Chapter 39 Three days after Helena�s death, Luke was no where to be found and his family was worried about even Carly. Carly and Jason had moved into the brownstone and was trying to keep Bobbie from worrying herself sick. Carly was trying to eat breakfast that morning but her mother activities in the kitchen were preventing it. Bobbie was taking everything out of her cabinets and cleaning them. �Mother, why don�t sit down?� Carly asked finally. �Sorry, I can�t. I have to much to do,� Bobbie said not pausing for a second to even look at Carly. Carly shook her head sadly and went back to her breakfast. A few moments later, there was a knock at the door. Bobbie rushed to the door and quickly opened it. She was disappointed to see Alex standing at the door. �Victor send you?� Bobbie said in a cool voice. Anna smiled and said, �No, he didn�t. I�m not here to see Carly but Robin. Is she here?� �Go away,� Bobbie, said trying to slam the door on Anna�s face when she realized that she mistook Anna for Alex. �Bobbie,� Anna said blocking the door to prevent it from being slammed in her face. �What? You want me to let you in my home. I don�t think so. Get out!� Bobbie said trying to slam the door again. �Damn it, Bobbie! I�m just here to see my daughter,� Anna snapped and she shoved the door open. �She isn�t here,� Carly said going to her mother�s side and blocking Anna�s pathway into the house. �So you can leave now!� Carly told Anna. �Where is she?� Anna demanded. �Do you care?� Bobbie snapped at her. �Yes, I care. I always cared. Now, where is Robin?� Anna demanded placing her hands on her hips. �At school,� Carly said as she shoved Anna backwards suddenly and slammed the door on her. Anna stood there looking at the door in frustration. She had figured that she was going to get a cold reception from Bobbie but she never dreamed that she would have the door slammed on her. Anna shook her head in frustration and then went to find her daughter. ************************************ Laura couldn�t live with Mikkos not after everything that happened. So she took a suite at the Port Charles hotel. Ms. Lansberry had gone with them to help with the kids and show to the family that she sided with Stefan. This morning, Ms. Lansberry was taking care of room serves when Laura walked into the main sitting area. �Morning,� Laura said and looked around at all the sad faces. Nikolas was sitting on the couch working on his class work but Laura could see he really wasn�t into it. She knew that he was trying to make a good show for his father�s sake. Lu sat on the floor playing with some blocks but the lifeless look on the little girl�s face told Laura that she wasn�t happy. Of course, Lu hadn�t slept in days and her faces showed it. As for Lucky, he stood by the window with this cold hard look on his face with his arms crossed his chest. Laura knew he was thinking about something but at this moment she didn�t know what it was. Ms. Lansberry put a plate near Nikolas and then one of the floor near Lu. �Breakfast,� the woman said in a cheery tone. �Mrs. Spencer, yours is ready as well.� �Thank you,� Laura said going to the cart. Ms. Lansberry took a plate to Lucky as well and placed in near him. �Bottomless pit are you eat today?� Ms. Lansberry asked the young man. Lucky didn�t reply. He just stood there glaring out the window. �Fine,� Ms. Lansberry said turning and giving Laura a sad look. Laura sighed and wondered what she was going to do if Luke really vanish for good. No one has seen him, and spite the fact that Robert, Sonny, and Jason have been looking for him from the moment he left the hospital after finding out that Ruby was his mother. Laura sat down took a bite of her toast and sipped her coffee. She was going to the hospital today to check on Stefan, even thought she knew that he wasn�t going to be awake yet. Alex had ordered that Stefan be sedated for awhile to give his ribs and body time to heal. After that she would slowly wake him up and take him off the ventilator. There was a knock at the door and Ms. Lansberry opened it. They were expected Alexis and Sonny this morning but it wasn�t this time. Standing at the door looking very tired worn out was Mikkos Cassadine. Lu looked at Mikkos and started to cry. She was so disappointed that it wasn�t her daddy. Nikolas glared at his grandfather and placed a loving hand on his shoulder. Lucky turned around saw Mikkos and stormed out of the room. �Hello,� Mikkos said walking into the room. Laura moved. She shoved Mikkos out of the room right then and closed the door behind her. �What are you trying to do? Destroy the rest of us?� Laura demanded. �Laura, you have me all wrong. I�m come to see how they are doing,� Mikkos said in a low but gentle voice. �How are they doing? Let�s see, Lu refuses to sleep and she most of the day. She wants her Daddy and I can�t find him for her. Nikolas is trying to hold his head high but it is hard with his father in the hospital. I mean, he knows the chances of Stefan walking again are slim. It hurts Nikolas and it shows on his face. Lucky is back to his anger stage thanks to you. He doesn�t talk and hardly eaten. I�m starting to worry about it him but the person I�m worried about more is Luke. I know him better then most people and I know hurting himself all because of you. I�ll tell you this Mikkos if I have to tell my children there father is dead. I�ll kill you myself,� Laura said and she shoved him backwards. At that moment, Sonny and Alexis showed up. �What in hell,� Alexis said rushing down the hall and blocking the door preventing her father from getting near it. �What are doing here?� Alexis demanded. �I have come to see my grandchildren,� Mikkos said getting really sick of being pushed around. �No, you come to cause trouble. Here,� Alexis said and she through a paper in his face. �What�s this?� Mikkos asked looking at it. �A restraining order to keep you and Victor away from all of us. You can have the money father, we don�t want it. We don�t want you either,� Alexis said glaring at him. �Time to leave, Cassadine,� Sonny said as she slowly pushed Mikkos towards the elevator. �Get off me,� Mikkos yelled shoving Sonny backwards. Then he turned to Alexis and Laura and said, �I didn�t set out to hurt anyone. I�m sorry that it didn�t work out that way. I was just trying to make amends for the past.� �To late, you did a lot of damage to all of us. So, leave,� Alexis said and with that she turned and headed into Laura�s suite with Laura right behind her. Lu was standing near the door and she looked up at her mother with wide scared eyes. �Where�s grandpa?� Lu asked. �Honey, I don�t think it a good time to talk to grandpa right now,� Laura said and she took the little girl into her bedroom. It wasn�t until later when Lu was calmed down and Laura and Nikolas were getting ready to go the hospital that Lucky came out of his room. He looked at Sonny and said in a cool voice. �You going to look for dad?� �Yeah, I�m meeting Jason and Robert at the club? Why?� Sonny asked. �I�m going with you. If any one can find him, I can,� Lucky said. �Lucky,� Laura started to say but Lucky turned and looked at with a very cool demeanor about him. �What? You don�t think I can find him? Well, I can because I know my father. I know what he is doing and I know how to help him. So, I�ll either go with Sonny or on my own,� Lucky said. Sonny, Alexis and Laura all looked at each other. They knew he wasn�t kidding about going out on his own. So, they all gave in and Sonny looked at Lucky. �Ok, you can come,� Sonny said. �Let�s go,� Lucky said. �Be good,� Laura said. �I will and Lucky looked at Lu. I�ll bring Daddy home tonight,� Lucky said and Sonny and him left. Alexis thought that was big promise and she wondered if Lucky could deliver. Laura had feeling Lucky knew or a very good idea where to find Luke. ********************************************* Lucky and Sonny arrived at the club where Robert and Jason were talking about locations Luke could be hiding at. Sonny sat down in one of the chairs and Robert pointed to Lucky. �What is he doing here?� Sonny asked. �He is helping you out,� Lucky said and he didn�t sit down. He walked to his father�s safe opened it. �What are doing?� Jason asked. Lucky didn�t reply at first he dug through the safe and then looked up at the four puzzled men. �He�s in town,� Lucky said. �You sure?� Sonny asked. �Yes,� Lucky said as got up and walked out of the office. The others went with him and Lucky went into the storage room. He looked in the crates and then called for Claude. Claude walked into the storeroom and Lucky asked, �Did you open this crate this week?� Lucky asked. Claude looked at the create and noticed it was Luke�s private stock. �Only your father drinks that stuff,� Claude said. �Thanks,� Lucky said and he turned to the others. �He was here. I know because the cash we keep in the safe is gone as well. Dad is hiding in hotel somewhere getting very drunk because several bottles are gone. �Ok, you wouldn�t have idea where to look?� Robert asked. �The Caddy outside?� Lucky asked. �Yeah,� Jason said. �Then he took a cab or is near by,� Lucky said. �I�ll call the cab companies,� Robert said and the group went back into the office. Lucky took out the phone book and made notes on all the hotels and dives in a ten block rates. He wasn�t going to go back to the hotel without his father and he was going to find him. **************************** Laura and Nikolas arrived at the hospital. Laura went to talk to Kevin and Nikolas went to spend some time with his father. Even though Stefan wouldn�t even realize that he in the room at this moment. Nikolas just needed some time a lone. Laura knocked on Kevin�s door and then went inside. �Laura,� Kevin said with a smile on his face greeting the woman warmly. �What can I do for you?� Laura sat down in a chair with a sad look on her face and said, �I need to talk and I think my kids do as well.� �I heard something was going on. You want to fill me in?� Kevin asked her as he sat back in his chair. Laura sighed and told him everything. Kevin listened and made several notes. �So, thinks kind blew up on you,� Kevin said after Laura was done talking. �You can say that. Lu doesn�t understand why everyone is upset. She likes Mikkos and wants to see him. Lucky is fighting a battle with himself. He wants to be loyal to his father but I see that Mikkos has gotten to him as well. Luke is angry and upset. I�m worried what he will do now that all of this comes out. Bad, enough that he is Mikkos son but to find out that Ruby is his mother. I think that is more then he can take at this moment,� Laura said with tears in her eyes. Kevin stood up and walked over to Laura handing her a Kleenex. �Laura, what do you think Luke will do?� �Self destruct. Kevin, the man that raised him beat him. He just found out that Ruby his mother had let it happen. You add Mikkos and getting out of prison and he is very close to edge that he hasn�t been his entire life. If Luke loose this fight and leaves or dies, what do I tell my chidden? How do I look into Lucky�s eyes and say his hero couldn�t deal with it? Lu hasn�t slept or eaten much in days because she wants her Daddy! How do I tell her that Daddy isn�t come back?� Laura asked. Kevin thought about this and asked, �Laura, if Luke was this close to the edge why didn�t say something before?� �I couldn�t. Luke is a proud person and he wouldn�t sit in your office or Gail no matter what was going on. Beside, it didn�t get worse until we found about Ruby then it blew up,� Laura said. �Well, I can�t help Luke until he comes to me but I can help Lucky and Lu. So, if you want me to go see them. I will,� Kevin said. �Thanks. We are at the Port Charles Hotel and thank you for putting up with my ranting,� Laura said. �Don�t worry about it,� Kevin said and he gave Laura a hug. ********************************* It was about two that afternoon when Lucky and the others found Luke. He was shacked up about two blocks from the club. Lucky had convinced Robert, Sonny and Jason to let him go in first. �You sure?� Sonny asked Lucky. �He will not hurt me. I know that for sure. I know deal with my father drunk,� Lucky said and he walked up the stairs to Luke�s room on the second floor. Lucky opened the door and found his father lying on the floor with a bottle in his hand. Lucky reached for the bottle and a drunk Luke tried to keep it. �I don�t think so,� Lucky and he easily took it way. Luke�s remarks were mumbled and Lucky had no idea what he was trying to say. Lucky tried to lift his father up but it was useless. He realized he was going to need the others after all. So, Lucky went to get them. Lucky, Sonny and Robert went up to Luke and they sent Jason out for coffee lots of it. Upstairs, Sonny and Robert picked Luke up off the floor and dragged him into the bathroom. There they ran cold water over the man. Luke fought to get free but as drunk as he was it was useless. By the time they got him a little more loused, Jason arrived with the coffee. Luke sat on the bed and the others shoved coffee down his throat. It took about an hour but Luke was finally able to talk. �Ok, get out,� Lucky said to his father�s friend. �You sure?� Sonny asked. �Yeah,� Lucky said. The fourteen-year-old watched as the others left the room and then turned to his father. �What do you think you are doing?� Lucky asked finally. �Cowboy, I�m the adult. I can get wasted if I wanted too,� Luke said. �Yeah, you can but you are hurting more then yourself by doing this. Did you know my sister has cried every night for you? Did you know that she refuses to eat until her daddy comes home?� Lucky asked his father. �That�s low,� Luke said glaring at his son. �Yeah it is but I have to hit your below the belt. I had spent two years waking up to nightmare that ever ended. I�m not doing it again. Now, I know it sucks finding out about Ruby after all this time. I can�t start even thinking about how I feel but drinking your life away isn�t going to help. I know because in away I was doing the same thing by getting mad. I fought with Sam and his friends and you were still in prison. I fought mom, Stefan and Nikolas and you were still in prison. Dad no matter how much you drink, Ruby will be your mother and Mikkos is your father. Now, you have to decide one thing! You can either run from this or face it. The father I know would face it,� Lucky said. Luke looked at Lucky and asked, �Where did you get so smart?� �I don�t know. I guess for two years. I was showing your blood line and now I�m showing mom�s,� Lucky said with smile on his face. Luke growled at him and stood up heading for the window. �How could she done this?� Luke asked. �I don�t know. Why don�t ask her?� Lucky asked. �I might kill her. That is why I left in the first place. I wanted to rip her part,� Luke admitted. �I know. It feels like someone kicked you in the gut. I felt that way when I walked in to find my mother and Stefan in the same bed together. It wasn�t something I wanted to see. I got mad and ran away. Dad, it doesn�t do any good,� Lucky said. �I know. I just don�t know if I can deal with either of them,� Luke said. �I hate to say this but I think you are going to have too. Lu likes Mikkos and I kind like him myself. I have this feeling there is something missing all of this. There is story that we don�t know. When we figure out what it is then maybe we can deal with the truth better,� Lucky said. Luke turned and looked at his son. �How do we know they are telling the truth?� Luke asked. �I don�t know that. I just know that something is missing. I my gut tells me that,� Lucky said. Luke thought about this and realized the kid was right. Getting drunk hadn�t changed anything. All it did was giving him a hang over from hell. Mikkos was still his old man and Ruby was his mother. So, Luke figured he had to face what was going on even if he hated the idea. Chapter 40 Back to A Father's Love |