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And here is a major update for the new year, the next five chapters! Here's chapter 9.

Chapter Nine

A Mother's Reunion

Three months later

Heather Webber entered the Quartermaine attic, ready for another talk with Laura when Laura knocked her out with an old lamp she had found. She huffed for a moment as she gazed down at the unconscious woman before she ran from the attic.

Laura quickly ran down Harborview Road and toward the docks, knowing exactly where she needed to go.

Theresa pulled up outside of Harborview Towers after her first day of classes at Port Charles University with the twins and EM in tow. Lucky had convinced her to go to school to pursue her dreams. PCU had an excellent business department as well as a fabulous fashion design department. Theresa still held onto her dream of being a fashion designer and opening her own store, so she was now well on her way to accomplishing that now.

She walked up the stairs and was about to open the doors when a woman rammed right into her. She was able to stay upright, due to she had her hands on the stroller containing Lily and Laurel, and was able to help the other woman to steady herself.

"Are you alright?" Theresa asked the woman.

"I'm fine. I'm actually better than I have been in a long time," the woman said to her.

Theresa gasped and looked at the familiar woman. She couldn't believe it, but she was here. "Laura! Oh my god!"

Laura looked up and recognized her daughter-in-law. "Theresa! I was just on my way here to see you and Lucky!"

Theresa smiled. It seemed her mother-in-law was a whole lot better than she was before she had been kidnapped months before. "You seem to be better than you were months ago."

"No thanks to Helena and Heather Webber. They are both responsible for what has happened to me," Laura told her.

Theresa looked at her questioningly. "Why is it Heather Webber's fault?"

"I'll explain why it's her fault. But let's go up to your place before Heather comes looking for me," Laura said.

Theresa nodded and moved aside from the stroller and motioned for Laura to push it. Laura smiled as she began to push the stroller containing her granddaughters into the towers lobby and toward the elevator for the southern tower(Sonny and Carly live in the north tower).

Within minutes they arrived at the penthouse to find Mary waiting for them with whom they thought was Nikolas until the door opened to reveal Emily and Nikolas waiting on the couch(Theresa and Lucky gave them a key). Emily was definitely beginning to show, being five months pregnant now.

Nikolas looked up to see his mother and his look-alike with Mary and Theresa. "Mom!"

"Oh Nikki!" Laura exclaimed, rushing towards her son and quickly embracing him.

Nikolas cried as he held his mother in his arms. He was glad that she was alright and the fact that she was better.

Lucky came in the door a moment later and saw his brother embracing their mother. "Mom?" he asked, not sure if it really was his mother or if he was just seeing things.

Laura turned from the embrace and saw that her youngest son was waiting for her. "Oh Lucky! My baby!" she exclaimed as she rushed to her son.

The two embraced and Lucky's eyes filled with tears. His mother was home. "Welcome home, mom!"

"Thanks, Lucky. It's good to be home," Laura said with a smile.

Lucky and Laura parted and they all turned to Mary and the Nikolas look-alike. "And who is this, Mary?"

"This is my husband, Connor. He was alive this entire time. The army mistook one of his fellow troops for him. He's been in a military hospital in Europe. While he was there, they needed to give him blood and they ended up finding out that you two had almost the same genetics, so there is only one solution for that. You, Nikolas, and Connor have to be twin brothers," Mary explained.

"How can that be possible? How can Connor and I be twins?" Nikolas asked.

"Easy. Helena is responsible for this. She took Connor away from me when you were born. That bitch drugged me when I gave birth, so I could've given birth to both of you and I have a feeling that I did. I do seem to remember Dr. Lastiris saying that I was pregnant with more than one baby. So, just to make sure, I want a blood test done on you, Connor. I want to have the proof so that we know the truth in our hands and so that we can shove it in Helena's face. This will change everything in our family," Laura said.

"No doubt. Another male in the family to overrule the women," Nikolas said jokingly.

"Not totally true. If Connor is a true member of our family, we'll be adding a woman too. Remember, Mary is his wife. She'll be a part of the family too," Theresa said.

"She's right. My beloved Mary will be in this ever-growing family too, if the new tests do prove that I am Nikolas's twin brother," Connor said.

"And now, We'll be an even bigger family that will be trying to keep Lulu out of trouble," Lucky said.

Everyone laughed at that. Lulu was definitely aiming toward being a teenage hellion. She and Georgie were still best friends, but Lu, as she preferred to be called now, was running with so many different groups with so many different kids that they were actually worried about what she might do next.

Fox walked into the Bennett house that afternoon, happiness coursing through his veins. He still couldn't believe it, but the sonogram picture he had in his hands clinched it. He was going to be a father.

He walked into the living room to find Gwen and Ethan sitting there. He shook his head. He hadn't really spoken to his half-brother since Julian had kicked him out of the mansion. And he hardly ever talked to Gwen.

"What do you want, Ethan?" Fox asked his brother.

Gwen was the one who spoke. "There is something you need to know, Fox. It's about Whitney."