| Chapter 5: Carly stared at Jason. "What do you mean?" she asked, barely above a whisper. Jason turned and walked out onto the balcony, where he could see the ocean waves tumbling onto the shore. "You heard me, Carly." Carly slowly walked over to the doorway. "Tell me what's going on. If our lives are in danger, I want to know about it." "You don't need to know." "I don't want to be left in the dark! Tell me, Jason. I want to know what is going on." The front door slammed shut. Jason walked off of the balcony and said quietly, "Not here." Emily and Lucky walked into the den. "Hi, what's going on?" she asked. "Nothing, why?" Jason wanted to know. Emily smiled. "'Cause you two look so serious. Lighten up, we're supposed to be having fun." "Oh, and we are. In fact, Jason and I were just going to have a fun talk." Carly raised her eyes pointedly at Jason who sighed and led the way to the study. "I wondered what's going on with those two." Lucky said, coming in from the kitchen and handing Emily a soda. Emily just shrugged. "Something's always going on. Why should this day be any different?"
"'Cause we're in danger." Carly shouted. "This is my life that's in danger. This is Michael's life that's in danger. This is your sister and her friend's life that we're talking about here, Jason, I can't believe you weren't going to tell me!" "I didn't want you to worry." Jason said quietly. "Well, now I know and now I'm worrying. So tell me everything. I mean it, Jason. I want to know everything that's going on." Jason leaned forward in his desk. "Sit down." Carly obeyed and sat down in the chair opposite him. "Here's the deal. Moreno's out of jail." He held up his hand to silence Carly when he saw her shocked expression. "Let me continue. He's out to destroy the business and he's out to destroy me. I know how he works. He wants to get to me. And what better way to do that than to target my family. I want to keep you guys safe-" "So, you brought us here." Carly interrupted. She nodded, understanding. "Right. He knew that you were living with me. He knew that Michael was there. And he knew that Emily almost always came over to the penthouse. I figured that you three would be his first targets and I couldn't let that happen, I wouldn't let that happen. I wanted you out of Port Charles." "Okay," Carly said, her anger gone. "So what do we do now. Does he know that we're here, does he have people on the island?" "Anything is possible with Moreno, everyone in this business knows that. For now, you stay low. I don't mean staying in this house until we leave, but just be on the look out for anything suspicious and always have Renaldo, or Johnny, or Benny with you." Carly nodded. Jason leaned forward. "Carly, do you trust me?" "Of course, Jason. I trust you with my life." "Good, because that's exactly what we're talking about here. One other thing." Jason's face showed how serious he was. "Promise me that you won't tell Emily or Lucky. They can't know." Emily's face appeared in the doorway. "Too late." |