One Wild Night

Of all the reasons Janet had been expecting to hear from Lucy, this had never come to mind. Andrew had even suggested that Lucy had probably approached Sara for business to help model a new clothing line or something, but this? Janet mused in complete shock.

"Yes, mom. She stole his money and left him alone with their newborn baby. She gave birth to twins. Lied to her husband that the girl died at birth, but actually sold her off," Lucy explained, and Janet felt goosebumps rise all over her arms.

That explained Lucy's question to her earlier. She knew how selfish and wicked Sara could be, but she would never have imagined that Sara was capable of such evil. How could a mother sell her own child? How could she lie to her husband that his child was dead? How could she abandon her newborn child?

"I called earlier because her husband showed me a picture of her, and I thought she looked familiar, so I needed to confirm with you. I accompanied him to his meeting with Sara," Lucy said and paused when she heard Janet's sniffle.

"How did you become friends with them, Lu? Who are they? Did he find his daughter? Why did he meet with Sara? Can I meet them?" Janet asked in a shaky voice, unable to control her emotion as tears ran down her cheeks at the thought that Sara had not only ruined their family but had also caused such emotional damage to someone else.

She couldn't help feeling partly responsible because Sara was her sister. Not just her sister, her twin sister. She felt she owed the poor man and his kids an apology.

Andrew moved closer to Janet and placed his arms around her to comfort her.

Hearing her mother cry, Lucy couldn't help her own tears since she understood how her mother must feel, "Not yet, mom," Lucy said, before explaining the situation between Aaron and Harry to them. And also telling them that Aaron was yet to know the truth about what happened to his daughter.

"Oh, no! What are they going to do now? Oh, my God! What is the poor man going to do?" Janet asked as she broke into a sob, and Andrew stood to go and get her the box of tissues.

If she had known about this before Sara's visit she would have done a lot more to Sara than just hitting her. There were no names in the dictionary that would perfectly describe what she thought about Sara right now or what she wanted to do to her.

"Calm down, honey," Andrew said as he returned to her side with the box and gave her some to wipe her tears.

"How can I help, Lu? Is there no way I can help?" Janet asked with a sniffle as she accepted the tissues and blew her nose noisily.

"Maybe you can tell me what happened? Did she call?" Lucy asked, and Janet told her what happened.

Lucy sighed when Janet finished, "Don't worry, Tom and I are doing our best to handle things over here. I will also let you know if and when you can meet him," Lucy promised.

"Why did she want to meet them?" Andrew remembered to ask just before they could hang up.

"She is ill. I think she is in need of an organ donor or something," Lucy said, and Janet shook her head.

Of course, that made sense. It sounded so much like something Sara would do. Sara never did anything without a selfish motive.

"Let me know if you need me," Janet said, and Lucy raised her head just as Tom opened the bedroom door.

"Sure. I will let you know," Lucy said as she self-consciously raised a hand to her cheeks to wipe her tears.

"I love you, Lucy. Thank you for being there for them," Janet said, and Lucy smiled.

"I love you too, mom. Try not to worry too much about it, everything will be taken care of," Lucy promised before hanging up.

"Is everything okay?" Tom asked as he sat down beside her on the bed and watched her curiously.

"Is Jamal asleep now?" She asked, and Tom gave her a nod.

"He must have really loved listening to your voice. He slept almost immediately I started reading," Tom said dryly, and Lucy smiled.

"So what is up? Is everything okay with your parents?" Tom asked, and Lucy gave him a nod before telling him about Sara's visit to her parents.

"Let's wait until Aaron tells Harry everything. After that we can let Harry decide on how he wants us to handle her," Tom said thoughtfully.

As much as he would like to take care of her and make her disappear, he owed it to Harry to let him decide how best to deal with the woman who had given birth to him and abandoned him.

"Yeah, I agree," Lucy said with a yawn as she glanced at the wall clock. It was twenty-five minutes past ten already.

"We should go to bed now," Tom suggested as he followed her gaze.

"I have to return Sonia's phone call. I'm supposed to have a conference call with both her and Jade," Lucy said, and Tom shook his head.

"You look exhausted. I'm sure it's not an emergency phone call. You can do that during the day tomorrow," Tom suggested.

"I'm sure they've been waiting for my call. It would be rude to cancel on them. You can go to bed. I will join you after speaking with them," Lucy said as she rose from the bed.

"Why do you need to leave?" Tom asked with a slight frown.

"It's girl talk, and I don't want to disturb you. Go to bed, Ace. I will join you later," Lucy said as she headed for the door.

"No bedtime stories for me or good night kiss?" Tom asked, and Lucy smiled as she returned to his side to kiss him.

"No bedtime stories for adults that do adult stuff," Lucy said, and giggled when he tried to pull her back on the bed, "You are wasting more time," Lucy pointed out amidst her laughter, and Tom sighed in resignation as he let go of her.

"How about you don't leave? I could stuff my ear so I don't hear your discussion," Tom suggested.

"That won't do," Lucy said with a shake of her head.

"Can you sit on the balcony then? I won't be able to fall asleep if you're not within my view," Tom said, and Lucy eyed him.

"Are you trying to say you won't be able to sleep when I go to my apartment?" She asked dryly.

"That's different. You can't be under the same roof with me and be far away while I go to sleep," Tom said, and Lucy sighed.

"Alright. I will shut the balcony door but leave the curtain open so you can see me," Lucy said, and Tom gave her a nod.

"That's good enough," he said, and Lucy smiled as she kissed the edge of his lips before walking away to the balcony to give Sonia and Jade a call.