Chapter 18
Port Charles
Bobbie was in the yard playing catch with Lulu. Lesley sat close by watching them. The phone rang.
"I'll get it Bobbie," said Lesley.
She got up and walked inside.
"Hello?"
No one answered.
"Hello?" she repeated.
"Is this Bobbie Spencer?" a voice asked sounding unsure.
"No, this is Lesley. Who's calling please?"
There was a long silence before the voice at the other end came back on.
"Lesley, it's Hutch," he said.
He felt very unsure of how much to tell her.
"Hutch? I…I don't believe it. Where are you? How come you are calling now after all these years?"
"Lesley, I would love to chat with you, but I need to talk to Bobbie as soon as possible. It's a matter of life and death."
A worried look came over Lesley's face.
"Is this about Luke?" she asked
"Yes. Please may I speak to Bobbie?" Hutch asked. He hoped he could change the subject before she could ask about Laura.
"Sure."
Lesley put down the phone.
"Bobbie! Can you come here a moment," she called.
Bobbie came inside holding Lulu by the hand. She saw the worried look on Lesley's face.
"Lulu, why don't you go upstairs and play with Lucas?"
"Ok."
She watched Lulu happily climb the stairs.
"Lesley, what's wrong?"
"Hutch is on the phone. He says he needs to talk to you about Luke. He said it was the matter of life and death."
Bobbie stared at the phone as if it were a snake. She slowly picked it up.
"Hutch?"
"Bobbie is that you?" he asked.
"Yes."
"Look, I hope I am not making a mistake calling you. I ran into Laura. I helped her to rescue Luke."
"So Luke is safe. Is he with Laura?"
"Well he is with Laura, but I am not sure that they are safe."
"What do you mean? What happened to Luke and Laura?"
She heard a gasp behind her. She wished she hadn't asked that last question out loud. She had forgotten that Lesley was there.
"Bobbie, what…" Lesley started.
Bobbie held up her hand to tell her to wait until she was off the phone.
"Hutch? Please tell me, what happened to them?"
"I put them on a boat, they were headed back to Port Charles. A friend, someone I trusted betrayed me. He was working for Jennifer."
"And?"
"Bobbie he put a bomb in the boat. It exploded about an hour after they left the docks."
"No!" Bobbie screamed.
"Bobbie, calm down. I have reason to believe that they might still be alive. I need your help to try to find them."
"You got it. Hutch, do you really think they survived?"
"Knowing those two, they probably did. The point is, there were no bodies in the boat when it was found."
"Ok, what do you want me to do?"
"Come down to Surfland, Florida as soon as you can. Bring whoever you think you can trust."
"You got it. I will be on the next flight."
She hung up the phone. She was afraid to face Lesley. She knew that she had to tell her the truth. She just didn't know how to do it. She slowly turned around.
"Bobbie, what happened to my daughter?" asked Lesley.
Bobbie opened her mouth, but nothing came out.