"I've been away from her for ONE day and you already moved in?" Duncan demanded as he stormed into Logan's house. "Oh… and your father just tried to kill me recently so how about we open the floor with that?" he shouted as he went into the living room where Logan and Dick had been sitting going through the patient information that Veronica had emailed him after school about this Doctor Tom Griffiths. The mystery witness from the Felix Toomes murder investigation… except it wasn't the guy from the bridge. Logan could remember something about a seafood truck… and that the guy was Mexican, but there wasn't much else. He certainly wasn't a divorced father of one and a plastic surgeon.

Logan turned to the furious and bruised face of his former best friend, Duncan Kane. He hadn't heard anything from Veronica after her shift, but that was to be expected, she was currently on her way home after her shift at Java the Hut to talk to her father Keith Mars. Veronica must have told him everything…

"Duncan…" he gulped as he stood to greet him. Duncan looked a mess, and the reminder of their fight reminded Logan of his own tender ribs. His blue eyes looked at him venomously.

"Meg is fucking pregnant Logan…" he cursed at him. "How much distance does my family have to take from yours before it stops trying to wipe mine out huh?"

Meg was pregnant? His father had almost cost Duncan the life of his unborn child?

"Listen man.. I…" Logan began. His mind was reeling, the accusations punched in the gut.

"Save it… I am done listening to you. But if you hurt or your father ever hurt Veronica, I will fucking kill you" Duncan threatened, but in this case, that was probably a promise.

"Hey man… you aren't the only one they are trying to bump off dude" Dick protested drunkenly as he sat watching the two men from the couch.

"I used to think it was just losing my sister that made you so dark man… but now I see it's always been there hasn't it?" Duncan spewed angrily. "You are going to end up dragging her down with you… and she will let you because that's just who she is… if you really loved her you'd set her free."

"Don't you dare try and tell me how to love her… I'd die for her" Logan spat furiously, his heart was thundering in his chest. "It's not my fault she chose me" he argued.

"Yeah… well you might want to choose her over yourself. She's going to die because of you… maybe it won't be your dad… but it will be something.. another drive by… another knife fight… another mess you get yourself into and she comes to the rescue to bail you out. I'm not going to say anything about the two of you being together… I don't want her being put in the cross-hairs again but honestly, I don't know how you have the nerve…" Duncan scoffed as he pointed at the ankle monitor on Logan's leg. "You should have just stayed away from my sister… you should have stayed away from them both" he continued, shaking his head as he turned and walked out the door.

Logan was tearing up as he watched Duncan storm off back out of the house. It was the same story Logan had heard his entire life, he was bad news, he invited trouble wherever he went, and it was the people around him who suffered for it the most. This guilt would break him. His best friends were in danger, his first girlfriend was dead and the love of his life was in danger every moment she stayed with him.

Fucking bastard… Duncan knew how to hit him right where it hurt.

"That was savage… you okay buddy?" Dick asked as he put down the glass of scotch in his hand.

Logan could barely hear him over the whisper of Aaron Echolls voice taunting him.

"Everything you touch you destroy son…"

No… No he wasn't.