Disclaimer: I do not own Veronica Mars or any of the Characters.
Hey everyone hows it going? Well it's been raining since last Friday here in CT, and since I'm not working now and surprise surprise it's raining out, I decided to write the next chapter. BTW, I just found out her maiden name is Reynolds, so I went back and changed it. Thank you. Enjoy.
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That night I researched online all the facts I could gather. Also looking at all the videos and pictures I can find. Did you know that you could even watch the police tape of Lilly's body? How disturbing is that? I got to see what she looked like as she layed there dead. So much blood. I started to feel queasy, but I had to search it for clues. Anything out of the ordinary. Hopefully I came up with enough facts to get Abel Koontz to talk.
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As promised, I met Logan after school.
"You ready to get going?" I ask Logan. He nods his head even though he doesn't look please that I'm actually doing this.
"I guess so. Let's go." We walk over to a yellow XTERRA and he gets in the car. I just stand there with a look up disdain on my face. He starts the car and rolls down the window. "You getting in or what?"
What choice do I have. I get in the car and he drives us to the State Prison.
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I enter the prison visiting area where I sit before the glass divider in front of him and pick up the phone.
"Well aren't you a breath of fresh air." Koontz says while looking me up and down. Umm, eww. I mean he's not exactly nice to look at. I try not to shudder from the grossness of the look.
"I want to thank you for taking the time to meet with me, Mr Koontz." I try for the nice approach.
"what is it that you want from me?"
Might as well cut to the chase. "Well, I found these photographs online." I hold the pictures of Lilly's shoes up for him to see. "I think they could prove you didn't take Lilly's shoes the night of the murder. It might be enough evidence to get you a retrial." Hopefully he'll take the bait.
"Now why would I want a retrial when I could have all this?" Maybe he's not so willing. Let's try a different approach. "Somebody had to plant those shoes on your houseboat. You never saw Lilly Kane in your life. Why would you confess to killing her?" There maybe that will help to get him talking.
"So you're one of those. What will it take to let sleeping dogs lie?" he looks at me with an evil look on his face. "Do you wanna know exactly how I bashed her brains in? Oh. I know who you are Veronica Mars. I knew your mom when she used to visit Jake Kane during lunch hours."
"What! My mom? How do you know my mom? I don't believe you." My mother? How does he know my mother? I haven't seen her since I was 4 years old. She just walked out on my father and I one day. I never knew where she went. My father would never tell me. Is she here in Neptune? Duncan said Abel Koontz worked for his father. His father is Jake Kane. Is my mother seeing Jake Kane?
"You're a very dedicated young lady. Certainly you didn't inherit that quality from poor scattered Lianne. Unfortunately for you, that makes you your father's daughter."
"How do you know my father? We just moved here."
"I meant your real father. Think about it Veronica. Look in a mirror. Are you the product the man your living with, or the king and queen of the prom?"
I can't help it. I'm in shock. Abel Koontz looks satisfied and smiles. I hang up the phone and leave the building in a daze. I was so far in my thoughts that I walked right by Logan's car. I feel someone grab my arm and turn me around. I see Logan looking at me with a weird look.
"Are you ok? What happened? You walked right by the car."
I'm still looking at him through a haze. My brain just doesn't seem to want to work. "I did?" I ask vaguely.
"Yea you did. What's the matter with you?"
I shake my head hoping that would clear the fog. "Nothings wrong." I tilt my head to the side. "Can you do me a favor?"
Logan smirks. Clearly he's thinking. He doesn't believe me, but he doesn't know if he should press the matter or not. Finally he seems to come to a decision.
"What's the favor?"
"Can you bring me to Duncan's house? I need to ask him something."
"So you did find something out didn't you? Yea I can take you there."
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"Here we are. The Kane residence. You want me to come with you?" Logan asks a resonable question. But I don't want him there when I ask Duncan questions about my mother. Does this mean that Duncan is my brother? How weird is that? Here I thought I was in a new town, a new state, and it seems that my mother was already here. Maybe she started a family of her own. What if she's in that house right now? Is she Mrs. Lianne Kane now?
"Veronica?" Logan asks as he puts his hand on my thigh.
"Huh?" I turn to look at him and realized I zoned out again. "Oh, uh, if you want to."
We both get out of the car and make our way to the door. Logan rings the doorbell as I stand to the side and try to look as far in as I can.
The door opens and it's Duncan. I let out a sigh of relief. "Hey guys what are you doing here? Did you talk to Abel yet?"
"We just came back from there. I needed to talk to you actually." I answer.
"Sure come on in. Dad's at the office, and mom's around somewhere, but we should have some privacy in my room." Duncan explains as he lets us in and starts walking to his room.
His mom's here? Does that mean my mom is here? Am I going to finally see her after all this time? Do I want to? Because if it is my mother, then that mean Duncan is my step-brother. I look around the house as much as I can with a worried look on my face. Logan keeps glancing at me with a questioning look on his face, and Duncan is oblivious to everything around him.
I hear a noise come from another room, and I jump. "Duncan honey, who was at the door?" I hear a female voice come from that room. Well it doesn't sound like my mother. Wonder who that is.
"No one mom. It's just Logan and Veronica." Duncan yells back.
Someone walks into the room were in. "Who's Veronica? Oh you must be the new girl. My name is Celeste. I'm Duncan's mother."
I let out a big breath of air, and smile. So my mother isn't married to Jake Kane. My smile starts to fade. But that still doesn't explain how they know my mother.
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Kane. Nice home you have here."
"Duncan dear, dinner will be ready soon. Don't take to long." She glared at me, turned around and walked out the door. My jaw opens a little in my shock. What was that for? She just gave me a dirty look and ignored me. That was so rude!
Duncan plops down on his bed, and pats the spot next to him. I sit down on the edge of the bed, and Logan sits on the computer chair. "So what's up? What did you need to talk to me about?"
I scoot back and lean against the wall. I bring my legs up and wrap my arms around them. "Well as you know, I went to see Abel Koontz today." Duncan nods his head yes. When I did continue, he said, "And..."
I take a deep breath and decide to just say it. "And he said he knew my mother. He knew my mother because she would visit the office during the lunch hour. She would visit your father at lunch. That would mean my mother was here last year."
Duncan and Logan look surprised. "You're mother? Who's your mother? Why would she visit my father?" Duncan asks.
"Lianne Mars. Well she used to be Lianne Mars. Her maiden name is Reynolds. Lianne Reynolds. But Abel said he knew her as Lianne Mars. So I don't know if she's going around using my fathers last name or what. But if Abel knew of my mother, then your father knows of my mother. He also said that my mother and your father were king and queen of the prom. Though I don't even know how that's possible. Were not from here."
Duncan thinks. "Lianne Mars. Lianne Reynolds. No doesn't sound familiar. Maybe we should ask my mother."
I nod my head. "Can we please? I need to know if my mother is here or not." Duncan nods his head yes and stands up. Duncan sticks his hand out to help me off the bed, but unintentinally I flinch. "I can do it." I say hoping he didn't notice. He backs off and I slide off the bed. Logan is still looking at me weird. Though I do see some understanding on his face. I give him a weak smile. We walk into the living room where Celeste is watching tv.
"Hey mom. Is it ok if we talk to you?" Celeste gives an I-don't-want-to-be-bothered-by-you-kids. "About what?" Celeste asks while Duncan plops down on the couch. Logan grabs my hand and leads us over to the couch where we sit down. He keeps holding my hand which gives me some comfort.
"I was wondering if you knew my mother Lianne Mars." Celeste's eyes grow wide. She stands up and walks over to me. She grabs hard onto my arms and yanks me up. "Get out! Get out of my house now! Don't you ever come back here! You hear me? Ever!" She yells as she drags me over to the door, opens it, throws me out and slams the door. I stumble, but manage to hold my balance. A second later the door opens and Logan takes my hand again and leads me to his car. I can hear Celeste and Duncan yelling inside the house. Logan opens the door for me and helps me in. He closes the door and gets in his side where he drives away.
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