"Wait, give it to me" Jason leaned down, pecked Cassidy's lips, then her round belly and bent down to pick up the model sketches she had dropped. "Shouldn't you be at work?" she smiled, watching him painstakingly arrange her things on the tall desk he had bought her a few weeks ago so she could work without hunching over and not hurting her back. "No, besides, I'm the CEO, I can be away whenever I want" he looked at his work, nodded with a huff and turned to his wife, pulling her close.

"How are my girls?" he turned her back to him, hugged her from behind, carefully placed his hands under her stomach and gently lifted her belly, taking some of the weight off. Cassidy leaned back and closed her eyes with a relieved sigh. "That's nice" Jason rubbed his cheek against her temple. "Two more weeks and then we'll wish she was still in here" Cassidy giggled and placed her hands on top of his, feeling their daughter's reaction to her parents' attention.

"Are you afraid?" Jason asked suddenly and Cassidy turned her head to look at him. "Afraid of what?" he looked down at her belly, which twisted slightly as their daughter spun around. "From birth?" Cassidy laughed. "Why, women have been giving birth since the beginning of the world, it's not so scary" she shook her head, stroking her belly. "I'm scared" he admitted, kissing her temple. "It's going to be okay Jess, our daughter is big and strong, you're going to have to fend off her suitors soon" Cassidy laughed and Jason growled.

"Not a chance, I know men, there's hardly ever going to be one good enough for our princess" Jason muttered darkly and Cassidy burst out laughing. "Don't you think my father thought the same thing when my mother was pregnant with me? And look at me now, with the most wonderful and loving husband in the world" Jason shook his head vigorously. "No, no, I'm the only one. Our daughter will grow old alone and a virgin!" he stubbornly insisted and Cassidy almost choked on laughter.

"I don't think she's going to ask us, Jess, but if you do, who am I to shatter your dreams" Jason huffed and eased her stomach slightly, stepping in front of her and cupping her face. "I love you, Cassidy Mallory" he kissed her softly and deeply. "Me too, but the shopping list is still on the kitchen counter" she giggled and he dropped his head, disarmed. "You're an evil woman, you know that, right?" he murmured and kissed her again.

"That's right, I'm a hungry, pregnant, evil woman with an empty fridge who can guarantee you eternal hell if you don't feed her soon" Jason pretended to be horrified and she laughed. "Okay, I'm going to get these 'few' things, but then I want a reward, right?" Cassidy winked at him and sat down behind her desk, and Jason shook his head with a smile and headed for the door.

Five minutes after Cassidy heard the front door open and close, signaling that Jason had left, she heard the door again and assumed he had forgotten something. So she pulled herself up with some effort and walked down to the kitchen with a gentle smile. "Jess?" she started to go down the stairs, but he didn't answer her, and going down, she mentally prepared a small punishment for him. "Jess, what did you forget?" Cassidy headed for the kitchen, where a soft noise could be heard.

"Jason?" she stood under the arch and frowned, looking around. The kitchen was empty, but she could have sworn she heard someone move in here. "Didn't I warn you?" Cassidy jerked around and the air caught in her throat. "Anthony?" her eyes bore into him, he looked terrible, sleep deprived, tortured and angry, his eyes darting around almost hysterically. "I warned you so many times, didn't I?" he took a step toward Cassidy and she stepped back, passing behind the kitchen counter.

"Anthony, please, Jason will be back any minute" her voice shook and she gritted her teeth, trying not to show her fear. Anthony laughed heartily. "He won't be back for at least half an hour" he shook his head, moved closer and pulled out a crumpled folder from behind him. "I know you think I'm the bad one Cassidy, let me prove you wrong" he tossed the folder onto the counter and a bunch of pictures spilled out.

Cassidy shifted her gaze to the pictures, the ones she could see were Jason's and she gently pulled a few in. Her face paled as she looked at them. "I warned you he was going to destroy you,Cassidy" Anthony stood a foot away from the counter. "Here is your husband, a creditor, a murderer, he has so many illegal and impure dealings, stamped with death, that you cannot count them" his voice trembled with the pleasure of destroying her world.

Cassidy felt like she was suffocating, tears streaming down her cheeks as she looked at pictures of Jason, mostly naked to the waist, holding a gun or beating someone up. In most of the pictures he looked different, but it was definitely Jason, cold and cruel, but Jason. Her Jason, so kind, caring and loving..."It's impossible, the pictures are faked, that's not my Jason!" she cried and tossed the pictures aside, looking at Anthony.

It couldn't be true, Jason wasn't a monster, he loved her, he was always gentle, always so thoughtful and protective. Her Jason couldn't have done any of that in the pictures. Cassidy felt her head start to spin and her vision blur with tears. It's not possible! "I really tried to warn you Cassidy, I even cut the brakes on your car but you survived" Anthony started to step around the counter towards her and she stepped back, shaking her head.

"I found your brother and told him where you were, hoping at least he could be of use, but look, your beloved Jason went berserk and killed him" Cassidy began to choke and covered her ears with her hands, squeezing her eyes tightly shut. "No..." she cried desperately, but Anthony was merciless. "I also paid that whore Rebecca, but he killed her too" Anthony continued, slowly approaching her. "I warned you so many times and instead of listening to me, you helped Jason kick me out of the company and decided to make me a grandfather" Cassidy shook her head, her back hit the kitchen counter and she collapsed, covering her ears and crying.

"Get away from her!" Anthony turned and grinned, "Look at him, Cassidy, your Jason" Anthony grabbed her shoulder and lifted her up, standing behind her like a shield, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and resting something cool against her temple. In front of her blurred vision stood Jason, with a gun in his hand and pointing it at her, or at his father, but surely knowing exactly what he was doing. Suddenly all the pictures floated before her eyes, Jason with a gun, with a knife and with some other tools, torturing and killing.

"Jason..." her world came crashing down, everything she had believed in, the man she loved, it was all a lie. "Cas, my love, it's okay, it'll be over soon, I promise, just trust me" Anthony burst out laughing at his words. "Son, son, there's no point lying to her, she already knows everything" Jason looked at Cassidy, reading the fear in her eyes, the terror written on her face and the way she avoided his gaze. "She knows!" he thought, his chest tightening. He had tried to avoid this for so long, and his father had ruined everything!

"Cas, listen to me" he lowered the gun slightly, trying not to give away that he was constantly watching his father. "Everything he tells you is a lie, even the pictures" Jason was doing what he did best, manipulating his wife. "He wants revenge Cas, he wants to break us up, you know it, you know he would do anything to get it, absolutely anything. Those pictures love, it takes five minutes to fake each one" she shook her head , clinging to Anthony's arm, who gritted his teeth.

"What about her brother, for the photos ok, how about her brother?" Anthony laughed and Jason shot him an angry look. "Love, you know when your brother was killed I was in Texas and when he was found, at home, in bed, with you" Cassidy began to hesitate, everything Jason was saying sounded logical, too logical, to to be a lie. "And Rebecca?" Cassidy cried and Jason raised an eyebrow. "What about Rebecca?" he looked at her innocently and confused.

"Did you really kill her?" Cassidy asked softly and Jason furrowed his brows. "What are you talking about, I haven't seen Rebecca since the incident at the office and you yourself saw on the tapes her leaving him alive and well and me staying there starting to call you on the phone" Cassidy looked down and Jason was pleased to see her begins to believe him. "What about the gun, Jess?" he raises the weapon and looks at it. "My father tried to kill you Cas, threatened you several times, I have a right to protect my family,don't you think?" he asked and she bit her lip.

"With a few lessons it's easy Cas, I'll take you and introduce you to my instructor" he assured her. "Nonsense, absolute fabrications!" Anthony roared, and Cassidy was horrified to see him move a hand and point a weapon at Jason's chest. She reacted instinctively. Anthony pulled the trigger, Cassidy spun free of his hand and stood in front of the weapon, the gunshot echoing in her ears and then nothing, everything disappeared and sank into thick absolute darkness.

"Cassidy!' Jason raised the muzzle and fired, the bullet lodged in his father's chest and he went down. But so did Cassidy. Jason almost jumped over the kitchen island and dropped to his knees beside her, lifting her up in his arms. "It's going to be okay,love,you're okay,you're okay" he whispered running to the front door. Blood pouring from her temple and onto his clothes, Cassidy didn't respond to his attempts to wake her up as he ran to his car, his eyes darting between her face and her stomach.

"The bullet was lodged in the frontal lobe, we managed to get it out and your wife is stable" the doctor sighed. "Your daughter is safe too, once we're sure Mrs. Mallory can and the baby is ready, we'll do a c-section. We're doing our best for now, but it's all up to your wife" Jason nodded and leaned against the wall, running his hands through your hair. "I'm sorry I can't give you better news, your wife's coma is deep and no one can tell when she will wake up" the doctor gave him a friendly pat on the shoulder before walking away and leaving him alone.