I own nothing, just borrowed it all from GH since they aren't using them at all.
Prodigal Son
Chapter 11
JASON helped Elizabeth out of the car, walking her up to her studio. As they finally sat down on the sofa, she could only stare into space. Alexis had told them that she knew the Cassidine's.
That in fact she was Mikko's illegitimate daughter. She then explained that it was possible she was her mother, it had been too much information for the younger woman. She had asked Alexis if she could come to the studio tomorrow.
Then they had left, Elizabeth had been acting a little out of it, every since. The fact that her possibly mother had been told she was dead, when she in fact was stolen by this Helena who had slit her possible grandmother's throat. Alexis had told them that she had thought she had given birth to a boy, so they had made arrangements to do a blood test at Mercy Hospital the next day.
Alexis had also told her that she going to be turning seventeen in November. If she was her daughter. Elizabeth had tons of questions and lots of swirling emotions but she had just asked the lawyer if they could finish this the next day. Then she had reached over and hugged the older woman, before turning to Jason and asking him to take her home.
He watched as she seemed to come out of the fugue she had been in, turned to him and said "My life has turned into a soap opera. Days of Our Lives: live and in color."
"I don't understand." he said as he pulled her into his arms, as she settled in his lap with her head resting on his shoulder.
"It's just a joke. Listen can you come with us tomorrow. This has been a little too much for me to deal with. I would asked Carly but she has to be at the hospital for class orientation."
"Of course I will be there. By the way do you know what all of this means in terms of us. You are old enough for me to date as of November. We only have four months and not even that until you are seventeen."
"I just thought of something else, I have always been so proud of skipping first grade and then sixth, now it turns out it was nothing special. I am actually behind a grade."
"Do you want to arrange for a tutor, you probably could, then test out like your cousin is going to. You know that he doesn't actually attend classes, at least according to Emily. She has a crush on him so she keeps track of it pretty closely."
"I thought she liked Lucky?" she said lifting her head.
"No, actually I am not sure on this but I heard your sister went on a date with him, then in the middle ditched him for your cousin. As for Emily, Lucky was her first friend here, along with his dog Foster."
"Your sister is going to hate me when she finds out the lies I have been telling. Plus she seems to be friends with my sister." Elizabeth started laughing, then said to Jason. "Sarah is going to be so pissed. First I am older than her, then I am related to the Prince. She is going to hate me even worse than she already does."
"Why do you think your sister hates you? Other than the phone call." he asked.
"She has always wanted to move back here, she hated Colorado, first we lived in a pretty country type town, then she hates snow. She likes it here. There are more guys and it must just be easier for her to hide things from Grams, Dad was always really protective and knew when we were up to something. Mom never really cared as long as the neighbors didn't find out whatever we did. Then she cared."
"Do you want to go back to Boulder after you find out the truth?" he asked holding his breath.
"No, my dad was the main reason I liked living there. I also miss Steven but he didn't seem to care to write once he left for school. He is a third year resident and I think we heard from him maybe twice a year."
As they sat there, Jason saw her eyes start to flutter closed. Picking her up he placed her in her bed, removing her shoes and pulling up the light afghan sitting on the end of the bed. He bent over and kissed her on the cheek whispering good night, only for her to answer back, good night and thank you.
"See you in the morning." he said as he grabbed her keys and locked the door on his way home. Realizing that he would have to keep her keys until he returned he headed home smiling as he tried to figure out how many days until November 2.
AUDREY sat on the porch swing, looking up at the sky and hoping that Elizabeth was safe, she listened as Sarah got ready for bed without a care in the world. She discussed things with her eldest granddaughter and knew that Sarah would never accept Elizabeth again. Her first response was to yell at the blond, but she knew that this was a result of Carolyn's neglect of her daughters.
She had received a call from Monica earlier in the evening, they had gone over all that had been discovered in Boulder. The man with the drugs that had been ordered with Jeff's prescription pad had told the truth. He had been working with no one. At least no one that the officers could find on any tape and the fingerprints on the pad were Jeff's.
Also no surprise how many times had she seen him picking things up absentmindedly and playing with them during a conversation. Some people doodled while on the phone, Jeff would end up rearranging his entire desk during a call.
Just as she started to turn in she saw a car coming down Maple Drive. Stopping to see who it was, she was surprised to see Jason Quartermaine. "Mrs. Hardy, do you have a minute?" he asked.
"What may I help you with Jason?" he looked like he needed to say something, what ever it was, he seemed a little upset.
"I was just worried, are you doing any better." he had no idea why he had come over, but had just done so. The Hardy's had always been very nice to him.
"A little, we got a call from my granddaughter the other day. I wish I had talked to her but it was at least something. Jason are you okay, you seem a little unsettled." she saw him start to answer when Sarah exited the door saying Jason.
"Hi are you here to see me." she said smiling at the blond Adonis standing on her front porch. Take that she thought, he must have been at Kelly's to see me and just decided to ask for Carly when he was too shy to ask her out. Too late, tomorrow she had a date with an honest to goodness prince. So he could just wait until she was finished dating the prince.
"No, just to talk to your grandmother, good night Mrs. Hardy. Sarah." with that he left, actually grateful for the annoying blond, he was minutes away from assuring the elderly woman that her granddaughter was safe and here.
SONNY stood at the window of his lonely tower. Tomorrow he had to tell Brenda about Lily Rivera, and the marriage that neither of them wanted. Yet if they didn't marry, too many people would die. So he was going to have to do it. That meant breaking up with the first woman to ever touch his well guarded heart.
He heard a soft knock at the door, turning to see Francis and Johnny entering, he knew that they were as worried as he was about the potential merger and what would happen if he didn't marry Lily. "What's up?" he asked.
"CJ went to the old Bridge up the cliff road with the Quartermaine kid. It looks like she told him the truth about being the Webber girl."
"Good, I am glad, a fourteen year old should not be dating a twenty year old no matter how mature they are. Now about the other?"
"I broke into her place the security sucks, I don't have any way to tighten security without her finding out, that may be a moot point anyhow if she does go home."
"Trust me, she isn't going home, she is too stubborn. I need to see why Spencer is so interested in her as well. Johnny you need to keep off the rotation, she knows you and we don't want her knowing we are protecting her. She might do something stupid like trying to lose the guards."
"Why are we protecting her anyhow?" asked Francis.
"She reminds me of someone who was once very important to me. My mother. So we just keep her safe and make sure that people know she in under our protection. About the rumors at Jakes?"
"They seem to be true. Another girl last week. I had thought it might be the Quartermaine kid, the woman had all been ones that turned the geek down, but he was with CJ the night of the last attack."
"Keep an eye on it, I want to know who is coming into my territory attacking women."
ALEXIS let herself into the back room of the club, she grabbed the bottle of cheap scotch that Luke kept for the regulars and drank straight from the bottle.
"Tough night Natasha?" Luke asked amused as she just kept drinking. "You might want to slow down before that eats away your stomach lining."
"Your right, I have too much to live for." she sat down opposite Luke saying "We need to kill Helena NOW!"
"What's the rush? The Ice Queen isn't going anywheres."
"If she finds out about her, she will kill her." she said as she tossed her purse on the desk and grabbed the information about Helena and Katherine that they had.
"Who?" he asked.
"My daughter." she said staring him in the eyes, "By the way if she is so much as harmed in this little escapade I will kill you myself and give your heart to Helena to eat. Do you understand me?"
"No, but that's nothing new. What daughter darling?"
"I have a daughter, Helena told me she was dead, and that she was a boy. She turned up at my hotel suite this evening."
"Congratulations. Are you sure she is telling you the truth and not a plant from the wicked witch."
"Yup I have the paperwork and tomorrow we are going to Mercy to take a DNA test."
"So should we be planning a wedding for her and the cowboy? Just think how much that would piss off Helena." he said imagining the look on the woman's face when she found out that her precious Mikkos' blood had mingled with his.
"No, first I think that Jason Quartermaine, might object since I think he is dating her, second she is a few years older that Lucky. He's fifteen right?"
"Just how old were you when you had this little bouncing bundle of joy."
"Sixteen. She is going to turn 17 in November." Alexis was amazed at how beautiful and articulate her child was, she could see both her and her father in the young girl. Mostly her, which would be a problem with Helena.
"Started a little young didn't you?" he asked.
"I was at school and there was this handsome young man with an Australian accent. I fell so quickly, unfortunately we never got a chance to see where it would go. Helena had me pulled out of school and sent to the Island when she found out from the headmistress at the school."
"Student at another school?" he asked intrigued, he had missed this when he had investigated Natasha.
"No we meet at a ski resort, he was so young, we both were. Looking back it was almost a dream, I can barely remember his voice, let alone his name or face."
"What are you going to tell your daughter?"
"The truth. I need you to look into the disappearance of Jeff Webber for me. It looks like his wife had quite a motive to make sure he doesn't turn up."
"Why are you interested in some doctor or did you figure out why Mac is looking into it?"
"Since he has been raising my daughter, I figure she might want me to find her dad since I have the contacts. Try your mobster friend, Corinthos."
JASON let himself into Elizabeth's studio, he had been leaving when his brother had arrived home. Jason had stopped and looking into AJ's new red convertible. Another thing that didn't make sense, he had always hated them liking coupes. He had traded in his Porsche for this piece of trash. The Vette was flashy with no substance.
All he found was a box of condoms and a few matchbooks from Jake's. He had driven by the bakery on eighth street to pick up some breakfast, apple cinnamon muffins for him, double chocolate chip for her.
He sat down on the sofa, amazed at how solidly she slept, drinking his coffee and eating breakfast, he took out the file that Mac had gotten on Billy for him and started to read it when she woke up saying good morning.
"How long have you been here?"
"A few years. You could sleep through anything. I brought breakfast." Jason was laughing as she untangled herself from the afghan and rushed over for the muffins, kissing him thank you on the cheek as they heard a knock on her door.
To be continued
I just want to say thanks for all the input on the daddy situation. Someone pointed out to me that like Jax being too young, Robert would be too old. I am not sure which one I am leaning towards. I love Mac but it looks like he is going to be knocked out of the race, I am sending Robin off to Paris soon., so it is between which Jerry,.I don't really remember the first Jerry, so I am thinking it will be written using the current Jerry's voice in by head. Not my first choice but it will have to do. Besides this way I can do the Jerry /Helena scene that I have to eliminate from Repairing the Damage.
I had intended it for the next story that I am already researching but if it get used now. Oh well.
Mandy, thanks for all the input reviewers.
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