Empire: Love, Loss, & Forget

THE FINALE PART2

RECAP OF LAST CHAPTER
Lu's pov
I just need to breathe for a bit.
I was driving away from the house and my reason for leaving. I love her but she can't find out. I just broke her heart, and mine to free her from my lies. I was driving away and I felt a tear falling down my face. I drove to one of my houses I owned that no one knew about outside of New York. Its where I went to clear my head when Cookie was still in jail. I havent been here since my 3rd year of being with Anika. I kept it clean and full of liquor. I grabbed a bottle of jack and started drinking one after another after another. Finally I lost it. I started punching the walls, breaking glass, and throwing shit. I went to pick up the glass and it cut my hand. I went to the bathroom and stripped. I got in the shower. I didn't care if my hand was bleeding. I don't care anymore. I don't care about anything anymore because I broke my queen's heart, my reason for living everyday. I got out the shower and put a towel around my waist. I wiped the mirror and I was sick at the reflection of the person looking back at me. I punched the mirror out. I felt the glass get in my hand and it fell to the floor. I don't care. I walked away from the bathroom. I felt my heart speeding up and I was trying to catch my breath. Cookie was all I could think about. I felt myself starting to black out. I grabbed my phone and sped dialed Cookie. The call went through and she picked it up. "Hello Luscious?" She said. "Luscious," I tried saying her name but nothing came out. "LUSCIOUS!!!"

"Cookie," I barely got out. My vision was starting to get blurry. "Cookie," I fell to the ground with my phone in my hand everything went black.

Chapter 23
COOKIE POV
"LUCIOUS!!!LUCIOUS" I yelled into my iPhone 6. Calling six more times and he still didn't pick up. I started to panic, hyperventilate even. I look over to Nicki who was staring at me with fear in her eyes. She got a cup of water and rubbed my back calming me down. On the outside regained my composure but I actually wanted to die on the inside. This was all too much; aside from all that Lucious has done, I just want to run back into his arms and hold me until the end of the world. It seems like some shit is always fucking things up. From going to jail, that bitch Anika, Rhonda, the twins, and now Lucious. I just can't lose him. Porsha was on top of things, she already called Lil' Kim, my icon, aka Lucious' mother. She verified that Lucious wasn't home and I just can't think of anywhere else he could be. Ms. Kim wanted me to sleep but I can't, three of my most important people in my life aren't here with me, and I don't know if I can survive if anything happens to them. Malcolm walks into the room. " We have been notified that the target was found and we shall pick him up soon. Your Empire is on lock down and Im here on me boss' earlier orders that if anything happened I take care of you. Lets go get some air. " With that he took me into his arms bridal style, I was a hot mess, my face was smeared with hot tears and felt weak as hell. I sat on Malcolm's lap sobbing into his shoulders on the balcony of Nicki's house. This was about the closest I could get to being in Lucious' arms never letting me go, but it didn't feel the same. Lucious would sing to me softly 'Your So Beautiful' repeatedly. Rocking me back and forth telling me he hated to see me cry. Thinking of Lucious made cry even harder, I'm going to start hyperventilating soon, but I need to stay strong for everybody else but this Lucious we are talking about. "I know you are with Lucious and everything and that's fine I just thought you outta know. I can't go a day without thinking about you" he sighed, tightening his grip on me. You would think it would hurt but it only made me feel safer,"I guess what I'm trying to say is I love you, but I know you don't love me. I just thought you should know." By this time my crying stopped and all you could hear is the wind and the sniffles every know and then. We didn't speak but we communicated on such a deeper level. I don't know what it was but I was enjoying the silence, it was so wrong yet it felt so right soon I drifted off to sleep in his chocolate strong arms, while Malcolm rested his head on mine.

15 MINUTES LATER
"Mrs.Lyon," was being repeated in my ear, I was awaken but Malcolm voice. As if some random force I jumped out of Malcolm's grip and held my son tight as if there was no tomorrow. This is what I needed right now my baby boy.