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Chapter 46

Emily hated being out of the loop. By the time they sat down to dinner it was clear that the other three adults at the table all knew something she didn't. Whatever it was wouldn't be discussed in front of the boys, and it had Elizabeth nervous. Emily still didn't have confirmation that it was an abusive ex that caused the marriage between her brother and now sister in-law. So now she was down two secrets. It was enough to make her want to pout.

After dinner the boys played some and then Jason took Cameron next door for bath time. He was dressed in his Chuggin Charlie pajamas and carrying a stuffed dog when he returned. Upstairs there was one story from Johnny and one from Jason before it was lights out.

The four adults sat in silence for a moment before Jason started talking. "Emily we need your help with a problem."

"Okay." That was not how she expected the conversation to start.

"But first I need to tell you some things." Elizabeth took over. She filled the young doctor in on hers and Cameron's history. As she talked she saw a host of emotion move through Emily's eyes. Anger and sorrow were the most predominant ones.

"How can I help?" Emily didn't even hesitate. No one messed with her family. Especially not bully asshats.

"We need for Lovett to make the connection between Liz and Lucky. Then we need for him to get word back to his brother. How long is he going to be at the hospital?" Johnny asked his wife.

"Gall bladder is out-patient surgery these days. He'll be bounced a few hours after the procedure, unless there is a complication." Emily told them. It was something Elizabeth already knew.

"When is he on the schedule to go under?" Elizabeth asked Emily.

"Tomorrow first thing, dad couldn't fit him in until then." Emily only knew because her dad was doing the surgery. She generally knew the scheduled surgeries of both her parents. "As long as there isn't an emergency."

"So it would be best if he could find out tonight." Jason said mentally adapting the plan he had been working on. "Is there any reason for you to go back to the hospital?"

"I'm a doctor there Jase, if I go back no one will think it's odd. If asked I can say I left something in my office." Emily shrugged. "You want me to help him make the connection?" She didn't see how that would work.

"We were hoping that you and Liz could have a conversation outside his room tomorrow. He would overhear it and figure out who she is, but if he's going to be in surgery that won't work." Johnny explained.

"Are you sure he knows who Liz is?" Emily asked them.

"According to what we've learned he and Spencer were close." Jason told his sister. When he told Liz who Ethan was she mentioned that the only family member of Lucky's she knew was Luke, and only from court. Having never met Lovett she didn't recognize him. Jason called Mac and asked that Jesse go back to Colorado instead of coming home. It hadn't taken much to learn that Ethan lived not far from his brother during the time that Sarah had left Lucky. Lovett left town shortly before Sarah's death which meant he had to know about Cameron. Maybe his place was being kept as well, if so it would need to be searched.

"The conversation should happen tonight, Nadine is working." Emily told the assembled group.

"That would be perfect." Elizabeth knew just where Emily was going. "It would be more believable too, I don't just stand around talking about Colorado. If you make it sound more like a gossip session he might buy it easier."

"That could work." Jason didn't know Nadine well, and this was important. "Can we trust Nadine?"

"Yeah." Elizabeth answered.

"She's dating Max." Emily added in. That was all she needed to know. Max was sharp and he didn't date women he didn't trust. All the time spent at the hospital had meant nurses hitting on him, but only Nadine passed muster.

"How would we make sure he got access to a phone?" Johnny wanted to know. Getting the guard out of the room shouldn't be much of an issue. Something slipped into his drink should ensure a long trip to the restroom.

Emily gave them all an evil grin. "Leyla is working the wards tonight, on Ethan's floor no less. She isn't allowed to work unsupervised anymore after her eval, so all her shifts line up with Piph's. I bet Leyla would help him."

"How are you going to arrange that?" Jason asked his sister.

"You leave that to me." Emily promised them. "Let me head over, I'll call you when it's done." She would call Nadine from her car.

"We haven't told you what to say yet." Johnny pointed.

"Please, I'm a doctor in a hospital. I know how to gossip." Emily scoffed while Elizabeth nodded. "I'll call you if I run into any problems."

"You think Nadine can handle this?" Johnny asked his brother in-law, but it was Liz who answered.

"I'm willing to place my life in her hands. How are we planning on protecting Cameron?" Elizabeth wanted to know.

"We can discuss that when Emily returns because it affects Ben too." Jason promised. "In the meantime, let's take a ride on the bike." His sister wouldn't be back for at least an hour, probably longer.

Emily walked into General Hospital and headed up to the fourth floor. She spotted Nadine right away and looking down the hall she saw Leyla. It couldn't get any more perfect. Leyla was handing out meds and if they timed it right they would be outside room 415 just as she was in room 417, both she and Ethan could hear the same conversation.

"Hey Em." Nadine smiled like she hadn't seen the doctor in a while, and not talked to her on the phone less than twenty minutes ago. When Emily said Elizabeth needed their help, the blonde nurse immediately was on board. "I have the chart you needed."

"Thanks." Emily took it and flipped through it. They were the only ones at the hub so she was free to talk. "How long?"

"Any minute now." Nadine only felt a little guilty about the laxative she slipped the police officer in his coffee. It wouldn't hurt him any but he was going to be occupied for a while. What made it even better was that Layla had taken it down after Nadine prepped it. The nurse practitioner wanted to know what the prisoner had done. Looking up she saw the officer walk from the room and down the hall to the restroom. "How did you know he would leave the room?"

"Max said he would on the drive over. Something about guys being too proud to have that kind of problem around another guy." Emily said grinning. "Let's go." The two women walked down the hall. They started talking and stopped between the target rooms just after Leyla walked into 417. The patient inside was unconscious so they weren't worried about him overhearing them.

Nadine peeked inside 415 as they passed and saw Ethan watching television. The guard had engaged the restraint attached to the bed to keep the prisoner from picking the lock on his handcuffed wrist while he was out of the room. She nodded to say it was go time. "She really told you that?" Nadine started.

"I was shocked when Elizabeth said she was protecting Cameron from his father." Emily figured that the little boy's name would snag the patients attention the fastest. Sure enough they heard the television in 415 turn off.

"Wow, I never would have guessed that." Nadine said trying to sound shocked. "Is there anything we can do to help?"

"She said Cameron's dad is wanted by the police so he probably won't turn up here anyway. Just give her a shoulder to lean on if she needs it." Emily said going for sympathetic.

"Of course." Nadine said like it was a non-issue.

"Thanks for the chart." Emily said turning and walking down the hall, while Nadine went back to the hub. Just before she stepped onto the elevator she saw Leyla walk out of room 417 with a very large smile on her face. Hopefully Ethan would say something, with his guard out of the room this was the perfect time for a phone call. As much as Leyla disliked Liz, there was no way the jealous nurse wouldn't help.

Leyla was practically floating when she walked into Ethan Lovett's room. What she had heard was her key to getting rid of Elizabeth. It also explained why Jason married that skinny bitch. She just needed one more piece of information. The name of the ex. With the way the staff gossiped it shouldn't be too hard to get. If it came down to it she could get a copy of Cameron's birth certificate and get it from there. Working in the hospital meant she had access to all the paperwork needed for a file transfer.

"Here are your meds, Mr. Lovett." Leyla said holding up the cup. Since he was restrained she had to place the pill on his tongue.

"I was wondering if you could help me?" Ethan said giving her his most charming smile. He had to make the most of this opportunity.

"Did you need something?" Leyla hated ward work but she needed the hours to replace her car. The insurance company was saying her policy didn't cover theft so they weren't paying her a dime, and she needed to move.

"I need to make a phone call." Ethan needed to call Lucky. Like his father he knew how to contact his stepbrother. He was going to help Lucky get his son back. A boy needed his father. Hearing Cameron's name had Ethan figuring out why Elizabeth was so familiar. The eyes were wrong because he was picturing Sarah. The two sisters didn't share a strong resemblance but they had the same eyes.

"I don't think so." Leyla snorted he wasn't worth losing her job. She turned for the door.

"My brother had his son taken and I just learned he's here in Port Charles." Ethan would appeal to her decency. "He hasn't seen him in years."

"Your brother?" Leyla stopped and turned.

"Yes. His son Cameron is here. Will you help me?" Ethan hadn't ever believed that Lucky deliberately hurt his son. The little boy probably just slipped and broke his arm. Small kids make up stories all the time. With Elizabeth as his guardian the little guy had been fed all kinds of lies. She had helped Sarah try to steal Cameron from Lucky before the boy was even born. Even if what they were saying was true, Lucky deserved a chance to prove he could do better now.

"Cameron?" Leyla said walking back to the bed. The universe really was on her side. "You know where his father is?"

"I do." Ethan could see she wanted to help. "I need to call him and my hands aren't free at the moment."

"You have to be quick." Leyla said undoing the restraints. "Once the call is done I have to put you back how I found you." She put the phone on the tray table.

"That's fine." Ethan said just wanting to get to the phone. "Keep a look out." He told the nurse already dialing the number. "Lucky, I found Cameron."

Elizabeth turned down the offer of a ride. She wanted to be home when Emily returned. So instead the three adults sat in tense silence. When the young doctor walked through the door she gave them all a nod. "Leyla took the bait and so did Ethan. He's going to have to say something to her because he doesn't have any other shot at making a phone call."

"We will know shortly. Spinelli is monitoring the phone system at the hospital." Jason told both women.

"Okay that's scary." Elizabeth said knowing how much patient information was discussed over the phone.

"He's not listening to calls all the time. Just monitoring the board to see if a call comes from 415 and tapping into it." Jason explained. No sooner had he done so than his phone rang.

"Stone Cold, the Jackal has the call ready for play back." Spinelli reported.

Elizabeth just looked at Jason. "Stone Cold?"

The mob boss shrugged. His tech guy had nicknames for everyone. "Go ahead Spinelli." Jason's phone was on speaker.

"Play back commencing now." Spinelli said before Ethan's voice filled the silence in the room.

"Lucky, I found Cameron." Ethan's voice came over the line.

"What?" Lucky responded.

Elizabeth just hugged herself and Emily put her arm around her friend in support.

"Cameron and Elizabeth are in the same town that I am." Ethan told his brother. "Listen carefully because I don't have a lot of time. I'm in Port Charles, New York as a guest of the city." He knew his brother would know that meant he was under arrest. "Elizabeth is a nurse at General Hospital."

"New York." Lucky said and they could hear he was smiling. "I'll be there tonight, tomorrow morning at the latest. I'm in Atlanta now. Have you told dad?"

"No. I won't have time. This is the only call I'm going to get." Ethan said to Lucky.

"I'll get you out." Lucky promised. Family stuck together.

"Don't worry about it. I'm not looking at anything serious. Don't do anything to bring attention to yourself. Just come get your little boy." Ethan knew Lucky would need to move quickly once he had his son.

"And the faithless bitch who took him. If she is doing what she did back home, he'll be in the hospital daycare." Lucky was already formulating a plan. "I'll need her to get him out. Thanks Ethan, this means a lot."

"Don't waste this opportunity." Ethan advised.

"I won't." Lucky assured him before hanging up.

"That's everything." Spinelli came back on the line.

"Good work." Jason said before hanging up. Emily was already dialing the hospital.

"Did you report it?" Emily asked Nadine.

"I did, Epiphany is escorting Leyla to security as we speak. I could hear Piph yelling about hospital procedure from the hub." Nadine thought this should be enough to get Leyla suspended and then fired. "I gotta go, I'll give you a blow by blow of what I hear tomorrow."

"Thanks." Emily said hanging up.

"What was that?" Johnny asked his wife. She looked positively gleeful.

"That is a little something I like to call 'pay back for messing with my sister is a bitch'." The doctor crowed. "Nadine called Piph because Leyla went into room 415 and was in there for a long time. Seeing as the guard was in the bathroom and the patient was potentially dangerous she was worried for her colleague. Epiphany caught Leyla in the room with Ethan unrestrained and hanging up the phone."

"Piph will call your dad." Elizabeth couldn't believe what Emily had managed to pull off.

"I'm a Quartermaine, its what we do." Emily said grinning.

"He's coming for Cameron." Elizabeth couldn't stop the sliver of fear that caused her to tremble.

"The boys are staying home from daycare until Spencer is handled. We will be watching all the points into the city and we'll get him. Starting tomorrow Georgie will be here at the Towers babysitting. By this time next week the boys can go back to the hospital." Jason would make it known that he wanted Spencer, preferably alive but dead was fine too.

"I think I'd like to go for that ride now." Elizabeth needed something to calm her nerves. She trusted Jason, but she was terrified of Lucky. The man seemed to have the luck of the devil himself.

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