Chapter 2

Logan Echolls stood in front of the Neptune Grand. He had been walking around Neptune an entire day and he finally came to a realization that he needed some rest. His head was spinning from everything that had happened before and he was on the verge of going absolutely crazy. He couldn't believe that his dad was found not guilty and was free to walk around the streets of the town. Logan was sick at the thought of what his father had done to Lilly and Veronica and all the other people whose lives were messed up because of Aaron Echolls. He thought the world would be a better place now that Aaron Echolls was to be behind bars, but since that was not going to happen, Logan had to find a way to deal with the fact that his father was a free man.

For a moment he stared at the Neptune Grand entrance until he finally decided to come in. But as soon as he entered the lobby, his jaw dropped. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Aaran Echolls was standing by the counter and dared to smile at Logan as if nothing ever happened.

"You've got to be kidding me." Logan said still having a hard time believing that his father was just standing there looking like he just got back from a trip and not a couple-month long stay in prison.

"Hello son." Aaron said and extended his hand.

"You're joking, right?" Logan was fuming at Aaron's blatant disregard for everything and everyone. "How dare you come here? What the hell do you want?"

"The last time I checked it's a free country and since I'm now a free man I might do as I please." Aaron replied with an evil smirk on his face. Logan hated seeing him lik this, so happy, so triumphant, so obnoxious.

"Well then how about you go and do as you please somewhere else?"

"Logan, Logan, Logan..." Aaron laughed. "You don't think you're gonna tell me what to do, now do you? Besides, I got myself a room here so that we can start working on our relationship as father and son.

Logan could not believe what he was hearing. It was like his ears heard something, but it was so ridiculous that it couldn't have been true. "Relationship?" he almost shouted. "Father! Son! Did you really say that? Cause if you didn't, I must be going crazy. And if you did, you must be crazy!" Logan fumed at what Aaron was doing. He felt like grabbing something and smashing it against the wall. "How dare you come here and talk about our relationship! Have you lost your mind? We have no relationship! You are dead to me!"

"I am still your father, Logan!"

"You stopped being my father the day you started sleeping wih Lilly! I cannot even believe I'm hearing you say all of this." Logan covered his face in his hands for a second. "This has got to be some kind of a joke, right? You are screwing with me to make me suffer even more. Because if you really mean what you're saying, you're even more fucked up than I thought you were."

"You are my son!"

"Stop calling me that!"

"Logan... "

"You killed my girlfriend!" Logan's nerves finally gave out. "You fucking killed my girlfriend! How can you just stand here and talk to me about being a family. Are you crazy?" he stopped for a moment and continued, a little bit calmer. "I detest you with every fibre of my being. I cannot stand to look at you and every second that I have to makes me feel sick and disgusted."

"She was gonna ruin my career, Logan. She was gonna ruin our family!" Aaron said and realized that with this statement, he practically admitted to killing Lilly.

Logan's eyes got wide and he could no longer control the rage that was building inside him. "Shut up! Why don't you just shut up! I cannot listen to it anymore. You slept with my girlfriend, you killed her and you tried to kill the only girl that I have ever loved!" he stopped to take a deep breath, somewhat scared at the last words that came out of his mouth.

The words didn't go unnoticed my Aaron either. "You're talking about that blonde tramp who dumped you as soon as she learned that her beloved Duncan wasn't her brother?" he laughed and that laugh lingered in Logan's head for a good couple of seconds. He couldn't let Aaron hurt her more than he already had.

"You son of a bitch!" Logan's eyes went wild and he couldn't control himself anymore. He didn't even know how it happened that his fist landed on Aaron's face, sending him straight to the floor. A little stream of blood ran from his nose. But he quickly got up and ran at Logan shoving him against the wall.

"How dare you lift your hand at your own father, you spoiled brat!" Logan tried to hit Aaron again, but he was quicker and this time Logan felt his father fist on his face. He tripped, but he didn't fall. He gathered all his strength himself at Aaron again. He hit him in his stomach and his face and everywhere he could, forgetting that it was his own father. Now it was just a psycho who hurt Lilly and Veronica. And he wanted to made him suffer. It didn't matter that he himself was getting beaten pretty badly, all it mattered is that Aaron was gonna get what he deserved.

Finally when Logan became totally blinded by his rage, he heard desperate voices trying to stop the fight. A second later he felt somebody's strong arms pulling him away from Aaron. He also noticed Aaron being pulled away from him as well. He had no idea who these people were, but judging by the uniforms they were wearing, it was probably the Neptune Grand's security.

"O think that's enough, gentlemen." one of the man said, still holding Logan's arm to prevent him from going at Aaron again.

"Let go of me!" Logan demanded and looked at the men keeping him restrained. "I'm fine now."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"We won't allow such behavior here." the man said firmly.

"It's a pity you allow murderers in here." Logan sent his father a loathing look and headed toward the exit. Now he felt like he needed some fresh air, even though he was tired. Besides he needed to get away from his father. He wiped his nose, which was bleeding a little, and walked out of the Neptune Grand, straight into the dark night, which seemed to be darker than ever.