Chapter 14 Luke was looking over the clothes in the hug walk in closet trying to figure out what to ware for dinner when Lucky popped his head around the corner. �Need help?� �I don�t� remember this many clothes,� Luke said turning to face his son. �You didn�t. Most of your stuff was burn when Helena tried make me a human torch,� Lucky said joking. �Sorry,� Luke said noticing the cold look in Lucky�s eye. �Don�t worry about. It�s over with,� Lucky said and he pulled down a dinner jacket and a turtleneck sweeter. �How about this?� Lucky asked. �Fine with me,� Luke said and he let Lucky finish picking out the clothes for him. �So, you show Bobbie and Robert around this place?� Luke asked. Most of it or the parts that aren�t secret,� Lucky said and he hit the back of Luke�s closet to show a secret passage. �Where does it go?� Luke asked. �Show you after everyone is in bed,� Lucky said grinning then he closed it again. �I bet you know every nook of this place,� Luke said. �Most of it,� Lucky said sitting on the bed watching as Luke got dressed. Most of Luke�s room was full of odds and ends that he picked up in their travels around the world. You add the fact that his entire record collect was plaster on the walls. The room just didn�t fit in with the rest of the house. Lucky figured that is why he felt more at home in Luke�s room then anywhere else on the island. �Well, I want you to show me all you know,� Luke said finishing getting dressed. �What do you think?� �Not bad,� Lucky said and the two of them headed down stairs to join the others. Luke and Lucky were walking down the hall when they spotted Lu standing in the hall looking up a stuffed grizzly bear, �What�s wrong?� Luke asked noticing the look of fear in his daughter�s eyes. �I don�t like him. He wants to eat me,� Lu cried. �Oh, we can�t have that,� Luke said and he shoved on the bear and it moved. �Let me take care of him,� Luke said to Lu and he started to move it down the hall. Luke was looking for a place to stick it when a maid walked by. �Can I help you?� she asked. �Yeah, find a place to stick this creature. He scares my daughter,� Luke said point to Lu. Who was hiding behind her brother still looking at the bear like it was alive! �Yes, sir,� the maid said and she started to push it way. �There problem solved,� Luke said and he picked up Lu and placed her on his shoulders. �Ready?� Luke asked Lu. �Yes,� Lu said with a bright smile on her face as Luke punched her up and down and headed down the hall. **************************************** Downstairs the room was full with tension; Bobbie, Robert, and Sonny all felt like outsides. The only person that was just as tense as they were was Stefan. He was having a problem with Laura ex-husband living in the same house as him. Bobbie looked up when she heard laughed and then Luke and the kids came down stairs. Bobbie smiled because this the first time she had seen Luke or any of them really happy at least over the past two years. Stefan rolled his eyes and whispered to Laura. �Does he have act like that?� �Stefan, give it a break,� Laura said. Right now she was happy to see kids smile and she really didn�t need Stefan destroy it for them. Luke stopped in front of Laura picked Lu up high over his head and pretended to drop her but caught her at the last moment before handing over to her mother. �Have fun?� Laura asked hugging her daughter. �Yeah, and Daddy got rid of that bad bear,� Lu said with a smile on her face. �What bad bear?� Mikkos asked. �The bear outside my room. It tried to eat me,� Lu said. �Well, I make sure it will not it again,� Mikkos said smiling at Lu. Luke looked at Stefan and noticed the guy wasn�t about all of this but he hadn�t commented about it either. A few moments later, Ms. Lansberry walked in and said dinner was ready. Everyone started toward the dinning hall together. �You get hold of Ruby?� Luke asked Bobbie as they went to the dinning hall. �Yeah, and she will not come to you. You have to go to her,� Bobbie said giving her brother a sad smile. �How she feeling?� Luke asked. �She says fine but I know from the times have saw her that this has been hard on her,� Bobbie said. �Well, I see her tomorrow,� Luke said. Luke had sat down between Lucky and Lu spite Mikkos insisting that he sit by him. One of the maids placed a bowl of soup in front of all of them. Lu looked at the soup and turned her nose up at it. �What�s wrong?� Luke asked. �It cold,� Lu said. �It is suppose to be,� Laura said. �I don�t� want it cold,� Lu complained. �Leslie Lu do have to do this every night?� Stefan asked her. �Please eat what is front of you.� �NO,� Lu said and she crossed her arms getting this stubborn look on her face. �I�ll be right back,� Luke said and he got up took Lu�s soup with him. �Where is he going?� Stefan asked. Laura didn�t know but it was interesting to find out. Luke walked into the kitchen found the microwave and to shock the entire staff. He put the bowl in and hit a button. Then he walked to the frige and took out some cheese and butter. �Ah, pardon me, Mr. Spencer. What are doing?� the cook asked as she walked up to Luke. �Fixing Lu a grilled cheese,� Luke said and he walked over grabbed to bread and started to cook. The cook watched him. She never knew anyone in this family knew where the kitchen was let alone cooked. Luke came out a little while later. He placed the warm soap in front of Lu and the sandwiches. �There you go,� Luke said to his daughter. �Thanks,� Lu said with a bright smile on her face and she dipped part of her cheese into the soup. �Was this that hard?� Luke asked Stefan. �It is spoiling her,� Stefan said. �I say it is common sence,� Luke said and he picked spoon and ate. He hated to admit it but Lu�s dinner a lot better then his did at this moment. The rest of the dinner went on without much more trouble. Lu�s nanny took her to bed a little while later. Luke, Robert and Sonny stood outside in the cool night air. Lucky had gotten a phone call was up his room talking to Emily at this moment. �I don�t think Lu or Lucky like Stefan,� Robert laughed. �I don�t think so either,� Luke said as he puffed on his cigar. It felt good being in the night air. Luke had forgotten what it was like being out side during this time. It was nice and quiet. He was enjoying it. Robert and Sonny saw the lost look on Luke�s face. �You ok?� Robert asked finally. �What?� Luke said coming back to reality. �Are you ok?� Sonny asked smiling at his friend. �Yeah, I just realized the last time I saw stars,� Luke said with a smile on his face. �Well, enjoy it,� Robert said and he looked at his watch and noticed it was late. �I think I�ll go find Bobbie and we head home.� �Yeah, I�ll join you,� Sonny said. �Alright. I walk you down to the launch and then me and Lucky are going to go looking around,� Luke said with a smile on his face. �Be careful,� Robert said and the three men headed back inside. Luke walked into the house after walking the others to the launch. He walked past Mikkos office and noticed the lights were on. Victor and Mikkos were sitting around sipping port wine and talking. Luke listened in but gave it up when he realized they were talking about their childhood. As he walked toward the main stairs to go up stairs, Luke noticed Laura standing in front of the fire place crying. �Angel?� Luke called out in a worried tone of voice. �You ok?� �Yeah,� Laura said brushing the tears off her cheeks quickly. Luke moved closer to her. Lifted her hand gently upwards so their eyes met and said, �You never could lie to me. What�s wrong?� Laura smiled a sad smile and pointed to the picture. �You would think I was happy when that done,� Laura said with a lost look on her face. �Weren�t you?� Luke asked. She was lovely then as is now. It was hard believe that she lived half her life with him. He never felt like really earned that right to have her. She was just to perfect for him. �No, I wasn�t. I didn�t look like that. That was done right after my wedding night and right after Stavors almost beat me to death. The artist used some pictures of me to cover up my bruise,� Laura cried. �Angel,� Luke said as he pulled into his arms and held her. �It�s over now. He isn�t here,� Luke promised her. �I know but sometimes I still hear him,� Laura said with her head resting on his shoulder. �That picture doesn�t help to chase those monsters way does it?� Luke asked her. �No, I see it and hear him and feel him,� Laura said almost getting sick by just thinking about it at that moment. �Then we take care of the problem,� Luke said and walked to the picture and took down. Laura looked at him with a puzzled and almost scared look on her face. �This isn�t you? This isn�t what you should have been,� Luke told her and ran foot right threw the center of the picture. Luke broke the picture up into pieces and he put the pieces into the fire. He then walked to Laura pulled her into his arms and said, �It is over. Stavors is dead and he can�t hurt you. No one here can hurt you because I�ll never let them,� Luke promised her. At first Laura forgot they weren�t married and she had right be in his arms but then slowly it hit her and she pulled back from him. �I shouldn�t have turn to you,� she said finally. �Why because we not married. Angel, I never forget that but I told you that was decision and I promised to live with it. It doesn�t matter if I�m in prison or out. I will tell you this. I will always be there to protect you,� Luke said and he kissed her on the cheek and then went to stairs. �Why did I give you up?� she asked herself when Luke was gone. Then she to headed up to stairs herself wondering what had happened? Why did she stop loving Luke because he was in prison but the moment he was back! She felt the need to be with him. She also knew she gave that right up when she walked away from him when he needed her the most. Chapter 15 Back to A Father's Love |