Disclaimers - don't own 'em.
Note - the wait is over... as who the 'victim' that is... the killer, just a while longer. you know you luvs me
Present Day:
Leo looked at his watch for a second time… his next person in question was late. Opening and going out of his office he saw that Veronica was still there. She was sitting in a chair and a guy was kneeling down in-front of her. Leo watched them talk and watched as they guy brushed a strand a of hair behind her ear before tenderly kissing her.
"Eighteen years, that's quite feat in today's world." Leo said as he and Logan Echolls went into the little room.
"We've had out share of obstacles, but when you love and trust someone as much as we do each other it smooths it all out." Logan pointed out philosophically as he set down.
"You're best friend was murdered Mr. Echolls, I thought you'd be a little sadder of that." Leo looked over the same-old confident Logan.
"Veronica is my best friend.. Me and him haven't been good friends in a long time detective." Logan took a breath, making sure he kept his attitude in check, like he had promised Veronica he would.
"Well not since you stole his girlfriend's heart." Leo seemed a little bit more aggressive with Logan then he had the others.
"Ex-girlfriend and it started way before that… it started when Lilly died." Logan informed Leo it had started long before Logan and Veronica were Logan and Veronica.
"And you're right it does have something to do with Veroncia… I wasn't going to be friends with someone who constantly was trying to undermine my relationship with the woman I love… who made play after play for her well after we were married with kids." Logan pointed out matter-of-factly.
"I didn't kill him, I'm not the murderer in my family… but I'm not going to miss being on guard whenever he was around Veronica or our kids…" Logan sounded truthful in what he was telling Leo.
Three Years Later:
The little gallery had soft music and people were having a great time. Veronica's second gallery, this one based in Neptune was having it's grand opening. It had been an entire weekend event.
Veronica felt a pair of arms slip around her from behind. A shiver ran through her when Logan gave her a quick kiss behind the ear. They were still in the midst of their moment when they realized they had better stop.
"Ali look at you." Veronica walked up to a very pregnant Ali Casablancas and placed her hand over the expanded belly.
"I feel like a truck." Ali said as she rubbed her hand over her stomach.
"Knock it off, you're gorgeous." Cassidy came from behind her with a glass of water. Meg and Wallace and Dick and Mac weren't that far behind.
"So I take it Denny and Jesse are back together." Logan remarked as the young couplr came into the gallery holding hands.
"I don't want to cause a huge brew-ha-ha, but that looks a lot like a wedding band on Denny's left hand." Veronica commented and all their eyes went to the simple gold band on the guys's finger. Grabbing Wallace's hand Meg made her way over to her daughter.
"I'm eighteen mom…" Veronica heard Jesse say to Meg as she came up to the small group that had surrounded the couple.
"But a Casablancas?" Meg said in a light tone and smile before hugging them both, showing them she was fine with it.
"I can't believe my baby's married." Wallace took Jesse into a hug, missing a nearby Duncan who was listening.
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Cassidy mingled the gallery before deciding to go and talk to his new daughter-in-law. Coming up to her and Duncan he heard Duncan saying she could do better. That she was a Kane and she was marring beneath her family.
"Excuse me? Who the heck do you think you are?" Cassidy's voice was louder then he had planned and people looked toward them.
"Don't get me wrong Cassidy, as if this is any of your business." Duncan said condescendingly as a group started to gather.
"And it's none of yours, you're just the guy that got my mom pregnant… Wallace Fennell is my father, not you… don't listen to him Uncle Cassidy, we all know what a stand-up guy Duncan Kane is… he wouldn't know a good guy if it bit him in the butt." Jesse said coldly before walking away.
"Let's get one thing straight Kane, talk down about any of my children again it will be the last thing you do alive." Cassidy's voice was low and falt before walking away himself.
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Logan went into the gallery office to get something and found him and Veronica's ten year old, Dana on the couch with tears in her eyes.
"Baby, what's wrong?" Logan went over and set down next to his 'little' girl. He brushed a strand of her long blonde hair out of her face.
"Mitch Vandergraff is a moron…" Logan cringed a little; he hadn't expected it to be a guy problem.
"You and Mitch have been best friends since pre-school." Logan wondered what had happened between the two.
"He told me he liked me… now it's going around school he's taking someone else to the carnival. Maybe I'm not pretty enough." Dana shook her head and looked down.
"Hey, you're beautiful." Logan put any negative thoughts like that out of her head.
"You know you're mom's the most gorgeous woman in the world, right?" Dana nodded before Logan went on. She had always thought Veronica was stunning.
"That's how I know you're beautiful… you look just like your mom right down to that head tilt." Logan smiled at his daughter.
"Heaven help me when you get older… cause trust me I had to beat them off with a stick in high school with your mom." he laughed, knowing he was going to be over-protective.
"What was mom like in high school?" Dana wondered out loud.
"Strong… smart… funny… witty and absolutely gorgeous… she was the truest form of a friend even when you didn't derseve it." Logan remembered when Veronica helped him when his mother died. He was still remembering when Dana decided to go back out.
"Hey mom." Dana said to Veronica who was standing in the doorway with a smile.
"So, how much did you hear?" Logan stood up and walked over to Veronica.
"Long enough to see you cringe when you realized it was a boy problem." Veronica could help but laugh as she slipped her arms around his waist.
"That's not funny Mrs. Echolls." Logan pouted, not even wanting to think about it.
"Oh I think it is Mr. Echolls." Veronica teased before pulling him down for a heated kiss. Duncan watched from the other side of the gallery. He looked even more bitter before huffing out of the gallery.
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Logan and Veronica heard a man's voice as they entered their house the next night with their group of friends after dinner out. They found Duncan sitting in the living room with the kids, looking superior.
"Mom, did our grandpa really kill Uncle Duncan's sister?" Dana's voice cracked a little as she spoke. The four couples stopped in their tracks and looked at Duncan with anger.
"And did you really love Uncle Duncan first?" David wondered too.
"Aaron was a very bad man… he used to hit me and his anger is what killed Duncan's sister, but he paid for that in jail." Logan kept his voice calm and collected.
"And I did date Duncan like a million years ago… but I never loved him like I love your father, if I ever really did." Veronica set on the coffee table and looked at her three kids before Ali ushered all the kids into the other room.
"Get the heck out and never come near us again." Veronica's voice was icy as she stood and stepped toward Duncan.
"You had no right to tell our kids those things… what is your problem? It had been eighteen years… get over it you sad pathetic little man." Veronica got in his face before leaving the room.
'Me and Veronica were always on a little bit more guard after that, but we still lived our lives and was just is in love as our wedding day…
Duncan became even more withdrawn, hardly leaving his mansion other then for work and business trips…
Dick became the chief of ER medcine and to our surprise had became more well-rounded then a lot of us…
Madison's magazine went national but surprisingly her daughter's kindergarten paper was more important then any magazine.
Cassidy welcomed Michael Andrew into the world and couldn't believe he could love someone after so little time.
Wallace, who could play a basketball game broadcast to millons, but was a ball of nerves when he got on one knee and finally proposed to Meg… and Meg tackled the biggest case of her career… becoming a mother-in-law... And planning the wedding she never thought would happen.'
TBC - like i would kill Logan... and for anyone who knows me, knows my complete dislike for the Dinkleberry aka Duncan.