Chapter Two Laura stood outside the burn unit waiting for Jeff Webber to come out a talk to her about Lucky�s condition. �What is taking him so long?� Laura asked as she paced the floor. �Laura, he hasn�t been in there that long. Jeff will tell us something soon,� Ruby said. �She�s right,� Carly said to her aunt as she sat beside Lu and Lucas keeping them busy while everyone waited. Carly Roberts was the daughter Bobbie gave up back when she was a hooker in Florida. As Luke was being convicted, Bobbie and Tony�s marriage was falling a part. Bobbie started thinking of the child that she gave up and hired a private detective to her. He did and Carly has been living with her mother ever since. Laura doesn�t like Carly. Carly was to interested in Lucky for some reason and having her around now just made things worse for Laura then better. Laura blamed a lot of Lucky�s anger on Carly. It was like she was feeding the boy a pack of lies about her. �How do you know?� Laura snapped at Carly. �Laura,� Ruby sculled. �That is enough!� Laura sighed and looked at Carly. �I�m sorry. I�m just worried,� Laura said and she went to stand at the window for a while. Fighting with any of Luke�s family was useless. She would be the bad guy no matter what. So, Laura just dropped it all together. Inside, Jeff was checking out Lucky�s burns after a few hours of soaking in a special cleaning solution. Lucky had his eyes closed and Jeff could tell the kid was in pain. Jeff smiled at Lucky and said, �Well, it isn�t as bad as we first thought.� Bobbie patted Lucky on the back and said, �Open your eyes.� Lucky did and he noticed that his skin was red and parts of it were peeling but other then that it looked okay to him. �It still hurts,� Lucky told them. �It will but it isn�t a third degree burn. You have a minor second-degree burn on your legs and your hands were burnt a bit more then that but not much. I would say in about a week or so. You should be feeling better,� Jeff promised Lucky as he lifted Lucky�s legs up and started to wrap them. �That means I�ll be here awhile?� Lucky asked Jeff. �Afraid so,� Jeff said patting Lucky on the good part of his leg. �Well, it is better then going home,� Lucky, said as he laid his had back and closed his eyes again. Jeff and Bobbie gave each other knowing looks. Lucky through a fit when Laura came near him earlier and they figured all of this had to do with Stefan. So far neither adult addressed the problem but the knew sooner or later it was going to have to be done. �I�ll finish up,� Bobbie told Jeff. �You go tell the others the good news.� �Sure,� Jeff said figuring Bobbie was going to take this time to talk to Lucky. Bobbie watched Jeff leave and then she looked at her nephew and asked, �What�s wrong?� �Besides someone trying to turn me into a flaming torch?� Lucky asked his aunt his voice laced in sarcasm. �Yeah, besides that,� Bobbie said finishing up the job and helping Lucky getting settled more in the bed. Lucky placed his wrapped hands on his chest and looked at his aunt with a cold cynical look on his face. �Did you know mother is moving in with Stefan now?� Lucky asked his aunt. �No, when did she decide that?� Bobbie asked pulling up a chair and sitting down beside Lucky. �Don�t ask me. She was packing things up before this happened. She was throwing away all of dad�s things or most of it. I bet she even trashed his CD collection,� Lucky said in a hard cold toned voice. �Lucky, they are divorced and I don�t see Luke getting out any time soon. It takes time for appeals process to work and without any new evidence we don�t have much hope,� Bobbie told Lucky. �I know that but she didn�t even talk to me about this. She just did it. I don�t get a vote in this. I just have to do what she says,� Lucky said slamming his head against the pillow. �You sure she didn�t try to?� Bobbie asked him. �What do you mean?� Lucky snapped at his aunt lifting his head and glaring at her coldly. �Oh, I don�t know. Every time I go over to the house to see you. You have your head stuck under some earphones or you�re not even around. Lucky, you have made it very hard for any of us to talk to you. Maybe Laura tried to talk but you just weren�t around to hear her,� Bobbie told her nephew as she messed his hair up. Lucky thought about this and maybe his aunt was right. He was spending a lot of time with Emily or just about anyone he could think off just to stay away from home. Maybe his mother did try to tell him but he wasn�t around to hear her. �You think so?� Lucky asked Bobbie. �Yeah, I do. I think you should start listening to her. This has been hard on all of us not just you. I have to go to bed thinking about my brother in prison. I just can�t pick up a phone any more to talk to him when things get bad. Ruby has to live with the fact that Luke might not be out to look after things when she is gone. Then Laura had to take both roles as father and mother. She might not be able to do it alone. So, leaning on Stefan is her only way of surviving any of this,� Bobbie said to Lucky as she brushed his hair out his eyes. �But why Stefan?� Lucky asked rolling his eyes at the thought of the guy. �Because Stefan raised Nikolas and maybe she sees something in him that some people don�t. She did with your father,� Bobbie told Lucky. �Dad�s different,� Lucky snapped. �Yeah, because he is your father but that doesn�t mean he didn�t have his faults. He did and a lot of people really think he killed Damian,� Bobbie told Lucky. �Could you not remind me,� Lucky said rolling his eyes. �Sorry,� Bobbie said giving Lucky a quick hug. �All I�m trying to tell you is give your mother a break. She has had a hard time and maybe if you two sit down and talk. You might be able to work this out.� Bobbie kissed Lucky then on the cheek then she left the kid alone to think. Bobbie exited the room and found Laura hovering by the door. �You can go in but do me a favor and go easy on him,� Bobbie said giving Laura a small smile. �I will,� Laura said and she went in the room to talk to Lucky. Bobbie walked to where Stefan was standing right then and pointed a finger at him. �You do anything to harm that boy and I�ll destroy you,� Bobbie told him. �Hurting Lucky is like hurting Lasha,� Stefan said. �Yeah, but Lucky is Luke�s son and he isn�t going to take living with you lightly. Lucky might push you to hard but you even think about pushing him. Just remember I�ll be watching and I will not allow you to harm a hair on that boy�s head,� Bobbie said and with that she headed down the all to find Carly. She thought the girl would be waiting for her but at the moment she couldn�t see Carly anywhere. Carly was in a supply room on her cell phone. �Yes, father, the burns aren�t that bad. They think Lucky should be out at least by the end of the mouth,� Carly said. �What? No, Helena hasn�t showed up, yet. Yes, I�ll stick around to keep an eye out for her. What? Yes, tell Uncle Mikkos that I�ll keep an eye on Lucky.� Carly hung up the phone then and left the supply room. Moments later Carly ran into her mother. �Where did you run off to?� Bobbie asked Carly. �Stefan was starting to get to me,� Carly said smiling at her mother. �You sound like Lucky. Where is Lucas?� Bobbie asked. �In the play room down the hall,� Carly said. �Well let�s go get him and go to the park or something. Lucky is resting and he should be alright now,� Bobbie said. �You sure?� Carly said. She really didn�t like the idea of leaving Lucky alone at least until Mikkos arrived anyway. �Yes, I�m sure,� Bobbie, said getting this puzzled look on her face. Carly always felt like spending time with Lucky. Bobbie didn�t understand it but figured it had to do with her feeling abandoned. She would have never guessed the real reason. �Mom, I just don�t think we should leave Lucky now. Uncle Luke would want someone to sick around Lucky. How about you go and I�ll stay here,� Carly offered. �You sure?� Bobbie asked Carly. �Yes, I�m sure,� Carly said giving her mother a quick hug and then she went back to stand by Lucky�s door. Bobbie shrugged her shoulders then went to find Lucas. She didn�t give Carly�s actions another thought. She just went to spend time with Lucas. Talking to Lucky got her to think about her son. Tony and her were fighting a lot and she knew all of that had to affect Lucas some how. She was hoping it prevent all the pain in her son that Lucky had in him at moment and she wasn�t thinking about the pain he felt from being burnt. Chapter 3 Back to A Father's Love |