A/N – Thanks for the comments! Glad you like the progression! * Guest – I know the roof thing sucked! Danny is almost 3 and Jake is almost 4 (although he's really almost 8). So Jake is a year and a month older than Danny now. So, technically, I started this on Jake's birthday so I kind of missed that fact. I was thinking it was a month earlier. Oops. So, I'll do a makeup b-day party for him. * Tisha – I'm not that far ahead so have no plans for that right now. There will be plenty of family scenes though, but they cannot go out anywhere until Sonny and the Cassadines are dealt with and that will take a while. Thanks!

Chapter 37 - Confrontation

Sonny walked into his office and shut the door. He sat down at his desk and then something caught his eye. There was a mirror on the wall and in red, someone had written, "I'm coming for you."

The phone rang, making Sonny jump. "Hello?"

"Did you get my message?" AJ asked.

"AJ? You're dead."

AJ laughed loudly. "Let's just say that I sold my soul to come back and haunt your ass."

Sonny was stunned. "You won't hurt me because of Michael."

"Michael can't stand you because you killed me. You ruined that relationship just like you ruin everything. Morgan has turned into a whiny ass wus just like his father."

"Don't talk about my son."

"You haven't been a real father to that boy for years. Face it Sonny, you're going to rot all alone in that hideously decorated house of yours. Your kids will all hate you. No woman will want you because you're pathetic and delusional. It's almost the perfect fate for you, but I just can't bring myself to let it happen. I need you dead," AJ said almost shaking with anger.

Sonny started to say something.

"This is my game bitch. And don't try to run like the coward you are because nothing will stop me from coming for you."

AJ hung up the phone and Sonny started to panic. He grabbed some paper towels and wiped at the note, only managing to smear it. Opening the door, he yelled for Max.

"What's up boss?"

"Someone was in my office. They left a note."

Max pushed by him and saw the red on the glass but couldn't read it. "I don't see how that is possible unless they had an inside man. I'll have someone check the tapes though."

"I need AJ Quartermaine found now," he yelled.

Max frowned. "Boss, AJ is dead."

"He just called me. He's been showing up everywhere," Sonny said almost frothing at the mouth. "I saw him outside the coffee house and the Metro Court."

Max swallowed deeply. Sonny was losing it again. "I'll go look for him okay?"

"You do that," Sonny said before slamming out of the office.

"This is going to end badly," Max muttered.

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Georgie finished up shopping with Maxie.

"Why do you seem nervous?" Maxie asked.

"I don't know. Maybe it's just the anticipation."

"Did you shave?"

"Maxie! I told you that we aren't having sex and yes I shaved."

Maxie grinned. "You know. I like your clothes."

"Diane picked it out. Jason has been very generous."

Georgie still tried to only buy things that were on sale. When she had opened the checkbook Jason gave her, she was shocked. He had put $10,000.00 into the account.

"Take your time with Dylan okay?"

Georgie gave her a look. "Are you feeling okay miss dive in and don't care about the consequences."

Maxie smirked. "Yes. I feel fine. You've been through a lot. I know you want to get your life back and all, but I just don't want to see you hurt."

"Maxie, Dylan is in the same position. He was taken and lost a few years of his life. He woke up with a different face. His relationships haven't worked out for him either so he's been through a lot too."

"I get it, but I'm not related to him. You're my sister. I've always been protective of you."

"No offense, but I'm twenty-eight now. You're just going to have to get used to it."

"It's really hard when you still look eighteen—brat."

Georgie grinned. "Hater."

"Have you been googling?"

Georgie nodded. "I don't want to seem ancient."

Maxie chuckled. She really had missed her sister a lot.

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Dylan helped Jake down from the table after helping clean him up. It seemed like he got more brownie on his face then in his mouth. Jason was cleaning up Danny.

"You sure it's okay that we go tonight?" Dylan asked.

Jason looked over at him for a second. "I'm sure. We can handle it. They'll be knocked out by 8:00."

"We can come back and help with breakfast." The boys were a handful and the tag team effort made it a lot easier to manage them.

"You should get some private time. Enjoy your time with Georgie—well, not too much."

Dylan grinned. "Are you getting all protective on me?"

Jason smirked. "Georgie reminds me of Elizabeth when she first came to town. I mean they have different senses of humor and stuff but she's feisty and animated. She has a good heart. I can't help but want to protect her. She's been through enough."

"You know, you make it really hard for a guy to hate you."

Jason chuckled. "Do you really want to hate me?"

"No, I don't. I'm glad that Georgie has people in her life that want to fight for her. I won't let it go too far. I just wanted some quiet time with her that's all."

Jason looked up at Dylan. "You know, besides the enforcer stuff, we have a lot in common."

Dylan smiled. "Our rugged good looks?"

Jason smiled. "Yeah, that too I guess." He helped Danny get down and he ran off. "Has all of your memory come back?"

"Not completely. There are some gaps around the time I served. I think she did something to make me forget. Maybe I'm glad that I don't remember."

Jason nodded. "Well, if you ever really want to know. I think I can fill you in."

Dylan nodded. "Thanks."

Liz walked in. "I like it when there isn't a lot of clean up." She took a pen out and a piece of paper.

"What are you doing?"

"Planning the meals for tomorrow."

"I'll take care of breakfast," Jason said.

"Georgie and I will bring back lunch. We'll make a Kelly's run. Just text me what everyone wants."

Jason smiled. He loved Kelly's.

"Alright but dinner will be hand cooked. Danny and Jake like macaroni and cheese so I was thinking of meatloaf to go with it."

Both men made a face.

"How can you like hamburgers but not meat loaf?"

They shrugged.

"Fine, what if I bake a ham?"

"You can't go wrong with pork," Dylan said.

Jason smiled. "That's fine."

"Listen, we missed Jake's birthday because we didn't know he was alive. How about we make it up to him on Sunday and have a surprise party?"

"That only gives us a few days," Jason said.

"Well, I'll just send you shopping with Dylan and I'll go present shopping with Georgie. Johnny can watch the kids."

Jason tilted his head and gave her a look and Liz laughed.

"I'll ask Epiphany or Monica if they are working."

"Okay. Do we need to make an invite list?"

Liz nodded. "I'll start doing that. I want to invite Bobbie and Lulu if that's alright. Jake knows them. Patrick, Robin, and Emma of course. I'll call Nikolas and see if Spencer can come for Cam."

"Do you think we can trust Nikolas?"

"I'll tell him that I'll send someone to pick up Spencer and that the Quartermaines will be here and I don't want any trouble."

"Alright."

"You can call Michael. What about Carly?"

"I haven't gotten a chance to talk to her yet and lay the ground rules."

"I'll leave that up to you then. As long as she can behave herself, I don't care. If she steps out of line, I'm going to ruin her makeup."

Jason smirked. "Fair enough."

"Should I invite Alexis and Molly so that Danny knows someone besides Emma?"

"That's fine."

"I feel bad because most of Jake's friends are a lot older now. I don't even know if they'd remember him."

"A couple of the nurses have younger kids. I'll invite them to fill it out more. Can you order the bouncy?"

Dylan pulled out his phone so he could do a search. "I'll handle that."

Georgie walked in with her bags. "I'll be right back. I'm just going to go pack."

Dylan nodded and Liz slipped upstairs to talk to her.

Georgie smiled when she walked in.

"How was shopping?"

"It was fun. It was nice spending time with Maxie."

"Good. I'm really glad you're getting along."

"Yeah, until she does something totally Maxie. I'll enjoy it while it lasts."

Liz smiled. "Well, have a great time tonight."

Georgie looked up at her. "Awkward."

Liz laughed. "I'm happy for you Georgie."

Georgie chuckled. "Thanks."

"By the way, we're having a party for Jake's birthday on Sunday since he missed it. You're going shopping with me to pick up some things, probably on Saturday if that's okay."

"That should be fine."

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Dylan opened the door to the suite Carly gave them on the house. "Wow."

Georgie grinned when she walked in. "This is really nice. Carly has a flair for drama."

"You think I don't know that?"

Georgie laughed. They had bought some snacks and she put them on the table and plopped onto the couch. "Comfy."

Dylan sunk down next to her. "Very."

She grabbed the remote and turned on the television.

"You know if you are remote master, this will not end well."

Georgie grinned. It was exactly what she was hoping for. He shook his head and grabbed her and pulled her onto his lap.

"What am I going to do with you Georgie?"

She smiled. "Do you really need my suggestions?"

He grinned. "Actually, I think a lot about what I want to do with you."

She blushed.

"Get your mind out of the gutter GG."

She laughed. "Only Jake and now Danny get to call me that."

"Seriously, I want to travel with you. I think about all the places I want to take you." He brushed the back of his hand against her face and then kissed her softly before slightly deepening it.

"Dylan," she whispered against his lips before getting up and then straddling him. "I need more."

"Georgie…."

His comment was cut off by her mouth as she passionately kissed him. The kiss was hot and addictive and neither wanted to stop. His hands went under her shirt, caressing her back and she shuddered. They continued their explorations for a long while until Dylan pulled back before it could get out of control. He had a ridiculously hard erection and they needed to take a step back.

"Can we go out on a dinner date tomorrow night?"

Georgie smiled. "I would like that."

Dylan smiled. "Me too."

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Jason and Elizabeth finished giving baths to Jake and Danny and put them to bed. Cam had fallen asleep watching television in the den so Jason carried him up to his room and put him to bed as well.

They went into the bedroom and fell back on the bed exhausted.

"Let's make a baby," Jason said loudly.

Liz made a strangled noise and sat up and looked at a grinning Jason like he was crazy.

"Gotcha."

She smacked him on the arm and then cuddled into him. "I wouldn't mind a girl in a year or two."

"I'm not getting any younger you know."

"You look pretty damn good to me."

Jason smiled. "You are the one that never ages," he said kissing the top of her head.

"I have a session with Kevin tomorrow."

"Are you not looking forward to it?"

She sighed. "I don't know. I guess after my talk with Sam it's probably a good thing."

"If Sam doesn't get better right away, we'll have Danny for quite a while."

"I've been thinking about that too. When I start working again, I can take him to the hospital daycare. Have you given any thought to if you want to work?"

"Not a lot. I'm kind of enjoying our family time. If I'm not, Danny can stay with me."

She nodded. "You'd have Jake too until pre-school starts. After that, he won't be there all day."

"That's fine. They play well together."

"Could you really be happy being Mr. Mom?"

Jason smiled. "I think I would love it actually. I missed so much time with them both."

"Well, you have plenty of time to decide. There's always ELQ."

Jason laughed. "Hell no. I'm not working with Tracy. We'd kill each other. Besides, right now Dickolas has control."

Liz chuckled. "Whatever you decide, I'll back you."

He kissed her. "Nikki wants to come for a visit. I told her in a few weeks we'd talk about it."

Liz smiled. "I really like her."

"She's pretty incredible. No matter what mistakes she has made, she fights back."

"Well, I'm glad that she didn't walk away from you," Liz said.

"Me too."

Jason kissed her again and then they made love before cuddling together and falling asleep.

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Dylan woke up the next morning with Georgie in his arms. It just felt right. She stirred and then stretched and then looked up at him and blushed.

He grinned. "Good morning beautiful."

"I'm sure I'm anything but that right now."

"Trust me. I haven't woken up with a smile on my face since I can remember and you put it there."

She smiled. "Be right back."

She disappeared into the bathroom and Dylan got up and ordered breakfast.

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Jason took a deep breath and walked into the coffee house. It was weird being back there. Max shook his hand.

"Jason, we miss you man."

"Thanks Max. How is he?"

"He's not taking his meds and he has been seeing things. He doesn't come in all the time. It's usually just to meet with Duke."

Jason nodded. "I'll leave if it gets to be too much."

Max nodded.

Jason knocked on the door and Sonny yelled to come in. He pushed it open and Sonny stood up.

"It's good to see you," Sonny said holding his hand out.

Jason shook it and sat down. "Was there a problem with the papers?"

Sonny stared at him for a long time. "I'm not signing them Jason. You need to be here. It's where you belong and fit in."

"I'm not the same person I was then."

"You are still who you are you just don't want to be."

"Do I need to get Robin and Patrick to write me a doctor's note to say that my brain damage is different? You telling me something you have no clue about is not going to get us anywhere."

Sonny rubbed his mouth roughly and then smacked his hand on his desk. "You owe me. You promised to be loyal."

"Yet you, as usual, want to just use me as your whipping boy to solve your personal issues. I'm off that merry-go-round. I have been away from the business for years. I'm not going to sit around force feeding you your medicine or stopping you from making stupid decisions. That is not my job anymore. I have a family."

"Cameron isn't even yours."

Jake wasn't even going to mention Jake or discuss his love for Cameron with Sonny. "And Danny?"

Sonny shot him a look. "You can have kids and be in the business."

"Sonny what part of I'm not coming back do you not understand?"

Sonny stood up and swatted some papers off of his desk. "You cannot leave. I won't let you."

Jason stood up. "You don't have a choice. I'm done. I'm not coming back."

"You will do what I tell you," Sonny yelled.

Jason studied him closely. What a shit show. There was no way he was going to subject his family to a life under Sonny's thumb. "I don't answer to you. Most of what you have was due to my reputation. I sacrificed my personal time and having a life of my own to do your bidding and I would rather die than go back that."

"You were fine with it then."

"Was I Sonny? Because I don't remember being happy or you caring that I wasn't."

"This is that bitch Elizabeth's fault. She always fucks with your head and distracts you."

"Call her a bitch again and I will systematically destroy you," Jason said lethally.

Sonny glared at him but could tell by the look in Jason's eyes that he had gone too far but that didn't stop him from pushing things further. "She's going to hurt you just like she did when she asked you to give up Jake. It always about what she wanted or what lucky wanted and never about you. So don't stand there and act like I'm supposed to bow down to Elizabeth after she has caused you so much pain."

"And you and I haven't done the same to her? Please. We both hurt each other and frankly, my relationship with her is none of your business. You just can't stand it that I'm happy."

"Fuck happiness. It never lasts for long. You belong here."

"There's something else."

Sonny took a ragged breath. "Just say it Jason."

"Johnny O'Brien is still alive."

Sonny was livid. "What the fuck? Did you go against my orders?"

"No. Helena brought him back and was holding him captive. She was going to try and use him against us."

"Is he dead now?"

"No."

"You let him live after what he did?"

"Yes. Alcazar was holding his mother. He didn't admit it then because he was scared she'd be killed."

Sonny was pissed. "And you brought that bullshit? He has had years to come up with that."

"Not really. He was in a coma all that time. Look, you make excuses for people in your life all the time. Ric fucking kidnapped Carly when she was pregnant and you let that fucker live. If I go through the entire list, it will be tomorrow already. You don't touch Johnny or go near him. He's under my protection."

There was no way Sonny was going to let Johnny live and Jason could tell from the look in his eyes that he was going to put a hit out on him.

"If you won't sign the papers Sonny, I'll find a way to make you."

Sonny's head tilted. "Are you threatening me Jason?"

"Take it however you want," he said walking away.

Jason heard the click of the gun and slowly turned around. "Seriously?"

Max stepped behind Jason, shocked that Sonny would take it this far.

"You do not walk away from me," Sonny yelled as his body shook in a rage.

"Do us a favor Sonny, put that gun to your head and pull the trigger before someone else has too."

Jason shoved past Max and never looked back, even when he heard the gun go off. Sonny would never kill himself. He was too power hungry and Max was safe because no one else would put up Sonny's ass and the man knew it.

He couldn't wait for the meeting with the five families so he could be done with all the shit.