Chapter 5

Luke snapped out of his reverie and looked into Lucky's red swollen eyes. "What were you thinking about?" Lucky asked not really wanting to know the answer. Luke lightly shook his head as if to clear it, then he casually replied, "nothing worth repeating." Lucky walked past his dad and out the door. He wasn't in any condition to hash out another endless battle in the Spencer/Cassadine war. Who's to blame seemed pointless in Lucky's mind. She was gone and no amount of blame would bring her back. His dad needed to stop blaming the Cassadines for every rotten thing that happens. "Cassadines, Nikolas!" Lucky thought, "He needs to know they had lost Elizabeth. He loved her like a sister and would be devastated by the news." He couldn't understand how his dad could be thinking about waging war for what happened to her. They both walked down the stairs in silence to find Audrey and Bobbi looking at a photo album of Elizabeth as a child. Audrey was retelling the stories behind the pictures and Bobbi smiled at the classic antics that made Elizabeth unforgettable. Luke joined them on the couch. He sat on the other side of Audrey and listened to the stories of the little girl who was so dear to both Laura and him. Steven and Sarah couldn't take it any longer, they both excused themselves and went out on the porch to take in the night air and try to collect their thoughts. Lucky took out his cell phone and pressed speed dial for Nikolas. On the second ring, Nikolas picked up. "It's me." he said. "What happened?" Nikolas asked. "Come to Audrey Hardy's house." Lucky replied. "I'm on my way." click. Twenty minutes later the sound of the Ferrari pulled into the Hardy driveway. Nikolas and Emily started up the path to the house. Nikolas already had an idea as to what had happened and anger over took him at the sight of Sarah and Steven. "Well, isn't this ironic. After all these years of leaving her behind, she leaves you behind and now you know how it feels!" Nikolas spat. "Nikolas!" Emily hissed. "Don't you see why we are here?!?" he asked her. Then Lucky appeared on the porch and his suspicions were confirmed. Nikolas lowered his head in defeat. She was gone.