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Chapter 32

Johnny sent a text before coming over. "Can you talk?" He asked when the guard let him in.

"Yeah, everyone else is asleep." Jason led the way to his office. "Want some coffee?"

"Don't bother." Johnny said sitting down. "The room looks good." He had popped over yesterday when it was almost complete.

"I'd like for you and Ben to come over this weekend while the ladies are working." Jason extended the invitation.

"We could make a day of it. Some time here and some time out." Johnny suggested.

"Sounds good. You should also know that Cameron is getting a pet." Jason grinned knowing the grief that would cause next door. Emily was anti-pet and had been refusing Ben's pleas for the last year.

"You and your sister can argue about that. If Cameron gets one she might bend some. Let me know and I'll make sure we stop by." Johnny wanted a pet too. "I called Angus."

"What did he tell you?" Jason asked as they shifted into work mode.

"Duke hijacked the truck." Johnny said stretching a bit.

"Do you know why?" Jason wondered what Joe Jr. had done to make Duke take that step. Lavery, who happened to Angus's son, was a fairly laid back guy. Connecticut had been calm since he took over the largest territory in the state.

"Holly Sutton and Tracy Quartermaine." Johnny folded his hands over his stomach.

"This ought to be good." Jason got comfortable as well.

"That party Duke threw earlier in the year. The one for AIDS research?" Johnny waited until Jason nodded. "I was going to go and then Emily had to work and Ben got sick so we sent Cody and Lainey." Jason didn't do parties something their associates all knew.

"Cody said there was a dust up between Duke's girlfriend and Tracy." Jason filled in. Tracy was dating Joe Jr.

"Tracy accused Holly of making a play for Joe. Which turns out wasn't true, it was the other way around. Multiple sources confirm that. Duke told Joe to apologize. Joe refused. Duke got tired of waiting and took his truck." Johnny summed the story up.

"Why did Joe think it was us?" Jason asked thunderstruck at the other mob boss's stupidity.

"He's still waiting for you to pay him back for Sonny." Johnny told his partner. "He figured out he screwed up when Duke called and said if he didn't want to lose any more trucks that apology better be coming soon."

Jason pinched the bridge of his nose. "How long did Duke give him?"

"A week." Johnny answered. "That was three days ago. So we need to make some plans. One of two things is going to happen. The first being Joe Jr. will apologize and Duke will back off."

"Second." Jason took up the narrative. "Scully won't apologize, but will do something stupid and Duke will kill him."

"Maximus is going to call us and ask us to take Rochester." Johnny knew it was coming. There wasn't anyone else up here with an organization capable of running it. The only other option was to move in a new family and that could be tricky. Maximus liked peace and stability. Them taking the territory would give him that. "Do we want it?"

"If we take it that means there are only two families in New York State. Us and the Jameson family." The state would be basically split in half. "We are on good terms with the Jameson family so that wouldn't be a problem."

"We can absorb it without any problems. Duke would be to our east and the Thompson Organization is in Vermont. Angus is in Massachusetts. The Duncan Organization controls upstate Pennsylvania, and the Fitzhugh Organization is in Jersey. We are on good terms with all of them as well." They would be well protected Johnny pointed out. "We have enough workers that we won't be spread thin and we'll be able to bring in more guys. Cody is turning them away." They wouldn't be keeping any of Scully's guys.

Neither man had to go over the books, financially the extra overhead wouldn't even make a dent. "I say we do it." Jason wasn't necessarily looking to expand but he didn't want a trouble maker in the area now that he had Elizabeth and Cameron to look out for.

"I agree." Johnny had the same concern as Jason. He hated having Scully near Emily and Ben. "Now we just wait for the stupidity to run its natural course."

"Shouldn't take long." Jason said shaking his head. "I'll call Maximus tomorrow and tell him we are backing off." The older man would know why.

"Okay then. I love these meetings." Johnny said rising to his feet. "I'll be in my office tomorrow during the day if you need me. Emily is taking Ben to work with her since Cameron will be there."

"I'll be at work early and out by three to go get the pet." Jason was looking forward to Cameron's reaction.

"What did you get?" Johnny wanted to know.

"Not telling." Jason just grinned as he showed his friend out. With the penthouse locked up. Jason headed upstairs to cuddle up with his family.

He took a quick shower and put on sweats and a t-shirt before sliding under the covers behind Cameron. He read for a bit before stretching out. The second he got comfortable his son rolled over and cuddled up. Jason could only look down at the curly haired little boy and smile.

The absence of warmth made Elizabeth stir and when she saw Cameron with Jason she gave her husband a sleepy smile. "Want me to take him to bed?"

"No." Jason said softly. ''I don't want you to leave either."

"Okay." She said scooting over.

"Want a shirt to sleep in?" He didn't want her uncomfortable.

"No, I'm good." She said before closing her eyes again. "Night." She murmured.

"Night." Jason said lying down and closing his eyes as well.

The next morning all three of them were tangled up together. Elizabeth had her head on Jason's shoulder and Cameron was sprawled across the both of them. Jason woke up first and grinned. He had no idea that such a small person could be so hard to sleep with. During the course of the night three foot tall Cameron had grown to seven feet with four sets of knees and elbows. At one point both Jason and Elizabeth had been on the edges of the bed while Cameron lay akimbo in the middle.

Carefully Jason slid from underneath them both and watched as they shifted but didn't wake. Elizabeth would be up shortly because she was due in at seven. He wanted to get breakfast ready. To do that he had to leave the room and that was proving difficult. Standing here just watching them sleep was too wonderful. Finally giving up he got back under the covers and wrapped his arm around them again. Another half an hour wouldn't hurt anything.

"Hi." Georgie was holding her tray when she walked over to the table where Elizabeth and Emily were sitting.

"Hi." Elizabeth pushed out a chair with her foot in a silent invitation to join them.

"How was Cameron after I left?" Georgie really liked the little boy.

"Fine. I was wondering if you are free next Tuesday night?" Jason had told her to book whatever night worked best with her schedule.

"She's babysitting for us." Emily said sipping her coffee. "Which might work out well."

"Having Ben there might make this go easier." Elizabeth said in agreement. "Is that okay babysitting both boys at once?" She asked the younger woman.

"It should be fine." Georgie didn't see any issue. "Where would we be?"

"At my place." Elizabeth felt that would be best. Cameron would be in his own space for their first time apart. "We have the new play area and of course Cameron has toys in his room. That work for you?" She asked Em.

"It shouldn't be an issue, although you may have trouble separating Ben from Cameron's new pet." Emily saw her dander free house days coming to an end.

"That's right, you don't have an allergies do you? I have no idea what the pet is. Jason won't tell me." Elizabeth admitted.

"No allergies." Georgie told them. "And I like most animals. Who is going to pay me?"

"Oh." Emily groaned. "That will get ugly. They are both going to want to pay."

"We can split the cost. Jason has already said he wants to do a flat rate. I assume that's okay?" Elizabeth remembered at the last minute to ask Georgie.

"Yeah, that's fine. But the splitting part won't work." Georgie said smiling wide. "They are like Uncle Frannie. It will be like the night we all went out to celebrate the new partnership."

"I remember that night." Emily said shaking her head. "I thought Johnny, Jason, and Francis were going to kill each other."

"Uncle Frannie wanted to pay as a gift to his bosses. Johnny wanted to pay because he was the new partner. Jason wanted to pay to welcome Johnny on board. They sat at the table for almost an hour arguing." Georgie recounted for Liz.

"Who paid?" Elizabeth asked her lunch companions.

"Jason, and Johnny is still pissed at how he got away with it." Emily said grinning.

"What did he do?" Elizabeth was enjoying the story.

"He called up the owner of the restaurant, who happened to be a friend of his, and bought it from him on the spot." Emily said laughing.

"No." Elizabeth said mouth dropping in shock.

"Yeah. Uncle Frannie ended up going into the manager's office to deal with the paperwork that same night." Georgie filled in grinning. "So who will pay?"

"They both will. Jason when you get there and Johnny when you leave." Emily decided.

"I can't take that much money for one night's work." Georgie instantly protested. She wasn't taking advantage of them.

"Consider the money from us your retainer." Elizabeth agreed with Emily it would just be easier that way. Her pager beeped. "Back to the ER." She stood up grabbing her tray. "See you guys later."

"I like her." Georgie watched Liz go. "So much better than Sam."

"Jason did good this time." Emily had to agree. "And I don't think there is anyone you disliked more than Sam."

"She was a bitch." Georgie had intensely dislike the former Mrs. Morgan for how she treated Spinelli. The computer genius had come to work for Sonny and Jason at sixteen after getting into a bit of trouble with them. He had hacked into the system and Stan caught him. Jason was the one who suggested bringing Spinelli on board.

The then Mrs. Morgan had done everything in her power to make Spinelli feel horrible. She yelled at him constantly, was a total bitch whenever she talked to him, and flat out told him he was nuisance. Sonny just bullied Spinelli every chance he got. Georgie had hated them both for their behavior. Jason never clued in until after Sam's death. He had offered up a sincere apology which of course Spinelli accepted.

"That she was." Emily said nodding her head. "Are you in Peds this afternoon?"

"Yup. There is going to be a puppet show. I love puppet shows." Georgie grinned.

"Maybe I'll stop by and check it out." Emily said standing as well. She needed to get back to her office. Some scans were coming in to be reviewed.

As he was leaving the store where he picked up the last of the items for the newest family member Kyle called to say Mrs. Morgan and Cameron were home. That was perfect. Jason wanted them there before he arrived. As he closed the back door of the SUV a vet tech came out in to the parking lot to hand over the carrier. The first series of shots were done and so was the first exam where the stitches from the spaying were removed. They were good to go.

"Thanks." Jason carefully loaded the carrier in the back as well.

"Thanks for adopting, we have a lot of animals that need good homes." The tech remarked.

"This one is going to a really good home." Jason shook the younger man's hand and set off to surprise Cameron.

Milo and Kyle were just getting off work so they helped Jason carry everything upstairs; both guards were grinning. Since he had become a dad they were seeing a whole new side to their boss. It was really nice. "Thanks guys you can leave everything in the hall and I'll bring it in shortly."

"No problem. Can we see?" Milo asked he loved animals, but with Maxie's health issues they were out of the question.

"Sure." Jason reached in and took the wiggling animal out.

"That's really cute." Kyle said. "Cameron will love him or her."

"Her." Jason did his homework. Female pets tended to be more laid back then males. Not always but that was the general rule. "Diane recommended the breed and they had some at the shelter." The doctor had recommended a young animal. One that could grow with Cameron.

"The firm you hired was out earlier." Gary was on the door. He had watched the lady crawl around on the floor pet proofing the house. It was pretty funny.

"Thanks." Jason said before putting the energetic little creature in his jacket and zipping it closed. Opening the door he quietly entered.

"Hey." Elizabeth said coming over to kiss him. When she saw his jacket bulge she stopped short. "Is that the p-e-t?"

"Yeah. Where is Cam?" Jason was getting excited.

"Cameron, daddy's home." Elizabeth didn't call too loud so as to not startle their new friend.

"Daddy there are new gates up." Cameron had wondered what that was all about. Parts of the house were sectioned off.

"I know." Jason got down on one knee. "I have a surprise for you."

"Really?" Cameron asked excited. "Daddy why is your jacket moving?"

Jason unzipped his jacket and the kitten popped up.

"Kitty." Cameron said softly. "Who's kitty is it?"

"Yours." Jason said watching Cameron watch the cat.

"Jason why do it's ears look like that?" Elizabeth thought it was adorable.

"It's a Scottish Fold. The ears on some are tucked in." Jason had learned a lot since picking the cat out last week. He had to wait until after she was healed from the spaying to bring her home.

"Can I name him Charlie?" Cameron reached out his hand and the kitten bumped against it looking for a pet. That made the little boy laugh.

"The kitten is a girl." Jason showed Cameron how to pet the animal. "Just be gentle okay?"

"Okay daddy. Can I name her Charlie?" Cameron asked his mom.

"How about another name?" Elizabeth knelt down to scratch behind the folded ears. That round face and those big eyes were pretty irresistible. The cat was brown and white with just a touch of grey on its face. She was beautiful.

"Charlie can be a girl. Mrs. Maguire said so." Cameron wasn't going to be put off.

"Okay. Charlie it is." Elizabeth said laughing.

"Here." Jason took his son's hand and led him to the couch. Once Cameron was sitting Jason gently placed the kitten on Cameron's lap.

"Thank you." Elizabeth said coming over and placing her arms around Jason's waist. Together they watched Cameron get to know his new friend.

A/N: Next week the double postings will be on Wednesday and Friday. The reason for the change is that date night for Jason and Liz is in chapters 37 & 38. If I stick to the normal schedule the date will start on Tuesday and end on Wednesday. Since you guys have been (mostly) patiently waiting for this I want to post the whole date on one day.

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