Reliving The Past
Chapter 24
When everyone had make it to the cafeteria, they made plans on how to get to the airport. Laura thought it best to take her vehicle. As Sonny could take Audrey's spot and they were down a body guard. Sonny hired another guard for Audrey. And the boys stuff was packed and placed on the plane. Dante followed them to make sure they got there ok.
Oh the plane, the boys get seated. Cam and Jake seem pretty quiet. Aidan seems to be having fun exploring the life size plane. Laura and Sonny watch all three kids. The body guards stand by.
"Hey guys, I made sure that you all had something to keep you busy with. Max, bring the stuff to the kids. Aidan, there are your cars, trucks and motor cycles. Jakes, there is your art set. I had them pick up some extra for you and lots of papers. Make sure you do lots of pictures. Your mom will wants some. Franco, Ric and I all want some too. I will talk to your grandparents and make sure if you run out of paper or supplies then they can charge it to me. Just remember me when you are a famous artist. And Cameron. This stuff is for you. Your own personal laptop. There is a printer there. A laptop carrying case so you can take it anywhere. There is a voice system just in case you need it. I know I am not too great with a computer. And there is a camera. I want you to take LOTS of pictures of your family. When you go site seeing. I want to see every photo. And there is paper. A full box of paper. And a few binders to keep all the papers in order. If you need anything like paper, ink or anything like that, just tell your grandparents. There will be a card just for your guys. For your supplies. Film or SD cards. Whatever. I just want you all to enjoy your time in England. Don't worry about your mom. We are all going to look after her. Just have fun. Oh, there is a phone in the carry case. You can call anyone. Just keep it charged. But your grandma Laura and I won't leave until we feel you guys are comfortable with your grandparents. Do you have any questions?" Sonny looks at Cameron.
"Why did you get me all this Mr. Corinthos? My mom will not like it." Cameron looks at all the stuff that was gifted to him.
"Because you need something of your own to write on. Something that no one else can get into. So your thoughts are your thoughts. With notebooks, anyone can see what you write. Unless you choose to show them. And the printer is for you to print out what you need to. And pictures you take with the camera. There are picture paper in there too. I will talk to your mom about it. Don't you worry. You just enjoy it and get to know your grandparents. If you ever feel unsafe or afraid, you just call me. I don't want any of you kids to feel scared or unsafe. We can always talk about what is causing the feeling. And if I need to I will come get you and you can go enjoy some time on my island. But you need to get to know you grandparents. And be safe. You can always send emails. Just be responsible with the computer, ok?" Sonny smiles at Cam.
"Thank you Mr. Corinthos. I will take good care of it and write with it. I will take lots of pictures too. Just don't tell my mom about me writing please. Not until I get back. Then I can hid the notebooks. I know my mom would never invade my privacy. But I don't want to tempt her either." Cameron says, smiling. Knowing his mother better than anyone else.
"Deal. Why don't you sit down and write me something. You can send it to my email. I would love to read something of yours." Sonny ruffles Cam's hair.
"Sure Mr. Corinthos. Thanks again." He gets up and goes over to a seat away from everyone else. And just starts to exam the laptop.
"Thank you for doing that for Cameron. I know lately he's been feeling a little out of sorts. I don't know if it has something to do with Lucky being gone now that he's heading into his teen years. But I have noticed that he seems like he's trying harder to be mature. He's been closed off more. Less like the spirited young boy he still is. I have been meaning to bring it to Liz's attention. But she and I have not really had the time to sit and visit. She was busy being hostess today. Then all hell broke loose." Laura lays her head in her hands and rubs her face in exhaustion.
"You should just lay back and nap. I will keep an eye on the boys. They love you Grandma Laura." Sonny smiles and rubs her back.
"Thanks. Wake me if there is an issue." Laura gets up and goes away from the kids and lays down. The flight goes without incident.
Elizabeth is getting better. She can hear things. But she only able to move her hand. She drifts off to sleep off and on. But one time she wakes to the voice of a stranger. She panics. But she can't alert anyone. So she tries to lay still and prays. Then she hears the voice more. It starts to sound familiar, but she can't place it. Then all of a sudden, she hears the voice right next to her ear.
"Not a word. Oh that's right. You can't move or talk. So I could close those blinds, crawl on top of you and have that beautiful moment we shared all those years ago, again. Would you like that honey?" Elizabeth can feel the covers move. Her hand opens and closes like crazy. She tries to move anything else. But then she does the only thing she can think of. She holds her breath. Hoping the machines would start to go off. Causing someone to come in and check on her. And it works. Felix comes in quickly.
"Ok Liz, girl just stay calm. We have you. Excuse me, who are you?"
"I'm a janitor." The voice says.
"Well, this room is off limits. Unless accompanied by a nurse. You have to leave." Felix says, and then starts to make sure there is no clog in her breathing tube. Liz is barely able to move her arm slightly. But she grabs Felix's arm. "Wow girl. Let me get Dr. Monroe. We will see if there is something we can do to wake you up." Felix leaves. Elizabeth stays very alert in case he comes back.
Dr. Monroe comes in with Felix.
"She grabbed my arm. So she's conscious in there. I couldn't find an obstruction. So I think she might be trying to tell us something. Put you hand there. Liz, squeeze his arm if you love your kids." Elizabeth does. "Now squeeze his arm if you are a doctor." She doesn't squeeze his arm. This convinces him to start the process of taking her off the tube. He figured they would play it by ear.
After a few hours, the meds had been drained out of her system and they removed the tube. She was still unable to open her eyes. But they were going to give her a little more time. As time went on she's able to move. She's awake, but her throat is so sore she can't speak. But Franco who came to see her on a regular 2 hour time block brought her some stuff to sketch with. First she writes down that Tom had been there. Then she sketches what she thought the scene looked like. By the time she was done with the sketch she was shaking. Reliving that moment again. Praying that she wouldn't have to relive the past as she feared she might. She feared for her children. Franco told her that they were on their way to England with Sonny and Laura. That when they landed, Sonny was going to call him so Franco could tell Elizabeth. Elizabeth starts to cry. Her emotions in over drive. There is a knock at the door. Franco pops his head in.
"Hey beautiful! Can I come in for a visit? I brought you a strawberry shake." Franco sees the tears. "Hey, what's with the water works?" Franco steps in with a white cup with a straw in it. Concern painted on his face. Elizabeth hands him the written statement. Then the sketch. "Oh, ok. Well, that settles it, I'm not leaving. Let me just inform this yahoo at the door." Franco opens the door and says, "Hey, you need to get the police in here. You in some BIG trouble brother. You let someone in here that was trying to hurt her. He could have raped or killed her. That's what we are TRYING to stop. So I will be staying here. You go let your bosses know that you won't be here and to get another security guard to replace you. Or get Kevin Smith to guard her. We know he won't screw it up." Franco slams the door. Elizabeth wipes away tears. She writes down not too go too hard on the security guard. Tom was dressed as a janitor. So he wouldn't have known any better.
"I am sorry to get angry like that. But Liz, he could have hurt you again and you wouldn't have been able to tell anyone. He didn't hurt you again, did he?" Franco looks at her closely to make sure she isn't trying to cover it up if he did. Elizabeth shakes her head no. But he also notices she can't stop shaking. He goes over to her and gently grabs her hand. "He won't get past me. Ok? No need to be afraid. I know everyone who works here. And if they were new, I would never leave you alone with them. I swear on my life and everything precious, I won't let anything happen to you. I can't lose the one person who's had faith in me. If you weren't around they would put me down like a rabid dog. So I am going to return the favor. Oh, and I wanted to show this to you. Jake and Cam were pretty shaken. So Ric took Cam and talked to him. I took Jake to the art therapy room. Jake wasn't talking. He painted this. At first I thought it was you. Then he drew a second body. And the castle. I think this has to do with his time away from you. He then kind of snapped out of it like he was in a trance. It was very weird. Coming from me, that's a lot. I'm thinking mind control or brain washing. Helena did it to Jason. Why not Jason's son? She didn't do it to Cam or Aidan. And you would have thought it would have been Aidan as he is Lucky's son. A Spencer. I thought this feud was with Cassidine's and the Spencer's. Why would Jason and Jake be in the middle of it?" Franco looks confused. Elizabeth writes one more message.
"Because she hates me too. She tried to have Nikolas try to kill me. Right after Lucky came back and it was obvious that he was under her control. She Laura helped me and Nikolas to make it look like Nikolas poisoned me. So I was in all purposes death. She hated me that much. I think she was angry that I wasn't really dead. The best way to hurt me was take away the man that I loved and my son with him. And the witch did a bang up job of it too. Made me feel like the worst mother. When I'm sure she lured him out into the road. Most sicko's have some lines they won't cross. Helena had none. She went after he own family and everyone else. There is a special place in hell for that old crow. Luke used to call her Queen of the Damned. Boy he had her pegged correctly." Elizabeth hand the paper to him. They tries to get up to go used the bathroom. Franco notices, and goes to help her stand.
"Be careful. Don't want to pull a stitch or fall. Let me help you." Franco holds his arm out. "Let me escort you the fine establishment of the hospital lavatory. You are going when it's the best time of year for it." Franco jokes. Elizabeth can't help but laugh. This puts her at ease a little. Franco can feel it in her grip.
A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing. I apologize for the delay. Hope you like that this chapter. More to come. Thanks.
