Switching Places
Chapter 68
Elizabeth woke up not sure what woke her. Turning over she saw Jason still awake and staring at her. "Jason?" She asked.
"I couldn't sleep. I kept seeing Lucky holding a gun on you. Then the fire, mixing with the one a few years ago. I just needed to hold you close." He said wrapping his arms around her.
"What time is it?"
"Almost ten. I talked to Marco; Francis woke up again. He is in pain but doing fine. In fact he is flirting with the nurses already."
"When Lucky shot him, I wanted to help him, but knew that Lucky would kill him if given a chance. When you put your gun down, I was terrified. I can't believe I am saying this, but thank god for Taggert."
"I know; it has been all over the news. He was being arrested for the drug store thefts and the one at GH. He got in to GH using Bobbie's keys. Took them and copied them. Some dealer rolled on Lucky for a better deal. Lulu was arrested for stealing a police car last night."
"I saw, Taggert gave Nik a chance to chase her down. I guess he didn't catch up with her."
"Carly called earlier, she was hoping to have lunch with you at Kelly's. I told her you would call when you woke up."
"I might as well go; I had a restless night. I kept seeing you hanging off the side of the fire truck."
"I had no intention of letting go, in fact, I was thinking you would kill me if I died there." Jason leaned over to kiss her as it slowly got more intense; they soon found themselves occupied with more pleasurable things.
Emily went into the station, talking to Garcia she found out where the car had been found. "We have no idea where he went. There were tire tracks and some footprints, so it looks like someone found him and took him someplace safe."
"Thanks, where is the Jag now?"
"Impound yard. Do you want to see her?"
"I have to; I am the last one left. Leslie is in Florida with her former sister in law and is flying back as soon as the weather clears. Luke is useless you know that."
"She is being brought up. Taggert told me to put her in a cell, I think he is hoping it wakes her up."
"What about the car, what happens there?" She asked even as she made a mental note to call some of the other hospitals in town.
"We aren't going to press charges; most of us understand why she did it. Justus is going to put her in for a diversion program. The idea is that it stops their behavior and gets them thinking of where do they want to end up."
Alexis was sleeping while sitting in the darkened room, when Mac woke up. "Ouch!" Trying not to disturb her, he reached for the call button and pressed it. When the heavyset nurse arrived, he asked for his doctor and for a cot for his wife.
"She refused to use one. Your daughters are here, may I send them in." she asked with a smile as she checked his vitals. "Looking good, now don't move much, you don't want to reopen that wound."
"I need to see Justus Ward at some point, could you call my office to arrange it."
"He is here as well, but it will take a few minutes, he was visiting with Francis Corelli about the shooting."
Maxie entered the room ahead of Georgie who was pushing the baby stroller. "Dad!"
"How are all of you?" He asked as they griped his hand, unsure of where not to touch.
"We are fine, what did the doctor say?"
Alexis woke up in time to hear the question and looked to see Mac was awake. Bending over she kissed his lips saying "I love you, you are insane though for chasing after Spencer yourself."
Tony came into the room and suggested they let him examine the patient.
"Tony, the bullet is no place close to my brain."
"Depends on who you talk to." He said with a deadpan expression.
"Don't go there." Said Mac trying to move some.
"Only Lucky would shot you in the rear, was his aim was that bad?"
"I think he was that strung out. Am I going to be okay?" He asked while his family was waiting for the answer.
"Your skin is going to itch as the burns heal, and the bullet wound mean you will be sleeping on your side for a while, but you will live. Next time, shoot first, and ask questions later. It works for Morgan."
Carly was locking up the Brownstone; Michael was with Sonny who had been uncharacteristically quiet when picking him up earlier. Putting it down to the pain medicine, she went to get Morgan ready for the trip to Kelly's. "Do you need a hand?"
Turning she saw Jax standing there, and said "If you could take the bag, I will load Morgan."
"How are you this morning?"
"Fine, other than telling Michael that I was not happy about playing Spiderman. Apparently Justus described our descent as playing Spiderman, now he wants to do it."
"When he is older, have someone take him to one of the places were he can learn to repel, it can be fun. I just wanted to check up on you. I have to go I have a meeting in New York, but will be back tonight. Would you like to have dinner?"
"Where?"
"The Gri- how about Kelly's." He said with a small wry grin.
"Better yet, I can order take out and we can eat here. Where are you staying?"
"I had purchased a penthouse, and was planning on having it redecorated. I just have to move up that schedule."
"If you need any help..." she left it open but then got into the car and drove off to see who would show up for lunch.
Elizabeth was dressing when she heard the door. Walking down the stairs carrying her belt she was surprised to see Skye. "Do you have some time this week? There is something I need to talk to you about."
"Sure, but it will have to be later. I am meeting Carly and Alexis for lunch, but I am free tomorrow."
"That's fine. I was on my way to the police station when I decided to stop. Taggert wants to talk to me about the alarm system and how Lucky over rode it."
"He had a lot of experience with computers; my guess is he figured it out all on his own."
"There was a code, he would have needed. I have to figure out how he got it."
"Is the hotel a total loss?"
"Yes, plus three people died. Though I guess only Cameron is the result of the fire."
"I heard Lucky did a lot of damage. I am sorry."
"For what, moving on and being happy. Don't you dare apologize? I was married to an abuser and that is where Lucky was heading. If you had stayed with him, my guess is that eventually he would have hurt you much worse than he already did."
"Thanks, I needed to be reminded about that." She said with a sad smile. Jason was coming down the stairs, and reached out and grabbed Skye's arm.
"You did well, don't let Edward tell you any differently. You made the difference between life and death for most of those people. If you hadn't updated those fire systems; it would have been a complete disaster."
"Edward said the same thing, then ruined it by being worried about being sued and calling his attorney."
"The man isn't going to change; we just have to accept him the way he is." Said Elizabeth.
Carly was waiting for the others while going over her list. She had Monica monitoring Alan's diet, to the point that the doctor had been sneaking around, trying to get fatty foods past his wife. All it had taken was a casual comment on how tired Alan had been looking.
Alexis was keeping an eye on Kristina's health, and guiding Maxie. Unfortunately, Lulu was in for a rude awaking. When she had called down to the station and learned of her arrest, she had talked Justus into making her face some punishment. The man had been planning on letting her off the hook.
Seeing Elizabeth entering she stood up to hug her friend. "How are you feeling?"
"Fine, what about you, any side affects from hanging off the side of a building?" She teased.
"No, but it will not be happening again. I have decided to not enter any building with more than four floors."
"I guess that means if I want you to visit, Jason and I have to move."
"I will qualify the statement to add for at least three months. So for now you will just have to come to see me."
"Have you heard how Mac is?" She asked worried about Alexis and how she was handling it.
"He will be fine." Said his entering wife. "The bullet was removed and the burns will hurt for a while, but he will be fine. Now I have to make this quick, since the girls and I have had no sleep."
"Sleep? What's sleep?" Asked Emily as she entered and sat down. Placing her head on Elizabeth's shoulder she said "I haven't had any of that for almost three days."
"Em, the fire was last night. Why were you up the night before?"
"Nik." She answered before wrapping her arms around Elizabeth and snuggling closer.
"Well, if Miss Sleepy head can wake up a few minutes, I was just going to check on everyone."
"Okay, go through your list." Said Elizabeth as she tried to drink her milkshake.
"Francis is doing well; I talked to him earlier. Sonny has an injured shoulder and is acting rather quiet. We know that Lucky is dead. I know he is your oldest friend, Em but he was out of control" said Carly.
"I know I just wish...I don't know what I wish. Mainly that Helena hadn't killed him years ago, but I am not so sure that she is responsible for this."
"Okay, the first fire, we lost Zander, he went off the rails, but he is fine. I talked to him earlier and he is dealing with things. Making plans to leave here. He blames this town for everything." Said Emily.
"I talked to him too, he is returning home and said if we want to see him that we will have to come there." Elizabeth had only spoke to him for a few minutes, as he was getting ready to pack and go.
"Okay, I saw Nik after the fire so he doesn't end up missing."
"Uh, Carly he is missing." Replied Emily from her comfy spot.
"WHAT!" Said the three women disturbing Morgan who woke up and started crying. Carly soothed him, and then holding him said what happened to Nik?
"His car broke down outside of Essex. It's a small town about ten miles east of here."
"I have to make a quick call. Stay here, Alexis go home and we will call you later. Elizabeth, who is your guard today?" She asked wondering why Emily seemed so calm.
"I have Max and Milo."
"Good we may need them." Emily woke up at that, she had been sure that it was just a simple accident. She had been concerned but tired more than any thing else. Some part of her expected to find him when she returned home that afternoon.
"Carly I am five months pregnant this isn't the time for one of your plans." She warned.
"I will be right back. I need to call Stan." She said leaving quickly.
Returning she told them that they had someplace to go as soon as Stan called her back.
"Conner, Conner are you okay?" The man in the bed looked up at the brunette leaning over him and thought the curls weren't right.
"Did you get a perm?" He asked but unsure why he did.
"Yes, I did." She said playing along. "How do you feel this morning? You had a car accident on your way home."
"I-I don't remember. Is that why my head hurts." Then looking around he thought, this place doesn't look familiar. "Are you sure I live here?"
"Yes, you are my husband, see." She showed him the photo on the mantle of the grinning couple, the woman in a white dress and the man in a military uniform. Something about a uniform made sense, but there should have been a sash on it.
"Tell me." He said listening to her tell him all about the life he seemed to have forgotten.
Carly took the call and then went to the Spencer house, taking out the spare key she let herself in grateful that Lulu had lots of photos lying around. Picking up several, she tossed them into her purse and made a call to the last person she wanted to talk to.
"Thanks could you meet us there."
Getting in, she leaned over and handed Milo the address as he pulled the SUV out of the driveway. Arriving at the quaint house, Carly told Elizabeth to wait here with Emily, but had Max hand her a mike.
"I get it, but this could backfire. We should just send the police."
"No, her husband hurts Emily in the future; we need to deal with this now. No messing around."
Mary looked out the window at the large Suburban and walked out onto the porch, grateful that Conner was sleeping. "May I help you?"
"I was wondering if you have ever seen this man?" She said showing him the picture of Nik with Lucky.
"No, no I haven't." She said keeping her voice calm.
"Don't you want to know which man I am talking about?" She asked the woman.
"No, because I have never seen either of them." She lied.
"Strange, are you new it town? The blond is Lucky Spencer, local nitwit who killed someone last night. The other is Nikolas Cassidine, Prince Nikolas Cassidine. His car went into a ditch not that far from here, the tracks lead right here."
"Looks, lady, please leave before you wake up my husband. He has just returned from Iraq and needs his rest." She said while looking back into the cabin.
"Really, well thank you for your help. I will let the local police know that their search warrant for the wanted man is unnecessary." Seeing the woman not even flinch Carly sighed, she had heard the woman was insane, obviously it was true.
"Good, the only man here is my husband." She said before entering the house, and locking the door.
"Mary, who was that?" Asked Nik as he walked out the door. The clothes were a little loose and seemed wrong, but if he had just returned from war, that made some sense. He would have been wearing a uniform for so long that he wasn't comfortable in civilian clothes.
"Just someone lost, how about an early dinner?" She had been careful to cover herself telling Nik that he was AWOL, and could not be seen, that they had made plans to move to Canada and were in the process of getting ready to leave.
Carly was back in the truck, then she pulled the device out of her ear. "So what do you think?"
"She has to be lying. Nik is always in the news and Lucky has been the lead story for the last twelve hours." Said Elizabeth, seeing the car pulling up behind them, she turned to Carly and said "Tony Jones?"
"We need a head doctor; he is the only one I know."
Getting out she went over and asked him to join them, "What is going on Carly."
"Nik had a car accident; we were tracking him when we arrived here. There is a man inside that looks just like Nik, she is claiming he is her husband Conner Bishop. Jason's man ran the name; he is a soldier who died in Iraq."
"So why am I here?" He asked annoyed. "Wouldn't the police be more helpful?"
"I think that Nik has a head injury and we need your help. Max and Milo can get us in but we need you to get Nik out without injuring him worse."
"Fine, but if we get arrested I am telling them all of it."
Max told Milo to go around to the back door they had scouted out earlier and then went to the front door with Elizabeth and Emily. Knocking, they heard some scrambling then the woman at the door.
"Yes, may I help you?" She asked standing in the doorway. Max slowly eased closer and said "We are looking for someone, this is Mrs. Cassidine, her husband had a car accident."
"Like I told the blond, -" she lifted her hand to emphasize something and Max pushed into the house.
"Let me guess that there is no one here but Conner. Except that Conner is dead." Said Emily.
"He isn't my husband is not dead." She replied.
"Yes, he is. He looks remarkably like Nik, but he isn't Nik. You need to tell him the truth; you need to stop the lies."
"I am not-" she stopped as Nik left the bedroom and pulled her behind him. "She isn't lying. She has pictures of us. I am Conner Bishop."
"No, you are Nikolas Cassidine. Son of Laura Spencer, nephew of Alexis and Stefan..." Emily could see she was getting through.
"You are lying to him, STOP!" Screamed Mary.
"Nik is one of my oldest friends, his grandmother hates me, and his brother and I were engaged to be married. You faked my death; do you want to know why?" Said Elizabeth, continuing she said "Nik, here take the pictures, look at them. You are hurting right now, I can understand not wanting to remember. Your brother killed Stefan right in front of you; he killed the man you thought of as a father."
Nik was getting images that made no sense, but knew somehow they were telling the truth. Turning to Mary he asked "Who, who are you?"
"I am your wife, Conner; I am the woman you love." Carly entered with Tony who was shocked at what he saw in the woman's eyes. She truly believed that Nik was her Conner.
"No-that's not right. Your hair is curly." He said. "WHY? Why did you lie to me?"
"You ARE Conner, you are my husband, you know that, deep inside of you. You know that." She said brokenly.
Carly saw the soft heartedness of Elizabeth and Emily start to feel for the woman and stopped them, saying "Remember what I said."
"Nik, I am Doctor Jones, the women in this room asked me to come and take you to General Hospital. They were worried about you. Let's get Mary to come along, as well."
"WE are not going anywhere; you people are NOT TAKING my husband away from me again."
Milo intercepted the woman as she went back towards the kitchen. "Max, there was a loaded shotgun, in there. I took it out."
Tony had Max go out to his car and get his medical bag and sedated the woman, telling the confused Nik that all would be fine once he had been treated.
Taggert finished telling Mac what they had been working on. "I had Garcia going to Kelly's. He was supposed to be checking out Spencer's room. Turns out he was staying at both his mother's and there."
"Lucky was so strung out in the basement, it was horrifying." Said Mac. "I can recall him as this happy kid who loved life and seemed to have no worse problem than Edward Quartermaine complaining about his dog. How is Luke dealing?"
"He is at his old club; he climbed into a bottle and was still there when I visited with him this afternoon."
Garcia threw up then called Taggert, "Get to Kelly's now. You have got to see this."
When the man arrived he looked at the photo album and said "Pictures?"
"Look inside."
Taggert opened the bright green book with the words permanent lock written across it in bright red letters. Inside he found pictures of Elizabeth Webber, some alone, some obviously photo shopped replacing his head on Morgan's body.
"Oh my god." Was his response. Flipping through, he found the rest even more disturbing. It looked like Lucky had been stalking Elizabeth, taking photos using a long ranges lens. But the ones that truly ruined his lunch were the ones with Elizabeth that had been altered to show her no longer pregnant.
"I heard what he said in the ballroom. He had been planning this for quite a while. It looks like his imminent arrest moved things up. " Said Garcia.
Taggert took out the pictures of Elizabeth and Jason, with the crosshairs drawn on Morgan, and said "Tell Morgan, I have something I have to do."
"What is more important than this?"
"Did you look all the way through the book?"
"No, why?"
"The pictures of them having sex, those were Lucky with the girl photo shopped to look like Elizabeth. The one girl, the one with the big breasts, unless I miss my guess that is Sam McCall."
"So?"
"I recognize that room. It's one of the rooms at Jake's." More specifically Morgan's old room.
Taggert waited until he left then called over to tell Mac what they had found. "The thing is, my guess is that CSU tells us it's the real Sam McCall. There are scars from the hysterectomy."
"Get them to the team, and then see if you can find out when they were taken. Anything else?"
Jason listened to Det. Garcia and then asked to see the album. "Meet me down at the station. What about Elizabeth, do you intend to tell your wife?"
"Yes, but I want to see it first." He said. Calling Diane he asked her to meet him there, then called Elizabeth to find out she was on her way to GH with Emily and Nik.
"I will pick you up there." He said before hanging up. Then wincing at the short tone of voice he had used, he called her back and said "I'm sorry."
"Don't be, I figure I can use that when you come to yell at me when you find out what Carly dragged me into this afternoon." She said staring at the shotgun in the box that Milo had placed in the back of the SUV.
"Do I want to know now?"
"Everything is fine, except Nik hit his head and has amnesia."
"So it happened again?" He asked surprised.
"Lulu and the stolen police cruiser, we think. We have the woman who was holding him at her place in the car as well."
Sonny dropped Michael off with Leticia who was just getting Morgan up from his nap. Sonny took one look and realized what he had lost with his son. He had asked Stan to gather all he could, but the man had called to say that it would be a couple of days.
Stopping at the Towers, he saw neither Jason nor Elizabeth were home when he went into his old penthouse. Grabbing the old address book, he had forgotten, he placed some called and went to the restaurant. Calling Brenda he cancelled plans for dinner while the model was in town.
"I have to go to New York for the day. Maybe when I get back." He said.
Brenda said sure, then hung up the phone. "That was Sonny, looks like I don't have a date for Valentines, after all. He has to make a quick trip to New York. So I guess that means we don't have to drive south."
Robin gave her a tight grin. She had four days off and had come to the states with Brenda hoping to plead her case to Sonny. The man had called earlier that week, saying that Jason didn't want her near him. So they could not use his old penthouse while in town.
When she asked if he had even asked Jason, the man she had thought of as her friend had replied. "No, but when I mentioned your name, he said he didn't want you anyplace near his wife. Especially after your lack of apology to her."
Taking out the notes for the new procedure, she decided to at least get started working on that, this Dr. Drake was completely wrong in how he was going about obtaining the data, he wasn't asking the right questions, and that was paramount to getting these people help.
Johnny was on the border to Massachusetts when he found the postcard. Writing her name in block letters, he sent it hoping she would know that he was thinking of her.
As he held the postcard, getting ready to mail it, he knew he was going the wrong way. He had to go south, the files had mentioned North Carolina. He had to find out whom Trevor knew there. So that he could protect his family from the man.
Returning to his newly purchases SUV, he watched as the mail truck pulled up to the blue box and picked up the mail. In a few days, Georgie would have his postcard to go with the letter he had already posted this morning.
Georgie was walking into GH when she heard someone calling out her name. "Yes?" She asked.
"Oh, thank you, thank you for finding my sweet little Tinkles, thank you so much." Said the elderly woman.
"Your welcome, I just brought him along, I wasn't the only one saving him."
"You were the one who was carrying him, who took care of him. The fireman on the scene said you gave him water as soon as you could, in spite of your own family's tragedy. Your father, my poor dear. I hear he is doing better. Shame about that Spencer kid. His father was such a charming man. What ever happened to him." She said more to herself than Georgie.
"You're welcome." Georgie said heading in to see her father, when the woman called out again. "I must compensate you for your troubles."
"No, thank you, but no. Just take good care of ah "Tinkles" said Georgie with a smile as Tinkles lived up to his name on the sidewalk.
Two hours later, Alexis took the call and said "I will look into it. Are you sure?"
"Yes. The account was opened up in her name, two million dollars."
"From Mrs. Barrington?"
"Yes, that was what she requested. There were rules sent along with it, but she arranged for it to be available now."
"I have to talk to my daughter. Thank you for calling me. I know your office hours are long over." She told the banker looking at the wall clock.
"When a client as important as Mrs. Barrington calls, we take care of what she wants, no matter the time."
Elizabeth was sitting beside Nik, he seemed slightly uncomfortable with Emily and her friend had asked her to sit with him.
"So I faked your death?" He asked from the hospital bed.
Elizabeth told him that the doctor had ordered them to not tell him anything. "It could impede your progress."
"I know, he told me. But hearing that, doesn't sound like me. I am no hero. I still can't believe what they said about being a Prince."
Elizabeth chuckled, even without his memory and not believing it, Nik had the ingrained politeness and mannerisms of the Prince. "It is such a part of you, I don't think you would. Your Uncle Stefan started training you at birth, so it is just who you are." She said with a smile.
"So what happens now?"
"What do you mean?"
"They said I can go home, but where is home and how do I get there."
"Emily and you live on an Island in the Harbor. Or you could stay at the penthouse across from us."
"Who is us?"
"My husband, Jason and I live in those towers out that window."
"Do I know this Jason?"
Emily was grateful that Nik trusted her enough to let her stay with him at Sonny's old place, but he seemed upset about something. As they entered she said "Want to talk about it?"
"I can't. Maybe later." He said before walking up the stairs and finding a bedroom to sleep in. Smelling the stale and musty sheets, he made a mental note to remind Mrs. Landsbury to air out the room later. Wait, he thought, who was Mrs. Landsbury?
Georgie was speechless when Alexis entered Mac's room with Kristina and told them what was going on.
"So this woman gave Georgie all this money."
"With some stipulations, they are a little strange, but yes."
"That is so cool, who knows, I might let you bribe your way out of trouble for hitting me in the head with that tray." Teased Maxie.
"I can't keep it." Said Georgie.
"The thing is, the way she set it up, you can't give it back and you can't just give it away." Said Alexis as she explained she needed to read all the legal fine print, but from the sounds of it, she had no choice but to keep it.
Sonny arrived in Bensonhurst, looking around the old neighborhood, he found someone he knew. "Mrs. Brianca, I am looking for Olivia Falconari, do you know where I can locate her?"
The woman turned to look at him, then gave him her back saying "She doesn't need you around, your kind has done nothing but cause trouble around here for years. Go back to whatever rock you crawled out from, Michael Corinthos."
Just shaking his head, and walking away, he called Stan and said "I need an address now?"
"All I can find is an address they had while the boy was in school."
"Give me that, I will work from there."
"Connie, you were right. You should have heard him, saying I BETRAYED him."
"I told you so, men like Sonny, have no idea of other people; it all revolves around them. Your not telling him about Dante wasn't about your son, at least in Sonnyworld. In Sonnyworld, it is all about him, and his wants and needs." She said sarcastically.
"What do I do now? He is going to come looking for us?"
"I already arranged it; you are on the plane as soon as you are ready. Dante, I am sorry about this."
"Don't be. For once you are helping Mom and not thinking of yourself, Aunt Connie. I am glad for her sake. What about my friend Dominic's car?"
"I have arranged for someone to drive it back to this Port Charles and leave it on campus. Is there anything there you can't live without?"
"No, I can buy most of it once we get to where we are going."
Elizabeth stomped up to their bedroom, "Do you think I wanted to be involved. I was just helping Nik the only way I could."
"Elizabeth, that gun was loaded with pepper shot, even being in the room you could have been hurt, do you get that." Jason said entering the room; still furious with her for not understanding why he was worried.
"What I get is that you don't seem to think I know what is going on. Yes, we took a chance, but Milo had the gun, if he hadn't given the all clear we wouldn't have go in."
"What if this Mary had another gun? What then? What if Nik had grabbed it and hurt you?" He said his voice breaking.
Elizabeth stopped pacing around the room and truly looked at Jason. Walking over she embraced him feeling his body trembling, she was ashamed to admit that she had been so concerned about helping Nik and Emily, she had not stopped to worry about her baby and herself. Not really, other than a half-hearted protest to Carly.
"I'm sorry, Jason. I wasn't thinking." She said quietly.
"I'm sorry too; it's just after the afternoon I had I was already worried from what Garcia showed me, that it terrified me."
Elizabeth held onto him, knowing they were reacting to fear and some of it was the result of the fire. "I worry about you, then I take chances."
"Yes, I know that your guards are some of the best, but without Francis there, it scares me. What will they miss, what would Francis see." He said.
"I stopped in to see him earlier; he was trying to talk a nurse into giving him a sponge bath."
Chuckling, he said "He needs a wife, or even a serious girlfriend."
"Jason, what happened at the station?" Feeling him tense, Elizabeth got up and walked over to the bathroom and grabbed a glass of water.
He knew he would have to tell her, but he was not looking forward to it. "Lucky, the searched his rooms at Kelly's. They found some stuff, some pictures."
"What kind of pictures?"
"Of us, but he had cropped them to show his face instead. Of us at Vista Point, and other places. He also took some pictures of himself with Sam having sex...." He didn't finish that statement when he saw her turn gray.
"He changed them too, didn't he?" She asked feeling sick. Taking a small sip of water to try and control her stomach, she just wanted to shower.
"Yes, they are bad; you don't want to see them."
"I knew it, I knew he was sick, we both did. What happens now?"
"Strangely enough, they are looking at how close he got to us without our knowledge. I didn't tell them that we were aware of some of it."
"What did they do with the pictures?"
"They are evidence, but as soon as the furor calms down, I will arrange for them to disappear."
"Thank god. I feel bad for Nik and Lulu, but the facts are that Lucky has been gone for a long time."