Chapter Thirteen- Free Money

"How in holy hell did you talk her into coming back here?" Robert asked as Luke and Skye walked into Luke's Club.

The bar was closed because it was early morning.

"Red missed me," Luke answered, grinning.

"No one misses you, Spencer, ever." she answered

Luke smiled, thinking the snark was only a cover for the fact she wanted to be in his bed. Of course, he thought that was true about most women he met.

Skye Chandler leaned over the bar to peck Robert's cheek. "Looking good, Boss."

Though she hadn't been part of the crew in years, Robert would always be Boss in her book.

"So you want in?" Robert asked

"I heard the stakes are high. Higher than we ever went back in the old days." Skye said

"Well," Robert drug out the word. "that really does depend on if we live by the Honor Among Thieves rule..."

"Which we never have," Luke said "The only thing we have loyalty to the bottom line. Nedly deserves to lose the whole shebang for lying to us."

"So you plan to con your own client?" Skye asked, looking at Robert "Luke said the crew decided to cut Ned out but I had to hear it from you with my own ears."

"Quatermaine will get exactly what he hired us to steal." Robert said "One ugly painting of a naked broad that has none of the good bits showing."

"And no account numbers, which is what he really wanted," Skye said

"Chandler, you should know by now," Robert smiled "very rarely does anyone in the world get what they really wanted."

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With a smile, because he loved her so damn much he couldn't not smile at the sight of her, Lucky asked "What do you think you are doing here?"

"I need to talk wedding details with you," Emily said

He whispered, "I'm working."

"You are sitting in the lobby of The Metro Court, how is that working?"

"Believe me, it is."

Just then Jax exited the elevator and walked out the front doors.

"Got to go." Lucky stood and dropped a quick as a lightening flash kiss on her cheek then headed for the elevator.

He was upstairs sliding a stolen pass key into the door of Jax's room when Emily tapped him on the shoulder.

"You know better..." he said as he went into the room. "Go home."

"You want to work then work. I have wedding plans I need finalized."

She strolled inside. Lucky followed and then closed the door. He pinned her against it and kissed her.

"You love danger more than I do, just admit it," he whispered into her ear

" I admit nothing, Luck." But her hand was moving to his zipper as she spoke.

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"You sure you want to do this?" he asked her as they drove passed the sign that said

Welcome to Port Charles

"We've been in the car for ten hours and now you want to know if I'm sure?" Blair asked "A little late, Todd, don't you think?"

"Just don't want you blaming me if this blows up in your face."

"Please. He goes weak in the knees over a blonde. And I am as stunning as they come. So Sonny will gladly invite me in. And then I will tell him how you kept me hostage for all these months."

"He can check that lie out easy enough."

Blair argued, "That would take time and old Sonny boy will want me gone before Lois" she sneered the name of her replacement "gets homeHe'll be happy to give me a little going away money, if only so I don't mess up his impending nuptials."

"You saw the wedding announcement and couldn't resist, could you?" Todd asked

"Hey, it's free money. Who could resist that?"

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Mac just rolled his eyes when Anna told him she suspected Robert was working the same job.

"What?" she asked "You think I got it wrong? I know that ex of mine. He's got his eye on Corinthos, same as us."

" I have no doubt he does. But, tell me, since when do we work against family?"

"Mac, for God sake's, will you at least try to be as cold blooded to him as he is to you?"

"Not gonna happen, Annie."

She smiled. "Don't call me that."

"Go home to your husband, Annie."

"Not gonna happen, Bomber."

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Lulu had a hard time doing the right thing. She knew it wasn't smart to ever start dating Spinelli. Because he worked with her father and no one who did that was ever going to be able to settle down.

But then, two years ago, Spinelli had showed up on her doorstep one rainy night, after a long year of no contact between them. The first words out of his mouth were, "The Jackal and The Blond One- we meet again."

She couldn't resist bringing him inside, drying him off , stripping him of his wet clothes and then, while they tumble around in her dryer, she tumbled around her bed with the boy she fell for at eighteen.

Now, he was back. And ignoring her once more. Whenever things got intense between them, and since the first time he kissed her they had been and stayed intense, Damien had a tendency to run away.

That pissed Lulu off.

She knew she shouldn't be knocking on Zander's door at midnight. But she was anyway.

A window opened overhead. Spinelli leaned out. "Spence?"

"Jack."

"I'll be right down."

She hoped he didn't put on a shirt. He had grown so much since freshman year of college, his body filled out in all the right places, the places that made it hard for her to look at him and not think about when he was hers.

But even back in college she had been a sucker for his boyish good looks, those soulful eyes, the smile that never failed to make her feel better.

He slid outside, silent as if he was on the job.

"What are you doing here?" Spinelli asked

She didn't have a good answer for that. She wanted to get her heart back from him. But since she knew he couldn't give that to her, she grabbed him and brought her lips to his.

He didn't fight her, instead he brought his arms around her body, and urged her mouth open with his tongue.

It had been too long, she tasted too good, and he simply lacked the willpower to turn her away.