Just a warning, this chapter is going to be a lot of catching Jason up on what he missed. At the end is what I hope happens.

Patrick, Sam, and Elizabeth left the room. Elizabeth was the last to leave and she grasped on to Jason's arm, her eyes piercing his.

"I'll be in touch, Jason. You're not going anywhere."

"Wouldn't dream of it," Jason said with a smile and kissed her cheek as she left.

"It's nice to see you smile, Jason." Elizabeth said before she left.

"What? I don't smile?" Jason asked, turning to Carly and Sonny who were leaning against the conference table.

Carly and Sonny laughed and smiled. Carly shook her head and embraced Jason again. "No, I'm sorry Jason, you don't. It feels so good to have you in my arms again."

"The feeling's mutual." Jason whispered into her hair and then leaned back against the door, his arms crossing. "So what's the big news?"

"Well for one, A.J. was alive."

Jason's eyes widened. "A.J. Quartermaine?" Sonny and Carly nodded. "Damn. No one in this town stays dead anymore."

"In your case I'm glad that's not true." Carly said reassuringly. "So, A.J. reached out to Michael, of course. On Halloween no less. Monica knew he was alive but to protect him, she sent him out of the country. I would do the same for my son, so I don't fault her for it. It's just that it was A.J., the man who made our lives hell. Anyway, I digress. A.J. and Michael became a team against the world. They conquered ELQ. A.J. was the CEO for like five minutes, until Tracy regained the company. In fact, she only lost the company because of Ava Jerome."

Sonny groaned.

"I'm sorry…who is this?"

"Ava Jerome was the sister of Julian Jerome, who also came back from the dead. When they arrived in town, Julian was going by the name Derek Wells. They were building an empire with the hopes of overthrowing Sonny. Connie, or as she was known when you knew her Kate Howard, accidentally heard something she shouldn't have. She heard that Julian was in fact Ava's brother, and that Derek Wells was Julian Jerome. This fact was critical to keep secret as their 'empire' wasn't stable enough for the identity reveal at the time. Ava shot Connie in cold blood to protect a secret that came out for the public not even a few weeks later."

Sonny shook his head. "I could throttle her if she were still alive."

"You wanted to." Carly said with a grin. "As did I for what she did to Morgan."

"What did she do to Morgan?"

"Well, Ava had a daughter named Kiki. Kiki and Morgan met on an online chat room when Morgan was gambling on online poker sites. He got into some hot water with the bookies, who were actually working for Julian Jerome at the time. Ava let Morgan hide out at her apartment with Kiki. Michael was worried about his brother, obviously, and went off to New York City to retrieve him. Kiki and Michael hated each other at first. Michael, trying to keep Morgan out of trouble, invited Morgan to stay with him at his apartment. Kiki showed up not long after that, and her mother after that. A bond grew between Kiki and Michael. However they couldn't be together because at the time they thought they were cousins."

Jason's brow furrowed.

"Ava said that Kiki's father was Franco, who was supposedly Alan Quartermaine's son, your brother. Fortunately, that was far from the truth. Franco is the love child of Heather Webber, the psycho bitch, and Scott Baldwin, our smug ass of a district attorney."

Sonny coughed out a laugh.

"Silas Clay met Sam in a hospital in New York City. Sam was helping me look for Morgan, because he had been roughed up. He bared a strong resemblance to his psychotic brother, Stephen Clay who held Sam hostage."

"Wait what? When did this happen?"

"After you had supposedly died. Rafe was under the care of John McBain." Jason took a deep breath threw his nose. "McBain bared a strong resemblance to Stephen Clay, and Clay was under the delusion that he was a vampire. He killed Rafe's mother and Sabrina Santiago witnessed it. She mistakenly thought it was John. Rafe and John ended up in the lock up until Molly broke them out. They were able to come to Sam's aid in time to prevent her and Danny from being Stephen's next victims. Anyway, Silas Clay was Kiki's actual biological father, but because Ava knew that when Silas found out he would pissed, she couldn't let him know. At the time of the conception, Silas was married to another psycho, Nina. Ava said the baby was Franco's so that it would draw away suspicion. When Franco showed up in town he proved that he didn't rape Sam and 'supposedly' had nothing to do with Michael's rape."

"That didn't stop you from almost marrying him." Sonny interjected before Jason could respond.

"Wait, Franco's alive and you almost married him? What drugs were you on or did you just go absolutely insane during that time?" Jason asked, turning on Carly.

Carly shook her head and put up her hands in surrender. "I can promise you that I realize what a stupid decision it was. It destroyed my relationship with Michael."

"Of course it did."

"Not for that reason." Sonny added. "Jason, we all thought that A.J. had killed Connie. Connie had published the story that let the world know that Kiki wasn't a Quartermaine, something that Morgan already knew which led to his eventual break up with Kiki. Anyway, A.J. was angry. With Kiki not a Quartermaine, Tracy was able to reclaim the company and A.J. went in a downward spiral. He lost Elizabeth."

"Elizabeth was with A.J.?"

"Briefly." Carly answered.

"So, I was angry. I walked in to Ava's penthouse to find A.J. choking her. I didn't know at the time that A.J. had just discovered the truth that he hadn't killed Connie, which really sent him drinking. I was so consumed with hatred, Jason. I told Michael I wouldn't harm A.J. and I went back on my word. I shot him and he died later on."

Jason closed his eyes and took another deep breath and gestured for them to continue.

"I was seeing Franco at the time. Sonny and I reconnected while I was with Franco, but I kept pushing him away, much to my mistake. Franco found out that I cheated on him so he gave me this stupid evil eye necklace to keep an eye on me. It had a camera in it. He got Sonny's murder confession on tape and played it at our wedding. Michael was destroyed and he completely cut me and Sonny out of his life, as well as Morgan and Kiki who also knew. Kiki and Michael had been dating for at least a year by then. They got together after she broke it off finally with Morgan. He nearly shot Sonny but Dante was able to talk him down."

"We can finish this later. I need to talk to Michael." Jason said resolutely.