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Chapter 16

An uncuffed Ric Lansing walked into his home slamming the door behind him. He'd been served with a federal restraining order in front of the entire District Attorney's office. Then he'd been called into the Mayor's office. Mayor Floyd had told him to stay away from Elizabeth Webber. The city was already facing a PR nightmare over what Det. Spencer had been doing they didn't need anything else.

This was Jason Morgan's doing. First the blonde enforcer took his place in his brother's life and now he was taking the woman that was rightfully his. Well he had a surprise in store for Morgan. It was going to take some time but in the end Ric was going to have everything he deserved. The doorbell rang and he went to answer it. "This is a surprise."

"May I come in?" Sonny asked his brother. He was here to give Ric one warning which he was certain his half-brother was not going to heed.

"What do you want Sonny?" Ric didn't move from the doorway. "The girls will be home from school shortly."

"I came to tell you that it would be in your best interests to stay away from Elizabeth Webber." Sonny wondered if Ric had ever been tested for bi-polar. It was hereditary and the man's behavior had been questionable for years.

"Morgan make you his messenger?" Ric knew Sonny hated it when people implied he wasn't in charge.

Sonny smiled showing his dimples. "I got a call that you were removed from my building for violating a restraining order. Elizabeth Webber and her son are my tenants I would be remiss if I didn't protect them." The threat was implied but still very clear.

"You aren't going to hurt me Sonny. We both know that." Ric smugly pointed out. If his brother didn't kill him for what he did to Carly he wouldn't kill him for Elizabeth. Nor would he let Jason.

"Me, no. Jason, yes. I'm done protecting you Ric. If you try to harm Elizabeth again Jason is going to come for you and I won't lift a finger to help you." Sonny told the other man.

"What about family first?" Ric said not believing a word his brother was saying.

"This is me putting family first. DNA doesn't make a family Ric." Sonny said shrugging.

"You say that now, but we both know that every time Jason and Elizabeth get together it never goes well for you." Ric pointed out.

Sonny smiled again. "Have you always been this petty? We both know the problem wasn't Elizabeth. Just like we both know you've run out of chances. Stay away from her." Sonny repeated before turning and walking away. Jason was right Ric was obsessed. They would need to get someone on him, and while he was out put some listening devices in the house. Sonny wanted to know exactly what his brother was planning. Ric had done enough damage.

The plan was to go to the hotel and deal with whatever was going on there but sometimes the universe has other ideas. Carly turned the corner after leaving Kelly's when right in front her she saw Sam McCall. "Well hello skank."

"Carly." Sam didn't need this right now. She was trying to find a way to get to Elizabeth Webber, no way was that bitch getting Jason.

"I thought I warned you to stay away from Jason." Carly was going to enjoy this.

Sam looked around. "I don't see him and believe me he's kind of hard to miss."

"I know that you went to the Towers on Saturday and tried to get upstairs. I also know that Jason came down and threw your ass out." Carly stepped in the shorter woman's personal space. "Stay away from him, Elizabeth and her son."

"Since when do you care what happens to her? Last time I checked you couldn't stand her." Sam wasn't going to back down without a fight.

"Lesser of two evils." Carly said, and it had started that way. Now she was actually starting to respect Muffin. "You don't want to mess with me."

"Or what you're going to tell Jason I slept with Ric, I'm pretty sure he already knows." Despite what people thought Sam wasn't stupid. She already figured out from their conversation that Jason knew about her and Ric. That didn't worry her he would come back, if Elizabeth was gone.

"You're right he does know." Carly still didn't tell the other woman that Jason actually saw them. "I was actually thinking of something else Angela." The blonde grinned when the woman in front of her paled. "Or maybe you'd rather be called Sandra. Want me to keep going? No, then I suggest you that if you see Jason coming you turn and walk away."

Sam glared at Carly. This was worse than she suspected. "I have somewhere to be." Turning she walked away as she tried to figure out how to learn just what Carly knew.

Watching her walk away Carly pulled out her phone. Jason most likely wouldn't answer so she called Francis. If the guard was surprised that she had his phone number he didn't give it away. "I'm outside and I just chased Sam away. I think she was waiting for Elizabeth."

"Thank you." Francis said ending the call.

"Two good deeds in one day. I'm on a roll." Carly said as she walked toward the hotel.

"Come on kid." Francis got up and Elizabeth immediately followed. One of the things he liked about guarding Liz was how well she responded when they gave instructions. No back talk, no questions. It was bit of a relief. He took her to the car keeping a look out. How someone as sweet as Liz had as many people against her never really computed. At least Sonny had gotten his head out of his ass and it looked like Carly was actually trying. Still Francis would stay alert. That was why he was here.

Lucky paced the seedy hotel room as he waited to see if Maxie was going to show up. She'd managed to get a message to him. Right now Mac had her in protective custody and her movements were monitored. Lucky had told her to be sure that no one was following her before she came. It wouldn't do for him to get arrested before he got his hands on Elizabeth.

Just thinking of that tramp made his temper spike. She thought she was so much better than him. Well she was wrong no one is better than a Spencer. She wasn't going to keep his son from him just so she could give him to that brain-damaged thug she was fucking. Cameron was his, and Maxie was going to help get him. He was so strung out that he didn't even remember calling the little boy a bastard.

Last night on the boat he'd come up with a brilliant plan on how to get Cam. Elizabeth was an easy mark. If Maxie showed up all teary eyed and begged forgiveness his ex-wife would no doubt let her in. She couldn't resist a stray. Once inside all Maxie had to do was bash her in the head and grab the brat. It was perfect. Lucky popped another pill in his mouth and resumed his pacing.

He'd offer to trade the kid for Elizabeth and of course his ex-wife would agree. Morgan would get the kid, Lucky figured that was why he was with Elizabeth, and Lucky would get what he really wanted. A chance to show that slut that you didn't step out on a Spencer. It was a perfect plan now all he needed was for Maxie to get her ass here.

His drug addled brain bounced from plan to plan as he waited for his barely legal lover to arrive.

"I seriously cannot believe that the PCPD can't catch him. He's not even trying to hide." Milo said shaking his head.

"You should be happy they suck at their job otherwise we'd all be in jail." Max told his little brother. The level of incompetence in the local police department really was funny.

"Do you think he's working with Ms. McCall?" Milo asked.

"I don't know, you would think that someone would've seen the two of them together by now if they were. I don't see it. Ms. McCall was a grifter she should know better than to hook up with Lucky." Max told his brother.

They sat in silence for a few minutes. "So what do you think of O'Brien and Corelli?"

"Their okay I guess." Max responded as he cracked his neck. Actually he really liked Johnny. The man was hilarious and he was very good at his job. It was Corelli who was the problem. Yes he was good at his job, very good at his job and Max had to respect that. The problem was Diane and her interest in Corelli.

"If you grew a pair and told Mr. C to butt out of your love life you could get her back." Milo said knowing what his brother was thinking about.

"What do you mean grow a pair?" Max glared at his sibling.

"Everyone knows you broke up with Ms. Miller because Mr. C. told you to." Milo pointed out. "He's your boss and he doesn't get a say in your love life."

"So says the person with no love life at all." Max said shoving his brother. Milo had no right to give him advice seeing as he hadn't been on a date in well over a year.

"I don't have one because I don't want one. You don't have one because you won't grow a pair." Milo shot back. "Don't worry I'll help you pick out a nice punch bowl for when Corelli marries Ms. Miller."

"If you don't want a black eye you will shut your trap." Max warned his brother. "Corelli is not here to stay. All I have to do is wait."

"Good luck with that." Milo snarked back. The two brothers sat in silence both thinking they were right.

Johnny sat in Sonny's office sipping scotch as they listened to Ric Lansing. It had been ridiculously easy to slip into the house and wire it for sound. A bug in every room and a tap on every phone. That Spinelli kid had even come up with a device that could tap into cell phone conversations. Johnny didn't understand most of what came out of the kid's mouth but it was clear he knew electronics.

"Were you ever interested in Elizabeth?" Sonny asked Johnny.

"No. She's nice, but a little too sweet. Why?" Johnny leaned back in his chair.

"I'm trying to figure out what it is that has kept Jason's interest so long. They're complete opposites." Sonny said mulling it over. Jason had been in love with Elizabeth since she took care of him in her studio. Even though they couldn't make it work before now the love never died.

"Maybe that's it." Johnny gave a non-committal answer. He had no desire to discuss Jason's love life with Sonny. He and Francis had this same conversation a few nights ago. Both he and his friend came to the same conclusion. Elizabeth accepted Jason for who he was. That was a hard thing to find. Johnny had no intention of sharing that opinion with Sonny.

"Maybe. She's a nice girl, like you said. He needs a nice girl." Sonny knew the whole Sam thing was his fault. It was just another roadblock he'd thrown between Jason and the woman he really wanted.

The two men were silent both leaning forward as they listened to Ric. "Is he talking with…" Sonny said looking at Johnny in surprise.

"Yeah, he is." Johnny confirmed to his boss. "Son of a bitch. This just gets more and more interesting." Francis was not going to believe this.

The two men listened further. "Does he really think that's going to work?" Sonny asked out loud.

Johnny recognized it was a rhetorical question so he didn't answer, but his eyes almost popped out of his head at what he heard next. "Shit, how do you want to handle this?"

Sonny just shook his head. "I'll make a call and let someone who can take care of this know what is going on. In the meantime we need to come up with counter-moves to what those two are planning."

"You want to tell Jason?" Johnny wasn't sure how the enforcer would react to what he was hearing.

"Not yet, let's see if we can leave him out of this for now." Sonny wasn't withholding information to be devious. "If we can handle this without him it will give him and Liz more time together."

"Eventually we will have to tell him." Johnny would not withhold this from Jason indefinitely but right now he agreed with Sonny that Jason didn't need to know.

"He'll need to know before they are ready to make a move. Until then we need to keep a very close eye on Ric." Sonny wasn't going to allow his brother to hurt anyone. "We should watch Sam too." Even though she wasn't part of this conversation Sonny knew she would be on board with what his brother wanted to do. At least the part he planned on telling her.

"I thought we agreed to stay away from one another." Sam hissed at Ric.

"We are both here in the hospital for Alexis." Ric said giving her a tight smile. "This doesn't look suspicious or it doesn't have to if you just calm down. I have a plan and I think you are going to want to help since it will get you back with Jason."

"Really." Sam said very interested. Looking around she saw they were alone. "Tell me." As he did a smile graced her face. "I'm in. When do we start?"

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