Chapter 45

Luke plowed through the doors into the police station yelling at every officer he could "Where is Scorpio!" After a few minutes of searching he saw Mac and Cruz in the interrogation room having a meeting of sorts.

He opened the door, walked in and slammed it shut. "I want answers Mac. I cannot sit at home and wait for you to call me. What happened?"

"Take a seat Luke." Mac demanded.

"Stop dicking me around Scorpio, what the hell is going on here?"

Cruz turned to Mac, "Want me to leave?" Mac answered by shaking his head.

Luke's anger began to subside. "Come on Cruz, you were one of my son's best friends, tell me what happened to him."

Hearing Luke say that made Cruz sick to his stomach, he wished that things had not occurred the way that they had, but things have worked out this way so the situation needs to be dealt with.

Mac took the fine in front of him and dropped it on the table before Luke. "Read the file, it will help you better understand when we tell you what happened last night."

Luke opened the file and the first thing he saw was a picture of Lucky and a man having drinks in a restaurant.

"That man is Joey Perez, the son of a big crime boss from Miami." Mac explained.

As Luke thumbed through the file and looked at the pictures, bank statements and phone logs it had suddenly made sense. Lucky had stopped by last night and seemed distracted. No, not possible, Lucky fought on the correct side of the law.

"Mac, this is not right, it is obvious that this is fabricated."

"I'm afraid it is not Luke." Cruz said.

"You believe this Cruz? You were his best friend… you know Lucky would never get involved with organized crime."

"Luke it is true." Cruz explained, "I saw it with my own eyes."

"What do you mean you saw it?" Luke asked raising his voice.

"I mean, I was there last night. Lucky was down at the docks to blow up one of Corinthos' warehouses, and I also believe it was his intention to kill both Morgan and Sonny. He succeeded in detonating an explosive in the warehouse but Sonny and Jason did not get the chance to arrive on the scene."

"That does not explain how my son got shot? I still do not believe this tale you two have been feeding me, I want to know how he got shot." Luke said standing from his chair. "WHAT HAPPENED."

"Luke, calm down. You need to relax so we can tell you." Mac said.

"NO, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" Luke yelled.

"Luke sit down!" Mac demanded as Luke approached him.

"I WILL SIT DOWN AS SOON AS YOU TELL ME HOW MY BOY GOT SHOT!"

"Luke!" Cruz yelled. "I was there, I can tell you… I shot him and Sam." The instant the words left his mouth he heard the door close and turned to see Alexis standing there. She had come down to ask questions for herself and now her first one was answered.

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Jason looked at the caller ID on his phone and saw that it was Elizabeth.

"I was just thinking about you." He said.

"Well I was thinking about you too, I miss you." Elizabeth said. "Is Spinelli babysitting tomorrow night or should I ask Grams?"

"Spinelli is, he said he will be at the house at 9." Jason explained.

"Good because I was thinking that maybe I will ask Grams if she wants to spend time with the boys tonight so we can have some time together… tomorrow night we won't exactly be alone and I want you to myself for a little while."

Jason smiled into the phone, "That sounds… perfect. I should be home around 7."

"Ok, see you then, I love you."

"I love you too." Jason replied then closed his phone.

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"WHAT!" Luke yelled. "What do you mean that you shot him?"

"I think you both need to sit down. I need to tell you both what happened." Cruz said as he pushed the folder over to where Alexis was taking a seat so that she could examine the evidence. "Well, I noticed that Lucky was acting odd since he returned to town. Odd is expected considering everything he went through with his marriage but he was acting odd in a different way, a suspicious way."

Cruz pulled out the chair and took a seat at the table across from Alexis. "My suspicions got the best of me and I dug a little… that was all it took." He continued explaining about the meetings Lucky had in Miami and the warehouse explosions, how he recruited Sam and the fact that they suspect that Rick was involved. "Then last night I confronted Lucky after I witnessed him blowing up the warehouse. He pulled a gun on me then Sam shot at me from the shadows, she missed me and hit Lucky. I shot her, Lucky was laying on the ground and raised his gun to me. I shot him before he shot me."

"That's it… I don't believe your story detective." Luke shot at him.

"Were there any other witnesses to corroborate this story? I know that my daughter has had some issues in the past but this… it is not her." Alexis said.

"I realize that this is hard for the both of you to believe but that is how it went down. I am very sorry that everything happened the way it did but I handled it the best I could." Cruz said.

"Your SORRY! So this is our explanation!" Luke exclaimed. "We just have to take your word on the fact that it went down the way you said it did?"

"I have to agree with Luke, Mac. This is too far out of character for both of them. People make bad decisions, it is a part of life but this. I do not believe it." Alexis said. "If Rick allegedly was a part of this I want to talk to him, where is he?"

"He has been placed on a paid leave while we conduct our investigation. I assume he is at home." Mac said. "I must ask that you please let us conduct our investigation, please do not interfere."

"He is the father of my daughter, I can and I will go talk to him." Alexis stood from her chair, "You will be hearing from me." she said to Mac as she left, closing the door behind her.

Luke was sitting at the table with his eyes glued on Cruz. "So tell me detective Rodriguez, what was Lucky's odd behavior that made you start this investigation?" Luke asked snidely.

"Does it matter Luke, I did not make this evidence up. I will say that he was acting strange, more distant then he has lately." Cruz answered.

Luke huffed, "Something stinks here and it is not your cheap cologne detective. You'd better watch out because I will be watching you like a hawk. I will have your badge!" Luke stood from his seat and left the room, slamming the door in his path. Luke wanted answers and he was not going to rest till he got them.