The next day she was at work going over some photos from some shoots that were done while she was gone when Austin and Eric came in and closed the door and locked it.
“Hey guys, what's up?” Karly asked.
“Karly, we have a problem,” Austin said.
“Jason was found dead in his apartment last night,” Eric said.
“What?” Karly said.
“His mother found him in a pool of blood,” Austin said.
“Looked like a gunshot to the head,” Eric said.
“Oh god,” Karly said.
“The police think it was a robbery gone wrong, like he surprised the robbers when he came home or something, there was stuff missing,” Austin said.
“Karly, Austin told me about Luke coming in with blood on him,” Eric said.
“He was helping the cops with a situation,” Karly said.
“I went home to see if there were any news reports on it and there was nothing,” Austin said.
“I have a friend with the NYPD, usually they don't share info but being Luke's brother-in-law, they made an exception this once, there was no case like that yesterday,” Eric said.
“So, you are saying that he lied to me, that he killed my ex?” Karly asked.
“It's possible,” Austin said.
“Oh god,” Karly said.
“Karly, what do you want to do?” Eric asked.
“I don't know, I can't believe this,” Karly said. There was a knock at the door. Karly looked at Austin and Eric.
“Karly, babe, you in there?” Luke asked.
“Karly, I know my husband is in there,” Hayley said.
“We are having a family meeting,” Eric said.
“Um, aren't we a part of that?” Hayley asked.
“Davis sibling meeting only, spouses not allowed, sorry,” Austin said.
“Okay, we'll be out there,” Hayley said. She heard them walk away from the door.
“Karly, you know you can't divorce him,” Austin said.
“I know,” Karly said.
“Maybe Jason did something to him,” Eric said.
“Like what,” Karly said.
“Well for one, everything he did to you,” Austin said.
“I asked him not to go after him, remember,” Karly said.
“She has a point, if she asked him not to go after Jason, why did he,” Eric said.
“Because he wanted to make me happy by saying he wouldn't go after him but secretly planned to,” Karly said.
“Do you want to confront him?” Austin asked.
“Not right now, I have work to do, just make him leave with you guys,” Karly said. They nodded and kissed her forehead and went out the door and saw Luke talking with Hayley.
“What's going on, guys?” Luke asked.
“Luke, glad you are here, how about you join me and Eric for lunch, just us guys,” Austin said.
“Can I go talk to my wife first?” Luke asked.
“She's really busy, you can talk to her later,” Eric said. Luke left with them and Hayley went into the office and found Karly holding her head in her hands crying.
“Karly, what's wrong?” Hayley asked.
“Your brother is a lying sack of shit,” Karly said. Hayley closed the door and sat down.
“What did he do?” Hayley asked. Karly told her everything that her brothers told her. Hayley sat there.
“I'm gonna kill him,” Hayley said.
“Hayley no, you know you can't,” Karly said.
“I know, but I really could strangle him,” Hayley said.
“I need to get out of here for awhile,” Karly said.
“Take as much time away you need to, I will handle everything,” Hayley said. Karly nodded and went out the door and went home and packed a bag and got into her car and drove off and headed south. She knew she should have talked to him, but she didn't want to say anything she would regret so she decided to get away to clear her head.

CHAPTER 53

Karly drove until she was tired and she stopped at a hotel for the night and paid cash for the room and went up and went in and closed the door. She took a shower and put on a robe and laid on the bed and looked at her phone. There was 10 messages and 20 missed calls from Luke. She read through them.
“Baby, where are you, Hayley said you left, I came home and a bag and some clothes were gone, where did you go?” Luke texted.
“Karly, what's going on?” Luke texted.
“Baby, I'm worried,” Luke texted.
“Please call me baby, I love you” Luke texted. Karly couldn't read anymore. Her phone pinged.
“I know you read some of my messages, call me baby please!” Luke texted. She turned off her phone and laid down on the bed and cried softly. She wiped her face and sat up and called Austin.
“Sis, you okay?” Austin asked.
“I'm safe, just needed to get away and clear my head,” Karly said. She heard commotion in the background and heard Luke's voice.
“He's there?!” Karly said.
“He just got here, Abby's talking to him,” Austin said.
“Call me when he's gone,” Karly said.
“I just locked myself in the office and it's soundproof so he can't listen in,” Austin said.
“I know what kind of guy he was when I married him and a part of me is not sad that Jason is dead, I'm just mad because he lied to me, that he did this behind my back, I told him Jason wasn't worth it but he went after him anyways,” Karly said.
“Sis, it could have been like the news said, a robbery, why would Luke kill the guy and take stuff from the place, that doesn't make sense,” Austin said.
“Are you defending him?” Karly asked.
“Sis, you know I'm always on your side, I'm just thinking of other scenarios, like if Luke killed him, why leave his body to be found,” Austin said.
“Cover his ass so I wouldn't think it was him,” Karly said.
“But it is possible that it wasn't,” Austin said.
“I don't know what to do,” Karly said.
“I will talk to him, find out the truth, okay, just stay where you are and by your phone,” Austin said.
“Okay, love you bro,” Karly said.
“Love you sis,” Austin said. They hung up and she laid down on the bed and turned the ringer off on her phone and fell asleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
“Luke, calm down,” Abby said.
“Calm down, Abby, my wife left and I don't know why and she won't answer my calls or texts,” Luke said.
“Maybe because you lied to her about yesterday,” Austin said.
“What are you talking about?” Luke asked.
“The blood on your clothes, weren't from some peeps the cops were trying to get, were they, Eric has a friend on the police force, there was no case like that yesterday,” Austin said.
“Not all cops knew about it, it wasn't put in the system yet,” Luke said.
“Are you sure you didn't go after Jason, Luke, his mother found him dead in his apartment with a gunshot in the head and some stuff missing, cops saying robbery gone bad,” Austin said.
“And you think I did it,” Luke said.
“You had reasons to go after him,” Austin said.
“But I didn't, I swear, I told Karly that I would go after him and I didn't,” Luke said.
“You lying to me, Luke,” Austin said.
“No, I swear on my mother's life that I didn't kill Jason,” Luke said.
“So, there was really a case like the one you did yesterday,” Austin said. Austin's phone beeped. He checked it and looked at Luke.
“That was Eric, his friend at the station called him back, the case is in the computer now, so I guess it did happen and they mentioned help from an outside source,” Austin said.
“Me,” Luke said.
“I'll call my sister,” Austin said.
“Where's my wife?” Luke asked.
“I know she left town to clear her head, where she's at right now, I don't know,” Austin said.
“Please get her to come home,” Luke said.
“I will even if I have to trick her,” Austin said.
“Thanks bro,” Luke said.
“Go home and wait for your wife,” Austin said. Luke went home and sat down on the couch and grabbed a picture off the table and looked at it. It was their wedding picture.

CHAPTER 54

Karly woke up and checked her phone and saw missed calls and texts from Austin.
“Sis, go home, he didn't kill Jason and he didn't lie about the blood, Eric got a call from his friend, the case happened, and they just put it in the system” Austin texted.
“Are you sure?” Karly texted.
“Sis, he swore on his mother's life that he didn't kill Jason” Austin texted.
“Okay, I'll go home” Karly texted. She gathered her things and went down and checked out and went home. She walked into the house and saw Luke sitting on the couch. He saw her and got up and came over and took her into his arms.
“Don't leave me like that again, I was worried sick, you could have talked to me, I would have told you the truth,” Luke said.
“I didn't know what to think,” Karly said.
“I would never lie to you, baby, I couldn't lie to you,” Luke said.
“I know but I thought you did, and I just couldn't face you because I was scared of saying something I would regret,” Karly said.
“I love you,” Luke said.
“I love you too, now come on,” Karly said. She pulled him upstairs and pushed him on the bed and got on top of him. She removed his clothes and he removed hers and rolled her under him and slid inside her body. He went slow and steady. He slid his hand down and lifted her leg up allowing himself to go deeper. He kissed her breasts and her neck.
“Oh god Luke!” Karly said.
“Come for me, baby,” Luke said. She came with him behind her, emptying inside her body. He laid on top of her burying his face in her neck.
“I love you so much,” Luke said.
“I love you,” Karly said. They got up and showered and he pulled her close after they got out.
“Babe,” Luke said.
“Hmmm,” Karly said.
“How about stopping your pills tonight,” Luke said.
“Luke,” Karly said.
“It would take a month for them to be out of your system right, it will be after the fashion show before we start trying with nothing holding us back,” Luke said.
“Fine,” Karly said. She went to get dressed.
“Karly,” Luke said.
“What,” Karly said.
“What's wrong,” Luke said.
“You told everyone a few months, but you want to be sooner,” Karly said.
“Baby, it could be that long before you get pregnant,” Luke said. She thought about that.
“I guess that's true,” Karly said.
“I know you think it's too soon, but I can't wait to have a family with you,” Luke said. She hugged him. The doorbell rang. Karly went downstairs and opened the door and saw Austin and Abby there with Eric and Hayley.
“You're home,” Austin said. He hugged her. Luke came downstairs and Hayley hugged him.
“You guys okay?” Hayley asked.
“Yeah why,” Luke said.
“Because of her leaving and all that,” Hayley said.
“It's fine, sis,” Luke said.
“Okay, so the lawyer called me up, he found something in the will,” Austin said.
“I thought that was taken care of,” Karly said.
“I had him go through the will again before filing it, to make sure we didn't miss anything,” Austin said.
“And we missed something,” Eric said.
“Yes,” Austin said.
“What did he find?” Karly asked.
“We are meeting in an hour, just me, you and Eric,” Austin said.
“Why can't Luke, Hayley, and Abby come?” Karly asked.
“Yeah, it would affect them too, being married to us,” Eric said.
“I don't know the reason behind it, the lawyer said just the three Davis siblings,” Austin said.
“Well I think it shouldn't matter if they are there, we would tell them anyways so why bother keeping them from the meeting,” Karly said.
“Babe, probably should do what the lawyer said, you can tell me when you get home,” Luke said.
“Okay, let's go boys,” Karly said. She kissed him and went out the door followed by Austin and Eric after they kissed their wives. They went to the lawyer’s office for the meeting and he handed them copies of the will and circled what it said. They looked at each other.
“Are you kidding me right now?!” Karly said.
“He can't be serious,” Austin said.
“Unbelievable,” Eric said.
“I can't believe he would do this to me!” Karly said. Austin and Eric held her hands in support.

CHAPTER 55

“Sis, it's okay, we will fix this,” Austin said.
“Jack, we can contest this right?” Eric asked.
“I have a better idea, since no one but us in this room has seen this, I will redo the will and change the dates to work with you,” Jack said.
“You would do that?” Karly asked.
“You all are like family to me,” Jack said.
“Why would you do this for us?” Austin asked.
“Your parents saved my life when they hired me to be their lawyer, they pulled me out of rock bottom and gave me life again, now you guys keep me going, this issue in the will, it will be fixed, I promise you,” Jack said.
“Thank you,” Austin said.
“Thank you,” Eric said.
“Thank you,” Karly said.
“I will get them done and I will send them to your offices for final proof and you bring them in and we sign and be done,” Jack said. They all shook hands with him and left the office and went back to Karly's house where Luke, Hayley, and Abby were waiting.
“What was that about?” Abby asked. Karly ran into Luke's arms. He held her close.
“Dad forgot one little detail in the will,” Austin said.
“What detail would that be?” Luke asked.
“In order for Karly to get her part of the money, she has to have a baby,” Austin said.
“Okay, we are planning it soon,” Luke said.
“He put a date on it, she has to have a baby within eight months after getting married,” Eric said.
“Oh god,” Hayley said.
“Oh great, that is impossible now,” Luke said.
“Our lawyer is going to change that, he is redoing the will and changing the date so there will be enough time,” Austin said.
“Can he do that?” Abby asked.
“He's doing it for our family, he said our parents saved his life and we keep him going so he is changing it to make it work,” Austin said.
“How long is he giving her?” Luke asked.
“It doesn't matter, I'm stopping my pills tonight,” Karly said.
“Are you sure, baby, maybe you should wait and see what he changes the date to,” Luke said.
“I'm sure, Luke, you wanted to get started on a family, why not start now,” Karly said.
“Karly,” Luke said.
“What,” Karly said.
“I don't want you to think I forced you to have a baby,” Luke said. She hugged him.
“You aren't, babe,” Karly said.
“What I don't get is why your father would put her in his will, it's impossible to have a baby in eight months,” Hayley said.
“He wanted me to fail,” Karly said.
“But if you fail, it affects Austin and Eric too,” Abby said.
“Yeah, all of you have to follow the will or none get the money, right?” Hayley asked.
“Yes,” Eric said.
“I think I know,” Austin said.
“He wanted you guys to blame me for not getting the money and never speak to me again and in turn leave me alone for the rest of my life without family other than my husband of course, he wanted me to have no brothers,” Karly said.
“Unbelievable,” Austin said.
“At times like this, I'm glad he is dead,” Eric said.
“Eric,” Austin said.
“He never wanted Karly, he had us, that was enough for him, he practically told her she was a mistake!” Eric said.
“I know,” Austin said.
“Austin,” Karly said.
“I'm sorry, Karly, I don't know why I'm sticking up for him,” Austin said.
“I don't think she was a mistake,” Luke said.
“We don't either,” Austin said.
“She was meant to be our sister,” Eric said. Karly smiled and hugged her brothers.
“I love you guys,” Karly said.
“We love you,” Austin said.
“Yeah sis,” Eric said.

CHAPTER 56

Austin, Abby, Hayley, and Eric left. Karly and Luke locked up and went upstairs. Karly stood in the bathroom looking at her pills. Luke came up and hugged her from behind.
“Baby?” Luke asked.
“I should throw these away,” Karly said.
“Take your pill tonight and see what the lawyer changes the date to,” Luke said.
“I thought you wanted to start trying for a baby,” Karly said.
“I want to start trying when you are ready, I would do anything for you, baby,” Luke said.
“I love you,” Karly said.
“I love you,” Luke said. He kissed her neck and they showered and got out and dried off and got into bed and went to sleep holding each other. The next morning, she woke up and saw him asleep. She smiled and moved under the covers and wrapped her finger around him and took him into her mouth and sucked deep. She heard him moaning. His hands came down and gripped her hair. He came in her mouth and she swallowed every drop and she moved up and smiled at him.
“Morning baby,” Luke said.
“Morning, being my shadow today?” Karly asked.
“Of course, I want to be there when you get the news from the lawyer,” Luke said. They got up and got dressed and went to the agency and she sat down and went to work while he sat on the couch. Two hours later, Hayley brought in an envelope.
“This was just delivered,” Hayley said.
“Thanks sis,” Karly said. She opened it and read it.
“Is it the will?” Luke asked.
“Yeah, he changed it,” Karly said.
“What's the date?” Luke asked.
“This time next year,” Karly said.
“Okay, so plenty of time,” Hayley said.
“Yeah, I want to get a headstart in case something happens,” Karly said.
“What could happen?” Hayley asked.
“I could get pregnant and end up having a miscarriage,” Karly said.
“Oh right, but still, Eric and Austin would never hate you,” Hayley said.
“She's right, sis,” Eric said.
“We could never hate you,” Austin said.
“You are more important to us than money,” Eric said. Karly got up and went and hugged them.
“I love you guys,” Karly said.
“I love you,” Austin said.
“I love you,” Eric said.
“We all love you,” Luke said.
“Yes sis,” Hayley said.
“Tonight, my pills go in the trash,” Karly said.
“Okay babe,” Luke said.
“Luke, Mom called,” Hayley said.
“How are they?” Luke asked.
“They are relaxing on a beach in Miami,” Hayley said.
“As long as they are having a good time,” Luke said.
“They are loving it,” Hayley said. Austin's phone rang. He went to answer it. He came back and looked at them.
“Austin?” Eric asked.
“Karly, Eric, we need to go,” Austin said.
“Where?” Karly asked.
“To the lawyers office,” Austin said.
“To sign the papers?” Eric asked.
“It's something else, Luke?” Austin said.
“Yeah?” Luke asked.
“Wait thirty minutes and meet us there with Drew and Sam,” Austin said.
“What's going on,” Karly said.
“Guys?” Hayley asked.
“Jack said he is in trouble,” Austin said.
“I should go with you guys,” Luke said.
“No, he said for us to come alone, the three of us,” Austin said.
“I'm not sending my wife in there if there's danger,” Luke said.
“We will protect her,” Austin said.
“She is safe with us,” Eric said.
“Just do what I ask, Luke,” Austin said.
“Be careful,” Luke said. Austin, Eric, and Karly went to Jack's office and walked in and saw him shaking.
“Jack, what's going on?” Austin asked. They heard someone clear their throat and they looked and saw someone they didn't expect to see. They stood there in shock. Austin and Eric immediately grabbed Karly's hands.

CHAPTER 57

“Dad?” Eric asked.
“Dad?” Austin asked.
“Father?” Karly asked.
“Hello boys,” Dad said.
“How is this possible?” Eric said.
“You died,” Austin said.
“He fucking faked it,” Karly said.
“Watch your mouth young lady,” Dad said.
“I don't have to!” Karly said.
“I am your father!” Dad said.
“My father's dead!” Karly said.
“I'm right here!” Dad said.
“You look like him, but my father was dead to me the moment he told me I was a mistake!” Karly said.
“Seriously Dad, why fake your death?” Austin asked.
“I had to test all of you to see how much you cared about my money,” Dad said.
“Austin and Eric mourned you, they cared about you, of course they cared about your money, too much to let it disappear,” Karly said.
“And you don't care about me or mourn me,” Dad said.
“How do you mourn someone who called you a mistake most of your life and never gave you anything or even the time of day, you never loved me so I never really cared, I cared about my brothers and how they felt and I was there for them because they were always there for me,” Karly said.
“And we always will be,” Austin said.
“We care more about our sister than the money,” Eric said.
“You worthless assholes,” Dad said.
“That's you, father,” Karly said.
“Oh I get it, you wanted me and Eric to turn our backs on our sister because you want her to be alone, too bad, father, not happening, keep your money, we don't want anything to do with you,” Austin said.
“You could've had it all, two sons and a daughter loving you, but now you have nothing, Father, this is your daughter, she has your blood in her and you treat her as a mistake,” Eric said.
“She is the best thing that has ever happened to this family, she is amazing if you gave her a chance but you only saw her as a mistake, you loved Mom right?” Eric asked.
“More than anything,” Dad said.
“You saw how much Mom loved her, loved having her baby girl whom you wanted nothing to do with, you know how sad Mom was at that, never giving Karly a chance,” Austin said.
“I never wanted a daughter!” Dad said.
“You had one!” Austin said.
“Can't deny her if she's standing right there,” Eric said.
“Not for long,” Dad said. He pulls a gun and points it at Karly. Luke came in with Drew and Sam and held a gun on their dad.
“Don't even think about it!” Luke said.
“Who the hell are you!” Dad said.
“This is Luke Stone, my husband,” Karly said.
“Stone, as the Stone Mafia family?” Dad said.
“Yes, I'm King of the family now and you are holding a gun to my queen and if you don't put the gun down, I will shoot you,” Luke said.
“You're his queen?!” Dad said.
“Yep, he picked me before we saw that will of yours,” Karly said.
“I can't believe this, of all people, why him!” Dad said.
“We were having dinner and Eric and I needed dates because Austin was bringing one so he asked my assistant at the time who is Luke's sister and she called him to be my date,” Karly said.
“Do you have any idea how stupid you are! The mafia is dangerous!” Dad said.
“Why do you care, I thought you would be happy that I could possibly be in danger, I thought you would be happy that your mistake would be gone but I guess that is wishful thinking on your part, you were always the one who was stupid,” Karly said.
“You bitch!” Dad said. He points the gun at Karly and puts his finger on the trigger. He fires but Karly moves out of the way and it grazes her arm. Luke fires his gun and it hits their father in the head and he drops to the floor. Drew checks him.
“He's dead,” Drew said. Austin and Eric go to Karly. Austin puts pressure on her arm.
“Sis,” Austin said.
“I'm fine, just grazed me, I'll be fine,” Karly said.
“It hit the wall over here,” Jack said.
“What happened, guys, that was your father?” Luke asked.
“Yeah, he faked his death to test us,” Austin said.
“He wanted me and Austin to turn against Karly,” Eric said.
“Never would we ever do that,” Austin said.
“He wanted her gone,” Eric said.
“He wanted me to change his will to completely cut her out of it, he didn't want her to have anything,” Jack said.
“Did you know he was alive all this time?” Karly asked.
“No, Karly, I swear, I didn't know until he showed up today before I called Austin,” Jack said.
“Did you change it?” Eric asked.
“No and I'm not going to, it stays as is,” Jack said.
“Good,” Austin said. The cops and paramedics came in. They checked their father and took him out in a body bag while one took care of Karly's arm. The cops took their statements and left. Drew called their cleanup crew. Luke took Karly home and put her to bed. He laid with her and held her as she slept.