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Chapter 67 - Healing

Carly finally answered on the fifth ring. It was about 5:30 A.M. and she was wondering who the hell would be calling this early. "Hello?"

"Carly, it's Liz."

Carly sat up. "What's wrong?"

Liz told her everything that happened and Carly was at a loss for words. "Michael needs you. He promised me that he wouldn't hurt himself, but he's in so much pain. He went to his apartment."

"I'll go to him. I have a key. Please keep me informed about Jason. I know he's still mad at him but I need to know that he's okay."

"I will if you keep me updated about Michael."

"Deal."

Carly ended the call and then quickly got dressed and took Josslyn to her mother's apartment and then drove to see Michael, hoping that he would be okay.

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Liz left the ICU so that they could run some tests. She desperately needed a shower and was shocked to see so many people she knew in the lobby.

Nikki moved towards her with a bag. "Carly had them open up the boutique early and got you some clothes."

Liz smiled. "I'll have to thank her."

Epiphany walked towards her. "Go to the locker room and grab a shower."

Liz nodded and they walked together.

"Is Cam awake?"

"Yes. He's with Georgie and Dylan in the cafeteria."

"I'm so worried about him Epiphany."

She nodded. "I know. To be honest, he's barely holding it together. I really think he needs to see Jason as soon as he wakes up."

Liz nodded. "I'll make it happen. Where's Jake?" They would have to sneak Cam in because he was one year shy of the cut off age for visitation.

"He's at Julian's with Johnny and Kristina. Johnny figured that Jake would feel safe there with Danny and it would be good for him to just play for a while."

"That's good."

"Cam wouldn't go with them. He said he needed to be here for you."

Liz's eyes filled with tears. "I've made so many mistakes but he is not one of them. I love him so much."

"He has a good heart, just like his mom. I think he's really scared to leave Jason."

"I think so too."

Epiphany watched her walk into the room and then nodded at Cody who stood guard in the hallway. They had already cleared the inside to make sure it was empty.

When the water hit Liz's face so did the tears. She sobbed as she let out all the emotions she had been holding in. Cody could hear her and called Epiphany to come back.

She went into the locker room and wiped away a tear of her own as she listened to her friend sob. When Liz quieted, she got a towel and walked to the shower. "Come on. You're going to turn into a prune."

Liz turned the water off and wiped her face and then grabbed the towel and wrapped it around her body. She got out and sat on a bench and Epiphany towel dried her hair.

"He should be waking up soon," she said, quietly.

"I hope so," Liz said, softly.

"There is no way that man is leaving you."

Liz slightly smiled. "I don't want to wait to marry him."

Epiphany smiled. "Then you shouldn't."

"Maybe we can get married in the chapel in a few days."

Now Epiphany was grinning. "I'll make it happen if you're serious." She knew it would take one phone call to Diane and that woman would have it decorated and a priest would be on standby.

The more Liz thought about it, the more she liked the idea. "I don't think they'll let him out of bed for at least five days."

"Then we'll do it next Saturday. What do you say?"

Liz grinned. "Yes."

Epiphany smiled. They needed something to celebrate. But most importantly, they needed Jason to wake up. He would be in pain for a while, but he still had most of his spleen and as long as they avoided infection, he would be okay.

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Diane picked up her phone. "Hello?"

"Hey, it's Epiphany."

She smiled. "How is everyone doing?"

"They are fine. Listen, I have a very important project for you."

"What's that?"

"Liz wants to surprise Jason with a wedding on Saturday in the chapel. You think you could make it happen."

"Hell yes," Diane said loudly. "It will be the most fabulous hospital wedding ever."

"That chapel can only fit like twenty people at the most."

"Don't you have a teaching auditorium?"

Epiphany chuckled. "Yes. It will seat fifty."

"Sold. I know the Newman's will want to be there. We can make fifty work."

Epiphany looked over at Elizabeth who was holding Jason's hand. "She wants it in the teaching auditorium."

Liz rolled her eyes. "Fine."

"She agreed."

"Is she having bridesmaids?"

Piph looked at her friend. "Bridesmaids?"

Liz shrugged. "I guess I could have you and Georgie. We can let Jason pick when he wakes up. She was pretty certain that he'd choose Michael and Johnny."

"I heard that," Diane said. "Am I picking her dress?"

Piph repeated the question.

"Go for it. She can pick something for Jason to wear too. He probably won't be able to get dressed fully so keep it simple."

Diane smiled. Liz was going to look gorgeous. If Jason was wearing a towel, he'd looked gorgeous so she wasn't worried about it. "Alright, I'll make it happen."

Epiphany smiled. "I knew we could count on you."

Liz smiled. She was so excited. Jason was stable. His blood count was good and his body was healing.

Piph frowned. "We're forgetting one major thing."

"What?"

"Obrecht."

Liz groaned. "I'll have Spinelli step up our plan so she's gone by then."

"Whatever I can do to help…" Diane said.

It was time to take down the witch.

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Kevin walked into Monica's office where Cam was waiting. "Hey Cam. I'm Kevin."

Cam nodded.

Kevin sat down. He had been briefed on what had happened. "I spent a lot of time helping your mother and Jason so that they could sort through their problems and be together again. I want to help you too Cam."

The boy nodded again.

"Can you tell me how you are feeling?"

Cam was silent for a long moment and then a tear fell down his cheek. "I'm scared that Jason won't wake up; that I killed him."

"Lucky hurt him Cam, not you."

Cam looked up, he was fully crying now. "I held the gun with him. He pressed my finger down and then Jason fell. I hurt him." He didn't think that he'd ever forget how that felt.

"Cam, Lucky forced you. Jason doesn't hold you responsible. You did not pull that trigger. He did."

Kevin waited as Cam cried. It was important that he let out his emotions. When he had quieted, he spoke again. "Is there anything else bothering you?"

"He hurt my mom. He hit her and was going to rape her."

"Do you understand what rape is Cam?"

"I know how babies are made. He was going to force her." Cam was little embarrassed, but Kevin pressed on.

"That must have been hard for you to see."

Cam nodded. "He called her bad names and I couldn't do anything to help her."

"Lucky was a bad man Cam. I'm sorry that he hurt you and your mom. I know you used to think of him as your dad."

"Jason is my dad. Lucky is a jerk."

Kevin nodded. "Can you try and put the blame on him where it belongs?"

Cam thought for a moment and slowly nodded. "I'll try."

"Good."

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Liz watched Kevin's door open and then her son rushed into her arms.

"I love you," Cam said, softly.

"I love you so much Cameron. It's going to be okay. It might take some time until you really feel better, but you will eventually. Do you trust me?"

He nodded. "Yes."

She slightly smiled. "I have a surprise."

He tilted his head. "What?"

She led him over to some chairs as Cody watched. "I'm going to surprise Jason with a wedding next Saturday."

Cam smiled and Liz lit up at the sight. "Really?"

She nodded. "I need to be his wife. I have a favor to ask you."

"Anything."

Liz grinned. "Will you walk me down the aisle? I thought that maybe my two boys could give me away." She almost considered asking Victor but then she thought that Cam could really use a distraction.

"What do I have to do?"

"Well, you walk me down the aisle to where Jason will be probably sitting and then you give me to him."

"But we still get to keep you right?"

Liz chuckled. "Always."

He smiled. "Then I agree, but you better figure out a better way to explain it to Jake, because there is no way he'll give you away even if it's to dad."

Liz full out laughed and Cody couldn't fight against his smile any more. Cam was right. Jake was fierce about his mommy.

"I'll skip the giving away part. Come on."

"Mom, can I see dad now?"

Liz was hesitant only because of the vent. "Cam, he's on a ventilator." She explained what it did and how it would look and Cam took a deep breath. "Okay. I can handle it mom."

She stood up and held out her hand, and they walked to Jason's room. "If anyone asks, you're twelve."

He smiled. "Cool."

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Sam had gotten the message to go to Julian's and she had been shocked. When she got to the door, Johnny stepped out and met her.

"What's going on?"

He explained and a horrified Sam had to sit down on the step.

"Molly and Kristina are inside with Georgie, Jake, and Danny."

Sam nodded. "If you want me to go because of Jake…."

"Liz said it was fine. This afternoon, we'll be taking Jake back to the house. Nikki is there now making sure everything looks good. I sent a cleanup crew." It was good that the boys didn't remember anything. They all thought that the boys being back in their rooms would make them feel a little better.

Sam was so thankful that Danny wasn't taken, but she knew that Liz must have been going crazy about the boys. "How is Cam?"

"He's doing the best he can under the circumstances."

"I can't believe Lucky would do that to them. It's so horrible and Nikolas…."

It made her sick to think that he would help his brother in that way.

"They are both gone, so hopefully we're done with Helena." They would never drop their guard but it did look like with Edgar and Nik gone, the threat was gone.

Sam stood up. "I better go check on Molly."

They went inside and Sam noticed that Molly had paused for a second before hugging her and wondered what that was about. "I'm so glad that you're alright," she said, pulling back.

"Me too," Molly said.

Kristina gave her a hug and then Danny pushed her out of the way so that he could get to his mom and they all laughed.

Jake sat next to Georgie on the couch. Sam sat in a chair with her son and soon he jumped down and he and Jake ran off. She looked up at Molly and then Kristina. "Someone want to tell me what is going on?"

The girls looked at each other and Molly nodded her head and Kristina told Sam everything they had heard, leaving her shocked and really embarrassed.

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Cam walked into Jason's room. He perused his father as he moved closer. "Can I touch him?"

"Yes."

The only noise in the room was the vent and Cam decided he hated it. It made him really angry that his dad was lying there unable to breathe on his own because of Lucky Spencer. He ran his hand along the sheet and then tentatively touched Jason's hand. "I'm so sorry you got hurt. Please don't leave us. We need you. I finally have a family. You make me, mom, and Jake happy. Dad, I need you."

Jason couldn't quite understand the words but he knew it was Cam. His eyes were so heavy that he couldn't open them. Cam jumped and pulled his hand back.

"Cam what happened?"

"I think he squeezed my hand."

Liz's eyes grew big and she grabbed Cam's hand and they both held Jason's. "Keep talking Cam."

"I need you to teach me stuff and how to drive your bike."

Liz chuckled.

"I like it when we just talk and hang out. You're a cool dad."

They both felt Jason's hand twitch and Liz smiled. "Keep going Cam. He hears you."

Cam smiled. "Johnny has been a mess without you. I think I caught him crying."

Cody could hear them from the hallway and smiled.

Liz cleared her throat. "If you don't wake up soon, we will ask Carly to come talk to you."

Jason squeezed a little harder and Liz laughed.

Cam pulled his hand back and ran to the nurse's station and told them Jason was responding and they called Patrick.

About five minutes later, Patrick walked into the room.

"What's going on?"

Liz explained and Patrick smiled.

"Let me get in there and check him out."

Liz dropped Jason's hand and started to walk away and then his heart monitor started to go off. "Jason, I'm right here," she said, touching his hand again.

"Talk to him."

Liz talked to him as a skittish Cam stood off to the side. The monitors had scared him. Patrick checked Jason's reflexes and looked at the output on couple of the machines. "I think he's waking up."

Liz smiled. "I could have told you that."

Cam smiled. "Yeah, me too."

Patrick grinned. "I think you should leave this to the professionals."

Cam rolled his eyes and Patrick laughed.

"I was going to pick up Emma and then go home but I can take Cam to the house if you want and hang out."

Cam looked at his mom. "Who will stay with you?"

"I'll be fine Cam. There will be people in and out."

Cam nodded. He missed his brother. "Okay." Now that he knew Jason was waking up, he could relax a little. It didn't make everything okay, but he didn't think he would have ever been okay if Jason had died.

Liz smiled at Patrick, thankful that he had convinced Cam to leave the hospital.

About a half hour later, Jason's eyes flickered open and Cam let out a loud, "Yes!"

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Molly listened to Sam talk and when she was finished, she went to her room.

Sam wiped a tear away.

"I'm sorry to drop all this on you right now, but I didn't know how to avoid it," Kristina said.

"It's fine. It was bound to happen that you found out. My therapist actually suggested that I tell you when I came back. I know I messed up big time and I'll just have to face the consequences."

Kristina nodded. "Molly just needs some time. All of this has been really hard on her. Don't give up on her, just give her a little space."

"I will. I don't want to lose either one of you."

"I know that you've changed. You love Danny and I can't see you going back to the way you used to be."

"I do love him and I won't. He means too much to me and I don't like who I was before. I'm sorry for disrespecting you both."

Kristina knew what she meant. "Mom forgave you."

"She did. I think she blamed Ric more, but the truth is that I was just as much at fault or even more so. I should have said no." Sam blew out a deep breath. She hadn't been expecting to come home and face drama right away, but maybe it was good because she could prove to herself that she was strong enough to deal with it. If Molly didn't come around, she would be sad but she couldn't force Molly to be in her life. "Are you sticking around?"

Kristina looked over at Johnny and Georgie who were talking in the kitchen and smiled. "Yup."

Sam smirked. "You and Johnny?"

Kristina grinned. "What? He's hot."

Sam chuckled. "Well, if he makes you happy…."

"Oh, he does."

Johnny looked over at them and saw the look on Kristina's face and smiled. Kristina grinned and Sam did too. The kids ran into the room and jumped on Kristina and everyone laughed.