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"Duncan, are you home?" I can hear a male voice shouting in the background.

"Crap. That's my dad. I don't want him to find us in here. Quick let's go." Duncan panics as he practically pushes us out the door.

He closes the door behind him and we follow him out to the living room. We sit down and turn on the TV. "In here dad!" Duncan shouts back.

Duncan's father walks in. "Hey son. How was...Oh, hi. Didn't know you had company. Hello Logan."

"Hey Mr. Kane." Logan says back. I can't help staring at the man who could possibly be my father. He looks back at me and smiles as he walks over and extends his hand out to shake. "Jake Kane. Duncan's dad. And you are?"

I grasp his hand as I say, "Veronica Mars." His hand freezes in mine and his smile drops a bit.

"Mars? Did you say Mars?" I nod my head yes. Some how my throat dried up and I found it hard to speak. Apparently so did Jake, because he had stopped talking as well and just stared.

"You have her eyes."

"Excuse me?" I can't help asking, hoping that he will elaborate. He seems to snap out of the daze he was in.

"Sorry. Will you please excuse me? I have to go work on some papers from the office." He let's go of my hand and says over his shoulder to Duncan as he leaves. "I'll be in my office if you need me. It was nice to meet you Veronica." And, with that said, he was gone.

After a few minutes of just sitting there, thinking. I finally can't take the wondering anymore. I get up and start heading in the direction that he went. Looking around, I finally find the office. I knock on the door. After hearing a muffled "Come In", I open the door and walk in.

He looks up from his desk and just stares again. I turn around to close the door and to collect myself. I turn back around and walk over to one of the chairs in front of his desk and sit down.

We just look at each other without saying anything. I try to look for similarities, hoping not to find any.

Finally I speak up. "You know my mother Lianne? Are you still seeing her? Is she still here?" I try not to sound desperate, but it leaks through anyway.

Jake cringes. "Yes I know you're mother."

I wait for him to continue. When he doesn't I speak up. "Well? Please Jake I need to know. Please tell me everything. Are you..." My voice fades away. So I try it again. "Are you my..." I can't seem to get the word out. The thought of actually sharing his blood and not my father's makes me feel queasy. So I take a deep breath.

"I've known you're mother for a long time. She lived here until she graduated High School. You're mother and I use to be a couple. High School Sweethearts as they called us. I loved her very much. I thought we would spend the rest of our lives together." Jake stops talking as he stares off into space deep in thought.

I'm not sure I want to hear this anymore, but I need to. "And? What happened?"

He snaps out of his thoughts. He pauses, and then continues with a clearing of the throat. "You're mother got accepted to College up in Oregon. I was devastated. I thought we would do the college thing together. Go to UCLA, graduate, then get married and start a family and a career. But she didn't want that. She wanted to go away for College and do it the right way. Be single and party more than go to class. So she left me and we broke up." Jake takes a deep breath, and then clears his throat again. "We stayed in contact with each other every once in a while, but towards the end, the letters stopped coming. Then one day four years later, I decided to go up and surprise her. She was happy to see me, and we had one great night together." Jake fades away again.

Oh I think I'm gonna be sick. I do not need to be thinking about there one, perfect night together. I can barely think about my own parents together like that.

"Anyway, the next day she tells me our perfect night together was a mistake. She was engaged. To a Keith Mars. She made it perfectly clear that the two of us were over. That she was moving on with her life."

"It nearly destroyed me. I had to pick up my life and try to move on. That's when I met Celeste. We married and had two kids. I developed Kane Industries."

I try to absorb everything he's saying. My mother left him for my father? If they were so in love, why would she do that? "What happened after my mother left us? Did she come back here to be with you?" My eyes tear up as I try to keep my voice in check. He looks just as sad. Almost as if he's apologizing with his eyes.

"One day almost Five years later, she show's up at Kane Industries begging to take me back. She told me she left her husband. Wanted to start over with the man she loved. At first I wouldn't hear it. But slowly, I started to let her back into my life. Celeste started to become suspicious. It took me a long time to finally give myself back to the woman I loved. Years even. By then Duncan and Lilly were around Six years old. I was willing to leave my wife to be with Lianne. Pack up the kids and start over. That's when she let it slip about you." Jake pauses.

Here we go. I gulp, but my throat is so dry I end up coughing. "So what happened?" My voice came out soft and raspy.

"She told me that I was you're father." Tears well up in Jakes eyes. The tears overflow mine. They start leaking down my cheeks as my breathing becomes labored. A sob escapes my throat as I open my mouth to say something. I close it again when nothing but more sobs seemed to escape. Jake continues.

"I had a paternity test taken. It came back positive. I am you're father Veronica. I wanted to see you. I missed more then Six years of you're life. And I wanted them back. Here was my chance to have the family I've always wanted. I had it all planned out. I had to divorce papers drawn out and everything. All I needed was for Celeste to sign them. She was furious and instead of signing them, sued me. I didn't care as long as I was gonna be with my woman and my children. I moved out of the house and into an apartment with you're mother. That's when the arguing started. She would start these small arguments with me. Finally they became too much and She left me. Again. So I dropped the case and tore up the divorce papers. I haven't seen her since." Jake takes a deep breath to try and control himself.

I continue to cry silently. How is this even possible? Is this really my life? All these secrets and lies?

"Does anyone know? About me and my mother? About you're other secret family?" I choke out.

Jake shakes his head no.

"So what does this mean? You're my fath.." I still can't say it.

"Now that you're here, I want you in my life. I want to be able to get to know you. I don't know you, but I still love you. Still love you're mother. You don't even have to accept me. And please, don't take this out on Duncan. He's been through so much already. He doesn't need more. I will inform him myself.

That's right. Duncan is my half brother. And that means, well, that means Lilly was my half sister.

With my head spinning, I slowly get up from the chair and make my way to the door. I slowly open the door and walk out and towards the living room. I can barely see where I'm going because my headache is throbbing so much it hurts. Plus the room is slowly tilting back and forth. I make my way into the living room and look up in time to see Logan looking at me with concern in his eyes. He slowly gets up from the couch and makes his way over to me. Before he can reach me, the room spins violently and my world goes black.

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Simply Lilly: I'll see what I can do about a Wallace flashback just for you :P Lmao glad to keep you guessing the killer's identity.

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