Luca

**Luca Heartley** is a deceased character in *The Adventures of Evie and Mya*. He is Nita's father and the maternal grandfather of Mya.

## History

### Season 3

#### *Memories of the Past*

While researching info on her grandparents with Evie, Mya stumbles upon an article discussing the deaths of Elloise and Luca Heartley. Evie apologizes to her, but Mya snaps that her grandparents were alive, per her parents, and Evie agrees that they're not lying. They read the article, finding out that Elloise and Luca died in a fire believed to be arson, and Mya is shocked that it's a cold case murder. The article also mentions Elloise and Luca's riches being passed onto others in the family. When Winter rejoins Mya, she informs her of Elloise and Luca, wondering if their money went to her other grandparents.

#### *Welcome to Hollowleaf Mansion*

Mya asks Harlow and Ivanna if they ever got a donation from their deceased kin, Elloise and Luca, and Ivanna confirms this. She adds that they were entrusted to hold their funds, recalling the tragic fire that killed them.

#### *Rising Tensions*

Mya notes that Harlow and Ivanna are going to tell her more about Elloise and Luca.

#### *Rise to Power*

While not directly named, Harlow refers to destroying Elloise and Luca in his diary entries that Amira and Daniela read.

#### *Two Lives, Many Horrors*

Nita recalls that her parents, Elloise and Luca, died eleven years ago in a fire believed to be arson. The culprit was never found despite Nita believing that he or she would. Soon, Harlow and Ivanna would make a stunning funeral for her deceased parents, burning out their money supply, which would lead to them coming to Nita and Patrick for help a month later.

#### *Warbringer*

Harlow remarks that Mya's innocent soul is tainted with darkness, and mocking her for her stupidity, he decides that they'll punish her right then and there - a devious, pleasuring thought crossing his mind. Choosing to reveal his and Ivanna's secret, he asks Mya if she'd like to know how her maternal grandparents actually died. The girls, especially Evie and Winter, are horrified as Mya is left aghast, her mouth flopping open and closed, eyes betraying her emotional turmoil. As Amira murmurs that this is all too familiar, Harlow launches into his and Ivanna's story on Elloise and Luca. Long ago, they were once fine grandparents, so fine that they were the talk of the town, destructable hearts weakened by kindness. Meanwhile, the Parkers were inferior. Ivanna takes over for her husband, adding that Elloise and Luca had all the money in the world to save them from peril, but they shunned them, deeming the two as a terrorizing force out of fear that they would tear Mya apart. According to Ivanna, the two would rue the day, calling them twats. Harlow continues, mentioning that it only took one spark to kill Elloise and Luca, their mansion engulfled in flames. Afterward, their money was transferred to him and Ivanna, but despite paying for the funeral, it was never enough - they wanted glory and much more. Nodding, Ivanna tickles Harlow's chin, growling at Mya that her two-faced family left them in the dirt to die. It started with her grandparents, then left off at her parents, and now ends with her.

Her heart broken into pieces, Mya can't control the tears dripping down her face or her wobbling arms, struggling to come to terms with her maternal grandparents being murdered by the Parkers, who had killed them because of their overwhelming greed and covered everything up whilst also running from the law. She wails that they're lying, ripping up hunks of grass, but Harlow only doubles down on his and Ivanna's words, innocently putting his hands in his pockets. He compares defying the law to the brush of a gun, finding it thrilling and believing that Elloise and Luca had no chance against them. When Mya returns to confront Harlow, he appears as if he saw the ghosts of Elloise and Luca. Mya realizes that one last part of closure is missing, and she brings up her mother's parents, much to her surprise. She questions what she means, and Mya reveals that they solved the murder, to which Nita points out that it's been a cold case since she was three in disbelief. Placing her hands on her mother's shoulders, Mya explains that Harlow and Ivanna were the killers - they wanted Elloise and Luca's money - and once they died, they faked caring by throwing the funeral in order to make others believe they had a heart. Smiling weakly, Nita says that it should have been more obvious to her, praising her daughter for solving the case. Amira and Daniela then realize that the scratched out pages in Harlow's diary was the confession that he and Ivanna murdered Elloise and Luca, giving final closure to everyone in the room.

## Family

**Wife:**

Elloise (Deceased)
**Daughter:**

Nita (Living)
**Granddaughter:**

Mya (Living)
**Adoptive Granddaughter:**

Winter (Living)
## Trivia

* It was revealed in *Warbringer* that he and Elloise perishing in a fire was deliberately caused by Harlow and Ivanna. Prior to the revelation, this was foreshadowed through Harlow's diary entries in *Rise to Power* and specific phrasing relating to fire in the cold open of *Two Lives, Many Horrors*.