Chapter 43 Jason found Carly standing in the back yard of the brownstone looking up at the night sky. �What are doing?� Jason asked as he walked up behind her. �Think,� Carly said pulling Jason up close behind her. �Thinking about what?� Jason asked running his lips over her neck. �About us, my family and yours,� Carly said and she laughed as Jason gave cold look. �I know. They are crazy but so are we,� Carly kissed Jason and they walked towards the back stairs. �I was thinking about my father and how I came about. I realized that I�m a lot like him. I knew that you didn�t remember being with someone and I enjoyed that challenge. I got kick out of it. Now, here we are in love and having a baby.� �The difference is he didn�t love Bobbie as I love you,� Jason said raising her hand and kissing her fingers. �I think he did in his own way at least,� Carly said. �Carly are you on something?� Jason asked trying to figure out if she was talking about the Victor. �No, I�m not and my father love people. He just doesn�t show it like everyone else does. It is how he was raised. Cassadines don�t say I love you to often,� Carly told him hugging Jason. �I gathered that,� Jason laughed. �But what I don�t get is your change of attitude all of a sudden?� �My father came over this afternoon and we talked. I think he knows me better now then he has in a long time. Besides, he is my father Jason. He isn�t perfect but neither am I. All that matters is that he loves me and I love him,� Carly said hoping Jason understand that. Jason sighed and shook his head. �I might not get why you are forgiving him but that is your decision to make. So, I�ll stand by you whatever you want,� Jason told her. �Good and here is another decision. How about we skip town and get married?� Carly said smiling. Jason�s eyes popped open wide and he looked at her with wonderment. �I know. I know.� She said reading his look. �We have a lot planned already but after what happened at our engagement party. I�m not so sure I want a big wedding. Why don�t we grab Alexis and Sonny and take a plane somewhere to get married?� �You sure?� Jason asked. He hated to admit it but he liked the idea. No fancy party, no relatives to deal with, and no tux. �Yes, I�m sure,� Carly said smiling. �Ok, I�ll call Sonny and line things up,� Jason said and he pulled out his cell phone and made the call. �Sonny�s, its Jas. Ah, I need a favor. Well, yeah it is kind of important. Carly and I want to skip town and get married. We thought you and Alexis would like to join us.� Carly sat there listing in on the conversation. After Jason dropped the bombshell about them taking off to get married, he sat there very quiet for a long time. Across town Sonny sat with Alexis at his side. She had just emptied herself by telling Sonny her darkest secret when the phone rang. �Carly and Jason want to elope and they want us to join them,� Sonny told her. At first, Alexis didn�t want to go. All she wanted to do is run and hide then an idea hit her. �Tell them well go but I pick the place,� Alexis said. Sonny looked at her puzzled. �What are you up to?� Sonny asked her. �I want to find my aunt and I think I know where she is. Carly and Jason can get married there,� Alexis said picking up the file and looking inside it. �You sure?� Sonny asked her. �Yes, I�m sure and if you have to. Tell Jason why we are going. I�m tried hiding this. I�m tired of feeling like I was at fault,� Alexis said feeling stronger then she had in a long time. She didn�t understand where this was coming from and she credited it all to Sonny. Sonny nodded his head and told Jason part of what Alexis told him. He told him enough to still give Alexis the privacy she deserved. Jason agreed to this and the two men made plans for leaving town that night. ************************************* The group traveled to Russia. In fact, they were a few miles away from the old family home. The convent the convent was off the beaten path located in rolling hills of the countryside. As they neared the place, Carly got a good look at the church connected with the convent. �Wow!� Carly said. �How could they afford this?� �They couldn�t not without Cassadine money. Mikkos has been taking care of this place for years,� Alexis said taking in the view. �Why?� Jason asked. �His sister is here. He is looking after her,� Alexis said sadly as she gripped Sonny�s hand. �Why are their kids here?� Carly asked seeing children running around the back of the convent. �It is also a orphanage,� Alexis pointed out. Jason pulled the car up in front of the front door and they group climbed out. A bright smiling old nun approached them. �Good after noon, how my I help you?� the nun asked in Russian. Alexis smiled and said, �We are here to see Angelic Cassadine.� �Oh, I�ll take you to her,� the nun said and they walked up the long stairs and entered the convent. The group was shown to the Mother Superiors office. �Please, sit,� the nun ordered and she walked way. Alexis couldn�t sit. She was so nerves that she paced the room as she waited for her aunt�s arrival. She didn�t know why her aunt chose to live there. She didn�t know why she came here in the first place. Alexis had lots of questions and she was about to get her answers. Suddenly the door opened and in walked a nun; she looked around the office with puzzled look on her face. �Caroline? Natasha?� the nun said walking towards the two younger women. �Aunt Angelic?� Alexis said stunned to see her aunt dressed as nun. �Natasha,� Angelic said walking over to her niece and hugging her. �Your father, here?� �No, it is just us,� Carly said. �Well, this is nice surprise. I didn�t think Mikkos told you about me yet. I knew wanted to but everyone was a little upset with him. He wanted to wait until things calmed down,� Angelic said as she walked to her desk and sat down. �You�re the Mother Superior?� Sonny said shocked beyond belief. Angelic smiled and said, �Yes, Mr. Corinthos, I am the Mother Superior of this order. It is possible that a Cassadine loves God.� �How do you know us?� Carly asked puzzled about all of this. Who this woman was and how she knew her. �Come with me,� Angelic said as she stood up and walked towards a door located behind her. At first no one moved but after they realized that this was a nun, they figured there wasn�t too much danger. So, they walked through the door together. There they got a shock of their life. The walls were covered of pictures not only Carly and Alexis in different stages of their lives but of the others as well. �Where did all these?� Alexis asked looking at the pictures. There were pictures her and Stefan growing up on the island, pictures of them going to finishing school, there was picture of the day she graduated from law school with top honors. But it wasn�t just her and Stefan but all of them. Lucky, Nikolas and Lu playing outside difference places, Luke and Laura in from the Triple L dinner with Lucky at their side and of course pictures of Carly as she grew up and changed. Angelic smiled and said, �Mikkos send them to me. He was never allowed to be near his children but that didn�t mean he didn�t love them. He does. He always has. He just hasn�t learned how to show it,� Angelic said as she took Alexis hand and they sat down on a couch together. �Let me tell you a few things about Mikkos and Victor.� Chapter 44 Back to A Father's Love |