Chapter 8

Audrey tugged on the heavy door as she entered Luke's. Once inside, she received many stares from the patrons around the bar. This wasn't a place Audrey was accustom to visiting. The moment he saw her Reggie walked out from behind the bar and headed straight to the boss' office. Reggie walked into Luke's office without knocking which resulted in a knee-jerk reaction from Luke. Reggie ducked as a dagger flew past his head and lodged in the wall. "Why aren't you serving the customers? That's what your suppose to do around here." Luke grumbled. "I am." Reggie countered. "Audrey Hardy just walked in the door and I thought you'd want to know." Luke came out of the chair and cleared the desk just as Audrey walked in the doorway to the office. She took one look at the dagger and raised an eyebrow. Luke chuckled, "I was playing around. Reggie knows to duck." Audrey smiled, "I see I've made the right decision in coming here for your help." Luke and Reggie looked at each other, then Reggie excused himself to go attend to the customers who were waiting for their drink and free session of Dr. Phil. Audrey knew she'd come to the right person, but she didn't quiet know where to begin. Luke knew something must be wrong to cause her to come to his club. He tried to wait patiently for her to tell him what had prompted the visited, but Luke became impatient with her silence and began to imagine the worst. Without thinking Luke blurted out, "You've told Lucky that he can't adopt Cameron. That's why you're here! To persuade me to convenience Lucky to drop the whole idea, NO dream of becoming Cameron's father. What makes my son not good enough?!" Audrey's eyes watered and Luke thought he had made her cry. "I'm sorry." he lowered his head in shame. "I.I..I… know how much this means to him. He would be a good father. He's a better man than I ever was or ever will be. Lucky is his mother's son, he has her heart. He loves Cameron as if he were his own son. I know it." Luke rambled. Audrey couldn't control her laughter. "Yes! I know he will." she managed to get out. She placed a hand over his hand in a motherly fashion. "That's why I'm here. I need your help to make sure that's what does happen." Luke took a much needed breath after his speech and brief anxiety waiting for her response. Audrey patted Luke's hand, "He also has many of his father's qualities and traits in his personality. I only hope he will put them to use when the time comes to keep both Cameron and himself out of harms way." The tears that were in her eyes this time were from fear. Luke had seen it before with Laura. "Luke, my grandson isn't taking Elizabeth's death very well. You know this. He thinks I'm signing Cameron away and that we'll never see him again. Steven's been on the phone all afternoon exhausting his resources in an attempt to stop the adoption from going though. Sarah told me what he's been up to. The way he's acting worried her. I have to admit Steven's behaving irrationally. I went to the den after dinner with the intention of sorting this out. I overheard a conversation he was having with a secretary or employee. He was making an appointment with Helena Cassadine. I'm afraid he's done something that's going to get Lucky hurt or killed. Luke, I think he's at the end of his rope." tears formed in the corners of Audrey's eyes. "I know I have no to right to ask this of you, but I'm already burying one grandchild. Please help me save Steven, before he gets himself indebted to the devil and loses his life over misplaced grief." Luke gave Audrey a hug, "It won't turn out that way. I promise."