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Chapter 11

The walk back up to the house was quick, and they found Francis with Diane in the kitchen. The attorney looked a little guilty. "Here." Francis said handing over a piece of paper.

"I had nothing to do with that." Diane said before Jason could speak up.

"What is it?" Elizabeth leaned over and looked at the paper Jason was holding. "Crap."

"Sonny faxed it over a few minutes ago." Francis told his boss giving his girlfriend a look. "It was brought to his attention by Monica. Edward ran it."

Jason looked at the wedding announcement that ran in today's Port Charles Gazette. The orange in the picture let him know that the photo was the one Diane snapped the night he took Elizabeth to dinner and gave her the engagement ring. "You sent the picture to my mother?" He guessed trying not to laugh. "Thank you for that by the way. I know that made her smile." Monica adored Elizabeth. His mother had been thrilled when he called with the news that he was getting married for real.

"I wanted her to see how wonderful you two looked together." Diane knew that such a public announcement wasn't something Jason would want.

"Yeah, this has my grandfather all over it." Jason said shaking his head. The old man would totally do this without checking first. Edward also adored Elizabeth and would have been ecstatic to hear about the wedding.

"Jason, I need to speak with you." Elizabeth said turning to walk out the kitchen.

"Elizabeth." Diane said before they got too far away. "I know I've been rather free with my opinions, but I would never have sent out an announcement without your permission." She was worried this was going to stop Liz speaking to her. They'd had more arguments since arriving here than in all the time they knew each other.

"I know this wasn't you." Elizabeth said smiling before heading out to the hall. "This could be bad."

"It's not like it's a fake announcement." Jason didn't see the harm.

"It says that Francis and Diane are my parents." Elizabeth pointed out the big issue.

"As long as she stays on the island we can keep anyone from approaching her." Jason said going into problem solving mode. He figured Edward knew about Diane's injury and was being safe. His grandfather would probably just run a blurb correcting the mistake after everything was back to normal.

"Including my parents?" Elizabeth could tell he wasn't thinking along the same lines as her. "Because with you being part of the Quartermaine family, I'm guessing this news isn't going to stay in Port Charles."

"Shit." Jason said frowning. "My grandfather probably called his friends who own papers and had them run it too. I will alert the airport and the marina that your parents are not permitted to enter the island." Which could get ugly because Jason was guessing that members of the press would be arriving soon too. If Carolyn threw a fit at denied entry reporters could be on hand to document it. "This is why I don't tell lies. It is impossible to keep them from breeding."

"We need to restrict Diane's access to the news until she is better." Elizabeth wanted to protect her friend. "Or until we know how my parents are going to react."

"I'm guessing Francis is aware of that. Let me call Edward and see if we can't put a halt to the announcements." Jason was guessing the answer would be no. Once information got out retracting it was damn near impossible.

"I'll go reassure Diane that we aren't upset." Elizabeth said heading back to the kitchen. She really hoped her parents didn't show up. That was not what they needed.

Neither Dr. Webber had seen the announcement as those on the island, and in Port Charles, dealt with the unwanted attention. However two other people were reading the short article and neither one was happy.

Ric Lansing, who wasn't long for the world but didn't know it, frowned in his office. He had failed to bring Morgan to heel for the murder of Lorenzo Alcazar and the men his father sent had failed to eliminate Diane Miller. With the other lawyer gone Morgan would be easier to put behind bars. Ric knew about the head injury and its strange side effect, so he ignored the part about her being the Webber woman's mother. Instead he focused on the newly engaged couple. The woman smiling from the photograph might be a good way to get to Jason. If he loved her enough to marry her that made her a weakness.

Ric walked out of his office and into the parking lot. He didn't want to make this call inside the building. "Dad."

"Ric." Trevor leaned back in his chair. "What can I do for you?" He believed in family first so when his boy called about eliminating an enemy he was only too happy to help. Trevor wasn't scared of Morgan or Corinthos.

"Jason is getting married." Ric said getting to the point.

"You want to crash the wedding?" Trevor would be happy to send out another squad. If for no other reason to avenge the first one. "Maybe try to dance with the bride?"

"No, it's being held on Sonny's island." Ric said leaning against his car. He was going to call it a night after he hung up. "Crashing it won't happen. The island is too secure to be breached. They will return to Port Charles at some point. I think it would be a great wedding gift to Morgan if we took out his wife."

"Yeah it would, we can save him money. She'll probably end up divorcing him later anyway." Trevor said laughing. "I'll contact someone tonight. When the papers report that Morgan has returned whoever I hire will head to Port Charles."

"I'll leave that to you then. We'll talk again later." Ric said ending the call. He pushed the alarm button on his key ring and the sky filled with fire as the vehicle he was standing beside blew up.

In the van down the lot Cody looked at Johnny. "I do good work." He said grinning.

"You do." Johnny had to admit that. "We need to tell Sonny that Ric ordered a hit on Elizabeth." The sound boosting equipment let them hear Ric's part of the conversation.

"Too bad he won't have any luck with that." Cody said shaking his head. The Lansing family tree was filled with idiots. Hopefully once Trevor was gone that would not be an issue anymore.

"Nope, they won't." Johnny said starting the car and driving off.

The second person reading the review was Keesha Ward, and she was also frowning. She had been in love with Jason Quartermaine, and the fact that he was now Jason Morgan didn't change that. After walking away from her when he left the hospital they had reconnected. Only to break up again. He claimed she was constantly trying to change him back to the person he used to be. Which wasn't true, if anyone understood Jason at his very core it was her. Not the woman standing next to him in the picture. All Keesha wanted to do was polish him some. Jason Morgan had too many rough edges.

If her stubborn ex would have just given them time he would have seen that they were perfect together. Instead he had walked away again, without allowing them to have a real chance at a relationship. Angry Keesha had rebounded by falling into bed with AJ. The next morning he made it clear he wasn't looking for anything long term with her. He had no intention of dating a woman who was stuck on his brother. AJ moved to London to make that clear, and humiliated she moved to New York City. A few weeks before the stick turned blue.

At four months she had a DNA test run and it came back to AJ, but Jason didn't need to know that. They had been together the last time a few days before he broke up with her. Keesha was positive that she could pass this baby off as his. Especially if she had a DNA test in hand when she returned to Port Charles. It shouldn't be hard to find someone who was willing to alter the results. She had money in the bank and could offer a handsome payout. She wasn't worried about the test in Port Charles either, because Jason was going to demand one. Keesha had grown up in the harbor town and knew several of the lab techs, and she knew who was open to a bribe.

'Let's see how the new wife deals with a pregnant ex-girlfriend.' Keesha thought to herself, she was going to use her baby to tie Jason to her for life. Eventually his soon to be wife would get sick of sharing her husband because Keesha was going to suggest joint custody. Which would give her a reason to move back home. Now all she needed was the right excuse as to why she hadn't returned earlier.

She leaned back against the headboard of her bed and gave it some thought. It didn't take long to come up with a plan. She could say she never intended to come forward, that she was going to raise the baby alone since it was clear that she and Jason had no future, and he never said he wanted children. But someone learned who the father of her baby was, and threatened her. Jason would eat that up.

Satisfied Keesha got up to get a snack. She would watch the paper and see if a honeymoon was mentioned. Returning too soon would be bad, she didn't want to have to deal with Edward without Jason around to tell the older man to mind his business. So if he was going away she would hold off on serving notice at the foundation.

"We are going home." She said rubbing her stomach. "You are going to love your daddy." Keesha said smiling. She was thinking that once Jason held the baby half the battle would be done. A year from now Elizabeth would be a distant memory.

"Hello?" Elizabeth wasn't really awake as she answered the phone in her room. Bringing the clock into focus she saw why. It was just past three a.m.

"Would you like to explain why these two people are listed as your parents in the newspaper?" Carolyn asked her youngest child. The doctor hadn't wanted children, raising her stepson was enough, but Jeff insisted on expanding their family. She was fine with just Sarah, although her eldest daughter was a disappointment. Carolyn's duty would have been done. But mistakes happen and they ended up with Liz too. At least the youngest Webber child had made it a point to move out early.

Elizabeth sat up, fully awake now, she planned on explaining the medical reasons behind the lie but that wasn't what she said when she started speaking. "Why do you even care?" This conversation was going to be another contentious one, they rarely had any other kind.

"What? Don't talk to me in that tone of voice. I am your mother, which you seem to have forgotten." Carolyn didn't tolerate attitude from any of her children.

"I've seen the birth certificate, I am aware of our relationship status." Elizabeth said in a droll voice. "It's something neither one of us is happy about."

"I guess I should be happy that you are in the paper for something good this time." Carolyn threw out. "The last time you embarrassed us all."

Elizabeth threw back the covers and got out of bed. She started walking around the room. "Of course I did, and I mean what was I thinking? Letting them put my name in the paper where someone you knew would see it." Her mother had called to say that Liz couldn't come home until that mess was straightened out.

"I was up for Chief of Surgery, it's a very image conscious position. The timing was wrong for a scandal." Carolyn said being honest. She had told Sarah to behave as well, especially since they worked in the same hospital. Carolyn saw the promotion as putting her first in line for the Chief of Staff position when he retired. Which would hopefully be soon.

"A new title is more important than making sure your youngest child is safe from a homicidal lunatic. Congratulations on that by the way." Elizabeth voice dripped with disdain.

"You were the one dating him. Don't try to blame that fiasco on me, you should have known what your boyfriend was capable of. You have no one to point the finger at for that mess but yourself." Carolyn pointed out. "And don't be dramatic, it looks better on Sarah."

Elizabeth just shook her head. On paper her ex had been perfect. Smart, and handsome with a great job. Ewan had charmed everyone he met, including Carolyn. The female staff members had vied for his attention, but it was Liz he wanted. They were happy for a time, but he was more serious about things than she was. He wanted to get married, she didn't. So Liz did the mature thing and ended the relationship. Ewan decided if he couldn't have her then no one could.

Funny that a psychiatrist would have obsession issues.

He kidnapped her to keep her from walking away and hurt her badly when she tried to escape. Audrey flew down to help Liz during her recovery. Sarah and Steven also stood by their sister during the aftermath visiting as often as they could since Liz asked them not to move closer. Jeff called regularly to check in, but didn't come visit. While Carolyn just wanted the whole thing to go away.

Liz was making another circuit of the room when she stopped in her tracks. "You're upset that Diane and Francis are listed as my parents."

"We already covered that." Carolyn pointed out.

Elizabeth shook her head. "You're upset at that, but not my choice of groom are you? I knew the 'Elizabeth how could you' call was coming. I expected you to be upset about Diane and Francis, but I was thinking you would be really upset at my choice of fiance. It doesn't upset you that I'm marrying Jason Morgan, alleged mobster, you're angry because it's not your name being linked with the Quartermaines in the news."

Elizabeth remembered Sarah saying that their mother was thrilled to have the Cassadines as in-laws. That being linked to such a powerful family would have its benefits. Silence from the other end had Liz smirking. "I have no intentions of telling you why Diane and Francis are listed as my parents, but I will instead say this. If you make any waves, or make any moves to correct the story I will have my future in-laws destroy you." Alan and Monica both had a lot of sway in the medical community. "I would suggest that you just sit back quietly, and maybe I will invite you to Port Charles when Jason and I return home." The dangle of a meeting with the Quartermaines, something that wasn't going to happen, would keep Carolyn in line.

"I expect this misunderstanding to be cleared up at the first available opportunity." Carolyn let her daughter know. She would be quiet because she very much wanted to meet Alan and Monica. Audrey, and now Steven, refused to make the introductions. It really grated on Carolyn's nerves that Elizabeth was her only option.

"Goodbye mother." Liz said ending the call and sitting on the side of her bed. She put the cell phone on the nightstand before getting up again and using the bathroom. The desire to shower was making itself known, just thinking about Ewan made her skin crawl. Getting in the glass enclosure now would see her standing under the hot water for entirely too long. She had showered before bed, and that was enough. However she wasn't going back to sleep either. She was too keyed up.

Heading back into her bedroom she walked over to the closet and pulled out some sweatpants and slipped them on. She also grabbed one of her oversized lounging shirts. Dressed she left her room and went down the hall. She knocked once and a few moments later the door swung open.

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