Truth, Lies, and Betrayal - Chapter 3

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Lulu just stood there in shock. Her father had been her hero, her rescuer, her protector, her everything. The one man she could trust, aside from her brothers and cousins. Now, she didn't know what he was to her.

" I'm so sorry, darlin'." says Luke turning to face her.

" Your sorry? What are you sorry for? You didn't do anything to me except rip my heart out." says Lulu angirly.

" I didn't want to hurt you. This was never supposed to touch you." says Luke.

" Who else knows?" says Lulu.

" Your mom and I, Bobbie, your brothers.." says Luke.

" Wait a minute, Lucky and Nikolas know?! And they didn't say anything to me?!" says Lulu.

" Don't blame Lucky. He found out when he was your age too. Count Vlad's spawn was the one that told him." says Luke.

" This is...ugh..this is insane. I have to get out of her." says Lulu as she grabs her purse and heads to the door.

Luke quickly charges in front of her and blocks the door with his arm.

" Your not going anywhere until we have this out." says Luke.

" Just leave me alone. I don't want to talk to you right now." says Lulu without looking at him.

" Look at me." says Luke.

" I have to go." says Lulu coldly as she quickly opens the door and runs out of Luke's.

" LESLIE LU!!!" yells Luke after her down the hallway.

" Damn it." mumbles Luke as he slouches down the wall and sits on the floor of the hallway.

He takes out his cell phone and dials Lucky's number. It rang several times, but there was no answer. He looked at the phone, not wanting to call the next person on his mind. But he felt like he had to. He made a face as he punched in the number.

" Nikolas Cassadine." says Nikolas answering the phone.

" Get down to the club now. It's Leslie Lu. She knows and all hell is about to break lose." says Luke.

" She knows wha.." says Nikolas stopping, realizing what he meant.

" Yeah, that. Your dear, sweet granny from hell took it upon herself to inform her." says Luke.

" Damn her. I'll be right over." says Nikolas.

Luke hung up as he got up and went back in his office. He poured himself a Scotch and sat in the darkened room staring off into space. Wondering how he was going to get his daughter back.

Lulu ran as fast as she could from Luke's. She didn't know where she was going, she didn't even care. She just needed to be away from everyone. Especially her family. She wanted to scream, or hit someone. She felt betrayed. Stabbed in the back, by her own family.

How could they do this to me? How could he do that to her? How could she marry him after something like that?

Lulu leaned down, starting to pant from all the running. She looked around at the darkened park and sat on the nearest bench. She layed her head in her hands as she began to cry again.

She thought that she heard someone walking towards her. But she didn't even look up. She didn't want to see anyone right now. She didn't care who it was.

" Hey, you ok?" says a voice from above her.

She looks up to see a guy, about her age (maybe older), with brown shaggy hair. He was wearing jeans and a white t-shirt.

Lulu quickly wiped the tears from her eyes.

" Yeah, Just dandy. Thanks for asking." says Lulu.

" Just trying to be nice. Are you hurt or..." says the guy.

" No! I'm fine, alright? I just got into a fight with..you know what? This is so none of your business." says Lulu.

" What's with all the hostility?" says the guy.

" You haven't even seen hostility yet you.." says Lulu standing up and beggining to get in his face.

She was cut off by the large roar of lightning. She let out a large scream. Startled by the lightning, she quickly wrapped her arms around the guy.

" Scared of storms are we?" says the guy with smile.

Lulu made a face as she snobbishly got off of him.

" No...yes...maybe." says Lulu.

Suddenly the rain started pouring down heavily.

" Come on! I live just over by the docks!" says the guy through the rain.

" No it's ok. I live close by." says Lulu.

" Come on, just until the rain let's out." says the guy as he holds out his hand.

" Ok." says Lulu as she takes his hand and they start running.