Chapter 45
Chapter 45
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(Author's note-I'm using some creative liscencing here because there's
part of Sonny's history I plain forgot, including certain names-must be
selective memory *g*)
Carly walked slowly up to Hannah as they watched the apartment complex
burn. "Sorry." Carly found herself saying, and actually meaning.
Hannah shook her head-her and Sonny had spent so much time there-there
were so many memories for her. Now they were all gone. "I guess I
should thank my boss, for making me work a double shift."
Carly shook her head. Of course Hannah had to work, Hannah had to be
gone, so that Jerry could burn the building down.
She was sure of it.
Taggert paced Jason's cell, glaring. "Trying to get back into your
master's good graces?"
Jason stared back silently.
"Burning down his home? What were you hiding?...ANSWER ME!"
Garcia knocked against the cell bars. Taggert turned and looked at
him. "Let me out, Errand Boy is too stupid to answer...even though
*this* little stunt, is just another in a long line of charges. You're
never getting out...."
"So, I see you took my advice." Jax said as he sat down across from V.
"About quitting L&B and doing investigative work with Felicia? How do
you know?"
"Because Ned called me this morning, swearing up a storm."
"I never told Ned that you gave me advice."
"Of course not, I did last night...just to make him sweat it out over
the evening." Jax laughed. V shook her head.
"Why do you do that?"
"Because I can. And now, I can pay you for all the work you do for me
anyway. Speaking of which..." Jax placed his briefcase on the table.
"How would you like to learn even more about my pal Corinthos..."
Keesha paused at the news of the fire. Hopefully Hannah wasn't home.
She turned down the radio and continued her third read of Elizabeth's
term paper. "Yes?" she looked up at the knock.
"Hi."
"Hi." she smiled at Jax. "What have you got behind your back?"
Jax shrugged. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Keesha stood up, walking over to the front of the desk. "You know,
we're already married, you can stop *wooing* me now." she tried to peak
around him.
Jax stepped out of the way. "If anyone desrves to be consistently
*wooed*, it's you." he answered, a twinkle in his eyes. "Besides, I
just can't help myself. Things like these..." Jax pulled his arm from
around his back and watched Keesha's face light up as she stared at the
bouquet of white roses. "...make your eyes illuminate. And I love
that."
Keesha looked up at Jax, smiling. "Thank you." she reached out and
took the flowers from him. "I love them."
"And me?"
"I adore you."
Jax grinned at her, and Keesha found herself lost in his eyes once
more. She sighed softly and looked away from them. She came closer to
him, giving him a hug. Finally, reaching up, she placed a small kiss
on his chin. Jax laughed.
"Excuse me..." Elizabeth knocked softly. "We are meeting right?"
"Right." Keesha let Jax go. He fought the urge to push away the
strand of hair that had fell over her eyes and just gave her another
smile.
"I'll see you soon?"
Keesha nodded, and watched as Jax left. "Okay...this is a vast
improvement from your first paper...." she stated to Liz.
V walked into her house. "Marc?"
Peter came downstairs from the guest room. "He's having a bad day."
he managed a smile.
"Oh, it's that anniversary. I forgot." Taggert's ex-partner at the
NYPD died on this day. That was all V knew, he hated to talk about it
and she didn't like to bring up the pain for him.
In fact, she had a problem seeing Marcus in pain at all-she never knew
what to do to make him feel better.
"I think he wants to be alone. Would you like to maybe show me around."
V nodded. "That's probably best." she answered.
Taggert looked up from the phone as he heard the door close. "Dara..."
"I'm still here."
"Officer Deke Corinthos..." Jax stared at the file he had found in the
envelope waiting in his mailbox. "Stellar career...how in the world
did he raise someone to turn out like Sonny..." Jax mumbled to himself.
He looked at the attached newspaper article. "Officer
murdered...police suspect mob hit...."
Keesha having just come downstairs, peaked over Jax's shoulder.
"Although the DA would not confirm it, sources say that Officer
Corinthos' step-son, Michael Corinthos, is a major suspect in the
case." she read outloud. "He killed his own step-father?" Keesha
actually found herself shocked.
"Here's another...just 2 years ago..10th anniversary of an unsolved
murder case...they never arrested anyone for it. Sonny got away scott
free."
"I wonder who that is?" Keesha sat next to Jax on the couch.
"Who?" Jax scanned the article. Keesha pointed and he read, "Deke
Corinthos' partner at the time, an officer in Port Charles, New York,
who asked not to be identified still remembers Deke fondly..." he
looked at Keesha. "I don't know. But I plan to find out."
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