Chapter One
(You Can't Base Your Life on Other Peoples Expectations)
January 2006
Elizabeth Webber had had enough of Lucky and went to find Emily who had recently thankfully ended her disastrous relationship with Sonny Corinthos. "Wow, you look like crap."
"You don't look much better." she said with a sigh as they continued down the hallway towards the staff locker rooms. "Let me guess, Lucky and how you two always promised to be each others everything?"
"Something along that theme." she replied as she looked at the other woman. "How are you doing?"
"I would be better if people would stop saying I told you so." she admitted. "I talked to the same counselor that you did, she said that I was looking for a way to escape dealing with my rape. That I became dependent on Sonny because he was someone who was worse off then I am."
"When she told me the same thing regarding Lucky, I fought her on it. Said she had no idea what she was talking about. It took about six more sessions for me to face that she was right. I never thought any good would come from that mess last year where John Durant tried to accuse me of murder but your father making me talk to her, not letting me end the sessions early... it was good for me."
"Do you ever regret not marrying Lucky?" asked Emily softly, her mind going back to the wedding that wasn't. It had been difficult for her best friend to do what she had but in the middle of the wedding, she had called it off.
She had had to deal with her gram's disappointment, with the Spencer family's ravings, and she had been made to feel like crap by most of the town hypocrites who offered opinions when their own lives were screwed up.
Elizabeth had stood her ground, defended herself then after one very large argument with Lucky into a very nice two bedroom apartment that Emily and she had found; that didn't have Lucky on the lease.
Now Emily was across the hall, not wanting to move back into the Quartermaine house. There were some rather unfriendly visits, including one surprisingly from Courtney Matthews who in spite of being in the middle of a divorce from Jasper Jacks had threatened both of them off of her soon be ex-husband.
That hysterical visit had caused the two women along with several members of the medical staff at GH to go out for the first Girls Night Out at Jake's and given Elizabeth a wonderful babysitting resource. Alice, the housekeeper at the Quartermaine mansion had stayed with young Cam so that they could enjoy themselves. By the end of the evening, they had also gained Monica who had fallen for the beautiful little toddler.
"Why do I put myself through these things?" asked the third woman as she entered the locker room. Robin sat down across from the two women and said "Wow, you too look like as bad as me. Do we need another GNO?"
"I just had a run-in with Lucky, so no, I don't want to go out someplace where he can follow me into." said the other. "Instead I am going to pick up a couple of movies, ones where I don't have to think, then make some popcorn, maybe by some Bunny Tracks ice cream and a frozen pizza then pig out after Jake is asleep."
"May I join." said the blond whose sister said "Me too."
"What is up with you two?" asked their cousin.
"Jesse is being a jerk." said a frowning Maxie, not wanting to tell the women the truth. Blaming her ex-boyfriend was better than admitting that Lucky Spencer had been leering at her yet again. She had once had a crush on the man but his constant leering and off color remarks were making the young blond uncomfortable. He had even mentioned seeing the tape of Kyle and her recently.
"Dillon and I are having problems." said Georgie. "I have been avoiding him, I don't know what to do. I actually drive all the way out to Vista Point to study in peace. He is convinced my sociology professor is chasing after me."
"Pete?" asked Robin. "That's Patrick's old pal. Are you sure he isn't?"
"I don't care if he is, I am not interested. He is old." she said shrugging. "But lately Vista Point has been no use, some guy was there this week. Between his loud car, then the loud music, I just drove home."
"You are studying in your car?" asked Robin frowning. "You know, you could just study at home."
"No, because then Dillon calls or shows up. Brooklyn is mad at me for not being available just because he is. I just feel claustrophobic." she said not adding that if her father were to find out about her other activities, let alone anyone else all hell would break loose.
"Well you are all welcome to come over, but remember, I only have two bedrooms. Announced Elizabeth. "Though, Emily also has only two bedrooms."
"I can grab our sleeping bags." said Maxie from where she was changing out of the required uniform into something more stylish. "Georgie, do you want me to bring anything else?"
"Elizabeth what type of movies are you looking for? Dillon's' idea of a gift for any holiday is movies, movies and more movies. I must have a ton." she offered.
"Comedies, but nothing new." she said. Maxie had an idea, while Georgie was a bit tired of Dillon's only choice in presents, thanks to him, they both were now addicted to a certain type of old black and white film.
That began what soon was being called Tuesday Classic Movie night, unless there was a medical emergency. Things got better when two new doctors, Kelly Lee a gynecologist and Lainey Winters moved into one of the remaining apartments on their floor.
The remaining apartment belonged to someone they had never seen, only heard. Someone who played the piano at all hours of the day, at least it was never the night or he would have been lynched by the medical personnel.
Across town, Courtney was not happy that Jax wouldn't sign the divorce papers as she talked to Carly who was complaining about Sam being over at Sonny's with Jason. "I really hate that woman. I never thought I would dislike anyone more than Robin Scorpio or Elizabeth Webber, but her... I have had enough."
"Wait, you dislike her more than Elizabeth?" asked the pregnant blond. "I didn't think that was possible."
"It is. She had the nerve to roll her eyes when I showed up needing to talk to Sonny, like she had any choice in the matter. She thought she was going to stay while Sonny and I talked to Jason about Michael..." fumed Carly.
"Oh, I guess we do owe her, after all it was her idea that saved Michael." said Courtney brightly. She felt sorry for Sam, after all it wasn't her fault that Sonny went back to Carly and she landed on Jason's doorstep. That was her brother's and the horrible life he lead.
"If she hadn't been pushing Dr. Asher's agenda Jason wouldn't have had to take those drugs in the first place." snapped Carly as she walked out the door. "Oh, did you need something?"
"Jax won't sign our papers. I want to marry Nik." whined the blond.
"That makes sense, Courtney, after all Jax is the father of your kid." she pointed out before leaving.
At the Harborview Towers, Sam was standing at the window, looking out, annoyed. She had tried to complain about Carly's treatment of her to Jason, but he had just quietly pointed out that Carly was still upset over the past.
"She is trying to push me out of his life, I won't allow that." she fumed then went to the airport. Her brother was coming to town, she had pushed Jason to help her, needing to remind him that she had done all she had in the past for Danny. Lately, since Jason had gotten his memory back, she had felt a distance, a sense of unease when she was not with him, as if one of these days he might walk out of the penthouse and never return.
Alexis looked on as Ric read to the girls, she had doubts about her marriage, worried about his true motives, but she could see he loved their daughters, that alone made her grateful for what she had.
Taking out the paperwork, her mind on who could possibly know the truth and why they would suddenly be sending her this information, Alexis went back to work, knowing that she would always have a gaping whole in her heart where her missing child should have been.
Lulu Spencer hung up the phone, then talked to the Headmaster. "My brother said that it was fine for me to come home. When can we arrange for me to leave?"
Thanking whoever was listening, the man turned to his assistant and said "Please arrange for Ms. Spencer to be on the first flight to the states. Then transportation home."
Icily glaring at the girl, the woman quickly made the arrangements then got a little revenge for all the trouble the blond had caused. The girl had a flight to the states all right, she had one to Alaska. From there she arranged for the girl to take a overland bus to upstate New York, via Vancouver, then across the broad expanse that was the United States of America.
CHAPTER TWO
(Health is not valued til Sickness Comes)
On February first, Luke Spencer arrived at the Quartermaine residence, tossed down his travel bag and poured himself a bourbon. "Home, sweet home."
"Too bad it's not your home." said the woman behind him. Turning to where Monica was standing, Luke started to talk only for her to announce. "Try the gatehouse, that is where Tracy is living."
With a look of dismay he said "You wouldn't toss a man and his pet out, now would you?"
Looking distastefully at Luke then curiously at the monkey, she said "Yes, I would suggest heading down there or I will call Alice. She isn't too fond of your family especially your son or your niece."
"Whatever Carly did, surely you can't hold me responsible, I tried to get rid of her." he said. "As for my cowboy, what could he have possibly done to annoy all of you, he has been hanging around since he was a young scamp."
"You ran off before the news was announced. Elizabeth and he didn't get married and he has been creating scenes since. We are also a little upset with Nik, considering the mess Courtney and he caused, well you understand that you aren't welcome, don't you Luke?"
Leaving she went to get Alice but answered the door to find Ric Lansing standing there instead. "What are you doing here?"
"I am looking for Luke, Alexis heard he was in town from Nik." he answered.
"Try the gatehouse, I kicked his freeloading butt down there." she tossed out as she grabbed her coat.
Ric frowned but sure enough heard Luke at the door begging his wife to let him in. "Spencer, Alexis needs to speak to you, now."
Turning, he just dismissed him and went back to knocking on the green wood door. "It's about Helena Cassadine."
"Well then, why didn't you say so." he said leaving his bag behind and asking as they drove over in Lansing's Lexus. "What do you think of my monkey?"
Ric looked at the filthy beast in his car. When they arrived at the Lakehouse, he shouted ouch as the monkey bit him. Inside, Alexis told him to get it check out, then to take the girls since she didn't want them around the monkey while she talked to Luke.
The monkey got bored, then went outside. Seeing the truck driving by, the monkey was soon hitching a ride to town. When it arrived at Kelly's, it visited with the people while Mike called animal control who thought he was drunk and hung up after all why on earth would a monkey be in Port Charles?
Getting bored again, the monkey hitched a ride on the back of the delivery truck. Arriving at the Towers, he found a building to climb. Arriving at the penthouse floor, it ducked inside an open window as the couple inside argued.
"Jason, you never take my side. You are supposed to support me, me, not Carly. After all I am the woman you are going to marry." She gave him a sideways looked, seeing no emotion, she bit her lips, truly worried because he hadn't mentioned marriage, only she had since he had woke up.
"Sam, Carly and I have been friends for years. If you can't accept that she is a part of my life..." he left the rest unsaid as Sam brought up that Carly hated her because of her late daughter.
Two hours of her weeping later, Jason escaped and hurried down the stairs. Beginning to get he had made a mistake by mistaking companionship and grief for a feeling of being loved, Jason was a bit annoyed to also find he really didn't want to hear Carly saying I told you so, but knowing that he had to let things die a natural death or Sam would be a threat to himself and those he cared about.
Grabbing a pool stick, he turned and stopped, shocked at what he saw. There was a monkey on the green felt of his table, eating whatever had been in the to-go boxes from Kelly's.
"Jason... did they ever bring our food? I don't know why you order from that terrible place. We can get food from the Metrocourt, it would... AAHHH WHAT IS THAT THING, WHY IS IT HERE."
Watching as Sam acted like a fool, Jason counted to ten then turned to clear out the monkey but before he could it had swung out the window and when he arrived on the balcony he saw it was swinging down the building.
"Sam it's gone." he said then found himself yet again counting to ten as she threw herself into his arms sobbing. Jason just accepted he wasn't going to get anything to eat as Sam went over and poured herself yet another glass of wine.
At GH, Elizabeth called her grandmother, while things were still tense between them because she had refused to move in with her, Audrey still loved to spend time with her grandson, her granddaughter as well but Elizabeth refused to accept her apology, still hurt at the things they had tossed back and forth.
"Elizabeth, I need you." said Alan. Then frowning a bit, looked around for a different nurse. Only seeing the head nurse who wouldn't fit in the suit, he said "I am sorry about this, but we have an unknown fever coming in."
Pulling on the containment suit, Elizabeth took a deep breath and followed him into the room where Luke Spencer could barely breath. "Alexis what happened?"
"I don't know, he was at my house, my children were there at first, Alan." she said nervously. "Then he collapsed, clearly sweating and was soon delirious."
"Where are your girls?" he asked.
Elizabeth answered. "They were with Ric, he was bit by a monkey, said it belonged to Luke. I know that Bobbie sent a sample from the bite to the lab."
Within the next five hours, several other people presented with the same illness. It was soon a whose who of Port Charles as the CDC ordered a quarantine.
Elizabeth called her grams who gravely agreed to take Cameron and head to the family cabin. "Thank you, Grams. I know that you will protect him."
"I love him, and you." she said quietly. "Promise me, you will take care of yourself, Elizabeth. I can't handle losing you too."
"Elizabeth, can you pick up on line one." said Epiphany Johnson as she hung up.
Listening to what Jason said after answering his questions about Cam and herself, she called out to her boss. "Sir, Jason is on the phone, you need to hear what was said."
Putting him on speakerphone, Alan said "What is it, Jason?"
"I was at the police station, anyhow a woman called while I was there. She said that GH and the surrounding hospitals will be soon inundated with patients. That if you want the cure, it is going to cost." Jason took a deep breath then said "She said at least a million dollars."
"I hate to pay terrorists, but no one here recognizes this." he said then saw Lorenzo Alcazar standing nearby. "I am sure we can get that kind of money together."
"She wants a million per dose. And refuses to talk to anyone again for at least three days. She said by then we will know how serious this is. Mac is on the phone to the WSB and Robert. Sam is on her way to GH, her brother has whatever this is."
"We think it came from a monkey that Spencer brought back from wherever he was." Alan told his son and Alcazar who went to make a call. "Jason, it's bad. We are already filled to capacity."
"I will see what I can find out. Who are all the patients, maybe I can trace this back and find that damn monkey." he said.
"I will have Elizabeth give you the list." he said just as Sam came in for help. When a doctor came over, she calmed down long enough to listen then started shouting again.
"Sam, enough, this is doing nothing to help." snapped Robin as she took a culture from the man. "Where you infected too?"
"I don't know, I doubt it." she snapped.
"Have you had contact with Luke Spencer or a monkey today?"
When the woman started shouting again, Robin walked away and gave Elizabeth a soft smile. "How are you doing?"
"I am holding up. Jason are you ready?"
Sam came over, her eyes narrowed at the tone of Elizabeth's voice but soon was distracted as she recited a bunch of names of people she didn't care about.
"Yes." he said just as Carly came up.
"Luke who came in contact in Java. Alice Monica's maid. Tracy, a cab driver who drove Luke home. Ric who was bit, his daughter is sick but Kristina is fine but she can't leave GH. Alexis who drove Luke here."
Carly had heard what was going on and listened as well as the nurse went on. "Dillon, he had contact with Luke, not the monkey. Skye, Nik who had contact with Luke, Courtney who had contact with Nik. Maxie Jones and that one is serious because of her heart condition."
They could hear the seriousness of the situation as Elizabeth continued. "Jesse Beaudy, Scott Baldwin who had contact with Luke. Danny McCall, who I have no listing of how he contacted this. Mike Corbin, who had contact with the monkey, the cook at Kelly's, the same way. Oh, will you let Milo know, Max was just admitted. Diego Alcazar."
Jason promised then heard her gasp. "Elizabeth, what is it?"
"Bobbie was just admitted, she only had contact with Ric, earlier. She was the nurse who patched him up." she said then told him the rest of the names.
Jason hung up, then his phone rang. "No, Sam stay there, your brother needs you. I will be fine. No, I don't need your help."
Hanging up annoyed because he knew she would break the quarantine and could possibly infect others, he looked at Carly who was announcing she would help him solve this problem.
Going to the warehouse, since it seemed to be the nearest place to the the monkey's last known location, he heard the gun shot and rushed in to see Sonny glaring at Milo and snapped. "Don't shoot the monkey!"
"Milo, where did the monkey go?" he asked explaining what was going on. The guard glared at his boss and rushed off to see what he could find out about his brother.
Going into the warehouse and pulling on gloves and a mask, Jason saw the monkey in the distance and knew what he had to do. Getting a tarp, he dropped it below the monkey and shot the stupid thing.
Hearing Carly talking he looked at Sonny who was holding his head to avoid listening to her shouting and then asked Carly to help him for a moment.
When she had gone into the small room, he shut the door and locked it, gathering up the tarp and rushing off to GH. Sonny meanwhile sat outside the locked door, smirking at his ex-wife shouting to be rescued.
Finding the right entrance to the tunnels, Jason called his father and asked him to meet. Seeing the package, Alan called Robin and had her meet him. "We have the infected monkey."
"I will still look for the anti-viruses." said Jason who when Robin had left asked his father how everyone was.
"Not good, Jason. We need a miracle and hopefully that monkey will save them."
"What what about the staff, you are all exposed." his mind going to Elizabeth and how she was the only real parent Cameron had. That he hadn't planed for this while making decisions that weren't really his to make alone but he had only known for a few months and he still wasn't sure what to do.
"It's our job but we aren't taking risks, Jason." he said touched by his concern and grateful he was wearing a mask and gloves which meant his son was protecting himself from the virus.
Hurrying back to his bike, Jason swore when he saw Sam standing next to it, grinning triumphantly. "See, I told you I would come and help you."
"Sam, all you are doing is exposing others to the virus." he snapped. Jason had just locked Carly in the storage closet, he didn't want to be bothered dealing with her right then, he had too much on his mind and she wasn't helping things.
Knocking Sam out, he called 911, Jason waited at a distance to make sure she was okay before leaving as an ambulance took her back to the hospital.
Over the next few days, things got bad...
Skye Chandler Alcazar who was pregnant almost died but was saved when the first of the antivirals was given to her. Danny McCall the other patient equally sick; didn't, Sam was holding his hand when he died, telling her he was glad his mom and dad had picked her out for him.
Sam stood in the door of the hospital room, shouting at the red head until Lorenzo dragged her out of there, then threatened to kill her if she didn't leave his wife alone.
"Your wife is why my brother died." she shrieked before Emily who was coming down, the corridor with Diego in a wheelchair had two of the orderlies take her back to her room. Seeing Lucas sticking his head out of his room, she could only grimace when he shook his head and walked away.
Assuring Lorenzo that Skye would be fine, she went to check on her adopted sister then on Dillon who was begging Georgie to marry him. When she refused, explaining she didn't think it was right, Tracy was supporting her while Brooklyn who was upset ended up a patient.
Two hours later, Brook was dead, Dillon was doing better naturally according to Robin and Tony Jones was now a patient. Jax who had gotten inside when he had heard about Courtney was on the phone with Carly, who was terrified about her best friend's condition.
Alexis and Ric both got better but Molly didn't make it in spite of being given the anti-virus. Several other patients had also died, while Alan and Robin dealt with the CDC who had been furious to find out that they had patient zero and hadn't informed them of the fact.
"If we had waited on you, we would be waiting on a cure. We know the antibodies work." Alan snapped. Walking back inside, he had yet another run in with Sam who was now wandering around delirious.
When she demanded Jason, he told her that Jason and Carly were working together to get the shots to cure everyone. The short woman just stomped her feet as she vowed to make Carly pay for keeping Jason away from her in her time of need.
Jason meanwhile was irate when Carly showed up at the stakeout where the woman was to be dropping off a sample of the cure. "How did you know where to find me?"
"I called Alan, told him we got separated and that I had the money." she said proud of herself.
"If anyone dies because you can't keep yourself out of my business, Carly." he said glaring at her his mind on his family in the middle of the mess at the hospital.
"I have already told Sam, now I am going to tell you. I don't need you to back me up. Sonny and I have several highly trained men whose job that is and all that the two of you do is create more problems."
Shocked and hurt, Carly stormed away, swearing he would have to give her a huge, an absolutely huge apology before she would ever forgive him for comparing her to Sam.
AT GH, she pretended to be sick to get inside. Seeing Elizabeth Webber with a clip board and ordering a bunch of people around, she looked for the nearest nurse and asked to be told where Courtney Matthews was.
"Don't know, and I am sorry but I am too busy to find out. See Nurse Webber she is the one wearing the purple scrubs, Dr. Quartermaine put her in charge when Nurse Johnson went down with the virus." she said hurrying away.
Carly was trying to push her way to the front when she heard Elizabeth snapping out orders and telling the staff who and where to give the shots out. "Carly, are you here to see your mom or Courtney?"
"Mom, how is she?" she asked.
"Doing better, but Tony Jones died a few minutes ago. She is a bit of a wreck Lucas is better, but we have lost several people. Courtney is refusing the shot because it would harm the baby."
"What?" asked Carly shocked. "Is she going to be okay?"
Elizabeth looked down then at Carly "Not if she doesn't get the shot. I get it, as a mother I understand, but right now, you should be with her... she need a friend and Nik and Jax sniping at one another is doing no one any good."
"Thanks, Elizabeth." she said walking away as she heard the nurse return to giving out room numbers to various people.
Jason found the woman with the cure, turning her over to a disgusted Mac Scorpio who soon had help on the line. "Robert, she says they are holding her son, that she was a pawn."
Going to help Holly, Robert and Anna went to Java with Holly while Mac and Jason rushed to GH. When the CDC insisted that first they needed to test the drugs, Jason gave them a dummy case, that Mac had no idea about then went back to the tunnels.
Inside, he located his father who told him to find Elizabeth. "She has an up to the minute list of who is next in line. Tell her I will send all the staff to her so that we can get these administered. And Jason, thank you."
Nodding at his father, going to find the one who had walked away so long ago, he was standing back observing as Elizabeth soon had staff taking shot to those who needed it.
An hour later, there was a semblance of silence as the brunette sank into a chair and put her head back to take a breath. "Elizabeth..."
Looking up and seeing Carly, she sighed then stood. "No, look, we are never going to be friends but I saw you earlier and then just now; thank you for what you did today. For making sure that a waiting shot was available for Courtney like you did."
"I was just doing my job Carly, but thanks. Now I just want to see if it is okay for me to go see my son." she said looking around then seeing how the blond looked asked "How is Courtney?"
"She made it, her son didn't." she said her head down as she walked to the other room. Alone Carly sat down and cried, her mind on all Courtney had revealed while delirious. She found herself feeling for both Jasper Jacks and Nik at what had happened that evening.
Jason who was still in the waiting room, heard his name being shouted and turned as Emily threw herself into his arms. "Thank you, Jason."
Hugging her, he could only say "I wish I could have got here sooner."
"You, you should know. Sam's brother didn't make it." Jason felt sad, poor Danny had never had a real shot at a life, now what little he had had been taken away. "Sam is out of it, she was infected."
"I know, I heard from Alan." he said "I will be back later, right now I need a shower and a ride."
On his way out the door, he saw Elizabeth leaving and greeted her while she frowned as her car was blocked in by a news van.
"What's wrong? Oh, I know but someone will come along and move it. The press should leave now that they know..." Elizabeth leaned against her car as her cell phone rang. "Grams, how is Cam? Oh, I missed him too. I should be there soon."
"How about I give you a lift?" he said.
"No, thank you, they are at the cabin, its out past Vista Point on the lake." she explained.
"No problem, I need to clear my head." he said leading her to his suburban.
When she had fallen asleep, he thought about it and knew that the Hardy cabin had to be out near the Quartermaine one and soon found the car he knew belonged to Audrey Hardy.
Pulling in behind the woman's late model Cadillac, he knocked and said "Elizabeth fell asleep, may I carry her in."
Thanking Jason, grateful he didn't stick around, Audrey looked at the dark circles under her eyes and knew Elizabeth' had probably had nothing but cat naps since the virus had begun three days earlier, Audrey distracted Cam, letting her sleep.
The dust settled from the medical disaster...
Elizabeth had come to an understanding as Audrey for the first time truly appreciated what her granddaughter was doing. "I will always wish you happily married but I promise, from now on, I will let you live your own life."
Calling Steven, she was told he was proud of her and wished he was back home already. "I thought you had two more years in Memphis."
"I do, but after that, I want to come home." replied her brother as he went to deal with his latest non exciting medical case.
Patrick Drake was finding he liked Port Charles as he went on a date with another beautiful nurse and returned to spar with Doctor Robin and help Nurse Elizabeth get her surgical certificate. He was finding friends and a home in this small town by the lake.
The Quartermaine family mourned Brooklynn, dealt with Dillon who blamed himself for her getting sick and were grudgingly polite to Luke after all it was his antibodies that saved Skye.
Tracy was her usual miserable self in spite of being allowed to move back to the mansion and then things got worse when she was told by Alice that her stepdaughter had come to stay...
Luke was thrilled to have Lulu home, Lucky was believing that this latest brush with death would make Elizabeth realize they were meant to be together while at the same time hitting on his late partner's distraught girl friend.
Lulu however had seen the chasm between her new stepbrother Dillon and one of classmates Georgie, deciding she wanted her stepbrother, she did her best to cause it to widen.
Bobbie and Lucas were dealing with the loss of his father and her ex-husband while Carly found herself spending a lot of time with Jasper Jacks who was mourning that the child he had believed to be his hadn't been. She hadn't been able to believe that Courtney when the blond had thanked her for keeping the angry man out of her hair.
Carly was enjoying the hotel as she went out of her way to get close to Jacks, thinking that she would love to be his partner in more ways than one.
The Scorpio/Jones house was a quiet one, Mac was busy tracking down a hired gun for the Ruiz family who was in town for some reason, even if nothing had happened that he was aware of.
Robin was dealing with her growing feelings for the playboy surgeon and Maxie was in pain at the death of Jesse. Add to that the way Lucky Spencer seemed to always be around and she was not sure which way was up.
Georgie on the other hand was avoiding the house, needing time away from dealing with all the death and tragedy as she finished her fourth act of very secret project. Her closest friend had died and they had been fighting with one another.
Her boyfriend and she were arguing because she resented the way he was spending so much time with Lulu. But at the center of it all had been a thought, a very small gem of an idea that she knew would work perfectly for her latest 'project."
She knew she had to end it with Dillon, that it wasn't fair for him to be left in the dark, she was on her way over to see him when she overheard Lulu making a deal with Diego Alcazar, yet another person who had almost died of the virus. When Georgie saw the dark haired boy, she was a bit surprised to realize that while she had once been interested in helping him, she couldn't help wondering if it had been here way of finding away to end the dysfunction with Dillon and to deal with the loss of Sage.
Deciding there was no way in hell she was going to let things happen the way the two co-conspirators wanted, she completely forgot she didn't love Dillon anymore.
Nik was reeling, Courtney had switched the test results, thinking that Jax was going to turn out to be the father, only to be caught in her own lies when Nik was. She had kept quiet on her switch until she lay delirious, she had confessed to what she had done.
So, now he was living with a woman he wasn't sure what he felt for her, he had another woman he was still in love with, but thanks to past mistakes, Emily would never forgive him. Then there was his grandmother who kept calling, sending notes that had him confused.
Alexis was reeling at what the nuns had told her. "Are you certain on that name?"
"Yes, I am. Samantha McCall." said the woman wearing the habit. Going home to where Ric was talking to Kristina, she could only put a smile on her face as she mourned the hole that her dead daughter had left in her heart.
Carly walked out of Sonny's house with her boys, as she dealt with avoiding Courtney. Hurrying home, she hastily arranged the small party she had promised the boys with their friend so she wouldn't look like a complete liar to her friend and former sister-in-law.
Sonny was left with a confused Courtney who was telling her brother about the mean old lady who had come to Wyndemere and had insulted her. "Courtney, what do you want me to do about it?"
Her jaw dropping at the tough tone, she stormed out and returned to the docks where she saw Sam talking to someone on the phone. "Well thank you. I guess I will see him later."
"Sam, is everything okay?" she asked.
"No, I have barely seen Jason since I got out of the hospital the other day. When I was a patient, he never came to visit and I overheard a nurse say he left GH with another woman the day we were let go."
"Don't worry, Jason loves you. Cheating isn't his style. Maybe he was with Carly." she offered.
"No, I know it wasn't Carly, she was there with you." she said pouting a bit. "I just, I feel like I am losing him. Like something is wrong."
"I would say to watch Elizabeth Webber but I overheard Nik and Lucky talking and they are back together." she said with a shrug. "Otherwise, I am sure you are just overreacting."
"Okay." said Sam not really listening to a word the blond said. Courtney hadn't been able to hold onto Jason, she had clearly bored him and from what she had heard the guards discussing, Courtney had been a rebound after Jason had lost Carly.
That he had lost the woman he had love, that it was why Courtney gotten her claws into him like she had, then they had discussed his lost love's son which had given Sam the idea of trying to get in with Michael.
Returning to the penthouse, to see a guard in the hallway, she entered it to see Alexis Davis waiting. "Jason isn't here."
"I know, I wanted to talk to you." she said twisting her hands nervously.
"There is nothing for you to say to me." snapped Sam. "I lost my daughter and you are a reminder everyday of that. Now get out, I can't stand to see you."
"Sam!" snapped Jason as he entered tossing the keys on the desk, he turned to Alexis and asked if there was something he could do for her. He wasn't fond of the woman or her hypocrisy but he didn't like Sam's attitude either.
"No. I uh, I had better go." she said scurrying away, deciding there was no way she was going to claim that woman as her daughter.
"Since when are you so nice to THAT WOMAN." snapped Sam, "I don't want her in my home, I hate her."
"Sam, I have been doing a lot of thinking." he said with a heavy sigh knowing that it was now time to deal with things. "Look, sit down, please."
The phone rang and Jason just turned it off before saying. "Sam, the last few years we have been together, well in truth..., in truth. I think it is time for us to end."
"What?" she asked shocked. "Jason, why are you doing this, is this because of what I said to Alexis?"
"Sam, When you said this was your home, all I could think was no, it isn't." he admitted. "It is my home, you are a guest here. We have been growing a part for a while, you don't get that you can't help me with my job. I think it is better we end things now, while we are still friends."
"But Jason, I love you, you are my life." she said shell shocked.
"Sam, I don't want to be your life. You need to find a life of your own. I am going to arrange a place for you to live. I will be remodeling so if there is anything of the furniture aside from Brenda's room you want, go ahead and take it."
"I don't want your charity, I want you, I want our perfect life." she said crying.
"Sam, our life isn't perfect, far from it. Other than work, or what to eat, we really have nothing to talk about."
"We have sex." she said insistently.
"Sam, look, sex is fine for a while, but in the long run, a man wants a wife he came come home to to forget about his day, someone who smells nice, who talks about her day, her life... he wants someone who isn't completely wrapped up in him. Where sex is making love, not dealing with bodily functions."
"No, you're wrong." she said the tears flowing reminding Jason about his abstract though of buying stock in Kleenex. "Please, Jason, don't leave me."
"Sam, I am sorry but you need to accept that we are over." he said standing. "I will talk to Bernie, he will arrange some money for you to start a new life, here or if you want to leave..."
"No, I am staying. Someday you will remember that you love me, I will prove to you that you are making a mistake." she said as she went upstairs to throw herself on their bed.
Jason was about to leave when he recalled the phone message. Checking it he frowned and went to find out why Javier Ruiz was in town and wanting a meet with Alcazar and them.
Sam meanwhile was plotting as she came back down after Jason left. Packing up her bags, she went to the Metrocourt, then made a few calls. Finding out what she needed, she vowed to be the perfect wife for Jason when he came back for her.
First up was cooking lessons...
TBC