AN:

This is the next to the last chapter. It should be up in the morning sometime.

I finally reveal the second killer. If you know me you won't be totally shocked.

Most of you pleaded with me to kill Lucky. My question is 'Would I kill Lucky?' Of course I would. Bwahhhh!

~Kelly~

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Chapter Twenty-eight

Lucky bored the Haunted Star just before eight o'clock. He was still seethed from his confrontation with Jason and Elizabeth. It was unbelievable that Jason thought he could get away with killing half the town. 'Of course he thought.' Lucky scoffed, 'it's not like he's ever been convicted.' He hoped that this meeting would change all of that.

He made his way to the main bar and poured himself a drink. After a moment, Lucky reached for his bag of pills. He needed something to calm him down.

Twenty more minutes passed before Lucky heard someone out on the deck. He was surprised to see Alexis come though the door. "Did you arrange this meeting?"

"No I got call too." Alexis denied joining Lucky at the bar. She too needed a drink or ten. This case was going to ruin her career.

The pair waited ten more minutes before deciding it was time to leave. Just as they stood up the lights went out. "Leaving so soon?" A familiar voiced asked. Whoever this was clearly was the one who called them both.

"Who are you?" Alexis demanded to know.

"You don't know? Alexis I think I'm hurt."
The voice chuckled as he moved closer.

"You said you could prove Jason was committing the murders."

"No I said I knew who was doing them. Really Lucky you shouldn't try to think while high. Actually you shouldn't try to think at all." The voice scolded. "Maybe it runs in the family."

"What do you mean?" Lucky asked suddenly suspicious of the man.

"It would surprise most people how easily a mentally unstable person is to manipulate. Hell Laura practically begged me to let her help."

"You're lying! My mom is in a catatonic state. There is no way she could have killed all those people." Lucky denied immediately. He knew his mother would never do anything like this. She was far too fragile.

"Poor Laura didn't want anyone to know in case she had another relapse. However, she did want to shake up the town. She did a pretty good job don't you think?"

"You use my mother to do your dirty work?"

"Of course. Then she had to go and tell Lulu about our arrangement."

"You killed them." Lucky accused furious at the unknown man. He recognized the voice but could not place it because of the drugs.

"Well I couldn't risk someone believing your whack job sister."
He said turning on a single light. Both Lucky and Alexis gasped as Ric Lansing came into view. He chuckled at their reactions. "Exactly who were you expecting?"

"You... you helped kill all those people?" Alexis stammered shock running through her veins like ice water.

"You didn't think it was Laura's idea to kill Anthony Zacchara or my father do you?"

Alexis collapsed back onto the stool her head spinning. It seemed Ric had finally gone over the edge. "Why did you do this?"

"It started months ago when I accidentally ran into Laura. She had this anger…"

"So you decided to put it to use?" Lucky snapped wanting nothing more to kill Ric Lansing. The drugs however were affecting him too much at this point.

"Why not? We had a common goal." Ric told them with a casual shrug. "I do regret that there are a few people on our list that she didn't get to."

"What happens now?" Alexis asked terrified of the answer. Ric had an almost wild look in his eyes.

"Now? I'm going to blow us up." Ric said matter of factly. He did not care if he lived or not. Ric just wanted to make sure he took these two with him.

"What about Molly?"

"What about her Alexis? Face it she is better off without us. Don't worry though I made sure she and Kristina would be taken care of." Ric said before checking his watch. He knew the timer had nearly run out.

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The night sky was lit up when the Haunted Star exploded. No one knew what to think of it until Mac opened a package left on his desk. Inside contained a complete confession from Ric Lansing. It seemed the former D.A. wanted to set the record straight before his death.

Mac however was shocked to learn Ric had wanted Molly and Kristina to go to him. He wondered if the note would be held up in court but with Alexis' death, Nikolas was the only other person who could take the girls.

He smiled at the thought of raising two more girls. Since Maxie moved out the house had been far too quite. Maybe he could finally get Kelly to agree to move in.