Luke & Laura #6 September - December, 1980 - 8hrs - Luke Finds the Left Handed Boy, Drugstore Vows, Police Station Betrayal
Luke
gets slipped a note that instructs him to come to the magic shop alone and to
bring the black book, it is signed by "The Left Handed Boy". Luke
fills Hutch in, Hutch suggests that Luke get the book and Hutch will arrive at
the magic shop an hour earlier and hide out. Hutch says this will give them an
advantage and they will create a little magic of their own. Luke tells Laura
that she is to stay out of it that it is much too dangerous; she refuses as she
has been in it from the beginning.
Luke and Laura say their goodbyes, as Luke is off to
pick up Frank's black book at the bus station locker. After they have
left, Hutch gets a gun out of his hiding place and readies it. Luke and Hutch
make their final plans and Hutch promises Luke that no matter what happens he
will look after Laura and make sure she gets home safely (hit man or not we
believe him). Hutch has rigged up an alarm clock to look like a bomb; they plan
on threatening the magician with it to get him to decode the book.
Luke asks Sally for a $50 loan on his first paycheck,
he also asks her to keep an eye on "Lucy" while he goes to the bus
station to pick up a package from home. He tells her that Lucy is only 18 and
nervous about the losing their jobs and being away from home. Luke calls Laura
when he gets to the bus station and lets her know he got there okay. Luke pays a
guy to get the black book out of the locker. He enters the magic shop, and finds
it ransacked. Hutch lies and says that someone knocked him out. Luke is wierded
out and wants to get out of there, Hutch tells him they should wait till 2:00
when they are supposed to meet the Left Handed Boy. Luke thinks its a set up and
wants to leave. Hutch talks him into staying, and questions him about a
financial gain from the Left Handed Book. Luke is clueless about the treasure as
he is just looking at trying to stay alive and using the book to bring down
Frank. He has no idea the Left Handed Boy leads to a treasure.
Sally tells Laura she is tired and going to bed. Laura
calls Leslie who is ecstatic to hear from her missing daughter. She only talks
to her for a moment, just to reassure her that she is alive. Sally goes to her
bedroom and removes her wig and we find out she is really a man! Once he puts on
male clothes, glasses, and a cowboy hat he looks completely different. He
readies his gun. Luke and Hutch returns to the restaurant and tell Laura that
the Left Handed Boy never showed up. Hutch has talked to himself about heading
to Argentina. When Laura worries about Luke, Hutch suggests she needs a vacation
and mentions South America. She only wants to return home to her friends and
family, Hutch discourages that idea (seems like he is setting the stage for them
to go with him to South America).
Luke goes back to the magic shop; Sally calls him there
(in her male voice) and tells him that they can't meet there as the magic shop
cover has been blown. Luke is told that he will be contacted by the Left Handed
Boy to make a deal for the black book, and he is advised to think about how much
he wants for it. Sally searches the Luke and Laura's room but doesn't find
anything. She meets the magician at the magic shop and says she can't figure out
why Hutch would betray the organization but she figures it must be a big payoff
to make it worth it. Sally then pays off the magician and tells him to leave
town.
Laura asks Sally for an aspirin, when she leaves the
office to get it, Luke tapes the book to the bottom of Sally's desk. Frank gets
a call that his daughter has disappeared. He calls Sally and asks her what the
organization has done with Jennifer? Sally doesn't know anything about it but
asks him more importantly what has he done to the organization. Joe and Bobbie
show up at Frank's and tell him that they have Jennifer Smith held captive down
on the waterfront and they will kill her if he doesn't call of the hit on Luke.
When Frank doesn't believe them and calls their bluff, Joe opens his coat to
show the bloodstained clothes that he was wearing the night his father was
stabbed. Bobbie then opens her coat and shows she is wearing the blood stained
dress that she was wearing the night Roy died. Frank realizes they are serious
and orders that they are not to leave the room. Frank calls Sally and calls of
the hit on Luke, she tells him it is too late that the organization wants the
hit. Leslie has taken Jennifer to New York for the weekend as part of
Joe's plot. Joe calls Leslie and tells her their plan is blown that one of
Frank's men found out that Jennifer is with her in NY. He is worried that he has
put her in danger and is very sorry.
Later that night, Luke tells Laura that he has always
been able to sense danger and he has a really bad feeling about the bar. He
begins questioning how easily they got the jobs there. Laura tries to reassure
him, he says he needs an excuse to get into Sally's office so that he can
retrieve the black book. He feels nervous about it being there. Luke goes to
Sally's office to retrieve the book and overhears a man's voice from her room.
Luke becomes suspicious of Sally when Sally tells him it was just the TV and he
feels it and discovers it was cold and she was lying. He tells Laura about
his suspicions. They have a note slipped under their door to meet the Left
Handed Boy at midnight. Luke opens the door to find Sally in the hallway. Luke's
instincts tell him to be suspicious of Sally and that something fishy is going
on at the restaurant. Luke sends Laura off shopping.
Luke sneaks into Sally's to retrieve the black book,
which he had hidden under Sally's desk. He searches her place and finds men's
clothes in her closet. He hides in the closet when he hears her returning to the
apartment. He watches as she takes off her wig, Luke is shocked to discover that
Sally is a man! He overhears a phone call and she says she will retrieve
the black book that night and the she will eliminate Luke, Hutch and Laura!
Before she leaves, she locks the closet door with Luke inside.
Laura tells Hutch about Luke meeting with the Left
Handed Boy. She invites Sally to go shopping with her. They leave and get on a
bus. Luke comes racing back to the restaurant to find that Laura has left with
Sally. Luke is desperate to find her; he runs outside and races down the street
trying to stop the bus. Hutch comes along and tries to reassure Luke that Laura
is fine. Luke says it's a set up. Hutch assures him that they just went shopping
and will be back for the restaurant opening. Hutch makes a mistake and says
something about Luke turning on the French charm and calls him Obere (the French
name he used at Wyndham's). Luke realizes that Hutch has been following him
since Wyndham's and that Hutch is one of the hit man sent out after him. Luke
watches him and finds his hiding place and watches as Hutch retrieves his gun.
Luke goes outside to wait for the bus, and as soon as
Laura and Sally get off the bus he puts his arm around Laura and starts hustling
her off. He makes sure they are just a bit ahead of Sally but in obvious earshot
and he tells Laura that he didn't retrieve the black book and that they are safe
as long as they don't have the book (making sure Sally has overheard this). Luke
pretends the ice machine is broken; he rushes Laura outside and tells her to
take all of their money and head home. He wants her to leave and go to safety.
He takes her out to the courtyard and while he is urging her to leave he sees
the golden statue of a boy with his left hand raised and realizes this is the
Left Handed Boy they have been searching for. Laura refuses to go home, Luke
slaps her and tells her she is getting on a bus out of town now! He takes her to
the bus and tells her to call Joe Kelly as soon as she gets home. He tells her
if he gets into trouble he will mail Joe the black book. Luke kisses Laura
goodbye and then puts her on the bus. Laura hangs out of the bus window and Luke
grabs her hand and kisses it as the bus drives off. Hutch has been watching this
whole thing.
Laura gets off the bus once out of sight of Luke and
returns to the courtyard. She finds Hutch and tells him about how strangely Luke
is acting and that she is afraid that Luke will be killed. She asks Hutch for
his help. She tells him that Luke said he knows how to find the Left Handed Boy
and to decode the book. He tells her he suspects that Luke will have the meeting
at the magic shop and takes Laura there. She is puzzled that Luke isn't there
and Hutch pulls a gun on her. Laura tries to pull at Hutch's heartstrings. She
points out that Luke was suspicious of Hutch in the beginning and Laura
convinced him that Hutch was their friend. Laura knows that the friendship was
genuine that Hutch really does care about them. Hutch tells her he doesn't want
to do this that it was just business. Hutch calls Luke to cut a deal Laura
for the black book; Hutch wants the gold that the black book will lead to. Laura
begs Hutch not to kill Luke, he tells her he really doesn't want to kill her but
will if he has to that he has waited a long time for this opportunity.
Luke goes to the statue and finds the gold. Luke
confronts Sally and she pulls a gun on him when he confronts her about being a
hit man. When Sally lifts the phone to call Frank, he tells her about Frank
skimming off the top from the organization and that he was hiding it away in
gold bars. She doesn't believe him until he drops a gold bar on her desk. He
tells her that Frank had detailed information about the organization including
Max (alias "Sally"). He continues that he mailed the black book
to the Port Charles police department. Luke tells him/her that Hutch has sold
out the organization and that Hutch is going after the gold. Luke tells Sally
that he will set up a meeting with Hutch to trade for Laura. He tells Sally that
she can have every ounce of the gold; he just wants Laura back safe. He wants
Sally to take out Hutch so he can get Laura away safely.
Laura tells Hutch that they don't want the money; they
just want to go home. She tells him that when Luke breaks the code that it will
bring down the organization and they can all be free. Hutch tells her that
selling out her and Luke isn't easy for him but he doesn't have a choice that he
is in too deep with the organization to ever get out. Hutch tells Laura that she
reminds him of his wife. Hutch calls and Luke arranges a trade of the gold in
return for Laura. He begs Sally to help him get Laura back. Sally is hesitant to
help him, not sure she can trust Luke. He gives her names and details that could
only have been found in the book and Sally realizes she will have to leave the
country so decides to take him up on the offer for the gold.
Luke and Hutch meet. Luke demands he free Laura, Hutch
refuses until he gets the gold. Luke tells him he doesn't want the gold he just
wants Laura free, and Hutch can go ahead and kill him as he won't get the gold
unless he lets Laura go. Hutch tries to call what he thinks is a bluff but Luke
won't budge. He absolutely will not risk Laura's life and will not give Hutch
the gold. He tells Hutch he can kill him and the cops will come and he won't get
the gold but Laura will be safe and that is all Luke cares about. Hutch, knowing
how much Luke loves Laura, agrees and lets Laura go. Luke tells Hutch the gold
is in the statue and shows Hutch the opening. While Hutch has Luke start to take
the gold out of the hidden spot in the statue, Sally shoots at them, Laura
screams as she sees Sally taking aim, Sally hits Hutch, Hutch shoots Sally, Luke
is also shot by Sally (classic scenes). Luke falls in a heap and lies there (I'm
sure this was a Friday cliffhanger). Laura runs down to him, screaming for help.
Luke gets up, he's okay as he was wearing a bulletproof vest. Luke and Laura
steal motorcycle and make their getaway.
Walls of Jericho 10/20/80 - Scenes from the Soapnet marathon - They arrive at
the Whitaker's farm in Beecher's Corners. They explain the truth about their
identities, but the Whitakers already know. Mr. Whitaker tells Luke and Laura
how disappointing it was to find out that Hutch was really a hired killer. Luke
calls Joe Kelly who doesn't believe it is him; he is thrilled when he recognizes
his voice! Luke informs him that he decoded some of the black book and mailed it
by special delivery to him. Joe tells him to lay low for 24 hours, as he
believes he has found the leak in the police department. Joe agrees to call him
when it's safe for them to return home. Luke and Laura dance around the Whitaker
kitchen as they realize how close they are to returning to a normal life.
Meanwhile, the thought-to-be dead Hutch appears in a
phone booth, and calls Frank Smith. He assures his boss that he will get the
black book and finish off the job of killing Luke and Laura. Luke carries Laura
up to bedroom at Whitakers and they kiss over and over again, just enjoying
being safe and alone together. Luke teases Laura about being torn between Lucy
Johnson and Laura. Luke asks Laura if she is ready to take off her wedding band,
He explains that he cannot wait any longer. He tells her that they have come too
far for him to beg her and she assures him that she loves him more than any man
she has ever loved. Luke tells her that she is the only one that will ever hear
him cry out in his sleep because he is afraid. He says it has to be right, she
has to want him just as much as he wants her. She assures him that she does want
him. He warns her that if they make love it won't be just for tonight but for
their whole lives but she is afraid, as she wants them to be free to be
together. She asks if they have to go home? She is afraid to face Scott and
wants to go somewhere else. Laura tells him she is trying to forget the past.
Luke leaves Laura in the bedroom and tells her to take
her time there alone to decide what she wants, and to let him know but asks her
not to take too long. Luke talks with the Whitakers in their kitchen while
Mrs. Whitaker prepares dinner. As Luke tells Mrs. Whitaker about how much he
loves Laura, Laura enters the kitchen. Laura takes some silverware from Mrs.
Whitaker's hand and holds it out for Luke, showing him that there is no longer a
wedding band on her finger. Luke is so ecstatic that he grabs Mrs. Whitaker and
dances with her around the kitchen. Later, when Luke comes out of the bathroom
in his robe, the wall of Jericho is back up. Laura flirtatiously tells him that
someone must have put it up so that someone else could take it down. After
taking down the blanket and joining Laura on the bed, Luke kisses her slowly. He
asks her if she is sure? She assures him that she is. He savors each kiss,
telling her that they have all night and they are going to need it. Later, as
they lay in each other's arms, Hutch enters the Whitaker barn and hides. Hutch
overhears Mr. Whitaker when he comes in to check the barn and tells the animals
that Lloyd Johnson is back, and will visit them first thing in the morning (end
of Soapnet marathon scenes).
Luke and Mr. Whitaker enter the barn in the morning,
Hutch watches them but is unable to take out the hit on Luke with Mr. Whitaker
as a witness.
Luke takes Laura breakfast in bed and suggests that since the chores are all
done that they should spend the day in bed. Laura jokes that it would be nice if
Luke let her get in a word occasionally! (LOL, is this Genie commenting on all
the Tony adlibs?) Laura tells him that she just can't go back to Port Charles.
He insists that they are through running and they are going back to PC. He asks
if she is afraid to go back and tell Scotty that she is in love with Luke? She
says no but now she doesn't have a clear conscience when facing Scotty now that
she has slept with Luke.
Joe calls and tells Luke that he received the black
book in the mail and he and Captain Ramsey have been going over it and it has
helped them figure out who the leak is in the department, it is Detective
Stoddard and his secretary! He tells Luke that they are sending a police escort
to bring them home (Luke jokingly asks it they are getting a ticker tape parade
that will have to wait for next year when they do return as heroes from the Ice
Princess caper). Joe asks Luke's permission in telling the Spencers, the Webbers
and Baldwins about the impending safe return of Luke and Laura.
Later that night, when Luke returns to the barn, Hutch
confronts Luke. Luke tells him to go ahead and shoot; he doesn't believe Hutch
will kill him. Luke urges Hutch to drop the gun as he has lost a lot of blood
and Luke wants to help him. Laura comes into the barn and Hutch comments that
now he can get both of them. Luke asks Hutch once again to let Laura go.
Laura tells Hutch that they are his friends and he won't shoot them. Hutch
collapses from his gunshot wound. Hutch tells Luke to go ahead and shoot. Luke
tells him he isn't going to shoot him; he is going to help him. Hutch asks if
they knew about the gold. Luke says no, not till the night that Hutch took
Laura. Luke apologizes to Mrs. Whitaker for getting her involved in all of this.
Hutch tells them he couldn't have killed them that his other contracts were just
a picture of the targets and he didn't know them. He says his big mistake was
becoming friends with Luke and Laura. He is taken away by ambulance.
Luke tells Laura that it is over and they are going
back together. They will face the police, the media, the friends and family
together. He warns her that they aren't returning as heroes. Laura admits to
having that same feeling of panic and fear in her stomach that always results in
her wanting to run away. He reassures her that they are going to go home and
face everyone and tell them that they are going to spend the rest of their lives
together and that they will have to handle it and they will help their friends
and family handle it. She tells him that she can't face things, that during the
David Hamilton trial that she let her mother take the blame for what she did. He
tells her that she was a kid then, and she has faced everything that has been
thrown at them. He tells her that she has matured, that he also wants to run and
let the police handle it but that isn't the answer. She tells him she is afraid
that she will be running for the rest of her life. He tells her he loves her and
that they will be together, that they are going back together. He doesn't want
her to feel guilty for having made love to him, he says that they have started a
new life together and that there is nothing that anyone can do but accept it.
The next day, the police escort has taken Luke and
Laura back to Port Charles and they stop at a diner for lunch. Luke buys a cigar
and removes the little band. Luke gives Laura a cigar band to remind her that
they were married last night. He tells her that when she gets divorced from
Scott that he will replace the cigar band with his mother's wedding ring and
make it legal. He tells her he loves her, and she responds that she loves him
almost as much as the cigar band and tells him she will hold him to the promise
of his mother's ring. He tells her that he never thought of giving his mother's
ring to Jennifer that it was too important to him, that he has kept it for the
woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. He grabs her hands and tells
her that they will go into the police station like that, hands clasped together.
He asks her to say the wedding vows to him, she does. He asks if she feels
married to him and she says she does. She tells him that they are only half
married. Luke looks concerned until she points out that he hasn't said his vows
to her, of course he immediately obliges.
On their way out, they see an article in the newspaper
about Frank Smith and Laura looks shaken as the reality of it all sets in. Luke
grabs her hands and tells her to hang on, not to worry about the reporters. He
holds her face in his hands and kisses her tenderly. He tells her she is brave
and holds up under pressure. They arrive at the PD and are subjected to a huge
media frenzy; Luke and Laura are separated during the chaos. Laura looks quiet
shaken by the mob scene; Luke looks at her across the room worried about her.
She collapses into her relieved mother's arms and is ushered out of the room
into a more private setting as Luke cries out for her. Laura tells her mother it
is just like the David Hamilton situation and she feels so degraded. Lee and
Gail enter the room. Burt then brings in Luke and just a few reporters. A
reporter comes in and asks her to comment on her relationship with Luke and
whether she is still married to Scott Baldwin? She says of course she is still
Mrs. Scott Baldwin. The pushy reporter asks where is her wedding ring, and what
is the cigar band she is wearing? The reporter goes on and asks if she has been
faithful to Scott and she says yes. Luke is devastated by her denial of
her relationship with Luke. A betrayed Luke leaves the room as a shaken Laura
begins to dissolve in tears. Lee grabs her and tells her wants to go over her
statement with her beforehand. She says she has to see Luke and starts to go out
of the room. Rick enters and she runs into his arms crying that she can't
believe what she did.
The pushy reporter next asks Luke that if he wasn't
involved with Laura if she was involved with Hutch. Luke punches him for his
rudeness. Joe takes Luke into a private room. Luke is disappointed about his
reception from the media. He thought that maybe there would be a thank you along
the way for bringing down Frank Smith. Joe sincerely tells Luke thank you for
giving him the evidence to arrest the man who had his father killed. Frank had
taken out a hit on Patty Kelly while Luke was on the run. Luke says he is sorry
to hear that. Joe tries to defend Laura, that she is young and frightened.
Leslie later also tries to defend Laura. Luke says he didn't realize how much
Laura needed to return to her world.
Luke runs into Frank who threatens him that someday
Luke will regret betraying him. Laura is questioned and Burt asks her if Luke
kidnapped her or if she went with him willingly. She says it was of her own free
will and that she went with him because Luke needed her. She says on Luke's
wedding day that she knew that Scotty was going to try to kill Luke, that when
she went down to the docks that Luke came up out of the water and grabbed her
ankle. She tells him what she knew about what happened between Frank and Luke
that day and says she couldn't desert Luke. Burt asks if they had been at
Wyndham's department store and she tells him that they hid out there when they
had nowhere to go. She assures him that they didn't steal anything that they
left money for what they had taken. She says when they found the dead night
watchman that they realized the killer had been there in the store with them all
night. She tells them that Hutch is the hit man that Frank had sent out after
them. Hutch is taken to GH, and Leslie treats him as he cries out for Luke and
Laura and in his delirium says that he can't kill his friends.
#6B Laura returns to her apartment with Scotty, he
isn't there. She calls the office to tell Scotty that she is home but he isn't
at his office either and hasn't been seen since early morning. She says she has
to see Scotty and get through this so she can make it up to Luke. She finds a
note from Scotty with his wedding ring. He writes that he has left town for good
that he can't bear the humiliation any longer. She worries about Luke's
reaction, that she realizes that Luke will feel like she betrayed him. Rick asks
if she is sure that she loves Luke. She tells him that she is in love with Luke
in a way that she never loved Scotty. She worries that Luke will never be able
to trust her. Rick warns her that if Luke feels like she betrayed him that he
may never be able to forgive her.
Luke is reunited with Bobbie, when he calls her Barbara
Jean she comments that it has been months since anyone has called her that. He
tells her about the Whitakers and their farm and the time he spent with Laura,
about the blanket that Laura called "the wall of Jericho". Bobbie says
she saw the same movie. Bobbie wants to know why Laura is with Scotty and Luke
heartbrokenly responds because that is where she wants to be. Bobbie tells Ruby
that Luke and Laura slept together and Ruby realizes how hurt Luke must have
been when Laura lied about having been with him.
Luke is taken into protective custody and placed behind
bars and has flashbacks to the Jericho night. Laura is also remembering that
night. She returns home to her mothers. Joe visits Luke who demands to know when
he will be released. Joe reminds him that it will take some time to round up
everyone from the organization and if Luke is released now he will be killed.
Luke doesn't seem to care about what happens to him. Laura arrives at the police
station and wants to see Luke. Bobbie shows up and confronts Laura over her
betrayal of Luke. She demands that Laura stay away from Luke. She accuses Laura
that the minute that Laura returned to town she ran back home to her husband.
Bobbie wants to know what happened, did Scotty kick her out? Laura knows what
she did to Luke was inexcusable but claims that Bobbie doesn't understand. Laura
asks Bobbie to please tell Luke that she was here to see him. Bobbie interrupts
to tell Laura that Luke doesn't want to see her, that they don't want to see her
and for her to just leave that they are not going to tell Luke anything!
Laura returns home, irate that Bobbie wouldn't let her
see Luke! Leslie defends that Bobbie was only trying to protect Luke from being
hurt again. She also warns her that Scotty's family are going to be just as
protective of him. Laura tells her that she is going back to her apartment that
all she wants right now is to find her way back to Luke. Meanwhile in jail, Luke
is having a meltdown trying to fire Howard as his attorney and demanding to be
immediately released. They all refuse as it's for his own safety. Bobbie tells
Howard that Luke is upset about something that happened between him and Laura
and urges Howard not to let Laura in to see Luke.
Joe goes to see Laura and she tells him that she tried
to see Luke but she wasn't allowed. He tells her that Luke is determined to get
out of jail and doesn't seem to care if he lives or dies. Laura asks if Luke has
asked about her? He says that Luke doesn't want to talk about Laura. She
realizes even more how much she hurt him. She tells Joe that Luke has to forgive
her that she loves him and can't lose him! Back at the jail, Luke is demanding
to get out of jail. Joe tells Luke that Laura called and she wants to talk to
him. Luke says he doesn't want to hear that name!
Claudia and Brian show up at Laura's to tell her about
the expose that Amy cooperated with, "My Sister The Run Away". Leslie
is furious with Amy. Laura finds out that Luke is working at Kelly's and shows
up to see him. He refuses to talk to her. She tells him that he is going to talk
to her. She knows that he is hurt and angry and that it seems like she betrayed
him. He says she did. She tries to explain about the reporters. He says that now
everyone knows who she really loves (meaning Scotty). She tells him she does
love him and she isn't leaving until he tells her that he loves her! He tries to
ignore her and goes back to cooking, he tells her that she blew it. She knows
that and says she is sorry. He tells her he has to get back to work that he is
broke and Rose was nice enough to give him a job. He says he has to get back to
work that there is a lunch crowd coming in. She tells him that she is getting a
divorce. He says sure after her husband has left her. She tells him she couldn't
handle the pressure, and she is sorry but she went home to ask Scotty for a
divorce, as she wants to marry Luke. He asks her to please not do this to him.
She begs him to listen to her, that she loves him and
wants to be his wife if he will have her. He starts to cave; she says she can
see in his eyes that he still loves her. Rose comes in and breaks the moment
just as he is about to respond. She tells him he can't throw them away because
of one mistake. He says he didn't throw it away, that she did. He reminds her
that they made love, they made a commitment of their private wedding vows and
then she ripped off her wedding band the next minute. He says he is sorry that
she was so ashamed of their relationship. He tells her that he doesn't need her,
that he needs a woman not a child. She asks him to forgive her, to give her one
more chance. He says no way that no one will ever have the chance to do to him
what she did.
She starts to beg but he won't let her. She tells him that when she walked in to
that police station she kept hearing Scotty's voice in her ear calling her a
tramp. She says if they had just waited one more night she could have come home
and faced everyone without the guilt and then her and Luke would have been
together. He is hurt by the thought that she regrets the night they spent
together. Rose interrupts them again, she tells Rose (as tears shimmer in her
eyes) that she is sorry that she thought her and Luke had something to discuss
but she was obviously wrong!
Laura mopes in the park, still remembering that night
she spent with Luke. He comes upon her and she apologizes for interrupting him
at work that she didn't have any right to do that. He observes that he was rough
on her; she says that she deserved it. He starts to say something; she
interrupts him to say she has to get her life in order that Scotty has agreed to
give her an uncontested divorce. She informs him that she told her parents that
she was in love with Luke and wanted to marry him before she knew that Scotty
left town but she continues not more begging as it is not attractive. He asks
her what she is going to do? She says run her own life for a change, and after
being bossed around by Hutch and Luke all summer that it will be a welcome
change. She tells him she got a new job, and plans on making her own money, and
that she will do some growing up that he seems to believe she needs, and she
won't be a doormat for anyone. Luke is indignant at this accusation, Lee comes
upon them and Laura makes her excuses and leaves.
Laura has lunch with Leslie and tells her about a job
interview she had with a new company. Luke has invited Bobbie to lunch, and they
find Laura having lunch with Leslie. Bobbie can't help but notice how miserable
Luke is as he stares at Laura across the restaurant. Bobbie urges him to make up
with Laura and take her back! Luke can't believe this is coming out of Bobbie's
mouth. She says she knows how much he loves Laura and is tired of seeing him so
unhappy. He says she betrayed him, Bobbie retorts it was just once (huh? what
alternate reality have we entered that Bobbie is defending Laura! <grin>).
There is a gap from here till the next scenes at Thanksgiving as Luke is then
working for ELQ.
It's Thanksgiving, and Alexandra frets to Edward that
she hasn't heard anything from Luke yet and she is bored. She calls Luke and
asks him to come over. She asks him to stay, he says she didn't ask she ordered
and that is a sure way for him not to agree. As he shares a drink with the
Quartermaine's, Lila asks Luke about his summer adventure. Edward praises Luke
for getting rid of Frank Smith. Luke says he used a divide and conquer approach
as there was a lot of money involved and he played on their greed. As he talks,
he flashes back to being with Laura. Over at the Webbers, Laura arrives, then
Rose and Joe with enter bearing the same champagne that Luke and Laura drank
that night at Wyndham's (yep more flashbacks). Laura tells Rick that he was
right about Luke not forgiving her easily after being betrayed. Alexandra tells
Edward she is being followed by a man with a feather in his hat (could this be
dashing secret agent CK8 Robert Scorpio? Or a nefarious Cassidine?).
Luke, Bobbie and Ruby in the park on their way to the
football game. Laura, Richard Simmons, Rick, Leslie, Brian and Claudia gather at
the park also on their way to the game. Luke and Laura see each other across the
park. Back to Spencer's house, Luke tells Bobbie about his morning at the
Quartermaine's and that it would be nice to have that kind of life on the hill.
She says he isn't missing material things that he is thinking about seeing Laura
at the park earlier that day. The Webbers and their guests arrive back at their
house, a somber Laura stares at the phone. Laura decides to call Luke but gets a
busy signal as he is also trying to call her at that moment. The Spencers sit
down to dinner, Ruby insists that they give thanks for all of their blessings,
Frank being in jail and having Luke back safe and sound. Luke says the best part
of coming home is being with his family. He says all he needs is the turkey and
his family. Bobbie says baloney that he should go over and call Laura so they
can enjoy their dinner in peace!
The Webbers get ready to go into dinner, the phone rings and Laura answers it to
hear Luke on the line. He says he didn't call to interrupt her day but he wanted
to wish her a Happy Thanksgiving. She grins with happiness that he called and
wishes him a Happy Thanksgiving as well. They are both pleased with that brief
contact.
The edit skips ahead again, as Leslie arrives at
Laura's new apartment bearing a poinsettia. Hutch is in the hospital at GH;
Bobbie is with him as his nurse with her flaming red hair and rather tight
nurse's outfit. She tells him she was taken off his case for a while as Luke is
her brother but she was recently reassigned to his floor. Bobbie is all business
with Hutch. Bobbie tells Ruby that she is worried about Luke that she can't get
a hold of him. Luke wakes up, nursing a sore head, Joe arrives and sees Luke's
ransacked apartment and wants to know what happened? Obviously someone is
looking for something. (This is the aftermath of Robert hitting Luke over the
head, not included on this edit).
Luke arrives at ELQ and is shocked to see that Laura is
the receptionist. She wants to know what he is doing there? She accuses him of
following her. He denies it, and she asks him to leave that he could get her
fired, as Edward was worried about her notoriety over the summer. He tells he is
working for ELQ as well and his notoriety got him his job with ELQ! Laura tries
to stop him from going into Edward's office without an appointment. He starts
yelling and Alexandra tells Laura that Luke can come in at anytime.
After Laura has left, Luke tells Edward and Alex about getting hit over the
head, and his apartment being ransacked and they could take their job and shove
it! Luke is furious as they told him there was no danger involved and they lied
to him. They ask for a description of his attacker. Luke says he stared down the
barrel of the guy's gun; he had steely blue eyes with a British or maybe
Australian accent. Alex says she doesn't know who it is, and Luke accuses her of
lying, as the attacker knew Alex! Luke continues that the stranger is looking
for the Ice Princess. They plead ignorance and will look into it. He says no
need to as he quits and starts to leave.
Alex stops him and Luke tells her to get out of his life (he must be having
Jennifer flashbacks, a bossy brunette whose family business puts him in danger).
On the way out, Luke tells Laura that he has quit. She asks if it is because of
her? He says no she doesn't have that kind of power over him. She asks if he
would have taken the job if he had known she was working there? He says no way
that there isn't a company in the world that is big enough for both of them, but
problem solved and he leaves.
Joe goes to see Hutch, then Rick stops in. Hutch asks
how Laura is doing and asks Rick to say hello to her for him. Hutch talks to
them about being a hit man and that it all seems like a bad dream. He says that
whatever drove him to do that, once he met Luke and Laura that he could never
have killed them. Rick wants to know if Hutch is asking him to tell Laura this?
He asks if he could see Luke and Laura? Joe calls and tells Laura that Hutch
would like to see both her and Luke. She agrees to stop by later to see him.
Alex and Edward agree that Luke's mystery man is none
other than Scorpio! That means he doesn't have the Ice Princess and that the
Cassidines must not have it either. Laura overhears Alexandra saying that
retrieving the Ice Princess is going to be extremely difficult and Luke Spencer
is the man to get it back but that they have placed him in extreme danger even
though they denied that to Luke. Laura rushes home and calls the operator trying
to find Luke Spencer! Meanwhile, he happens to be out in the hall talking to the
apartment manager about renting an apartment. The landlady is not thrilled with
his past and tells him that no orgies are allowed in her place!
Luke is moving in and tells Joe about the girl who
leaves downstairs from him, he is sure its a chick as she takes half hour
showers and most guys aren't that squeaky clean. Laura arrives at his door and
says, "Thank god I found you!" He invites her in and she tells him
that she overheard Alex saying that they have put his life in danger. He isn't
worried, as he has quit that job. He says he has heard Laura was looking for him
all over town, Laura asks what is going on that she is worried about him. He
refuses to tell her.
She says after everything that happened last summer, she would hate to see him
running for the rest of his life. She asks if ELQ is legitimate? He says yes but
he does agree that that he thinks they are lying to him about the danger. He
asks her if she is going to quit? She says no that she isn't in any danger, and
asks him if it would matter? He says yes it would matter. As she goes to leave,
he tells her to wait that there is a man watching the apartment. He tells her to
wait and he will take her home later. She tells him she isn't scared for herself
but for him. She offers to borrow money from her family so that he can get
safely out of town and start over somewhere. He comments that she must be
desperate to get rid of him. She looks at him with such emotion in her eyes, her
love for him, her fear for him shinning through. He tells her he will walk her
to her car. Alex arrives, and Laura takes her leave assuring Luke that she will
be fine.
**The End**
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