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Krystal
Chapter 8:
*Two Weeks Later*
"Hello?" Brooke said sleepily.
"Hi Pippa, it's Keith Scott." Keith said into the receiver.
Brooke sat up in bed and smiled, "Hello Mr. Scott." Keith Scott had called Brooke by the nickname Pippa since she was a little girl and still introduced herself using her full name, she had trouble pronouncing Penelope and would say Pippa-nelope instead. "What can I do for you? Is everything alright?"
"I'm not going to tell you again... My name is Keith, we are family Pippa no need to be so formal."
"I'm sorry, old habits you know." Brooke stretched her arms over her head, "What's going on? Is everything alright?"
"Karen and I would like to invite you to dinner tonight. Nathan, Haley and Jamie will be there, we would love it if you could join us."
"Let me check my planner," Brooke opened her nightstand and pulled out her day planner and flipped to the date, "I'm free for dinner. Would you like me to bring anything?"
"No, just bring your normal cheery self" Keith coughed, "See you at 6 Pippa dear. Goodbye."
Brooke smiled and wrote down her dinner plans into her day planner. She was excited, she hadn't really seen Keith and Karen Scott since Lucas was arrested, accept for a few times in passing when she went to her parents house recently they had all been avoiding each other. "Tonight should be fun."
Brooke was running late to her lunch with Rachel, "I'm so sorry I'm late." Brooke sat down at the table across from Rachel, "Were you waiting long?"
"No, I just got here." Rachel handed her a menu, "But you're never late. Is everything okay?"
"Yes, Keith called me this morning and invited me to dinner tonight." Brooke sat her purse down and started to look over the menu. "So how was your date with Chase?"
Rachel blushed at the mention of Chase's name, "It was nice, he's really sweet. We're going out again in a few days and I'm planning to stop by the hospital later with dinner for him. He's in the middle of a 48 hour rotation."
"That's great Rach, I knew you two would hit it off." Brooke smiled, "This never happens, we are both in relationships at the same time."
"Speaking of relationships how is everyone's favorite prisoner?" Rachel took a sip of her water. "Has he made a full recovery yet? Is he still in solitary?"
"Lucas is doing as well as can be expected. I can tell that he's starting to get anxious about the DNA results. They exhumed Lindsey's body a little over a week ago, Jimmy Edwards said we can hear the results any day now. Then Lucas can be transferred to a county jail before his release." Brooke frowned thinking of her parents, "My mother still isn't taking my calls. She sent me a text message stating that I should be ashamed of myself for lusting after my sister's husband and wanting him to defile me."
Rachel laughed, "She really said defile." Rachel fanned her face, "Well I declare." She paused to laugh a second time, "She'll come around as soon as it comes out that the woman you buried and mourned isn't Lindsey. How's your dad?"
"Seeing his secretary..." Brooke blurted out.
"What? Ted is stepping out on Vicky Davis, I never thought I would see the day." Rachel shook her head, "Lindsey certainly left a big wake. Why didn't see just divorce Lucas again?"
"No idea, and if they choose not to extradite her we may never know." Brooke pouted, "Do you think my family will ever be whole again?"
Rachel reached across the table and squeezed Brooke's hand, "Of course, you just have to neutralize Lindsey... Crazy is contagious B and your sister's brand of crazy is spreading like wildfire."
"My dad is surprisingly unaffected by all of this, it's like deep down he never thought she was dead." Brooke paused, "That's the type of crazy you were talking about isn't it?"
Rachel nodded, "Yes it is, keep it up B and I'll be forced to have you committed."
Brooke let out a deep breath when she drove passed her parents house and saw the driveway empty. She parked behind Nathan and Haley's car and headed up the walkway. She knocked on the front door, "Pippa," Keith said with a smile. He brought her in for a hug and crunched the bags she was holding, "I told you just to bring yourself. Are you incapable of listening to a damn thing a grown up tells you?"
"My parents taught me it was rude to come to someone's house empty handed, I couldn't help myself." Brooke pulled away and opened her bag, "I brought two bottles of wine: one white, one red because I wasn't sure what you were making and I brought flowers for Karen."
"You've never had trouble using her first name I see," Keith let out a hearty laugh, "What's wrong with me?"
"You have always scared me, I can't help it." Brooke giggled.
Keith laughed again, "Sure scared my foot. If you were so afraid of me you would have never crept into my house as a teenager or gone skinny dipping in my pool or replaced my alcohol with colored water." Brooke bit her lip, "Yeah, you get the picture. Now bring that bony little ass of yours inside, you're letting all the cool air out."
Keith closed the door behind her, "It's nice to see you Keith, I've missed you guys."
"Oh Pippa we have missed you too." Keith took the wine from her hands, "Everyone is in the kitchen, we've been waiting for you."
Brooke entered the kitchen and grinned at the sight of her second family, "Hello everyone."
"Brooke," Karen got up from the table and pulled Karen into her arms, "How is my son doing?"
Brooke pulled back and sighed, "Who told you?"
"Why Lucas did of course," Karen replied, "I knew you were the one, I've known you were the one. It was only a matter of time before you two found your way to each other."
Brooke handed Karen the flowers she brought her, "He's doing as well as can be expected. We're just waiting for the results to come in. Jimmy said he has all of the motions prepared so they can be filed as soon as he gets the lab results from the prosecutors. I keep reminding him to stay positive."
"Thank you for that," Karen pulled a vase from the cupboard, "I don't know what it is but Lucas has always been a bit of a..."
"Sad sack," Nathan interrupted.
"Worry wart?" Haley offered.
"Debbie downer?" Keith said.
"Broody." Brooke laughed.
"That's enough, all of you. My Lucas is just a little sensitive, I know he's trying but he gets..."
"Broody." They all said in unison. Karen went to say something else but instead she threw up her hands and everyone laughed.
After all the food was on the table Nathan smiled, "This looks great ma. You really outdid yourself."
"I felt like celebrating I guess. I got a good nights sleep and decided I needed my family here tonight. I missed seeing Jamie's sweet face and Brooke," Karen placed her hand on top of her', "I'm just so glad you were able to join us."
"Yeah Brooke, we've missed you where have you been?" Haley quizzed.
Brooke felt her cheeks flush, "I have been spending my days off with Lucas. While he was recovering from the stabbing his visiting hours were different, I could spend 12 hours with him. So that's where I've been."
"Brooke and Lucas sitting in a tree." Nathan sang, "K-I-S-S-I-N-G..." Haley pinched him, "Ouch, first comes love, then comes marriage." Nathan stopped, "Wait you can't get married can you?"
"Not if Lindsey is alive no. He's already married."
"To your sister," Nathan cackled. "That's funny."
Keith cleared his throat to say something when they all heard a knock at the door, "Are we expecting anyone else?" Karen asked, looking to Keith.
"Not that I know of," Keith stood up, "I'll be right back."
"Open the door Keith!" Victoria rapped on the door, "Karen!"
Ted Davis jogged up the steps, "Vicky I told you this was not the time to do this."
"Our other daughter is here Ted, don't you see." Victoria pointed behind him, "That mini cooper is hers." She turned back to the door, "Open up!"
Keith opened the door and Victoria barged in, "Victoria, Ted what do we owe this pleasure?"
"Brooke!" Victoria wailed.
Brooke, Nathan and Haley came out of the kitchen, "What's going on mom?"
"I knew you would be here. You have no self control at all!" Victoria screamed, "Mr. McFadden just called, the results came back, the body wasn't your sisters. Are you happy now?"
"Did you honestly come over here to yell about your daughter being alive?" Nathan asked before taking a few steps forward so he was in front of Haley and Brooke. "That news should have made you happy?"
Brooke watched as her father put his hands on Victoria's shoulders, "Come on Vicky let me take you home. Keith, Karen I'm so sorry."
"Don't apologize to them." Victoria seethed, "You sit here and act like you are so perfect, your son is a murderer." She pointed at Nathan, "Your brother is a murderer."
"Mom, that's enough. Lindsey is alive and living in Rio with Chris Keller." Brooke stood next to Keith, "They were married and they have a daughter, if anyone deserves your wrath mama it's Lindsey. She did this to us, she broke our family."
Victoria's eyes widened in shock, "What did you just say?" Brooke brought her hands to her mouth, "Cat got your tongue? Answer me Brooklyn Penelope Davis this instant."
"I didn't want to tell you until we had concrete proof mama." Brooke paused, "I found letters from Chris in Lucas and Lindsey's house. A few days later I found Chris's Instagram account, all over his page were pictures of Lindsey and she was pregnant. Nathan gave the information to Lucas's attorney and he sent a private investigator to Brazil to confirm my suspicions. He found Lindsey and Chris living happily in Rio with their daughter Penelope." Brooke wiped at the tears streaming down her face, "So I'll say it again, Lindsey broke us mom."
Victoria Davis started crying harder and collapsed to the floor, "My baby..." She sobbed. "My baby..."
"Daddy, let's bring mom home," Brooke said to her father.
Ted Davis was just as shocked as his wife by Brooke's words, "I can manage princess." He leaned in and kissed Brooke's forehead, "Let me get your mother comfortable, I already left a message for her doctor before she came over here. That was a lot of information you just let out, I'll call you in about an hour."
Keith helped pick up Victoria, "Nathan, son get the door please."
Ted turned to the ladies, "I'm sorry we interrupted your visit." Ted sighed, "This past year has really been a lot for my wife."
"It's quite alright Ted," Karen said from the doorway leading to the kitchen, "Our families have been through a lot, only way to survive is to lean on each other. Keith and I would love it if you had dinner with us sometime this week."
"That would be great," Ted smiled a weak smile and walked out of the house.
"Lucas Eugene Scott it is with this courts sincerest apologies that I overturn your conviction, dismiss the State's case with prejudice and release you." The judge looked out into the courtroom, "Your case is an unusual one Mr. Scott, I would like to say that you are an exception, but I have sat on this bench for 20 years and in that time I have released 37 people wrongfully convicted of a crime." The judge adjusted her glasses, "Mr. McFadden anything to add?"
"Yes your honor," Marvin McFadden stood up and buttoned his jacket, "In light of the new evidence presented we are comfortable with the courts ruling. After I leave court I am going to turn over this information to the Federal prosecutors and they will proceed accordingly. The DA's office is not prepared to make any further statements at this time."
"Mr. Edwards?" The judge motioned.
"At this time your honor my client would like to simply say that he is grateful to be released and he wishes the prosecutors good luck on their future cases." Jimmy paused, "Mr. Scott is looking forward to resuming his life seeking the comfort of his friends and family."
The judge nodded, "If there are no further comments," She waited to see if there was anything else, "Okay, court adjourned."
Brooke sat on the court steps and watched Jimmy and Marvin conduct a press conference, when it was finished and the photographers left Brooke felt a hand on her shoulder, she smiled and turned. "So pretty girl how about that date."
Brooke hugged him tight and kissed him tenderly, "I have been waiting for this moment for months."
Lucas lifted her chin and kissed her a second time, "I know the feeling pretty girl, believe me I understand completely."
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Thank you all again!
Krystal
