Veronica was sitting by herself at one of the lunch tables at Neptune high. The sun was shining and she was surrounded by many kids laughing and screaming, but she was oblivious to it all, lost in a pool of thoughts.

Its strange how things can change so quickly, One day you wake up in a perfect life with the perfect boyfriend and a group of perfect friends that swear that they will always be there for you but then everything comes crashing down . I will never forget that day it was October 3rd I was riding with dad in his patrol car when he got a call on the radio all the dispatcher said was that there had been a disturbance at the Kane beach house . Dad told me to stay in the car but as soon as I saw Lilly, Jake and Celeste I knew something was very wrong I ran to where they were and there he was on the ground surrounded by a pool of blood he had been shot! Dad investigated and when he made the official announcement that he was sure that somehow Jake Kane was involved in the murder of his own son the fine people of Neptune ran dad out of office. We had to move because now there was no way that we could afford our home; it was all too much for mom and one day she was just gone. Now it's just me and dad against the world. My so called friends won't even talk to me

The bell rings and veronica is snapped back into reality so she gathers her books and picks up her tray which by the way still contains a slice of cold pizza and a milk carton, after she throws it away she walks to class. She always tries to avoid walking past Lilly and her group of friends but today it was inevitable so she does the next best thing which is avoiding eye contact at all costs but just when she thinks that she is in the clear she hears Lilly's voice "Hey bitch!" Lilly has an arrogant look on her face "I found all of this crap that belongs to you at my house and I am really not looking to be reminded that I was ever a friend of yours!"

(Veronica just walked away without even saying one word to Lilly. She just feels a mixture of feeling she feels hurt, mad and betrayed she couldn't understand how Lilly could just pretend that their friendship never meant anything! Logan has this look on his face it's obvious that he doesn't agree with the way that Lilly treats veronica but before he can say anything to her she kisses him.

Later that day at the Kane beach house Jake and Celeste are arguing very loudly in the living room they both look like they are about to explode when all of the sudden Lilly strolls in and it gets quiet "ok," Lilly laughed "so I guess it's true there's no place like home." She still gets no response from her parent's just angry stares "hello that was a joke," Lilly jumps onto one of the couches in the room "So mom, dad why did it get quiet when I walked in? You know if this starts to happen more often I might get paranoid, think you're talking behind my back!" Celeste is about to burst! All of the problems that she has been having with Jake lately and all of Lilly's smart ass comments have finally made her loose control "Lilly go to your room NOW! "God mom don't start getting all PMS with me you know I can't stand you when your like this! Forget it I'm leaving!" Lilly stomps out of the house ignoring her fathers call for her to stay. She gets they keys from her purse and presses the unlock button, she gets into the car and shuts the door as hard as she can and as soon as she turns the car on she speeds away. As she drives all she can think about is of the hatred she feels towards her mother and the pain that she feels because of her brother's death, she needs a way to vent all of her anger and forget about everything so she decides to drive to Logan's house but not to see Logan. She knocks on the door and Aaron opens "hi Mr. Echolls, Are you alone?" she has a coy expression on her face "The cost is clear come on in Lilly" Aaron said moving to the side to let her in, he quickly closes the door. She jumps up on him and starts to kiss him then they went up to the bedroom. Lynn had gone to Canada to film a movie and Logan had gone surfing with Dick and Beaver so they had plenty of time to fool around.

Back at mars investigations Keith and Veronica were making progress on the Duncan murder investigation. There were papers everywhere and some 2 day old lasagna on Keith's desk.

Their were some things that's didn't make sense like the fact that they found Lilly's pep squad outfit in the dryer or how the gun used to kill Duncan was found buried on the beach was registered to Jake Kane all me and dad knew was that an innocent man was on death row. His name is Abel Koontz he was a former Kane software employee that was fired before a major project.

Veronica says to Keith "Hey dad I thought that getting evidence was supposed to make things easier?" Keith says to veronica as he walks towards her "I have never seen a case that was as confusing as this one but I am sure that sooner or later we will figure it out!" he gives veronica a light shoulder squeeze.

It was nearly 2:00am when Lilly stumbled into the house, looking disheveled and reeking of alcohol. On her way to the living room she broke her mother's favorite vase, and when she looks up she saw her parents in the living room, Celeste looks pissed and Jake looks very disappointed. Lilly says "Hi mommy Hi daddy" she laughs and she sounds really stupid. Celeste says to Lilly "Are you drunk?" "Yeah but only a little don't worry I will be fine. You know what it's like right mom?" Celeste is so mad she's finally had enough of Lilly's irresponsible behavior so she decides to slap her as hard as she can, the slap sounded like thunder! Celeste yells at Lilly "you are just like your mother!" (Jake has this scared look on his face and Lilly looks confused.) Lilly was feeling so confused and drunk the whole room felt like it was spinning then all of the sudden she fainted!