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Chapter 11

As she walked through the door Jason put his pool cue down and walked over. "Cameron is taking a nap." He said smiling at the sight of her.

"Did he give you any trouble?" She asked sounding a bit breathless. Never in her life had she gotten hot just from having someone look at her.

"No, we had fun while you were out." Jason said walking closer.

Johnny just stood there and watched the two of them. Shaking his head he muttered mostly to himself since no one else was listening. "I'm going to get some coffee." Being in the same room with them was like standing next to an electric fence. You could damn near hear them humming. How the hell had they managed to hide that much of an attraction?

Alone Jason dipped his head and kissed Elizabeth letting his lips linger. "Mmm." He hummed against her mouth. "I missed you." He said softly.

"I missed you too." She had, the second she walked out the door his lack of presence was noticeable.

"Did everything go okay?" He asked pulling her close enough that their bodies touched. When she put her arms around his neck he started to sway them slightly, almost like he was dancing with her to music only they could hear.

"Yeah." She responded dreamily. Was there any place better to be than in Jason's arms? "We ran into Ric on the way out. Diane ripped him apart."

"Really, I had a visit from Sam while you were gone." Jason told Elizabeth wondering how long Cameron would nap for. He wondered if they had time to make out some. "I told her not to come back, but I expect her to try something."

"Same with Ric. It worries me that they may be planning something together." Elizabeth sighed snuggling closer.

"They may be working with Lucky too." When her head popped up in surprise he stopped swaying her. "He's staying on Sam's boat. I've got guys watching him. According to Max he has a gun now so if you see him walk away and let your guards deal with him." Jason told her.

"I will. I have no desire to be anywhere near him." To be honest she was scared of her ex-husband. Before yesterday it was not something she would have ever said. "Jason?" She asked putting her head back against his chest.

"Yeah, baby?" God she felt good against him.

"I've changed my mind." She said a bit uncertainly.

Before he would have instantly assumed she meant she'd changed her mind about being with him. Now that they had agreed to not jump to conclusions and to talk about things he wasn't worried. They were committed to one another and neither was backing down. "About what?"

"I don't want to wait to be together again." She could feel her face heating up. "Is that alright? Could we just turn the lights off and get under the blankets." She wanted to be with him, but didn't want him to have to look at all her bruises. The one on her face was almost completely covered by makeup.

Leaning down he kissed her again, he really liked kissing her, before answering. "I want to be with you. I think you can tell how much." Her quiet confession had him hard and pulsing against her belly. "But I'm not turning off the lights or hiding under the blankets."

"Jason-" She started to protest.

He silenced her with another kiss. "You don't have anything to be ashamed of and nothing to hide. When we're together I want to be able to see you and I want you to see me. This isn't the last time one of us will be injured, although I do hope this is the last time you'll be injured. You're my girl. I want to watch you when you scream my name." Leaning down in a husky whisper he told her. "You're beautiful when you come."

She was so hot right now that her clothes actual felt uncomfortable against her skin. Wow, just wow! A talking Jason was downright dangerous. If he kept it up she was going to come apart right here by the front door. "Tonight?" She asked already knowing the answer.

"Uh-huh. All night." He confirmed giving her a wicked grin. "And tomorrow morning too. Your place after Cameron is asleep."

"Is it safe to come out yet?" Johnny called from the kitchen.

Jason rolled his eyes as Elizabeth giggled. "I really am going to kill him this time." Jason muttered stepping back.

The green-eyed guard strolled from the other room, mug in hand. "Should I get the spray bottle?"

Jason glared at his friend. "Do not embarrass Elizabeth." He warned.

"I'm not embarrassed." She said turning pink which completely belied her words. "I've done nothing to be embarrassed about."

Both men struggled not to laugh. God she was cute, was what Jason thought to himself. Cute, hot, very sexy and all mine. "Where is Francis?" Time to get his brain on another track.

"He's seeing Ms. Miller back to her office." Johnny smirked, Francis was so obvious.

"Is that right?" Jason asked wondering what Max would think of that.

"Francis is a gentleman." Elizabeth said defending her friend.

"Francis is-" Johnny stopped at the sound of footsteps.

"Momma!" Cameron said jumping off the last step. Jason caught the little boy before he could tackle his mother.

"Hi baby." She said taking him from her boyfriend. "Did you have a good sleep?"

"Yea, Jason got a reawy big bed. Him got a new mattress today." Cam had been excited by the moving crew.

"Is that right?" Elizabeth smiled at her son.

"I jumped on it." Cam told her grinning looking like Zander in that moment. "You should."

"I'm a little big to be jumping on the bed." Elizabeth pointed out, although a new mattress should be properly broken in.

"Momma, the bed is so big we threes could all sweep in it together." Cam said liking that idea. "Wike this morning."

"This morning was fun." She saw Johnny's look. "We all feel asleep on the couch last night."

"SWEEPOVER!" Cameron shouted making the adults laugh.

"We'll see. How about some juice?" Elizabeth asked her son which got an enthusiastic nod. "I'll take him over to our place so that you and Johnny can talk." She raised her head for a kiss, and Cameron also demanded a kiss on the cheek. Mother and son left the two grinning men to discuss business.

Cam was playing in his room when the house phone rang. The guard downstairs announced that Audrey had come to see her. Elizabeth cleared her Gram through and prepared herself for another disagreement. She seriously doubted that the older woman had changed her mind since they'd talked yesterday. Stubbornness was a Hardy/Webber trait.

When the guard knocked Elizabeth opened the door to admit her guest. "Gram."

"Guards on the door? Is that really necessary?" It hadn't taken Audrey long to find out where her granddaughter was staying. In fact once Emily told her the long time nurse wondered why that didn't occur to her in the first place. It was obvious.

"Jason feels that it is. I was beat up by my husband, who the police have not yet arrested." Elizabeth pointed out she was not going to be judged.

"So you're living with Mr. Morgan?" Audrey refused to call him by his first name.

"No Gram. Jason lives across the hall, Cam and I live here. I even pay rent." Or she would once the lease was drawn up. Elizabeth was beginning to suspect that was never going to happen. "Even if I was living with Jason it's not something you have the right to comment on."

"You're married to another man." Audrey pointed out taking the higher moral ground.

"Not any more. My divorce was granted through an emergency decree yesterday. So don't worry I'm not an adulteress. That's one sin you can cross of the list." Elizabeth had hoped this would go better. "Is there something you wanted other than telling me what a disappointment I am? I need to get started on lunch."

"Lucky came to see me last night." Audrey got to the point of the visit.

"Did you call the police?" Elizabeth asked almost dreading the answer.

"Of course not. He wants to apologize and to be a family with you and Cameron. He wants to sit down and talk with you so that you can move past this misunderstanding. I do see that he has a problem but if we work as a family we can get him past this. The last thing he needs is to be in jail." Audrey pleaded the young man's case. "You have too much history to just give up now."

For a moment Elizabeth really didn't know just what to say. Misunderstanding. "I'm standing in front of you with a cast on my arm because Lucky broke my arm and you think all we had was a misunderstanding? He called my son a bastard and somehow I misunderstood him. Gram are you even listening to yourself? You're a nurse you know an addict will say anything he thinks you want to hear to get you to do what he wants." Elizabeth could feel her blood pressure rising.

"Lucky needs his family and that includes you." Audrey was not backing down.

"No it doesn't, but it's clear it includes you. Call Luke and tell him to come home from wherever the hell he is and take care of his son. It's not my job any more. I loved Lucky at one point, but I don't love him anymore and I can't help him because he doesn't want to be helped. All I can do is raise my son and try to be happy. You should want that for me instead of trying to be Lucky's cheerleader." Elizabeth had had enough. If her Gram was not going to be supportive then they had nothing left to talk about.

"May I see Cameron?" Audrey asked she missed the little boy.

"No." Elizabeth knew it was harsh, but she simply didn't trust her Grandmother right now. "You made your choice. I will not have Lucky around my son and at the moment I don't trust you to respect that. I think it's time that you leave. We can discuss this again at a later time." Elizabeth opened the door and waited for her Gram to leave.

"I'll try again when you are willing to listen." Audrey couldn't resist one last attempt. Elizabeth didn't say a word just closed the door after the older woman left. Not surprising there was a knock on the door not a minute later.

Elizabeth opened the door and smiled at Jason. "You don't have to knock."

"You knock on my door." He pointed out stepping inside, the guards had informed him of her visitor.

"That's only because you might be doing secret stuff that I'm not supposed to know about. I have no secrets." She said happy to see him. "So the guards called?"

"Yes, they don't report all your activities to me." He wanted to be clear on that. "But right now all visitors in the building are getting screened. I'll loosen that up once Lucky is not running around free. Are you okay?"

"Yes, my Gram seemed to be relieved that she didn't have to fit me for a large letter A, while at the same time upset that I've abandoned poor Lucky." Elizabeth rolled her eyes. Lucky would have made a great con artist.

"Letter A?" Jason had no idea what that meant.

"It's from a book, The Scarlet Letter." Even though he was in his thirties Jason only had memories from the last fifteen years. She sometimes forgot that. "It's a classic about a woman who has an affair and is forced to wear a red letter A so that others know her crime."

"I like you in red." He said turning on the charm. He wanted to see her smile and instantly got his wish.

"I don't wear it much." She sometimes had trouble because of the memories it could stir up.

"Maybe you could just wear it underneath your clothes. That way only I would see it." He put his hand on her hip and pulled her forward dropping a quick kiss on her lips. "How long until Cam goes to sleep?"

"Hours." She told him and then laughed at his groan. "Are you joining us for dinner?"

"Wouldn't miss it." He liked eating with them. "Sonny wants us to come to his house for brunch tomorrow." Jason informed her, he was glad that she had forgiven his partner.

"Okay. Right now I need to start lunch go get Johnny. And make sure everyone, including Spinelli, knows dinner is at six." She gave him a small push as she headed into the kitchen.

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