"Don't mention it," Lucas replied in a calm voice. "Since it's a wish of yours, I'd gladly help you."

"You're so nice to me, Luke."

Lucas's heart trembled when he heard that nickname. For whatever reason, hearing it from the lips of this woman somehow irritated him.

"Just call me Lucas next time," he told her. "Luke is just a nickname I had when I was young."

"Okay," Lynette responded without raising any questions.

After all, she had only heard the name "Luke" from Serenity all those years ago. Back then, when she was still a little girl, Serenity had returned home with her dress all tattered and dirty. She had claimed that she had saved someone, but no adults at home believed her. They all just assumed that she was lying to cover up her own naughtiness, and she had even been spanked for it.

As for Lynette, because she still had a child's curiosity, she had asked Serenity exactly what had happened to her. That was when she had found out how Serenity had saved a little boy, and sh