Logan stayed the rest of the day and the night at the Mars residence. The whole time he was there both Veronica and Lynn remained asleep. Between jet lag and emotional exhaustion neither Keith nor Logan were surprised.
Logan left in the morning to go home to shower and change. When he came back 15 minutes later Veronica and Lynn were still asleep and Keith was getting ready to head toward the office to find out more about Brian.
Logan went into Veronica's room to watch Lynn. He sat and watched her sleep for a few minutes.
"I'm sorry," Logan heard behind him.
Logan turned and gave Veronica a sad smile, "I know you are. But I have to ask you something." Logan stopped to see if Veronica was going to let him ask. She just staed at him waiting, he then continued. "Why did you stay with him? Why didn't you come to me? I don't understand why you stayed with a monster rather then come to me or even your dad."
Veronica gave Logan a sad smile. " I didn't go to you because I thought the baby was Brian's but after I found out she wasn't I didn't come to you because I didn't want to ruin your life. You had a hard life until you got into UCLA. I figured I should let you live your life the way you wanted to, not the way you would have to if I told you. So I stayed with Brian. He was great until he started to hit me. While I was pregnant I thought I loved him but after I saw Lynn for the first time I realized I couldn't love him because I -," she stopped there. She couldn't let him know not yet.
Logan stared at her expectantly. Just as he was about to open his mouth Lynn started screaming and thrashing.
"Lynn calm down," Veronica said as she went to grab her daughter unsure of what was wrong but Lynn continued.
Logan grabbed Lynn and brought her close to him rocking her and saying soothing words in her hair. He then looked up to see Veronica panicked and gave her a small smile before explaining, "She's having a night terror. I used to get them all the time when I was a kid. It's like a night mare and sleepwalking. While having a nightmare the child will start screaming and kicking around but they are still asleep. After a while they will go back to a calm sleep," Logan explained to Veronica as Lynn calmed down and curled up in Logan's arms.
Veronica nodded and walked around to the other side of the bed and climbed on. Logan gave her a look of confusion. Veronica just unraveled Logan's arms from around their daughter, slithered under Lynn and looked up ate Logan smiling. Logan smiled back and pulled both closer until Lynn's head was under his neck and Veronica's head was on his shoulder. He then turned his head and kissed Lynn's head then Veronica's. "I missed you," Logan whispered.
"I missed you, too," Veronica whispered back.
It was in that position that they slept awhile.
Meanwhile
Brian was getting off a plane in L.A.