Chapter 2

Luke just stared at her for a minute. He wasn't sure that he had heard her right. Finally he said, "What did you say?"

"I had a baby Luke," Laura repeated.

Luke exhaled sharply. He had expected her to say a lot of things, but that was not one of them.

Laura looked at him a moment. She was almost afraid to say anything to him. She took a deep breath to gather her courage before she asked, "You're mad aren't you?"

Luke stood up quickly and turned to face her. "Yes I'm mad! Why shouldn't I be mad?" he yelled.

He noticed the tears forming in her eyes and sat back down beside her. He put his arm around her and said quietly. "Angel, don't cry. I'm not mad at you. It's the Cassadines that I'm mad at."

Laura raised her face and stared at him with her blue eyes. Luke put his hand on her cheek and wiped the tears from her face. He could tell she was missing her child.

"What happened to your son?" he asked her.

"Helena made me leave him behind. She said that if I ever told anyone about him or if I tried to see him, she would kill my family. Now that Yani told us that Helena has lost all her power over the family I thought..."

"You thought that you could get the child back?"

Laura nodded. "Luke, I shouldn't even be thinking about that. I know you don't want anything to do with Nikolas."

"Nikolas," Luke repeated. "I like that name. Laura, why would you think that I wouldn't want anything to do with him."

"Because he has Cassadine blood in him."

"Angel, he is also part of you. That makes him special."

She smiled weakly at him. "What are you saying Luke?" she asked.

"Laura, I know you want to get your son back from the Cassadines and I'm going to help you."

Laura looked at him and smiled before throwing her arms around his neck.

"Thank you Luke. Are you sure?"

"Yes Angel. I'm sure. Your son will be raised a Spencer. I promise you that."