AN: Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the reviews! They have got me firing these chapters out! I know it's gotten dramatic and for the next few chapters the drama is going to continue. I hope you continue to like it. This is the idea that got me motivated to continue and finish this story! Thanks again for reading and reviewing!
Chapter 36
Jamie and Sawyer are sitting in a room with only one window and a television. Jamie knows they are far from home because of how long it took to get there. He also knew that they were in the country somewhere in a house because Dan was cooking for them. The door to the room was locked. Dan had put them in there the night before and locked the door. He was waiting for Dan to come let them out. Sawyer is sitting on the end of the bed watching TV. She looks at Jamie and he notices she has a cut on her forehead.
"Hey munchkin what happened to your forehead?"
Sawyer reached up and touched it "I hit it"
"On what?" Jamie asks
"The car door when Grandpa Dan pulled me out of it the door swung and hit me"
Jamie sighs "I'm going to get us out of here!"
"I don't like Grandpa Dan anymore" Sawyer says with tears in her eyes "He's scary and I don't know why he won't let us go home"
"I don't know either" Jamie sighs "But I promise I'm going to get us out of here, ok?"
"Ok" Sawyer says
They hear Dan walking towards the door and they both sit on the bed as the door unlocks and opens.
"Good morning" Dan says with a huge smile
"Hi" Sawyer says softly looking down
"We want to go home!" Jamie snaps
Dan chuckles a little "You are home" he answers
Sawyer had tears in her eyes "I'm really hungry, Grandpa" she says looking at him and he walks over to her and picks her up off the bed.
"Well then come on, sweetheart, I made breakfast"
Jamie looks at him
"You too" Dan says to Jamie.
Dan now has a bandage wrapped around his hand to cover the bruises from Jamie slamming it in the door in an attempt to get away. Jamie had fought and fought to get free but so far couldn't do it. He was thinking and planning and looking around to find a way out of this place.
Jamie followed Dan and Sawyer into the kitchen and sat down. There were pancakes, bacon and fruit on the table. Dan put Sawyer down and she ran to the table and sat down. Jamie looks at Dan.
"It's fine to eat, Jamie" He says
Jamie was very hungry so he joins Sawyer at the table. He helps her get her breakfast and then gets his own. Dan sits down and joins them. He notices the cut on Sawyer's head.
"What happened to her head?"
"You hit it on the car!" Jamie says angrily
"Sawyer, are you ok?" He asks
"Yeah" Sawyer sighs taking a bite of her pancake. "When can we go home?"
"Don't you like living here?" Dan asks "I got all your favorite toys"
"No" Sawyer says "I miss my house on the beach and I need to go to school"
Dan sighs and Jamie smiles.
"Well I'll find you a school around here" Dan says
"Why can't I go home and see my mommy?" Sawyer asks "She probably misses me and she needs my help with Luke"
Dan sighs "We're going to stay here now!" he says
Sawyer just looks down and finishes her breakfast quietly. Jamie doesn't say anything at all he just eats. Once they are done eating Jamie and Sawyer clear the table and Sawyer goes and lays on the couch.
"What's wrong, munchkin?" Jamie asks
"My head hurts" she says "And I miss my mommy because she would make me feel better"
Jamie looks at Dan "She needs some pain medication. She has a really big bump on it"
Dan sighs and walks over feeling the bump "Ok" he sighs "I'll go get her some but you two will have to stay in the bedroom!"
"What if we have to go to the bathroom?" Sawyer asks
Dan looks around. "Ok" he sighs "You can stay out around here"
Jamie smiled at that.
"I'll be back in an hour!" Dan says walking around locking everything and grabbing cords.
Jamie watches as he puts the cord around the door handles on the outside to hold the doors shut. Jamie watches as Dan pulls down the long driveway and disappears down the road. He then starts trying to open the windows but he couldn't get any of them open. He also tries the door but the cord made it impossible. Jamie sighs and looks around.
"Sawyer" He says and she looks at him "Where is your backpack?"
"In the room Grandpa put us in"
"Go get it please"
Sawyer gets up off the couch and runs to the bedroom and returns with her backpack.
"Here" she says handing it to him
Jamie goes into the kitchen and starts filling the backpack with food and drinks.
"Go get your shoes on"
Sawyer goes and gets them and puts them on. He looks around the room. He didn't know how they were going to get out.
"I have to go to the bathroom" Sawyer says walking towards the bathroom.
Jamie follows her down the hall.
"Ok, hurry up though"
"Ok" Sawyer says "What's wrong Jamie?"
"We're getting out of here"
"How? Grandpa Dan locked us in here"
"I know but I'm going to figure a way out"
"Where are we going to go?"
"I don't know yet" Jamie says "Hurry up and go to the bathroom"
"Ok" Sawyer says shutting the door.
After a couple of minutes she came out of the bathroom. Jamie was standing right outside the door.
"We need to see if we can find a flashlight"
"I'll start looking"
Both children look through the entire house. They find two flashlights, matches, and a baseball bat. Jamie figured they'd need that for protection. He went into the bedroom and took the sheet off the bed and folded it putting it in Sawyer's bag. He tried to think of anything else they'd need. He wasn't sure but he knew they had to get out of there.
"Ok, listen" Jamie says seriously "I'm going to break the little window in the bathroom. I'm going to help you out and then jump out of the window then we're going to run as fast as we can to the field in the back yard. The grass is high enough it should cover us. We're not going to walk on the road because Dan will be able to see us. We're going to walk until we can find a house to go to and call my dad!"
"But we're not supposed to talk to strangers"
"I know, Sawyer, but Grandpa Dan is going to take us away from here and he's going to take us somewhere where no one can find us. We have to leave so we can get home. If we don't do this we'll never see our family again"
Tears well up in her eyes "I want to go home, Jamie"
"I know that's why we're going to get out of here. You're going to have to walk as far as you can and then when you get tired I'll carry you on my back but if we don't get to a house tonight he'll find us"
"Ok" Sawyer says "I'll do my best"
"Come on then" Jamie says looking around making sure he didn't see anything else they might need. Then he grabs a chair and walks into the bathroom. There was a very small window.
"Stand in the doorway" Jamie says
Sawyer stands in the doorway like Jamie told her to. He held the chair over his head and whipped it into window causing it to shatter. He clears all the shards of glass then covers the window with a towel.
"Come here" he says
Sawyer walks over to him.
"I'm going to lift you out the window and I'm going to have to drop you down. Do you think you'll be ok?"
"Yes" Sawyer says
"Ok" Jamie says putting the chair in the bathtub as close to the wall as possible.
He picks Sawyer up and turns her back to the window. He lifts her as high as he can so her feet are out the window. He holds her hands to help her slide down the wall until he can't hold her anymore.
"I have to let go" He says
"Ok" Sawyer yells as she falls to the ground "OW!" she yells
"Are you ok?" Jamie asks
"Yea, I just fell on my bottom on some glass"
"Did you get cut?"
"I don't know"
"I'll be right out. Move out of the way, I'm going to throw our stuff out right now"
Sawyer moves and Jamie throws the stuff out of the window. He then studies the window. He puts one leg out the window and then the other one. He slides down the wall and lands on his feet. He walks over to put the backpack on and picks up the bat.
"Let me see your bottom" Jamie says
Sawyer turns around. She has a few shards of glass sticking out.
"There are a few little pieces of glass. I'm going to pull them out but I think you'll be ok"
Jamie pulls the glass out and Sawyer flinches.
"Are you ok?" He asks
"Yeah" Sawyer answers "It just hurts a little"
"We should have looked for band-aids" Jamie sighs
"I'm ok" She answers "I thought we needed to run as fast as we could to the field over there"
"We do" he says "Are you ready?"
"Yes" Sawyer says
"Ok" he sighs "You run as fast as you can and then I'm going to follow you so I can see how fast you can do. See where the red flowers are?"
"Yes" Sawyer says
"Run to that spot and walk in a few 10 steps and stop. I'll be there right behind you"
Sawyer shakes her head "I can do this, Jamie"
"I know munchkin!" Jamie says "And I promise we'll be safe. I'll get us out of this!"
"I believe you" Sawyer says
"Ok" Jamie says looking at her "RUN!"
Sawyer starts running as fast as she can towards the red flowers. When she's half way there Jamie starts running. He knows that she runs slower and he wanted to make sure she got to the flowers.
After a few minutes, he reached where Sawyer was sitting in the flowers.
"Why are you sitting?"
"I wanted to make sure Dan couldn't see me"
Jamie smiles at her "Good job" he says "Do you think you could walk some more?"
"Yes" Sawyer says standing up
"We'll stay together now" he says "I just wanted to make sure we got into the field"
"Ok" Sawyer says
Jamie looks at his little cousin "Are you scared?"
"Not if you stay with me"
"I will" he says taking her hand
"Where are we going to go?"
"We're going to walk straight" he says "And we're going to look back to make sure the house Dan had us in is behind us"
"Ok" Sawyer says
"I think we should run for a little while but I'm going to let you run in front of me and I'll go just as fast as you are" Jamie states "If we run we can get further into the field before Dan get's back and starts looking for us"
Sawyer shakes her head, turns and starts running. Jamie follows her. They ran and ran and ran until Sawyer stops and Jamie looks at her.
"What's the matter?"
"I need a little break" Sawyer says
Jamie takes the backpack off and takes out a bottle of water.
"Here" he says handing it to her "Take a drink of water"
Sawyer takes the bottle of water and takes a drink. She hands it back to Jamie and he takes a drink as well then puts it back in the backpack.
"Are you hungry?" he asks
"A little" Sawyer says
He grabs them each a snack out of the bag and hands it one to Sawyer.
"Do you think you can walk or do we need to stop?"
Sawyer looks back "I can still see Dan's house"
Jamie turns around and looks "We're about half way through the field. So we're about half way to the other road"
"I thought we couldn't walk on the road"
"We can't" Jamie says but the weeds in the ditches are really high so we can walk in the ditches along the road until we find a house or we can walk in the field along the other road once we reach it."
"Ok" Sawyer says "We better keep moving"
Jamie smiles at her "Are you sure?"
"Yes" Sawyer says "Dan can still find us because I can still see his house"
"That's my brave munchkin!"
Sawyer and Jamie walk and eat their snack. Jamie looks at his watch and realizes Dan will be returning soon. He knows he'll start looking for them. He just hoped he didn't start in the field.
"Jamie" Sawyer asks after walking in silence for a while
"Yes?" He asks
"If Dan finds us again will he lock us up?"
"He's going to be really mad at us so yes he probably will"
"If we find a house will your dad save us?"
"Of course he will" Jamie sighs
"My mommy would save us too"
"I know" Jamie says "But I think it's best to call my dad because he knows how to handle Dan"
"Ok" Sawyer sighs
"10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1, ready or not her I come"
"Jamie, what is that?"
"I don't know" Jamie sighs "It sounds like kids playing hide and seek"
"Do you think they can help us?"
"We'll see" Jamie sighs walking in the direction the laughing was now coming from
"I got you!" a boy's voice yells and Jamie walks toward it. A boy and his mother come into sight.
"Help!" Jamie yells and the mother looks at him
"What in the world?" She asks "Where did you two come from?"
"A house on the other side of the field" Jamie says "Our Grandpa Dan kidnapped us and we broke the window and ran out of the house"
"You're the two children everyone is looking for?" The woman asks
"I guess so" Jamie sighs
"Come on" the woman says "Our house is right there"
Jamie looks at see the house. It was in the middle of the field and Sawyer starts crying.
"What's wrong?" He asks
"What if Dan comes to this house and gets us?"
"He won't!" Jamie says "Now come on"
The woman takes her little boy's hand and Sawyer's hand and the walk briskly towards her house. She takes them inside and locks all the door and shuts all the windows. Jamie's eyes get really big.
"Are you going to hurt us?" He asks
The lady smiles at him "No" she says "I just know who Dan Scott is and what he can do and I think it's better if we're locked in here"
Jamie nods but pulls Sawyer closer to him.
"My name is Jane and this is my son Tommy"
"Hi" Tommy says smiling
"Hi" Sawyer says "Would it be ok if I sit down?"
"Sure" Jane says "Go sit at the table and I'll get you all something to eat"
Jamie and Sawyer follow Jane and Tommy into the kitchen.
"Can I use your phone?"
"Of course" Jane says handing him the phone.
Jamie dials a number and the phone starts ringing.
"Hello" Nathan says into the phone
Jamie starts crying "Dad" he says
"Jamie!" Nathan yells into the phone "Son, are you ok? What about Sawyer? Where are you?"
Just as Jamie was about answer there was a knock on the door. Jamie looks at Jane who holds her finger to her mouth for him to be quiet. She takes the phone.
"This is Jane. You're kids are here safe. Someone is knocking at my door. I think it's Dan" she whispers quickly into the phone "We're at 5115 Cherry Tree Lane Belmont, North Carolina. I'm hanging up because he's now beating on the door. I will keep your kids safe" she adds before hanging up the phone.
She looks at the kids and motions for them to follow her. She walks downstairs into the basement and all the way to the back to a little room.
"You three sit here" She says "Tommy don't say a word and don't move until I come back" she says knowing that the other two children knew how important it was that they hide
"Ok" Tommy says
Jane walks out of the room closing the door and walks up the stairs. She quickly walks into the laundry room and wraps her hair up in a towel. She takes a deep breath and walks to the door that someone is beating on.
"Hello" She says opening it
"What the hell took you so long to answer the door?" Dan says anger filling his face
"Who the hell are you?" Jane asks
"Dan Scott!" he huffs "Who are you?"
"This is my house, Mr. Scott! Can I help you with something?" she asks
"I'm looking for my grandchildren. They have run away from home. This is the closest house to ours so I figured they were here"
"No one's here except me. I was in the shower and when I heard you pounding I got dressed so I could come answer the door. I haven't seen any children. I'm sorry, Mr. Scott"
Dan looks around beyond her and doesn't see anything that suggests she's lying. He hands her a card.
"If you see two blond haired children please call me! I can't believe they ran away from home!"
"Me either" Jane sighs "But if I see them I'll give you a call"
"Thank you!" Dan says huffing and walking out of the house and getting back into his truck.
Jane closes the door and takes a deep breath. She then walks over to the phone and picks it up. She dials a number and waits for someone to answer.
"Hi Honey" she says and waits while the other person is talking "I need to you to come home now." She adds and is silent while the other person is talking. "I'll see you then" she says hanging up the phone.
She then goes and sits at the kitchen table. She debated whether or not to go down and get the kids but she was afraid that Dan would come back and find them.
After about 25 minutes the back door opens and her husband is standing there.
"What's the matter?" He asks
"Follow me" She says as she opens the basement door.
They walk to the back corner and she opens the storm shelter door. There sat the three children looking at her.
"Daddy!" Tommy says jumping up and running to his father
Jamie and Sawyer don't move.
"It's ok, you two" Jane says and they slowly get out of the shelter area
"I'm Tom" the man says "I take it you're the two missing children from Tree Hill?"
Jamie shakes his head yes.
"They think your grandpa took you" Tom says
"He did" Sawyer answers "And Jamie broke the window and we ran and ran and ran and then we saw Tommy and Ms. Jane playing in the field and she brought us here."
"Dan is out looking for them. He came here and I lied and said the kids weren't here but then I got scared that he'd come back so that's why I called you to come home"
"I'm glad you did" Tom says "Did you call their parents or the police?"
"I called my dad but I couldn't talk to him because Dan came but Ms. Jane gave him your address"
"Great!" Tom says "Come on you two. Let's call your dad again so he knows you're ok and then we'll call the police"
"NO!" Jamie says "Please don't call the police until my dad gets here. If the police get here first Dan might see them and he might figure out how to get us back. Please what until my dad gets here"
"Ok" Tom says
"How about you all go into the living room and watch a movie?"
"Yeah!" Tommy says and the two other kids follow him.
Jane makes sure every single blind is closed so no one can see into the room. Jamie sits down and Sawyer sits right next to him and holds his hand. Jane hands Jamie the phone. He dials his father's number again.
"Jamie!" He yells into the phone
"Yea, dad, it's me" Jamie says
"Are you ok?"
"Yes" He sighs
"Is Sawyer ok?"
"Yea, she hit her head on the car door and fell on some glass but she's ok"
"I was in Charlotte looking for you guys. I'm about 5 minutes from the house your at"
"Really?" Jamie asks
"Really buddy!" He says "I'll be there shortly"
"Sawyer, my dad is almost here!"
"Really?" Sawyer asks
"Yes" Jamie says "Ok, dad, see you soon"
"Ok buddy"
Jamie hangs up the phone and in a matter of minutes there is a knock at the door. Jane looks at Tom.
"Just take the kids into our bedroom, just in case" Tom says
"Ok" Jane says "Come with me you guys until we're sure it's your dad and not your grandpa"
Jamie, Sawyer and Tommy follow Jane into her bedroom. Tom walks over and opens the door.
"May I help you?" He says
"Nathan Scott" Nathan says handing Tom his driver's license
"Come in" Tom says
Nathan walks in
"Jane, bring the kids out"
Jane walks out with Sawyer and Jamie.
"Dad!" Jamie yells running over to him
"Uncle Nathan!" Sawyer says crying and jumping into his arms as well
"Oh thank God" Nathan says with tears in his eyes. He looks up at the couple standing there "Thank you so much for helping them"
Jane smiles
Nathan looks out the door where the police are waiting.
"Can you guys tell me where Grandpa took you?" He asks
Jamie nods yes "Across the field" he says "That big white house over there"
Nathan nods and walks out to the police car and points to the house. Nathan walks back into the house.
"Would it be alright if the kids stayed here while I go with the police to find Dan?"
"Sure" Tom says
"I'll make some lunch" Jane says smiling
"Thank you" Nathan says walking out and getting into his SVU.
The police then take off in all different directions and Nathan follows. An unmarked police car drives by Dan's house and sees that his pick-up truck is in the drive way. He radio's and the police surround the house. Nathan pulls into the driveway and jumps out of his car. He runs towards the door before the police could stop him. He breaks through the front door and Dan is sitting in a chair filling a duffel bag. Nathan rushes over to him and pulls him out of the chair. He starts hitting him in the face over and over again. The officers stay outside. When Nathan breaks Dan's nose he starts kneeing him in the stomach. When the older man falls to the ground and Nathan goes to hit him more the officers enter the house.
"Police!" They yell
Nathan doesn't stop. He hits Dan over and over again until one of the officers pulls him off.
"Son, that's enough" The officer says
"I'm fine!" Nathan says shaking the officer off of him
The officer backs off.
"What the hell is the matter with you?" Nathan says looking at Dan who was now handcuffed and standing. "Why in the hell did you take the kids?"
"You're wife wanted me too!" Dan says with a smile
"She was sick and she told you she didn't want to be a part of that and for you to leave them alone!"
"Well don't I deserve to have family? You and Peyton think you're so perfect and that I shouldn't be around the kids at all"
"You killed your brother!" Nathan yells "There's no way in hell you deserve anything! Your ass should be rotting in prison!"
"He'll be there a while now!" The police officer says
"You're scum!" Nathan hisses before turning and walking out of the house
"I want to press charges" Dan says
"For what?"
"His assault"
"We didn't see anything" The officer says walking Dan out of the house and putting him in the police car.
Nathan stands and watches until the police car is on its way to the police station. He then gets into his car and drives quickly back to Jane and Tom's house. He parks and jumps out rushing back to the door. He knocks and Jane answers it.
"Everything ok?" She asks
"Yes" Nathan says "I need to get the kids home"
"They're waiting for you"
"Thank you so much for helping them" Nathan says reaching into his pocket and pulling out a wad of cash handing it to Jane.
"What is this for?" She asks
"Your kindness"
"I can't accept this" she responds
"Please" Nathan sighs "My son and niece would still be with Dan if you didn't help them. I don't know how else to thank you but to give you the money. Please take it and do something as a family"
Jane just nods "Thank you"
"No, thank you" Nathan says as Sawyer and Jamie walk to the door
"I want my mommy" Sawyer says softly
Nathan sighs. He wasn't going to be the one to tell her what was going on. "Let's get going then"
Jamie and Sawyer both turn and look at Jane "Thank you so much for saving us" Jamie says smiling at her
"You're very nice" Sawyer says "You saved us from the monster"
Jane hugs both children and everyone bids their farewells. Nathan and the two kids walk to his SUV and the two kids climb in the backseat and Nathan gets into the driver's seat. He looks in the rearview mirror and smiles at the two kids sitting there, silently thanking God they are ok. He picks up his cell phone and dials Haley but it goes straight to voice mail. He finds that odd and hopes that doesn't mean something has happened with Peyton. He calls Brooke's cell phone and the same results occur. He sighs and starts driving home. The kids fall asleep before he even hits the highway so he drives home in silence. He checks his rearview mirror every few minutes to make sure the kids are still there.
Two and half hours later Nathan pulls into Tree Hill Hospital. He finds a parking spot and gets out of the SVU. He opens the back door.
"Kids" he says "You need to get up"
Both kids stir and look at Nathan.
"Are we home?" Jamie asks
"No" Nathan sighs "I want to have you both checked out"
Sawyer looks where they are. "I'm not going in there!" She says "Daddy died there!"
Nathan sighs "I know sweetheart" he says softly "But you need to see the doctor and have your head checkout"
"I just want my mommy!" Sawyer says crying
"She's in there" Nathan says because she was
"Ok" Sawyer says getting out of the car.
Nathan decides to go to the Neuro-ICU first to see if Brooke and Haley were there. They ride the elevator up to the floor and get off. Sitting in the waiting room was Haley with her arms wrapped around Brooke. Nathan sighs knowing this couldn't be good.
"MAMA!" Sawyer yells causing Haley and Brooke both to look in the direction of the little girl
Brooke stands up and runs across the room dropping to her knees crying hysterically as she grabs Sawyer and pulls her close.
"Oh thank God!" She says
She looks at Nathan "You found them!"
Haley also runs over and wraps her arms around Jamie. "I'm so glad to see you"
Jamie and Sawyer both hug their moms for what seems like forever.
Brooke finally let's go of Sawyer and holds her out "Are you ok, baby?" she asks
Sawyer breaks into tears "I hit my head really hard and fell on some glass"
"Oh princess" Brooke says pulling her towards her. "I'm so sorry that you got hurt"
Sawyer just shakes her head as Brooke wipes the tears from her eyes.
"Why didn't you call us?" Haley asks looking at Nathan
"I tried but both of your phones went to voicemail"
Haley nods and Nathan looks at Brooke.
"Mama, where's mommy?"
Brooke couldn't hold it in anymore and she starts sobbing. Sawyer looks at Brooke and hugs her then she looks at her aunt and uncle.
"Where's mommy, Uncle Nathan?" Sawyer asks "You said she was here"
Nathan sighs. He realizes now he is going to have to be the one to tell Sawyer what's happened. He goes over and sits in a chair. "Come here, munchkin" he sighs
Sawyer walks away from Brooke and goes over to sit on his uncle's lap. Haley, Brooke, and Jamie go and sit next to him.
"What's wrong, Uncle Nate?" Sawyer asks seeing the worry in his eyes.
"Princess" he says softly "Your mommy was in a car accident"
Sawyer looks at him and her eyes get really big "Did she die like daddy?" she asks tears forming in her eyes
"No" Nathan says "She didn't die"
"I want to see my mommy!"
Brooke takes her hand "You can't baby"
"Please, mama!"
"No" Brooke says and starts crying
Nathan sighs "Why don't you two go with Haley and get your names on the waiting list in the ER"
Haley nods "Let's make sure you're both ok!" she says
"I'm not leaving!" Sawyer yells holding onto Nathan. "I want to see my mommy!"
Brooke sighs "You can't honey" she says "Mommy's in surgery right now. Go with Aunt Haley and I'll be down in a minute."
Sawyer gets off of Nathan lap and hugs Brooke tightly not letting go.
"Sawyer, you need to see a doctor"
"No!" she says crying
"Please" Brooke says "I'll be right down"
Haley walks over and helps pry the little girl off of Brooke. "Come on, pumpkin." She says picking her up
Haley carries the Sawyer to the elevator and gets on. The door shut and Nathan looks at Brooke.
"Thank you for finding them"
"I'm just glad they're safe"
"Me too" Brooke sighs "What about Dan?"
"I beat him up and then they took him to jail"
"Good" Brooke says wiping the tears from her eyes
"Brooke" Nathan says "What's going on?"
"They had to rush Peyton into surgery. She started bleeding again."
"Is she going to be ok?"
"I don't know" Brooke says shaking her head "I don't know."
"Oh Brooke"
"I know" Brooke answers "this isn't good"
"No, it's not" Brooke answers honestly "Will you stay here until the doctor comes out of surgery so I can go sit with Sawyer in the ER?"
"Of course" Nathan says
"Thank you" Brooke says getting up and walking to the elevator.
One tragedy behind them but another one still unfolding… One that no one knows what the outcome will be but everyone fears that Sawyer and Luke may lose their mother and that their life will never be the same again…