Chapter 35
Several hours later, Jessica took over rowing the boat. Lucky sat at the bow watching for a passing ship. They had no idea which way to go to get to land and they knew they couldn't stay out on the ocean in this small boat for very long. A wave could sink them in minutes.
"Do you see anything?" Jessica asked.
"No," Lucky said. He looked worried. "Do you think my mom is all right?"
"I think she can take care of herself. Besides Helena won't hurt her, she needs her for bait to lure your dad to the island."
"You're right. I'm just worried about her."
"I know."
"I just found her again after three years, I don't want to lose her now," Lucky said.
"You're not going to lose her," Jessica told him.
Lucky was quiet for the next few minutes. He stared straight ahead. Suddenly he saw a dark shape on the horizon. He watched closely as the shape grew larger.
"I see a boat," he told Jessica.
"Good. Let's be careful until we're sure that it's not any of Helena's men."
The boat came closer and closer. Jessica stopped rowing and watched the boat. She was straining to see the faces of the people aboard. She smiled when she recognized a face on the starboard side of the boat.
"It's Jack!" she yelled.
"You mean your brother? I mean… our brother. It's going to take a while to get used to that."
Jessica laughed. "Yes. Jack's my twin brother. I understand about it taking a while to get used to having a brother and sister. It's hard learning that you have a brother and sister that you never knew existed."
"I know. I've done it before," Lucky said. He was thinking about Nikolas. As much as he used to hate the thought that Nikolas was his brother, he actually missed him.
Lucky looked at the large boat as it got closer. He saw Luke, Nikolas and Gia standing on the deck. He gasped when he saw another boy that looked almost exactly like him. "That must be Jack," he thought. Right now he didn't care. He was about to speak to his father for the first time in years.