Chapter 25 The day of Laura�s party at Luke�s, Lucky was going to pick up his flying lessons. Luke and Laura were both busy with getting things ready for the party. So, Stefan offered to take Lucky to the airport. BJ wanted to take some lessons and Lucky figured she could set in on his. Stefan, Lucky, and BJ walked into Sam�s office at the airport. Sam was on the phone at the time and he said, �I�ll talk to you later.� He then hung up the phone and greeted Stefan warmly. �Hey, old buddy.� �Hello, Sam,� Stefan said shacking Sam�s hand. �I brought Lucky for his lesson.� �Welcome back kid,� Sam said patting Lucky on the back of the head. �Thanks,� Lucky said as he tried to duck Sam�s pat. He liked Sam. He thought the guy knew his stuff with flying. What bothered Lucky about Sam was that the guy insisted on calling him kid. This part bugged the hell out of Lucky. �Who�s this?� Sam asked pointing to BJ. �Sam this is my daughter BJ. She is wanting to learn to fly now herself,� Stefan said smiling as he put an arm around BJ�s shoulder. �Well, lets hope you are better pupil then your father was,� Sam said grinning mischievously at Stefan. Stefan cleared his throat and said, �She is watching this time around.� �Ok, kid you ready?� Sam asked Lucky. �As I will ever be,� Lucky said and the pair walked towards the plane. As BJ and Stefan followed on behind them, she looked at Stefan and asked, �How bad where you?� �Let�s just say your driving and my flying have a lot in common,� Stefan said. BJ saw a small smile growing at the corners of Stefan�s mouth. She couldn�t help but start laughing. He soon joined her as they walked towards the plane. ************************************ Sam stood at the door waving as Lucky, BJ and Stefan left a few hours later. Damion stepped out of his hiding place. He had this cold mischievous smile on his face and asked, �So, what do you think your old friend Stefan is going to say when he finds out that you sold out the crown prince?� �If we do this right, no one is going to find out,� Sam said turning face Damion. Damion laughed and said, �You are willing to kill the prince but you are not willing to give up your conformable job. You do fit in this family well don�t you? Sam didn�t comment. He just started to walk towards his desk. �Getting cold feet?� Damion asked him. �No, I have killed enough for Mikkos not to care one bit about a kid,� Sam said coldly. Damion laughed and said, �Yeah, but if Mikkos finds out that you killed his grandson then he is going to be the one doing the killing!� Damion walked out of the room then with his cold evil look his eyes. Sam hit his desk in frustration. If he didn�t owe all that money to those lone sharks he would have told Damion to go to hell and showed him how to get there. Sam�s trouble was he did owe a lot of money. He owed to much money to worry about one spoiled little rich brat. Sam saw it this way. It was either his life or Lucky�s and sadly Lucky lost. ************************************* While Lucky was giving Mrs. Carlson� a hard time. Elton was driving Luke crazy. The guy walked around the club making some kind of remark or another about Luke�s decorating taste. At the moment, Elton was trying to talk Luke into taking down the picture of Helena. �No!� Luke said for the tenth time. �Mr. Spencer, that picture is an eye sore. You know it drives your wife crazy. Can�t you take it down for just this one occasion?� Elton asked Luke. Luke turned and glared down at the man. �Look! This isn�t Laura�s club it is my club. Now I agreed to have this party here under a few stipulations. One of those was that nothing in this club was to be moved around or changed in any way and that goes for the queen of the dammed picture!� Luke yelled and with that he stormed out of the room and headed towards his office. Jason, Sonny, and Robert sat at the bar watching all of this go one with smiles on there faces. They kind of felt sorry for Elton. They had been there when they wanted to change things at the club and Luke was against it. They all might be equal partners in the club but Luke�s name was hanging in lights and as long as that sign was there then no way was Luke going to back down on what he thought his club should look like. Including the picture of Helena that he hung personally after finding it stuck in the attic at Wyndemere. �You work with that man?� Elton asked the three men at the bar sounding very frustrated about all of this. �Yeah,� Robert said laughing and he got to go check on Luke and to make sure he didn�t trash the office. ******************************** Carly was shopping for a dress for Laura�s party that night. �Mrs. Morgan!� the owner of the shop cooed as she walked towards Carly. �Darling being a mother agrees with you.� �Thanks, Tiffany. You look great,� Carly said as the two women kissed each other on the cheek. �What can I do for you?� Tiffany asked Carly as she guided the woman into the story. �Laura is having a party tonight and I have nothing to ware,� Carly pleaded. �Don�t worry. I�ll have you outfitted in no time,� Tiffany said and she sat Carly down in a chair and quickly went to pick out several dresses that Carly might like. As Carly sat there looking over magazine, Skye Chandler walked out of the back room carrying a big box in her arms. �Thanks,� Skye said to the clerk. Carly looked up at the sound of Skye�s voice and her blood ran cold. �Skye Chandler what in hell are you doing here?� Carly demanded. �Caroline Cassadine! I thought they only let in the best quality of people shop here,� Skye said smiling coldly at Carly. Carly eyes blazed with rage at the bastard remark but she didn�t say anything about it. �They let you in here didn�t they?� Carly asked Skye grinning. �Or did you crawl in? I mean dear the last I hard you were deep in the bottle.� Skye cleared her throat and said, �I�m sober Carly. I have been for a while now.� �Now I know why my Budweiser stock went down. You should have told me and I would have sold it a long time ago,� Carly said grinning. Skye didn�t comment. She just turned and walked out of the dress shop. ***************************************** Luke arrived home about four and found the place in an uproar. He walked up the stairs and right into a battle between Laura and the kids. �Lucky, go into your room and get ready. Lu, you are not wearing that dress. Put on the one I laid out for you,� Laura yelled. �I�m not wearing that one,� Lu yelled back. �Mom, I have to take Foster for a walk. It will take me ten minutes,� Lucky sad as he headed towards the stairs with Foster on his leach �Lucky!� Laura yelled but the teen moved past Luke fast and quickly ducked out of the penthouse. �Luke help!� Laura begged. Luke smiled. �Princess, go in your room and pick out five dresses you want to ware. I�ll be in a minute to help you out. Angel, let�s go,� Luke said and he took Laura by the arm and guided her into the bedroom. �Those kids!� Laura yelled. Luke just smiled paced her in front of her dressing table and said, �I�ll take care of the kids. You worry about yourself.� �Luke, I�m not going to make it. My hair is a mess and that dress makes me look fat,� Laura snapped. Luke raised an eye brow at her and said, �Sweet heart your not fat. Now, if you hate your hair call Carly. I�m sure she has her hairdresser there right now. She will gladly send her over to help you. Now, chill,� Luke said kissing her on the cheek. �Don�t tell me to chill,� Laura snapped. �Ok,� Luke said and he backed out of the room. �Mommy is grumpy,� Lu said standing in the hallway. �Oh, yeah,� Luke said smiling as he took Lu�s hand and guided her towards her room. He was hoping he would do better with his seven-year-old daughter then he had his wife. An hour later, Lucky was getting dressed when Luke stormed into the room throwing his tux on the bed and heading for Lucky�s shower. �Having trouble?� �Never get married!� Luke yelled and he slammed the door. �Dad�s going on a trip after this,� Lucky said smiling. His family was predictable in a way. His mother had a party and got worked up. His sister never wanted to ware what others wanted her to and it took a lot of fighting to get her into anything. His father dealt with this for awhile but when things got to bad. He took off for a few weeks to cool off. Lucky was used to and learned to just avoid them when they got this way. This was one of the reasons he took Foster for a walk earlier. It was easier then listening to them fight it out. ************************** By the time, Laura arrived at the club, she was relaxed and all smiles. It was Luke�s turn into a grump. Luke hated the press and if you asked any one that dealt with him the feeling was mutual. So, when the limo stopped in front of the club with a crowd of reporters and photographers waiting for them Luke growled. �I let you talk me into this?� �Sorry,� Laura said smiling. Luke glared at her as he opened the door and tried to make room so the kids could get out without being shoved around. Lu hated the press as much as her father did and she tried to back up when the door was open. Luke had to bend down and lift Lu into his arms to get the child out of the car. �Cowboy, take her inside,� Luke said to his son. Lucky got out and took his sister from his father. �Sure,� Lucky said and he walked up the pathway. People around him called out to him asking him question as he walked on by several more shoved cameras at them taking pictures of the kids. Lu was scared and choking Lucky as he walked. He almost thought he was going to pass out before he got to the door but he finally did and he pushed his way inside. Laura in the mean time talked and dealt with the press with Luke hanging close by. She answered questions and let the press take their pictures. As they walked into the club, Luke�s bad got worse. He let Laura to deal with finishing getting things set up. While he went into his office. �Daddy�s grumpy,� Lu said to her brother as the two kids sat at the bar. �Oh, yeah,� Lucky said grinning and he looked over to at his mother to watch as her and Elton talked about Helena�s picture. �He wouldn�t budge,� Elton said to Laura as he pointed to Laura�s picture. Laura sighed and looked over towards the office. She stood there debating if she should go in the office and ask Luke herself to take the picture down. �Mom, please don�t,� Lucky begged reading his mother�s thoughts. �I know. If I go in there he will be a bear all evening but that picture,� Laura said as she stood there thinking about something. A small smile slowly grew on Laura�s face. She turned to Elton and said, �Go out in the limo and get that little black bag that I gave the driver.� �Black bag?� Elton asked Laura with a puzzled look on his face. �Yeah, the black bag,� Laura said smiling very slyly. Lucky sitting there laughing and said, �Sneaky.� �Thank you,� Laura said. Elton just looked even more puzzled as he went out the limo to do what Laura asked him. Chapter 26 Back to Trials of Love |