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Chapter 63

The door to Carly's hospital room was open so instead of knocking Elizabeth just stuck her head in. "Knock, knock." She said softly.

"Hi." Jax stood up and offered his seat to the very pregnant woman.

"Don't get up." Jax did anyway. Elizabeth said walking over to Carly's bedside. Leaning over she looked at the tiny person swaddled in the blanket with the little pink hat. "She's beautiful. How are you doing?"

"Tired but very, very happy." Carly said handing over her daughter to Elizabeth.

"What did you name her?" Elizabeth rocked the small bundle. In six weeks she would be holding her son.

"Josslyn." Carly said leaning back in her bed. "I'm so sorry that I missed your gallery opening. I was looking forward to coming out and supporting you on your big night."

"That's a beautiful name. Don't worry about missing the opening. You can buy two paintings at my next show." Elizabeth's art show had been last night. It was a wonderful night and much to her surprise every single piece of art sold. "I think you had something more important to do. Dad, why don't you take her?"

Jax took his daughter and put her back in the bassinet. "I'm going to step out and get some air. I love you." He kissed his wife and then his daughter.

After he stepped out Elizabeth sat on the side of the bed and took Carly's hand in hers. "How are you really doing?"

The blonde simply burst into tears. "Kelly had to perform a hysterectomy. I can't have anymore children."

"I'm so sorry." Elizabeth just held the other woman while she cried.

"It's my fault." Carly said after she got herself back under control. "Kelly said that I needed to stay off my feet and I didn't listen. I never listen. You think I would know by now that nothing good comes when I don't listen." Jax had gone out of town on business and Carly had used his absence to disregard her doctor's orders. Instead of staying in bed she went to work at the hotel. Jax had come home to find his wife lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Both she and the baby had almost died.

"Josslyn is healthy and so are you, and that's the important part." Elizabeth was trying to look at the positives. From what she had heard it had been too close.

"Yeah we are. Morgan already adores her and Michael will be home this weekend to meet his sister." They were still having problems with the older son. Carly was getting discharged in two days but had to stay in bed once she got home. "Do you think Jason might come to see us?"

She could lie but that wouldn't be right. "No, I don't think so."

"Another thing that's completely my fault. For years I pushed and pushed. He told me that one day I would go too far. I swore no matter what he wouldn't walk away. He's not going to forgive me is he?" Carly knew Jason well. The only person he had ever walked away from and then let back into his life was the brunette visiting her.

"You have to give him time." Elizabeth said slowly. She was not holding out hope the two would be friends again.

"That was very nice of you. It was one of the things that used to irritate me about you. How nice you are." Carly said with a sad smile. "Now it's one of the things I like the most. I was such a bitch to you and I'm sorry."

"Thank you Carly. We can let that go. Hold on a second." She walked out into the hall and took the gift bag from Max. The guard had refused to let her carry it in. "This is for you and your little girl." Hopefully the presents would lift Carly's spirits.

For the next twenty minutes the two women ooh'd and aah'd over the frilly clothes in the bag. Elizabeth had very much enjoyed shopping in the girls section of the store. Johnny was her guard that day and he loved to shop so he happily gave opinions. Also in the bag were some organic bath products for Carly to use to pamper herself. Elizabeth stayed until Jax returned and promised to stop by the house once everyone was settled.

"Is she in?" Elizabeth asked Kelly's assistant.

"Yup, you can go back she's in her office." The nurse told her.

Elizabeth made her way back and found her friend with her feet up. "Hey."

"Hey. Everything okay?" Kelly asked looking Elizabeth over. Her friend had reached the stage where she was waddling instead of walking.

"It's all good. I wanted to stop in and see how you are doing." Elizabeth took a seat.

"You need to have a normal, uncomplicated birth." Kelly said to the former nurse. "I cannot take another emergency surgery. Robin is in a private clinic and last night I damn near lost Carly and her baby. I'm tired." Kelly was joking but at the same time she was completely serious. "I put that woman on bed rest for a reason. I knew I should have checked her into the hospital when she said her husband was going away. She chooses not to listen to what I say and they bring her in here with a full abruption."

"She said you did a hysterectomy." Elizabeth reached out and took her friend's hand. The hurt of Robin's condition was still fresh for both of them. Last night had to have been hard on the doctor.

"I couldn't stop the bleeding it was that or lose her." Kelly hated having to perform the procedure but it was necessary. "If you cause any problems I will kick your ass. Please believe me when I tell you that is not an idle threat. I've been working with Johnny."

"I want to have more children. If anything goes wrong Jason will get a vasectomy." Elizabeth hadn't gotten the message about Carly until after they got home. Jason had said it was too late for her to be out otherwise she would have come straight to the hospital. "Last night I told him if anything happens and he has to choose between me and the baby to pick the baby."

"How did he take that?" Kelly enjoyed getting to see this side of Jason.

"He said no." They'd gone a few rounds and she realized he wasn't going to change his mind.

"I'm not surprised." The doctor said, "He loves you."

"Yes he does." How could she argue with that?

"How was the rest of the show?" Kelly had to leave in the middle of it. She made sure that Johnny purchased the painting she liked.

"It was mind-blowing." Elizabeth was still trying to wrap her mind around it. "Everything sold." She had made Jason promise to not buy anything. Sonny, Francis and Johnny were restricted to one each.

"Of course it did. You're really talented." Kelly said wondering why her friend was so surprised.

"Clarence is already looking to book another show." Elizabeth said with some pride. "Okay now that I know you're okay I need to get going."

"I'll walk you out. I need to go check on Carly." The doctor said rising.

Trying not to disturb her husband Elizabeth shifted positions for what she swore was the one millionth time. The very pricey pregnancy pillow was not doing her any good. There just didn't seem to be a comfortable position for her to sleep in anymore. She could go downstairs and sleep in the recliner. That was where she took her naps these days. She never had a problem sleeping then. Slowly she swung her legs over the side of the bed and as she was sitting up Jason spoke.

"Where are you going?" He asked his very pregnant wife. He didn't think it was to the bathroom she was moving too slowly. Like she was trying to sneak away.

"I was going to go sleep downstairs." Elizabeth told him.

"Why?" Jason asked her sitting up.

"I can't get comfortable and you need to get some sleep. It's not a big deal." Elizabeth stuck her feet under the bed looking for her slippers. "First I'm going to the bathroom." She spent a lot of time in the bathroom these days.

Jason just waited for her to come out. He picked her up and put her back in their bed. Placing pillows behind him so he could recline he put her between her legs and urged her to lean back into him. "You are not sleeping downstairs." Jason pulled the blankets over them.

"This can't be comfortable for you." Elizabeth protested.

"I'm fine." He had her in his arms how could he be anything else. Jason rubbed her stomach and he swore she purred. "You like that?"

"Mmm-hmm." Elizabeth leaned further into him. This was the perfect position for her. "What are we going to name our son?"

"Jacob." Jason told her without hesitation. "We can call him Jake for short."

"You want to name our son after the place we first met?" She asked looking up at him and smiling.

"I do, yes. What do you think?" He would let her name the baby whatever she wanted but he really did like Jake.

"Jacob Liam Morgan." Elizabeth said to see how it sounded.

"Liam?" Jason asked not really having given much thought to a middle name.

"I want to use an L name to honor Lila." Elizabeth missed the older woman.

"I like that. Thank you." Jason hugged her close. "So since we are up would you like to discuss what's on your mind?"

"How do you know I have something on my mind?" Elizabeth wasn't ever going to be able to keep anything from him.

"Because I know you." He also thought he knew what she wanted to discuss. She'd been thinking on it since she came home from the hospital.

"Are you ever going to forgive Carly?" She asked him. What ever his decision she would respect it.

"No." He told her flat out. "She hurt you and she allowed Michael to hurt you. That is unforgivable."

"I forgave her." Elizabeth pointed out.

"You're nicer than I am. Ask anyone and they will tell you the same thing." He told her. "No one hurts you and gets away unpunished. If she was a man I'd kick her ass, but she isn't. I can't be her friend."

"Does it bother you that she and I are becoming friends?" She wanted to know.

"No, I would never tell you who to be friends with." Jason respected her too much. "I think I would have eventually found a way to forgive her if she hadn't tried to use you."

"Use me?" Elizabeth asked looking up.

"After I told her we were done, she immediately turned around and started working hard to become your friend." Jason pointed out. "How many conversations have the two of you had where she asks you if I've forgiven her yet?"

"Quite a few." Elizabeth admitted. "Jason you were friends a long time."

"We aren't friends anymore." He said ending the discussion.

"Jason." She had something else she wanted to know.

"Hmmm." The baby was moving and he was momentarily distracted. "I'm sorry what did you say."

"I asked how you forgave me for pointing a gun at you." It was something she wasn't proud of.

Jason paused to think. "There wasn't anything to forgive. You were doing what you thought was right. We weren't friends at the time." To be honest he would forgive her anything.

"I could have shot you." She said getting emotional.

"No you couldn't have." Jason answered kissing the top of her head trying to get her to calm down. It was not anything to cry over.

"You believe I wouldn't have pulled the trigger?" She looked up at him when he started laughing. "What's so funny? Why are you laughing? Is it because I can't shoot a gun?"

"No, it's because the safety was on." He said laughing harder.

"Jason." She turned and swatted him on his arm. "Don't laugh at me."

"But it's funny." He said wiping his eyes.

"No, it's not." She told him turning back around. "You could at least pretend you were afraid."

"I'm sorry I laughed at you." He said trying to sound sincere but it just wasn't working. "Don't be mad."

"I'm going to sleep. I'm tired." Elizabeth settled back in and closed her eyes. The last think she heard before falling asleep was her husband snickering again.

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