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Lucas wasn't happy. Hell he was less than not happy. He was furious. He was pîssed to the max!

He prowled through the house, just wandering from room to room as he waited for Tara and Peter to come back.

Ok so the letter wasn't a hoax, a ploy to get his wife out of the house and God knows what! Peter had called and spoken to Maggie. Tara's Grandmother was real... but still! They had no idea when they left if they should believe it or not.

A letter that was dated two years ago just happening to turn up? Bullshít! It had to be somewhere and he intended to sit his wife down and ask her where the hell she got it from. Something wasn't right with this scenario and he fully intended to get to the bottom of it.

Letters don't miraculously arrive two years later! What the hell was Peter thinking to risk Tara like that? Hell! He'd have words with him as well!

Where the hell were they?

It was getting dark and peak hour traffic should be over by now... so where the hell was Tara? They should have been back hours ago. Where the hell were they? Had there been an accident? Was she all right? Hell! Maybe he should call the hospital... no... the letter was real. Her Grandmother was real. That's been confirmed but... the threats to her safety were still very real. He should have been notified at least when they left the house... and why the hell didn't she call him herself to take her in the first place?

That's what husbands do. They support their wives in times like these... and if by some horrible reason her life had been in danger then he at least would have been there to protect her!

They didn't even take one of his men with them! She was out there and vulnerable and...

Lights!

Reflecting through the hall were lights that were coming up the driveway. Within seconds he was out the door and watching... it was them... Thank God!

Peter hadn't turned off the car in the garage when the passenger door flew open startling both him and Tara.

A bright red faced Lucas lent in and undid Tara's seatbelt and pulled her from her seat into his arms, holding her so close it was almost impossible to breath.

"Don't you ever do something like this again! Don't you have any idea just how dangerous it is for you to be out there at the moment without protection?"

"I was with Peter" her words were gasped out as Lucas swung his head to look at the older man.

"Why? What were you thinking Peter? My wifes life..."

"Wasn't in any danger. She was with me. She was safe." Peter rolled his eyes and slammed his door shut as he looked at Lucas across the top of his car.

"But how could you know? It could have been a hoax!"

"It wasn't." Peter stated firmly as he walked around the car.

"Don't you see Peter? It could have been! I was home for over an hour before you rang Maggie. Anything could have happened in that time and no one had a clue..."

"Lucas" Tara whimpered "can't breathe"

Lucas looked down at Tara completely horrified and loosened his grip... but wouldn't let go.

"Oh shît baby! I'm sorry! Are you ok?"

Tara nodded as she dragged in a gulp of air.

"I saw my Grandma.... she's alive and..."

Lucas grimaced at his insensitivity "Baby I'm so happy for you but doing this put you

and Peter both at risk and..."

"I called the nursing hone before we left" Peter's voice broke in and Lucas looked at him sharply with surprise.

"What?"

"I'm not stupid Lucas. With everything that's happened since my daughter's been with you I wanted to be sure. I looked up the home and called it before we left the house."

"You did?" Tara looked at Peter in just as much surprise as Lucas.

"I did. Come on Tara. Two years that letter's been about and there..."

"Where did it come from?" Lucas demanded of her.

"Our old neighbours" she mumbled quietly.

"What? Who?" Lucas bent helis head down to hear her better.

Tara gulped "My old neighbours. The ones that Dad and I lived next to..."

"You went back to that shît of a place? Why?"

"Ke and I ran into Helen at the shopping centre and she told me she had mail that piled up for a couple of months at our old house."

"And you went there? ALONE?"

She shook her head quickly.

"No. Ke and I went with Jace earlier today. I couldn't believe she'd kept it for this long. I told Adam where we were going!" Her voice started to sound desperate. She just wanted to be happy and talk about everything her Grandma told her. The tears welled up and Lucas felt like slapping himself.

"Oh shît baby... God. I'm sorry. I was worried and..."

"Come on you two" Peter spoke up "It looks like a lot of miscommunication on all our parts here. So rather than dissecting it, let's go in to dinner and Tara can tell you all about Moira"

Lucas nodded as he cradled

Tara's head against his chest and he hushed her gently to stop the tears.

Peter nodded in reply and headed towards the house.

"I'm so sorry baby. All this other shît's still got me on edge and the thought" he choked back the lump in his throat "just the thought that something might happen to you... God baby... I'd never cope if I lost you now."

"I'm not going anywhere" Tara sniffled "but you have to trust me Lucas."

"I do baby."

"It doesn't feel like it."

"I do baby. I promise I do.... I.. " he gulped "I just... I was so scared for you... and me'

"For you?" she asked him with shock and surprise.

Lucas nodded with a solemn look on his face as she looked ip at him.

"I love you baby. Without you... " he shook his head trying to rid himself of the thought but when he failed he looked at her with pained filled eyes "without you baby I'm nothing. Nothing at all. You're my everything."

Tara reached up and wiped the single tear drop from the corner of his eye.

"I'm not going anywhere Lucas. I'll be more careful in future." She bit her bottom lip " I love you too Lucas. So much that it scares me because..."

"Because?" he prompted as she faltered.

"Because it would kill me too if anything happened to you."

Lucas chuckled and she raised her eyebrows at him.

"I swear I'm not laughing at what you said baby. I'm laughing about the pair of us being bloody idiots. We love each other right?"

She nodded.

"Then we're ok. We're... enough... just you and me baby."

"And the family?"

"Oh hell" Lucas raised a hand to his chin in a thinking motion "I guess they'll just have to come along for the ride."

"Lucas?"

"Yes baby?"

"What about Gemma? Are you going to see her?"

Lucas nodded and smiled softly.

"Gemma has a brother Christopher that Dad pretty much adopted. Tomorrow" he inhaled deeply "tomorrow baby we meet my younger brother and sister."

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*sobs* i loves lucas and tara #lura This story is so close to being finished... I just... no. don't want to stop... but I have to at some point and.. *sobs*

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