Chapter 4

Lucky sat down beside his mother.  "Mom are you all right?" he asked concerned because she looked so pale.

Laura nodded.  She swallowed hard and took a deep breath before she spoke.  "You don't really think you're going to get away with this do you?"

"I know I will.  The only person who figured out what was going on has been eliminated."

"Eliminated?  Who?" Laura asked sounding worried.

"Your stepfather, Rick Webber," Helena said with a smile.

"Rick… Rick is dead?" Laura asked as tears filled her eyes.  "Why?"

"He knew too much.  He found out what I was up to and went to warn you.  Luckily for me, he found your replacement instead of you."

"But how did he… how did he die?"

"He thought Mary was you and…"

"Wait!  Who's Mary?" Laura asked.

"She's the girl that I had my plastic surgeon make over to look exactly like you."

Laura gasped.

"Anyway, Webber thought she was you.  When he found her in the attic and told her what he knew about my plans, she panicked.  Since he didn't know it was an imposter, he thought something was wrong with you, so he was going to give you to calm you down.  Mary thought he knew that she wasn't you and knew I would kill her if she was found out.  So she grabbed a candlestick and struck him, just as Luke watched in," Helena said.

"Luke knew it wasn't me, didn't he?"

"No.  He thought you were upset because you had killed your stepfather, so he took you, I mean Mary, out of town.  The police finally caught up to Luke and the girl he thought was you.  He was arrested for Rick's murder and he thinks you were sent to a mental hospital in London."

"Luke's in jail?" Laura asked.

"No, he managed to escape.  My men report that he's in London, but don't worry he'll be here soon.  Then I'll get Mr. Spencer out of my way for good," Helena said with an evil laugh.

"I won't let you kill Luke!" Laura said rushing at Helena.

Helena snapped her fingers and one of the men stepped out and stuck a syringe in Laura's arm.  Within seconds, Laura crumpled to the floor unconscious.

"Mom!" Lucky yelled running to her side.  After making sure that Laura was still breathing, he stood up and turned to Helena.  "Don't you ever touch my mother again!" he yelled as he grabbed Helena by the arm.  One of her men came up behind him and hit him over the head.  He fell to the floor next to Laura.

Helena and her men left the room and locked the door leaving Lucky and Laura unconscious on the floor.