Chapter Nineteen
Carly was not happy with what she had just heard Leslie Webber talking about as she left the Brownstone the next morning. AJ was back and WORKING with Jason to take Michael away from her. Wishing she dared confront those inside, she thought about it, this was her fault, it had to be... That that bitch had caused this, that she had managed to turn Jason so far away from her was a shock.
She couldn't allow this to happen, she knew that. As long as she had Michael, she had Jason in her life and she couldn't live without him in some part of her sphere. Frantically working it out in her mind, she was beginning to realize that she was all alone.
Sonny was gone, at least out of reach. He was facing serious charges and no one was allowed to speak to him after he had tried to escape. Her family was not going to help her, hell her mother was supporting AJ.
Her only assets were her friend Courtney and her husband. The man who had been avoiding her, the man who had slept with said friend. The man who had never shown up at the hospital while she was a patient. Restless and now worried, she was trying to figure out how to keep from losing her husband now that she had need for him.
Checking on her phone, she saw she had missed repeated calls from Courtney and listened to her message. Driving over to GH, she only hoped that between the two of them, she could find a way to either get AJ out of town or Elizabeth damn Webber out of Jason's life.
Maybe she could get pregnant, or fake a pregnancy.
Elizabeth was cleaning up from surgery when she heard her name being called over the intercom. When she was showered and changed, she hurried to the hub."Someone paged me."
"We need to talk, what the hell do you-" Ric was suddenly silent as Elizabeth's guards removed his hand from her arm. "Let me go."
"You are too close to Elizabeth." Stated the guard while his teammate was already on the phone to Jason.
"She is my wife." he snarled at the man, the idea of Jason, Jason Morgan winning Elizabeth, there was no way he could stomach that. "Who the hell do you think you are?"
Alexis who had followed Ric asked "That would be my question for you. I apologize Elizabeth for his behavior. Congratulations on your marriage and of course on Cam."
Nodding at the other woman, she looked at Ric and said "Ric, if you ever approach me again, I will get a restraining order."
Alexis just wanted to get the hell out of there, if she was right about what she suspected, she couldn't leave Ric just yet but right now, the idea was growing that being a single parent was better than being publicly humiliated on a daily basis as her husband obsessed over his much younger ex-wife who had moved on with another man.
Ric started to speak, started to remind her that he was an attorney and knew what he could and couldn't get away with but suddenly shut up. Seeing his eyes were looking off behind her, Elizabeth turned in time to see Carly and Courtney were talking, well arguing fit the scene better.
Jason had just got off the elevator, walking towards his wife when he saw she was not alone, that Lansing was still there even if he wasn't paying attention to Elizabeth anymore. Moving between Ric and her, he handed her their son as he saw what they were looking at.
Over on the other side of the hub, Carly was not even paying any attention to the others as she stared at Courtney. "What did you just say?"
"I am pregnant. You have to help me." she begged her best friend, the tears falling down her face.
"Who is the father?"she asked with a sinking feeling in her heart when she saw the way Courtney's eyes went off to the side. "NO, YOU CAN'T BE. YOU LYING CHEATING BITCH!"
Security was already on the way after Epiphany had called them but it was too late as Carly reached out and grasped Courtney by her hair and screamed. "You did this on purpose, you are always, always jealous of what I have. You can't have him, he is mine."
"Carly, you are hurting me." Courtney was saying as Carly shouting at her. "Carly let me go, please, I can't lose this baby."
On the other side, Jason sent the two guards to break it up and said to Epiphany Johnson."Courtney is pregnant. I would guess that Carly just found out that the father is her husband."
"I will call Kelly Lee." she said as on the other side the two men tried to break the woman up but Carly wasn't letting go, instead she was shouting even louder.
"YOU, I GAVE YOU Jason, I gave you all the help you should have needed. You couldn't keep him." she was saying. "You lied to me, you said you were my friend. How could you do this to me? Do you have any idea the trouble this kid is going to cause me?"
At that point, the police got off the elevator and while they were there for Ric, they were quite happy to join in breaking up the two women. "What is going on here?" snapped Mac as he reached for Carly twice in less than one week.
"That slut slept with my husband and is pregnant with his kid." snarled Carly as she kept trying to get a hold of the blond. "Courtney, you are going to pay for this one. I can't believe I trusted you. I thought you were my friend."
Elizabeth wanted to say well what do you expect you knew what she was when you befriended her. Amused to see Carly getting EXACTLY what she deserved, she walked away with her son, hiding her amusement at the two supposedly best friends forever fighting it out over Lorenzo Alcazar of all people.
Mac had handed Carly off to one of the uniformed men he had brought with him, not sure what had been the catalyst for this fight, but needing to know who started it.
Kelly Lee had arrived and was talking to Epiphany then was heading over to the melee when the officer holding Carly found himself unable to stop her from reaching out and shoving Courtney hard into the open door behind her. Smiling when she saw the whore holding her self tightly she said "And that is the first payment, you whore."
"Carly, you have the right to remain silent." said Mac as he pushed her against the wall and began to handcuff her. As she fought him, he used pressure to bring her other hand to her back and slipped the metal bracelets on and then continued to read her her Miranda rights.
When she kept shooting nasty names at the other blond she had been friends with last he knew, he said in a resigned tone. "You just lack the capacity to do so. You have the right to an attorney and if you can't afford one, one will be appointed to you, god have mercy on his sole whoever they are. Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you?"
Kelly and Nadine were escorting a bawling Courtney to an exam room while Carly was still trying to get free. Mac grabbed her arms and snarled "Enough, Carly."
"Mac, you don't know what she has done." she cried out when all the sudden Kelly came out into the hallway and called for someone to get Dr. Meadows. As medical staff rushed in, Carly was being led out.
Alexis took Ric's arm and said in a strong tone "We don't need to be here."
The lawyer wanted to protest but he could see he would not get close enough to Elizabeth to speak to her, he would have to do so at a later date. He was walking past when Mac handed him a notice of appearance ticket to match the one the man had from the day before and just moved out of the way well aware that he would soon have yet another Corinthos sibling in his jail.
The frantic movements towards Courtney's room suddenly stopped then Epiphany left the room."Morgan, do you know how to reach her father or I guess Lorenzo Alcazar?"
"Try Kelly's for Mike and I have no idea where Alcazar is." he said getting that she had to have miscarried. Holding onto his family, he watched them taking Courtney off to surgery, while Alan had greeted AJ who looked at Jason when they heard what was going on.
Lorenzo sat there, listening in shock as Kelly Lee gave him the news. She could see that he was barely comprehending what she was saying. "I gather sir, you were unaware of this information?"
"That would be correct." he said and felt a Catholic guilt in knowing that he was rather glad for there to be no lasting reminder of his bedding of the blond tart. There was a moment's hesitation then he verified the part that was of no surprise to him. That Carly had been behind the miscarriage. "My wife, she caused the miscarriage?"
"Yes, as much as we can discern." She said then watched the man stand, then look around before walking away without even a thank you. When Lorenzo was out of the hospital, he sat in his car, his mind still trying to wrap around the news he had been given.
Making a call, he said"Has my wife been served yet?"
"You will find her at the police station, she was arrested for assault." he said before hanging up. Making a call to AJ, he said "I am done, I am gone as of tomorrow. Don't break your promise regarding those boys."
Carly was not happy to be booked, she was arguing that she was innocent as she was fingerprinted and refused to stand still so that they could take her photo. The intact officer had to hold the sign with her name in front of her, she kept slamming it into the table in front of her, refusing to do so.
Once she was out of her clothes and into her jumpsuit, Carly was led down into the tomes. The prisoners watched the tall blond struggling against the female guard but that ended when she heard her name being called. "Carly?"
Seeing Sonny, she was shocked at how bad he looked as he was being led past her with leg irons on. ""What are you doing here? Has Jason forsaken you too?"
Before she could answer him, she was shoved into a cell with two bunks and one person. "What the hell?"
"Well well, let me guess, you were stupid enough to attack Jason's little wifey?"mocked Sam. "Don't you get it, she beat both of us, she won. I have to give her props she is good. And that sweet innocent look, damn, you can't pay to get looks like that."
"Shut up Sam." she snarled. "Seriously, you are an idiot. Elizabeth isn't some Jezebel, she is a whiny needy little bitch who sucks men in with her lies."
"Like I said, Carlybabes, she is a good little con artist. Wonder where she learned it from?" Carly was in denial at first then had a thought, Luke, Luke had talked for years about Elizabeth.
"Fuck, you are right."she said astounded. "How the hell did I miss it. How the hell did I miss that she was trained by Luke."
"Who?" she asked then her eyes narrowed. "Wait, you think that old drunk Luke Spencer could teach someone to do what she did, no way Carlybabes, this takes someone with more skill than that waste of space."
"You don't know Luke's past." she muttered as she threw herself onto the bunk. "That bitch, that muffin faced bitch."
"Yeah, but you have to appreciate the beauty of the con." said an admiring Sam as she settled in and thought about what the nurse had done. "She didn't have much to work with, it took years, but in the end, she won, she beat all of us."
Carly was now steaming mad as she found herself realizing that she had been played. Add what was going on with Courtney to that mess and she was furious.
"Mrs. Alcazar, you are wanted." called out the guard as he handcuffed her and led her to the Interrogation room. "Sit down."
Carly did then heard footsteps, turning, expecting Jason knowing there was no way he would foresake her when she was in this much trouble, she was shocked to see AJ entering. "What come to gloat?"
"No, came to tell you that I made a deal with your mother. Michael and I have spoken. Carly get help, who knows maybe in ten years when you get out of prison, well maybe your son will want to see you again." with that he stood, then looked at her.
"When you fell, miscarried, I didn't push you, wouldn't have no matter how much I loathed you by that point. You on the other hand, today, you meant to cause pain and suffering. Congratulations Carly, Courtney miscarried."
AJ was leaving when he saw Mac Scorpio talking to a detective then to another man nearby in uniform. Watching as the officer was relieved of his weapon, then arrested, he asked the man standing nearby what that was about. "That is Officer Cruz being relieved of his position, the idiot was complicate in the attempted escape of Corinthos the other night."
"Why would a cop help Corinthos?" he asked.
"Cruz thinks his pal Spencer got a raw deal when he killed that Ruiz brother, then Spencer was shanked in prison. He is barely hanging on but rumor is it was a bungled escape attempt on Spencer's behalf."
Elizabeth and Jason was speaking quietly about Ric and his attempt to speak to her. "Are you sure you are okay?"
"Yes." she said reaching out to grasp his hand. "It was more the shock he got out of jail so quickly. He has to appear in front of a judge for barging into the women's locker room already, now this. He is loosing it, I am glad the guards were there."
"Me too." he said his mind on all the ways this could have gone wrong. Lansing was a danger and he was going to have to be dealt with quietly. Maybe find a way to pin his father's death on him. "Are you ready to head home?"
Lifting their son who was asleep on the sofa between them,. Jason was holding her hand when he saw Bobbie coming their way. "Bobbie."
"Jason, Elizabeth."she said soberly. "I was hoping to speak to you later, about how Michael wants to be sure that his brother is okay. I think after this afternoon... well that might not be a good idea. Monica, Alan and AJ and I will work it out."
"Bobbie, how are you doing?" asked Elizabeth.
"I am going to be fine." she said with a sigh. "Laura went to see Lucky but after she is sure he will be fine, she is taking Lulu back to school. Leslie and she are making plans to head to Omaha where Amy is now living. I just want my peace of mind back."
"I understand how that feels." she replied feeling a bit awkward. "Uh, Bobbie, I wanted you to hear it from us first, just in case. We are expecting another child."
"Oh sweetie, that is wonderful." she said with a genuine smile. "Congratulations to both of you. I will keep it from Carly for now, let her find out elsewhere."
"Thank you. I am glad someone I care about is happy for us. I am sure Grams won't be."she said while Jason lifted Cam to his shoulder while his other arm was resting around Elizabeth's waist.
"I don't know why Audrey is behaving this way. I mean since when is what her neighbor thought been more important than being right?" Bobbie asked with a shake of her head. "Your grandmother has become the very thing she used to warn us younger nurses about. You don't let that get to you, though, be happy, Elizabeth."
Watching the young couple leave, Bobbie turned when she heard her name being called. Seeing Tony standing there, she asked. "Did you get my message about Lucas?"
"Yes, I agreed to go look at Columbia with him. Why are you letting Carly's antics get in the way?" he asked.
"I don't know if you heard, but the man in the fight with Lucky, he died. Add that to Lucky losing part of his liver and the press are all over things again. With what Carly just pulled..."
"You're worried that they might follow you if you go?" he asked finally getting why she wasn't going to New York with them. "Fine, what about Morgan and Michael?"
"Monica is taking both boys to her place this evening. I have to visit with Alexis Davis, speak to her about Kristina." she said not relishing that conversation. "Plus we both know Carly will get some sucker to bail her out. I want all of this dealt with before she does."
Arriving at their SUV, Jason and Elizabeth were making plans for lunch when her phone rang. "Thanks Emily."
"Everything okay?" Jason asked when he saw her secretive grin, he was aware that his sister and his wife were plotting something but neither would admit what was going on and he was finding out he was curious. The grins his wife would give him after the calls had him mildly concerned about his ego or his son because frankly the giggles on Em's end when she had seen him the day before had ended with her losing her breath she had been laughing so hard.
Elizabeth just looked at Jason, tried to play the innocent even as she wondered what he would look like when she got him into the costume. When Em had suggested it, Elizabeth had said no, but then her sister in law had shown her a calender and now, Elizabeth was eagerly awaiting Christmas eve and a bare chested Santa under her tree.
For that she would even get a large tree, one for which they might need real ornaments, the only problem was getting Jason to wear the suit, even poaching it as a tradition for Cam might not work. Then assessing her husband as he backed out of the hospital parking lot, she couldn't help thinking maybe just maybe she should mention her own plans for Santa Claus that evening... Heck she might even be willing to dress up as Ms. Santa Claus...
TBC