| Chapter 17 Saturday came and Lucky was glad his first week of school was over with. He had a feeling it was going to be a very long year. This evening Nikolas and Gia were coming over to talk about their wedding. Lucky was just finished getting dressed when his mother popped her head into his room and said, �Lucky go down and keep an eye on your father. He is acting very strange.� �Sure,� Lucky said and he went down stairs. Lucky was just on the stairway when his heart leaped into his throat. Luke was sitting in the middle of the room with a broke piece of glass in his hand. He was trying to hold his bad arm still so he could cut his wrist. �Dad!� Lucky yelled and he rushed to his father�s side and tried to pull the glass from his hand. Luke fought Lucky. He was ready to die. He didn�t want to live like this any more and didn�t care who he hurt by ending it. �Let go!� Luke cursed as he tried to fight Lucky. �No,� Lucky yelled and fought harder for his father�s life. �Damn it,� Luke cursed and out of desperation. Luke bit into Lucky�s arm, which was so happened was near his father�s mouth at the time. Lucky let out this blood-curling scream that brought everyone running. Including Stefan, Bobbie, Nikolas, Gia, BJ and Lucas who were all getting off the elevator about that time. �What is going on?� Stefan demanded as he burst into the room. �Help,� Lucky cried trying to get his arm away from his father�s mouth without letting go of Luke�s hand. Stefan and Nikolas rushed to Lucky�s aid and soon the three of them managed to pull the glass out of Luke�s hand. �Luke, what are you doing?� Bobbie demanded. �Get out and let me die!� Luke yelled trying to grab for the glass from Stefan�s hand. Laura and Lu were on the stairs watching all of this. Lu started to cry and Laura lost her temper. �Stefan, get my kids out of here!� Laura ordered. �Mom,� Lucky said unsure what his mother was up to. �Lucky, don�t fight me on this. Take your sister and leave,� Laura ordered Lucky. Lucky never saw his mother this mad before. He decided not to fight her. So, he walked to the stairs and took Lu�s hand and started to leave the room. Everyone else turned to walk out as well. Laura turned to face Luke. �Mrs. Carlson, call Mikkos. Tell him to come and get his son. I don�t care what he does with him,� Laura said coldly looking down at Luke. Luke went from complete out raged to total shock. �Angel?� Luke said stunned that she would actually do that. �Don�t, Angel me!� Laura snapped as she stood standing over him. �I have put up a hell of a lot from you these past few days but this was the last straw.� Laura yelled as she walked to the fireplace and pulled off their second wedding picture. �Do you remember when we got married?� Laura demanded. Luke didn�t look at her. He never seen her this mad at him before and really didn�t know how to act. Laura stormed to where Luke was gripped his chin and forced him to look at her. �Look at me!� she yelled. Their eyes locked. Luke felt two inches tall at that very moment. �Do you remember what you promised me when we got married?� she asked him. �Yes,� Luke said his voice hardly above a whisper. �Say it,� Laura yelled. �I swore to you on our children�s lives that I would never run out on you again,� Luke said. �Then why in hell are you doing it!� Laura yelled and she threw the picture she was holding across the room. The frame and glass shattered in millions of pieces as it hit the wall. �Laura, I can�t live this way,� Luke said sounding tired and very worn out. Laura didn�t care. She had hit her limit with him. �You can�t? Well I�m not living like this. You want to kill herself. You are not going to do this in this house with my children around. Let your father deal with you,� Laura snapped. �Laura, you don�t have to live like this. I do!� Luke said. �Oh, you want pity from me? I�m sorry you aren�t getting it. Our son was in your shoes remember? I saw him craw across the floor to get in his chair. He didn�t sit there and yell or snap at anyone trying to help him. He didn�t roll over your hand when you tried to help him learn to move his arms again. He put up with it! You on the other hand have treated me like dirty, you ran over your son�s hand and your daughter is to scared to even look at you. Luke, I have had it. You want to end your life then do it without me,� Laura snapped and she took of her wedding ring and threw it at him. Laura was walking to the kitchen when she heard Lucky say, �Alexis, I want you start the paper work. I�m going to change my name to Cassadine because if Luke Sr. doesn�t give a damn to live then I don�t want to be his son.� Laura had heard the tears and pain in her son�s voice. She didn�t need to turn around to face him. �Same here,� came Lu�s small voice. If watching his wife walk away from him wasn�t bad enough then having his kids turn their backs on him shoved Luke over the edge. Luke turned his chair towards his wife and begged. �Please don�t leave me?� Laura stopped turned around to face him. Across from her were the other members of the family. Laura hadn�t realized it until that moment that none of them even bothered to get out of the room before she laid into Luke. Laura fought the tears in her eyes at the sight of her children and stood straight as she asked, �That depends on you? Are you going to fight or are you going to give up?� �I�ll fight,� Luke said calmly but he wasn�t calm. It wasn�t until that moment he realized how much he hurt his kids and wife. All during this time Luke couldn�t get past himself. His pain? He never once thought about what they were going through. Now he saw their pain and realized if they were willing to fight with him then he should fight as well. �Not good enough, Luke. You are going to have to show me. Mrs. Carlson, I�m going to supper with my son and my family to celebrate his up coming wedding. Please keep an eye on my husband,� Laura said and she picked up her purse and walked towards the door. Laura left Luke alone to think not only about what he said and did but what he had to do to prove to her that he meant what he said. He was going to fight. He was going to stop feeling sorry for himself. *********************** Dinner was about Nikolas and Gia. Oh, they tried to talk about Luke and what happened but Laura wasn�t having any of it. She really was to warn out to talk about Luke any more. It was up to him on what happened next. All Laura cared about at that moment was about Nikolas and Gia and their wedding. �So, when is the date?� Laura asked. Nikolas and Gia both smiled at each other and Nikolas said, �December 24th,� Nikolas said laughing. �Why that date?� Laura asked puzzled wondering if it met anything to Nikolas or Gia. �Grandfather has the entire Port Charles Russian house reserved for a family Christmas party. Everything else is booked up for at least a year. So, we turned Christmas into our wedding,� Nikolas said smiling. �That doesn�t give you much time to plan,� Stefan said to the couple. �Only close family and friends are invited anyway so it really doesn�t matter,� Gia said smiling. �So, no big fancy wedding?� Lucky asked. �No, one big wedding this year was enough for me,� Gia said cringing at the memories of the summer in Russia. �I agree,� Bobbie said thinking a small wedding would be a nice change. �It is your wedding,� Stefan said very willing to do anything Nikolas and Gia wanted. He was in enough hot water with Gia after his stunt with the wedding planner. Laura liked the idea as well and the group talked on about what Nikolas and Gia had planned not only for their wedding but the baby as well. ************************* Laura and the kids arrived home to find Luke sitting up waiting for them. Lucky and Lu went up with out even a good night to their father and all Laura did was go to him and start pushing him back to his room. �You need to use the restroom before I put you to bed?� Laura asked coldly. �No, Mrs. Carlson did that earlier,� Luke, said figuring he was still in the doghouse and there was no need for him to even bother trying to talk to her now. It wouldn�t do him any good. �Good,� Laura said coldly and she helped Luke into his bed and then without a kiss good night she left. Luke sighed and looked up at the ceiling. He messed up he knew that but was this cold shoulder treatment necessary? Had he been that bad? *************************** Kristina sat there listening to Mikkos tell her about her mother and their life together. �You knew your wife was like that but you went a head and risked loving my mother anyway. Didn�t you love her?� Kristina asked coldly. �Yes, I loved her. Kristina, what you have to understand is it wasn�t me loving your mother that got her killed. It was her having you. Helena didn�t care that I loved another woman. She just wanted to be the only one that carried my child,� Mikkos said coldly. He couldn�t help it. Thinking about Helena and all the pain she caused the people she loved brought out the worst in him. �So, your saying my mother died because of me?� Kristina said feeling hurt and dejected. �No, she died because Helena was a cold heart witch that only cared about herself,� Mikkos said his voice laced with rage. Ruby looked at Mikkos and asked, �Mikkos, can you give us a few moments?� �Sure,� Mikkos said and he stood up kissed Ruby, who smiled at him. Mikkos then turned and walked out of the room. Ruby got up then and moved close to Kristina. Ruby smiled warmly as she sat down. �Kristina, Mikkos isn�t telling you this to hurt you. He really thought Helena had killed you when you were a baby. I can see her taking joy in his pain that is the type of woman she was. She loved hurting everyone around her because she couldn�t feel love. Mikkos can and that is why he fell in love with your mother. Don�t condemn him for it just like she did. He has been hurt enough!� This was a lot for Kristina to take in at one time. She got up and stood looking out the window. �I don�t know what to believe? I found out when I turned eighteen that my adopt family got me from an illegal adoption agency. I still haven�t gotten over that bit of news and now you are dumping all of this on me. I don�t know if I want to have a father or a family,� Kristina said sadly. Ruby nodded her head and said, �How you take time to think about all this? Because you are right it is a lot but all I ask is that you don�t cut all ties just like that.� Ruby said. �Deal,� Kristina said and she gathered her things and left. Mikkos came out of his office and said, �I guess she doesn�t want anything to do with me.� �No, not quite. She needs time to think and I don�t blame her. It is a lot to take in for anyone,� Ruby said and she got up and hugged Mikkos. Mikkos smiled and said, �At least she didn�t deck me.� �Good point,� Ruby said laughing and they sat down on the couch together and enjoyed the rest of their evening. Chapter 18 Back to Affairs of the Heart |