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A/N: Hey guys, here's another installment. As promised it's longer than usual chapters. I hope you guys are still bearing with me…? All grammatical errors are mine, no beta. Sorry. Hope you enjoy!

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Chapter 6:

Alicia and Wallace took Veronica, Lilly, and little Keith to the zoo. Keith had to go back home to pick up a couple of papers that Cliff needed for a case.

He slammed the brakes of the car causing a screeching halt when he saw two men wrestling on his front porch. Keith ran out of the car barely turning it off. "Logan! Logan stop!" He grabbed the young man by the collar, "Stop!"

Logan struggled against his grip, but Keith wasn't giving in.

"You are going to go inside and stay there until I said so." His voice was full of authority.

Logan was about to complain, but he cut him off. "I don't want to hear it. Now go!" Logan did as he was told as soon as Keith let him go.

Keith looked down at the bloody guy at his feet, he was curled up, and hugging his abdomen tight. "And you! What the hell are you doing here?!"

"I came to get my wife." He bit out.

"I already told you that for the time being she is going to stay right here."

Duncan stood up a little too quickly; he crunched down, and held his ribs obviously in pain. "How many times do I have to tell you she belongs with me!" He sneered after spitting out blood.

Keith's blood bubbled, he ran into Duncan's chest, and held him against the post of the porch by securing his arm against his neck, "You listen to me boy, she in NOT your property. She is my daughter and she will stay here with me until she feels better. The kids will stay here as well at least for a couple of days. Do I make my self clear?" He warned.

"I will not allow it!" He countered.

"I don't care how much money or power you have. You will not take her from me unless; it is over my dead body."

"That can be arranged-"

Keith had contained himself as much as possible, but everyone had a limit and that was his. He punched Duncan right across the jaw as hard as he could. "Leave now!"

Duncan tried to counter the punch, but Keith saw it coming and ducked; he hit the post. Instead Keith kicked Duncan behind the knees causing him to fall of the three steps onto the ground.

As Duncan got up he yelled, "You haven't seen the last of me!" Then he made his way back towards his car.

Keith took a couple of deep breaths before heading back inside the house.

"Keith-"

"Don't!" He cautioned, "What were you thinking?!" He sounded very disappointed. "Logan, we have gone over this…"

"Sorry." He looked down at his feet. "I didn't like the things he said and I just couldn't contain myself any longer."

"I know what you mean." He murmured to himself. "Don't let it happen again. Veronica doesn't need that right now. What if the kids would have seen that?"

"It won't. I promise."

"We can't tell Veronica what happened. Although, we still need to tell Wallace and Alicia because they will find out either way, we need to tell them so they can be more careful."

Logan nodded his head in understanding.

Two hours later, they finally came back to the house from the zoo.

"That was so much fun!" The younger girl squealed as they entered the house.

Veronica came in right behind her carrying a sleeping little boy.

"Shh, you are going to wake up your little brother?" Alicia stated closing the door behind her.

Veronica laid little Keith on the small couch.

"Fine." She answered annoyed before sitting down on the couch.

Logan having heard the commotion in the living room came downstairs with Keith right on toll.

"What is all the noise about?" He inquired as he reached the bottom.

"Oh my God! What happened to you?" Veronica gasped already running towards him and carefully touching his bruised cheek.

"Nothing serious. I fell." He lied hoping she'd buy it.

Of course, Veronica being Veronica didn't buy it one bit, something didn't feel right about that statement, "It was Duncan, wasn't it?" She mouthed not wanting Lilly to hear.

He didn't look her in the eye. Telling her she was absolutely right.

"Lilly, come help me get the upstairs room ready for you and Little Keith." Alicia stated already grabbing Lilly by the arm and pushing her up the stairs. "Keith honey, can you please bring little Keith up."

Keith grabbed Little Keith from the couch and took him upstairs. Wallace followed toll.

"It's not as bad as it looks." He tried calming her down.

She began panicking, "…No he can't do this… not again…" She talked to herself beginning to pace back in forth in the living room.

This was something Logan wasn't expecting, "What did you say? He can't do what again? What did he do to you Veronica?" Worry and anger was what Logan felt at that particular moment.

"…" Veronica remained silent.

Logan grabbed her by the shoulders and turned her around, "What did he do?"

Veronica thought for a second as hard as she could, but she couldn't remember a darn thing, she wasn't even sure why she said what she said. She unconsciously touched her stomach. "I don't know…" She replied honestly, "I wish I did." A few tears flowed down her cheeks.

Logan wiped them away from her cheek, "I'm sorry baby. I jus-"

"I know you are worried about me." She stated sadly.

She hated not knowing anyone or anything that happened to her in the past. She turned around and walked silently to Logan's room.

Meanwhile, Wallace was infuriated by what happened earlier with Duncan while he was at the zoo. "I wish I would have been here to-"

"Wallace Fennel don't you dare finish that sentence." Alicia warned walking right behind them.

"Honey, its fine. I let Duncan know how I feel too." Keith said turning around to stare at his wife.

"What?!" She screamed out very upset.

"Logan wasn't the only one to show him how he felt." He sighed. "Look, if we could have prevented we would have, but it was inevitable. He continued to press our buttons until we got fed up with it. The reason we are telling you is so you can be more careful and because you were going to find out anyways." He answered honestly.

Logan looked up at them, "Veronica said something unintentionally that I didn't like."

"What was it?" Wallace said clenching his fists.

"She said and I quote '…No he can't do this… not again…' I knew he did something to her. I just don't know what. She couldn't remember."

"Was there anything else she did or said?" Keith asked it came natural to him; it was part of him being a P.I. and a loving parent.

Logan thought for a minute, "She also touched her stomach."

'Her stomach… Why would she do that?' Keith pondered.

Veronica was upstairs sleeping on the bed unconsciously touching her stomach; silent tears were streaming down her face, as she moved her head from side to side. Something obviously plaguing her.

Flashback

'I can't believe Logan slept with queen bitch of all people even if he was drunk.' She caressed her stomach gently, 'and today when I was going to tell him…'

End flashback

Veronica was tossing and turning on the bed. Sweating heavily…

Meanwhile, on the other side of town.

Duncan was sitting on his very comfortable leather chair of his office in house with a glass of scotch.

He was fuming with anger. "How dare Keith prohibit me form seeing from what is rightfully mine?! Taking my little girl too… I haven't worked this hard for the past four and a half fucking years to let them take it all away from me just like that!"

He picked up the phone and dialed a very familiar number, "Drop everything and get on the next flight to Neptune." With that he hung up the phone.

Flashback

"Mr. Kane everything went as planned. She will be in the recovery room in a couple of minutes if you want to see her.

"Thanks." He replied coldly.

Before going to visit Veronica Duncan headed towards the nursery…

He looked through the glass at all the newborns and his blood boiled. There on the first row right in the middle laid a baby with the word 'Mars' printed at the end of the crib. The baby had a blue blanket wrapped around him, he was sleeping peacefully, and Duncan couldn't stand it.

With his anger getting the best of him he punched the wall right next to the glass as hard as he could, making a whole.

End Flashback

The Mars' Residence

Wallace was in the kitchen talking to Mac over the phone.

"How is she?" Mac asked very concerned.

She hadn't seen the petite blonde in almost four years. Last time she saw her…

Flashback

Veronica was wearing a long cotton pink gown and was wearing a large diamond ring accompanied by a white gold wedding band on her left finger.

She didn't seem like herself. Her skin was pale. She rarely said anything to anyone including her father and Wallace. She just sat there looking up into space or something like that. Her eyes weren't glowing. She seemed more like a walking zombie.

The only time she did smile one of her genuine smiles and got a small spark back in her eyes was when the three month baby was around her. Anytime she went near him Duncan pulled her away so she could meet and mingle with people of his stature. And just like that the spark was gone.

End Flashback

She stopped trying to get a hold of Veronica a month after that because Duncan had taken her on a cruise through the Caribbean. When they returned she was always busy with something at least that's what the maid told her.

Mac was pulled out of her thoughts by Wallace's voice, "Yo! Earth to Mac! You there?"

"Yeah, sorry. Just remembering…" She answered apologetically.

"She seems more like the old Veronica the one we knew, but something doesn't seem right… I can't put my finger on it. She's awfully afraid of Duncan. I swear to God, Mac, if he hurt her he will regret it."

Mac was about to respond when-

"Aah!!" Resonated around the whole house.

"What was that?!" Mac asked getting scared.

"I don't know. I have to go. I'll call you later." And with that he hung up the phone.

All adults rushed to Logan's old room when they heard Veronica scream.

Logan was the first one to get there.

She was sitting on the bed, sweat dripping from her forehead, and her body shivering.

He approached her cautiously not wanting to scare her, "Ronnie…" He sat next to her. "What's wrong? Are you okay?" He was very worried about her.

"I don't want him to hurt us." She was on the verge of tears.

"He won't." Logan looked up at Keith, Wallace, and Alicia, "We won't let him hurt you anymore. You're safe now."

Alicia wiped some tears from her face, "Come on honey. Let's leave them alone for a minute." She whispered into her husband's ear.

Keith simply nodded and let his wife pull him out of the room.

Wallace couldn't stand seeing his sister like that. He needed to help out anyway he could. 'I need to call Weevil pronto.'

She wrapped her arms around him as tight as she could, "Don't leave me…" Her voice was full of desperation.

He kissed her temple tenderly, "…Never."

TBC…

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