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Summery: Laura is seriously injured during a storm that endangers many members of Luke and Laura's family.

Chapter 1

Laura curled up on her sofa with a book. Lesley and Lulu had gone out for pizza and she was expecting to spend a quiet evening at home alone.

She opened her book and had just started to read when the doorbell rang.

"So much for a quiet evening," she said putting the book down.

She walked to the door and opened it. Luke walked in.

"Luke, why did you ring the bell?"

"I forgot my key."

"I thought you had to work late at the club?" she asked.

"Mike said he could handle it, so I thought I would take my three favorite ladies out to eat."

"Your THREE favorite ladies?" she teased. "I thought I was the only one. Who are the others? I'll kill them."

Luke laughed.

"Oh, I don't think it would be a good idea to kill your mother and our daughter."

"No, I guess not," she laughed. "There's only one problem with your plan."

"What's that?" he asked.

"Mom went to pick Lulu up from her troop meeting and take her out for pizza. They should be home soon. So it looks like it is going to be just the two of us."

"Fine with me," Luke said with a smile. "What do you think about driving down to Beecher's Corners and have dinner in that little restaurant."

"Oh, Beecher's Corners? I'd love too. Just give me a minute to get ready."

Laura ran upstairs. Luke sat down on the sofa and turned on the television. Ten minutes later, Laura came back down. She wrote a note to Lesley to let her know where they were.

"I'm ready."

Luke put his arm around her and they walked out to the car. He started the car and began to back down the driveway.

"Luke wait!" Laura yelled.

Luke hit the brakes hard.

"What?"

"We left the television on."

"Laura, don't worry about it. You said your mother would be home soon. It won't hurt for the TV to be on that long."

"You're right," she said.

Luke pulled out of the driveway and headed for Beecher's Corners. If they had only gone back in to turn off the television they would have seen the message on the screen that said "TORNADO WARNING."