Thank you for all the wonderful reviews! They mean so much, especially since is the first time that I have posted one of my fanfic stories. I appreciate all the kind words.

This is not a liason fic, even though Jason is in it a lot. I can't stand him anymore so there was no way that I could write him with Elizabeth and make it happily ever after. This is an Elizabeth story.

As for the returnees, I am not following the current s/l's. History has been changed to my preferences. I hope you like the next chapter. Please let me know if anyone is confused about anything and I will try to clear it up without giving up the surprises.

Chapter 2

Elizabeth sat on the grass at the park and watched as Cameron played a game of football with his friends from school that he had ran into. She smiled over at Francis who scanning the park while also watching her son. "Thank you for reminding me who I use to be. It felt good to go all Lizzie on them."

He met her eyes and smirked. "I am just happy that my Lizbits is still under all that calm exterior that you have been hiding her underneath. I was starting to get concerned," he teased.

She laughed and sipped her hot chocolate. "I think I misplaced her the last couple years. Seeing you reminded me that she was still alive and well."

"I have called in some friends to help protect you and Cam. They will be arriving tomorrow afternoon. There are going to be changes coming and you know that once word gets out, Sonny will be out for blood." He squeezed her hand gently. "Everything is going to come out now. No more lies. It is too dangerous for you and Cam."

Wiping a stray tear, she slightly smiled. "I am concerned for our safety, but I know that you will keep us safe. I am only worried that I have kept the truth hidden for too long."

"You did what you had promised, Elizabeth. It was the only way to protect Cameron, you know that. After everything spiraled out of control with Jake's first kidnapping, you should have called me then. We would have moved in and taken care of everything then."

Elizabeth sighed heavily. "I know. I made so many mistakes, and it cost me everything except for Cam. Looking back I cannot believe that I was worried about how Jason would handle the truth. He certainly doesn't care now." She paused and waved at Cam when he smiled at her after scoring a touchdown. "I am now ready to do whatever necessary to protect my only remaining son, even it means hurting those I once considered friends."

Relief washed over the older man's face. He was glad that she was accepting that they no longer had any choice other than what was about to happen. He silently prayed that she handled the secret that he was keeping from her as well as she was this. Knowing that person she thought was dead was soon heading toward Port Charles made Francis wish that they had not needed to let the truth be hidden at the time. Reminding himself that it had kept her alive and safe from the danger for almost eight years, he knew that they had done what had been required. Francis only prayed that she was as understanding when she learned of the deceit that had been hidden.

"You are a wonderful mother, Liz, never doubt that. Cam looks so happy right now."

"He is doing better, slowly but surely. The last eight months have been hell. Losing Jake, Lucky abandoning him, my breakdown and then the upheaval in our lives almost broke him." She smiled sadly. "But Cameron is a survivor. He is an amazing boy that has been my light in all this darkness."

Francis wrapped an arm around her petite shoulder, offering comfort at the sadness that was plain in her voice. "He is such a combination of the both of you. You have an extraordinary young man, Liz."

"He reminds me so much of his father sometimes that it hurts," she whispered brokenly. "I only wish that everything with him had been different. When his family arrived in town a couple years ago, it almost killed me that he was dead and not with them." She wiped away the tears that were now falling freely. "I wish that he had seen our beautiful boy."

"I know, kiddo. Keeping the secret has been hard on you. Just remember, there was a reason that we had Zander to say that he was Cam's father. It was safer at the time."

"I know. Are you and O'Brien ready for the firestorm that telling who Cameron's father really is will bring down on all of us?"

Smirking, Francis nodded. "Oh, yeah. We have been waiting years to announce this little tidbit of information. It will rock the foundation that they have built for their house of cards."

She giggled at the glee that he was trying to conceal. "Geez, Franny, you sound almost happy to be blowing apart my life," she scolded.

He shoved her shoulder gently. "Not you, baby girl, them. They deserve this and so much more."

Cameron ran over and hugged his mother. "Momma, I caught the touchdown that won the game!"

Hugging her little boy, she smiled brightly. "You sure did, Cam! You are getting so good at football."

"Dr. Matt and Dr. Patrick are teaching me," he announced proudly. He turned toward his mother's friend. "Do you play, Mr. Francis?"

"I use to, but it has been a long time ago. I still play baseball. Your mom here says that you are on a team."

The young boy nodded, bouncing on his feet. "I play short stop!"

Francis smiled at the imp. "Very important position, Cam. You must be really good."

Elizabeth listened with half an ear as the two chatted. Instead she was watching as Carly and Jax entered the park with Morgan and Josselyn. While she may never be close to the woman or be friends with her, they had declared a truce after Jake had saved Joss. She laughed as Carly spotted them and paled as she placed who was with her. Looking over at Francis she nudged him gently as Cam scampered of to the monkey bars. "Carly alert!" The look of disgust that he quickly blanked made her giggle again.

Standing, Francis pulled Elizabeth to her feet to greet the couple that was heading their way while Morgan ran off to the swings. Feeling a bit of his evil side emerge, he pulled Elizabeth close and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Play along, Lizzie," he breathed in her ear.

Wondering at the game that he seemed to want to engage in, she mentally shrugged. "Hi, Jax. This is Francis, a close friend of mine that has returned to town. Carly, I am sure that you remember Francis."

While Jax did not know the man with Elizabeth, he was very happy to see her smile and happy for a change. "Nice to meet you, Francis."

Francis nodded politely then turned toward the woman that he despised. "Carly, so nice to see you."

The blond hid her surprise as well as she could while taking in the familiar embrace that the couple in front of her was displaying for the entire park. "Hello, Francis. It is nice to see you back from the island. How long are you in town for?"

"I have decided to move back. I missed Port Charles."

Jax eyed the man that had unnerved his wife. "You work for Sonny on the island? Are you a guard?"

Francis shook his head and released a malicious smile. "I use to. I finally wised up to EXACTLY what he was and left. I am no longer employed through that particular company."

"Francis, well I am happy to see you," Carly stated, confused at the tone of voice he had used to describe Sonny. She had always thought the two men got along. "Do you need a room at the hotel until you find a place?"

"Thanks, but I am staying with Lizbits and Cameron."

Jax raised his eyebrows again as Elizabeth blushed at the implication that Francis was leaving in the air, but did not correct their assumption. She ignored the two curious looks and glanced over at Cam before checking her watch. "We should get Cameron home soon, Francis. He has school tomorrow and homework to finish."

"Um, Elizabeth, are you working with Momma on the Christmas party? I was going to donate some things and wanted to run a couple ideas for the decorations past you."

Turning to Carly, She shook her head. "I resigned this morning."

"What? Why?" Jax was shocked. He knew how much nursing meant to the brunette.

"I could not handle Monica's attitude and verbal attacks anymore." She shrugged at his concerned look. "I am fine, Jax. I just want to be there for Cam and live my life without the hypocritical witch bad mouthing me all the time."

Carly laughed, surprising everyone. Shrugging, she shook her head. "I can see that the Lizzie in you is starting to emerge from the shell that you locked her in years ago. It is nice to see you use your spine."

Francis and Jax both glanced at Carly with suspicion but she only smiled innocently. Returning his attention to the woman who had saved his daughter, Jax only nodded. "I can understand needing the change. If you need anything at all, Elizabeth, please feel free to contact me. I would be glad to help in anyway that I can."

"I will be fine with Francis and Cam helping me, but I appreciate the thought. Thank you, Jax."

The blonde couple watched as they gathered Cameron and headed toward the exit of the park. Turning to his silent wife, Jax asked the question that was eating at him. "Who is that Francis, Carly?"

"He was a guard for Sonny and Jason for several years. I was kind of shocked to see him, but the more I think about it, it makes sense in a way."

"What do you mean?"

"He was always very protect of Elizabeth, even after he was ordered to stop guarding her after her and Jason broke up years ago." She turned and smiled up at her husband. "He is back to make sure that she is ok after all that has happened. Trust me, she is in good hands. The only thing that surprised me was how intimate that they appear to be. He knew that Jason always had deep feelings for her. Francis was always loyal to Jason."

Jax snorted. "Well, after he married Sam, maybe this guy figured that all loyalty was over. Can't say I blame him. Besides, Elizabeth deserves some happiness and she truly appeared the happiest that I have seen her since Jake died."

Sam watched as Elizabeth left the park with her brat and that man. She could not understand why people believed that woman was the next best thing to a saint. Elizabeth Webber was nothing but trouble.

The stupid twit was suppose to have fallen apart and been a mess after everything that happened. Sam knew that she was weak and could not handle everything in life. After all, she was not strong like Sam was. The new man was an unknown that she was not happy to have to deal with.

The Elizabeth that had shown up in the diner today was different than the one she had been dealing with for years. Deciding to research the new support of the useless woman, she pulled out her cell phone and dialed Spinelli.

Pulling open the office door, Jason stopped as he saw Francis sitting at one of the tables drinking a coffee and reading the paper. He watched as the former employee raised his eyes and looked him over before returning to his reading material without a change in expression. Deciding that he wanted to know exactly what was happening, he strolled over to the table.

"Francis, I was surprised to see you in town."

"Why? It is my hometown. After quitting the casino, I decided to come home and take care of Lizbits. Something that should have been being done already."

The emotionless tone told Jason that his former friend was hiding serious anger. His hackles instantly raised in defense and he had to shove them aside. He did not want to fight with Francis. "I did the best I could at the time. You don't know the entire story."

Francis leaned back and stretched his feet out. "Maybe, but I know that you left your son unprotected. I know that you strung Liz along for years. I also know that you took the woman back who threatened YOUR child and it's mother at every turn. Then you married the woman." He shook his head in mock disbelief. "However, you then asked a grieving mother to cut her child to pieces and donate organs not even an hour after being declared brain dead." He held up a hand to stop Jason's retort. "I don't care about your excuses or your side. Too little too late, Jason. I will say that I think you forgot who exactly Elizabeth is to some very powerful families. I was sent here by a dead man to protect her and Cam. Care to guess? No, I didn't think so. Fair warning, Johnny O'Brien is on an assignment and then he will be here with Liz too. Might want to warn Sonny that you never killed him."

Taking everything in, Jason knew that there was more that was not being said. "I did my best. It was my son that died."

"Tsk, tsk, Mr. Morgan, it was Lizzie's son that was killed. You never claimed your child and left them unprotected knowing that people out there knew the truth. I was informed of everything that had happened before I even boarded the jet. Let's just say that you and Sonny need to prepare for every wrong that was ever committed against Elizabeth Webber, because they will be addressed. Have you heard? Cameron's father is heading to Port Charles to claim his heir and take care of any threats towards the mother of his child. Care to guess who that family is that he has came out of hiding to protect? One guess for free..."

His icy blue eyes widened. "He can't out that he is Cam's father. Elizabeth will be targeted by his family. Hell, Elizabeth thinks he is dead."

"She will soon find out that he is alive and well, and that you knew all along that Cam was his and that you helped to talk him into faking his death, promising to always protect Elizabeth and their child. Don't worry about his family. Johnny O. will not leave ANY dangers unchecked. O'Brien is dealing with them as we speak." Francis laughed at the look on his former boss's face. "Prepare Corinthos-Morgan for war because it is coming and nothing will stop it. Fair warning, you, Sonny, Sam, hell, everyone will pay for any wrong done to Elizabeth and her young sons. Stay away from Elizabeth from now on. She is off limits." He snarled at Jason as he tossed a couple dollars on the table. "By the way, the coffee sucks."

Jason watched in disbelief and confusion as the older blonde walked out of the coffee shop without a backward glance.

Pulling out his cell phone, Francis quickly dialed Johnny as he headed back to Elizabeth's. "Hey, it is me. It is time to shake things up a little bit."

Johnny O'Brien laughed. "I think you and Lizbits have already started that rolling. How was she with seeing Enzo and Zander show up as her new guards?"

"She freaked to see them both. She actually believed that Zander was dead. It is nice to see her happy again." He pulled his SUV into traffic and sighed. "How much longer until you are arriving with the next surprise?"

"Probably another two days. I want to make sure that everything is set up for her resurrection before springing her on Elizabeth. She was devastated about Jake. She was yelling about us not sending her back right then."

Pulling into the driveway and smiling, Francis turned the vehicle off. "Come on, Johnny, we both know that this will be nothing compared to the reaction we will get after bringing the main surprise back. Hurry up and get here. She is doing better since Jake's death, but still needs you two here also."

The other man chuckled. "Give her a hug and kiss and I will see you all soon."

"No problem. Be safe and tell everyone hi for me."

Elizabeth still could not believe that Zander was really here. She had honestly never even dreamed that he could still be alive. She watched as he looked over and smiled at her.

"Come on, Liz! Stop staring at me like I am a new creature or something."

"I can't help it! I never imagined that you had faked your death."

Zander laughed while pulling her close to kiss her cheek. "I am only happy to be back. How have you and Cam been the last couple months?"

Her happiness fading a bit, she shrugged and sighed. "It has been so hard to force myself to go on. I did it though. Then Francis, and now you and Enzo showed up. You can not even begin to imagine how excited I am that you are ok. I only wish that Emily was here to see this."

"Trust me, she knows that I am here and going to start watching out for you and your amazing son." His familiar wicked grin flashed before he winked. "How do you think everyone in this vile town is going to react to learning that Cameron Steven Webber is actually not mine and who his real father is? I know that when Emily approached me about lying about the pregnancy years ago, I had my doubts. Now I can say that I think we pulled it off longer than I ever thought we would."

"Only because you were dead," Francis snarked as he walked onto the back porch to join them. He had already talked with Enzo and made sure everything was quiet while he had been dealing the delusional fool.

"You are probably correct about that." Zander laughed at himself.

They both watched as Elizabeth went inside to put Cam down for the night. Making sure that they heard her leave the kitchen, Zander looked over seriously at Francis. "We need to start moving it along. She will start to question things, especially with me back now."

"I know. Sometimes Lizzie is to smart for her own good. O'Brien is arriving the day after tomorrow. If anyone can settle her down, it will be him."

Zander snorted. "Yeah right. You love Elizabeth like a sister, I love her as a friend, but I sometimes wonder exactly what his feelings are."

Francis glared at the younger man. "It doesn't matter what Johnny feels. That is none of your concern. The only thing you need to concern yourself with is Lizbits and Cam's safety until our main returnee from the dead arrives."

"Do you think that they stand another chance? Or do you think she still loves Morgan?"

"I don't think Jason is a big concern. He ruined Elizabeth's trust by taking the woman that repetitively tried to hurt Jake back and marrying her. Lucky is gone and will not be returning. I made sure of that. The only obstacle will be them. And he always could get whatever he wanted."

"What about Samantha Morgan? What are we going to do about her?"

"I sent several newspapers the files that we had on her. I also sent the FBI and WSB the proof that she was in on the kidnapping of Jake. The photos of her hitting Jake will be released the day after tomorrow on the internet from a secure site. That bitch is going down."