Dante Falconeri stared out at the harbor going over last nights events in his head-how could he let this happen? Lulu would be Johnny Zacchara's wife? This didn't seem real! Dante had been married to Lulu from 2012 until 2015...then everything had somehow unraveled.
"How can she invite a criminal to raise her children? Zacchara doesn't even know the first thing about raising kids. Maybe this could work to my advantage." Dante speaks to himself for a moment relishing in revenge-but, stopping himself short.
"No, obviously for whatever reason Lulu loves Johnny. From what I saw last night Johnny loves her too-wants to do right by her. What kind of man would I be to stand in the way of that? I need to focus on my son and getting my life back. Maybe Lulu can only be part of that through Rocco, I need to do better. I mean, If Lucky and Jason could co-parent why shouldn't I be able to do the same with Lulu and Zacchara?" Dante reasoned with himself, Olivia Falconeri stepping beside him.
"I know how hard this is on you Dante but, I'm proud of you for skipping revenge. In the end it will only hurt Rocco, You and Lulu had you're chance to make things right-you just never took it seriously. You're my son and I love you but, you left her to raise a son you two brought into this world together." Olivia and Dante's relationship had been rocky since he'd come back from the CIA, simply because Olivia had seen the turmoil Lulu had been through in her sons absence.
"I know, Ma. I messed up, I promised Lulu until death do us part and couldn't keep my word. I'll have to live with that regret for the rest of my life-I never wanted to be a bad husband and father. I just don't know how everything got turned around." Dante confesses.
"Dante honey, you know I love Lulu with all my heart but-it was never going to work. Not as long as John existed." Olivia shook her head, knowing Dante had a long way to go before things would be better.
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"It was good seeing you Lulu, and I'm happy for you." Nikolas walked his sister to the door, being genuine.
"Thank you. I know a lot of people will be up my ass about it but, Johnny's always been the one I've loved and he's always loved me. Maybe we got messed up along the way but, that hardly matters now. It all seems so trivial now." Lulu softly spoke, shrugging her jacket on.
"You're welcome, but I understand. I felt the same way about Emily...I miss her everyday. People are going to talk no matter what you do, so you might as well do what makes you happy." Nikolas says, opening the door for her.
"I know-I miss her too. You should think about talking to Britt about Courtney...she deserves to know. I know you'll figure things out. I love you." Lulu sighed leaning up to kiss her brother's cheek.
"At least one of us has faith in me." Nikolas speaks to himself after making sure she got out to the ferry okay.
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"Zacchara." Johnny picked up his ringing phone, as the buzzing interrupted Michael.
"Hey, it's me." Lulu sighed, sounding out of breath.
"Hey. Are you alright?" Johnny asked, hoping she wasn't being chased or anything.
"Yeah, I've just forgotten that I get sea sick now when riding the ferry from Wyndemere. What are you up to?" Lulu heaved a sigh, willing herself not to get sick.
"Oh no, I'm sorry. How long has that been going on? Maybe you should get checked out. I'm actually talking to Michael right now, I wager you just got back from seeing Nikolas?" Johnny was worried.
"Maybe. Within the past two weeks or so, but yeah-Nikolas is walking me down the aisle. I just hope my dad doesn't have a coronary if he ever shows back up. Oh, really? What's Michael doing?" Lulu blabbed, talking a mile a minute-glad to be on solid ground again.
"I'll take you to GH if you want me too, you know I don't mind. That's good, I know you've been worried about that-I think as long as you're happy Luke will be happy. I just asked Michael to be my best man-and he agreed. I just hope Lovett doesn't have a stroke." Johnny chuckled.
"I know, I'm on the way to The Penthouse now. I love you." Lulu sighs, sliding into her car.
"Okay, I'll see you in a little bit. I love you, too." Johnny smiled, hanging up.
"I should get going...apparently the drama at ELQ never stops." Michael frowned checking his phone.
"I'll see you later, it was good seeing you. Take care of yourself." Johnny patted him on the back, as Michael left.