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Chapter 14
"So what did the doctor say?" Johnny was in his office with his feet on the desk taking this call.
"No second surgery, some PT when I'm fully healed." Jason passed along. He should have touched base yesterday after seeing the doctor, but he was enjoying family time too much.
"That's good news. We also have some good news. We have a plan in place to catch Diego." Johnny expected his boss was not going to be that thrilled with what they came up with. Mainly because he wouldn't want to risk Gina being harmed.
"Which is?" Jason was sitting by the pool watching the boys swim with Liz and Nadine. His girl had told everyone to put on suits, she wasn't going to let them feel that they could get in the water too.
"Live bait." Johnny started explaining. "Gina Cates is here."
"Keep going." Jason wasn't going to comment until he had all the information.
"We are going to have Georgie call and set up a meeting with Diego. She's going to make it seem like she doesn't want him hurt, but when he shows up Gina will be waiting. Shawn, Jesse, and Cooper are going to be watching. Jesse is going to pull the trigger. He's going to say it was a right place, right time kind of thing." Johnny told his boss. "Georgie is going to make the call tonight. She's going to suggest they meet in a few days."
"Be careful Johnny." Jason had to trust that his guys knew what they were doing. "I don't want Gina hurt."
"We are taking every precaution. This plan should work. Diego was targeting Robin and we know he wants to kill her. There is no indication that he wants to hurt Georgie." Johnny explained why they came up with this plan. "Besides Shawn isn't going to let anything happen to Gina."
"Really?" Jason grinned at that.
"Really. There has been a lot of hard looking on both sides. We had a family style dinner last night so that Gina could met Georgie and the flirting was pretty intense. There is talk of a tour of Puerto Rico when all this is said and done."
"Let me know when everything goes down. We will probably return a few days after that." Jason was enjoying the time away, but he was ready to get their lives underway back home. He wanted to start making memories of them in their new house. "I need to have a crew pick some things up for me."
"Okay. The painting is almost done." Johnny passed along. Liz had picked colors from the photographs they sent. "Send me a text of what you need."
"I'll do that when I hang up." Jason was ready to get into the water with his family. Also he and Liz were having dinner tonight and he wanted to run out and get a haircut.
"Tell Liz I said hi, and bring me a souvenir." Johnny said putting his feet down.
"Will do." Jason said ending the call. He put his phone on the table and headed over to the water.
"Jason got good news from the doc." Johnny passed along to Francis.
"Patrick knows his stuff, and Dr. Torres is supposed to be one of the best in her field. Jason get aftercare instructions?" Francis wanted to know.
"He did. I'm not even going to go there. Liz will keep him in line, even if she has to kick his butt to do it. If she needs backup she can call on Monica." Johnny just thought that was the safest course of action. "He is not overly thrilled with the plan we have in place." What was left unsaid was clearly heard. "At the same time Jason trusts that we know what we are doing."
"I'm not thrilled either. I just got a call from Gina, she has been brainstorming with Jesse. They both agree that she is going to need some bruises to sell this story." Francis was frowning. "So before she leaves for her meeting with Diego, she wants one of us to make that happen." Forensics had come a long way and there was a time line for how bruises developed. If the bruises happened too early they would be busted.
"No way are we knocking her around." Johnny was only going to take this so far.
"Gina figured as much. She is suggesting we let Georgie do the honors." Francis wasn't too keen on that either. He didn't want Johnny's girl feeling guilty. "Gina is saying set up a sparring match with no protective gear for her."
"Do we really need to go there?" Johnny asked frowning.
"Jesse is saying it's going to look strange if Gina doesn't have any marks on her at all. The only other option is to let Diego have a few minutes with her before we step in because he needs to be bruised as well." That was easy enough to accomplish once he was on the ground.
"No." Johnny ruled that out right away. "That isn't happening. Do we know where Diego is now?"
"The block up from the Towers." Francis told Johnny. Since the apartment building was on a one way street any car with Georgie would have to pass where he was parked. So it was a smart move to place himself there. There were no direct eyes on him from the apartment building. However Spinelli had tapped into a security camera so they could do surveillance. "It appears that he has completely abandoned his pursuit of Robin for the moment."
"Are we ever going to tell Robin that she was target?" Johnny asked his friend.
"When is Jason coming back?" Francis wasn't ignoring the question, he needed this answered first.
"End of week at the earliest." Johnny rocked back in his chair.
"When we have Diego contained then yes I plan on letting Robin know she was next on the list. I also plan on telling her she was being followed and never even realized it. Then when she's standing there in shock I'm going to remind her that she is still breathing because of Jason and the least she can do to repay him is leave him alone from here on out." Francis was going to make this work for them. "Carly and Sonny are gone, I'm not in the mood for Robin to become the next headache."
"Liz can take Robin." Johnny said with a wicked grin.
"Liz doesn't need to end up in prison on a homicide charge." Francis said laughing. "Nor does Monica."
"At least we don't have to worry about Emily." Johnny said looking at his friend. "Hopefully after this things will calm down. I need some quiet."
"I hear you my friend." Francis said getting to his feet. "Do something productive." He said grinning before walking out of the office.
"What is that for?" Cameron asked his mom. He was sitting on the big bed in her and daddy's room. Mommy was sitting at something that looked like a desk but had a really big mirror. There were plastic things in front of her. Some had colorful stuff inside. She had a pink one in her hand.
"This is blush. I put it on my cheeks. It makes my face look pretty." Liz explained reaching for a large brush. She didn't regularly wear a full face of makeup, but for nights out she got glammed up. Tonight her guy was taking her out for an evening of romance and she wanted to look good.
"You're already pretty. Right Jake?" Cameron looked at his little brother who was sitting on Nadine's lap in the big chair.
"Thank you baby." Liz could always count on her son to say something to melt her heart. She swiped a peachy pink long stay cream over her lips and got up. "You can tell me what you think of my dress after I put it on."
"Okay." Cameron said bouncing on the bed. Jumping on the bed wasn't allowed, so he stayed on his knees. "What are we going to do tonight Aunt Nadine?" The little boy wanted to know.
"Your dad had some more games brought to the house, so we are going to play them, and then after dinner we are going to watch a movie before bedtime." Nadine explained. Cameron was a great kid and she loved hanging out with him and Jake.
"That sounds like fun. Right Jake?" He asked grinning. When his brother laughed he did too.
"Okay, what do you think?" Liz asked doing a spin.
"You look fantastic." Nadine said giving her approval.
"Pretty mommy!" Cameron said and Jake clapped.
"Thanks guys. I need to have the three of you with me when I go shopping." Liz said laughing. This dress however was a guaranteed winner. Starting with the color. Green. It was Jason's favorite color for her to wear. They were still keeping their relationship a secret when she saw the square fold cross collar dress in the window. The silhouette A line design was one she knew she would look wonderful in. After a few minutes of looking she went in and got it. Because she fully believed that at some point they would stop sneaking around. This dress was made for a date night.
She slipped on her wine colored four inch heels and silver jewelry to finish off the look. "You two are going to be good for Nadine right?"
"Me and Jake are going to be good." Cameron promised his mom. "Are you and daddy going to be out late?"
"I think so. You will be asleep when we get back." Liz said kissing her son on the forehead. "So we will see you at breakfast in the morning. Okay."
"Okay." Cameron said getting down from the bed, he wanted to go see what his dad had on.
"I want one just like him." Nadine said smiling at her friend.
"Be careful what you wish for. You've never seen him in full melt down mode." Liz said even though she thought she was pretty blessed as a mom. Her boys were pretty even keeled.
"We need to get you and Cody out on a dress up date." Liz told her friend.
"That can wait until we return to Port Charles." Nadine commented. "All my nice clothes are back home, and so are his. I'm not going to ask him to buy a suit just to take me out. I can wait."
"Fair enough." Liz would respect that. "I want all the details though."
"I'll have to see what rating the date falls under." Nadine said laughing, which made Jake laugh too.
"Mommy, daddy is waiting for you." Cameron said coming back into the room.
"Then I need to get out front." She said taking her son's hand.
"Daddy, I found her." Cameron said as they walked down the hall.
"Good job buddy." Jason said smiling at his girlfriend. "You look beautiful."
"Thank you." Liz said smiling. "I love you in that suit." Blue was color that he looked fantastic in.
"I know. That's why I packed it." Jason said with a wide smile. "Ready?"
"I am. Night guys." Liz said giving Cameron and Jake another kiss.
"Am I driving or are the guys driving?" Liz asked as they headed to the door.
"The guys. Whenever we are in a different city the guards always drive." Jason explained. This was the first time they were traveling together, but it wouldn't be the last. "I hate that." He admitted. "But I follow the rules."
"Whose rule?" Elizabeth asked as Marco opened the door.
"Francis." Jason said before walking around the car and getting inside. Chris was driving and when everyone was buckled up he pulled off. The route to the restaurant was already in the GPS and it took them forty-five minutes to arrive.
"The Herbfarm." Elizabeth said smiling at the building through the window. It looked rustic and aged and the type of place she would pick on her own.
"Cody said it started out as an herb nursery with a small restaurant attached. The original location caught fire, and they moved to another location before ending up here." Jason explained as he helped his girl down from the SUV.
"I love that you know the history of where we are eating tonight." Liz said sneaking a kiss. "I bet you know the menu too."
"Actually I don't. I do know that we are having nine courses." Jason explained as they walked inside. "Morgan party of four." He told the hostess.
"Your tables are ready." She said leading them further into the restaurant. "Sasha is going to be your server, and she'll be right over."
"Thank you." Jason said as he pulled out a chair for Elizabeth. "What do you think?"
"It's lovely." She said looking around the candle lit interior. "Thank you for bringing me."
Dinner was amazing. One course after another was placed in front of them. Everything was local. Many of the items were grown or raised by the owners. What they couldn't provide for themselves they got from local sources. The menus were adjusted on a daily basis to take advantage of what was freshest which included adapting as the seasons changed.
They were finishing up dessert when Jason held out his hand and she placed hers on top. "Thank you for not walking away. There were so many times this summer you had every reason to. I wouldn't have been able to fault you. But you never did. You never said it was too dangerous, or the risk was too great. You were always there."
"There was nowhere else I could have been." Liz said smiling at him. "I love you, and we took so long to get to this. To get to the place where we were possible. I wasn't giving that up." She let him know.
Jason brought her hand to his lips and kissed her palm. "I love you too. You and our sons are the best thing to ever come into my life. I want you to know that. I don't ever want you to have a doubt."
"I won't." She said touching his cheek. "I won't ever doubt it."
Jason kissed her palm again and reached into his pocket. "Will you marry me?" He asked his blue eyes on hers.
Elizabeth was struck speechless but the radiance of her smile told him her answer. "Yes." She said when she found her voice. "Yes, I'll marry you."
Jason opened his free hand to reveal the ring he had put in his pocket before leaving the house. He had purchased it in New York City during a meeting right after Sonny died. Despite everything that was going on, and the fact that a mob war was on the verge of breaking out he took the time to buy this piece of jewelry. He didn't want to return home from Seattle without giving her this ring. As he slipped it on her finger he had to think that he was luckiest bastard on the planet because he got his wish. Tonight was the beginning of them becoming the Morgan family.
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