Chapter Twenty
Walking down the hall after talking to Liz and Jason, Bobbie was almost to the hub when she overheard Detective Taggert speaking to Courtney. Stopping wanting to make sure that the overeager detective didn't brow beat the young woman who had miscarried, she was eavesdropping when what she heard made her groan.
"I am not joking, I have no intention of pressing charges against Carly. She is my best friend and didn't mean to hurt me." said the gullible blond as she was propped up against her pillows.
"Ms. Matthews please tell me you aren't really that naive." said Taggert frustrated. While they had her on trespassing charges and Mac was going to get Carly charged for creating a public disturbance, without Courtney they couldn't get her on first degree assault and that was the charge they really wanted.
"I won't hurt my best friend that way, she was simply a little upset with the news I gave her." she said then asked him to leave. Taggert did, shaking his head and seeing Bobbie standing there said exasperated "I was playing nice."
"You might want to find out if she hit her head during that attack, maybe you can press charges anyhow if she did." she responded then left to head back to the hub.
In the room, Courtney was debating who to call for help when she saw someone entering her room wearing a white coat and before she could get a good look, saw her door closing.
"Hello Courtney, long time no see." said AJ leaning against the door and looking at his ex-wife. "So this is how this is going to go. You will take the money I am about to offer you, leave town quickly and quietly or you can deal with the fall out of having your debut as a porn star made public."
"You sick bastard, you taped us having sex?" she shrieked as she held her stomach and glared at the sad little man standing in front of her. " You pervert, just wait until Jason hears about this."
"Uh, no." he said a bit confused as he got she didn't know about her staring role in Daisy's Afternoon Delight but it didn't change a thing. "No, it wasn't me. I just found out about it on a trip down Courtland street. Either way, you can stay in town, be a laughing stock or you can leave town, create a new life for yourself maybe in Texas. They like blonds in Texas. I am sure that is a wealthy man you can try to trap into marriage."
"And if I chose to stay? Do you really think that Jason won't come to my rescue again?"she asked smugly. "That Carly won't work with me..."
"You have no clue, do you?" he asked delighted with the news that she was completely in the dark. "Carly isn't going to forgive you, Jason saw the video, his only response was pretty much to wonder who on earth would pay to watch you having sex considering how lacking your sex life was. I am your only ally and frankly that is only because you are a way to short cut to get something I want."
Courtney was ignoring him, when he put a portable DVD player in front of her and hit play. Watching as she was having sex with Lorenzo, she started to say that she wasn't scared when something occurred to her, Lorenzo would pay big time for that tape to go away and that she had been carrying his child. Surely he would want to help her...
Sonny's mind was whirling, he had been expecting the FBI to make him an offer, instead he had been visited by his brother of all people, gloating about Jason betraying him. As he thought about Ric's offer, he was considering it.
The only problem was, he didn't just want Elizabeth away from Jason, he wanted the bitch dead. He had seen the news, heard about Jason marrying the woman. That he had betrayed Sonny's sister had gotten his brother's wife pregnant.
Sonny wanted Elizabeth dead and he wanted Jason to know he had killed her. Yet, how to do that without Ric's help, because his brother had made it perfectly clear that he wouldn't work with him unless that tramp was left alone.
When Carly was led past, he was still in disbelief, because while he wasn't shocked about the betrayal by Jason of him, that he would betray Carly, that one just was not possible.
"Sonny, Sonny, you have to do something. AJ is back, AJ is back and he has custody of Michael." she shrieked. Seeing the dark haired man smile, she shouted. "Why are you so happy, don't you understand, Jason, Jason is the one who brought him back."
His smile fading, Sonny was already making plans to call Ric when Mac Scorpio entered the tomes. "Take Corinthos to my office."
The guards did so, once there, Mac said "I am sure you don't give a damn, but your brother hit black ice on the drive home, he hit a generator. He didn't make it."
Knowing that Jason had to have done it, he was about to place blame when Mac handed him a piece of paper. "Anything you want to tell me about?"
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Sonny read the note and then looked at Mac,"What is this supposed to be?"
"That is what I want to know." said Mac. "Why is this written in your brother's handwriting."
"I don't know." said Sonny. "I need a new attorney."
"I suggest you make a few calls." was Mac's response. He was beginning to wonder about the deaths, what if Sonny had been behind it all. It would make sense, Trevor had spawned Ric, Luke might have had him deal with Helena then tried to blackmail him with it. Tom might have been a simple death, not related and as for Lucky, well he might have found the note on his father for all he knew.
Mac had been hoping to learn more from the mobster, but wasn't truly disappointed. He had Sonny by the balls, Taggert hadn't been so happy in years. Neither had the Mayor, the press or the FBI. If he had killed Ric or had it done, it wasn't arranged by Morgan and to be honest Mac would look into it, but he doubted he would find anything.
Carly and Sam listened as Sonny was put back into his cell, they could hear him snarling at the guard. "What do you suppose that is about?"
"I don't know." said Carly her mind whirling as she got that something had clearly gone wrong. Something worse than AJ getting custody of Micheal. As she tried to figure out what it was, she could only come up with Elizabeth Webber having done something else to make Jason betray them.
In his office, Mac was not happy to be told on his way out of the office and was told that the FBI wanted to speak to him. "What do you want, Agent Malone?"
"Sam McCall aka Angela Monroe aka Livvie Lockheart, con woman." he said giving the other man the paperwork. "I know you want to charge her, but I have murder charges and federal racketeering charges against her."
Courtney was still lying in her hospital bed the next morning. First Lorenzo had never come to visit her, then she had been shocked at what she had seen on the television. The only person who had come to visit had been her father who had made it clear he thought she was a fool.
With her back turned towards the door as the evening news played on the television, the blond hoping to hear that Carly had forgiven her. They had shown Carly shouting terrible things about her as she had been dragged out of the hospital the day before, things that were making her regret agreeing to drop the charges when Taggert had been there the day before. "Ms. Matthews, you need to eat something. I know that the hospital lunch isn't exactly the best but it is nutritious, and you really need to eat so that you can heal."
She ignored the woman, still dazed that her best friend had turned on her so viciously. How could Carly do this, how could she be so mean to her. The things she had said, she had been so mean, for no reason. It wasn't like Carly was in love with Lorenzo Alcazar or was she?
Epiphany looked at the blond, left the room and went to the hub. Calling Dr. Meadows, she said "Ms Matthews still isn't eating."
"I will speak to her."said Lainey who was already in a meeting with Kelly Lee and Karen Meadows about the other woman. That Courtney had gotten pregnant and had been a shock considering her medical issues after her miscarriage. The only good news for the blond was that she would find it easier to get pregnant than was previously thought. Standing, she asked "Has Mr. Alcazar been to visit her yet?"
"No, visit, not even a call." said Kelly who shook her head at the tawdry little story she had been entire mess was sadly entertaining.
Entering the room, Nadine was taking her vitals when Courtney sullenly looked at the blond. "What do you have that I don't?"
"I don't understand."she said as she put away the chart. She didn't want to converse with the other woman, she had had several run-ins with the blond and didn't get why she thought so highly of herself. The blond came off as less than intelligent, she was classless and seemed to think being related to a mobster made her the creme de la creme of society.
"Jax, he slept with me and walked away with nothing more than a thank you for the night."she said bewildered at the idea as she scanned the blond in front of her. "I mean look at you, you are a countrified nobody who works a thankless dead end job that pays a pittance and you look like... well nothing special."
Nadine said evenly "Ms. Matthews, your blood pressure is down. You should consider eating."
Walking towards the door, she stopped and looked at her patient, shook her head, then left and met Elizabeth at the hub. "Have you ever wanted to slap a patient?"
"Courtney?" she asked sympathetically. "I am grateful that I am not allowed to be her nurse, but I do get where you are coming from."
"What are you doing back here, I thought you were done for the day?" asked Nadine of Emily who was approaching in a coat and wearing her stethoscope.
"Dad asked if I wanted to work an extra shift." she said with a grimace. "Elizabeth, he needs to see you in his office."
Elizabeth walked to see her father in law and saw Jason instead. "What is going on? Where is Cam?"
"Cam is with my dad. I have something to tell you. There was a car accident, Ric is dead."He told her, worried she might think he had something to do with it.
"Oh god, poor Alexis. I mean... I think she was actually falling for his lines." she said feeling for the older woman.
"I don't know and after seeing how she has been acting, she doesn't get a lot of sympathy. Ric, well you know how I feel about him." he said. "I know we have talked about Ric, but I also know how soft-hearted you are."
Reaching out, she looked at him. "If there was anyone out there who loved Ric, I would mourn for their sake, but Ric's life has been about his brother, about Sonny. He has alienated everyone. I am sure that even Alexis is a bit relieved at knowing he is gone."
Anthony was sitting in his office when Georgie arrived after school. "Sir, what do you need me to do today."
Handing her a magazine, he said "In there you will find a list of 21 ultimate gifts, I need you to arrange for the purchase of all the ones marked. I will take care of the names on the cards."
Georgie went to her desk, sat down and opened the magazine to the marked page and without even glancing at the prices, got on the phone and began to make calls. A quarter of a billion dollars later, she said "Done sir."
"Thank you, Ms Jones. Why don't you head out. There is a new list for you along with names to go with them. Then we need to get that list of names for the baskets this week."
"Already done sir, on your desk in the green folder." she said with a smile as she picked up her purse and closed down her lap top. "I have a dinner date sir, are you going to be okay and remember to eat tonight?"
Lifting the phone, he said "I have already ordered it."
"Just remember to actually eat it sir." she said with a knowing grin, then left. In her car, she was having a good laugh, she had finally figured it out last night and she wasn't sure how to tell John that she got the feeling she was to be his present. She did wonder just how Anthony intended to give it to him, would she be in a box under the tree or just wrapped in a pretty bow, who knows, maybe if she was wrong, she would do that for him herself. But she didn't think she was wrong
His father had left a very large trail for John to the office, to her. A trail even a blind man or Lucky Spencer could follow. Arriving home, she saw that her father was already in the kitchen and that Maxie was in the living room. "So, dad what is going on?"
"Wait until we are all seated." he said with a smile. "So where is Mr Zachara this evening."
"He had a meeting with the City Planning Committee." she said with a grin.
Mac had to hide his laugh, minus the mob and wishing he was having this discussion about planning committees five years in the future, he had to admit, John and Georgie were a good pairing.
As the three of them sat down at the dining room table, Maxie said "Why are we all here?"
Taking a deep breath, Mac said. "Your Mom is going to be here for Christmas, along with Robin. Georgie I know you are going to be busy with work that week, but I hope you can find some time for them. Maxie, I am going to invite Jesse over for dinner and Georgie the same thing regarding John."
"Dad, he might be busy with his father." Warned Georgie. "Why is Mom coming home, she hasn't been around much this year."
"My question exactly, let me guess she is coming back to jerk your chain, dad." sniped Maxie as she looked at her dad. "Why are you letting her get away with this."
"Maxie, she is your mother, I know she hasn't been here that much but you need to show her respect." he said sternly. "I love you, but you don't know everything going on.
At the end of the day, Jason was waiting at home with Cam when Elizabeth came in from the garage. Seeing him cooking dinner, she moved in to kiss him when she saw he was heating up some soup. "I thought you hated soup?"
Pouting a bit, he said "Do you realize what today is?"
Frowning a bit, she thought quickly, her mind going over their past, trying to find something on December 3rd. "I hate to admit it, but no."
Hugging her as he handed Cam some more cheerios, he said "Okay wife, we have now been married three months."
Her eyes widening, she said "I was looking for something connected to soup."
Laughing at her, he said "I wasn't hungry and wanted to feed you. I stopped at Kelly's and got you some soup. There are brownies in the fridge and Cam has already been bathed."
Relaxing, she found herself being fed as they talked about their day. "So AJ is trying to get Courtney to leave town?"
"He is worries she might be a threat in regards to Morgan." he said. "I can't believe she won't press charges against Carly. What is she thinking."
"She isn't." said Elizabeth as Jason carried Cam up to bed, then went to join Elizabeth in their bedroom. Seeing her in his closet, sorting out clothes, he asked "What are you doing?"
"Just getting laundry ready so I can get it done tomorrow." she said innocently as she hid the small piece of paper with his sizes on them. The tailor need them to fit the suit. Slowly walking out of his closet, she was reaching for the hem of her shirt when he bent down to pull her into a kiss.
"Elizabeth, you don't have to do all that work, yourself. I am quite capable of tossing clothes in the washer." he said while inwardly thinking he had gotten another clue as to what she was up to. "Just leave them in the bottom of the closet, I will take care of them."
She had no idea that Jason was on to her as he soon had them naked, sated and curled up together in bed, before looking at the small piece of paper on the nightstand as she slept. The stationary had lines on it that asked inseam, chest and arm lengths.
Now he knew Elizabeth wasn't the suit sort, so he was really getting curious but would wait her out, eventually either Emily or she would give up the truth. Hearing Cam, he eased out of their bed, pulled on some jeans and went to get their son. "So Cam, what do you think your Mommy is up to?"
The brunette pretending to be asleep realized she was going to have to confess as she grinned. Standing, she grabbed Jason's t-shirt and pulled it on. Walking down the hallway, she saw her husband standing there holding Cam. "You know there is one thing that would make this scene even sexier and let me tell you that is hard to do."
Blushing a bit, Jason looked at Elizabeth with her tousled curls and plush lips wearing only his shirt and said "I know what I think it is missing, Cam's mother, curled up next to us."
"No, I was thinking about a wardrobe change, maybe something a little more festive." she said with a leer. "At least the bottom half and maybe the hat. Though, for Cam you might need to wear the jacket, but for me, I can think of lots of ways for you to help me celebrate without the jacket."
Blinking in confusion, he asked "What are you talking about?"
"Santa Claus, I want my own personal santa wrapped in a bow under the tree just for me." she said then gave Cam a kiss on the foreheard then gave his father a lingering kiss then said "I will be waiting for you when you get Cam to sleep."
TBC