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Chapter 23 Memories

"Daddy why can't I come with you?" Jacob asked when they were at the departure gate at Bradley airport.

"Oh Jacob, you can't imagine how boring it would be for a boy like you to attend those meetings. I don't even want to go, pal! If I could, I would switch places with you immediately," Logan explained to his youngest son as he kneeled down in front of him and ruffled his blonde hair.

"Alright," Jacob grumbled. Then his eyes lit up as he remembered something. "Daddy? I wrote some stories about my adventures with Michael. You can read it during the flight so you won't get bored," Jacob said rooting through his Finding Nemo backpack looking for his notebook. After a few seconds, he took the notebook out of his backpack and gave it his father.

"Thanks, Bud! And you're going to take good care of Mommy and your sisters, right?" Logan smiled at his son.

"Yeah Daddy, after all, I'm the "man" in the house when you're not home right? And Dad? Could you please buy some of those good candies from Haribo? They don't have them in the store here anymore. Pretty please..", he asked hopefully. Candy would make him feel better, but he was still a little bit sad that his dad had to leave. He and Logan had such a strong bond, and he really loved to spend some quality time with him. Sometimes it was kinda dull to be only the boy in the family. He noticed this fact more when his dad wasn't at home.

"Sure thing Jacob I won't forget to buy you your favorite candy," Logan said amused. "But now I've got to go now. I can't wait to read your adventures. Thank you for giving me airplane entertainment. I love you Kidd.." Logan winked at him, kissed him on the forehead and gave him a papa bear hug.

"Love you too daddy, and I'm so happy that you, grandpa Luke, gramps are coming to my football game on Sunday. I hope we win!" Jacob said excitedly.

"Of course you'll win! Your team is great!" he nodded got up from the floor, took Jacobs notebook in his briefcase and turned to his wife.

"I know Daddy. And Mommy? Could we go to Toys R Us afterward please?" Jacob asked with a hopeful facial expression.

"We'll see ok, baby? But now I want to talk to Daddy.", Rory addressed him.

"Ok then I'll see you on Thursday again, Daddy," Jacob sighed.

"That's right, buddy. So I'm going to call you when I'm in Vienna, Ace. And I know you're still pissed, but I promise you that we're going to talk to our kids when I'm back home. I'm not going to chicken out. Take care of you, yeah, and please never forget that I'll love you even when you're angry at me..", Logan tried to light up the mood a little bit, took a brown slightly curled strand of hair behind Rory's ear.

Rory sighed she couldn't be mad at him forever, but she was still a bit upset. She hoped Logan would keep his promise this time. She couldn't and wouldn't carry the burden on her shoulders alone. It wasn't just her secret. They had decided not to tell the children for so long. Now they needed to stand together and adjust the plan.

"I hope you mean that. We have to stick together and make it work. I love you too Logan. Tell Liam that I said hi," she smiled wrapping her arms around his neck and looked into her husband's warm, brown eyes.

"We will handle this together, Ace. I wish you could come with me to Vienna. I'm going to miss you, but it's only four days until I'm back home," he replied, laid his forehead against Rory's.

"Yeah, only four days..", she whispered, laid her lips on his and began to kiss him softly.
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About 20 minutes later Logan was sitting in Finn's private jet with a glass whiskey in his hand while he tried to concentrate on the files from the Vienna Chronicle.
Finn was watching his best friend and was worried. To be honest, he was pretty concerned. Logan was his best friend, no he was more than a best friend. Logan was his rock and brother. Finn had known him since they were kicked out from the boarding school Andover in 2001 after they dumped the headmaster's car in the lake. He closed his eyes for a second and drifted into his thoughts.

Worried, I watched my best friend and asked myself what he was thinking. For Logan and Rory, the last few weeks have been a roller coaster ride of emotions.

I was really happy to see Logan a little more confident when he came back with Rory from their weekend trip of Martha's Vineyard. But then the next tragedy came into their lives like a hurricane. Nathalie had found out by a stupid coincidence that she had a twin sister.
But she hadn't said anything about it yet, which made Logan very worried and afraid. He wanted to protect his children, protect them from going through emotional hell like he and Rory had done for years. Both of them in their own ways.
Logan had turned into Mitchum, everything was work-related. And well Rory had turned into a kind of ice queen, like Elsa from Frozen.
Nothing was the way it used to be. Everything has changed after this sad situation. The anger was or instead is still there.
The rage and hatred for those people who had taken Rory and Logan's daughter without If I had the power I would undo the last 14 years.

I can't imagine how terrible that would have been for Rosemary and me if that had happened to one of our kids.
But one of the worst days for me was when I found Logan almost unconscious with a bottle of whiskey and a broken packet of sleeping pills in his office over twelve years ago. The first thing I had done was calling 911 immediately, and wrong accusations overcame me.
Why didn't I see it coming? It was my fucking duty to look after him, but neither I, Robert nor Colin really knew how he really felt. He had avoided talking about Norah after the FBI stopped the investigations and pretend like everything was going to be alright again.

Fortunately, everything went well, and I had promised Logan back then not to tell anyone what happened on October 1st, 2012 because he was ashamed. Neither Colin, Robert, but especially not Rory. He didn't want to be a burden to her. What I could understand from my point of view, although I thought it would have been better if he had talked to Rory about it. So I was the only one who knew about his near suicide attempt, and so I had my eye on Logan again. A second time I wouldn't let Logan give up. I could have lost him. Just the thought of not having Logan in my life made me mad.
But now I didn't want to think about that anymore. The only thing I could do as a best friend was merely to be there for Logan and Rory. To support them in every situation. Drying tears and encourage them never to give up. Furthermore, I wanted to ask Logan finally to pursue the case again. No matter if the FBI would join in or not.

"Finn? Earth to Finn? Mate, what's the wrong with you? Everything okay?" the worried voice of Logan snatched him out of his mind.

"Sorry mate I was in thoughts," Finn hesitated. He decided he had to broach this topic with his friend. He said, "But listen, I've been wondering for a long time if we should reopen the case together with the FBI? I am sure that Norah is still alive. We definitely let too much time pass..." Finn trailed off and waited for a response.

Logan looked at Finn with a mixture of shock and confusion. He couldn't understand why Finn was bringing this up now. "Uh, is there a reason you want to reopen all that?"

Finn sighed and said, "I just see how your life is now and wonder what it could have been. What would Norah be like? How would your family be? And, most of all, I wonder what happened to her and where she is."

Logan raked a hand through his hair, "Yeah, I wonder every single day." He went silent for a moment, then decided to talk with his friend. He said, "Natalie knows. It was stupid to believe she would never find out. I mean, we live in an information age. The information, no matter how bad we tried to hide it, is out there."

Finn pretended to be shocked at the revelation that he already knew, because his wife told him about it after Rosemary had a Long phone call with Rory. He said, "Oh no, mate! How did she find out?"

"Lorelai let it slip. It was an accident. Nat stumbled across some things in her office and confronted her. Lorelai was stunned like anyone would be and didn't think quick enough," Logan explained.