Chapter Eight � �Father and Son� Suddenly both of them turned to see a Cassadine copter over the horizon and land a few feet away. �Grab you stuff. Let�s get out of here,� yelled Alexis over the roar of the copter. Alexis helped Lucky with his stuff and they ran toward the copter. The back door opened and they both jumped in. Stefan lifted the copter off the ground and headed back out to sea. They all saw a figure standing on one of decks of the main house. Lucky almost could feel the hatred that was directed in his direction. As he looked away, Lucky�s eyes locked with Luke�s. Neither one spoke for a long time. (I never been in a copter. So, What comes next if it�s impossible? I�m sorry it just works with the story. Besides Luke can do just about anything. Right?) Alexis and Luke switched places. Giving him and Lucky a chance to talk. �Hi, Cowboy.� he said sitting down besides his son. �Dad?� Lucky asked. �Yeah, kiddo its me and from this point on nothing will separate us again,� he said pulling Lucky into his arms. All Lucky could do was cry. He stayed in the safety of his father�s arms. Hoping this wasn�t a dream. �It�s over Lucky. No one will ever hurt you ever again.� Luke said rocking him in his arms. �No, it�s not. Stavros isn�t going let me go that easy.� Lucky said looking up into his father�s face. �Stavros� time on this planet is number. I messed up once and let him live. I�m not going to make that mistake twice.� Luke answered. Lucky slid comfortably into Luke�s arms. He was wondering what to say. After ten years and all the questions, Lucky�s mind had gone blank. The strain between them was mutual. Neither father nor Son knew what to say to each other. Alexis slid the notebook from her backpack and hand it to Luke. �I know you read parts of this but this might help break the ice.� offered Alexis. Luke took the notebook and opened to the part that turned his stomach. As he read out load, Lucky had moved from his arms and had moved as far as possible. He was trying to keep the memories from taken over and destroying him all over again. Dad, Please tell me everything Stavros said was a lie. You could not have raped my mother and have been keeping her from me because of pure hate. He has to be the monster not you! Did she really come to Stavros for protection but you made her leave? Did you demand that Stavros keep me out of your hair? Who�s the monster? Him, me or is it you? One day I want the answers. I know his side but I want yours. Until then those words will only be words. Nothing more. The only thing that has kept me going is your love and the dream of you saving me someday. Lucas Lorenzo S. Cassadine �How old were you when this happened.� asked Luke brushing his hand across Lucky�s cheek. �Eleven.� said Lucky turning his head toward the window. �Look at me Lucky.� pleaded Luke. Lucky�s blue eyes filled with fresh tears as he looked up at his father. �I am not going to lie to you. There has been enough of that. So here is the truth. Yes. I raped your mother, and I have been paying for that one mistake my whole life. I tried to get her to leave but she wouldn�t. I thought I was going to die and at that point nothing mattered any more. I regretted it that the second everything was over with and have spent our hole lives together trying to make up for it. She might have forgiven me but I never will. As for the rest, Stavros was laying. He took your mother and held her captive and forced her into an unwanted marriage. After he told her, I was dead. Helena was the one who told her the truth two years later. She sent her back to me only because she was threw with her. She had the Cassadine heir to Helena that is all that mattered. Stavros wanted more and tried to drag her back. We fought and he was badly hurt. The only thing I did wrong there. I did not kill that S. O. B. because I would have none of this would have happened. We were on the run from a man named Frank Smith and the Cassadines for five years. When they caught up with us. Stavros took you to the main Cassadine compound and placed us in a fancy prison. The threat was simple. I ever tried to escape and you would be dead long before I could reach you. I have spent the last ten years going over different plans trying to find one that would work. I was to coward to risk your life on any of them, but I never stopped loving you. I would fight the devil himself to save you and that�s a promise.� �Lucky just sat looking at his father. He was trying to sort out his mixed feelings. When he finally spoke. Luke had to strain to lessen because his voice was barely above a whisper. �Dad. Thanks for being the first person too ever tell me the truth. I have been used in as a pawn in a game between two warring families. The truth is the only thing that I ever wanted. What happened between you and mom has nothing to do with me. I can�t hold the past against you that would make me no better then Stavros. I learned that much over these years.� �Lucky, you couldn�t be Stavros on your worst day.� said Luke lifting Lucky�s face up to meet his. They sat back and just treasured being in the same place together. It wasn�t long until both father and son fell a sleep. �Stefan?� came Alexis� voice in the darkness of the copter. �What�s next? Lucas is right. Stavros is coming and we better be ready for him.� �What happens next is up to Spencers old friends. I hope they care about him enough to help.� answered Stefan or we might all end up dead yet. Chapter 9 Back to Lucky's Hell |