Ghost of You
Part 3
Luke had been in the hospital for what seemed like a year. The more time he spent there, the more he couldn't understand how anyone could work there full time. He was in his room getting ready to leave when Bobbie walked in. Luke smiled at his sister and Bobbie smiled in return.
"So, you ready to get out of here?" Bobbie asked.
"Oh yeah, back to the dysfunctional Casa Quartermaine." Luke replied still smiling wide. Bobbie's smile faded at the realization that Luke wasn't aware of Edward's death.
"Um Luke, things might be...well... kind of different around the Quartermaine's."
"You gonna tell me why Barbara Jean?" Luke asked and Bobbie sighed.
"Last night many people were brought in, sick from the epidemic. One of those people was Edward Quartermaine."
"What do you mean 'was'?" Luke asked but then it hit him, Edward was dead. Then another factor dawned on him. "Tracy. Does she know?"
"Yes she knows. She was there when they brought him in and she waited outside while he was checked out. There was nothing anyone could do. When he came to he asked to see Tracy. She was with him when he died."
"Oh no. That must've been rough."
"Well it was. When I came back into the room Edward had flat-lined and Tracy was just...not herself. She could barely stand on her own and she basically broke down. I've never seen her like that and I pray she won't ever have to go through that type of pain again."
"Is she still here at the hospital?"
"I think I saw her leave with Dillon." Not two seconds after Bobbie told him Luke was out the door, out of the hospital and off to the Quartermaine Mansion.
After walking inside, Luke went into the living room, figuring that was the most likely place to find Tracy...and he was right. She was sitting in the couch, her back towards him, looking at a photo of her parents together. Luke entered quietly.
"Spanky?" Luke said in a gentle voice. Tracy turned around after wiping at her eyes.
"You just get home?" Tracy asked in an emotionless tone.
"Yeah. Um, are you okay?"
"Why does everyone keep asking me that? No, I'm not okay. I'm alone." Tracy's anger took over her.
"You're not alone spankybuns. You've got your sons and family. And of course you've got me." Luke added with a smile.
"Look what good that's got me."
"Oh come one. Its not all that bad."
"Not that bad? I hope that's your sick sense of humor because I don't think it could be worse."
"Calm down sugar plum."
"No I won't. I want you out. Out of this house and out of my life."
