Chapter 36
The larger boat slowly pulled up beside them. Luke was standing on the deck. The first thing he saw was Lucky. He was speechless.
A few minutes later, Lucky and Jessica were aboard the larger boat. Jessica flew into Jack's arms. Lucky went straight to Luke.
"Dad?" Lucky said. His eyes were filled with tears.
Luke didn't speak. He wasn't able to. He threw his arms around Lucky and pulled him into a hug. A few minutes later they broke apart.
"I thought I'd never see you again," Lucky said.
"Lucky, if I had any idea that Helena had you, I would have come looking for you right away."
"I know Dad."
Luke smiled at him. "Lucky I need to tell you about Jack. He's…"
"I already know. He's your son."
"How did you know?" Luke asked confused.
"The girl I was with is his twin sister Jessica."
Luke looked at his daughter for the first time. "You look a lot like your mother," he said looking at her dark brown hair. "She was beautiful when she was younger."
Jessica smiled at him. "Thank you Mr. Spencer."
"Call me Luke," he said. "Later we may be changing that to Dad. I just need to make sure Jennifer told you two the truth first."
"I understand Mr. Spencer… I mean Luke."
Luke looked around and saw that Laura wasn't there. He quickly found Lucky who was talking to Nikolas and Gia. He pulled him aside.
"Where's you mother?" he asked.
"Mom is still on the island. She had a plan to get the guards out of the way. Her plan worked, but she didn't make it back to the boat in time."
"When do you mean she didn't make it back in time?"
"She made us promise that we would wait twenty minutes and if she wasn't there we were to leave without her. I wanted to wait longer, but Jessica pointed out that Mom wanted us to find you."
"I see," Luke said. He was not happy that they had left Laura behind, but he understood why they did it. He knew that Laura could be stubborn. If she had made up her mind to provide a decoy to allow Lucky and Jessica to escape, then no one would have been able to talk her out of it.
He looked at Nikolas and Gia. They were talking to Jack and Jessica. "Can you all come over here a minute?" he asked.
A few minutes later, they were all gathered around him.
"Laura is still on Helena's island. We need to get a plan together to rescue her. If anyone wants out, now is the time to tell me." His offer was meant with silence. "Good. So we're all in this together." He turned to Lucky and Jessica. "Do you two think you could find that island again?" he asked.
"I can," Jessica said.
"Ok. Jessica go talk to the captain. You can guide him to the island. The rest of us will try to think of a way to rescue Laura from Helena."
Jessica walked to the area where the captain stood. The others started throwing around ideas of how to find Laura. Luke walked to the bow of the boat and stared out into the water. "Don't worry Angel. We're coming."