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Chapter 38 – Coming Together

Jason and Elizabeth walked into the hospital with some sandwiches and stopped and visited Johnny first.

"Here you go," she said with a smile.

Johnny was almost drooling. "Oh my God, is that what I think it is?" he asked licking his lips.

Liz grinned. "Yup, it's a Liz special. I hope you like it."

"Extra sauce?"

"Just the way you like it."

Johnny opened the wrapping and groaned when it was finally exposed. He took one big savoring bite and then fell backward. "That is just sinful," he said sighing.

Jason rolled his eyes.

Johnny frowned. "You do remember how bad the food is in here, right?"

"I guess you have a point." Not that he was going to argue with him about how good the sandwich was considering that he is almost drooling just watching Johnny eat it.

"Listen, you're going to stay with us when you get out," Liz said smiling.

"And where is that exactly?" Johnny asked curiously.

"The mansion next to Sonny's house," Liz added.

"Are you sure you want to do that?" Johnny asked.

Jason stepped closer. "Johnny, you need a nurse and extra care and your cottage has to be rebuilt. For now, you'll stay with us. That's an order."

After staring his boss down for a moment, he finally shrugged. "Okay," he said before taking another bite.

Steven joined them. "What is going on in here?" he asked eyeing the sandwich.

"It's called eating edible food," Johnny said before licking the sauce off of his hands.

"Where did you get that?" Steven asked. It looks delicious.

Liz had packed an extra one just in case and handed it over. "Here you go, doc."

"I go on break right after this. Thank you so much."

Johnny grinned. "Isn't she the greatest?"

Jason rolled his eyes which caused Liz to laugh.

"So doc, can I get out of here tomorrow?" Johnny asked.

"You're looking good. Are you taking care of him?" he asked Liz.

She nodded. "Yes. We hired a nurse so he will be in good hands."

"Then, you should be home by tomorrow afternoon."

Johnny grinned. He is still pretty messed up. Today will be the first day they let him get up and walk, so he is looking forward to it. "I hope it's a cute nurse."

Jason shook his head. "She's about ninety and likes to give sponge baths."

Johnny just stared at him. "That visual is just so wrong."

Liz laughed. "Well, I have to go deliver these to my mom and dad, so we'll be back tomorrow."

"Thanks for the lunch," he said smiling.

They headed to her parent's room.

"Bella," her mother said giving her a big hug. Skye touched Jason's arm and said hello.

"Hi, daddy," Liz said kissing him on the forehead. "You look a little better."

He smiled. "What's in the bag?"

"My sandwiches," she said watching the grin spread on his face.

"Now that is a wonderful surprise."

Liz handed them over and then took one, before giving the last one to Jason. They sat and ate as they chatted. Lorenzo is doing much better. His body still had a lot of healing to do but he informed them he too was getting out of the hospital the next day.

"We wanted to talk to you about that," Liz said softly.

"Go ahead," her father said watching his daughter carefully.

"Jason suggested that you stay with us."

Skye looked stunned.

"We hired a nurse for Johnny and we figured she could take care of you too so mom could get some rest."

"I'm fine baby," Skye said protesting.

"Your house isn't ready yet and you are not staying at a hotel or safe house. Come stay with us. It will probably be for a month or so until your house is ready. Please, daddy."

Lorenzo isn't sure that he wants to intrude. "You're newlyweds. You don't need your inlaws hanging around."

Jason piped up. "There are two wings in the house. We can stay in one and you in the other. I'm planning on being with your daughter forever, so I think we can survive a month with the two of you." he said playfully.

Skye chuckled before gazing at her husband. "What do you think?"

Lorenzo shrugged. "We can give it a try, I guess." After seeing Jason in action, he trusts that Jason
will protect them and at least Lorenzo can heal and not worry about that.

"Then it's settled. Tomorrow is the big day," she said standing up. "I'm going to go prepare the house. I need to go food shopping and make beds."

"Why don't you take your mother with you? She has barely left the room," Lorenzo said.

Skye frowned at him. "Are you trying to get rid of me?"

Lorenzo grinned. "Never, but babe, you need to get out of here. I don't want you to get sick of me."

"Never, but, I do like shopping. I'm in."

Liz dialed her cell phone. "Claudia, want to go shopping with me and Skye?"

"Sounds good. I'm ready."

"Great, we'll be right there."

Liz ended the call and kissed Jason. "Let's go."

Jason looked over at Lorenzo who laughed at his expression. "Have fun Jason," he said chuckling.

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Jason pushed the cart down an aisle and grabbed some beer. He would need one afterward since they had already been to two stores to get household items before even getting the groceries. Bending over, he put it on the bottom of the cart and then went and found Liz and the girls in the next aisle who were trying to figure out what food to make for dinner the rest of the week. Liz turned and smiled. "Can you go get a bag of potatoes, water, and bread?"

"What kind of bread?" Jason asked.

"Um, get white, rye, and wheat."

"Okay, I'll be back."

He took his time getting all of the things and then started to push his cart and ran into someone coming around the corner.

"Hey, watch where…." Dante's voice trailed off. "Jason," he said quietly. The man was the last person he thought he'd run into at a grocery store. Somehow, he thought Jason had minions to that sort of thing for him.

"Hi Dante, sorry about that."

"No, it was my fault," he said shaking his head. "Ronnie told me what happened. How's Liz?"

Jason studied him for a minute wondering why the man suddenly looked nervous. "Why don't you ask her yourself? She's two aisles down."

"I don't think…" A woman's voice sounded from around the corner and then finally she came into view.

"I wasn't sure which one you'd want." She noticed they had company and said, "Oh, hi Jason."

He smiled. "Hi, Maya. How's it going?"

"I'm great. Where's your wife?"

Liz rushed from around the corner. "There you are," she said sliding up to him. "Dante!" Noticing Maya, she hugged her. "It's good to see you."

"It's good to see you too. I heard you ran into some trouble," Maya said glancing at her arm. Dante had told her what happened and she had wanted to visit but didn't know where they were staying.

"Yes, but I'm okay," she said smiling. "It's good to see you together." When Dante blushed, she grinned. "Maybe we can go on a double date eventually."

Dante smiled. "That would be nice."

"Well, we have to go. Claudia and my mom will wonder what is keeping us. It was great seeing you both."

They parted and Jason and Liz walked away. "That went well," Liz said quietly.

Jason agreed. "Hopefully, you can patch things up."

"I hope so," Liz said deep in thought. "I miss my friend."

They met up with the other women and then stood in line.

"Don't you have any connections to get us through this line faster?" Claudia asked.

Jason smirked. "Without it ending up with us downtown, no."

Claudia shrugged. "It was a thought."

Skye smiled. "You could try glaring."

"The way the manager is eyeing him, maybe he should try a smile," Claudia retorted.

Jason glanced at Elizabeth.

"Hey, if it gets us through the line fast, go for it."

Jason gave her a funny look.

"Did you forget how to flirt once you got married?" Claudia asked.

Jason rolled his eyes.

"Get to it. We don't have all day," Skye added with a smirk.

Sighing, Jason looked up and the manager smiled. His head tilted and he slightly smirked as Claudia snickered.

"Seriously, Morgan, I expected better moves from you."

He glanced at her. "The only woman that will ever get to see my moves is my wife."

Skye grinned as her daughter blushed.

The woman cleared her throat. "I can take you over here."

Jason smiled. "Thank you."

She blushed and pulled the cart to the next line.

"I think we've discovered a secret weapon," Claudia quipped.

"I wonder if it would work at the mall," Skye added.

Liz laughed as Jason grimaced. She would definitely have to pay him back for the fact that he only has eyes for her.