Hey readers! So it's been a bit longer than I was expecting to update and I'm sorry. But its a lot less of a wait then it has been. I hope. Anyway, so this chapter is quite a bit longer than the past couple chapters I've updated. REVIEWS MAKE ME HAPPY and keep me updating! Thank you everyone for your continuing support!

-Jess

"Oh honey, you look beautiful." Ava murmured as she helped Kiki adjust the veil in her hair. Carly had let them have a moment, one for Kiki but also because she couldn't stand Ava.

"Thanks mom." Kiki sniffled.

"Don't cry."

"I'm just…so happy."

"I would hope so." Silas said, coming into the bridal suite. "You deserve it sweetheart."

"Dad? I thought you were out of town at a medical conference?" Kiki asked as more tears fell. Her father had made it after all. She carefully walked towards him and hugged him tightly. She felt him press his lips against her forehead.

"You think I would miss this? Not for the world." Silas said with a smile. They heard the beginning of music, letting them know that the big moment was not far behind. Ava blew Kiki a last kiss before leaving to find her seat.

Kiki took a deep breath and tucked her arm in her father's as she began her first steps.

The first thing she noticed was how beautifully the church was decorated. Then, there was Michael who was looking particularly dashing and his eyes were only for her. She was having difficulty not running up the aisle.

When they reached the altar, Silas kissed the back of her hand and then placed it in Michael's. Jason, Michael's best man, smiled at the exchange.

Michael and Kiki had opted to write their own vows and when the minister made it known that now was the time, Michael began to speak.

"Kiki, while our start wasn't the most conventional, I wouldn't trade any part of our story for a minute, as its all lead us to being where we are today, joined by our friends and family to celebrate our blessed union. You have made me the happiest man and I will take every day to make sure you feel the same. You will never be alone, Kiki, I promise you from this day forth. I will cry with you, laugh with you, and spend every day cherishing and loving you for as long as we both shall live.

By the end, tears were escaping Kiki's eyes. She took a calm steadying breath. The minister gestured for her to speak.

"Michael, being with you has been a dream. I don't know how I ever got so lucky to have you in my life as my best friend, my lover, and now my husband. You are the greatest gift life has ever given me. I promise to support you in all of your dreams, to honor you, to cherish you, to forever love you unconditionally, to laugh with you, cry with you from this day forward in this world and the next. You're my soulmate Michael, and I know that wherever life takes us, we will always be together, and I proudly by your side."

Tears could be heard in the audience at the couple's touching words. The couple exchanged their rings and when the minister said they were to kiss, Michael dipped her low and kissed her passionately earning a few chuckles from the audience.

"Now that's a kiss son!" Sonny cheered, earning a few more chuckles.

Kiki threw her arms around Michael, holding on to him as he brought her back up. They pulled back and they were the only ones in the room.

"I love you." They said in unison. They turned to face their families and began to accept hugs, congratulations, and wishes of good will.

"Can you believe it?" Kiki whispered to Michael when they had a moment of peace.

Michael turned toward her with a million dollar smile. "No, I can't believe that this goddess sitting next to me is my wife."

Kiki giggled and smacked his arm playfully. "I'm serious."

Michael pressed his lips to her temple. "So am I. Now, come, I have something to show you."

"But Michael, we have guests."

"They will be waiting at the Metro Court for the reception to start in about an hour. Now come on."

"What has you so eager?" Kiki asked as Michael pulled her out to the parking lot where a car was waiting. A car Kiki had seen but had never been in. A car Michael was walking straight toward.

"What is this?"

Michael turned toward her with a brilliant smile. "This is your car."

Kiki turned to look at the SUV that was specially equipped with all safety features. "Michael, you bought me a car?"

"I did." Suddenly Michael looked concerned. "If you don't like it, we can go buy a…"

Kiki cut off his worries with a chaste kiss as she took hold of his hand. "Stop. I love it, Michael. This is a great wedding present."

"And I love you. I have another surprise for you." Michael said taking her hand and opening her door for her while handing her the keys. "I'll tell you where to go."

Kiki grinned and started the car and drove out of the parking lot. "Where to?"

Michael directed her down a series of streets and avenues until they reached a large manor that was rather close to both Sonny's Greystone Manor and the Quartermaine Mansion. "Michael this place is beautiful. It looks just like that house you and I were looking at when we on one of our dates."

"I'm glad you remember. You want to take a look inside?"

"Can we?" Kiki asked.

Michael smiled. "I know a guy."

When they went inside, Kiki looked around in awe. "Michael this place is beautiful. The people who live here are very lucky."

"I'm glad you think so." Michael whispered. "Because this house is ours."

"Ours?" Kiki squeaked. "This beautiful house is ours. How?"

Michael chuckled. "You forget that I'm the CEO of a powerful company, and not to brag, I have a couple trust funds, none of which I have used by the way." Michael then pulled a key and held it up for her examination. "As soon as possible, I plan to give you this key. Are you okay with all of this?"

Kiki turned around and looked at her surroundings and then turned back to Michael, wrapping her arms around his neck. "I love you Michael. I'd be happy with you anywhere. I love how much you've done to make me happy, but I only care if you're with me and that you're happy, too."

"Well I'm very happy."

"Good," Kiki whispered and leaned up on her tip toes to press her lips to his.

"We should get going." Michael whispered against her lips.

"Where?" Kiki asked, a bit dazed.

Michael chuckled. "To our reception, of course."

Kiki was so swept up in everything that she had completely forgot. "Let's go." She said, intertwining their fingers as they made their way back to Kiki's new car.

"When do you think the happy couple is going to arrive?" Morgan asked Sonny, leaning back in his chair.

"Be patient, son. Michael had a particularly special surprise in store for Kiki and plus the reception wasn't due to start for another twenty minutes."

"The car?"

Carly shook her head with a chuckle. "You don't know?"

"Know what?"

"Michael bought a house. A beautiful house."

Morgan's eyebrows raised. "Mikey bought a house? Isn't that a bit extreme?"

Carly's brow furrowed. "How so? Morgan, your brother is married. It makes sense for them to have their own living space."

Morgan shook his head with a chuckle. "So where's the house?"

"Do you remember the estate between your dad's house and the Quartermaine mansion? The one with the circular drive?"

Morgan's eyes popped. "Wow. Fancy."

"Perhaps," Sonny shrugged. "But you could say the same about my house or your mothers or the Quartermaines'."

"Did I hear you correctly? Michael bought the estate?" Monica asked, coming up.

Carly smiled. "He did."

"Oh, how wonderful."

"What is?" Michael asked, sneaking up behind his grandmother.

"Oh Michael, congratulations." Monica said wrapping her arms around him. "And Kiki, welcome to the family."

"Thank you, Dr. Quartermaine." Kiki said accepting the hug.

"Please call me Monica."

"Okay." Kiki said with a grin.

As the night wore on, they got several more wishes of good will. Kiki couldn't guess where Michael was taking her on the honeymoon. She tried to ask several, but they were quite tightlipped about it all. Jason and Sam were a lot closer than she remembered, but she remembered hearing that something had gone down resulting in them ending their relationships with Elizabeth and Dr. Tate.

By the end of the night Kiki was exhausted and was laying against Michael's shoulder as he gently stroked her hair. "Are you ready to get going?" Michael whispered against her hair.

"Where?"

"The airport." Michael whispered. "We'll take a cab because I've been drinking and you're far too tired to drive."

"Sounds safe." Kiki said and before she knew it they were hustling and bustling through the airport getting on a plane that would take them to...

"Hawaii?" Kiki asked, her eyebrows raised.

"Is that alright?" Michael asked with a sly grin.

"More than alright." Kiki said kissing him lightly, taking his hand as they waited for the plane to board.

The next day, Jason and Sam woke up on the couch in their penthouse. They'd spent the entire night talking and reconnecting.

"Good morning," Jason greeted Sam, who had fallen asleep against his shoulder.

"Good morning," she said with a hesitant smile. "How did you sleep?"

"Relatively well considering…" Jason answered, trailing off.

"So, you and Elizabeth are really over?" Sam asked tentatively.

Jason nodded resolutely. "We are. I can't be with a woman who would knowingly keep me from my family and friends. I can't believe we didn't see it."

"I'm pretty sure I've told you about a dozen times that it wasn't your fault." Sam murmured, looking him in the eye, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"So you're done with Gideon?" Jason asked, anger stirring within him as he remembered how the lying son of a bitch had treated Sam.

Sam groaned. "I am. I can't believe I fell for his tricks. I'm such an idiot."

"Hey, you are not an idiot." Jason murmured, kneeling down in front of her, putting his hands on her shoulders. "You, Samantha Morgan, are an absolutely brilliant woman who blinded by the pain of a rejection that I never should have delivered made a bad decision and took a chance on a man who had the worst possible intentions. You're not the first person to fall for someone who wasn't a good person. If anyone's an idiot, I am. I ignored my feelings for you by convincing myself that being with Elizabeth was the right thing to do because you were with Patrick."

"Wait a minute." Sam said. "You stayed with Elizabeth because you thought I wanted to be with Patrick?"

Jason nodded minutely. "I did and I'm sorry. I love you, Sam. I've never stopped loving you and I will never stop loving you. Both of our decisions were my fault and I am so very so—"

Sam cut him off with a quick kiss. Their eyes locked and their lips joined together passionately, Sam putting her arms around his neck, Jason pulling her body towards his. They broke apart after a few long, passionate moments.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me." Sam whispered.

Jason's blue eyes bored into her brown ones. "Never be sorry for that, Sam. You have no idea how long I've been wanting to do that."

Sam looked down. "You wanted to divorce me. You were going to marry her."

Jason looked down. "That was before I found out what she did."

"Do you still love her?"

"A part of me does, but it's a very small part." Jason answered.

"When I told you about how I chose you over Patrick why didn't you choose me?" Sam asked.

"Because I had already told Elizabeth that I had chosen her." Jason admitted. "And I wasn't being completely honest with myself at the time."

"So let me get this straight. We haven't been together for the past couple months simply because that lying bitch lied to you and caused you to doubt your feelings for me?"

"That about sums it up." Jason nodded and took her hand in both of his. "But that doesn't matter anymore, Sam. What matters to me is you and how you feel. What about Gideon?"

"What about Gideon?" Sam answered, raising her eyebrows. "He was nothing but a rebound guy, Jason. A placeholder. He offered short-term stability. I love you, Jason. Only you."

"So you feel nothing for him whatsoever?"

"Hatred and betrayal about sums it up, but anything on a good note, no I can't say I do." Sam answered, putting her other hand on his. "Now, I'd rather not talk about our mistakes, I'd rather talk about what we're going to do going forward."

"I'm going to be honest with you Sam, I want to be with you." Jason whispered. "I know it's going to take time and if you don't want to…"

Sam pulled him in for another passionate kiss, her hands tangling in his hair. "I want you, Jason. Only you. You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this."

"Good." Jason whispered and rejoined his lips with hers.

After a few long minutes, the pair separated.

"As much as it pains me, I have to go take care of some things." Jason said standing up. "I'll be back later, I promise."

"I'll hold you to that." Sam said, kissing him goodbye.

As he was walking out to his car he felt his phone buzz. "Carly."

"Jason, how are you?"

"I'm fine." Jason answered hesitantly. "And you?"

"I'm good. The reason I'm calling is I wanted to know what you ended up doing."

"About what?" Jason asked, playing with her a little. He could practically feel her bubbling curiosity as he drove to the Metro Court.

"About what? About Elizabeth, of course."

"Ah, that." Jason said parking his car in the parking garage. "I'm sure you'll be happy. I've broken up with Elizabeth. For good this time."

Carly was bubbling with enthusiasm. "Congratulations. I'm sorry it turned out this way, but I'm happy for you."

"I'm happy now, too." Jason said with a grin as he walked into the restaurant and saw Carly pacing behind the bar. "I actually have news for you."

"And that is?" Carly asked, stopping just as he hung up the phone.

"Jason?" Carly talked to her phone. She looked up and saw him chuckling against the bar.

"Very funny." Carly said with a smile. "What's your news?"

Jason sat down and leaned forward. "I found out who had Jake on Cassadine Island."

"Who?" Carly asked, intrigued.

"Dr. Gideon James Tate. At least I'm guessing how he has it. It all came out a couple nights ago."

"And I didn't know about this why?"

"Michael was getting married the next day, your attention needed to be on that."

Carly shrugged. "Yes, okay, but how did you find out?"

"Gideon and some guy by the name of Donovan were discussing it, in what they thought was private, conversation at the hospital. Sam and I went over to confront him and hid when we saw him discussing something. "Turns out that Gideon is the grandson of Helena."

"So wait, Sam was in a relationship with her cousin? And she didn't know about it?" Carly asked.

Jason shook his head. "No, apparently Helena had a relationship with another man after Mikkos died. I didn't catch the name of the guy, but apparently Helena had a son with this man by the name of Alistair James. Alistair than had Gideon."

"Where does the Tate come from?"

"I'm assuming his mother's side considering it didn't seem like he got along with his father very well." Jason speculated.

"Wow," Carly said. "It's funny. I've only met one other Alistair. He's a successful lawyer. Don't know where he lives now. Tried to get me to hire him once. Insisted I call him A.J. because he thought his name was too formal. I rejected the nickname for obvious reasons."

"Of course," Jason said.

"Wait. A.J. Alistair James, could it be him?"

"Potentially, Alistair is a rather uncommon name."

"It is." Said a well-dressed man with a suitcase who came up to them.

"Alistair?" Carly asked, surprised.

"Carly, good to see you again. Have you reconsidered my offer?"

Carly shook her head. "No, I think I'm good where I am."

"You're Alistair James?" Jason asked.

"I am, do we know each other?" Alistair asked, setting his brief case down on the barstool near him. He didn't look much like his son. Only the clear grey eyes and dark hair were indicative of relation. He had grey at his temples and it was speckled throughout his mane of dark hair which he wore back in a ponytail.

"I know your son."

"Ah Gideon, yes. What's he done to you?" Alistair asked seriously.

"Sounds like you assume he's done something wrong." Carly said, gesturing for him to sit down.

"Let's just say he takes after the less endearing half of my family tree. His mother, Lucia, is gorgeous. She and I are still married, but Gideon doesn't know. I refused to represent Gideon when he got into some hot water a few years back because of some trouble my mother got him in. Lucia didn't like it and both she and he thought I had betrayed him."

"Does she still think that?"

"No, she sees that Gideon is headed down a dangerous path, but he's a grown man. Any attempt to veer him off that track will only result in alienation. By pretending to be okay with what he does. Which is the reason our marriage has been kept a secret. He thinks we're divorced."

"As intriguing as this is," Jason began. "I have a personal beef with your son. He kept my son from me."

Alistair's brow furrowed. "What do you mean?"

"Helena had my son abducted and held on Cassadine Island. He was released into the custody of his adoptive father upon his arrival, but he was there. He knew that my son was there through illegal means and he did nothing about it."

"This is worse than I'd feared." Alistair shook his head.

"Dad?" Alistair turned around to see Gideon standing there in a dark grey suit which contrasted to his own black pinstripe. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see you."

"And what are you doing talking to them?" Gideon asked with a sneer. "Betraying me again?"

Alistair sighed and shook his head. "No, Gideon, when are you going to get over that? It was conflict of interest."

Gideon waved him off. "It's a good thing you're here, I have something to discuss with you."

"Oh no," Alistair muttered before joining his son who was just taking a seat.

"Aren't you going to do something?" Jason asked Carly who was watching them suspiciously. Carly shook her head.

"I would, but I want to keep him under my thumb. If he doesn't think I'm on to him, he won't suspect."

Jason nodded. "Now, did Michael and Kiki make it safely to Hawaii?"

"They called me this morning when they arrived at their hotel. They're both pretty jetlagged but otherwise they're fine."

"Good." Jason murmured. "Now, I have more to tell you."

Carly looked at him questioningly.

"I'm with Sam now."

"That was fast."

Jason explained to her everything he'd explained to Sam earlier that day and she understood completely.

"I just have one other thing to take care of."

"And what's that?" Carly asked.

"I need to explain this to Jake. I won't have Elizabeth poisoning him against me or Sam."

"Good idea." Carly murmured as Jason got up. "Good luck."

"Thank you." He murmured, giving her a quick hug before making his way to the Quartermaines'. The drive was short and he thanked god that Elizabeth was working. He knew Jake would be with Monica and Tracy.

"Jason!" Alice exclaimed when he knocked on the door. "Come in, come in. You should know by now that you don't have to knock."

"And now you won't have to." Monica said handing him a key. "I've been meaning to give this to you, but this gives me the opportunity."

"Is Jake here?"

"He is. Is something wrong?" Monica asked, concerned.

"Elizabeth and I are through."

"I heard," Monica murmured. "I heard about it all."

"How?"

"Elizabeth explained to me when she dropped Jake off."

"What did she tell you?"

"That you decided to call it quits and were most likely going to get back together with Sam."

Jason shook his head. "That's not all that happened. She knew who I was. She was conspiring with Dr. Gideon Tate."

"Dr. Tate? That can't be right."

"Oh but it is, I heard him discussing it through a taped recording of the two of them talking, and also he was talking to a friend about something else."

Monica looked at him questioningly. Jason explained everything to her and at the end she was absolutely appalled and livid. "I swear to god, when I get my hands on both of them."

"Don't do anything you'll regret, mom."

Monica looked at him. "Mom?"

Jason nodded. "That's who you are right? It only seemed right."

Tears welled up in Monica's eyes. "Oh Jason, you have no idea how happy you've made me, but you don't have to if you don't want to."

"I do, I promise." Jason said with a smile. "Now where's that son of mine?"

"Right here, dad." Jake said striding up from around the corner.

"How much of that did you hear?" Jason asked.

"A lot of it. Mommy knew who you were?"

"She did."

"And you're with Sam, now?"

"I am, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to leave you, Jake. You're my son. You will always be my son and I will always love you. I want you to know that. I will never abandon you."

"Right now, I'm not happy with mommy."

Jason chuckled. "I'm not happy with her either, son, but you need to know that she loves you no matter what she's done to me."

"But she said she loved you and that wasn't true. Does that mean she doesn't love me?"

Jason shook his head quickly. "No, no, Jake. They're completely different situations. Your mommy loves you. She always will. The love that she pretended to have for me was a different kind of love, Jake. We both love you, but we aren't together anymore."

"That's fine, as long as you're happy daddy."

Jason bent down to hug his son fiercely. "I love you, Jake." He said kissing his hair.

"I love you, too, Daddy."

"You can come visit me any time you want, I want you to know that, Jake." Jason promised.

"Okay," Jake agreed easily. Jason stood back up, gave Monica a hug and then made for the door. When he reached it, he was surprised by what he found: Lulu and Dillon in a heated embrace.

"Hi, if you'll excuse me." Jason said making his way around them.

Lulu blushed and Dillon nodded moving the pair out of the way. "It's good to have you back Jason." Lulu called.

Jason turned around and smiled. "Thank you, Lulu. It's good to be back."

He was just reaching Sonny's porch when his phone began to buzz and Sonny's picture lit up the screen.

"Sonny, if you would have waited a few more seconds…" Jason began as he knocked on the door. "You could have saved yourself the trouble of calling me."

"Oh," Sonny responded as Max opened the door. Jason ended the call.

"Jason, good to see you." Max said, ushering him in.

"Likewise, Max." Jason greeted him, patting him on the back as he ventured into the living room where Sonny was lounging against the wall, sipping from a glass of club soda. He tried not to drink during the day in case he had to suddenly travel somewhere.

"Sonny," Jason greeted him, giving him a chaste hug, clapping him on the back.

"Jason, good to see you. How have you been?"

"I'm fine considering. Elizabeth and I are over, but I'm sure that Carly already told you."

Sonny nodded. "Yes, she did, and while I wouldn't have believed it originally, I'm disappointed in her. I always thought the best of her."

Jason sighed. "She was only prolonging the inevitable."

Sonny's head cocked to the side. "What do you mean?"

"I made my decision to stay with Elizabeth before she told me her decision. I couldn't go back on my word to Elizabeth. What kind of man would that have made me?"

"I get it, I do, but sometimes you need to forgo the other person's feelings and be with the one that you truly want to be with. Because at the end of the day, the only people that matter are you and the woman that you truly love and your kids of course."

Jason nodded. "I know, I made a mistake. Sam and I are together now."

"Wasn't she with that fishy looking doctor?" Sonny asked.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you about that. Turns out that the good doctor isn't so good after all. His name is Gideon James Tate."
"James?"

"You're coming to the right conclusion." Jason admitted. "He was the one supervising Jake's stay on Cassadine Island after Helena's death."

"What relationship does he have with Helena?" Sonny asked taking a sip of coffee.

"He's her grandson." Sonny coughed up his coffee.

"Her grandson? Long lost?"

"Not exactly. After Mikos died, Helena had a child with another man and the result of that union was Alistair James."

"Alistair James? Carly mentioned him once. Apparently he had heard of her reputation in the business industry and was offering to be the representing lawyer should something come up."

"Ah, so that's what that was about. He showed up at the Metro Court restaurant today and he and I got talking. So, Alistair's son is Gideon. Apparently he's not too happy with Gideon either. Gideon got into some hot water a few years back and Alistair refused to represent him."

Sonny nodded. "I understand Gideon's bad feelings about it but sometimes a bit of tough love is necessary."

Jason nodded. "Based on what I heard in the conversation between Gideon and his colleague Donovan, I'm going to assume that Gideon had a special bond with Helena and his father wasn't too fond of his mother. Gideon obviously wasn't happy with how Alistair didn't like Helena."

"How anyone could tolerate her let alone like her is beyond me." Sonny said shaking his head.

"I feel you there," Jason said with a chuckle. "So that's that. Turns out he went after Sam because she was the illegitimate daughter of Helena's dead husband. Perhaps a bit of revenge for the old witch."

"What do you have planned?"

"What do you mean?" Jason asked innocently.

Sonny looked at him pointedly.

Jason sighed. "I don't want to do anything that could be traced back to me. I'm going to let him stew for a while. He's going to be expecting something."

Sonny nodded, taking another sip of coffee. "I'm with you there, Jason."

"I have something else I wanted to talk to you about."

"Sit, sit." Sonny said, sitting down on the sofa. Jason took a seat in the nearby arm chair.

"I've been thinking about facial reconstructive surgery."

"Didn't you already have facial reconstructive surgery?" Sonny asked.

Jason nodded. "I did, but I'm thinking of getting my face changed back to what it used to be."

Sonny's eyes widened and his eyebrows raised. "Is it safe? And why me?"

"I've looked into it, and it is. I'm talking about it with you because I trust you and I trust you to be objective."

Sonny nodded. "I appreciate that, I do. I think that if this is what you really want you should do it."

"Thanks man."

"So when are you getting it done?"

"Tonight."