Hi, here's the new chapter which I just finished. I'm sorry for all the mistake; it's 2 am in Paris and I'm quite tired having slept very little last night.
I'd like to apologize for the long wait as well, I've got MS and I have been having pains in my leg for months and been in the hospital twice for it for nothing unfortunatly as the pain is still there along with always being tired :(. New appointement with a pain doctor tomorrow to try to get a new treatment as even morphin doesn't ease it xD. I'm still on leave for work so I'll have time to work on my other stories, I feel like working on a new outtake for Hidden Love ;)
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Chapter 26
"So what do you want to do tonight?" Logan asked Veronica a few days later as they were both lying On the bed in the pool house watching a movie. She moved her head to look at him and noticed how different and happier he looked since his mother told him about her plan to divorce Aaron.
"Why are you so happy?"
"Because my mom is getting rid of my Aaron soon and for good."
"Logan." She said worriedly, she knew he did not have the best relation with his father but his behavior was quite strange, although she could understand him. Aaron did cheat on his wife and Logan got hurt because of his father's affairs.
"No need to worry, this is the best thing that could happen to me. I'm finally going to be free from Aaron, can you imagine what it's like?" he happily told her as Veronica shook her head.
"Logan, I know you and your father don't get along, but this isn't…"
"No, Veronica, you don't understand the situation, not everybody has a great relation with their fathers. We don't all have Keith Mars for a father."
"If I don't understand then make me understand." Veronica told him sitting up to look at him. She needed to hear more about the secrets he and his mother have been hiding from her. She knows her father is quite aware of what her boyfriend and his mother are hiding but they were all keeping it from her and it was becoming quite frustrating.
Logan stood up and pulled his shirt over his head and tossed it on the floor before turning his back.
"Do you want to know how Aaron broke a rib on my eighth birthday because I'd spilled soda on his favorite carpet during my birthday party because a friend had accidently shoved me while playing? The scare above my hip is a souvenir from a trip to England, I was, according to him, rude to a fan who felt like it was alright to hug me and touch me as if I were a teddy bear and not a child. The scar…"
"Stop!" Veronica said sobbing, cutting him off, not wanting him to continue. She was sobbing on the bed, "Please stop." She carried on sobbing, not wanting to know or see more, she could not take seeing his bare back anymore. The images of the scares on his back were burned in her brain forever. She quickly stood up, putting her hand to her mouth and ran to the ensuite bathroom where she threw up all her dinner. She kept throwing up until she had nothing left in her stomach, she just could not forget what she had been told nor what she has seen. Who could do that to their child? What kind of monster was Aaron Echools to do that to his own flesh and blood and yet still play the family man role before the whole world?
"Veronica are you okay? I'm sorry for doing that. I should have told you about it in a more gentle way. I shouldn't have told you about it like that. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry for hurting you. I promise to never hurt you again, you shouldn't have had to apologize for my misbehaving. I should have told you before and not like that. I've been meaning to tell you about the abuse for weeks if not years, but it's hard to talk or even think about it."
"Logan you don't have to explain yourself." Veronica said softly as she cradled his head in her arms. "I should have seen the signs, it was there all these years and yet I missed them. I should be the one apologizing, I failed you as a friend, I should have been to help you, do something for you…"
"Veronica, there's nothing you could have done, believe me I would have never admitted something like that, I was too ashamed."
"There's nothing to be ashamed, you never asked to be beaten, you were innocent. You have to get it through your thick head." She said hitting her forehead repeatedly. Veronica laid a hand on his heart. "Aaron is a sick man for hitting you and treating you like that. You were a child when it started and no child should experience that, you couldn't do anything to stop. Who knows what Aaron could have done."
"I don't know, maybe if I had fought back harder it wouldn't have gotten that bad."
"What happened when you did?"
"He broke my nose and my wrist."
"it wasn't an accident, you said you slipped on a puddle when it occurred."
"I lied, like every time Aaron hit me too hard and left obvious marks on me. It was when he bought me the Xantia as a forgive me gift, not that I ever forgave him." Logan said with a small smile. "I will never forget and forgive Aaron for what he's done to my mom and I. At the moment all I can think about is how I hope to never have to deal with him once my mom divorces him."
"Do you think he'll let you go without a fight?"
"He'll try to fight it for publicity but my mom's got too much info against him for him to try to fill for custody. I might even try to expose him for the fun of it! I want to destroy him like he tried to do with me."
"Aren't you afraid of what the media and people will say about it?"
"You mean his fans calling me a liar or accusing my mom of doing it?" he asked with a smile, already knowing the answer. "I've been imagining the ways of exposing him since I learned about the power of bad press; I learnt it the hard way, the Aaron Echolls way. I'm planning on using daddy dearest tactics to get in Hollywood black list."
