Disclaimer: I do not own Veronica Mars.

I would have has this chapter up sooner, but it was my birthday yesterday. And I knew that if I didn't do it now, it wouldn't be up til like thurs. So enjoy and let me know what you think.

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"You're mother?" Ms. Harty's asks with a look on her face like she's confused.

"Yes that's what I said. My mother. Where is she? Is she here getting a massage? Where?"

Ms. Harty's eyes shift nervously around the room. Her eyes landed on Veronica. "Well hello there. Logan why didn't you introduce you're guest? I'm Tammy Harty, Cora's mom. But you already knew that. What's you're name dear?"

"Veronica Mars. It's nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you as well."

"Great you've met. Now can we get back to the topic at hand? I'm not going to keep asking you." Logan says while trying to keep his temper at bay.

Ms. Harty's face falls. "Alright dear. Just let me get dressed and then we can talk.

Back at the Harty House

The three of them are sitting down at the dining room table while Helga served lunch. Ms. Harty goes on and on about nothing in particular. Mostly how her life has been like since the divorce. More and more Logan figets in his chair while he eats as he waits for the news on this mother.

..."Then one day my oldest and dearest friend that I haven't seen in five years shows up on my door step."

Logan snaps back to attention as he whips his head toward Ms. Harty. Now were finally getting to what I want to hear.

"As you can tell Logan, I'm talking about you're mother. You wouldn't believe how shocked I was to see her there. I ushered her into the house and into the living room so we could sit down and have a talk. She told me how she left Aaron and she had no where to stay. So of course I told her she could stay here with Cora and I."

"That's all she told you? Did she say how she left him?"

"Well it was night time. We didn't stay up for very long. You're mother had just traveled a long way and she was tired. So I led her up to one of the guest bedrooms where she would stay for however long she would need too."

"More coffee ma'am?"

"Why thank you Helga I would love some more. All this talking is leaving me parched."

Logan looked at Veronica just in time to see her eyes roll. Logan extends his hand out and takes one of her hands on her lap into his and squeezes it. A smile spreads across her lips as he turns his attention back to Ms. Harty.

"Now where was I? Ah yes. You're mother stayed with me even when Cora decided to spend her senior year with her father in Neptune. Why she would choose to do that I will never know. Anyway, you're mother would go on and on about how sorry she was for leaving you there all alone. She wishes that she would have taken you with her away from that dreadful man. Though I don't know how he could be dreadful. He was always so nice when we were neighbors. Such a sweet man..." Ms. Harty trails off in thought.

Logan gets an oh-gag-me look on his face and Veronica looks like she's going to be sick. "So where is my mother now?"

"huh?" Ms. Harty says as she comes out of her daydream. "Oh, right. Well she was here up until yesterday. I haven't seen her since we had yoga class together in the ball room. Her stuff is still here upstairs."

"Logan gets red in the face. "Yesterday! She was here yesterday! And Cora had known all along! Why didn't anyone tell me?" Logan yells as he stands up. Veronica stands up as well and tugs on his arm. Logan tries to calm down.

"Is it ok if we go up to Lynn's room? Look around and see if maybe she left something behind that would tell us where she went?" Veronica asks for Logan.

"Why yes dear that's a good idea. He room is upstairs and all the way on the end."

Before Veronica can get a thank you out, Logan is already dragging her towards the stairs. She looks over at his other hand when she hears a noise. He's playing with the lighter that Lynn left for her son.

Logan's surprised as Veronica leads the way to a door at the end of the hallway and makes her way into the room. She places him on the bed and goes over to the closet. She stands on her tippy toes as she reaches for the box on the top shelf. She finally manages to grab it and walks back over to the bed where she sits down next to her.

"Should have known you already scoped out the place." Logan says with a shocked look still on his face. "Don't know why or how you still amaze me."

Veronica smiles. "I learned from the best." She takes the lid off of the box and places it besides her on the bed. Logan scoots closer to get a better look. She takes out a piece of paper and shows it to Logan. "Vincent Vanlowe. Isn't he some private dick back in Neptune?" Logan asks as he searches the paper for more clues.

Veronica nods her head yes. "He's a low-life who would do anything for money." She puts the paper to the side and takes out a framed picture. Logan stares at it in shock. It's an autographed picture of Aaron and some guy standing next to a red car. The autorgraph says, "All these years, still on the long haul?"

"I don't get it? What's my mother doing with this stuff?"

"My guess is that maybe she's working with Vinnie to get information about Aaron. Maybe she found out too much and she's on the run again. We need to find out where she went."

"And how do we do that?" Logan looks at Veronica with a sad/confused look on his face. Veronica leans over and kisses him on the lips. "You're so cute when you do that." She sits up and pulls out her cell phone and dials a number.

"Hi Mr. Vanlowe it's Veronica Mars."

"Why Ms. Mars. What a surprise. So, uh, what can I do for you?"

"Just wanted to ask you a question."

"Fine. But what makes you think I'll help you out?"

"I'll get you some more Neptune high mint cookies."

"Alright Veronica ask you're question."

"What exactly do you know about Lynn Echolls?"

Pause. "Lynn Echolls? Isn't she dead?"

"Oh I think you know better than anybody else how she's doing. Why were you helping her out?"

"Look I don't know where you got you're 'sources' from, but I wasn't hired by Lynn, I was hired to look for her. You know how it is. Husband's think their wives are cheating on them. Now is there anything else I can do for you Ms. Mars?"

Veronica's face shows shock as his words absorb. "What did you find out?" The words come out just a little more than a whisper.

"What's in it for me?"

Veronica thinks about this. "How about the next few clients my father gets, I'll send them you're way."

Now it's Vinnie's turn to think about it. Finally he talks. "Aaron hired me to find his wife because he heard Lynn might still be alive. I tracked her down to New York. Aaron paid me, and that was the end of it."

"When did you tell him about this?"

"Last week. Before he was arrested for trying to murder you. He did mention something about a Curly from The Long Haul. Whatever that means."

"Thanks Vinnie I'll make sure to send over some clients." Veronica hangs up the phone.

"Well?" Logan asks anxiously.

Veronica looks at him with sad eyes. "It seems Aaron found out Lynn is still alive. He paid Vinnie to look for her, and from the looks of it, he found her."

Veronica takes her Laptop out of her bag and turns it on. "Whats that for? What are you looking for?"

"Well Vinnie did say that Aaron mentioned something about a Curly from The Long Haul." Veronica looks up the names of everyone who worked on The Long Haul. Finally she finds what she's looking for, Stunt Coordinator David 'Curly' Moran. She draws up his picture, and sure enough, he's the same guy in the autographed photo. "That's our guy."

Logan jumps up and starts pacing the room. "So what does this mean? That this Curly guy kidnapped my mother because my father sent him after her? So how do we find her now?"

"Easy. We find out where he is now. I get his number and call him."

Logan stops pacing and just looks at her. He shakes his head and laughs. "I forget how good you are sometimes. Let's do it. I want to find her now."

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Luvlogan-sara: Lol. Thank you so much for recommending my story on other forums, that means soo much to me :tear: Lol never thought my first story ever would turn out this way.

Shimmering Rose Petals: Well soon you will find out where Lynn is. Lol well I think Meg was punished enough with being in a coma and all. Hmm maybe there's more to the maid then we think...

Kristen: Thank you Thanks for liking my 'detective work' I managed to pull together. Lol. I will try to give all the LoVe moments I can :P Thanks for recapping what you did see of ER.

Rhapsodysenigma: It's all good I forgive you, you just confused me that's all. Lol. Hope you're in a better mood now :) Love ya lots!

Wickedshizit: Thanks I'm so glad you read and love this story I get depressed too :( all that lack of LoVe :(

Twisted3ljw: Lol so I guess I have finally chosen which path to go. Thanks for sticking it out with me. Love ya more.

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