Stavros tells Yanni how Helena gloated admitting that she let Laura leave.
Stavros: Helena did it
Yanni: As you suspected. Did she admit it to your face?
Stavros: (laughing) Yes. She ate grapes Yanni. She held them over her mouth and she ate them off the stem while
..............she explained to me how she planned for Laura's escape. She's lucky I didn't murder her on the spot.
Yanni: How did she do it
Stavros: A calculated step by step plan, which she described to me with pleasure. First she showed Laura some
..............newspaper account of Spencer winning this election. Mayor. Just to show her that Spencer was still alive.
Yanni: The escape though, this island is a fortress
Stavros: The second part of Helena's plan she put some money and a passport in Laura's purse and she had the guards
..............removed from her door. Conveniently there was a small boat moored at the foot of the cliff
Yanni: All without us knowing
Stavros: An hour off shore, a cruise ship picked her up. From there it was easy. From Athens a plane to the United States
Yanni: She knows how to hurt you Stavros. First take Laura away from you, but worse to send her back to another
..............man, a man she loves
Stavros: ENOUGH!
Yanni: I am only observing the extent of her cruelty towards you. The mark of a desperate woman if it's her only comfort
Stavros: Helena has not succeeded. She has not succeeded. Laura is gone, but only temporarily. I'll get her back Yanni
..............in spite of Helena. In spite of Spencer
Yanni: You're not wrong about Helena. We have ways to handle her, but Spencer can be another story. What will you
..............do if Laura goes back to him?
Stavros: What do you think I will do?
After Bobbie leaves Ruby and Luke have a heart to heart
Luke: We ought to do this more often, you and me. We should just sit her and look out at the ocean and think.
Ruby: Unfortunately you are going to be too busy so we'll keep it for special occasions?
Luke: What do you mean special occasions? What's so special about today?
Ruby: An anniversary
Luke: (Think of Laura starts to play) Yep. Ok. You busted me again didn't you? Oh Ruby it was the most beautiful day
..............of my life. If I live to be a hundred, and I hope I don't, I'll never have a day like that.
Ruby: Yea it was truly beautiful
Luke: There are times when I close my eyes that I can actually hear the music and I can smell the food and I can see
..............all the people that were there. What they were wearing. And I can hear the words. And I... I don't know.
..............I think no matter what I go through in my entire life that is the only day that I will remember on the day
..............I die as being ok
Ruby: Honey life has to go on. You're lonely
Luke: A little
Ruby: Particularly today
Luke: Yep. Particularly today
Luke tells Ruby that this year he is thinking of his wedding and Laura more than he did last year
Luke: So much for Indian Summer
Ruby: Yea the autumn and winter chill
Luke: You know winter seems to sneak up on you every year doesn't it?
Ruby: You have something you want to talk about?
Luke: You know, you better leave me alone. Yea I do. My wedding
Ruby: Yea it's written all over your face. Any old fool can see it, especially this old fool.
Luke: I don't know what's wrong this year. I just don't understand because last year on this day I was cool you know.
..............I didn't think of it, no sweat. I had a lot of other things on my mind
Ruby: Ok but this year is different
Luke: Yea it s different but I am ok
Ruby: Yes I never doubted that
Luke: You always know what to day don't you
Ruby: Don't you forget Laura. You hang on to that. You hang on to that forever. Think about her today. Think about her
..............every day because what the two of you had very few people ever have in any lifetime
Luke: But that doesn't make it fair
Ruby: I know but knowing what you know in the in the end would you have done it any differently?
Luke: Of course not. You know I just….
Ruby: I know and I love you too
Flashback of Stavros showing Laura the newspaper article that said Luke died in an avalanche
Laura: You sent for me
Stavros: I did
Laura: Well I'm here what do you want
Stavros: Sit down. I have a piece of news I'd like to share with you
Laura: I couldn't care less about your news. There's nothing I want to share with you. You should know that by now
Stavros: This I guarantee will interest you
Laura: It's a Port Charles paper. Where did you get it?
Stavros: What Cassadine's want they get whatever whenever and from where ever. That is something I should think
..............you would know by now read it
Laura: (reads the headline that Luke is dead) NO! NO! No, I don't believe it. This cant be true.
Stavros: It's there in black and white. Face it Laura
Laura: No Luke can be dead. He can't be
Stavros: He's mortal like anyone else. Unfortunately the victim of an avalanche. Read for yourself
Laura: It must be some mistake or this is a trick. It must be
Stavros: The trick would be if you were ever to see your husband again. There is no mistake Laura. Luke is dead.
Laura: No!
Stavros: It's done and there is not a thing you can do to change it and there is not a thing he can do to rescue you.
..............Accept it. I'm sure Luke would want the woman he loves to go on with her life. You no longer have any reason
..............to leave this island which is fortunate because you never will. Unless of course you leave with me. I'm not a
..............stupid man Laura nor am I a man who would take a woman he loves without her consent. As yet my feelings
..............for you is not returned but it will be because one day you will realize that I have something to offer you that
..............no one else can. Something much more than my passion.
Laura; There's nothing now. Luke was everything to me.
Stavros: You are alone Laura. I am telling you, you need me.
Laura: For what?
Stavros: Protection
Laura: And who protects me from you?
Stavros: You are so wrong I mean you no harm but there is one who does. A very powerful person who would like
..............nothing better than to crush you. One who would do it too unless I intervene
Laura: Who?
Stavros: Helena Cassadine. But you have a choice. What will it be? Would you rather find yourself Helena's prisoner
..............or my wife? I can be very patient when I have to be. I will wait for you to come to me but not forever.
Stavros tells Yanni that if Laura talks to Spencer he will kill her family
Stavros: If she goes to Spencer first, If she so much as talks to Spencer or any one of her kin, I shall seek them out
..............and kill them one by one. It will mean a plague of death on that town the likes of which have never been seen.
..............And that my friend is a solemn promise.
---The Reunion On The Mayor's Mansion Lawn----
Luke pulls away from the embrace to see Laura's face
Luke: I can't believe it! Am I going crazy? Am I crazy? Am I dreaming? I'm not dreaming. I'm not dreaming. Its you.
..............You're here. You're home. You're alive! You're alive!
Luke and Laura share their first kiss in 2 years! (Fascination playing)
Luke: You're really here. You're not a dream or anything. You're really you. (Laura crying hysterically) Its you. Laura.
..............Laura. Baby, baby what happened? What happened? Where you been? Where you been?
Laura: Don't ask
Luke: What? Why not?
Laura: I can't say anything
Luke: What are you talking about why not
Laura: I can't be with you. Its not too late. Please
Luke: Who, what are you talking about?
Laura: Please! Please its not to late please let me go
Luke: What do you mean not too late? I'm not going to let you go
Laura: Please don't you understand. I am being followed and if they see me with you or any other member of the
..............family they will kill all of us
Luke: Who's? Who's following you? Who's threatening you?
Laura: The man who is following me…
Luke: Who? Where are they? Where are they?
Laura: Please! If you love me you will let me go
Luke: NEVER!! Never! Never! I am never going to let you go again. If you are being followed. If anyone is on your tail.
..............If you are in danger of any kind, I will take care of it. Alright? Will you stay here while I take a look around?
Laura nods
Luke: I love you! I love you! I love you! Wait right here
Luke checks the grounds. George hears him coming and leaves the grounds.
Luke returns to Laura (who had ample time to escape!) who is STILL standing there waiting.
Luke: Nobody. It's just you and me
Laura: Are you sure?
Luke: yea I'm sure it's just you and me. You are so incredibly beautiful I don't believe it
(Luke and Laura kiss again while Fascination plays)
Laura: If you only knew how many times I've dreamed of this.
Luke: I know. Oh do I know baby do I know. There you are Laura (spins her around) there you are. Oh Laura. Where have
..............you been? Where have you been? You've been gone so long. What happened? What happened?
Laura: It doesn't matter
Luke: What do you mean it doesn't matter. Of course it matters to me
Laura: IT DOESN'T MATTER
Luke: Ok, ok. It doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is that you are here with me. That's all I care about
Laura: Luke, I can't stay
Luke: what? Why not
Laura: You never saw me that's the only way
Luke: What are you talking about I never saw…Laura I am not going to let you go
Laura: I can't stay
Luke: You are not leaving me. Oh baby never again. Never ever ever again
Laura smiles
Luke: Look at you. Just you and me and I am going to protect you and I am going to take care of you and I am
..............going to love you
Laura: I love you so much
Luke: I love you too. That's all that matters. Oh God that's all that matters. I'm gonna take you inside now
Luke lifts up Laura and carries her into the house
Luke and Laura come into the house. He puts her down gently and they stare at the room
Luke: Hey I bet I know what you are thinking
Laura: The day we were married was the happiest day of my life
Luke: Yea except for today it was the happiest day for me too. And we got a new chance Laura. We got a whole
..............new beginning to go through
Laura: We are in so much danger Luke
Luke: Don't be afraid don't be afraid
Laura: I'm afraid for you. There are so many things you don't know
Luke: Come here baby. Sit down. Now you can tell me. If there is danger we can handle it oh we can handle it.
..............Look what we've been through already
Laura: From the beginning?
Luke: From the day you disappeared
Laura: I finished the Miss Star Eyes commercial early and I wanted to surprise you so I took a taxi back to the boat.
..............But you weren't there. The ship was empty and then all of a sudden the lights went out and I got scared so I
..............ran out on the dock to a phone booth and it was very very foggy and I was terrified because there was a man
..............following me
Luke: Yea, his name was David Grey
Laura: Was?
Luke: He's dead I killed him. There's nothing to worry about with him.
Laura: I never saw him again after that night but he hypnotized me and the next thing I know I was in a boat
Luke: Yes I know. They found the boat. Your things were in it. They said that you had drowned
Laura: NO I was taken onto a cruise ship they rigged it to make it look like I had drowned
Luke: Who? Who did that?
Laura: Helena Cassadine
Laura continues to tell Luke her story
Laura: There were so many warnings Luke. The flowers in our stateroom, the model ship. Helena was behind all
..............of those things.
Luke: But why you? I killed Mikkos
Laura: she wanted revenge. She wanted to hurt you in the same way you hurt her
Luke: Ok, so what happened after to you after you were taken aboard the cruise ship
Laura: I was taken to the Cassadine compound. It's an island in the Aegean
Luke: You mean Helena has kept you there the past two years?
Laura: Yes
Luke: I'll kill her. I swear I am going to find this woman and I am going to kill her
Laura: It wasn't just Helena
Luke: What do you mean?
Laura: I'd given up Luke. I thought you were dead. They showed me a newspaper article saying you were killed
..............by an avalanche
Luke: It's all right darlin. You're here now
Laura: No other things happened
Luke: What? Laura, what did she do to her
Laura: It wasn't just Helena. It was Stavros
Luke: Who the hell is Stavros?
Laura: He's Mikkos's cousin. He runs the family empire now. And if it wasn't for Stavros I think Helena would
..............have probably had me killed
Luke: How did he help you?
Laura: When I found out that you were dead I made a choice
Luke: What choice? Laura what choice? What choice did you make?
[Flashback of Laura telling Stavros that she will marry him]
Stavros: You asked to see me Laura. I am pleased. What do you wish?
Laura: I've been thinking of what you said and since Luke died nothing really matters
Stavros: Laura you are very young. You are very beautiful and desirable time will heal you heart
Laura: No, but I do have many years to live and I don't want to live a captive
Stavros: I can offer you freedom, luxury
Laura: I know. That's why I've come to you. I've decided to accept you offer
Stavros: I swear on my honor you will never regret it
(Stavros places a family crest around Laura's neck)
[Back to Luke and Laura]
Luke: You said you made a choice a choice between what baby what choice
(Laura walks away)
Luke: Laura we have the rest of our lives together. There's no rush. You take it easy.
Laura: I don't want to talk about it anymore
Luke: Did something happen that you are ashamed of?
Laura: It's all happening too fast. I need some time. I'm very tired Luke
Luke: Ok
Laura tells Luke how she escaped
Luke: Laura how did you finally get off the island
Laura: One day when I was alone in my villa I found a newspaper. You have to understand they never let me see
..............another one after they showed me the one that said you had been killed in an avalanche
(Luke and Laura kiss again)
Luke: What did the paper say
Laura: That you had been elected mayor I was so shocked that I fainted and when I woke up their was a passsport
..............and some money a lot of money but I still had to find a way to get off the island
Luke: What did you do?
Laura: I went down to the docks and there weren't any guards on duty for the first time and there was a small skiff.
..............It was tied to the dock and ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS GET OFF THAT ISLAND AND FIND SOMEWAY TO GET BACK
..............TO YOU. And within a couple of hours I was completely out of site of the island
Luke: Well what happened? Were you picked up by a larger boat?
Laura: Yes. A cruise ship rescued me and then docked at Parais. And I took a plane from there
Luke: When did all this happen?
Laura: Oh a week ago, maybe I don't know. I lost track of time
Luke: You mean you've been here for a week?
Laura: Yes, atleast that
Luke: But why? Why didn't you come to me right away?
Laura: I couldn't
Luke: Why not?
Laura: I didn't want them to kill you
(Luke tries to reassure Laura that she is safe)
Luke: Listen I'm gonna tell you one more time and I want you to listen very carefully to me. No one is going to kill
..............me or you or anybody we love. I can protect you
Laura: Stavros warned me over and over again that if I made contact with you or any member of the family they
..............would all be killed
Luke: Laura you are not listening to me. You are with me now. Me. You are safe
Laura: (Screaming) No one is safe. He was right out there in the garden
Luke: Alright fine. I'll get the police to surround the house
Laura: No! No! You can't fight their organization. You cant hide from them My presence here is only going to endanger
..............you. It's going to endanger my whole family. I did a terrible thing
Luke: You did a wonderful thing Laura. You came home. You came home and you are going to be safe. Ok there's
..............danger, you know I understand the kind of danger you are talking about but baby, you and me, we can handle
..............this together. What's important is that we are together. Laura we're together and we're going to stay together
(Big passionate kiss)
Laura wakes up calling for Luke. Luke has sat up all night in a chair next to her bed.
Luke tells Laura that he is going to make her breakfast and then they can talk about what she was unable to tell him yesterday
Laura tells Luke that Stavros was obsessed with her but is afraid to tell him anything else
Luke tells Laura there is nothing she could ever say that would change the way she feels about him
Luke gives Laura, who is still reluctant to tell him, the greatest kiss in daytime history
Laura tells Luke she slept with Stavros (seen through flashbacks)
Laura: Can you ever forgive me?
Luke: There is nothing to forgive
Laura: How can you say that?
Luke: Because I know you and I know me. And we both did exactly what we had to do
Laura: I'll always feel guilty for that
Luke: For what? For saving your own life?
Laura: No, for the way I did it
Luke: Laura I understand we were both going through the same thing I even convinced myself I was in love with
..............someone else so don't blame yourself. It's ok. I love you now more than ever
Luke can tell by Laura's reaction that she is still keeping something from him
Laura blurts out that she married Stavros
Luke is not phased by it at all because he knows the marriage isn't legal and Laura did it for her own protection
Luke and Stavros come face to face
Stavros: Mr. Mayor Spencer
Luke: Mr. Cassadine
Stavros: Or is it your honor
Luke: Well you can call me whatever you think is appropriate. Have a seat
Stavros: Thank you. I saw you on television
Luke: Did you? I heard you on television
Stavros: How is that?
Luke: When I was in the studio your name was mentioned on air in regards to the financial situation at General Hospital
Stavros: Well that true but that's not why I wanted to see you
Luke: Really?
Stavros: I was very interested in what you had to say about Laura
Luke: My wife?
Stavros: Precisely
Luke: So tell me what does my wife have to do with the financial situation at General Hospital?
Stavros: I intend to visit the hospital tomorrow after that I plan on being on a plane back to my island
Luke: So soon?
Stavros: I know what you think
Luke: I wish you would tall me what I think because at the moment I don't know what to think
Stavros: I want you to know that I have not come to take Laura away from you
Luke: Is that right?
Stavros: I know that my marriage to her was invalid. I realize now that she was married to you at the time
Luke: A mere technicality
Stavros: Not in the eyes of the law
Luke: Or mine
Stavros: You do realize that when Laura and I married we believe you were dead
Luke: Of course
Stavros: Its true
Luke: I believe you, of course I believe you. What about now?
Stavros: I have come to tell you that I have closed that chapter in my life
Luke: A short book
Stavros: Laura rewrote the ending
Luke: I see. (Luke pulls the necklace out from his desk draw) What do you call this? A good bye present?
Stavros: In a way yes
Luke: Couldn't you afford something that didn't need to be fixed
Stavros: You seem tot understand. It means that our marriage is broken. I no longer have any claim on Laura
Luke: You better believe it
Stavros: I beg your pardon
Luke: I hate fencing Mr. Cassadine. Can we get to the point?
Stavros: I'm listening
Luke: I know who you are. I know what you do. I know a lot about your family and the power that they have and how
..............they use it. I know everything about you. Is that pointed enough?
Stavros: Eloquently
Luke: I don't want you to every touch my wife again
Stavros: I have no intention of doing so
Luke: Good. You know I shall like to kill you for what you did to her but that would be pointless but I'll tell you this
..............if you every touch her again I will kill you
Stavros: You are very sure of yourself but I have no quarrel with you or with Laura. Why would I touch her now?
Luke: So you came all the way to Port Charles to give us your blessing
Stavros: One does not hand over ones wife on the telephone mayor Spencer!
Luke: I understand that so it looks like we understand each other now
Stavros: I hope so
Luke: I'm counting on it
Stavros: I wish you and Laura every happiness
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