Connection Through Time | Season Two

Part 32 - Logic Reasoning

*When George has left the room, Luke and you listen to the footsteps of George that are getting quieter as he's walking further away from the hospital room, through the hallway to get to the restaurant*

Luke: I just have to ask. Did you want him to leave or something?

*You sigh deeply and try to put a decent answer together in your messed up mind*

Y/n: I don't want him to be any more worried than he already is. However, please go on with the story. Why did they fight?

Luke: Well, I didn't hear any explanations why they started fighting, but I do have my suspicions

*When he stops talking, you look up at him with pleading eyes, hoping he's going to move on to explain his suspicions you are dying to find out about*

*And just like a few moments ago, he has his doubts about telling you more. Yet he gives in when you keep looking at him with your big eyes*

Luke: It was Liam who started the fight, so something must have reached to him. And if I have to take a guess, it's the rumours of you being possibly dead

*While playing inside your head with the new information Luke just provided you, you try to dig as deep as possible through the memories to see if there is any logic behind this behavior of Liam*

Y/n: So, you're saying he didn't know about this liquidation?

*Luke lifts up one of his hands and nods*

Luke: Indeed. I think it's Joe who wants to get rid of you. Not Liam

*The news article of the arrest of Joe that George showed you, comes back to your mind. It did say they were trying to liquidate you back in Austria*

*Yet Liam was telling you back there, with his face only a few centimeters in front of you, you two would go on a little holiday afterwards*

Y/n: Now you're saying this... I don't think Liam knew about the one in Austria either. As I remember, Liam told me about doing one job for them, before we could be reunited again

*Luke raises one eyebrow, as he doesn't follow your words*

Luke: Reunited?

Y/n: Yeah, he still has this fucked up image in front of him that we would ever get back together in the future

*You lift up your head and look at your lawyer as he's trying to wrap his head around this new little detail you never told him*

Luke: It could explain much

*He takes two steps aside and starts moving around with his arms a bit, while thinking out loud*

Luke: If he's indeed still in love with you, he would never kill you. It means he would definitely not put a bomb in your safe house, that could kill you or could even make you disappear completely

*You look at him, while a frown is being formed on his forehead, as his mind is digging deep into this new information*

Luke: Let's say he didn't know anything about the plans of Joe and he would find out in prison, he would definitely start a fight. He doesn't want to lose you

Y/n: It does make sense if you put it all together...

Luke: The biggest challenge is that if it was really Joe's doing, it's going to be hard to find evidence he's the one who took care of this. He's way more cautious compared to Liam

*Of course it is harder to find slight missteps of Joe,  since he already covered up so many things in his past. There are definitely so many more crimes he committed, the police haven't found out about yet*

*When he's really sentenced for a life time prison sentence, it will only be a matter of time before he'll start talking about all of his crimes, in a try to shorten his prison sentence*

Luke: The problem is that we only have evidence against Liam right now

Y/n: A solid one?

*With a little smile and twinkling eyes, he looks up at you*

Luke: Well, you remember all the people you put up on that list?

*You nod and you see the little sticky note in front of you that was filled with every single name you could come up with*

Luke: At first, they all disagreed about testifying, but as soon as the rumours spread about you being inside that beach house that was on fire, which we still didn't openly state yet, they all came back at their words. They all want to do it. For you

*It's really shitty to be lying here in a hospital room, connected to several tubes and cables, but this is one of the things that cheers you up a bit*

*Days you spent back up there, trying to find any kind of evidence against Liam or Joe, and you succeeded. You should thank Lando for that. After all, he was the one who gave you the new leads after his little visit*

Y/n: Look, this is the news I've been waiting for. So you think we have at least solid evidence against Liam?

Luke: It's hard to really tell if we're going to beat them in court, but I think we have a proper case.

*A little weight falls off your shoulders. Although it may seem a bit uncertain, it looks like there is a little peek hole at the end of the tunnel that's showing some light*

Y/n: Now we just have to find a way to connect Joe to this all

Luke: Yes... Your testimony already had a huge impact on the case of the festival of Amsterdam. Yet I can't help it that I still feel like we're missing something, and I really hate this feeling. It's this gut feeling of mine

*Luke looks through the window for a few seconds with his hands in his pockets, before he turns his head towards you again*

Luke: However, you should not worry about it. You're all up to date right now, so you should get some rest

Y/n: Yeah... Just let me know when you have some developments in the case, okay?

Luke: Of course I will

*For a few more seconds he looks at you and then he decides to move towards the entrance of the room*

Y/n: Luke? Just one more thing

*He quickly turns around and looks at you with a certain kind of frown on his forehead at you, like he's afraid of what you're going to tell or ask him*

Luke: Yes?

Y/n: Did you just say it's not publicly known I'm in the hospital because of that explosion?

Luke: I did. There are some rumours about you being hurt, but no one confirmed those rumours yet. There is already a lot of focus on this lawsuit, so we thought it would be smarter to neither confirm nor deny the rumours

*Then George walks back into the room again, with a cup of coffee in his hands*

George: Which rumours?

*The smell of the fresh black coffee spreads the room, as he puts it on the table next to the seat, where he has been sitting all day already*

Y/n: The rumours of me being in the hospital

George: Ah those...

Luke: Yes, those...

*It stays quiet in the room and the footsteps of the nurses walking up and down the hallway are the only noises in the background*

Luke: Well, I'll leave you two alone in here. I'll see you tomorrow, okay?

*He looks at both of you, almost like he's asking for permission to leave the room*

Y/n: Yes. Have a good evening, Luke. See you tomorrow

*With a firm nod, he leaves the room again*

*George sits down on the seat next to you, and looks questioning at you*

George: So, what did I miss?