A/N – Thanks for the reviews. I wrote the last ¾ of this chapter after I was in an accident with a motorcycle (thank God we weren't hurt) last night. So, I was shaky. So, hopefully, I didn't make mistakes.

Chapter 55 - Overwhelmed

Monica looked up at Jason and then at Liz and her belly and smiled. Jason didn't know what to say. Somehow he had managed to avoid running into her at the hospital and he never randomly saw anyone else in the family. Emily had moved away, so Monica, Tracy and Edward are left in town. The last time he had seen any of them was when Lila had died five years prior and he still hadn't spoken to them.

Liz isn't sure what was going on. "Hi, I'm Elizabeth," she said extending her hand.

Monica shook it and smiled. "Hi, I'm Monica Quartermaine. I see that you're pregnant. Congratulations." Monica thought she was going to burst. Due to the newspaper coverage, she is aware that Jason had gotten married. Elizabeth is beautiful and they look good together.

Liz realizes who she is and glances at Jason. When he still didn't say anything she looked back at the woman. "Thank you."

Monica cleared her throat and smiled. "Well, it was nice meeting you and very good seeing you Jason," she said before walking away. She knew better than to expect an answer and Jason had looked like he wanted to throttle her.

Jason grabbed Liz's arm and they got into the elevator. "Are you mad at me for speaking to her? I'm sorry, Jason, I didn't realize who she was at first and I didn't want to be rude."

Jason pinched the bridge of his nose. "It's okay. It's not your fault."

They rarely ever spoke about his family and when they did, Jason would be in a bad mood for days.

"Don't let it ruin our good news. Please, Jason," Liz said grabbing his hand.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't take it out on you. It just hurts. You have Skye and Lorenzo and they are wonderful to you. It's just hard for me to see her. All the words that have been said and their actions just replay over and over in my mind and it's like I can't move on."

"Jason, people change."

He sighed. "Just stop," he said holding up his hand. He couldn't take her defending his mother. They strode to the car and Liz could feel the tears building up in her eyes. She didn't want to cry, but her hormones are out of control. Jason looked down at her and realized what was about to happen and pulled her into his arms. "I'm sorry, don't cry. Please don't cry."

"I just wish you could let it go. You don't have to talk to her. I'm not even asking you to forgive her, but you have to find a way to deal with the pain."

Jason knew she was right. He had pushed it away for so long and he needed to have a long avoided conversation with his mother. He wiped the tears off her face. "I'll handle it. Trust me?"

Liz took a deep breath. "Okay."

"I love you, baby."

"I love you too."

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They stopped by Sonny's on the way home and told them the good news and then headed back to their house.

"You look tired," Jason said.

"I am. I think I'm going to take a nap."

Jason walked her up to the room and tucked her into bed. "I love you."

"I love you too."

"I'm going to go out for a bit. I'll be back soon."

Jason kissed her and then went to his car.

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He called the hospital to find out if Monica was still there, but they told him that she went home already, so he headed to the mansion. When he got there, he parked his car and knocked.

Alice opened the door in shock. "Master Jason."

"Can you go get Monica please?"

Alice nodded. "I'll be right back."

Jason didn't want to go inside. He really wasn't in the mood to talk to the rest of the family.

Monica came to the doorway. "Jason, is something wrong?"

"We need to talk. Can you sit in the car with me?"

Monica nodded and followed him. Jason opened her car door for her and she climbed inside.

She sat nervously watching him walk around the car.

Jason opened the door and got inside, pausing before looking over at her. She had aged a bit since he last saw her.

"Whatever you need to say, just say it. I will listen," Monica said softly.

Jason took a deep breath. "I'm so hurt by all of you. I know I was hard to deal with after the accident, but what you guys did to me still haunts me," Jason said shakily, trying to hold back the emotions that were building up inside of him. "It was bad enough that I wasn't good enough and I had to listen to Edward tell me over and over that he wished I was the Jason he knew and loved before the accident, but then you hospitalized me and treated me like a mental patient. Why did you do that?"

Monica blew out the breath she was holding. "We were scared. You were so angry and acting out. We thought you needed help."

Jason couldn't hold it in any longer and gave up trying to hide his tears. "How exactly did that help me? Did you think that it would make me want to be who I was before? Do you know what it's like being in a mental institution? They abused me, Monica. I had nightmares for years afterward, and I wasn't even supposed to be able to dream after the accident," he said angrily.

At one point, he thought he was losing his mind and had almost given up.

Monica started to cry. She hates that Jason suffered so badly.

"You used Emily to get me to come over so that you could ambush me and I haven't spoken to her since. I don't know how I can ever forgive you. I'm about to have a child and I don't want him around any of you and that breaks me."

Monica just sat there and took it knowing that he needs to get his emotions out.

"And do you know what the crazy thing is? I feel bad for being mad at you. I feel horrible for hating my parents. I look at your sad face and feel like I'm being unreasonable," he said trying to catch his breath.

"You're not being unreasonable. I will regret what we did until the day I die. We really thought we were doing the right thing but clearly, it was wrong. You were angry and lashing out and then you went to work for Sonny and we thought it was best to get you away from that situation, so we lied and got you placed on a seventy-two-hour hold. You lashed out, which was understandable, and they kept you there. I regret that every day of my life. That is why I fought to get you out," Monica said.

Jason was shocked. He didn't know that she was the one who got him out of the hospital. They never told him and he hadn't hung around to find out.

"I don't want you carrying all of this around inside of you. It's okay to be mad at us. Believe it or not, I do love you, Jason. I love you enough to stay away and do whatever it is you need. I want to fight for you, but I'm not going to force myself on you. I will never do that again. I would love to be a part of your life again and meet my grandchild, but, I also understand why that can't happen. If I see you again in public, I will walk away. Just please be happy. That's all I could ever hope for," Monica said reaching for the door handle. When he didn't stop her, she opened it and carefully got out. She was sobbing by the time she got back to the house.

Jason watched her go inside and then put his head on the steering wheel. His heart ached.