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Several have probably figured out one of Georgie's secrets. But the biggie is still to come!

Chapter Six

Not many things shocked him after the life that he had been emersed in since he could remember, but seeing the name listed on the birth certificate that he held had accomplished exactly that. It didn't matter that none of it made since, all that he knew was that Georgie and her daughter were living, breathing targets if this spread. Lifting his oxnyx colored eyes, he met her chocolate ones.

Holding up a hand to stop any words as his mouth opened, she shook her head. "Let's just wait for Jason and Elizabeth. I'd rather only explain this once, if possible."

"They are on their way." Laying the paper face down on the table, Johnny shoved his hands into the pockets of his jeans to keep from reaching for her. To say that she had legitimate reasons to fear for her and her daughter's safety was an understatement. Why she had not collapsed under the weight of that piece of paper was a mystery.

Georgie kept her face neutral as she saw Jason and Elizabeth walking up the back steps. Motioning them in, she closed the door softly behind them. Turning, she saw that Jason's face was blank, but his usually unreadable eyes were almost screaming for answers now that she was ready to talk. Elizabeth stood at his side, her expression was one that reminded Georgie of why they had connected so fast. There was no trace of anything but concern in her dark blue eyes.

"First, just let me say that I am sorry for all the problems that this is going to bring, and already is. I was unaware that it had reached this level until earlier today. If I had known that my coming back would have set all this into motion, I would have stayed away."

Sitting at the table, Elizabeth shook her head. "Georgie, you could not have done anything to stop this from all coming to head. It's better that you are here."

Blinking in surprise, she tilted her head. "So you did figure it out. I tried to give you enough information so that you might be able to puzzle it out and it wouldn't throw you quiet as bad."

"I think I did. It's only the timelines that aren't adding up. They threw me, to be honest. There is a lot of things that everyone believed true that was lies, wasn't there?"

"I'll explain what I can about that, but yes. And it goes back to before what happened in the park. Did you tell Jason?"

"No. It was not our business."

"If only that were true," she murmured. "There is no way to really say it." Picking up the paper from where Johnny had placed it and handing it to the silent mob boss, she waited for only a split second before he exhaled heavily and his eyes darted to the other man before he looked at her.

"Oh God, Georgie," he murmured. "You should have told us right away. Do you have any idea of the danger that you two are in? And I have had only one guard, at a distance, on you. I should have followed my instincts and asked when I first suspected. I even had Diane check the blood types. But I wrote it off as coincidence."

Pouring another glass of wine, she ignored the tremor that shook her hands slightly. "Yes, I am fully aware that the danger is very real, more than you are actually." Meeting his eyes for the first time since she had started talking, she read the worry. "I didn't think that you had any clue. Especially since it was proven that Lilarae is not a biological match to Lorenzo and you still never let on that you had any inkling. With Lilarae not being Lorenzo's biological child, that makes Baylor, as Diegos' only child, the rightful heir to the entire Alcazar estate." Sighing, she avoided looking at Johnny. "All of it, even the parts that Skye sold to the Zacchara's and Lansing's."

Elizabeth's eyes flashed as she caught on that this was much bigger than she had even begun to realize. Seeing that Johnny was still watching Georgie, having never taken his eyes off of her, she had to wonder what kind of inner turmoil that he was feeling. Turning to Jason and seeing him also looking between the two, she sighed. "Georgie, what else do you know that we need to?"

Lifting herself onto the counter, she swallowed another mouthful of wine. "A lot. It would be easier for you to just ask what you want to know and I will answer if I can."

Rubbing his face, Jason grimaced. The situation that Georgie was in bothered him. She was so young to have to deal with this, especially not having been raised in this lifestyle. Up until three years ago, Georgie Jones had been the last individual that he would have ever guessed to get involved with any organization, no matter of the circumstances. "Let's start with the night in the park. Why would Diego go after you? You two had been close at one point. That always bothered me."

Biting her lip, she looked over at Elizabeth. "Diego was not the person behind that. He happened to get word on what was being planned. He removed me from the funeral home before the others could." Thinking back, she felt her blood turn to ice. "When I came out from under the drugs that had been used, I was in South America."

"Wait. I don't understand." Pacing the back and forth in front of her, Jason stopped and saw the shuttered look in her eyes. "Listen to me, Georgie. You and your daughter are in serious danger here. I need to know who was attempting to grab you and why."

"Sorry, but I am not going into any details about that. It is a whole different disaster on it's own. You are going to have enough to deal with as it is. Let me worry about mine and Baylor's safety. That part has nothing to with you."

"Are you serious?" Johnny narrowed his eyes. "How do you plan on holding off my father and Trevor? They are going to be after you, Georgie, by any means. They are ruthless. Not to mention the other families. And you want us to leave you open to another attack by some unknown source."

"I don't want the business, Johnny. I wouldn't even know what to do with it. You and Jason can have the damn properties and water lane rights. Nothing has to change there." Finally looking at him, she saw him shaking his head. "What?"

"It's not as simple as you think, Georgie," he told her softly. "Once it gets out that Baylor is an Alcazar, everything becomes more complicated."

Reaching for the wine, she gave Jason a bland look when he grabbed it from her. "I'm twenty-four, Jason, not five. Just give me the bottle."

"No. You are half way to being drunk as it is."

Snorting, she lowered herself to the floor and gracefully stood. "Yeah, well, pardon me. I kinda feel like numbing my mind a bit." Jerking the bottle back from him, she ignored his growl as she poured more into the glass. "I don't see what the bid deal is about the property. I will just sign it all over to you two. Trevor and Anthony can't stop that."

Leafing through the folder in front of her, Elizabeth stopped abruptly and winced. "Georgie, you can't do that. Have you read Lorenzo's will?"

"No. There was no need. I don't want any part of the organization that he left behind. It's already dismantled anyways. Skye did that from selling the properties. All I agreed to accept was the money that he gave me when he helped us hide from..." Trailing off, she blinked as all three stared at her. "That doesn't matter. All I am taking is the money that he gave me in cash when he took Bay and me to Brazil."

Pinching the bridge of his nose, Jason began to think that Georgie was in a lot deeper trouble than she was willing to say. Feeling Elizabeth stand and hand him a paper, he looked down at it and swore after reading the lines that she pointed to. "Georgie, Lorenzo specifically stated in the will that Baylor is to inherit everything, the money, the properties, the entire organization. There is a clause that you cannot sell anything or let anyone else besides you or a family member run it until she reaches the age of twenty-one."

Dropping her glass, she barely noticed it shattering as she stared at him in horror. "No way in hell!" she spat. "What the hell was he thinking?"

"Maybe it was his way of protecting you guys," Elizabeth soothed, moving to help a shell shocked Georgie to a chair as she swayed on her feet. "You are going to have to tell us everything, Georgie. We are in the dark here."

Waving shakily at the two remaing folders, she absently took the bottle of water that someone handed her. "Everything that affects your lives is in those. Just take them and read them. They explain everything that is connected to the Alcazar's."

"Until we can figure all this out, you will need guards."

"Not happening, Johnny. We don't need someone following us all the time. The only reason that I haven't flipped over Milo is because I know him."

"And you know the other guard that will switch off with Milo," Jason reasoned as he got an idea. He could see that Georgie was still reeling from the will and was going to use it to his advantage to make certain that protection was in place until he knew what they were dealing with. "You know Logan Hayes. He's friends with Maxie and Barrett. He's moved up from warehouse duty in the organization since you left."

"Absolutely not." Cutting off as a phone rang, she leaned back in her chair as Jason answered the his cell. Hearing the tension in his voice, she opened her eyes and caught the intense look that he was exchanging with Johnny before looking back at her as he hung up. "Geez. What now?" she snapped.

"The families called a meeting for tomorrow. They have already heard that a new Alcazar heir is in town." By the way that she reacted, Jason got that she was just as surprised as he was. "Georgie, who else knows that Baylor is Diego's?"

Playing with the lid on the bottle of water, she avoided looking at anyone. "No one that would have approached that group of people. They don't exactly run in the same circles."

"You are making this extremly difficult, Georgie. These men aren't going to have your best interests at heart." Johnny sat beside her and turned to face her. "Everything is business for them. And that will, it makes their businesses unstable. Since eary 2007, everyone has been operating under false beliefs concerning the Alcazar's. You having Bayor changes the entire ball game."

"That is why we need to know who else knows about Bay's connections. They are placing you in a tough spot with little options," Elizabeth added, praying that she would finally just say the name so the guys were not going in blind. She also instictively knew that the unknown person posed a real threat to her friend.

Brushing a tear from her cheek, Georgie grimaced. "The WSB," she whispered, her voice wavering.

"Fuck!" Jason clenched his jaw and stood there, silently trying to piece together what was going on. The more that he thought, the more pissed he became. But knowing that, things that he had noticed over the last six months started to make sense. Georgie's intense dislike of Anna being the deciding factor. That and her having been carrying a gun and disappearing at times. "Georgie, just tell me that you aren't an agent?" he demanded, already suspecting the truth.

Eyes blazing, she stood so fast that her chair toppled backwards. "NO! I fucking hate them, Jason! They ruined my damned life and nearly got me and then Baylor killed! I am not a part of that hypocritical..." As she started to sob, she felt Elizabeth's arms come around her, trying to provide comfort while the rest of the room fell deadly silent.

Watching as she finally fell apart, Johnny looked over at Jason to see the darkness that he felt on the other man's face. Following him into the living room, he leaned against the fire place. "They set it all in motion? They faked her death and ultimately put her in this position? Why?"

"Yes," he hissed as he fought back his urge to break something. "And what make's it worse, is that evidently her father, Robin's mother and father, and another man that she was brought up to believe to be like family helped create this mess. We need to know why, but she is teetering very close to collasping under everything." Pulling out his cell, he dialed and started barking orders into the phone as soon as he heard the greeting. "I need a full guard rotation on Georgie and her daughter, Milo. Two guys at all times. You and Hayes will be the leads. Get it set up and in place. I want it ready to go by in the morning. Either Johnny or I will handle tonight." Hanging up, he ran a hand over his face.

"One question real quick. Can you handle protecting them with her relationship to the man that killed your sister?" Johnny hesitantly murmured.

"She couldn't have known about Diego being the TMK, John. Otherwise she would have never got involved with him and had Baylor." Eyes hard, he swallowed back another curse. "I hate that piece of shit, more than I can even express, for what he did to Emily. But Georgie and Baylor are not him. Yes, I can do this and I want to. Her and Elizabeth are close. I won't let this destroy her life if I can help her." Watching the youngest Zacchara, he kept his gaze steady. "You do know that there is only way that the families will not come after them, right?"

Understanding dawned on his face as his eyes narrowed. "You've got to be joking."

"Just be prepared for it to be said tomorrow, John. And to be completely honest, I think that it might be the only option to keep her out of harm's way. Lorenzo fucked her with the conditions he specified in the will. But first, this explains why Trevor is wanting Anthony out. The old man would create chaos while everyone is weak. My question is how did Sonny find out?" Groaning, he snarled. "I think that I need to pay Luke a visit tomorrow. Him and Robert, Robin's father, are friends. That moron could have just started a freaking mob war that places Georgie and Bay directly in the middle."

Waiting until the guys were out of the room, Elizabeth smoothed Georgie's hair from her tear stained face. The compassion that she felt for her was nothing compared to the fear. "Come on, Georgianna. It's gonna be okay, I promise. You are not in this alone anymore."

"You and Jason should hate me," she whispered as she wiped the tears from her vision.

"What? No! Nothing that happened is your fault. Deep down, you know that."

"Baylor's dad murderd your best friend and others, Elizabeth! Hell, us coming back knocked Jason's business into the middle of a freaking mess. How can you still care?"

Squeezing her hands, Elizabeth choked back her own tears. "YOU are not responsible for any of this. I heard everything that you said earlier today. You didn't know what Diego was doing, and you left as soon as you did. I know you, Georgie. You would never intentionally hurt anyone unless in self-defense." Hugging her again as Georgie dissolved, breaking in front of her, Elizabeth knew that she was fighting a guilt that she had no reason to feel. "As for the business, we will figure this out. But you have to let them help keep you safe, honey. The danger that you and Baylor are in, it's bad. Very bad."

"I still can't believe that Lorenzo put us in that position," she muttered, trying to pull her tattered emotions together.

"I can," Jason answered from the doorway. "With the WSB angle, it was his way of giving you both extra support. Georgie, Lorenzo had far reaching connections into several governmental agencies in this country and others. It's why he was so hard to fight and get one up on. The autopsy report that Diane uncovered after digging in South America said that he died of natural causes. Is that correct?" he asked with doubt. "Because we already thought that he was dead once and somehow he managed to live."

"He's dead this time. One of his men that I knew came to Brazil and took me and Baylor back for the funeral. I watched as he was lowered into the ground." Rubbing her bloodshot eyes, she thought back. "None of his men believed that it was a heart attack. They all figured poison was used. Baylor was six months old at the time. I just took the papers that the lawyer handed me and took off. Without his influence, I went to somewhere that I was safe, but we moved every few months to be sure. I should have listened to him. He said that you would be the one that could help if anything happened. It's like he was trying to prepare me for him being gone. He was the only support that I had after I left their compound."

"It's possible. He had numerous enemies and Baylor is the only blood relative that he had left. He understood that if the paternity became public and you weren't taken care of somehow, that you were in a world of trouble. I would do the same if I had no other choice." Gathering the folders, he searched her face and could tell that she was exhausted. "We have to get back to the boys. We left them with Spinelli, so who knows what is happening. I will look through these and we will talk more tomorrow. You did the right thing by finally telling us, Georgie. And no matter what, we are going to keep you both safe. We just got to process it all before we can know where to start. The guards are moving in closer tomorrow. This is starting to get out, so it is no longer an option of keeping your family in the dark. Mac and Maxie are going to hear it. You should be the one to explain."

"Yeah, that's gonna be a joyful conversation," she snarked while rolling her eyes.

Standing, Elizabeth forced a smile. "Uh huh. I can imagine Mac will just be terrified for you. Maxie will be the insane one. Do you want to stay at the house tonight? The spare room is free."

"No, I'm fine. And Baylor would wake up if I moved her. I've been living on my own for a long time, Elizabeth. It'll be okay."

"Just in case, I am staying tonight." Seeing her start to protest, Johnny smirked. "Might as well save it. It's me or Morgan. Since I don't have a family waiting at home, it makes more sense."

Elizabeth nodded, trying to stop the fight that she could see brewing on Georgie's face. "Just humor us, at least until after the meeting tomorrow. You are smack in the middle of a world that has no boundaries for some. Do it for Bay, if nothing else."

Looking anything but happy, she gave a short nod. "Low, Elizabeth, but fine." Standing, she hugged her as they started for the door.

"I'll call you after my meeting with Diane tomorrow, but if you need to talk before then, just call," she told her softly before placing her hand in Jason's.

"Meet me at the house in the morning, Johnny. You just hang in there, Georgie. And try not to toture Milo, or even Logan, too bad. Marco thinks you and Lizzie are bad influences together," he teased, making her laugh as intended before closing the door behind him.

Locking the deadbolt, she turned to see Johnny watching her. Not recognizing the emotions swirling in his dark eyes, she arched a brow before grabbing the broom to sweep up the broken glass. "What are you thinking?"

Hopping up to sit on the counter, he shook his head. "Just that you are way stronger than anyone ever suspected or gave you credit for."

"But is it that or stupidity, Johnny? I am in a hell of a mess. Not exactly comforting when you and Jason are both worried." Emptying the dust pan, she ran a hand through her hair in frustration. "All that I want is for Baylor to be safe and happy. Not to have to deal with this crap."

Sliding to his feet, he encircled her wrist as she started by him and stepped closer. The pain in her eyes made him sick. "She is going to be both." When her eyes started to fill again, he pulled her to him and held her as her tears soaked into the front of his shirt. "Just get it out, Georgie," he soothed softly. "You've been holding it bottled up for far too long. It's going to hard at times, but things will work out."

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Laying nestled in his arms, Elizabeth listened to the steady rythem of Jason's heartbeat. Worrying her lip, she finally looked up at him. "She's in way more trouble than you expected, isn't she?"

"Yeah. The Alcazar holdings are very expansive, and sought after. Georgie was placed in a position that she could never had been prepared for."

"What about the WSB? Why on earth would they fake her death, Jason?" Truly lost, she sat up and played with the edge of the sheet. "I mean, she has plenty of family in that agency. They basically destroyed her life. Granted, she is strong and rebuilding it, but it's nothing like she had planned or dreamed of."

"That is one big question mark for us too. John and I think that she is still holding back something. And after everything that she told us tonight, it worries me that the whatever secret she is refusing to let go of could be devastating. I hate to do it, but I am going to have to start digging. International agencies don't come after people like Georgie for no reason. It's unrealistic." Wrapping an arm around her waist, he pulled her back to him. "You thought that Baylor was Diego's after you talked with her today?"

"It made the most sense." Blinking back her own tears, Elizabeth gave him a sad look. "She expected us to hate her because of what he did."

"I know," he admitted. "I think that is why she stayed away for so long. But as soon as I saw Baylor after O'Brien called me, I knew. I just ignored it because I wasn't sure what the hell she had been through. He was twisted, Elizabeth."

"It wasn't anything like that," she immediately told him. "What she described earlier today made it sound like it was just two friends and one thing led to another. She said that she left after she found out that he was not the person that she had thought." Wincing, she calculated in her head. "She left the only protection that she had while pregnant, Jason."

"She's a fighter, Elizabeth. Just like you are." Kissing her softly, he ran his hand through her long hair. "Someone, I think Luke, knew about all of this. I believe that he told Sonny, who saw an opportunity to take back the organization. He's supplying Anthony and Trevor with money." Hearing her suck in a breath, he continued, "It could end up causing a power struggle." Tenderly caressing her abdomen, he felt her tense. "Guards are going to be increased on you and the boys, Elizabeth. I am not risking my family."

"I expected as much." She smiled up at him knowingly. "What about John? How will this effect him?"

"In what way? He is attracted to her, but saying that he is just wanting to be a friend." His eyes lit with a rare gleam. "He's going to loose the battle of trying to stay emotionally uninvolved. I tried it with you."

Laughing, she pinched his arm. "Morgan, we both fought it to no avail. But she is a mess right now."

"I know, but Johnny seems to gravitate toward challenges. But I do think that he could reach her on some levels that we can't. He's been stuck in a lifestyle that he despises. Just like she is now caught between a rock and a hard place."

"Let's sleep on it. Nothing that we say will change anything tonight." Yawning, Elizabeth stretched her back. "Until the meeting tomorrow, it's really all unknown what will happen."

Slipping an arm under her neck, he leaned over her and gave her a slow grin. "I always said that you were brilliant."

Biting back a giggle, she smiled sweetly. "Hmm, you think so? I thought I was a trouble making brat? You implied that today at the office."

"But your my brat." Capturing her breath as he brought his lips to hers, she hungrily responded with no holding back. Breaking away to press warm kisses to along her neck, he watched as her eyes darkened. "Hmm, I definitely think that you are mine."

"Always," she huskily whimpered.