Chapter 10

Once inside, Lucky asked to speak to Alexis alone. He then told her what Nikolas had revealed to him by the docks. Alexis went to Ric as Nikolas' counsel to keep her nephew from going to jail for saving the world from Helena. Nikolas was released into Alexis' custody, but he stayed at Luke's club on the couch in his office. Luke was up half the night watching Nikolas sleep. "I should have raised you as my own." Luke silently thought over and over to himself. A little after 2 a.m., Luke lowered his head on his desk and was out. Lucky walked into his dad's office shortly after 9 with coffee and doughnuts. He refrained from laughing at the sight before him. His older brother sacked out on the couch and his dad sleeping at his desk. He was probably keeping watch, either out of guilt for not raising him or fear that Helena might have a master plan in play. Lucky closed the door which caused them both to stir. "I brought some breakfast over, so we can get finished at the courthouse as soon as possible. We need to be at …" he shut his eyes Lucky couldn't seem to finish his sentence. He knew he didn't need to reminded them. Nothing was said. They ate in silence. Until, Nikolas asked if they thought he was going to jail for what he did. Luke said Natasha was the best and if she failed he wouldn't. The three of them nervously went up the steps to the courthouse less than a half hour later. The court proceedings which lasted an hour was more of a formality than anything. Ric gave testimony in favor of Nikolas' actions by sighting an incident which occurred earlier that evening involving Helena holding a knife to Alexis' throat. It was a closed case and Nikolas was free. After shaking hands and saying "Thank You", Luke steered the boys to one side and said to be ready by one o'clock to go to Audrey's. To this point, Lucky had kept his cool and tried to carry on like normal. At his dad's words, he started to shake. Nikolas didn't know what to do to help his brother. He stared like a frightened child at Luke, who patted him on the back and reassured him that it would be alright. Then Luke directed his attention to Lucky. "Do you need me to come with you?" Lucky shook his head no. "Then we'll meet at the club and go to Audrey's together." Luke told them.