A new face out of the race
Chapter 12
Luke and Jason entered one abandoned building after another. Still, no prevail. Lucky and Emily seemed to vanish without a clue. They ended up at Luke's club hours later. They needed a drink. So here there they were having one.
"Laura..." Luke said on the phone. A few moments of silence. "Yes I know." A few more moments of silence. "Laura I really have to go. Tomorrow I promise." He continued the conversation. "Yeah, I know. I love you too." Luke finally hung up the phone. Jason glared at Luke. "I promised I would read Lulu a book tonight." Luke explained after figuring Jason was curious about the conversation.
Jason nodded. "And you weren't there to put her to bed, so Laura wasn't too happy about that, but knew you were finding Lucky, so she wasn't too angry. Right?" He guessed.
"Yeah. I remember the last time we were here like this. I don't like repeating it." Luke said, shaking her head.
"That was about four years ago." Jason said. "But under very different circumstances."
"Got that right. One, we didn't have daughters. Two, Lucky was just a preteen. The only similarity is the wives." Luke said, playing with his glass.
"At least for the moment." Jason said as he finished his drink.
"What do you mean by that? Surely, your and Brenda's relationship is still strong even in the current situation." Luke asked. He wanted anything to keep his mind off his son's disappearance.
"I don't know Luke. I thought our marriage was stable, but with Emily's disappearance it's all but stable. I think we only stayed together because of Emily and Melissa." Jason admitted.
"That's noble Jason, but not a good reason to stay together." Luke said.
"I don't know we were thinking of having a break from each other. See if the love is still there." Jason supposed. "I just don't know how to say that to Melissa without hurting her feelings. Emily wouldn't mind too much, but Melissa is the one who is going to be hurt."
"You have to tell her, try to save the marriage. Not telling how you feel is what got us in this problem in the first place." Luke observed. If Emily just told her anyone her thoughts maybe this situation wouldn't be happening.
"Your right, but Brenda and I wouldn't listen though." Jason said sadly. "I don't know where she is Luke. Does that make me a rotten parent?" He asked.
"Not a rotten one, Jason; just a learning one. Don't feel that bad, I'm a father like you and I don't know where my kid is." Luke told him.
"We've looked everywhere Luke. I have no idea what to do from here. I promised Melissa I'd bring Emily home. I don't want to break that promise." Jason stated.
Luke thought for a second. "There's only one place we haven't checked." He said.
"What's that?" Jason asked.
"Where this all started. Emily's father's club." Luke said. This was all too suspicious. But Bowen was dead...
"You must be joking Luke. Why would they be there?" Jason was confused. Emily was thinking of her father, but why go to her father's old club? He guessed it held too many bad memories for her to go there.
"Bowen took my son, but he mentioned an employer on the phone." Luke remembered. "The only reason why someone would want my son is for vengeance. That'd only be Frank Smith or Helena Cassadine. But Helena is off in Europe and Frank Smith is dead." (I have no idea what really happened between Luke and Frank Smith so don't sue me! I might be wrong about it.)
"Well, I heard Jennifer Smith gave birth to a son. That was about 17 years ago. You don't think he would..." Jason stopped.
"Work with Helena?" Luke thought for a second. This wasn't good. "He just might."
"Makes sense." Jason admitted. "The only easy way to capture Lucky would be if he's preoccupied. And Emily disappearing would make him preoccupied."
Luke paled. "So Helena knows Lucky would be my weakness. So they would go after Lucky's weakness. Which is..." Luke couldn't say it.
"Emily." Jason finished Luke's sentence and got up. "So Helena might have Lucky prisoner. She would keep Emily around to keep Lucky in line and why not get revenge on Emily because her father failed her." Jason paced. That wasn't good.
"It's only a hypothesis." Luke said; he didn't want to admit danger lurked.
"Do you have your laptop?" Jason asked.
Luke got what Jason was catching on to. "Go check Bowen's old club. I'll look for evidence to this hypothesis." Luke walked into the back as Jason grabbed his coat and went to do as Luke said.
Author's note: Okay, just to make sure you catching along with the story I have a pop quiz for you reviewers.
Emily's dad worked for _______________________.
Jennifer Smith's son would be ___________________.
Helena has Emily because _________________________.
You don't have to do it if you really don't want to I just want to make sure your catching on. Thanks for the reviews, it means a lot to me. Please review and do the quiz. Future thanks.
Luke and Jason entered one abandoned building after another. Still, no prevail. Lucky and Emily seemed to vanish without a clue. They ended up at Luke's club hours later. They needed a drink. So here there they were having one.
"Laura..." Luke said on the phone. A few moments of silence. "Yes I know." A few more moments of silence. "Laura I really have to go. Tomorrow I promise." He continued the conversation. "Yeah, I know. I love you too." Luke finally hung up the phone. Jason glared at Luke. "I promised I would read Lulu a book tonight." Luke explained after figuring Jason was curious about the conversation.
Jason nodded. "And you weren't there to put her to bed, so Laura wasn't too happy about that, but knew you were finding Lucky, so she wasn't too angry. Right?" He guessed.
"Yeah. I remember the last time we were here like this. I don't like repeating it." Luke said, shaking her head.
"That was about four years ago." Jason said. "But under very different circumstances."
"Got that right. One, we didn't have daughters. Two, Lucky was just a preteen. The only similarity is the wives." Luke said, playing with his glass.
"At least for the moment." Jason said as he finished his drink.
"What do you mean by that? Surely, your and Brenda's relationship is still strong even in the current situation." Luke asked. He wanted anything to keep his mind off his son's disappearance.
"I don't know Luke. I thought our marriage was stable, but with Emily's disappearance it's all but stable. I think we only stayed together because of Emily and Melissa." Jason admitted.
"That's noble Jason, but not a good reason to stay together." Luke said.
"I don't know we were thinking of having a break from each other. See if the love is still there." Jason supposed. "I just don't know how to say that to Melissa without hurting her feelings. Emily wouldn't mind too much, but Melissa is the one who is going to be hurt."
"You have to tell her, try to save the marriage. Not telling how you feel is what got us in this problem in the first place." Luke observed. If Emily just told her anyone her thoughts maybe this situation wouldn't be happening.
"Your right, but Brenda and I wouldn't listen though." Jason said sadly. "I don't know where she is Luke. Does that make me a rotten parent?" He asked.
"Not a rotten one, Jason; just a learning one. Don't feel that bad, I'm a father like you and I don't know where my kid is." Luke told him.
"We've looked everywhere Luke. I have no idea what to do from here. I promised Melissa I'd bring Emily home. I don't want to break that promise." Jason stated.
Luke thought for a second. "There's only one place we haven't checked." He said.
"What's that?" Jason asked.
"Where this all started. Emily's father's club." Luke said. This was all too suspicious. But Bowen was dead...
"You must be joking Luke. Why would they be there?" Jason was confused. Emily was thinking of her father, but why go to her father's old club? He guessed it held too many bad memories for her to go there.
"Bowen took my son, but he mentioned an employer on the phone." Luke remembered. "The only reason why someone would want my son is for vengeance. That'd only be Frank Smith or Helena Cassadine. But Helena is off in Europe and Frank Smith is dead." (I have no idea what really happened between Luke and Frank Smith so don't sue me! I might be wrong about it.)
"Well, I heard Jennifer Smith gave birth to a son. That was about 17 years ago. You don't think he would..." Jason stopped.
"Work with Helena?" Luke thought for a second. This wasn't good. "He just might."
"Makes sense." Jason admitted. "The only easy way to capture Lucky would be if he's preoccupied. And Emily disappearing would make him preoccupied."
Luke paled. "So Helena knows Lucky would be my weakness. So they would go after Lucky's weakness. Which is..." Luke couldn't say it.
"Emily." Jason finished Luke's sentence and got up. "So Helena might have Lucky prisoner. She would keep Emily around to keep Lucky in line and why not get revenge on Emily because her father failed her." Jason paced. That wasn't good.
"It's only a hypothesis." Luke said; he didn't want to admit danger lurked.
"Do you have your laptop?" Jason asked.
Luke got what Jason was catching on to. "Go check Bowen's old club. I'll look for evidence to this hypothesis." Luke walked into the back as Jason grabbed his coat and went to do as Luke said.
Author's note: Okay, just to make sure you catching along with the story I have a pop quiz for you reviewers.
Emily's dad worked for _______________________.
Jennifer Smith's son would be ___________________.
Helena has Emily because _________________________.
You don't have to do it if you really don't want to I just want to make sure your catching on. Thanks for the reviews, it means a lot to me. Please review and do the quiz. Future thanks.