Karly and Luke told Eric, Hayley, and Kevin that she was pregnant. They hugged her and everyone went home. Karly and Luke went to bed and Luke fell asleep but Karly laid there staring at the ceiling. She saw Kevin's face when he was told the news and the look after he signed the papers. She knew he was hurt. She went to sleep. The next morning, she got up and showered and got dressed and went to the office leaving Luke still asleep. She sat at her desk. There was knock at the door.
“K?” Kevin asked.
“Hey Kev,” Karly said.
“Can we talk?” Kevin asked.
“Sure what's up?” Karly asked.
“About last night,” Kevin said.
“Oh the marriage license,” Karly said.
“Yeah, all that time, we were married and we didn't know it,” Kevin said.
“I know,” Karly said.
“Your father was a sick demented man,” Kevin said.
“I know he was,” Karly said.
“Karly, I know you love Luke and wanted to be married to him, but was there a part of you that wanted to stay married to me?” Kevin asked.
“If we had found out when we were still together, yes I would have been happy but now, Kev, you are one of my best friends, and I couldn't imagine not having you in my life, I decided on something this morning when I was getting ready, I can't decide between Austin and Eric to be the baby's godfather,” Karly said.
“Karly, are you asking me to be your baby's godfather?” Kevin asked.
“Would you?” Karly asked.
“Of course I will, but you will have to break the news to your brothers but what about godmother?” Kevin asked.
“Probably Hayley since I have known her longer,” Karly said.
“But wouldn't that make Eric mad, having his wife as godmother but not him as godfather,” Kevin said.
“I heard a rumor that Austin and Abby are picking them as godparents,” Karly said.
“I better get to work on the proofs from the LA shoot,” Kevin said.
“Okay,” Karly said. He left the office and she called Austin and Eric. They came to her office.
“What's up sis?” Austin asked.
“I am getting a head start on picking godparents for the baby,” Karly said.
“Who did you pick?” Austin asked.
“The godfather to the baby is Kevin,” Karly said.
“And the godmother?” Austin asked.
“Hayley,” Karly said.
“Oh,” Austin said.
“I'm sorry, Austin, I have known her longer and she's my sister-in-law double time since she's married to my brother and I'm married to hers,” Karly said.
“Yeah about that,” Austin said.
“What?” Karly asked.
“Jack called,” Austin said.
“He couldn't make the changes to the marriage,” Eric said.
“He ran out of favors,” Austin said.
“Oh no, I'm still married to Kevin?” Karly asked.
“What?” Kevin asked.
“Hey Kev,” Austin said.
“You are still our brother-in-law,” Eric said.
“I thought we signed off on that,” Kevin said.
“Jack called me this morning, he ran out of favors at the courthouse and the changes couldn't be made,” Austin said.
“Oh god,” Karly said.
“Is there a way to fix this?” Kevin asked.
“Jack is working on it but it could take awhile,” Austin said.
“Weeks or months,” Eric said.
“So, what are we to do in the meantime?” Kevin asked.
“Go on as normal I guess,” Austin said.
“Her with Luke,” Eric said.
“He is going to be pissed,” Karly said.
“Who is going to be pissed?” Luke asked.
“You will be,” Karly said.
“What's going on?” Luke asked.
“Jack called me, he went to fix the marriage and he ran out of favors and couldn't make the changes so she's still Kevin's wife,” Austin said. Luke saw Kevin lean against the wall.
“I have contacts at the courthouse, I will see what I can do,” Luke said.
“If you can, Luke,” Karly said.
“Unless you don't want me to and you want to stay married to him,” Luke said.
“Do what you need to do, Luke,” Kevin said.
“Luke, I married you and I didn't know about this whole marriage to Kevin, see if you have better luck than Jack,” Karly said.
“I'll be back baby,” Luke said. He kissed her forehead and went out the door.

CHAPTER 92

Kevin left the office to go back to work on the proofs. Austin and Eric looked at Karly.
“Sis?” Austin asked.
“What,” Karly said.
“Talk to us,” Eric said. Austin got up and closed the door and locked it and sat back down.
“Do you want to be married to Luke or stay married to Kevin?” Austin asked.
“Luke of course,” Karly said.
“You seemed a little unsure about him going to the courthouse,” Eric said.
“I saw the look on Kevin's face, he was hurt and I hate to hurt his feelings and Luke's, I just hate that I am stuck in the middle of two guys I care about,” Karly said.
“Sis, are you in love with Luke?” Austin asked.
“Yes!” Karly said.
“Are you in love with Kevin?” Eric asked.
“Not like I was when we were in college, I still love him and I will always care about him, he was my first, guys, and I was his, can't replace that feeling,” Karly said.
“So you want to be married to Luke,” Austin said.
“Austin, yes I want to be married to Luke, I walked down the aisle to marry him, Dad set up the marriage to Kevin without telling anyone,” Karly said.
“Ummm,” Austin said.
“Bro, don't tell me you knew,” Eric said.
“Austin?” Karly asked.
“I'm sorry, sis, I knew what Dad did,” Austin said.
“How long?” Karly asked.
“Since he did it,” Austin said.
“WHAT!” Karly yelled.
“WHAT!” Eric yelled.
“Eric?” Karly said.
“Sis I swear I didn't know,” Eric said.
“No one knew but me and Dad,” Austin said.
“Why!” Karly said.
“If you knew she was married to Kevin, why didn't you say anything when she was marrying Luke!” Eric said.
“Because I thought Dad fixed it after I told him you two broke up,” Austin said.
“Oh god Austin!” Karly said.
“How could you be a part of that!” Eric said.
“I wanted her to be happy and not have to deal with Dad anymore because of how much he hated her and wanted her gone from the family, I thought she would be better off with Kevin and happy because of how much you two loved each other then,” Austin said.
“Austin, why didn't you tell me what he did, we could have found out before Luke and I got married and we wouldn't be in this mess!” Karly said.
“Either way you would have had to find Kevin,” Austin said.
“But it would have been easier to end the marriage before the wedding,” Karly said.
“Would Kevin have let you,” Austin said.
“What's that supposed to mean, Austin,” Eric said.
“I know he still loves you and wants to be with you again but he is doing the honorable thing and stepping aside so you can be with Luke,” Austin said.
“I know he still loves me and I will always love him but he is my past and my best friend now, Luke is my present and future,” Karly said. There was a knock at the door. Eric opened it and saw Kevin.
“Everything okay?” Kevin asked.
“No, Austin helped Dad with the marriage,” Karly said.
“What!” Kevin said.
“He knew this whole time and kept it secret, he thought Dad took care of things when we broke up,” Karly said.
“Austin, why didn't you say anything,” Kevin said.
“I'm sorry,” Austin said.
“Sorry? You and Dad tried to run my life and I had no say in anything!” Karly said.
“Karly, calm down, the baby,” Eric said.
“Yeah Luke's baby and I'm not married to it's father because my brother decided to play god!” Karly said.
“What!” Luke said.
“Luke,” Austin said.
“You helped your father?” Luke asked.
“I'm sorry,” Austin said.
“Luke what happened?” Karly asked.
“Did you get it fixed?” Kevin asked.
“Yes, I did, you are Mrs. Luke Stone again for real this time,” Luke said. She rushed around the desk and into his arms. He buried his face in her neck.
“Austin, let's go, you should tell Abby what's going on and what you did, and probably stay away from Karly and Luke until they are ready to talk to you,” Eric said.
“I'm sorry guys,” Austin said. Austin went out the door with Eric behind him. Kevin followed. Karly held onto Luke.
“I love you so much,” Karly said.
“I love you too baby,” Luke said.

CHAPTER 93

Karly and Luke sat on the couch in her office.
“I have something to tell you,” Karly said.
“What is it baby?” Luke asked.
“I picked the godparents for the baby,” Karly said.
“You did, who?” Luke asked.
“Your sister for the godmother and Kevin for the godfather,” Karly said.
“You didn't want your brothers?” Luke asked.
“At the time, I couldn't choose but if I decided now, it would be Eric, but I chose Kevin if that's okay?” Karly asked.
“It's fine baby,” Luke said. He put his hand on her stomach and smiled.
“Our baby is in here,” Luke said.
“Yes, it is, do you want a boy or a girl?” Karly asked.
“Well a boy would be okay, I'll have him to take over as King when he's ready,” Luke said.
“As long as he doesn't have to have a queen like you did,” Karly said.
“I'm definitely changing that rule,” Luke said.
“What about a girl?” Karly asked.
“My little princess,” Luke said.
“You would be happy with either?” Karly asked.
“Yes,” Luke said.
“Okay,” Karly said.
“Let's go home my queen,” Luke said. They got up and told Hayley they were leaving and went home and he carried her up to their bedroom and laid her on the bed and removed her clothes and his. He laid down on top of her.
“I love you my wife,” Luke said.
“I love you too my husband,” Karly said. He gently and slowly made love to her. They went to sleep afterwards. He rested his hand on her stomach. She put her hand over his. The next day she was at the office going over the proofs with Kevin and Henry.
“I can't decide, I like them all,” Henry said.
“I can make them all final proofs,” Kevin said.
“Okay that will work,” Henry said.
“I'll get to work on them right away,” Kevin said.
“Okay,” Henry said. There was a knock at the door. They looked up and saw Drew and Sam standing there.
“Drew, Sam, what are you guys doing there, where's Luke?” Karly asked.
“He has an emergency out of state,” Drew said.
“Something he had to go undercover for,” Sam said.
“He couldn't contact you before he left,” Drew said.
“We were with him when he got the call,” Sam said.
“How long is he going to be gone?” Karly asked.
“He said hopefully a couple days, might be a week, depends on how long it takes,” Drew said.
“Does Karly need someone with her?” Kevin asked.
“He told us to ask you to stay at the house with her until he gets back,” Sam said.
“He left us in charge of the clubs,” Drew said.
“Greg is handling things at the warehouse with shipments and stuff,” Sam said.
“Okay, I will go pack a bag and come back and we will head to the house when we are done here,” Kevin said.
“Okay,” Karly said. Kevin left the office. Karly looked at Drew and Sam.
“I can't contact him at all,” Karly said.
“I'm sorry, Karly, he can't be in contact with anyone,” Drew said.
“So how do we know if he's okay?” Karly asked.
“He's with the NYPD detective squad, if anything happens to him, they will contact his next of kin, which would be you,” Sam said.
“I can't believe this,” Karly said.
“Hey guys, what's going on?” Hayley asked. Drew and Sam told her what was going on.
“Karly, want me and Eric to come stay with you?” Hayley asked.
“No, Luke told them to tell Kevin to come stay at the house,” Karly said.
“Okay so you won't be alone, good,” Hayley said.
“I hope he comes back before the next appointment,” Karly said.
“I'm sure he will,” Hayley said. Drew and Sam went out the door and Hayley went back to work. Karly sat there in deep thought.

CHAPTER 94

Kevin came back to the office with his bag. Karly sat there looking at her phone.
“K?” Kevin asked.
“Hey,” Karly said.
“He'll be okay,” Kevin said.
“How can you be sure of that,” Karly said.
“He is smart and he has a lot to live for and he will come back to you,” Kevin said.
“I hope you're right,” Karly said. They locked up the office and went to the house. Karly walked in and looked around.
“Hey,” Kevin said.
“This morning I left thinking that I will see my husband tonight, now I'm going to bed alone,” Karly said.
“It will be okay, you aren't in the house alone, I can't take his place but you aren't alone in the house,” Kevin said.
“Knowing that you are here in the house and not letting me be alone makes things more bearable but I just wish he was here,” Karly said.
“I know you do, let's get some dinner and watch a movie,” Kevin said.
“All right,” Karly said. He put his bag in the room he stayed in before and they got dinner and ate and watched Miracles from Heaven.
“This has to be one of my faves,” Karly said.
“It's pretty good,” Kevin said. The doorbell rang. Karly looked at Kevin. She got up and looked out and saw Eric and Hayley. She opened the door and they came in.
“Karly,” Hayley said.
“What is it,” Karly said.
“It was a lie,” Eric said.
“What was?” Karly asked.
“Luke's undercover thing,” Hayley said.
“I went to the club with a friend from the office and we saw Luke walk into the office with Drew,” Eric said.
“What,” Karly said.
“I don't know for sure what is going on but why would Luke want Kevin to stay here with you,” Hayley said.
“Because he doesn't want me to be alone in the house,” Karly said.
“Even after the whole dad marriage setup,” Eric said.
“That was all Dad, Kevin and I knew nothing about that,” Karly said.
“We know and so does Luke,” Hayley said.
“What is going on,” Karly said.
“It might be a test,” Kevin said.
“Test?” Karly asked.
“To see if you will cheat,” Kevin said.
“Unbelievable,” Karly said.
“Karly, we know you wouldn't,” Eric said.
“He should know that too,” Hayley said.
“I'm having his baby for Pete's sake!” Karly said.
“I'm going to the club to confront him,” Hayley said.
“Any message you want to pass along?” Erick asked.
“Tell him don't bother coming home since he can't trust me and has no faith in me or our marriage,” Karly said.
“Should I go home then?” Kevin asked.
“Yeah sorry Kev,” Karly said.
“It's okay, he shouldn't have lied to you and should have had faith in you,” Kevin said. He got his bag and hugged her and left. Eric and Hayley hugged her and left. Austin and Abby arrive, and Karly looked at Austin.
“I'm sorry sis,” Austin said. She hugged him.
“Don't lie to me again,” Karly said.
“I promise there is no more secrets,” Austin said.
“Karly,” Abby said. She told them what was going on.
“We will stay here with you,” Austin said.
“We are having the nursery painted and the fumes are strong, made me nauseous,” Abby said.
“Of course you can stay,” Karly said.
“I'll keep Luke out,” Austin said.
“Thanks bro, I can't believe he would do this, that he has no faith in our marriage, that he believes I would cheat, I have been cheated on and he knows that and I couldn't do that to him,” Karly said. She hugged them and locked up the house and they went upstairs and she went to the bedroom and locked the door in case Luke got in the house. She showered and went to bed.

CHAPTER 95

Luke sat in his office at the club. He told Drew and Sam to tell Karly that he was going out of state for an undercover job for the police department and to have Kevin stay with her. He was testing them to see if anything happens between them while he was gone. The door opened and Eric and Hayley came in.
“Some undercover assignment bro?” Hayley said.
“Hiding out in your office huh,” Eric said.
“What do you want,” Luke said.
“Why did you lie to your wife?” Hayley asked.
“You are testing her right to see if anything happens between her and Kevin,” Eric said.
“You have no faith in your marriage,” Hayley said.
“You don't trust my sister, with what she went through with Jason, you think she would do that to you?” Eric asked.
“I do trust her,” Luke said.
“Heck of a way showing it,” Hayley said.
“You make up some story to get them in the house together but deep down you know nothing would happen because she wouldn't do that,” Eric said. Luke groaned and covered his face with his hands.
“What have I done,” Luke said.
“You screwed up,” Hayley said.
“My sister said to tell you not to bother coming home since you don't have faith in the marriage or her,” Eric said.
“Austin and Abby are with her, Kevin went on home to the apartment since you lied about being gone,” Hayley said.
“Looks like you are crashing on the couch here for awhile,” Eric said.
“I get it, what am I going to do,” Luke said.
“We can't tell you that,” Hayley said.
“I don't think my sister will be forgiving about this,” Eric said.
“I can't believe this, I can't lose her, that's why I did this, I was scared,” Luke said.
“Big bad mafia king, scared,” Hayley said.
“Hayley please stop,” Luke said. He held his head in his hand and groaned.
“I've been having headaches for days and for no reason,” Luke said.
“Do you need to see the doctor?” Hayley asked.
“It might be something that requires an x-ray,” Eric said.
“Let's go Luke,” Hayley said. They took Luke to the hospital and he had tests and x-rays done. Eric called Austin and told him what was going on.

CHAPTER 96

Austin knocked on the bedroom door. Karly opened it and saw him.
“Hey Hayley and Eric just took Luke to the hospital for tests, he said he's been having headaches for awhile,” Austin said.
“He didn't say anything about that,” Karly said.
“He probably didn't want to worry you and probably thought they were nothing, Hayley and Eric dragged him to get tests done,” Austin said.
“I'm going,” Karly said. They went to the hospital and found Hayley and Eric.
“Where is he?” Karly asked.
“Getting some X-rays,” Eric said. Karly went to the nurses station and asked about Luke and requested to go to him when he was done. The nurse nodded and took her to a room. She sat down and waited. Soon the door opened and Luke was brought in. He saw her.
“Karly, you're here,” Luke said.
“Yeah I am, still pissed at you,” Karly said.
“I know I screwed up,” Luke said.
“You think?!” Karly said.
“I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lied, and I know you wouldn't cheat, I don't know why I would think that,” Luke said.
“If I wanted Kevin, I would have stayed married to him, the only guy I want is you, get that through your head,” Karly said.
“Okay, can I come home?” Luke asked.
“Yeah but not the bed,” Karly said.
“Karly,” Luke said.
“You need to realize that some actions have consequences, you are in another bedroom until I say,” Karly said. The doctor came in.
“Mr. and Mrs. Stone, I have the results,” the doctor said.
“Why have I been having headaches?” Luke asked.
“I didn't find anything in the x-rays so I can rule out a brain tumor, so I am going to say it has to be chronic migraine,” the doctor said.
“That's it?” Luke asked.
“How often do you have headaches?” the doctor asked.
“It's been off and on for awhile, I just thought it was headaches, and nothing to be worried about,” Luke said.
“It's good that your family cared enough to bring you in to be sure it wasn't nothing more serious,” the doctor said.
“What does he need to do to get better,” Karly said.
“Take some naproxen and it should help relieve the pain but only if there is pain,” the doctor said.
“Thanks doc, can I go home?” Luke asked.
“Sure take care,” the doctor said. Luke looked at Karly and they went out and saw Eric, Hayley, Austin, and Abby.
“What is it?” Hayley asked.
“Chronic migraine,” Karly said.
“I just need to take naproxen when I feel one coming on,” Luke said.
“Good thing it wasn't more serious than that,” Hayley said.
“Same here, I can't imagine what I would do if I had a brain tumor,” Luke said.
“Fight it,” Austin said.
“Bro, I would want you to do whatever it took to live, I can't lose my brother,” Hayley said. She hugged him. He held her to him.
“I'm not going anywhere, sis, too much to live for,” Luke said.
“Yes you do, like the baby inside Karly,” Abby said.
“Yes very true, my wife and baby are my reason for living,” Luke said.
“Let's go,” Karly said.
“Oh boy,” Eric said.
“Yep, she still pissed and I get to go home at least,” Luke said. He followed her down to her car and drove home.

CHAPTER 97

Karly and Luke arrived home and she got his naproxen and gave him what he needed to take and went upstairs.
“Baby?” Luke asked.
“Don't have the privilege of calling me that right now,” Karly said.
“Karly come on, I'm sorry,” Luke said.
“Sometimes sorry isn't enough,” Karly said.
“Karly,” Luke said.
“Just go to bed, I don't care which room but not this one!” Karly said.
“No,” Luke said.
“Get out!” Karly said.
“NO!” Luke said.
“I SAID GET OUT!” Karly yelled.
“And I said No!” Luke said.
“FINE THEN I'LL GO SLEEP IN ANOTHER ROOM!” Karly said. She went past him to another bedroom and slammed the door and locked it and laid on the bed. Her phone rang.
“Hello,” Karly said.
“Sis, we need to talk tomorrow,” Austin said.
“What is it now, more dad papers?” Karly asked.
“Yes and it involves Kevin too,” Austin said.
“Austin,” Karly said.
“It isn't a marriage license that's for sure,” Austin said.
“Okay, I'll be there tomorrow, should I bring dumbass with me?” Karly asked.
“Probably should, just to show that one of you doesn't lie to the other,” Austin said.
“Okay, love you bro,” Karly said.
“Love you too sis,” Austin said. She hung up and laid there with tears rolling down her cheeks. She went to sleep. The next morning she got up and went tot he bedroom and saw him sleeping while hugging her pillow. She went and showered and changed and came out and pulled the pillow out and he woke up.
“Get up and get dressed, going to Austin's, leaving in ten minutes,” Karly said. She went out the door. She went downstairs. He came down dressed five minutes later.
“I get to go,” Luke said.
“Come on,” Karly said. They got into the car and went to Austin's house. She rang the doorbell. Abby opened it and saw them and they went in. They saw Austin in the living room with Eric, Hayley, and Kevin.
“Hey sis,” Austin said.
“Hey bro, so what's going on?” Karly asked.
“I finally went through all the papers that were in Dad's safe, I found a letter,” Austin said.
“A letter to what?” Karly asked.
“Kevin, your internship in Paris, was done with help of our father,” Austin said.
“What,” Kevin said.
“He had some influence and he got you that internship to Paris so you would have to leave Karly behind, and he figured you guys would break up,” Austin said.
“So, your father broke them up,” Luke said.
“Pretty much yeah,” Austin said.
“Son of a bitch!” Karly said. She got up and walked around the room.
“He did that to break us up, why set us up in the marriage if he intended to break us up,” Kevin said.
“Who knows, all he wanted was Karly to be alone and have no one,” Austin said.
“We all know that he made that will as a test so we would fail,” Eric said.
“We won't fail, we are going to get that money, we deserve that money after all the crap he put us through, mostly me, the child he didn't want,” Karly said.
“That's right, sis, we are not going to fail,” Austin said.
“That internship was too good to be true, I shouldn't have gone,” Kevin said.
“Then you wouldn't be the awesome photographer you are today,” Hayley said.
“Yeah,” Karly said.
“Karly, I'm sorry for leaving,” Kevin said.
“It's okay, we didn't know and now we do but we have moved on,” Karly said.
“I'm glad I never met him,” Kevin said.
“Yeah, that's probably a good thing,” Karly said. Karly looked at Luke who was sitting there looking at the floor.

CHAPTER 98

“So. what happens now?” Eric asked.
“What do you mean bro?” Austin asked.
“They know they breakup was manipulated by our father,” Eric said.
“Eric, what are you saying,” Hayley said.
“I think he is wondering if Karly and Kevin will resume their relationship now that they know that their dad was responsible,” Abby said.
“But she's married to my brother,” Hayley said.
“Eric,” Karly said.
“Karly and I are just friends and that's all we will ever be,” Kevin said.
“I just want my sis to be happy,” Eric said.
“And I'm not?” Karly asked.
“Not when you are hurting from what your husband did,” Eric said.
“Honey stop,” Hayley said. She looked at her brother who was holding his head in his hands.
“Luke?” Hayley asked. Luke got up and went out the door.
“He knows what he did was wrong, we don't need to keep reminding him,” Hayley said.
“I may be mad at him for what he did but I'm not going to leave him, just need time,” Karly said.
“Karly, what are you really upset with him about,” Austin said.
“That he would think I would cheat on him when I have told him over and over again that I couldn't cheat, because I was cheated on over and over again and I don't want that to happen again, I wouldn't want him to feel the way I did, he had no faith in me,” Karly said.
“I think he's just angry at Dad because here we went through planning the wedding and you walking down the aisle to him and exchanging vows and going on the honeymoon was for nothing because it wasn't legal for you two,” Austin said.
“I have an idea,” Hayley said.
“What?” Karly asked.
“A wedding, just you and Luke,” Hayley said.
“Yeah, it would be like a vow renewal of sorts, it would be like starting fresh and the marriage would be legal,” Abby said.
“LUKE!” Karly called. The front door opened and closed and Luke came in.
“What,” Luke said.
“Hayley, Abby, Austin?” Karly asked. Austin told him his theory. Luke nodded. Hayley and Abby told him their idea. Luke knelt down in front of her.
“Karly Stone, will you marry me again?” Luke asked.
“Yes,” Karly said. He cupped her face in his hands and kissed her softly.
“Who do you want as best man?” Austin asked.
“Greg will be best man, Eric, Austin, Kevin, groomsmen,” Luke said.
“Yes,” Kevin said.
“Yes,” Eric said.
“Hayley, maid of honor?” Karly asked.
“Yes!” Hayley said.
“Abby bridesmaid, and Luke, ask Greg to ask Ginger,” Karly said.
“I will and who else?” Luke asked.
“I'll ask Dana,” Karly said.
“I have to call Mom,” Hayley said. They immediately started planning the wedding.