He was in the courtyard when he saw Veronica and her friend Wallace. She still wasn't talking to him. Not that he blamed her, his plan had been to get her something for her investigation. Not make her bail him out of jail and then give it to her. Now she seemed more interested than ever in that Echolls fuck. He even saw the Echolls driver pick up her Le Baron from his uncle's shop.

He noticed Carmen, a girl from his neighborhood that he used to crush on in middle school, wrapped up in her rich 09er boyfriend's arms. Why did all the girls he liked go after guys like that? "It's a shame," he said to Hector, as he neared Veronica, "Neighborhood girl like that wasting her assets on an 09er." Veronica stiffened, and their eyes met briefly before she hurried to other way. So he was right about her and Echolls.

Eli tried to forget about Veronica, and when a crude video of Carmen was released he went to work on making someone pay. It wasn't long before he tracked down the smarmy creep, Tad. He was walking down the boardwalk alone when he saw him, and Hector and Eli wasted no time grabbing him and throwing him into the back of the van Norris was driving behind them.

They got him to the abandoned warehouse, that the PCH conducted most of their business, "I didn't do anything, man!" The kid screamed when they ungagged him, tying him into a chair. Eli just nodded, before opening Hector's phone and pulling up the video, and holding it in front of his face. "That little bitch! She couldn't do anything, so she got you to do her fucking dirty work."

"Calling Camren a bitch, ain't gonna help." Hector told him blankly.

"I wasn't talking about Camren." Tad spat, "I'm talking about Veronica." The room went silent, and all the PCHers were watching, waiting for Eli's reaction.

"You know Veronica?" Eli asked, his voice calm and relaxed, and everyone but Tad knew it was a trap.

"Who doesn't know that whore," He spat.

"You shouldn't have said that." Norris almost laughed at the grin that spread across Eli's face.

"Hey Hector," Eli directed, "Go get my kit. I think this kid needs some new ink."

The next morning Eli and the PCHers were watching Tad hang from the flag pole when Veronica walked up. He groaned as he watched her approach him, her knife in hand. Of course she'd cut him down. He shook his head preparing to leave when he heard, "Holy Shit, Weevs!" Hector exclaimed, and when he turned to look at Veronica, instead of cutting him down she was pointing the knife at his face.

Eli started heading over almost immediately, confused by the blondes actions. She was saying something that he couldn't hear. "I don't remember!" Tad shouted at her.

"NO!" She nearly screamed back, stopping Eli and the rest of the PCHers in their tracks. "I don't remember! Camren doesn't remember! But you do, now tell me who the FUCK sold it to you." She was shaking with rage and Tad looked scared.

"Logan Echolls, okay!" He responded, "I got it from Logan! Now cut me down." He nearly demanded. Veronica looked as if someone had hit her in the gut, and she closed her knife.

"Where would be the fun in that?" She asked, before ripping off the bandage of his new tattoo and slapping the skin hard. "See you around, Tad." Eli watched her walk away, and he glanced over at Hector who looked even more confused.

"What was she talking about?" Eli demanded, storming over to Tad, who went white in the face.

"N-nothing, man." Eli's eyes narrowed.

"Let's try this again, shall we," Eli warned, standing on the podium where the kid was taped and getting into his face. "What was V talking about?" Tad's eyes glanced around nervously, "The longer you wait, the more pissed I get."

"Listen man, I only got it for Carmen." Tad said quickly, "I just thought she needed to loosen up. I never touched Veronica, I didn't even know she was at Shelly's party last year!" Shelly Pomroy's party. Eli thought back on to why that sounded familiar, and the picture of Veronica in her dirty white dress came to mind.

"What." Eli growled, "Was. She. Talking. About." Putting a hand on his throat and squeezing a little more with each word.

"She wanted to know where I got the GHB from." He said gasped quickly and for a minute Eli couldn't breathe, even though it was Tad he who's air supply was being limited. GHB? The date rape drug?

"You dosed Carmen?" Hector snapped, "That how you got that video?"

At Tad's nod as Eli dropped his grip and asked, "Why does Veronica want to know where the GHB came from?" Please don't be for that reason, he thought, anything but that.

"She claims someone raped her." The way he said it made Eli boil over with rage, claimed…as if he thought she was lying. Eli's hand clenched into fists. He knew something bad had happened to her when they met, he knew it was a reportable offense even if Lamb had laughed her out of the office. Eli's rage intensified as he thought of the way Veronica had ran out of Lamb's office the day they met. He had sworn to find out what had happened, to get her vengeance…but he had let it go all those months ago.

"Get him down." Eli snapped.

"You gonna let him go after that?" Hector asked with disbelief.

"Fuck no," Elli swore, "I just don't feel like this punishment fits the crime anymore."

"Well what do you want to do with him now" Eli thought for a minute and then smirked.

"Go get me a popsicle."

Wallace ran after Veronica in the hallway after she walked out of journalism, "Did you see the video—"

"If you are talking about Camren being humiliated virally—"

"No!" Wallace all but laughed, "I'm talking about the…remake." Veronica looked up at him with a skeptical look as Wallace pulled at his phone pushed a few buttons and handed it to her.

There on the screen was Tad, stripped to his boxers sucking on a popsicle vulgarly, blue staining his mouth, while a familiar group of laughter was heard off screen.

"Come on, puta, like you mean it." She heard someone shout and then suddenly another popsicle flew and hit Tad in the face, making him stop his disturbing imitation of Camren's video. "Don't worry nobody's gonna see this." She remembered that's what Tad had said in Camren's video and the group laughter sounded again the video ended.

She couldn't help but laugh, it was the perfect pay back. When she handed back his phone she turned to head back down the hall and caught the eye of a certain handsome Latino that she had been avoiding as much as possible. He raised a questioning eyebrow, as if wondering if she approved of what he had done to Tad. She found herself giving him a small nod, before walking off in the opposite direction. As much as she just wanted to go to him, demand an apology she was stubborn, and she had more important things to do.