had been suggested as Kelly said as gently as possible. "Sam, sex without the surgery will be unbearable, there will be no enjoyment, just very intense pain."
Her eyes went to Jason, hoping for a clue as to what he thought but his eyes were on the closed hospital doors, she got the feeling he wished he was anyplace other than there.
"You have time to make up your mind, Sam." said Lainey trying to give her options, to give her the feeling of there being a choice in spite of there really not being one.
Max looked at his boss, his question echoing into his ears. "I didn't want to protect Sam, that is all there was to it."
"Why did you move into that dinghy little apartment then?" asked Sonny. "What are you up to?"
Max lied, needing to stay out of trouble with his other boss, "I saw something and since Jason won't accept anything I say I was looking for proof that Lorenzo Alcazar is up to something. I have been keeping an eye on him, no one suspects me of living there."
"Come to me when you get it. I will deal with Jason." coldly replied Sonny thinking whatever his man found could be used to prove to Jason just who was in charge and why he had survived long before Jason had come to work for him.
Max split from him quickly, knowing he had to find something, anything to get back in Sonny's good graces but also knowing that if he screwed over Jason he had to make sure his ass was covered.
The day of the funeral, Carly was furious to be told by Max that she couldn't enter the church. "I am sorry,. Mrs. C, but I can't let you in."
"What is the hold up out here?" asked Jason exiting the church. Seeing Carly, his jaw tightened then he said "Go home."
"Why the hell are Elizabeth and Steven Webber here, yet I am not allowed. I am the woman whose marriage was destroyed because of this brat."she snapped then saw Jason looking over her shoulder.
"Take Mrs. Alcazar home." he ordered the guard waiting. "Carly you aren't welcome."
Inside, Sam was sitting by herself, wondering where Jason was. Seeing Sonny sitting down a little further on the same pew as herself, she stood and said "You aren't welcome."
"Adella was my daughter too." he said quietly as Mike entered along with Courtney. The blond glared at Elizabeth and a few other of the medical staff who were there at Sam's invite.
Emily who was sitting with Nik beside Elizabeth, saw Mac Scorpio entering and groaned wondering what was up. Leaning forward to ask Sonny, instead she heard Sam speaking to her.
"Emily where is the rest of your family?" she asked wiping her tears on the small lace handkerchief. "Why aren't they here, my daughter was going to be part of your family."
"Sam, the funeral was last minute, they were rather busy." she said uneasily knowing very well that none had wanted to attend. Her grandfather had had to take a heart pill, he had been so angered at the idea of Sam naming her child after his beloved wife.
Not happy, Sam sat back, waiting for Jason to return. Father Coates walked up to the pulpit and Sam stood. "Sir, please wait, Jason isn't back yet."
Walking down to stand between where she was and where Sonny was sitting and whispered "I just spoke to Mr. Morgan, he had to leave."
Sonny grimaced as Mike mouthed Carly at him, unaware that it really had been a guard who took the blond home. Sam was despondent so Elizabeth reached out and held her hand.
She felt for the woman as the priest gave the service then asked if either of the parents wanted to speak. Sam just sobbed loudly while Sonny just said he had spoken to his daughter before the doors had opened.
Moving to the graveyard, the hospital staff dropped off and it was only the Corinthos family and Sam. "W-where is Jason?"
"He doesn't do funerals." said Courtney knowingly. "He never does."
Her eyes went to Sam, who was dressed rather conservatively in a black dress. "I was worried you wouldn't have anything appropriate."
"Jason took care of it for me." she said. Sam had been worried but when he had shown up with the dress and shoes, she had let go of her fears, realizing that he had thought about her.
It really wasn't her type of thing and the heels were a little short, but she did appreciate his attempt.
"Really, Jason must have had Carly help." she said then frowned "No, it must have been Emily, Carly wouldn't put her worst enemy in such a sack clothe."
Sam gritted her teeth at the nasty comment, knowing that Courtney saw her as a rival for Jason. Good, it looks like things weren't as gone as she had thought.
Returning to the penthouse, finding the note from Jason, she went upstairs and saw the baby's room with everything still in it. Taking it as Jason finding it too hard to pack up after the loss, she sat down in the rocker and waited for him to come home.
Two hours later, when it was dark, she stood, walked down to answer the doorbell. Opening it, she saw a young woman standing there. "Who are you?"
"Oh, I am sorry, I guess we have never met. I am Brooklynn Ashton. My dad is Jason's cousin. Emily asked me to bring over some food, she was sure you weren't up to cooking."
Letting her in, shocked to see the whole picnic basket, she asked where it had come from."The mansion cook, Great grandmother ordered that it be packed full."
Sam hid her smile at that, then waited until the food was put away. "So, is there anything else I can do for you?"
"No, wait, yes. Would you wait with me until Jason gets back." she asked as she sobbed.
Brook wanted to say no, she had been planning on tracking down Georgie and finally speaking to her friend. She had listened to her mother's advise and giving her space but now much space should she give her. She needed to know what was going on and Dillon was feeling too guilty after reading Sage's letters.
Two hours later, with no sign of Jason in sight, Sam was calling Jason every few minutes."Sam, he might be working, he does have a lot of responsibilities."
TBC