A/N – Thanks for the comments! Glad you liked the threesome (lol never thought I'd type those words). Guest – re: forgiveness and Monica – Why not? She's family and Jason has made a ton of mistakes that he's hoping to get forgiveness for. He's trying to start over. Nothing wrong with that. I hate Monica, but Jason needs someone on his side that has his best interests at heart. I'm trying to undo years of crappy writing with this story. It's a challenge. * leeleelayla5 – lol. I already had written the Monica/Nikki but I went back and added the 3some due to popular demand. * Leki luuucky – Thank you!

Chapter 10 – Crossing Paths

The next day, Jason decided he needed some air and went to the park. Sitting in the apartment was just leading him to more dark thoughts. He stood off to the side while he watched Elizabeth, Jake, Cameron, and Spencer play. She looked really happy and he started to wonder if he should just let her go. He knew he was coming unraveled and he didn't want to bring her down with him.

"They make a wonderful family don't you think?"

Jason spun around and was face to face with Helena. He clenched his fists and wished he had brought his gun. There was a man with her and suddenly, Milo stepped out and showed himself, which made Jason breathe a little easier. "What do you want? Haven't you done enough damager?"

"Now now, don't be so hostile. I come in peace."

"I'm having a hard time figuring out your motive for saving me."

Helena took a seat on a bench. "That is an interesting question isn't it? You see, I wanted to get back at so many people. I had an old score to settle with Elizabeth for making me look like a fool too."

"I wasn't even with Elizabeth."

"No, you weren't. Losing her son and then you, let's just say it was fun watching her life unravel and it was a bonus that Lucky was destroyed in the process. And frankly, Sam is a huge disappointment to me. She's a failure just like her mother."

"What did Jake ever do to you?"

Helena smirked. "Nothing, but he did look like you and it made for the perfect switch. His military background was a perfect fit as well. It was rather ingenious of me actually. He was so screwed up from the war that brainwashing was easy. I made sure he healed from his injuries and gave him a whole new outlook on life. I was feeling rather generous."

Several more Corinthos guards descended on the area and Elizabeth noticed right away.

"Stay with them," she said to Jake as she slowly walked down a path and then her mouth dropped open when she came upon the scene. "Jason."

His eyes snapped to her. "Elizabeth, get the boys and get out of here."

"I'm not leaving you with that witch."

Helena smiled. "Hello Elizabeth, it's nice to see you too."

Liz made her way over to Jason and held his hand. "You shouldn't acknowledge her."

"I needed some answers."

Helena stood. "There are lots of secrets that you still don't know. I'm sure once your memory is back in full force, you will think about this conversation and question the possibilities. Good day."

She walked away and Jason held up his hand to Milo, stopping him from attacking her. He believed her; that she was still hiding things and Jason needed to find out what it was.

He looked down at Liz. "You should go. It's not safe for you with her wandering around. She admitted she wanted you to suffer, that you grieving for Jake and me was some sort of entertainment for her."

"I'm not scared of that old bat."

"Maybe you should be. She had me on ice for a long time. I don't want her to hurt you."

"Do you have a guard on me and Cameron?"

"Yes."

"Then we'll be fine. I trust you."

The problem was that Jason didn't trust that it would be enough. If Helena wanted something, she was going to go all out to get it.

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Jake walked up with Cameron and Spencer. "Is everything alright?"

"It's fine now."

Jake noticed that Elizabeth was holding Jason's hand and hadn't let go. "Maybe we should go."

"That's probably best. Bye Jason."

He squeezed her hand. "Bye. Wait, Jake can I speak to you for a minute?"

"Sure."

"Bye Jason," Cameron said.

Jason slightly smiled and Cameron took off running with Spencer and Elizabeth following him.

"What's up?"

"Helena was just here."

"And you let her walk away?"

"She's hiding something else and I think we need to find out what it is. She implied that as my memory comes back, it will become clearer. If you remember anything about the lab, can you please let me know."

"Okay."

"Take care of them."

Jake nodded. "I will."

Jason watched him walk away and then he went to speak with Milo.

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Sam walked into Monica's office. "You wanted to see me."

"Hi, please sit down."

Sam sat down. She had no idea why Monica would want to see her unless she wanted to spend time with Danny.

"Jason is having a hard time coping. I think that he should start bonding with Danny."

"I offered that to him but we kind of ended up getting in a fight."

"I know and that is why I suggested that we schedule some time. You can drop off Danny at the mansion and Jason could spend time with him—."

"—without having to run into me right?"

"I'm sorry. I know you are not getting along with him, but Danny has nothing to do with that. He's just a little boy who is probably very curious about his father. Would you be willing to do what I suggested?"

Sam started to cry. "I'm sorry. This is so hard for me."

Monica handed her a tissue. "I can only imagine."

"If that is what Jason wants, then for now, I'll do it. But he can't avoid me forever."

"He knows that. Just give him a little more time."

"To what, want Elizabeth more?"

"I know that there is no love loss between the two of you, but Jason is hurting badly and frankly, right now he is my main concern."

Sam stood up. "Fine, I'll drop off Danny tomorrow at 10:00."

"Thank you Sam."

She walked out. Hopefully, the more he bonded with their son, the more accepting he would be of her.

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Jason came around the corner of Kelly's and ran right into Michael.

"Michael?"

His nephew looked up at him. "Wow, you are alive."

Jason could smell the alcohol coming off him in waves. "So they tell me. How have you been?"

Michael sighed. "I supposed you've heard about AJ. You're probably glad he's dead."

"I really don't want to have this conversation with you."

"Why not? Are you scared to say it aloud that you hated your brother?"

Jason sighed. "No. We both earned our hate against each other."

"You think so?"

"I know so. AJ drove me into a tree and changed my entire life. He kidnapped you. He tried to kill me or have me killed on several occasions. He shot his own father in the back. He was out of control."

"And are you saying you had nothing to do with that?"

"No, I'm not but you can't blame everything on everyone else. He was a grown ass man. He made his choices."

"What was he supposed to do? Everyone hated him and treated him like shit."

"And you don't think that was earned? He was a drunk. From what I hear, you weren't even important enough to stay sober for. Don't stand in front of me, of all people and act like AJ was a saint when he wasn't."

Michael clenched his fists. "Well he's dead now. So, I'm sure that makes you happy."

"Not if you're not happy. If I had wanted AJ dead, he would have been many times over. It seems like you're trying to be him now, throwing tantrums—getting drunk. Newsflash Michael, life sucks. There is always someone waiting in the wings to take you down and sometimes, it's family. You have a choice, throw your life away or say fuck you and try to make something of yourself instead of using every excuse in the book not too."

"I wish you had stayed dead. I bet you're going to stick up for Sonny right?"

Jason flinched but didn't back down. "No. What Sonny did was wrong. Michael, you need to grow the fuck up and stop being such a whiny bitch."

Milo almost choked on his spit.

Michael growled and grabbed Jason and even after the brain surgery, he was no match for Jason's power. His uncle threw him up against the wall, knocking the wind out of him.

"If you want to act like an asshole and piss your life away, then have at it, you've learned from the best. But that little girl you're using to manipulate your father doesn't deserve this shit. She doesn't deserve Sonny either but what makes you think that being drunk around her is being a good parent?"

"Like I'd know what a good parent was. You wouldn't even step up and be a parent to your own child."

Milo winced.

"You're right. I was a coward and I regret every day that I let him down and used my stupid fucking job as an excuse to not be with him. I have to live with that decision and it tears me apart but it doesn't change the fact that you know what you are doing is wrong and continue to do it. Do you really think AJ wanted you to be him? That is the last thing he wanted."

Jason shoved him a little and then turned around. Michael pounced on him from behind and Jason, not expecting it, hit the concrete hard.

"Have you lost your mind?" Carly said running towards them. "Get off of him you idiot. He just had brain surgery."

Michael pushed off of him. "As usual, we all know where your loyalties lie."

Carly smacked Michael hard across the face and he visibly recoiled. "You had that coming. You are behaving like a spoiled brat and I know that is partly my fault. I'm not coddling you anymore Michael. You are drunk. Get it together or I swear to God you won't like what I do next."

Michael stormed away and Carly waved Milo over to help with Jason.

"Did you hit your head?"

"Yeah."

"We're going to the hospital."

Jason tried to object but Carly insisted and they helped him to the car.

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Monica gasped as she saw Jason walked towards her. "What happened?"

"Michael happened. He jumped Jason from behind and he hit his head."

"Bring him over here."

Milo helped Jason into an examination room.

Patrick ran inside and examined him. "Epiphany will clean up your cut. It's not too bad. I don't think you'll need stitches. Are you dizzy?"

"A little bit."

"Jason, you are still healing. You have got to stay out of fights or you could do more damage."

"It's not like I planned it."

Patrick sighed. "Do you have someone to watch you tonight?"

"Yes."

"I don't think you have a concussion but if you have bad headaches or the dizziness gets worse, you need to come back."

"Okay."

Patrick left and Epiphany came into the room.

Monica was holding Jason's hand. "I arranged for you to spend some time with Danny tomorrow morning. You're more than welcome to stay the night tonight."

"It's okay. I don't think I could handle Tracy or Edward right now. Thank you for arranging it. I'll be there."

"She's dropping him off at 10:00. If you're hurting too badly, than let me know and I'll reschedule."

"Thanks."

Epiphany finished up. "Be careful and try not to get that wet until tomorrow."

"Thank you Epiphany."

Milo helped Jason stand up and he was a little unsteady.

Liz rushed into the room. "What happened?"

"How did you find out?"

"I'm still listed as one of your emergency contact believe it or not. I guess Sam didn't answer."

"Michael got a little out of control."

Liz put her hands on her hips. "Michael did this?"

"He jumped me from behind or he'd be the one in here right now." Jason really wanted to teach Michael a lesson. He was acting like a little punk.

"No fighting. I don't care how much he deserves it. You have a brain injury. I should throttle you both."

Monica smirked at the look on Jason's face.

"Are you really giving me a hard time right now?"

"You better believe it," Elizabeth said. "Let's go."

She put her arm around his waist and guided him to the waiting area where Carly was standing.

"Hello Muffin."

"Watch it or I'll come up with a nickname for you that I don't think you'll like."

"Try me."

"Shrew comes to mind."

Carly smirked. "Good one Princess Purity. I can take it from here."

"Touch him and I'll break all of your fingers."

Carly grinned. "I like this Elizabeth."

"You would."

They got on the elevator.

"Maybe we can go out for drinks and cause some chaos."

"Hell no," Jason said firmly.

Milo chuckled.

The door opened.

"Well, I'm going to go find my spawn and give him a piece of my mind."

"I'm not even going to argue.

Jason wanted to break a piece of his foot off in Michael's ass and he had a feeling that Morgan would be next on that list.

Liz walked Jason to the car and got him settled. "I'll check on you later. Go home and rest."

"Thanks."

"You're welcome."

He pulled her closer and kissed her. "I missed your mouth."

She grinned. "You're so smooth."

"I keep trying to tell you that but you won't listen."

"I'll call you later."

He watched her leave and then put his head back and shut his eyes.

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Robin sighed and sat back in her chair. She had been trying to figure out who else Helena could possibly have in her lab. If she could just find her way back there, then maybe she could figure out what the old hag was up to.

Her phone rang and she picked it up. "Hello?"

"It's Jason."

"Hey. Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I ran into Helena today at the park."

Robin stood up. "Seriously? What did she want? She didn't hurt you did she?"

"No. She implied that here were secrets that I still don't know about."

"Well, that pretty much is standard operations for her. Did she give you any clues?"

"Not really. Do you know how to get back to the lab?"

Robin sighed. "No. We were blindfolded."

"I need you to think about any sounds you might have heard when we went outside and don't go anywhere without telling me. Milo is with me and I'm sure he'd help."

"Okay. I'll let you know if I come up with anything. Maybe you'll have a memory and it will help."

"That's what I'm hoping for. I'll keep in touch."

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Two more weeks went by. Nothing much had changed. Both men were remembering a lot of information and Jason had remembered Jake's death and the last year of his relationship with Sam. He also remembered some good times with her which left him a little conflicted, but his heart was still with Elizabeth. He also recalled Liz asking him to give up Jake and him giving her the no contact speech. There were so many memories flooding his mind that he barely left the house. He had a few visits with Danny and it was okay. They were warming up to each other.

He also remembered when he found Carly and Sonny in the penthouse and then got shot and Elizabeth took care of him. Again, he forgave someone he shouldn't have. He was noticing a distinct pattern and it wasn't pretty.