Chapter Six

Elizabeth stood in the yard of the Spencer home staring at the house. Robin had given her the news about Lulu while Elizabeth waited for news on Ric. It seemed someone had killed Lulu after attacking Carly. Elizabeth was saddened to learn of the young girl's senseless death. Jason's business had once again caused nothing but death and destruction. There was no point at being angry with Jason or what he did nothing would ever change.

Instead, Elizabeth was more concerned about telling Lucky. He had only been clean for a year and Elizabeth did not want to be part of the reason he relapsed. This along with Lulu's death could be the thing that did it. She hesitated to even come by today but Elizabeth knew Lucky should hear it from her.

Stopping at the door, Elizabeth knocked on the door. The action was more out of habit than necessity. "Lucky?" she called out shutting the door behind her.

"What are you doing here?" Sam asked as she came down the stairs.

"Sam, stop." Lucky said coming out of the kitchen. He didn't understand why Sam and Elizabeth felt such hostility towards each other. And he couldn't find the energy to care at the moment. "Patrick tell you about Lulu?"

"No, it was Robin. How are you holding up?" Elizabeth asked sitting on the couch.

"I'm not sure how to answer that." Lucky said sitting down beside her. The pair had forgotten Sam was even there. "I'm still in shock I think."

"I'm so sorry this happened." Elizabeth said placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Thank you," he said softly.

"I... um... have something I need to tell you though. I would wait but... I don't want someone else telling you." Elizabeth said very hesitantly. In all honesty, this was one of the last things she wanted to do today. Lucky finding out from someone would be even worse.

"I heard about what happened, about what you did at Wyndemere. Are you okay?" Lucky asked grateful to have something else to think about besides Lulu's death.

"Yeah. I am fine. It's nothing do with that. Um... did you know Ric's father Trevor was in town?"

"I heard something about that. Kate Howard said he had set her up."

Elizabeth nodded at the information. In her, few run-ins with Trevor she got the impression he was not used to being told no. "Yeah I wouldn't be surprised. The thing with Trevor is..."

"Trevor is as psycho as his son." Sam snapped interrupting them.

Elizabeth took a deep breath trying not to snap back at Sam. The two of them fighting was the last think Lucky needed. "I'm going to go. I'll call you or something later." Elizabeth said standing up quickly.

Sam smiled at the other woman's sudden departure. "Good because you're not wanted here."

"Lizzie wait." Lucky said gently grabbing her arm. For some reason he could not let whatever Elizabeth had to say go. "This is important right?"

"Yeah." Elizabeth said slowly.

"Then don't leave. Look let's just go outside and talk." Lucky told her insistently.

When they were outside Elizabeth sat quietly on the front steps. "I'm sorry about that I didn't come here to fight with Sam."

"Care to explain?" Lucky said sitting beside her. He could see there was something was bothering her. In fact, something had been bothering for a while now.

"I don't know what to say. Part of it is probably because of Jason and... What happened last summer. The rest I'm sure has to do with you." Elizabeth said regretfully. She knew exactly why Sam hated her. To be honest Elizabeth could not completely blame her. Jason used their one night together to play with Sam's emotions. For some reason the other woman chose to be angry with her not Jason.

"So you had something to tell me?" Lucky asked shaking her from her thoughts.

Elizabeth nodded at bit her bottom lips a sure sign she was nervous. "Yeah. I do. I just don't want to hurt you again."

"Then tell me the truth. It has something to do with Ric and his father. Right?"

"Yeah. Trevor has been trying to get a hold of Molly. He and Ric were fighting when..."

"When what?" Lucky asked when Elizabeth trailed off and showed no sign of continuing.

"He said Cameron is Ric's son." Elizabeth whispered her voice so soft Lucky almost did not hear her. "I had Patrick do the test and..."

"Cameron is Ric's son." Lucky finished for her. The only reason Elizabeth would be here tearing herself up was if the test came positive.

"I'm so sorry." Elizabeth said hanging her head.

"Why? I know you Elizabeth. You didn't do this to hurt me or Ric."

"Then why do I feel so guilty?" Elizabeth asked trying not to cry. So many things had happened the last few weeks it was starting to catch up with her.

"Because you're a good person who always put other people first. It's what makes you such a good mom."

"You're not angry or hurt?" Elizabeth asked in disbelief. It was hard to believe neither Ric nor Lucky was angry with her for the situation.

"I don't blame you." Lucky said firmly.

"Thank you. You're taking this better than I am." Elizabeth said smiling briefly.

"I just want you and Cam to be happy."

"But... but I'm taking your son." Elizabeth said painfully. As happy, as she was about Ric Elizabeth hated that Lucky was going to be the one who paid.

"Shh Elizabeth, Nothing will change how I feel about Cameron. And if he ever needs me, I'll be there. I just can't be his daddy anymore." Lucky told her firmly. It hurt like hell to think the words let alone say them. However, Lucky was not willing to hurt Cam over his pride.

"I don't want him to lose you."

"He won't. I just... maybe I should stay away for awhile. Ric and Cameron need to bond. My being around might mess that up."

"Ric loves him so much." Elizabeth said smiling. She had introduced them several weeks ago and the two had immediately bonded.

"That's good. What about the two of you?"

Elizabeth looked at Lucky in surprise. "What do you mean?"

"It's okay Elizabeth I know. You and I should have never gotten back to together we're just two different now." Lucky said gently. He had long ago accepted the fact he and Elizabeth simply did not work anymore. When he thought about the last few years, he knew Elizabeth had never truly gotten over Ric.

"Right now I'm just worried about telling Cam. I don't even know what to say."

"Just tell him the truth." Lucky said gently. He could understand how something like this could blow up/

"I'm sorry to dump all this on you today." Elizabeth said standing up and giving Lucky a quick hug.

"Anytime."

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Ric didn't have another visitor all day. Which suited him just fine the lack of visitors allowed him to rest. Rest, not sleep. Ric's brain was running too fast for sleep. He needed to at least rest however if he wanted to be released from the hospital anytime soon.

The fact Alexis would be going home tomorrow made him nervous. How long would she wait before trying to take Molly? Not long Ric was certain of that much. Ric knew if Alexis ever got Molly back he would most likely see her again. After losing so much time with Cam losing Molly terrified him.

"Even though you should be sleeping I'm glad you're not." Patrick said grabbing Ric's chart and flipping through it.

"Why is that Dr. Drake?" Ric asked worriedly. He hoped nothing was wrong and he could go home soon.

"I think we need to talk about Elizabeth and what your plans are."