Chapters 16 thru 21

The next day was the day of the ceremony where Luke becomes king of the Stone Mafia and she would stand beside him as queen. Karly sat at her desk at work. Luke tagged along with her because he wanted to spend the day with her, and they would go by their house to get ready for the ceremony that is being held at his parents’ house. Luke sat on the couch looking through his phone when there was a knock at the door. Karly looked up and saw one of the models standing there.
“Dana, hi, is something wrong?” Karly asked.
“I know I'm getting fitted for clothes to model in Henry's show, but an issue came up,” Dana said.
“The day it's going to be, I will be out of town, my cousin is getting married and she asked me to be a bridesmaid,” Dana said.
“Okay, you can just let Jasmine know that you don't need to be fitted for the clothes since you are not going to be able to be in the show, but the clothes they were fitting you, we can ask Henry if we can have you do a separate photoshoot with them,” Karly said.
“By myself?” Dana asked.
“Yes, you've done shoots by yourself before and you are one of our top models here,” Karly said.
“I'm sorry about this, I heard that he originally planned it for the 30th?” Dana asked.
“Yes he did but he moved it because I was going to be gone on my honeymoon and I need to be there helping Henry and making sure everything runs smoothly for him and that he doesn't stress out like last time,” Karly said.
“Yeah I remember, and I should have told you before, congratulations on your engagement,” Dana said.
“Thank you,” Karly said.
“Thank you,” Luke said.
“This is my fiancé, Luke,” Karly said.
“Nice to meet you, Luke,” Dana said.
“You too,” Luke said.
“If you really want to be in the show, I can call Henry and see if he set it up yet,” Karly said.
“No need to call, I'm here and I haven't got it set yet, do I need to change the date again,” Henry said.
“Dana is going to be at a wedding for her cousin that week,” Karly said.
“Good because I have to change it anyways, the 25th of next month is when I will have it set,” Henry said.
“We have nothing going on that day either,” Karly said.
“Thank goodness, I really don't want to be fitted for the clothes and not be able to wear them for the show, she said something about talking to you about a photoshoot by myself with the clothes that I was fitted for,” Dana said.
“I think that would be a good idea as well, for anyone who can't make it to the show, there would be photos everywhere,” Henry said.
“I will see about the next day after the show,” Karly said.
“Perfect! I will go set up the show right now, and Karly, got your invite for the wedding, you moved it to the 27th?” Henry asked.
“Yeah, the minister had other obligations for the original date,” Luke said.
“And it was too short of a notice to find another one,” Karly said.
“Probably a good thing because David has something come up for the original date so thank you for moving the wedding date so we could attend,” Henry said.
“You guys invited all of us models right?” Dana asked.
“Of course, I did, I forgot to announce the change of date,” Karly said.
“I'll go tell everyone and text whoever isn't here,” Dana said.
“Thanks Dana,” Karly said. Dana left the room and Henry looked at Karly.
“If I was available and straight, I would ask her out,” Henry said.
“I'm sure her boyfriend would like that a lot,” Karly said.
“Good thing I'm not then,” Henry said.
“See you at the wedding, Henry, and tell David hello,” Karly said.
“I will, bye!” Henry said. He left and Luke stood up and came over and leaned against the desk. She smiled up at him.
“What's up,” Karly said.
“Just watching you work is amazing,” Luke said.
“Wish I could watch you work, too,” Karly said.
“Well, we could go to the club tomorrow, I need to go check the books and stuff,” Luke said.
“Okay, so since I'm marrying you, I am part owner of the clubs?” Karly asked.
“Yep,” Luke said.
“I probably should meet the manager and workers of the clubs,” Karly said.
“Yeah, you probably should, I'll have them all ready tomorrow to meet us,” Luke said.
“Okay so I'm about done here, wanna go eat lunch?” Karly said.
“Yes, I told you that you are stuck with me today,” Luke said.
“I like being stuck with you,” Karly said. He smiled and leaned down and kissed her lips softly. He sat down and waited for her to finish up and she got her stuff and went and told Hayley she was leaving and took Luke's hand and went out the door.

CHAPTER 17

Luke and Karly went to their house and changed for the ceremony. Luke was waiting for her downstairs. He looked up and saw her come down the stairs. He took her hand and kissed it and smiled at her.
“You look gorgeous,” Luke said.
“Thanks, handsome, ready for this?” Karly asked.
“Yes,” Luke said. They went to the main house and walked in and saw his parents talking with Greg.
“There he is!” Barbara said.
“Hello son,” Peter said.
“Hey Dad, Mom,” Luke said.
“Karly, you look amazing,” Barbara said.
“Beautiful,” Peter said.
“Thanks, I hope this is queen worthy,” Karly said.
“What did you say?” Amber said. Luke turned and saw her standing there.
“Amber,” Luke said.
“Luke, what does she mean queen, I thought I was going to be queen,” Amber said.
“This is Karly, my fiancée, and yes she is going to be queen, not you, I never said you were going to be queen,” Luke said.
“I thought we had something going here,” Amber said.
“You had something going in your head, you were not the one for me,” Luke said.
“And she is?” Amber asked.
“Yes, I am, he obviously doesn't want you like he wants me so it’s time to move on,” Karly said.
“Luke,” Amber said.
“I'm sorry, Amber, your guy is out there somewhere, just it's not me,” Luke said.
“This isn't over!” Amber said.
“Oh, but it is,” Karly said.
“Amber, I have to ask you to leave,” Luke said.
“Why Luke,” Amber said.
“If you disrespect my fiancée, you disrespect me as well, I can't have that here,” Luke said.
“You all will pay for this!” Amber said.
“Amber, that's enough!” Barbara said.
“Barbara, this is all wrong!” Amber said.
“No, what is wrong is that you assumed something that wasn't going to happen, Luke never told us that he was going to pick you, he met Karly and it was love at first sight for the both of them, he never felt that way for you, you were just a fling, nothing more, if you just respected his choice, you could stay as a friend but since you can't, you need to leave my house right now,” Barbara said.
“I hate you all!” Amber said. She went out the door. Karly looked at Luke.
“Wow, what can she do to all of you?” Karly asked.
“I will give her parents a call and tell them what happened, they can put a stop to any plan she's going to come up with,” Barbara said.
“Can she really harm the family?” Karly asked.
“No, but she might try to do something to you and I can't let that happen,” Luke said.
“Luke, don't do anything illegal,” Karly said.
“I won't, I promise,” Luke said.
“Son, are you ready?” Peter asked.
“Yes,” Luke said. They walked in and she saw her brothers with Hayley and Abby. She hugged them and stuck to Luke's side.

CHAPTER 18

Peter stood up in front of everyone. Luke and Karly stood beside him.
“Hello everyone and welcome to the ceremony tonight, as most of you know, I am stepping down as king of the Stone Mafia family and my son, Luke, is taking over, so let's begin,” Peter said. Luke faces his father. Peter got out the King's crown and placed it on Luke's head.
“Luke Stone, do you swear to honor and protect this family, to do what is right by the family?” Peter asked.
“I do,” Luke said.
“And who have you chosen as queen?” Peter asked.
“Karly Davis, my fiancée,” Luke said.
“Karly, do you swear to stand by Luke's side as queen, to honor his decisions and be his constant support and care for him?” Peter asked.
“I do,” Karly said.
“May I present the King and Queen of the Stone Mafia!” Peter said. Everyone clapped. Luke smiled and pulled Karly close and kissed her softly.
“Karly, I love you,” Luke said. He rested his forehead against hers. She smiled up at him.
“I love you, too,” Karly said. They heard her brothers shouting and there was a gunshot. Luke checked himself and checked Karly.
“You okay?” Luke asked.
“I'm fine,” Karly said.
“LUKE!” Hayley yelled. They heard Hayley scream and they went to her and saw her with Barbara who was shot in the stomach.
“Mom!” Luke said. Karly saw Eric and Austin holding Amber.
“Luke, Amber shot her,” Karly said. Luke looked up and saw her with Eric and Austin and got up and went to her.
“You bitch!” Luke said.
“I'm sorry!” Amber said.
“YOU SHOT MY MOTHER!” Luke yelled. Karly was on the phone with 911. She helped Hayley stop the bleeding.
“Mama, just hang on, help is on the way, don't leave us,” Hayley said crying.
“Honey, you stay with us okay, you have to watch our kids get married in two weeks, fight honey,” Peter said.
“I'm trying,” Barbara said. Luke took the gun and looked at it and held it to Amber's face.
“You will pay for what you did, if my mother dies, so do you!” Luke said.
“Luke, please, I didn't mean to!” Amber said.
“You didn't mean to, who were you trying to shoot!” Luke said.
“My sister, she was aiming for Karly,” Eric said.
“We tried to stop her, and she fired and it hit your mom” Austin said.
“Oh my god, you have completely gone psychotic!” Karly said.
“I was supposed to be queen, me not you, bitch!” Amber said.
“Open your eyes and listen good, he never said you were going to be, did he say in those certain words that you were going to be?” Karly asked.
“No,” Amber said.
“Then don't assume things, you will pay for what you did here, if she dies, I will ask my soon to be husband here if I can put the bullet in you myself, you do not want to mess with me, I know how to use a gun,” Karly said.
“No need to ask, I will gladly let you do it,” Luke said.
“What should we do with her?” Karly asked.
“We have some holding cells in the basement, Greg!” Luke said.
“Yes,” Greg said.
“Go with Austin and Eric to the basement and put her in one of the cells and lose the key for a little while,” Luke said.
“Luke, please I'll die down there,” Amber said.
“I don't give a shit, we will see about giving you food when we remember you are down there,” Luke said.
“I'll keep an eye on her, Luke,” Greg said.
“Fine, don't let her manipulate you,” Luke said.
“I won't, I promise, you know your mom is like a mom to me too,” Greg said.
“The ambulance is here,” Karly said. Abby let the paramedics in and they went to work on Barbara while Austin and Eric dragged Amber down to the cells in the basement. Luke came to Karly and took her in his arms. She held onto him.
“I'm here, I'm not going anywhere,” Karly said.
“Good because I'm never letting you go,” Luke said. They got Barbara ready to transport to the hospital. Peter got into the ambulance with her. Austin and Eric came out with Hayley and Abby.
“Abby and I will take care of things here, keep us updated,” Austin said.
“Okay, man,” Eric said. Luke, Karly, Hayley, and Eric got into Luke's SUV and they went to the hospital and went in and saw Peter in the waiting room.

CHAPTER 19

Peter and Luke were pacing the waiting room while Hayley say with Eric, resting her head on his shoulder. Karly sat on his other side with her head on his other shoulder. He held their hands.
“I can't believe this is happening,” Hayley said.
“I know, Austin and I tried to get her before she could fire the gun,” Eric said.
“It's no one's fault but Amber's, she was delusional,” Karly said.
“She will pay if anything happens to my mother, I will help you deal with her,” Hayley said.
“Hayley, no, I was the one she was after, she's mine,” Karly said.
“We can torture her together and you can finish her,” Hayley said.
“Maybe,” Karly said.
“You really getting into this, aren't you, sis,” Eric said.
“I'm the queen now, bro, someone messes with me, I'm not going to be weak,” Karly said.
“You've had to deal with me and Austin growing up, you are anything but weak,” Eric said. The doctor came out and Peter and Luke faced him. Karly, Hayley, and Eric stood up.
“Mr. Stone, we got the bullet out, it missed vital organs, she is going to make a full recovery,” the doctor said.
“Thank god,” Peter said.
“Can we see her?” Hayley asked.
“Yes,” the doctor said. They followed the doctor to the room where Barbara was. She opened her eyes and saw them and smiled.
“Mama,” Hayley said. Hayley gently hugged her. Luke kissed her forehead. Peter kissed her cheek. Eric and Karly squeezed her hand.
“I'm okay,” Barbara said.
“We know, Mom, we were just scared,” Luke said.
“You are the heart of this family,” Hayley said.
“Not to mention mine,” Peter said.
“I was not going anywhere, I am determined to see my kids get married and have grandkids and I want to be able to play with them,” Barbara said.
“You will, Barbara,” Eric said.
“Count on it,” Hayley said. Karly moved to Luke's side and slipped her hand into his. He looked at her and smiled and squeezed it. They stayed for an hour before Peter kicked them out to go home. Luke and Karly dropped Hayley and Eric off at the main house and went home to their house. Karly walked into the house and went upstairs and sat on the bed. Luke came in and looked at her and sat down.
“What's wrong, babe?” Luke asked.
“It could have been me in that bed,” Karly said.
“But it wasn't,” Luke said.
“It could have, it should have been, not your mother, me,” Karly said.
“Karly, stop that, no one knew how Amber would react to tonight,” Luke said.
“I just can't believe what she did, she could have killed me or your mom,” Karly said.
“If she had, I would have killed her, there was no way I would have let her live if she killed you or Mom,” Luke said.
“I'm just glad your mom will be okay,” Karly said.
“Me too,” Luke said.
“Now we have to deal with Amber,” Karly said.
“We will deal with that tomorrow,” Luke said.
“I'm going to take a shower,” Karly said. She went into the bathroom and took a shower and dried off and got her pajamas and put them on. She came out of the bathroom and Luke kissed her forehead and went to shower. He came out in his boxers and they got into bed and kissed a little bit and went to sleep in each other's arms.

CHAPTER 20

The next morning, she woke up to her cell phone ringing. She reached over and answered it.
“Hello?” Karly said.
“Sis, get Luke and come over now,” Eric said.
“What's wrong,” Karly said. Luke woke up and sat up. She sat up.
“Just get here!” Eric said. Karly hung up and got up.
“What's going on,” Luke said.
“Eric needs us at the house quick,” Karly said. They got up and went to change and went out the door and went to the main house where Eric was at the door.
“What is going on,” Luke said.
“Downstairs to the cell,” Eric said. They went downstairs to the cells and saw Amber lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
“What the,” Karly said.
“What happened!” Luke said.
“I killed her,” Hayley said. They saw Hayley sitting in a chair against the wall holding a gun. Luke took it from her and put it away.
“Why?” Luke asked.
“I confronted her about what she did, and she said she would get out of here and finish what she started, to kill Karly,” Hayley said.
“She was never getting out of here!” Luke said.
“She said she would have pretended to accept Karly as your queen and that she would move on with her life but she was really going to double cross us and go after Karly, I couldn't let that happen,” Hayley said.
“What do we do?” Karly asked.
“I'm calling Drew and Sam, they handle this stuff,” Luke said. He went to make the call. Karly looked at Eric and he took her hand and pulled her out of the basement and they went upstairs.
“Karly,” Eric said.
“Eric, what is it,” Karly said.
“I want to make sure you're okay,” Eric said.
“I'm fine, are you?” Karly asked.
“I'm fine, just trying to wrap my head about everything,” Eric said.
“You know we can't back out of this now,” Karly said.
“I know, I love Hayley,” Eric said.
“And I love Luke,” Karly said.
“We will just go along for the ride,” Eric said.
“Two weeks,” Karly said.
“Yes,” Eric said.
“We will all be okay,” Karly said.
“I hope so,” Eric said.
“So, you and Luke living together huh,” Eric said.
“You and Hayley living together,” Karly said.
“Gotta start sometime,” Eric said.
“Do it yet?” Karly asked.
“No, not yet, we are waiting for our wedding night,” Eric said.
“Same here,” Karly said. Luke and Hayley came up from downstairs.
“Hayley, I told you I would handle it!” Luke said.
“Am I not a part of this family too?!” Hayley said.
“Yes, but Mom and Dad didn't want you involved in the family business, they wanted you protected from it,” Luke said.
“I'm not a little girl,” Hayley said.
“I never said you were,” Luke said.
“Look, it's over and done with and I can't go back,” Hayley said.
“I know that, Karly, ready to go?” Luke said.
“Yeah, bye guys,” Karly said. She and Luke left and went back to the house.
“When does your mom get to come home?” Karly asked.
“Tomorrow, which is good, ad will need an extra day to calm down,” Luke said.
“He's mad because of what she did,” Karly said.
“Yeah, she got involved in dealing with the family stuff, they wanted her to have a normal life,” Luke said.
“So, I guess I won't deal with the family stuff,” Karly said.
“Whoa, no one said you couldn't, they just don't want Hayley to,” Luke said.
“What's the difference between me and her?” Karly asked.
“One, you will be my wife, two, you are the queen, three, my parents are very protective of their little girl,” Luke said.
“Aren't we supposed to go to the clubs to meet everyone?” Karly asked.
“Yes, let's go,” Luke said. They went out the door and headed for Club Rally.

CHAPTER 21

Luke and Karly walked into the club together and saw the whole club crew standing around waiting. Luke cleared his throat and they all looked at them.
“Thank you all for coming, you all know that I'm in the mafia and Friday night, I was crowned King of the Stone Mafia,” Luke said. They all clapped.
“You may not have heard the news, in two weeks, I am getting married to this beautiful lady standing next to me, meet Karly Davis, she works with my sister, Hayley, they are partners at the Davis Modeling Agency,” Luke said. They all clapped again.
“Now after Karly and I get married, she will become part owner of the clubs, so if she comes in here, you will treat her like she's the boss which she will be along with me, you got it?” Luke said. Everyone nodded.
“Okay then, get ready for work tonight,” Luke said. They went to his office and closed the door. Luke pressed Karly against the wall.
“You are so hot when you are bossy,” Karly said. He smiled and began kissing her neck and running his hands up and down her body.
“Is it our wedding night yet?” Luke asked.
“Not yet, hang in there, babe, two more weeks and I'm all yours completely,” Karly said.
“I'm counting the days,” Luke said.
“Shouldn't we go check out the other club?” Karly asked.
“We can some other time, the crew from the other club was here too,” Luke said.
“Okay, let's have a hot makeout session on that couch,” Karly said.
“I have no problem with that,” Luke said. They moved over to the couch and laid on it kissing. He settled on top of her and wrapped his arms around her and held her to him as he began kissing her neck and shoulders. She wrapped her arms around his neck and held onto him. There was a knock at the door. Luke groaned.
“What!” Luke said.
“Hey boss, there is a couple out here looking for you,” James said. Luke got up and helped Karly up and they straightened up and opened the door.
“Karly, this is James, he's the manager here,” Luke said.
“Hello,” Karly said.
“Nice to meet you, soon to be boss lady,” James said.
“Who are they?” Luke asked.
“Amber's parents,” James said.
“Oh boy,” Karly said. Luke took her hand and they followed James out to the bar where they were waiting.
“Alan, Alice, what can I do for you?” Luke asked.
“Our daughter is missing,” Alan said.
“She told us she was going to your house for the ceremony and told us she was going to be your queen and she would call us later and she didn't, she hasn't been to her apartment and her phone goes to voicemail, she always calls us,” Alice said.
“She was at the ceremony,” Luke said.
“She got upset and angry when she arrived and heard some news and ran out,” Karly said.
“Who are you?” Alan asked.
“This is Karly, my fiancée and my queen,” Luke said.
“She's your queen, but Amber told us that she was going to be, she said you told her she was going to be,” Alice said.
“She was mistaken, I never said she was going be queen, she assumed I would pick her but I never would have, I never had feelings for your daughter, and I told her that,” Luke said.
“I think your daughter is on the run,” Karly said.
“Why would she be on the run?” Alan asked.
“She came back with a gun and tried to kill me but shot Barbara instead, she ran off before anyone could catch her and no one has found her,” Karly said.
“Why wouldn't she call us?” Alice asked.
“She probably figured that her call would be traced, and she would be found,” Karly said.
“Yeah by me,” Luke said.
“Luke, please don't hurt her, I'm sure she didn't mean to shoot your mother,” Alice said.
“Oh, I know but she intended to shoot my fiancée,” Luke said.
“We want to find her and get her the help she needs, it's obvious that she needs psychiatric help,” Alan said.
“If she wants to be found, she will contact you two,” Luke said.
“Oh god I just hope my baby girl is okay,” Alice said crying. Luke squeezed Karly's hand.
“If you find her, let us know and we will come get her,” Alan said. They left the club. Karly went to the office and sat down on the couch. Luke came in and closed the door and locked it and sat down beside her.
“You okay, baby?” Luke said.
“Yeah, I just feel bad for them, their daughter is dead, and they think she's missing and asking you not to hurt her,” Karly said.
“Karly, don't feel bad for them, if anything, it's their fault that Amber was the way she was, they taught her that she could have anything she wanted, they never told her no,” Luke said.
“So, she was spoiled,” Karly said.
“Yep,” Luke said.
“Let's go home,” Karly said. He took her hand and spoke with James and they left the club and went home.