GENERAL HOSPITAL #028
Dante and Lulu were lying next to each other in their bed, having just made love moments ago…both of them still breathing deeply from the passion they had just shared. Whoever it was who had said that sex after a prolonged fight, and theirs' had lasted months, was no fool indeed.
"Wow," Lulu said as her body was still quivering from the excitement, "God I missed that."
Dante smiled, and then he rolled over and hugged her again.
"Let's go again," Dante said with a wink in his eyes.
"I'd love to," Lulu said. "But I've got to start moving our stuff back over to our place. I'm sure Maxi will be glad have her own place back to being her own place."
Dante nodded his head. Lulu ran her hand through her husband's long hair. And although she was happy they were back together, she was also kind of worried about her mother and, as Dante looked over at his wife, he could see the worry in her eyes.
"Your mom," Dante told Lulu, "is one of the most resilient women who has ever lived. I'm sure she's fine and…"
"I know," Lulu cut in with. "And it isn't beyond my two parents to simply just disappear without warning," she even giggled. "I remember having this exact discussion with Robin once about the fickleness of our parents."
"When I go back in to HQ," Dante said as he rolled out of bed, "I'll see if there's been an update and see what I can do to speed it up."
Lulu watched him head into the bathroom to take a shower, and decided to join him.
Down near the Boardwalk near Port Charles Harbor…
Robert Scorpio looked at Damian Spinelli, as the two stood near the park benches where Robert believed Laura must have visited the night he had seen her. And then he recalled talking to Maxi one time about the whimsical young man named Spinelli.
"As I recall from talking to Maxi Jones," Robert said to Spinelli, "you have a good touch with computers."
Spinelli smiled anxiously, eager to show off his talents to a real superspy.
"Oh yes," Spinelli said as he reached out his hand and shook Robert's without warning. "I'm not sure if I even should tell someone such as yourself who has connections with the government, meaning I don't want to get into trouble, but I can hack into the system that controls the video feeds of the cameras atop the trees and light poles in this park."
Robert nodded his head. He actually had a portable laptop computer in the trunk of his Tesla that could do the same thing. But the kid seemed to know his way around computers, so Robert threw Spinelli a bone.
"I really don't need anyone to hack into the system," Robert told Spinelli, "but, you look like someone who knows their way around computers, while sometimes I'm still a fish out of water. So," Robert said, "If you want to offer your help as an assistant with this investigation, I accept. And the computer I have," Robert said with a fiendish smile, "will allow you to do what you do without hacking."
Spinelli smiled a giddy smile, but Robert still had a stone look on his face.
"Ummm," Spinelli said with a reserved tone to his voice, "why do you still have a sour look on your face Mr. Scorpio?"
Robert walked closer to Spinelli and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Before we begin this partnership," Robert said with a tone of suspicion in his soft BUT forceful voice, "I want to know how you knew I would be here looking for Laura Spencer."
Spinelli gulped, hoping Robert would have glossed over that fact.
"I have done investigative work for many citizens in Port Charles," Spinelli began to explain in a nervous tone, "and one of my client was Carly Corinthos. She told me what kind of car you were driving and…"
Robert put his hand up, not wanting to hear anymore and two and two together and came to the conclusion that Sonny's wife could read Sonny just about as good as Anna could read him, Robert. So he let it go this time, but he would remind Sonny to keep their alliance at arm's distance.
And with that Robert drove off in his Tesla toward his rented hotel room, followed by Spinelli in his beat-up Volkswagen van.
Robert looked at the time and it was 30 minutes until Inessa was to give him an update on the situation with Gaius Fedorov and whether or not the son of Petrev had arrived in the city or not.
Continued…
