Reliving The Past

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Chapter 10

Elizabeth wakes up when she feels like someone is there with her. Her room light is off. So she's a little disoriented. She rubs her eyes. Thinking that it's Franco she just starts talking.

"Hey did they have the chocolate doughnuts?" When she looks around she doesn't see anyone. But she grows a little concerned when she notices the blinds are closed. She starts to get a little panicked. "Franco? Where are you?" All of a sudden, a hand goes over her mouth. She struggles. She fights. She tries to scream even though her mouth is covered. She closes her eyes to fight as hard and scream as hard as she can.

When she opens her eyes, the lights are on and Franco is trying to calm her down.

"Hey, what happened? Are you ok?"

"The lights were off and the blinds were close. A hand grabbed me. I couldn't scream." Elizabeth is breathing hard. Franco hugs her.

"You are ok. The lights have not been off at all. And the blinds have been open the whole time. You must have been dreaming. It's ok. The guard said that Sonny was your last visitor. You have been sleeping, honey. You're ok. I got you your chocolate doughnuts and hot chocolate." Franco goes to bring over the box of doughnuts and her drink.

"Thank you." She goes to grab her drink, but she's shaking too bad to not spill. "I think I'll try the doughnut first." Elizabeth eats in silence.

"Are you ok? That must have been one hell of a dream." Franco watches her carefully.

"Sure. Just a dream right?" She tries to blow off how the dream affects her. But Franco can see she's more effected than she's letting on.

"What to tell me what happened in this dream? Not just the actions, but how you were feeling." Elizabeth shakes her head no. So Franco pulls out a sketch pad and pencils. "Ok, then draw. I thought you might need to let off some steam. So I stopped by my room." Franco sits down with a doughnut.

"I haven't really did anything with drawing in a long time. I'm not sure I can do it anymore." She starts doodling.

"Well, if you are as good as I was told, you will never lose the talent. You might need to practice. But you never really lose the talent. I thought my talent was with the tumor the removed. But I have it back. I just have to practice. I tell that to Jake. And he's getting better." Franco talks while she draws. She stops for a moment, mid stroke.

"I've seen those eyes. Those cold, empty eyes before. I just can't place it." She continues to draw. "Just the eyes. They pop out. Those eyes. Full of cold, empty rage." While she's talking she starts to really sketch. Almost like a ghost possessing her. When she stops, she looks at the sketch. Her mouth hangs open. She throws the sketch pad away. "I don't want to see that. No. I must have been dreaming about him. No." Elizabeth goes quiet.

"Elizabeth, who did you draw? You're shaking. It's just a drawing." Franco tries to touch her. She pulls away.

"Please, I just want to sleep. Thank you for the doughnuts and the hot chocolate. Could you just go check on the boys? I'll call when they want to let me go. Thanks." Franco can see she's pulling away. He's scared for her. But he doesn't want her to hate him for pushing. So he grabs the sketch pad and leaves. He decides to stop by the police station and drop of the sketch. Maybe they could look into who she drew and go from there.

Back at the house, Franco comes in to find three grown men and three kids playing hide and seek. Kevin is on the porch, watching the perimeter.

"Hey Kevin. How are things going here?" Franco asks, trying to hide his disappointment.

"So far things are going ok. has just had a security system installed. Camera's in all the rooms except for the bathrooms. The bedroom ones can be turned off with a code. But when Ms. Webber gets back we can install the software on her phone. She will be able to check the whole house by an app on her phone. The boys are having fun with the grown boys. They are playing hide and seek. The back is ok. I mean to say that Mr. Corinthos also had both doors replace with security doors, but also elegant doors. So it's hard to pick the lock back there. That's why I felt it was ok for the guards to play with the boys. I hope that was ok."

"That's great Kevin. You are doing a great job. Ms. Webber was drugged. So we need to make sure the kids only drink for sealed bottles or whatever it is they drink. And no leaving food unattended. Oh and the land line is being traced now. So anyone who uses it will be recorded. So let the others know. Has there been any other deliveries or mail?"

"Just the men that came to install the doors and security system. If there was anything, you might check with the others. I have had to use the restroom a few times." Kevin continues to look out over the yard and surrounding areas. Franco walks into the house.

"Guess who's here?" Franco bellows. Jake is the first to come and hug Franco. Aidan was the next. Cam, barely came into the room.

"Where's my mom?" Cam asks with venom in his voice.

"She's still at the hospital. She needed rest and asked that I come check on you boys. Guess what I have in the car." Franco asks, smiling.

"Kelly's burgers?" Jake asks, excited. They were his favorite.

"YES! How about you ask one of your giant friends here to go get them. I got one for everyone. Plus fries and drinks." Franco says, handing his keys over to Justin and then watches his leave. "Why don't you boys go set the table? I'll be in soon. I have to check the mail. And then call Mr. Corinthos." Franco dials Sonny's number.

"Corinthos."

"Hello Sonny. This is Franco. I just wanted to call on Elizabeth's behalf to thank you for installing the security system and new doors. I am sure she will be calling you to thank you and offer to pay you back. Just send the bill to me. Just tell her that Jason paid for it. Or Monica. I don't think that she would let me pay for it. But she's been a good friend and Jake and I are close. After she saw you, she had a pretty scary dream. It shook her to the core. I had her draw. She drew a picture of a man. I took it to the police. Hopefully they can find a match and check him out. But I wanted to thank you. Wait a minute. This isn't…" Franco stares at the piece of mail that he took out of the mailbox.

"Franco, what is it?"

"This is Sunday. No mail. Yet she has mail. With stamps. From Ireland. From Greece. From England. I don't like this Sonny. I don't know how much more of this she can take. Maybe I should have Detective West come over and we open them without her here. Of course get her permission first. But she doesn't need to see any mean, disgusting things."

"Yeah. You call Detective West. I will call Elizabeth. And I am on my way." Sonny hangs up. He sure doesn't like Franco, but he does respect him for helping Elizabeth. With her being alone and no one there to really look after her and the boys.

Half an hour later, Sonny and Nathan get there. They stay out on the front porch. Not wanting the kids to hear this. Also not wanting them so see anything. With Elizabeth's permission, Nathan wears gloves and opens the first one. It was addressed from Ireland. They assume it's from Lucky. Nathan pulls the paper out. It's wrapped around a photo. He reads the note.

"Seems as if childhood sweetheart doesn't like what he sees either." The picture is of Elizabeth half dressed. In Jeans and a bra. But Franco is in the picture shirtless too. "When was this Franco?" Nathan shows him the picture. Franco is confused.

"Try never. I have never been like that with Elizabeth. We..oh, I can't tell you what we did. It was never to be spoke of again. But I guess it's too late. We only kissed once after I gave her and the kids the toaster as a house warming present. Wait. I think that might have been when Nina and I….that picture was spliced. Very well done. But spliced all the same." Franco is getting a little disturbed. Why would anyone take pictures of Franco and Nina? This made no sense. Nathan opens the next one from Greece. This one is devastating. It's like the one before.

"Seems like baby daddy number two just loves this picture." It was of Elizabeth in bed with Franco.

"What the hell! How can this really be happening?" Franco asks, almost at a loss for words.

"Well, apparently this stalker is well versed in photography. And knows how to doctor photos. But how did he get these picture of you Franco?" Sonny asks.

"I don't know. I would never do something like that to Nina. I mean take pictures. And I would never do this to Elizabeth. I can't imagine what the last one is of." Franco rubs his face with his hand in frustration. Nathan opens the last one. They were not expecting all that was there.

"I thought mom and dad might want to see how you have been over the years." There were several picture. One of her dressed in her brand new red dress on Valentine's Day 1998. Then New years that year. Her sitting with Edward Quartermaine. Then a picture of Jason and Elizabeth on his motor cycle. Ric and Elizabeth's wedding day. Zander and her on the docks. Elizabeth and Manny at the hospital when he had her at knife point. Elizabeth shot in the shoulder. One of Elizabeth at Jake's funeral. One of Elizabeth in Sonny's arms when Lucky supposedly dies in the fire. One at Lucky and Liz's fairytale wedding at Nikolas's house. Her speaking at Emily's funeral. At the end of the stack was a few pictures. They were when Liz was coming out of the bushes with Lucky's help. A close up of all her bruises and cuts. You can see the confusion and fear in her face. But the very last one is of her while laying down on the snowy ground. It seems like it was just before she was beaten and raped. They are all in shock at seeing this.

"My God! She can't see these. She looks like a baby in those pictures. She would be devastated if she saw those pictures. This is one twisted bastard!" Franco stands up and walks away from Nathan and Sonny. He didn't want them to see the tears in his eyes.

"I have to agree. If she sees these photos, she's going to be more afraid than ever. This sick freak has been following her for over half her life." Sonny thinks about it.

"I'm sure that Lucky would have seen someone there. Even then. And why didn't this guy come forward that he witnessed this? We need to find someone that knew what happened back then. I will check out the case file. And see who was working it. See if there is any notes in the file that could point us in the right direction. Maybe I should call Lucky. Do either of you have his number in Ireland?" Nathan asks.

"No. But I can call you when I go get Elizabeth and give you the number." Franco says.

"Or I could call Laura. Or Lulu. I'll take these and get his number. Explain to him what's going on. Maybe tell him of these pictures of them in the park. Maybe he can fill me in on what happened. I would prefer to keep as many people out of this as possible." Nathan puts all the letters, envelopes and pictures in evidence baggies. Then departs.

"This is bad Sonny. If he sent those pictures to her family. Or Jason and Lucky. He's really trying to ruin her life. Those innocent kids need to hurry and get away before he gets to them. Or maybe he already has. Cam has been suddenly very angry. I wonder if he has sent something to Cam. Or if Lucky face timed with him and said something." Franco is getting angry how fast this has snowballed.

"I can see how much you care for Elizabeth and her boys. I appreciate it. I'm sure all of her friends and family would say the same. I still don't trust you, but if Elizabeth does, then I will for the time being. Now I would like to go in and see the boys." Sonny stands up and they both go inside the house.

A/N: I wanted to apologize. I realized that I had a least one misspelled word in the last chapter. I was going to look it up in my dictionary, but couldn't find it. Then forgot before I posted. Please for give me for that one and any I might have missed. Thanks. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. the next one will come soon.