"Yeah. I've been watching the place all day. She came in with Sonny and Olivia's son, you know, the cop. Of course I played it cool. Nobody suspected a thing. Right. I just volunteered and nobody questioned it. I'll let you know if anything new happens." With that, the surveyor snapped his cell phone shut.
Inside Sonny and Olivia's, the women were putting the finishing touches on supper. Olivia turned to Lulu and asked, "Would you call Dante and see how much longer he's gonna be? Risotto has a very small window, you know. While you're at it, ask him if Lucky wants to come over too. It'll be just like old times. All my kids here under the same roof again."
At the PCPD, Dante and Lucky had just gone through Interpol and FBI records trying to find something on the guy who Sonny told him about. "I don't know Dante, this guy is untraceable. It's like he never existed. Once he left last year, he disappeared off the map. I think Sonny's right anyway. I had heard that he died too."
"Okay, but what if that is what he wants people to believe? We need to figure out why someone would go to such great lengths to make themselves disappear, only to resurface a year later and hurt an innocent young woman the way that he did."
"You sound like you think he's the guy," replied Lucky.
"I know it. He's our guy."
Another officer brings in a report and hands it to Lucky. "The lab results are back on the note. Whoever left it must have been wearing gloves. There were no fingerprints other than Lulu's and yours. The ink is just a regular permanent marker. However, the paper has a watermark not visible to the naked eye. The watermark is of the manufacturer's name. They're located in Australia."
"Well, that narrows it down. Lulu said the voice was either British or Australian. Now, we're finally getting somewhere." Just then, Dante's cell phone rings. "Falconeri. Hey! Yeah, we're just about done here." He throws a quick glance at Lucky. "Yeah, he's still here. Okay, I'll tell him. Bye." Turning back to Lucky, he says "that was none other than your sister. She said that dinner is about ready and we had better get there before ma kicks our butts. Actually, I heard ma say that in the background. You ready?"
"Yeah. Let's go."
On their way out, Mac lets them know that he has assigned an unmarked car to watch over the Corinthos' residence. "I know that Sonny has guards, but I think we need a little more surveillance in place, just in case." They both thanked him and headed out the door.
After dinner and a few friendly games of pool, the 5 of them sit down to talk about the good old days. "Do you remember the time that Dante and I snuck out of the house to go to Jakes? We were underage, of course, and Coleman let us…" Olivia shot them both a look that could kill. "Oh, right, you never knew about that one. Oops. Sorry."
"Thanks, man. Thanks a lot. Now I'm going to get my head smacked every time I come over for the next 3 months," joked Dante.
Lulu was watching everyone laughing and even laughing herself from time to time, but there was still one thing eating at her a little. No one had really noticed when she slipped away and went over to stand by the window, just gazing out, as if she were searching for something lost. Lucky made his way over to her and slipped one arm across her shoulders, pulling her in toward him a bit. "Everything all right?"
She looked around and smiled. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just feel bad that I kept the truth from Dante and made you all my accomplices."
"Dante and I talked about that today. He was upset, at first, but he's okay now. He knows that you didn't do it deliberately to hurt him. Just keep talking to him. He's worried about you and so am I. Have you thought anymore about therapy?"
"I have. I'm thinking about seeing Dr. Winters. I don't know. We'll see."
"Okay. You know that I love you, right?"
"Yes, Lucky, I do," she said as she rolled her eyes, feigning annoyance.
"Hey, guys, how about a little poker?", yelled Dante, from across the room.
As Lulu and Lucky made their way back over to the couch, Sonny and Olivia got up to go to bed.
"It is getting way too late for us 'old' people," said Olivia as they were half way up the stairs. "You 'kids' don't stay up too late."
"Thanks for dinner," replied Lucky.
"Come back anytime, that's an order," she replied.
"Yes, ma'am," he said, saluting with two fingers.
The trio sat in the living room playing poker, laughing and telling jokes until way into the night. Sometime later, they all fell asleep in the living room like they used to do when they were kids. Lulu and Lucky were on opposing ends of one of the huge couches and Dante was on the other. Lucky woke to Lulu kicking at him. She nearly knocked him off, wrestling around. "Lu," he whispered, trying not to wake Dante. Nothing. He could tell that she was stuck inside of a nightmare. Trying not to startle her too much, he carefully got up, walked over and shook her on the shoulder. "Lu," he whispered again, a little louder. By now, Dante was awake, still in a bit of a daze. He shot a puzzled look at Lucky. "She's having a nightmare and I can't bring her out of it." Dante knelt down beside her. He tried, this time. "Lulu." Again, nothing. A few seconds later, she sat straight up, clutching her chest and breathing hard. "I think she's having a panic attack," Dante said, never taking his eyes off of her. Lucky rushed into the kitchen to get her some water. "Lulu, you're going to be okay. Just take some deep breaths. Shh. You're all right." He was stroking her cheek, trying to soothe her.
"Where am I? What happened?" she asked, looking confused about her surroundings.
Lucky returned with the water. "Lulu, remember? You're at Greystone. It's okay. Here, take a drink." He handed it to her and brushed her sweat laden hair out of her face. "You were having a nightmare. Do you want to tell us about it?"
"No. I really just want to forget it," she said, with tears in her eyes.
"That's okay. You don't have to. Just rest," said Dante, rubbing her shoulder.
They both sat quietly there with her until she finally fell back to sleep.