Chapter 12:
Lulu returned to her room after they got back from their dinner on the mainland. Valentin went to his office where a very pissed out Helena was waiting for him. "You took Lulu off the island?" she demanded.
"Relax Helena, she was in disguise. Nobody would even know it was her."
"Is this going to be a thing? You taking her off the island?"
"I just cannot say she is not to leave the island. She will get suspicious!" Valentin said. "The fact that I told her I had all sorts of enemies and she needs to be in disguise when she is in public already raised a red flag. She is a Spencer; I need to keep her curiosity at bay."
Lulu went out on the balcony in her room. It was dark out and all the stars were out, shining down. Another memory flash came to her. She and the mystery man were laying on top of a picnic table watching the night sky. He was pointing up at the sky, pointing out constellations.
As quick as it came, the memory left her.
Lulu was glad that she was able to leave the island even though it was in disguise. The next time she left the island with Valentin she needed to get a message out to someone and get that message to her family to see if what Valentin was saying about her family was the truth.
Dante woke up to find himself still on the plane. He stretched, looked around the three brothers were asleep. Spinelli was on his laptop drinking a can of orange soda and a bag of BBQ chips. "Morning, I think, Detective," he greeted.
"How long have I been out?" he asked walked over to Spinelli.
"About five hours. We still have fifteen hours left in our flight. The brothers are still asleep," Spinelli said, nodding to everyone else. "I am glad that the Dark Prince has a great wi-fi connection on the plane I am getting a lot of work done."
"Find anything else?" Dante asked.
Spinelli nodded. "Yes. I am afraid it is not good news. Valentin is a dangerous dude. The fact that he has Lulu…"
"Don't even go there, Spinelli," Dante said. "We are going to get her back."
"Let's hope so, because what I found about him says he is capable of many, many bad things. The sooner we get him away the better."
"How bad?" Dante asked.
"You are better off not knowing, Dante," said Spinelli. "If you or Lulu's over-protective brothers knew… they will kill Valentin with their bare hands and not think twice about it."
Lulu changed into an over-sized t-shirt after she took a long shower, when she returned back into her bedroom, Valentin was sitting on the edge of her bed. "Did you enjoy yourself today?"
Lulu nodded. She didn't want to tip off Valentin on how uncomfortable he was making her feel. "I did. I am glad that we are making this a weekly thing. I need to get out of this house."
"You must tired. I am going to let you get some rest." He stood up and brushed his lips on hers. "I'll see you in the morning, sweet dreams Lulu."
"Good night, Valentin, see you in the morning."
She watched him leave her room. When the door shut behind him, Lulu wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. Valentin was trying too hard to get her on his side. She just wanted to know why.
For the rest of the flight, Dante looked out of the window of the jet. He watched as the darkness became light in front of him. He watched how light become darkness again. He yawned as he sipped a cup of coffee. Another day he would be ecstatic that he was a private jet going to an exotic location. He was trying to locate the woman that he loved with all of his heart.
"We are going to find her," Lucky said. "At least we didn't find out a year later that she is alive like everyone did with me."
"A lot could have happened in a year," Dante admitted. "A lot could happen in the few days that this punk had her. I really hope he is not doing anything to her."
Lulu was falling asleep when she heard footsteps, her door open, a small sliver of light come in from the hallway and landed on her bed. She pretended to be asleep when she heard the footsteps enter her room, the floorboards creaked. "Soon little Lasha I will get my revenge after all of these years."
Then the person turned around and left, shutting the door behind them.
The plane was taxiing down the runway on its way to the gate. Dante was tapping his foot impatiently. After almost a day in the air they had finally reached the South Pacific Island. As Spinelli pointed out earlier the Fiji Islands was a part of a chain of islands that numbered in the hundreds. Talk about looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Okay we are going to look where the picture was taken and work our way from there," Lucky announced.
Dante nodded. "Okay. Let's get Lulu back."
When Lulu came down for breakfast she decided to keep her late night visitor to herself. Lulu went out to the solarium to think about what happened the night before. Her visitor last night called her a name that sounded odd to her ears; the voice sent some shiver up her spine. Revenge? What was that all about?
"Good morning," Valentin greeted as he came in the room. "Did you sleep well?"
Lulu nodded. "Yeah, I did. I guess I wore myself out yesterday."
"I have business to attend today off the island. Can I trust that you will stay out of trouble while I am gone?" Valentin asked.
"Have I ever got into trouble while you were gone?" Lulu challenged. "Have fun on your business meeting."
"I rather be here with you but I need to work. How about we have a seaside picnic for dinner later? I will have the chef make all of your favorite foods."
If Valentin was off on a business meeting meant that Lulu would have more snoop in his office to see what else he was keeping from her. She just hoped that he would be gone longer this time.
"That sounds good, are you leaving soon?"
"As soon as we are done with breakfast I am going to leave."
Spinelli had his laptop out, he was trying to locating the place where the photograph of a disguised Lulu and Valentin was taken. It was in a busy market place. There was a small restaurant that was past a massive fountain that overlooked the sea.
"This looks like an out of the way place that your Demented Uncle might take Fair Lulu," Spinelli stated.
They went into the restaurant. "Let me do the talking," Nikolas said. "I can play the family card."
"We don't want to tip him off that we are on to him!" Dante hissed.
"I have this covered," Nikolas assured him.
"Table for five gentlemen?" a busty blond asked in English. "We have great specials today."
Dante cleared his throat and gave her a megawatt smile. "I heard that the infamous Valentin Cassadine came here the other day with a lady friend."
The hostess nodded. "That he did. Frankly I am surprised; he was such a ladies man. It looks to me that he finally settling down. He was so attentive to her. She is a lucky girl."
Nikolas cleared his throat. "Valentin is an old friend from boarding school. You don't know where I could find him do you? We lost contact and since he is in the area, I would like to get together and throw back a few brandies."
"All I know is that he has his own island south from here," the blond said. "Sorry, you can leave a note in case he comes back."
"Oh no, that is okay," Nikolas said. "I am going to be here for awhile. We are bond to run into each other here."
As soon as Valentin went to the other island compound, he was greeted by his terrified tech. "Sir someone on the mainland is asking questions about you."
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