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Stefan sat alone in the dimly lit
room holding his glass of port. His
gaze moved upwards to the portrait
of Laura.
"Soon Lasha..... soon."
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Morning at the Spencer home
Luke and Lucky sat at the kitchen
table. Lucky furiously studied the
booklet that lay before him, while
Luke was content in simply reading
the newspaper.
"Dad............what's my blood type?"
Luke slowly lowered the newspaper to view Lucky through suspicious eyes.
"Why the hell do you need to know that?"
"My handbook says I'm going to need to know it for my drivers' license."
"Well, it's either A+ or O."
"I don't think they let you choose, Dad."
Luke cocked an eyebrow at his son's smart aleck remark.
"I see I've taught you well....I'll
go down to City Hall today and find
out."
Lucky got up and headed for the door
"Thanks, maybe I'll catch you later at the club."
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Later in the day at City Hall
The young woman smiled and handed
Luke the manila folder marked "Lucas
Lorenzo Spencer, Jr." He opened
it and scanned the document inside.
Blood type: B-
Luke's brow furrowed in confusion.
"What the..."
He looked back to the clerk.
"There's something wrong here. This
is a mistake. This can't be my son's
blood type...."
"Sir, I assure you all these files are accurate and confidential."
Luke's voice rose in anger. "Yeah, okay, well this one isn't."
"Sir, please calm down...."
Luke slammed his fist down on the counter.
"No, I won't calm down, not until
somebody tells me what's going on
here!"
"Sir we're going to have to ask you to leave."
Luke turned to see two burly security
guards waiting to escort him out
of the building.
"Oh, I don't believe this! The cops?
Sure why not...... and while we're
leaving you can explain to me how
it's legal to change medical records!"
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".........Then the business has
been completed........very
good.........yes, I'll make it
worth your while....... yes, I guarantee
it will be confidential"
Stefan flipped his cell phone shut
and slid it into his inner coat
pocket.
"Did he buy it?"
He turned to see Alexis standing in the doorway.
Stefan smirked, "It would appear the plan has been a success so far."
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Luke fiercely gripped the steering
wheel. He kept going over it in his
mind...... there was only two explanations
that were possible for the
odd blood type on Lucky's birth
certificate, and both seemed impossible.
Either there was a mistake in the
filing system, or Laura had one more
explosive secret.
Luke drifted back to the time around
when Lucky was conceived. He
recalled all of the nights he left
Laura alone to go fight Frank Smith
and his mob, particularly the night
Lucky was conceived.
[[ "Listen woman, I'm only trying
to protect you! Frank Smith isn't
exactly going to give me 'vacation
time' because my wife feels she's
being neglected."
"Not feels neglected Luke, IS neglected! You're never around anymore."
"Hey! I'm here now aren't I?!"
" I had more companionship on the
island than I do with my own
husband!"
Luke's eyes widened in horror as
the realization of what Laura had said
all those years ago dawned on him.
He slammed his hands down on the
steering wheel.
"CASSADINE!"
And with a screeching halt, he threw
the car into reverse.
Sonny recklessly pushed the rows
of green bottles to the side. In his
haste he knocked over two bottles,
sending them to the floor shattering.
"Dammit!"
Across the room Lucky stifled a laugh. "Problems man?"
"Yeah, I'm supposed to meet Brenda
in five minutes and I am no where
near finished stocking the bar.............
Hey, do you suppose you
could do it for me?"
"I think that's pretty illegal Sonny."
Sonny gave Lucky one of his patented
dimpled grins, "Well, when have I
ever been one for obeying the law.........
besides, the bar is closed,
no one's here."
"Hey don't get me wrong, I have
no problem with it, I was just trying to
get the logic letting me stock
the bottles but not drink 'em!"
Lucky watched Sonny's retreating
back and then bent behind the bar to
begin wiping up the spilled liquor.
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I'll kill that son of a b****!"
Luke's foot fell heavier on the accelerator by each passing moment.
"I really just outta carry my gun my gun around with me from now on!"
Luke was so angry he didn't notice
his intense, white-knuckling grip on
the steering wheel or the skid
marks left when he fishtailed his car
into the parking lot.
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Laura Spencer reached for the club's
door handle when the silence of the
night was shattered by the rapid
acceleration of a car followed by the
squealing of it's tires. Laura
watched in fear as the it came to a
screeching halt in front of her.
Luke exited the car with a murderous
look on his face.
"Luke! What's wrong?!"
Luke stalked up to her so close she unconsiously took a step back.
"You tell me." Luke's voice was filled with venom.
"What are you talking abo..."
"WHAT'S YOUR BLOOD TYPE LAURA?!"
Laura jumped at his sudden hostile shouting. Tears formed her eyes.
"What? Why? Luke, what's going....."
"ANSWER THE QUESTION!"
Laura's voice shook with fear. "It's A+, you know that....."
The urgency in his voice dissapeared
and was replaced with pure hatred.
"Yeah, well, I know a lot of things
now............ get inside."
Luke opened the door and Laura reluctantly walked in.
"Luke what are you talking about?"
"You know damn well........ I'M
TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT LUCKY ISN'T
MY SON!!!!!"
He ignored Laura's outraged gasp and continued to yell.
"I do know who's he is though.......
You let me raise a Cassadine
bastard! You allowed a Cassadine
into my home!
"Luke I never!......NO! Why would you think that!"
"You can stop denying it Laura!
I saw his records.... I know the truth!
So are you still sleeping good
ole Steffie?!"
"LUKE!"
"Well, did you, or did you not sleep
with Stefan? Let's just say it out
loud Laura"
"I........" Laura's body wracked
with sobs "It was when I was still on
island....... I never...I was always
faithful to you! Lucky is
yours....."
"BULLS***! You never were! And that
little disaster walking around is
just a reminder of it!"
" You love Lucky! You don't mean that!"
"Try me......."
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Lucky sat slumped against the back
of the bar. His cheeks glistened with
the paths of freshly fallen tears.
After hearing his father's first
sentence upon entering the club
Lucky had lost any will or desire to
stand up and show his parents he
was there. He had spent the first few
moments trying to convince himself
that this was some sort of plan his
parents hadn't filled him in on
yet, but he knew it wasn't. First of
all, they would have told him before
they started, second they were
arguing in front of an empty club,
and third, his dad would never give
up claim to his son's paternity
willingly. His disbelief changed to
sadness then to rage. How could
his mom sleep with Stefan? How could she
lie to her son and husband like
this? How could his dad be saying these
horrible things about him? And
mostly, why was he so mad at himself?
Lucky paused on that question a
moment. Maybe it was because he hadn't
figured out the secret before Luke,
maybe it was because he was cowering
behind a counter, or just maybe
it was because he was the flesh and
blood of a person and family that
he hated with every core of his being.
"At least I can fix one of those things." He thought.
With clenched fists Lucky raised himself off the ground.
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"Luke I can't believe you'd say that!" Laura cried, mortified.
"He's the same rotten flesh as the rest of the damn Cassadines!"
"LUKE JUST STOP IT! JUST........Oh my god.........Lucky!"
Luke turned to see the boy he used
to know as his son standing behind
the bar. By the looks of it he
had heard everything he said.... He had
been crying and had a mix of anger
and defeat in his eyes. Luke didn't
feel any remorse, but he didn't
feel good about it either..... he didn't
feel anything.
Laura, however was terrified at
the thought that her son had heard the
conversation. All the horrible
lies, the things Luke said.....
"Oh, Lucky!...."
Laura ran to hug her son, but was pushed away when she got to him.
"DON'T.............Just, just stay away from me."
Lucky walked around the bar and stood face to face with Luke.
"So, no sugar coating this one, huh? True feelings out......."
"Lucky......." Laura walked out
from behind the bar. "He didn't mean it.
This all just one big mistake..."
"NO! No, I'm the only mistake! I
don't belong here!" Lucky turned to
Luke, "You hate me, and despite
what you and the evil prince of darkness
may think I WILL NEVER BE A CASSADINE!!!!!"
Lucky ran into the office and locked
the door. Laura ran after him and
banged her fists on the door.
Luke's stone demeanor faded and
a small twinge of guilt crept up his
spine. He turned to Laura.
"Leave 'em alone...... leave us both alone."
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Lucky pushed a chair up against
the door. His dad, his idol, couldn't
stand the sight of him and neither
could himself. He was a Cassadine
bastard. Someone he had been taught
to hate all his life..... and he
did. He hated himself. When Stefan
found out he'd want his "son" on that
damned island with him, and Lucky
knew it would be like being in hell if
that happened. Here, he was damned
to hell.
Lucky walked around the desk and
slid open the bottom right drawer.
Pulling out a small, black gun
he cocked it and held it to his head.
"At least this way I have a 50/50 chance........"
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Laura ran to Luke and threw her
self on him. "Please, Luke please! You
have to believe me! I never slept
with Stefan when we were together! I
love you! Please!"
Luke looked at her with disgust and pushed her aside.
He started heading to the door with
Laura hot on his heels when the
deafening sound of a gunshot errupted
from the office.