12
Elizabeth
enters Kelly’s with the wieght of the world on her shoulders. The day had gone from bad to worse. Not only didn’t Gia like her designs for the
shoot, Laura pointed out a few problems
as well. And then there was the
European newscast that someone had turned on in the office. Elizabeth was on her way from a meeting when
she noticed the images of Jason and Robin plastered on the screen, flashes of
cameras lighting up their faces.
Sybil
the secretary chose that moment to turn up the volume.
“Famous
mobster Jason Morgan has announced his engagement to med student Robin
Scorpio. The two have been in a hot and
heavy, off again, on again relationship for years.
“I’ve
made a mistake once by letting her go and I’m never doing it again,” Jason
smiled into the camera.
Keeping
her composure, she made it to the now empty Kelly’s. But then everything fell apart.
She began doing something that she hadn’t done since the rape. She went from table to table, swiping the
contents to the ground. She ignored the
sound of breaking glasses and dishes. She
was beyond caring at the moment.
Exhausted
from the temper tantrum, she collapsed into a chair and buried her head in her
hands. She didn’t hear Lucky come in
with Gia and Nikolas right behind him.
“What’s
going on in here?” Nikolas looked at the mess.
“It looks like a tornado hit.”
“Elizabeth?”
Lucky spotted his girlfriend obviously upset.
“Elizabeth what happened? Did
some one break in? Did they hurt you?”
Elizabeth shook her head. “I did it Lucky. I’m sorry, but I did it.
I was so mad…”
“I
take it you saw that news report with Jason,” Lucky sighed. “I’m sorry you had to see that.”
“Don’t be. I’m glad I know the truth now. He never loved me. Every thing he said was a lie!
I hate him Lucky! I hate
him!” She allowed Lucky to pull her
into a comforting embrace, rubbing her back.
Nikolas and Gia just looked on, not knowing what to do.
“Hey
you guys, why don’t you get a broom and start cleaning up? I’ll be down in a minute. I’m going to take her upstairs,” Lucky
lifted Elizabeth up into his arms and carried her up to the room.
He
laid her down on the bed and tucked her in, all the time stroking her hair as
she cried out what was left of her broken heart.
“Why
Lucky? Why did he do this to me? Was there something about me that said come
and use me until Robin returns?”
“No. No there was nothing at all. Jason just saw an opportunity to be with a
young beautiful, healthy woman and took it.
That’s all. He saw the option of a semi-normal life. One he could never have with Robin. I bet you five years from now he’ll regret
his decision,” Lucky kissed the top of her head. “I think it best that you get some sleep.”
Elizabeth
nodded and closed her eyes. But as soon
as Lucky got up and started to leave the room, her eyes popped open again.
“Lucky…thank
you. I hope to God that someday I’ll be
able to make it up to you,” Elizabeth sniffed.
“You
already are sweetie. Just by being here
and working on our relationship you’re making everything better,” Lucky smiled,
before switching off the light and going downstairs to help Nikolas and Gia
clean everything up.
Two
hours later, Lucky reached Audrey’s floor.
He was determined to make things right between Elizabeth and
Audrey. Elizabeth needed all the family
and friends she could get right now. He
found the nurse behind her desk deep in conversation with his Aunt Bobbie.
“Lucky!”
Bobbie waved to her favorite and only nephew.
“What are you doing here? You
don’t have a session with Kevin today do you?”
“No. I’m here to talk to Audrey,” Lucky
smiled.
“Me? Why whatever do you want to talk to me for?”
Audrey asked, surprised. Her and Lucky
were always on good terms, but since Elizabeth’s departure they both have
become distant.
“I need to talk to you. About Elizabeth,” Lucky arnestly replied.
“Oh
Lucky, you needn’t bother…”
“Mrs.
Hardy….Elizabeth needs you.. She really
does. Believe it or not, she’s really
having a hard time dealing with what Jason did to her.”
“Lucky…”
“She
had trusted Jason and he ripped her heart out.
She needs her grandmother. She needs you.”
“Lucky…did
Elizabeth tell you this herself?”
Lucky
swallowed. He never believed in lying, but this situation unfortunately called
for it. Swallow once more he nodded. “Yes.
She asked me to come to you and ask you to come. Please Audrey…not even I can help her this
time.”
Audrey
sighed. She was really hurt to be the last to know of Elizabeth’s return. But she did miss her terribly and she knew
now. There really was no reason for
Audrey to stay away. “Tell Elizabeth that I’ll be at Kelly’s after my shift
ends, which should be in a couple of hours.”
Lucky
grinned that famous Spencer grin of his
“Thank you Audrey. This means so
much to Elizabeth,” He waved heading for the elevator. Audrey frowned. She had a feeling that this was a set up to get her to talk to
Elizabeth. And if it was…well it was a
good one. Smiling, Audrey went back to sorting her paperwork, looking
forward to reconciling with her granddaughter..
~*~
Lucky
held Elizabeth’s hand as they came down into the diner. Elizabeth swallowed nervously, thinking
about all the damage she had caused earlier.
However was she going to pay for it?
“Lucky…what
is Bobbie going to say when she finds out?”
“Don’t
worry about it. I have it covered. Just sit and have a nice conversation with
Audrey.”
“I
still don’t understand how you got her to agree to seeing me. What exactly did you say to her?”
“Well…,”
Lucky turned his gaze away, not sure how Liz will react to what he had told
Audrey. Eliaabeth of course was
suspicious. If she knew the Spencer men
like she thought she did, the guilty gleam in Lucky’s eyes meant he had done a
lot of persuasive speaking.
“Lucky. What did you tell my grandmother to get her
here?”
Lucky
bit his lip, knowing that there was no way out of the hole he had dug himself
into. “Well…I kind of told her that you
asked me to go talk to her…to ask her to come.
That you needed her. I know I
overstepped my boundaries, but I was so worried about you and I thought…”
Elizabeth
smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck, cutting off his sentence with a
soft kiss. Pulling away she gazed into
his worried eyes. “Thank you. For once again knowing what I needed and for
making it happen. You just keep on
reminding me of why I love you so much.”
Lucky
opened his mouth to speak when Audrey arrived.
“Am
I interrupting anything?” Audrey asked, unsure of the situation.
“Uh,
no. I was just leaving,” Lucky headed
for the door. “I promised Nikolas that
I’d help him move the couch. I’ll call
later Elizabeth,” Lucky waved before darting out the door, leaving Elizabeth
and Audrey in an uncomfortable
silence.
Audrey’s
the first to speak. “I heard about
Jason’s engagement to the Scorpio girl.”
Elizabeth
sighed, staring at the ground. “You
were right Gram. I was being a
fool. Jason didn’t care about me. He was only looking for a replacement for
Robin. I can’t see how you or Lucky can
even look at me with a straight face after how I treated you both.”
Audrey
looked at Elizabeth sadly and wrapped her arms around the girl, pulling her
into a comforting hug. “Because we love
you dear. We love you too much to laugh
at you and we forgive you for your behavior with Jason. We know what a hard time it was for
you. We’re just glad that you’re home
where you belong now and that Morgan boy is out of your life.”
Elizabeth
cried even harder, burying her face in her grandmother’s shoulder like she used
to do when she was a child. At last,
now that she had both her Grams and Lucky’s forgiveness and love, Elizabeth
Webber finally felt like she’s come home.