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Chapter 17

Thunder boomed over the penthouse and Elizabeth jumped out of bed. At her movement Jason now wide awake followed. He had no idea why they had gotten out of bed but it was clear that she was worried. When Elizabeth turned to head down the hall he got that she was going to check on Cam.

He was just faster and was in the little boy's room ahead of her. The sight that greeted him made his heart hurt. Cam was curled up in a tight little ball obviously terrified. Without hesitation Jason scooped the little boy up and cuddled him close. "It's okay Cam." He softly crooned hoping to ease his fears. Elizabeth joined them and gently rubbed her son's back.

Thunder boomed again and the little guy squeezed Jason tighter as he tried to crawl closer. Elizabeth looked at him with those big blue eyes of hers and he could see her empathy for her son. That was when Jason remembered that thunder and lightning scared her as well. He was glad he stayed over tonight. His family needed him.

"Hey Cam, why don't we go to the bathroom?" Jason took him and let him go potty before helping him wash his hands. He was aware of Elizabeth standing in the doorway watching.

When the thunder boomed a third time both mother and son jumped. Jason picked Cam back up and placing his large hand on Elizabeth's lower back urged her forward. She walked over to Cam's bed and chewing on her bottom lip pulled back the covers, but Jason just tilted his head toward the door. There was no way Cam was staying in here alone.

The three of them headed back to the master bedroom and snuggled under the covers. The thunder came again and Jason opened his arms grinning when both Cam and Elizabeth moved closer. He told them about his time in Spain three years ago and the vibrations of his chest lulled Cameron into a peaceful sleep.

"Thank you." Elizabeth's soft voice floated across to him.

"For what?" Jason hadn't done anything.

"Letting Cam sleep with us. Thunder scares him really badly." Elizabeth ran her hand over her son's curls.

"He gets that from his mom." Jason teased rubbing slow circles on the little boy's back. "Why were you going to put him back in bed?" He wasn't criticizing he just wanted to know.

She bit her lip before answering. "Lucky wouldn't let him come into bed with us. I could stay in Cam's room until Lucky was ready to go to bed and then I had to leave. I was going to stay until he fell back asleep." She told him softly.

There were a lot of things Jason wanted to say but Cam was with them he wouldn't risk the little boy waking up and overhearing. He needed to figure out what Lucky was up to so that they could grab him. He very much wanted to spend some time alone with the asshat. So he could let him know what he thought of his parenting skills and his behavior as a husband.

"If Cam needs us then he should be in here." Jason told her. He looked down at the sleeping boy who had tear tracks drying on his cheeks. Lucky didn't deserve to be his father. "Why is Cam's last name Webber?"

"Lucky never adopted him. He never even asked." If she was honest it had hurt some. It was almost like Cam wasn't good enough to be a Spencer. How had she not seen what a jerk Lucky was. The days of her putting his happiness first were over.

"He's an idiot." Was all Jason said out loud but in his heart he knew that he would be proud to Cameron's father, hopefully that would happen. "Get some sleep." Jason urged Elizabeth she was still healing and needed her rest.

"I know I said it before, but thank you for being so good to us Jason." Carly's words about letting Jason help echoed in her brain as she drifted off to sleep.

He laid there listening to both of them breath deep and even. He was going to do whatever was necessary to hold onto his family. To be the father that Cameron needed and the man Elizabeth deserved.

In the morning she opened her eyes to see Jason lying across from her with Cam tucked up under his chin. It was so beautiful she wished her arm wasn't broken so that she could sketch it. Jason was so good with her little boy she knew that he would never hurt him. Sighing softly she prepared to get out of bed to head downstairs and start breakfast.

"Don't get up." Jason told her.

Smiling she looked at her boyfriend whose eyes were still closed. "How long have you been awake?" She thought he was still asleep.

"Couple of hours." He told her shifting slightly but being careful not to wake Cam.

"If you needed to get up we would have been okay." She told him secretly glad he stayed.

"Yesterday I had to get up." He watched as she blushed. "Today I don't have to be in until ten. So I can make you guys breakfast."

"I was just going to do that." She told him sitting up.

"Don't get up." Jason repeated.

"I can make us breakfast Jason. I'm not the best cook but I can scramble you some eggs." She pouted at what she thought was an insult to her cooking.

"Baby, your arm is broken." He reminded her.

"I made breakfast yesterday." Elizabeth pointed out.

"I wasn't here yesterday." Missing meals with his family was something he was going to try to avoid from here on out. "Today I am."

"Jason, its fine." Elizabeth protested again.

"I know that you can make breakfast. If no one was around you'd still make sure Cam had three meals a day. I'm saying you don't have to. I'm here." Jason wanted to be the guy she came to when she needed help. He wanted her to know that she didn't have to do everything alone anymore.

She started to protest but then she remembered her conversations with Carly and Francis. She remembered how wonderful Jason had been with Cameron last night. She remembered how worried Jason had been when she was in the ER. He could have set her up in an apartment with guards, but he had wanted her and Cam across the hall. Not because it gave him easy access to sex. He wanted them here so that he would be around if they needed anything. If they needed him. "I'll go get showered."

Jason smiled. "Waffles sound okay?" There would be other turf wars ahead but right now she was letting him in.

"That sounds great." She gave him a quick kiss and then kissed her sleeping son before heading into the bathroom to start her day.

They were sitting around the table eating when Cam asked the question that Elizabeth had been waiting for.

"Momma?" Cam said shoving a piece of waffle in his mouth.

"Yes, baby." She asked leaning over to wipe some syrup off of his chin.

"Is Daddy coming here to live with us?" The little boy asked.

Elizabeth put down her fork and looked at Jason. He tilted his head to ask if he should leave and she shook hers no. "Mommy and Daddy have decided that it's best if we don't live together anymore." She started slowly. Cam was smart for his age but he still wouldn't understand everything that was happening. Honestly he didn't need to know it all. Despite what he'd done Lucky was the only father Cam had ever known so she had to tread carefully.

"Good." Cam said picking out another piece of food.

"You don't want daddy to live with us anymore?" His answer surprised both of the adults at the table.

"He's mean and the lady he came with was mean too." Cam said frowning.

"The lady?" Elizabeth asked her son.

"With the yellow hair. They came to Gram's. Daddy yelled at me cause I knocked the bag on the floor." Cam's eyes filled with tears as he remembered.

"Oh baby, come here." Elizabeth held her arms out to Cam and he immediately went to her. Looking up at Jason she saw anger in his clear blue eyes.

"You saw daddy at Gram's house?" Elizabeth had no idea her Gram was letting Lucky visit with Cameron.

"He said mean things about you." Cam scooted closer to his mother. "I wike Jason better." He said softly.

For a moment Elizabeth didn't know what to say. Lucky had been to Audrey's, and from the sound of it he'd had Maxie with him. "Cam, sweetie, what was in the bag?" Although she had a horrible suspicion she knew.

"The white candies that daddy was eating. I wanted some. I knowed it was bad cause it was fore dinner. He yelled and pushed me down. I don't want to see him no more." Cam finished telling them. "Is I in trouble for the candy?" He asked quietly.

Elizabeth had to take a deep breath. Cam had seen Lucky taking pills and thought they were candy. Her little boy could have overdosed and died if he'd gotten them. It was Jason's hand on her shoulder that calmed her down. "You know you aren't supposed to have candy before dinner, but I'm going to let it go this time if you promise to do better." Her voice only shook a little.

"I promise." Cam looked at her solemnly. "Is Jason gonna to stay with us?" He asked the two adults.

"Yeah, buddy I 'm going to stay." Jason was angry and honestly what the child had told them had scared him. Lucky could have killed Cameron.

"Cam, can you show me what a big boy you are by going upstairs, putting on your clothes and then brushing your teeth? You need to start getting ready to go see Morgan." The boys were spending the day at Greystone.

"Okay." Cam jumped down and ran to the steps. From countless warnings at his Gram's house he slowly walked upstairs before running to his room.

"Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod." Elizabeth was repeating it over and over again as Jason stood and pulled her up into his arms.

"He's okay Elizabeth. Just remember that. He's okay." Jason held her tight as she trembled. It had been too close.

"I didn't know Lucky was visiting Cameron at my Gram's house. I was so busy working so that that son of a bitch could get better and he could have killed my baby. What was I thinking?" She buried her face in Jason's neck she had to be calm by the time Cam returned.

"You were thinking that Lucky was trying and you wanted to help him." He didn't want this to make her harden her heart. "You were being the kind and compassionate woman I care about. This isn't your fault. Audrey lied to you." Jason framed her face so that she had to look in his eyes.

Looking at him she managed to calm a bit. Placing her hands on his wrists she let his caring flow through her. "Cam is okay." She said out loud.

"Yes, he's okay." Jason repeated back to her. "We can talk about this more later. Right now let me take Cameron to Greystone and you can throw things until you feel better."

She smiled then laughed. "I out grew that stage."

"Well you can hang your artwork, and then I'll have Johnny give you a defensive driving lesson." The fast driving would make her feel better. She was due for a refresher course on that, self-defense and she needed to learn weapons handling. Francis would handle the last two.

"Too bad he doesn't have any of his cars here." Johnny at one point had an extensive sports car collection.

"Baby, Johnny is never far from a non-street legal car." Jason knew for a fact that his friend was out speeding on back roads late at night.

"Okay." She took a deep breath, held it then slowly exhaled. "I can't change the past but I can make sure that asshole never gets near Cameron again."

"There's my girl. I'll come home for lunch." Jason assured her pulling her close and hugging her tight.

"I's ready." Came a shout from upstairs. When Cam saw Jason hugging his mom he ran over. "Me too!"

Jason scooped the little boy up tossing him in the air making him laugh. "Give your mom a kiss." He instructed and when the little boy complied they left the penthouse.

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