Tracy sat in the Quartermaine library pondering her husbands latest actions. Luke had taken to remodeling the Haunted Star working there all day everyday and spending his nights locked in his room. At first she attributed all of this solitude to a broken heart due to Skyes latest situation being pregnant with Alcazars child but after some thought she knew Luke too well to think that something as trivial as a pregnancy would stop him from getting what he wanted. Just as Tracy finished her cocktail Alice walked into the room and immediately tried to escape before Tracy could question her but Tracy was too fast for her and she was cornered.
"Alice, come in and sit, tell me how have you been doing lately?" Tracy said in her sweetest pseudo-concerned voice.
"Umm Miss Tracy I have lots of work to do right now maybe we can chit chat later" Alice said while averting her gaze from Tracys all knowing eyes.
"Give it up Alice, I know my husband is up to something and you do make it a point to be aware of Lukes comings and goings so spill it"
"Why Miss Tracy I don't have a clue what you are talking about" Alice said while slowly backing out of the room. And just as Alice felt her body completely enter the foyer she turned and ran as fast as she couls to escape Tracy and what wpould be her wrath if she found out the truth about Luke and their houseguests. Tracy stood in the foyer smiling a self-satisfied smile for now she knew for sure Luke wasn't moping like some love sick puppy, on the contrary he was plotting something and she intended to find out what it was.
In their private room in the Quartermaine house Robert and Holly had spent the last several weeks becoming reaquainted with one another. Robert told Holly all about his life after leaving Port Charles, about his deal with the WSB and about his career as an assasin. He didn't hold anything back. He told her how many times he had started to look for her and each time he was besieged with a feeling of shame because of his new line of work and the last thing he could handle was her being disappointed in him. She had always worshiped him and looked at him as if he could do no wrong and he didn't want to ruin that for either of them. For Hollys part she told Robert about her life in Port Charles after she was told he was dead. She told him all about her dealings with Bill Eckert and stealing his artwork for revenge. She had gone back to the last place she had known happiness and that was Australia where the two of them had spent so many happy times, and for her hearing the Australian dialect and seeing all the sights she had seen with him made her feel closer to him. They both agreed that too many years had been stolen from them, Robert would never regret Robins existence but he did often wonder about his life if she had not shown up on his doorstep just as he and Holly were truly beginning their life together. Holly told him she would never resent Robin but her feelings toward Anna would always be ambiguous at best. Somewhere amongst all the conversation and bearing of souls Holly let it slip that she had never signed the divorce papers and thus their twenty third anniversary had just passed. Robert for his part was thrilled and he vowed that as soon as their current situation was resolved he would give her the wedding she had been deprived of and he vowed to spend the rest of theirs lives earning her love and making her happy.
Luke Spencer walked into his darkened bedroom looking as weary as he felt. He had spent weeks doing a job that would normally take months. He had completely refurbished the Haunted Star and made plans for an opening night masquerade ball. A ball he was certain to attract Helena Cassadine. Robert and Holly would be able to attend in disguise and the trio together would corner Helena and somehow make her confess to Hollys kidnapping and subsequent brainwashing thus clearing Holly of any responsibility in the epidemic. The only thing that bothered Luke was the quiet over the past weeks. No Helena, no cops, nothing it had indeed been too easy and created a discomfort in Luke that was almost unbearable. His attempts to contact Constance Townley had also been for naught which in turn created serious concern for himself and Robert. Luke couldn't shake the feeling that a plan bigger than his own was being brought to fruition and the inevitable fallout had him more frightened than he had ever been before.
Helenas men had kept a very close eye on Luke Spencer and had reported his every move to their boss. She in turn reported to Faison who for his part was confident that the groundwork he had laid over the years would have never ending effects on Robert Scorpios life. Faison was very sure that the opening night of the new Haunted Star would be a night Robert Scorpio would never forget.