| Chapter Twenty Three � �Life slowly goes on� Lucky painted for over an hour. When he stopped, Lucky slept for over twenty- four hours. He woke with the slightest memory of the conversation with his father on how he got hurt. Luke and Robert only told him part of the story. They were watching him for any more signs of brain washing. Since, Lucky was better, Luke couldn�t keep Michael at bay any more. He started to spend time with both Lake and Lucky, while he had their fathers jumping through hoops. Luke was fighting his urge to kill the old man, but Robert kept reminding him of the plan. They had time on their side and nothing but. Michael demanded that both men learned the entire operation from the ground up. Luke was reading every dirty deal and scam those two snakes ever did and Robert was going over all the hidden operations they ran. Neither of them spent too much time with the boys. Mac and Michael were at the lake and they were trying to get Lucky to join them on the jet skis. He wasn�t having any of it. �No, man forget it! I�m not going out on the water.� He said backing up. The three of them just stared at him. Luke and Robert stopped by that day and over heard him. Luke could have guest why Lucky didn�t want to go in the water. �Let me guess. Cassadines wouldn�t let you swim in their fancy pool?� Luke asked him as he got closer. �No. Not that.� Lucky said backing up a little more. �What happened Lucky?� Luke asked him �When I first got to the island Stefan talked me into learning to swim. I was doing real good until Stavros showed up. He�� Lucky stopped and started back up the bank. �Cowboy, you can�t run from him forever.� Luke said placing his hand on his shoulder. �What did that SOB do?� �I was learning to hold my breath under water. Stavros grabbed me and held me under. I think he really wanted to kill me. I never went near the water again. Every time any of them tried to get me close to the water, Stavros would just pop up. He acted like he couldn�t wait to do it again. I never gave him the chance. I take showers for that reason.� Lucky said looking back at the lake. �You want to learn?� Michael asked him. �Yes, but�� Lucky started to say. �No buts. I�ll teach and we�ll go at your pace. I promise I�m not going to drown you.� Michael said holding out his hand. Luke was about to protest but the look Michael gave him cut him off. This wasn�t the time to push any of his buttons. Lucky slowly joined the group. Luke thought for a second that Michael wasn�t all that bad, but the information he read over the past weeks came back and changed his mind. �This man is a killer, so don�t let him con you other wise.� Luke cursed to himself. Robert grabbed Luke�s arm and they headed back up the hill. Robert couldn�t believe that Stavros could be so cruel. �I wonder what kind of parents Helena and Mikkos were to raise a son like that,� he thought to himself. Chapter 24 Back to Secret Past |