�Rafe, you married HER!
You slept with HER!
You thought you were having a child with HER!
You wanted that child Rafe.
Even after everyone told you the truth about us and about Livvie�s talent for lying, you still ran to her bed.
And you did it again last night.
Rafe, that hurt more than when you left me to go back to heaven.�
�I will do anything to make that hurt go away and make it right again, but first the problem�Livvie!� Rafe stood up from the bench and left in a hurry.
Rafe got all the way to the park before his phone rang. He stopped to answer it. �Hello,� he answered it semi out of breath. �Kevin, Hi!�
�How are you doing, Rafe?�
�I�m ok, I guess.�
�I know this has to be hard for you.�
�I think it�s harder for you then me.�
�Maybe you�re right. I�m a doctor and I never realized�or never wanted to realize how sick she actually was. I should have listened to Lucy. She always seems to be right about these things.�
�Don�t be so hard on yourself, Kevin. You didn�t see it because you love her. Don�t beat yourself up because you love your daughter.�
�Thanks Rafe�
�And Kevin��
�Yeah?�
�Don�t ever let Lucy hear you say that she�s always right.�
�Yeah, I�ll never hear the end of it, but she was right, Livvie does need help.�
Rafe sat down on the bench he was standing near, �A hospital?�
�There�s nothing else I can do.�
�When?�
�There�s no time like the present.�
�I�m headed to GH to pick her up right now.�
�Alright, I�ll meet you at the apartment in about a half an hour and we�ll talk to her together.�
�Till then I guess.� Rafe hung up the phone and started towards GH.
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Rafe opened the door to the apartment and let Livvie go in first. �Sweetie, you�ve been so quite since you picked me up, is something wrong?�
Rafe put down the bag he was carrying, �No�no�well yeah, something is wrong.�
Livvie pulled Rafe down next to her on the couch, �Honey, is this about our family, just because we lost our baby doesn�t mean we can�t try again,� Livvie pulled Rafe closer to her trying, like always, to seduce him, �And soon!�
Rafe pulled away from her and walked over to the other side of the room. He couldn�t get far enough away, �No, it�s not�..� Someone knocking on the door interrupted Rafe.
As Livvie went to answer the door, Rafe thought to himself, �That better be Kevin.�
�Daddy?! What are you doing here?�
Kevin walked in and saw Rafe standing with his hands in his pockets. Kevin knew by Rafe�s body language that he wanted Kevin to take the lead in talking to Livvie. �I�m here to see you and��
Livvie interjected almost angrily, �Daddy, I�m fine. You don�t need to check up on me. I�m not a little girl,� Livvie walked up to Rafe and put her arm around his, �Besides, my husband is taking real good care of me.�
�Livvie, I�m actually because we need to talk.�
Rafe pulled Livvie�s arm away from his and stood next to Kevin and firmly proclaimed, �We all do.�
Livvie�s eyes started to narrow as she realized what was happening, �What is this? Are you ganging up on me?�
Kevin walked up to Livvie and put his hands on her shoulders, �Livvie, honey, please sit down.�
Livvie pulled away from her father, �I don�t want to sit down.�
Kevin closed his eyes and took a deep breath. This was going to be harder then he thought. �Livvie, we know what you did. We know the truth about everything.�
Livvie calmly looked at her father then at Rafe, �What? I did�t do anything!� Livvie lost her calm and started to scream, �NOTHING!! I did nothing wrong.� When neither man reacted to her outburst she turned to her father and turned on the tears, �Daddy, please believe me.�
�Livvie, It�s time to start telling the truth. I�m not here to judge you or yell at you, you�re my daughter and I love you. I�ll always love you no matter what you do.�
Tears were now streaming from her dark eyes, �Daddy, I never lied to you. I never would, I really don�t know what this is about.�
Kevin looked towards Rafe to answer her question and Livvie�s eyes followed. �I fought the Avatar and he told me what you did.�
�HE LIED!! HE�S A LIAR!!� Livvie stopped screaming at Rafe to plead to Kevin, �Daddy, you have to believe me. I would never do those things. You can�t believe that monster over me.�
Rafe continued, �Livvie, I defeated and destroyed the spirit. Frank told me the truth.� Rafe walked over to Livvie, �When the spirit was destroyed his baby couldn�t survive.� Rafe placed his hand gently on Livvie�s shoulder, �I�m sorry but��
She pushed his hand away from her, �Don�t touch me! DON�T TOUCH ME!!!�
Kevin grabbed Livvie be the arms, �You need help, Livvie. I care about you too much to see you self-destruct like this.� Kevin tried to pull her into a hug but Livvie roughly pushed away.
�You don�t care, nobody cares! NOBODY!! Everything is taken from me. EVERYTHING!!!� Livvie turned to walk out the door. As she opened it two big men in white jackets were standing outside. She turned to in Kevin�s direction, �What is this an ambush?�
�Livvie, they�re here to help me take you to place where you can get help.�
Livvie tried to get past to two men in the white jackets but they picked her up. She was kicking and screaming, as one man carried her away, �NO�. LEAVE ME ALONE!!�. PUT ME DOWN NOW!�. I�M NOT CRAZY!!� I�M NOT!!�. I�M NOT MY MOTHER OR RYAN!!�LET ME GO!!�
The other man stayed with Kevin, �Dr. Collins?� He motioned for Kevin to go with him.
�Yeah, I�m right behind you.� The man turned and followed behind his partner and Livvie.
Kevin, turned to his son-in-law, �Rafe, thanks. I think I got it from here.�
�So is she going to be alright?�
�Eventually. It�s going to take some time, but I think she�ll get better. Are you going to be ok?�
�Yeah, I think I�ll be fine. I can�t stay here anymore though. I guess I better find a place to stay.�
�Rafe, you can always stay with me and Lucy at the lighthouse, if it�s not too weird for you. Lucy is your cousin and I know she would love it. And if she were here she wouldn�t take no for an answer.�
Rafe let out a little laugh, �And we know how stubborn Lucy can be, so I better say yes.�
�Good! Well, I better follow them and make sure she gets settled and everything.� Kevin turns and follows the same direction as the two men and his daughter took.
Rafe stood in the doorway. He took a deep breath and let out a huge sigh of relief and went inside and collected his things.
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Rafe knocked on the door to the lighthouse. The door opened as he kept knocking, �Hello! Is anyone home?�
Lucy rushed down the stairs, �Rafe! Come in, Come in! Kevin just called and told me everything.�
He put down a duffle bag and what looked like a bag of groceries. �So is it ok if I stay here a while?�
�Of course. You don�t even have to ask.� Lucy pulled Rafe over to the sofa to have a seat, �We�re family and we�ll always be there for each other.�
Rafe and Lucy looked towards the stairs as Christina and Serena ran down them. Christina ran right towards Rafe. He stood up from the couch to catch the little girl as she gave him a big hug around his neck, �Hey, Christina. How�s my favorite 4-year-old?�
The beautiful little girl released the tight hold she had on him and looked at him, �I�m good. What did you bring me?�
Rafe started to laugh as Lucy gave her a little look, �Christina!�
�It�s ok Lucy.� Rafe put the little one down and kneeled down to her level, �Now do you think I would show up here without a little something for my two favorite cousins.�
Serena walked up behind Christina, �So whatcha bring us Cuz?�
Rafe stood up, �Well, I thought that since it�s my first night here we could celebrate with�ice cream sundaes!�
Christina and Serena started jumping up a down, �I Scream, you Scream, we all scream for Ice Cream!�
Lucy and Rafe couldn�t help but laugh. Then Lucy chimed in, �After we have dinner, of course!�
Rafe looked at his older cousin, �Yes after dinner...of course.�
Serena gave Rafe a hug, �I�m glad you�re here, Cuz!�
Christina joined in on the hug, �Me too!�
Lucy melted at the sight of her girls and her cousin, �Me three!� She also joined in on the group hug.
Lucy finally broke up the love fest, �Ok, you two go up stairs and get cleaned up for dinner. Scoot�scoot!!�
The girls ran up stairs as the two grown-ups sat down. �So how are you doing, Rafe? You look a little��
�Confused?�
�No, actually you look upset. Tell me what�s wrong!�
�Things are just so different, Lucy! I don�t know what to do.�
�How? How are things different.�
�At first when my memory came back everything between Alison and me was great.�
�Ok, so what changed that? I know in my heart that you two belong together.�
�I thought that to but we met each other this morning and she�� Rafe put his head in his hands, �She told me that she can�t be with me anymore. She said it hurts too much and that the pain won�t go away.�
Lucy grabbed his hands, �Look at me. You two are soul mates. You belong together. She loves you Rafe. She�loves�YOU! You did hurt her when you married Livvie. And it�s going to take time but you�ll work through it, trust that.�
He let out a sigh as he ran his fingers through his hair.
�Everything will work out. The universe wants you two together. There�s no denying that.�
Rafe looked up at Lucy. There were tears forming in the corner of his hazel eyes, �I love her so much Luce. It feels like I can�t breath when I�m not with her.�
She grabbed his hands again, �I know, I know. And I know what we have to do.� Lucy had that gleam in her eyes. She had a plan.
�Lucy what is it?� She didn�t answer him, instead she walked to the phone and started dialing, �Lucy?�
�Hi Kate. It�s Lucy Coe Collins�.Oh fine!�Well, I actually need your genius brain to help my cousin Rafe�Well as soon as you can�What about tomorrow?�Great, Thanks Ta!�
She hung up the phone and looked at her cousin, �Perfect!�
Rafe walked over to where she was standing, �What are you planning Lucy?�
�Step 1 to getting your love back in your arms where she belongs.�
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At 10:00 the next morning Rafe and Lucy sat in Kate's office waiting for her to return. She had just stepped into another room to make a call. It was pretty much silent, both were too anxious to say anything. �Sorry about that,� Kate walked back into the room and sat at the desk.
�So what's the verdict? What can you do for us?� Lucy couldn't wait another moment.
"Well, you were married with a licensed justice of the peace and a witness present, but there are few problems. The first is there was never a blood test taken, and of course you have amnesia, and then there's the fact that you're an alien and there were forms that were never filled out.�
Rafe looked at Kate, �Ok, so what does that mean?�
�Well, any one of those things can annul the marriage but the biggest thing is that the marriage license itself was never filed. There is no record of you getting married anywhere and in the eyes of the law, Rafe, you were never married.�
Rafe and Lucy's eyes both lit up with glee, �I was never really married?!�
Kate gave him a little smile, �That's right. You're still a bachelor.�
Lucy gave him a huge hug, �Oh my god, Rafe, do you know what this means? This is proof that you could only ever be with Alison.� Lucy turned to Kate and gave her a hug as well, �I knew you were a great lawyer.�
Kate felt a little awkward, �Um...Thanks!�
�Ok, handsome cousin of mine!� Lucy grabbed Rafe's hand and pulled him out of the room, �Let's go celebrate!� She looked back at Kate as she was leaving, �Thanks again, Ta!�
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�Ok, I think we'll share a huge death by chocolate to celebrate.� Lucy and Rafe were walking to an ice cream stand in the park.
�Lucy, I don't know if I like the sound of that.�
�Oh Rafe, you only live once,� She started to laugh, �Ok, well in your case maybe twice.�
Rafe stopped, grabbed Lucy's arm and looked at her with a look of shock, �You know? You know that I was��
�An Angel?� Lucy whispered, �Yeah, Alison kinda let it slip out when you were gone.�
They started walking again, �I'm actually glad you know. I was going to tell you since I'm human now but I didn't know how to do it.�
�Well, I do know now and I'm a little mad at myself for not figuring it out before. Que Cerra Cerra!�
They got in line at the ice cream stand right behind Jamal and Marissa. �My dear Cousin, what are you going to do now that you are a free man again, like I have to ask?�
�Do you think I should call her first or just go over there and knock on the door?�
Jamal heard the conversion and turned around, �Rafe, if you're talking about Ali I'm afraid you're a little late.�
"What?!" Jamal had caught his attention.
�I hate to tell you this bro, but she moved on. She went to Bermuda with Jack. They left yesterday.�
He turned to his cousin, �She couldn't! She wouldn't! Would she?� He didn't wait for an answer from her he needed to see for himself.
He ran all the way to Alison's house. When he got there he knocked on the door and yelled her name, �Alison!! Alison, it�s me please open up.� When there was no answer he remembered that there was a key tucked in the lip of the light fixture on the porch. He opened the door and ran inside.
�Alison? Alison?� He ran around the house looking for any sign of her. Then he saw a few brochures on the coffee table. There was something written on one of them:
Jack,
Here's the condo I told you about.
Enjoy your stay in paradise with that blonde beauty of yours.
I'm anxiously waiting to see what develops.
Rafe plopped himself on the couch, �She did. She left me.� He started to think back to what they said to each other outside of the Recovery Room:
�All I want to do is take away that pain. I want to hold you and make love to you for the rest of our lives.�
�I really, REALLY want that too but Rafe it can never be like it was before. I realized that last night.�
�What can I do to make this better, Alison?�
�I don�t know, Rafe. I don�t know if you can.�
�Rafe, you left before�� Lucy walked in the still opened door and then noticed he was upset about something, �What is it? What happened?�
He handed her the brochure he was still holding, �Alison�s gone. She's with Jack in paradise. Jamal was right, she moved on.�
She quickly looked over the brochure then threw it on the table, �No, I don't believe it. That note proofs nothing.�
Lucy sat down next to him, �What am I suppose to do Luce?� His hands were cradling his head.
She lifted his chin, �I'll tell you what you'll do. Step 2, Go after her!�
�What? Do you mean go to Bermuda and find her?�
�Exactly Rafe. Go there and sweep her off her feet. Kiss her and hug her and tell her that you can't live without her.�
�But she's��
Lucy covered his mouth, �No buts. Alison still loves you. I know this just like I know the sky is blue. She loves you, so will you just get up off your butt and go get her!� She stood up and started to pull him up off the couch.
�Don't worry I�ll make sure there�s a plane ticket waiting for you. I'll take care of it, that's what cousins are for.�
Rafe stood in front of her not knowing what to say, �Lucy!�
�Will you go already or I might just have to knock some sense into that thick head of yours.�
He hugged her quickly and ran out the door, �Thanks!�
She yelled back, �Your welcome!! Man oh man! He didn't even give me a chance to say Ta. That's twice in one day, I must be slipping.�