Mafia King & Model Queen

Chapter Fourteen

The next morning, Karly and Luke arrived at Jack's office and find Austin, Eric, and Rick waiting for them. They walk in and knock on the door.

"Come in," Jack said. They walked in and saw Jack sitting at his desk. They saw their mother sitting there.

"Mother," Karly said.

"Mother," Austin said.

"Mother," Eric said.

"Karly, Austin, Eric, I know you must hate me, I wanted to tell you guys but I had to make it look real, that you all grieved for real, that there wasn't a chance he would find out you were acting upset," Amy said.

"We would have made up some excuse or something," Austin said.

"You hurt us, Mom," Eric said.

"Hello Amy," Rick said.

"Rick?" Amy asked.

"I know he's my father, Mother, why didn't you tell me?" Karly asked.

"And me?" Rick asked.

"Because Ray knew, and he told me that if I said anything about her being yours, he would kill her," Amy said.

"Oh god," Karly said.

"I had to protect her, I couldn't tell anyone, I was scared of what he would do, I couldn't go to the police, I tried once, he beat me up," Amy said.

"Is that why we were at Grandma's for a week," Austin said.

"Yes, so you wouldn't see my bruises," Amy said.

"You couldn't send me a letter?" Rick asked.

"No, he watched me closely," Amy said.

"I missed her childhood!" Rick said.

"And I'm sorry!" Amy said.

"So you tried to come clean?" Karly asked.

"Yes, Karly, I tried and got beat up for it, I wish I never went back to him," Amy said.

"If you hadn't, we could have been together and I would have raised Karly," Rick said.

"I know," Amy said.

"Mom, we could have protected you," Austin said.

"And he would have hurt you guys too, I couldn't let him touch my kids, I had to do what I could to protect you three, you guys were everything to me," Amy said.

"Mom?" Karly asked.

"Karly?" Amy asked.

"Do I have a twin?" Karly asked.

"What?" Amy asked.

"Do I have a twin brother?" Karly asked. She sank back in her seat and covered her face in her hands.

"Oh god," Karly said.

"I have another son?!" Rick said.

"I had to keep him hidden from my husband, I had to fake his death so he could live," Amy said.

"Mother?" Karly asked.

"Ray threatened to kill him, he came so close, I had to save him by giving him up," Amy said.

"Where is he?" Karly asked.

"He was raised by my cousin in Boston, a cousin Ray never met, he wouldn't meet anyone in my family so I knew it was safe," Amy said.

"What's his name?" Karly asked.

"Your twin's name was Kyle, I should call my cousin and tell her that it's okay for him to come here," Amy said.

"I can't believe this," Rick said.

"I'm so sorry, Rick, he knew who you were, I couldn't leave them with you because he threatened you too, I thought I was doing the right thing that I could think of, protecting all of you from that man," Amy said.

"Why didn't you say anything about how dangerous he was," Austin said.

"You left us with him," Eric said.

"You left Karly with him and he knew she wasn't his," Austin said.

"I knew you two would protect her," Amy said.

"Amy, I never gave them the letter," Jack said.

"Jack, I told you to give it to them if anything were to happen to that man," Amy said.

"I'm sorry, but it got misplaced by my assistant," Jack said. Jack got it out and handed it to Austin. He read it with Eric and Karly.

"This letter pretty much explains it all," Karly said. Austin, Eric, and Karly looked at each other and moved over and hugged their mother together.

"Oh my babies!" Amy said crying.

"Mom, this is Luke, my boyfriend," Karly said.

"Nice to meet you, Luke, treat my baby girl right," Amy said.

"I am, like a queen," Luke said.

"Mom, our brother?" Austin asked. She made the call to her cousin and they talked and she explained everything. She hung up and smiled.

"He's on the way," Amy said.

"Mom, I changed my last name," Karly said.

"To Lawson?" Amy asked.

"Yes," Karly said.

"Good, I wish we could get rid of that other last name," Amy said.

"Amy, you can go back to your maiden name," Jack said.

"Yes I want that," Amy said.

"What about Austin and Eric?" Karly asked.

"They can take my name, I consider them my sons," Rick said.

"What is your maiden name, Mom?" Austin asked.

"Sanders," Amy said.

"Well I guess we can match our sister," Austin said.

"Lawson it is," Eric said.

"Does he want to meet us?" Karly asked.

"Yes honey, my cousin is telling him everything before he leaves so he doesn't come unprepared," Amy said.

"Where are you staying, Mom?" Karly asked.

"I will get a hotel room," Amy said.

"No, I have an idea, you can have my apartment, it's not far from the agency," Karly said.

"You still live there at the same apartment?" Amy asked.

"Yes, Luke and I were going to go look for houses today and my lease is not up until next year so I was going to rent it out but I know you don't want to go back to the house so you can have the apartment as your own," Karly said.

"You still have the house?" Amy asked.

"Yeah, I renovated it and I live there," Austin said.

"I have an apartment not far from Karly," Eric said.

"Luke has been staying with me at the apartment, he lived with his parents and sister," Karly said.

"Let's meet at Karly's apartment, I will text my cousin to have Kyle come there," Amy said. They got up and left the office and went to Karly's apartment. Luke sat down on Karly's laptop and went scrolling through house listings.

"Babe?" Karly asked.

"I thought we could look this way, they have pictures inside and out," Luke said.

"Okay," Karly said. She sat down with him and looked at houses online and found a few they both liked.