Chapter 20 Helena�s yacht was docked some where in the south of France. Ari found Helena sitting on the deck watching the sun set. �You have a call,� Ari said. �Thank you,� Helena said and she picked up the phone that was near her. �How did go?� �I got caught just as you thought I would,� Lu�s nanny said as she stood in a phone booth near the docks. �Luke show up?� Helena asked. �Yes, he did. He acted just as you said he would. So did, Ms. Davis,� the nanny replied. �Nice two birds one stone. You did very good job. You may go back to your other position now,� Helena said. �What about the children?� the nanny asked. �They will be returned,� Helena said and she hung up the phone. The nanny stood holding the phone with a sickening feeling growing in her stomach. She had hurt a child that was placed in her care to save two children that were placed in her care. She didn�t think she won either way because no matter what she was going to have to live with what she had done. Helena looked over at Ari who stood near by. �Make sure Mikkos finds out who the woman worked for. I want him to know that I can get to him at any time,� Helena said to Ari. �Yes, Mrs. Cassadine,� Ari said and he started to turn around. �What wrong Ari?� Helena asked. Ari stopped and turned around. �I am confused. I don�t understand why are allowing Mikkos to know what you are doing?� Ari asked. �Simple, Mikkos will pull his children closer the more I attack. They will be forced to live with each other. I don�t see them getting along to well and with Luke just out of prison. I don�t think he is in the mood to take many orders. All I have to do is push his buttons enough and he will erupt and Mikkos will be around to deal with the aftermath,� Helena said with a cold smile. �Aren�t you worried that they will find you?� Ari asked. �Mikkos knows where I am and he knows who I ran to. No, right now he is being good because of his deal with WSB. He will come at me but not yet. Not until he gets what he wants by then I will be ready for the next stage of his destruction,� Helena said. �I hope thinks work out as you see it,� Ari said and he turned and walked away. Helena just let him go and went back to the sunset. She smiled at the idea of Mikkos, Victor and Luke living in the same house. She wondered how Stefan was doing with all of this. *************************************************** Carly arrived at the house just a few moments after Stefan went up with Alexis. Mikkos and Victor had already headed into the den to talk and Alex was just coming down the stairs with a puzzled look on her face. Carly pointed to the two maids cleaning up and asked Alex, �What I miss?� �I don�t know what happened her. I have been up taking care of Lu,� Alex said. �What�s wrong with Lu?� Carly asked fearing the child had gotten sick again. �Her nanny was beating her with a belt and Luke walked in on it,� Alex said. �The nanny still breathing?� Carly asked. She heard of her Uncle/Cousin�s temper from her mother. He was noted to be very over protective of his children. �Yeah, I think she has been let go but she is still breathing,� Alex said as she joined Carly at the foot of the stairs. �Mr. Cassadine in the den?� Alex asked one of the maids. �Yes, Mrs. Cassadine,� the maid said looking up from her work. �Thank you,� Alex said and she looked at Carly and said, �Let�s go talk to your father and see what happened here. The two women walked into the den and found Mikkos and Victor sitting around talking about the events that just happened. �What is going on with Alexis?� Alex asked her husband. �I don�t know. She just looks freaked. Stefan let you near her?� Victor asked his wife standing up just a bit as her and Carly took seats beside him. �No, he told me flat out that I was not needed,� Alex said. �That boy. What is gotten into him?� Mikkos demanded. �I told you what is wrong with him. You let him run the family for to long. He thinks he still does,� Victor replied. He never liked Stefan. He was too much of creepy for him as a kid and he is worse now that he is older. �You might be right,� Mikkos said thinking about what he should do with Stefan. While he was lost in thought Alex told them about Lu and the events that surrounded the nanny. This pulled Mikkos out of his thoughts about Stefan and towards her. �How is she?� �She is upset of course but I think she will be ok. Luke is brewing. So, I would watch what you say to him for awhile,� Alex said grinning at both Victor and Mikkos. �We will,� Victor said suddenly getting an idea what was wrong with Alexis. �Mikkos, you don�t think what happened upstairs had anything to do with what set Alexis off? Do you?� �It might have. She was hurt a lot because of Helena and some of this does sound familiar,� Mikkos said sadly. �Yeah, to familiar. I think I�ll check into the nanny�s past a bit and while I�m at it. I�ll see what the other members of this staff have to hide,� Victor said getting up kissing his wife and looking at his daughter. �You sticking around?� �For awhile,� Carly said. �Good. I�ll be right back,� Victor said and he went off toward the office. Mikkos was looking towards the door and Alex touched him on the arm and said, �It wouldn�t hurt to try to see her.� �Yeah,� Mikkos said patting Alex�s hand and then he got up and left the room. Carly was watching him leave and Alex looked at her and asked, �You have something on your mind?� �Don�t you think Mikkos is going about this the wrong way?� Carly asked Alex. �You mean all of us in one house?� Alex asked. �Yeah, I mean. I got the bodyguards and I know the dangers. I choose to live with Jason all the same. Mikkos is pulling everyone close isn�t that wishing for something to happen,� Carly said grinning. �I know but he wants to make up for past mistakes,� Alex said. �Well, let�s hope he isn�t making new ones,� Carly said. �I agree,� Alex said. ****************************************************** Upstairs Nikolas and Lucky both over heard the staff talking about what just happened and they went to check on their sister. They walked in Lu�s room to find Laura rocking the child in her arms with Luke leaning against the dresser with a soar look on his face. �How is she?� Nikolas asked. �She will be fine,� Laura said kissing Lu on the nose. Lu just looked up at her mother with her fingers shoved in her mouth. �What happened? Didn�t you check her out before turning Lu over to her?� Lucky demanded of his mother. �I little busy worrying about you. I just didn�t think,� Laura said eyeing Lucky coldly. �Yeah, I heard that one before,� Lucky snapped. �Lucky, not now,� Laura begged. �I hard that to. I guess you can�t think of all kids at one time. It is little bit much of you,� Lucky snapped. �Well, Sorry I�m human,� Laura snapped at him. �No, your just worst mother in the world,� Lucky said. �Enough, Lucky,� Luke snapped hitting the side of the dresser with his fist. �You don�t have any right talking to your mother that way,� Luke told him. �You don�t even know what�s going on,� Lucky snapped and with that he turned and stormed out of the room. Luke looked at Laura and asked, �Where did that chip come from?� �I caused it,� Laura said and she got up out of the rocker and stood out on the Terries rocking Lu in her arms. Luke was puzzled and looked at Nikolas and asked, �What am I missing?� �Two years,� Nikolas said and he went to stand by his mother. ****************************************************** Stefan was sitting by Alexis' bedside when there was a knock at her door. �Stefan, open up,� Mikkos demanded. Alexis gripped Stefan�s arm tight and looked at him wide scared eyes. �Don�t let him lock me away,� she begged. �I won�t. You just rest,� Stefan said giving Alexis a reassuring smile then he went to the door. Stefan opened the door and quickly stepped through before Mikkos even had a chance to utter a word to Alexis. �What do you want?� Stefan demanded as he closed the door behind him. �I come to see if my daughter was ok,� Mikkos said not liking Stefan�s tone of voice at all. �Your daughter? That rich, since when has see been your daughter?� Stefan demanded of his father. Mikkos looked like he had just been hit in the gut. �Stefan, I am trying here. I know I messed up but I am your father. You should show me some respect,� Mikkos said finally. Stefan smiled a cold smile and bowed slightly to his father. �As you wish,� Stefan said in a mocking tone of voice. Stefan had turned and was just about to go back inside when Mikkos grabbed him by the arm and forced him to turn around. �Don�t walk away from me,� Mikkos snapped having enough of his son�s disrespect. �Don�t touch me,� Stefan snapped pulling free of his father. �Don�t you ever touch me again.� �Stefan, I wasn�t going to hurt you. I�m not going to hurt Alexis. I just want to make up for what I did,� Mikkos pleaded with his son. Stefan laughed but it wasn�t glee out of him but disgust. �It isn�t what you did but what you didn�t do. You didn�t stop her. You just hid way and took your sluts to bed with you. So, if you think saying I�m proud of me and claming Alexis now is going to make up for all of that. You are wrong. Dead wrong! As for respect, I will help you with family because that is my responsibility but that is where it ends. I will look after Alexis and my son. You just stay away from them,� Stefan snapped and with that he walked back into Alexis room. Mikkos stood there feeling very guilty at this moment. He knew Stefan was angry with him but it wasn�t until that moment that he realized how angry. Now he was wondering if he could make it up to them or was it late. Had he let go too far for to long? Chapter 21 Back to A Father's Love |