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Chapter 49

Knowing that Lorenzo was set to leave town Francis called him right after running his plan past Johnny. The South American mob boss was only too happy to postpone his trip and stay in Port Charles. He wanted a crack at Lansing. With Morgan out-of-town he could get it. He agreed to meet with everyone at the coffee warehouse later that night to work on refining Francis's plan.

During brunch Sonny pulled Jax into his office and explained what would be happening over the next week. Jax agreed that now would be a good time for Carly and both boys to take a vacation. He even offered the use of his private plan so that no one saw Sonny's leave. Once that was agreed upon, Sonny called Emily and asked the young doctor to meet him on her lunch break. He asked her to bring Alan as well. Sonny wanted Emily to go to the island with Cameron. He would need Alan to approve his daughter's time off since it was last-minute.

That should cover everyone Ric might try to target to get to Jason. The only reason Sonny didn't worry about Robin was because Anna was in town preparing for the arrival of her granddaughter. If Ric went after Robin then they wouldn't need to use Francis's plan. Anna would kill him.

"All set?" Francis asked when Sonny joined him and Johnny on the patio.

"I think so I'm going to talk with Emily and Alan a little bit later. If she can go the ladies and kids will leave today. Jax's jet is on stand-by at his private airstrip." Sonny told the two guards. "We still need to figure out how to keep Jason from returning home when he finds out we've sent his son out of the country."

"He's going to figure something is up." Johnny told his two partners in crime. They all knew that it was damned near impossible to get anything past the enforcer. "Maybe we should call Elizabeth and tell her what we are doing."

"You think that's better?" Francis looked at Johnny like he'd grown two heads. "She's almost as bad as he is. Once you told her Elizabeth would insist on coming back and once they got home he'd insist she leave for the island with everyone else. Then they'd have a fight and they would both be pissed at us. I just got out of the doghouse."

"What do you suggest we do then? It is after all your plan." Johnny said to his friend.

"We lie." Francis didn't like being dishonest but he saw no way around it this time. "We say that Carly planned to take Morgan to the island all along and Cam wanted to go to with them. Emily went so that Jason and Liz wouldn't worry. Plus with Emily along Carly will have medical supervision." The blonde's pregnancy was high risk.

"That just might work. You better let me tell Liz though." Johnny told his friend. "You can't lie to her to save your life."

"Emily will have her cell phone she can call Jason at a pre-arranged time every night." Sonny added on. "We just need to clean up a few more details and with any luck Ric will be handled by the middle of the week."

The newspaper was waiting on the porch when Ric got home. He was so busy being pissed at the fact that Jason had managed to sneak this wedding past him that he didn't even bother to look past the picture on the top of the front page. All he was thinking as he stormed into his house was that Morgan was not going to win.

"Lansing." Ric answered the phone without bothering to check the caller ID.

"This is Stephanie Marks from the Port Charles Gazette, I was wondering if you'd like to do an interview on the allegations against you. Get your side of the story on record." The young woman asked.

"What the hell are you talking about? What allegations?" Ric went over everything he'd done in the past few months. He'd covered his tracks there was no way anyone knew anything. If that was true then why was a journalist calling him for a statement?

"The allegations that you were having an affair with your stepdaughter. It's on the front of today's paper." The reporter told him.

Ric snatched up the paper and flipped it over. He paled at what he was seeing. "No comment." He said ending the call. The picture was a fake he knew that but no one else did. The only person Sam said that knew about them was Carly. She was petty enough to do something like this. Then he remembered Sam saying that someone told Carly. In his quest to bring down Sonny and get rid of Jason he'd forgotten he needed to find out who else knew about that night.

Sitting down he read the article and felt like throwing up. He was reading his own words. Actual conversations he'd had but not with Sam. He'd had those conversations with himself. Talking out loud as he formulated his plans, only the words had been reworked to make it seem like he was talking to his lover. Ric's head snapped up, as he looked around. The house was bugged. This had to be Morgan's doing.

With one article all of Ric's plans were unraveling. There would be no taking down Sonny and Lorenzo ridding the city of the mob. There would be no using that to springboard to more prominent position in the New York legal community. Everything he had worked for was slipping through his fingers.

There was no way he could stay in Port Charles now. Even if he could prove that the story was fake his reputation would be ruined. Right now his best option was Europe. His father would be able to help him relocate with a new identity. Him and his new wife because he was not going to leave without Elizabeth. He'd find a doctor to take care of Morgan's spawn but nothing was going to keep him from having Elizabeth.

Stepping out onto the porch he called Lorenzo.

"What the hell is so important that you called me and demanded we met right away?" Lorenzo didn't like being ordered around by anyone.

"I would hardly say that this meeting was right away since you'd kept me waiting for three hours. And it doesn't matter who sees us together because I am leaving Port Charles as soon as possible. Hopefully today." Ric had used the time to tear the lake house apart. He didn't find any listening devices. That was because while he was in New York Spinelli and Johnny removed them all. Then he called his father and left a detailed voice mail telling him what he needed. He was waiting for his father to call him back.

"I was busy. What do you want?" Lorenzo had spent the last three hours with Sonny, Johnny and Francis. With Ric calling for an emergency meeting the four men reworked the plan to have everything happen today. The fact that Ric ripped his house apart before heading to Alcazar's house played right into their hands. It showed a man out of control.

The new plan was not even close to the original. It was amazing how fast Francis came up with something new. Lorenzo was going to reveal that Elizabeth was his sister. Once he did Ric would know that he'd been played. They were hoping that Ric would pull the gun he carried and try to kill Lorenzo. If he did the mob boss could kill Lansing in self-defense. If he didn't Lorenzo would just shoot him. Either way Ric was not leaving Alcazar's house alive.

Originally they had the week to push the man to the brink of losing control. The newspaper articles assured Ric would lose his job. The final article would have the former D.A. facing criminal charges. Since Ric was going to die today they had men placing a file in his house right now. It contained information on Elizabeth including the fact that she was related to Lorenzo. That would be backed up by files that Spinelli put on Lansing's computer an hour ago. Files that contained thousands of pictures, most of which were photo shopped, as well as detailed reports of her activities from a local P.I. who was being well paid to say the D.A. hired him.

Lorenzo would simply say that Ric demanded to know where Elizabeth was honeymooning and when he refused to tell him the man tried to force him at gun point.

"Did you see this?" Ric threw the paper on the Alcazar's desk.

"No, I've been busy." He looked at the picture. "As have you. Ms. McCall was a beautiful young woman. You could say it was a moment of weakness. Both of you were upset about Alexis's illness and you comforted each other."

"That picture is a fake, but what concerns me are the quotes in the paper. Someone bugged my house." Ric was pacing. He needed to get moving. Lorenzo was in as deep as he was so he should be willing to help him get Elizabeth out of the country.

"Are you implying I'm behind the listening devices?" Lorenzo leaned against the desk and watched the man unravel.

"No, I already know that Morgan is behind this. We are both in a great deal of trouble. There is no way he will let us live. He needs to die as soon as possible." Ric was adapting his plan. He had wanted Morgan in Pentonville and to know that he'd lost. Now he just wanted him dead before he had a chance to put whatever he was planning in motion. Probably while he was on his honeymoon so he would have an unbreakable alibi.

"He's on his honeymoon." Lorenzo told Ric.

"I thought you said he was still in the area." Now they would have to find him, Ric didn't have time to wait for him to come home.

"I was mistaken. He and my sister left last night." Lorenzo said with a cold smile.

"Your sister?" Ric didn't immediately make the connection.

"Elizabeth." Lorenzo said walking over to the bar and pouring himself a drink. "Didn't I mention that Elizabeth is my younger sister? Wonder how I forgot to tell you that."

"Elizabeth Webber is your sister?" Ric smiled and then laughed. "That's funny. For a moment I almost believed you."

"I'm not lying. Elizabeth really is my younger sister. She was kidnapped and sold as a baby. I've spent years looking for her, but six months ago I found her." Lorenzo watched as Lansing slowly stopped laughing. He saw the exact moment the lawyer realized it was true. "I can't believe I forgot to mention that. I mean that is something you would want to know since you were planning on making her miscarry my niece or nephew. Once that was done you were then planning on forcing her to marry you. It's everything a big brother would want for his sister." Lorenzo said putting down his drink.

"This whole time you've been playing me." Ric said understanding that he was in more trouble than he thought.

"Yes, I have and you made it so easy. You were so sure of yourself." Lorenzo said in disgust. "You aren't worthy of my sister. Even if she wasn't with Morgan she'd never be with you."

"Were you working with Jason?" Ric wanted to know before he killed Lorenzo.

"Actually I've been working with Sonny." Lorenzo said happy to fill Ric in on everything he'd been doing. "Your brother is behind the photo and the story. He's also behind the story that's going to come out later in the week. The one that reveals how you've been supplying Lucky Spencer with drugs and tells about your plot to kill your wife so that you can pursue your ex-wife. The people of Port Charles will be shocked at all you've been up to."

Ric didn't even bother to say anything because there was nothing to say. He reached for his gun, knowing that Lorenzo was planning on killing him. There was no way the man would leave him alive to get to Elizabeth. Ric was fast but Lorenzo was faster. Before Ric could even point his revolver Lorenzo fired his gun.

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