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Chapter 57

"Is Momma coming soon?" Cameron asked his dad. They had been waiting forever. He wanted to go see Santa at the hospital.

"I'm sure she'll be right down." Jason told his son. Just as he uttered those words the woman in question came into the room and he smiled. She looked radiant. Elizabeth had chosen to wear a green dress that was fairly simple but made her look lovely. On her feet were the hated ballet flats, which she now owned in every color, because much to his surprise Kelly agreed with him. Still his wife continued to for her heels. Jason just smirked when he thought about how pissed she was going to be when she found out they were in the back of his office closet at the coffee house."You're beautiful." Jason told his wife coming over and kissing her.

"Thank you. Green is a traditional holiday color." Elizabeth smoothed down the front of her dress. "We should get going. We don't want to be late for Mass."

"Wait. I want to give you a present first." Jason had something perfect for her to wear with her dress.

"Jason we don't open gifts until tomorrow." Elizabeth told him knowing if she opened something then Cameron would want to as well.

"But I want you to have this now." Jason was not going to be put off. He walked over to the tree and came back with two gifts. He handed one to his wife and one to his son.

"I can open it now?" Cam asked wide eyed.

"Yeah, I'm starting a tradition for our family. We can each open one gift on Christmas Eve." Jason told the little boy.

"Okay." Cam put down his gift and ran to the tree. "Here Daddy."

"Thanks buddy." Jason took the gaily wrapped box. He hadn't meant to include himself in the gift opening but Cam obviously wanted it to be fair.

"Ladies first." Jason said smiling.

"Oh, okay." Elizabeth opened the box and inside lay a red glass heart on gold chain. "Jason, it's beautiful."

"It's the same type of glass I gave you all those years ago." He helped her put in on. "I love you Mrs. Morgan." He whispered in her ear.

"Thank you." She said wiping away tears.

"You next Cam." Jason instructed.

The little boy ripped open the paper and found a watch. "Daddy it's just like yours!" Cam loved Jason's watch because you could see all the gears moving.

"I know." He'd had it custom made since it normally didn't come in childrens sizes. "Now you can practice telling time."

"Thanks daddy." Cam let his mom help him put it on. Elizabeth simply shook her head when she saw that the watch was indeed a smaller replica of his dad's. Made by the same company. She was going to have to talk to her husband about giving their son such expensive gifts.

"My turn." Jason said opening his present. He could tell right away it was from Cam. Inside the box was a coffee mug. One side it sad "World's Greatest Dad" on the other was a picture of him and his son. It was clear that the words hand been painted by hand. "Thank you Cameron." Jason thought this was the best gift he'd ever been given.

"Momma helped me." The little boy said feeling suddenly shy. He'd worked really hard to make sure the paint stayed inside the lines his mother painted.

"It's the best gift ever." Jason told his boy, scooping him up and giving him a big hug.

"We should go." Elizabeth was trying not to dissolve into a puddle, but they were making it hard.

"Okay. Let's get moving." Jason said leading everyone to the car.

They met Sonny, Kate and a host of guards at the church. After Mass they all caravanned over to the hospital. Elizabeth spotted Carly and moved across the room to greet her. "Hi."

"Hi." Carly couldn't help but noticed that Jason had stayed on the other side of the room. He still wasn't speaking to her.

"Give him some time." Elizabeth felt sorry for Carly. Jason hadn't been kidding when he said they were done. He hadn't spoken to her since the incident with Michael.

"I miss him." Carly wanted her best friend back.

"How's the baby?" Elizabeth moved them onto a happier topic.

"She's doing well." Carly said smiling wide.

"You guys are having a girl." Elizabeth gave her a hug. "Congratulations."

"We are. I'm thrilled. I've always wanted a little girl. We've already started arguing about J names." The Jacks family tradition was that all children received names that started with that letter.

"But not arguing too much, right?" Carly's pregnancy was high risk. Kelly was already threatening her with bed rest.

"I guess you can't help caring for others." Carly teased. "What about you, do you know what the baby is yet?"

"Boy." Elizabeth said placing a hand on her stomach.

"Congratulations. Is Jason happy?" Carly really did want that for him.

"He is I'm relieved. If this baby was a girl she'd never date." Elizabeth said laughing and Carly joined her having to agree with that statement.

"Maybe we could have lunch and you can help me come up with a theme for the nursery." Since Elizabeth was such a talented artist she'd have wonderful ideas.

Max moved across the room. "Mrs. M. Jason asked me to bring this over."

"Thanks Max." Elizabeth turned to Carly. "This is for you and Jax."

"Elizabeth, thank you. Jax stopped by the coffee shop this morning and dropped off our gifts." Something for them, Cameron and the new baby.

"He brought them home. He gave Jax our gift for Michael and the baby then. We gave Sonny the gifts for Morgan." All the parents felt it best if Michael and Morgan were kept apart a little longer since the older boy was still sporting an attitude. "I wanted to give you this in person."

"Can I open it?" Carly asked her friend.

"No." Jax said from behind her. His wife was so impatient. "We will open it tomorrow at Christmas. Thank you Elizabeth and Merry Christmas. I think Jason is looking for you."

"You're welcome and Merry Christmas to you too." With one final hug Elizabeth and Max walked back to where her husband was waiting.

From the party they went to the mansion. Elizabeth quickly pulled Emily aside. "Okay spill."

"What?" Emily asked playing dumb.

"You are practically glowing and Dante can't keep his eyes off of you. The two of you had sex." Elizabeth wasn't going to let her sister in-law go until she admitted it.

"Boy did we ever." Emily was getting hot just thinking about it.

"And?" Elizabeth was waiting for details.

"You know this isn't really fair. You get to hear about my sex life, and I don't even want to think about yours." Emily pointed out.

"I will hurt you." Elizabeth threatened glaring at the other woman.

"Oh my god, I have got to get you out more. You look just like Jason." Emily was laughing.

"Was it good or not? Wait considering how you're floating around the room it was good. Gimmie details." Elizabeth was not going to be denied.

"It was perfect." Emily told her best friend. "He was so good to me. I honestly have never felt that connected to another person in my life."

Elizabeth gave Emily a big hug. "I'm so happy for you. Are you bringing him to the house tomorrow?"

"Actually, we aren't coming. He's taking me to meet his mother." Emily confessed knowing Elizabeth would understand.

"His mother. That's huge. What are you wearing?" Elizabeth was so happy, that Emily was happy.

"No clue, want to sneak upstairs and look through the closet?" Emily could use her friend's advice.

"After dinner." Elizabeth promised as Alice called everyone to the dining room.

The next morning Cam woke up at five a.m. and ran into his parent's room. Jason immediately rolled from bed and took his son downstairs to start breakfast. Elizabeth had a rule that no gifts were opened until after they'd eaten. Since Cam got to open a present last night he didn't put up a fuss this morning. By the time the waffles were done Elizabeth was also downstairs.

After breakfast the excited little boy dove in the pile of gifts waiting for him while his parents watched from the couch. As they both expected Chuggin Charlie was the star of the morning. This is why they wisely saved it for last. Once Cameron got on the scooter he didn't want to get off.

While Cameron rode his new toy around the downstairs Jason took the opportunity to give his wife the rest of her gifts. She of course gave him a kiss after opening each present which made him think that he should have bought her more things. Her favorite gift, aside from the glass heart, was the laptop that Jason had Spinelli download art programs to. Elizabeth was excited to try this new medium. "I've never owned a computer before. When Spinelli comes home from visiting his Grandmother I'm going to have to thank him. Then get him to teach me how to use it."

"You could just ask Cam." Jason said laughing. The youngster had also received a laptop of his own. Spinelli had programmed a variety of learning games onto the device. Math, English, Science and Italian just to name some. Cam had demonstrated his computer skills by promptly turning the system on and playing a few games.

"I have one more gift for you." Elizabeth left the room and came back with a box. She'd gotten him a few small things because he man was impossible to shop for.

"You got me plenty." It was more than he normally got for Christmas.

"Those were from me and Cam, this is just from me. Open it." She instructed softly.

He noted she was chewing on her lip and wondered why she was so nervous. Opening the box he pulled out a black leather jacket. It was similar to the one he currently owned. It never hurt to have a spare. The inside was soft but at the same time he noted that the material felt a bit odd. Almost grainy in texture plus the jacket was heavier than the one he had now. "Its great baby, thank you."

"Try it on." She wanted to make sure it fit.

Jason stood up and slipped into the jacket. It was definitely heavier but not uncomfortable. In fact the fit was much better than the jacket in the closet. He took a second to check out the inner pockets both of which would be perfect for concealing any weapons he might be carrying not that he assumed she was thinking that when she bought the jacket. "It feels good."

She waited until he joined her back on the couch to tell him what was so special about the garment. "I designed it and had it made just for you." She admitted reaching out a hand to touch the material. "It's bulletproof." She told him.

Jason looked at her and then back to the jacket on his lap. "You got me a bulletproof leather jacket?"

"I contacted the company that makes the bulletproof clothing for diplomats and they made it for me. The owner was very excited because they didn't have any leather jackets in their catalog. Every single time you've been shot you've had your jacket on. I don't want to lose you. I love you too much." It was her single greatest fear.

"Come here." He moved everything out of the way so that she could sit on his lap. "I love you. I'll wear it everyday, because I have no intention of leaving my family." He kissed her and since Cam was out of the room gave it plenty of heat.

"Merry Christmas Jason." Elizabeth said when her breathing leveled off.

"Merry Christmas Elizabeth." He responded by holding her close as he placed his hand on her stomach as they listened to Cam's laughter fill the house.

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