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Epilogue
"Standing there looking out the window isn't going to make them arrive any faster." Jason pointed out. His wife was almost vibrating with happiness. For the first time in a few years all the kids were going to be here for Christmas. He had to admit to being excited himself. While they were in constant contact with all their children, visits only happened a couple of times a year. Getting them all together at the same time could be hard.
"I know." Elizabeth turned and smiled at her husband. Then she turned back and looked out the window again. "I can feel you smirking at me."
"I would do no such thing." Jason said smirking. Once the kids arrived and Elizabeth cried over them they were going to the mansion where Emily and Milo were hosting a larger get together. Their mother and Harry had flown in last night. Once she retired from the hospital they moved to Amsterdam where the executive offices of the Silver family holdings were located. The O'Briens and their kids would be there. Same with the Pauls and their crew. Diane and Francis were dropping by before leaving for Italy. Some other folks would also be dropping by, it promised to be a lot of fun.
"A car is coming!" Elizabeth said hurrying from the window and going over to open the door. "Hi!" She called out. The only reason she hadn't run out was because Jason was holding her.
"It's too cold to be out without a jacket." He said still trying not to laugh.
"Hi mom." Jake wrapped his arms around both his parents, pretty much squashing his mom between him and his dad. The grin on his face said it was intentional.
"Hi." She said when Jake moved back. "Now move." She said pushing her son aside and opening her arms. "How are you doing?"
"I'm good mom." Cassandra Paul-Morgan said walking into the house and letting her mother in-law help her with her coat. Jake's wife, and Nadine and Cody's eldest child was just over four months pregnant. "Ta da!" She said showing off her baby bump.
"Come sit down and then I'll get you something to drink." Liz said fussing. "Did you go see your parents first?"
"I did. Mom cried." Cassie said taking a seat.
Out in the hall Jake looked at his dad. "Guess I'm not as important huh?" He asked laughing.
"No one supersedes the bump." He said knowingly. "I'm happy to see you."
"Am I the first one here?" Jake asked taking off his jacket. It was a long flight from San Diego. He worked as an environmental lawyer while his wife was an exotic vet on staff at the world famous zoo the city was home to.
"Yes." Jason nodded. Despite the fact that Cameron lived here, Jake beat his brother over. That might have something to do with the fact that Cameron had spent most of last week outside the city. He and his wife might have slept in today. "Coffee?"
"Would be great." Jake said following his dad back into the kitchen.
When the next car arrived Elizabeth grabbed her coat and stepped out onto the porch. The fact that she saw this couple regularly didn't at all diminish the strength of the hugs she gave out. "I missed you guys last week at dinner." Most Sundays Cameron and Emma had dinner at the farm house.
This pairing had been shocking. Cameron had gone off to graduate school in Philadelphia to get his master's degree in business. While there he had met a lovely pre-med student named Emma. They heard a lot about the young woman and Elizabeth had been excited when he son called to say he was bringing her home.
The second she opened the door Liz knew she was looking at Robin Scorpio's daughter. The Drakes, because Robin took Patrick's last name, moved away from Port Charles about a month after Georgie gave birth to her twins. Patrick got an offer to go work with his father in Seattle and took it. They had been gone for about six weeks when Georgie mentioned that they were expecting, which is what prompted the move in the first place. Robin didn't want to raise her child in Port Charles. While Liz knew Patrick had a daughter she didn't know anything else about the child.
That first dinner had been interesting. The first dinner with both sets of parents which took place to celebrate Cameron's graduation was awkward to say the least. That was when the kids learned their parents already knew each other. Liz had to give Robin some respect though. She hadn't whitewashed any of their shared history. Getting everything out in the open made it so the wedding wasn't tense. The families rarely mingled, the last time was at little Lila Anna's christening, but when they did they got along fine.
"Just give her the baby and she won't hurt us." Cameron said laughing at his mother.
"I'm happy to see both of you too." Liz said taking her granddaughter. "You are getting so big. Come on in, it's cold." She said leading the small group into the house. "Jake and Cassie are already here."
"Hey." Jason came out and gave his son a hug before giving his daughter in-law a kiss on the cheek. "Hey princess." He said kissing his granddaughter. Any opportunity to spoil her was not passed up. He expected to get a long lecture about the pony he was giving her this Christmas.
"Come sit down." Liz said heading to the living room with her granddaughter on her hip. At some point she might give the little girl back to her parents. Not anytime soon though.
"Everything okay?" Jason asked his son.
"It's good. I took care of the issue last night after we got in." Cameron told his dad. He was his father's second in command when it came to running the business. Francis had retired a few years back, and Johnny was now the head of his own organization in Rochester. Cody was running Crimson Pointe. Between them they kept the area stable. When Jason retired which would be in a few years, then Cameron would become the new head of the Morgan Organization.
"That means we can kick back and relax today." Jason nodded, he would talk with Johnny at the mansion. Cameron had taken Andrew, Johnny's oldest son, with him since this was a potential threat to both organizations.
Jason hadn't been looking for either of his boys to follow in his footsteps. When it became clear that Cameron was going into the business no matter what Jason had asked Johnny to hire him. There was no better person to train someone for life in this world. Johnny agreed on the condition that Jason hire Andrew, because like Cameron he was determined to follow in his dad's footsteps.
Neither man was easy on the boys. They didn't get special treatment and they had to earn their spots. Now both boys were strong, level headed, good men. They wouldn't make the mistakes that both Jason and Johnny watched Sonny make due to ego. Jason knew that when he went away the territory was in good hands with his son. In fact he and Elizabeth were going to Capri on the twenty-sixth when all the festivities were over. The O'Briens were joining them.
"Look who finally made it." Cameron chided his sister as he opened the front door.
"Get out of the way." Lia said shoving her brother so that she could get to their mother.
"Hi sweetie." Liz said holding her daughter close. Since she lived full time in London they generally only saw each other a couple of times a year. Whenever they went to the villa they stopped off, coming and going, to see their youngest child.
Lia had taken over as CEO of ELQ when AJ stepped down due to health issues. Years of drinking had led to liver disease. He was doing okay now, but the doctors had recommended he stay retired. When Amalia officially took control both brothers had wondered if their grandfather was rolling over in his grave because a woman was running the company. Liz reminded the brothers that Tracy hadn't been denied the position because of her gender. It was her disposition that made Edward say she could never run his company.
Since Lia had been running the business profits were up and the economic forecast was bright. Elizabeth was incredibly proud of her daughter. "You look great."
"Not bad for an international flight." Lia said letting her dad hug on her. "Sean is grabbing the bags." Like her siblings she was staying in the house. Their mother would cry if she or Jake booked a hotel room.
"I swear you packed enough clothes for a month." Sean O'Brien said coming into the house and putting down a small mountain of luggage. He was the younger of the twins, and Lia's husband. While his brother had been interested in the family business, Sean spent a lot of time hanging out in his Aunt Liz's studio. Art had called to him from early on, and never let go. Now he was well known artist, who regularly sold out his openings.
Both in London and the gallery here in Port Charles his sister owned which was the only place in the United States you could purchase his work. Kyra O'Brien-Paul also had a love of art, but not a lick of talent. So she opened a gallery where she sold her brother's and her godmother's art.
"Lia always over packs. On family vacations it took us, dad, and the guards to get her bags off the plane." Jake had come out to pick on his little sister, because that never got old.
Lia simply stuck her tongue out at her brother. They were unmerciful in how they picked on one another, and she wasn't spared because she was a girl, but she missed both her siblings fiercely. London was where she lived, but she looked forward to the times when they could all be together at home.
"Stand together so I can get a picture." Liz said pulling out her phone.
"No." Lia made a horrified face. "I'm not you." She said laughing. "I can't fly across the pacific and get off the play looking like I had a glam squad with me. Let a girl visit the bathroom first." She hadn't ever seen her mother look bad. Without a drop of make up her mother put everyone to shame. The woman didn't age either. Lia was really hoping she got those genes.
"She's also vain." Cameron said piling on. "In case you didn't know."
"Leave my girl alone." Sean said coming to his wife's defense. "She's perfect just as she is."
"Man, I think my teeth hurt." Jake said shaking his head.
"Go freshen up I have a million pictures to take." Liz said just happy everyone was home.
"Look at them." Emily said standing by the terrace doors with her best friend. "All the kids are home." Her two girls lived full time in Port Charles and she was thankful for that. Elena had been another child who spent a lot of time in Elizabeth's studio and now Emily's eldest daughter was the owner of, and creative force behind, the Chloe Morgan label. Her last line had sold out in a matter of hours. She was married to Matt Hunter's son Henry. Like his dad he was a neurosurgeon. Emily's youngest daughter Gemma was a resident at the hospital specializing in obstetrics, she was dating Spinelli's son with Ellie, David, who was Johnny's tech guy.
"I know." Liz was smiling wide watching them all talk and laugh with one another. "Jimmy did a great job with the food."
"That he did. I'll be in the gym first thing in the morning." Emily nodded her agreement. Jimmy, or James, was Cody's middle child and Kyra's husband. He owned Polluzo's. Jason had given it to him as a wedding present. "Unlike you, who never gains a pound, my pants are already feeling tight."
"You look amazing and you know it." Liz said shaking her head. Her sister in-law was the Chief of Surgery at General Hospital. Rumor had it that she was about to be named the youngest Chief of Staff in the medical center's history. It was position Emily had worked hard to earn.
"I've been taking pictures all night." Nadine said coming over to stand with her friends. "It's good to see them together." Like Liz she had a child who lived outside the country. Her youngest son Ronan worked in the financial sector and lived in Hong Kong. He had flown in yesterday and ten minutes after walking through the door he was asleep. This morning she had fussed over him while he sat at the table.
"When is Ronan heading back?" Elizabeth asked her friend.
"January second. I'm gonna cry for a week." Nadine said laughing at herself. "So when you pass me in the halls have tissues." She told Emily. Nadine was the head nurse at the hospital.
"It's flu season, so that will not be a problem. I always have tissues on me these days." Emily promised her friend. She remember when Ronan left. Nadine had been a mess.
"Hi." Georgie walked over and the ladies had a group hug. "Traffic was a nightmare." They were just arriving. "Now I need to go hug on Sean." She told her friends going to where her son was sitting.
Liz was looking forward to catching up with Georgie. They talked on the phone frequently and meet twice a month for lunch. Now that she lived an hour away they didn't see each other as often, but their bond was still tight. They had sat together at the wedding reception of their children and bawled their eyes out with happiness. Dr. Georgie O'Brien was the head of Occupational Therapy at Rochester General.
Liz's eyes roamed the room. Four generations of family were all under the same roof. She let her gaze linger on each of her children before stopping on the man who held her heart. Jason was standing with the guys, and they were all laughing at something Johnny had said. Jason was her best friend, and her rock. No matter what life threw at them they always handled it. As if sensing her gaze he looked up and dropped her a wink. She felt her face heat a bit, because yeah she still blushed.
"Can I have everyone's attention?" Sean stood up and all eyes turned to him. "I just wanted to say how great it is to have everyone here. We don't get to do this that often, with how everyone has spread out. So when we are all together it's pretty special. So I'd like to raise a glass to family."
"Here, here!" A chorus of voice responded as everyone raised their glasses.
He held out his hand and Lia joined him. "Since we are all here, it's a good time to announce that we are moving home."
Both Liz and Georgie's mouths dropped open in shock.
"And that we are pregnant!" Lia said as the tears started. She wanted her baby to be raised around family. ELQ's office were coming back to the place the business started. With Uncle AJ's blessing she didn't feel guilty about making this change.
Liz and Georgie were the first ones over, and yeah they were crying. "Congratulations." Liz said holding her daughter tight. When another pair of arms came around them she didn't even have to look up to know it was Jason.
"Can we crash in the spare room while we look at houses?" Lia asked her parents. "We sold our flat in London and our stuff will arrive by freighter next week. Uncle Cody helped us."
"You certainly can." Liz said smiling over at Georgie. There was going to be more family to love.
After the party ended they headed back to the farm house. Lia and Sean were staying here, but next week they were going to go stay for a while with Johnny and Georgie.
The family stayed up and talked for another few hours before folks started turning in. It was almost two in the morning when Jason walked into the kitchen and found his wife crying. He didn't say a word but just wrapped her up tight.
"I finally get why Monica was so happy when all of you stayed at the mansion at the same time. The house feels full for the first time in a few years. I'm going to be a mess when Jake and Cassie go home." After getting in bed Liz and Jason had decided to push back their vacation. They wanted time with their daughter and son in-law. They would spend February at the villa. She was guessing Georgie and Johnny would be fine with that, since they would want to spoil the kids too.
"I'm happy everyone is here. I'm thrilled about the new baby. Someone else to spoil." He said with an unrepentant grin. "They say when you save someone's life you become responsible for them." He said bringing up a night they rarely talked about. "Have I done a good job with making you happy so far?"
"Jason Morgan, my life has been better than I imagined it could ever be. You could give lessons on how to save a life." She said dropping him a wink.
"Come on upstairs. I need to make sure you don't change your mind." He said linking their fingers and leading the love of his life back up to their room.
We've finished yet another story! I have so much fun coming up for these adventures for our favorite couple. It humbles me that so many of you stop by and read them. I do my best to create fictions worthy of your time. I'm working on more stories for Liz, Jason, and the rest of the crew. When the next story is completed and edited I'll be back to posting. Until then my friends, be well.
Thanks again to Liason102 for the edit.
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