Drunk Logan
Chapter 38

A/N: So, this is a lot shorter than my normal update, but I wanted to stop it where I did, so sorry! Also, skipped the replies to the reviews just so I could get the chapter out. I'm leaving in about 15 minutes for the rest of the day.

A/N2: There were so many great reviews already! They spanned across the board so I know I'm going to disappoint a few of you. Hopefully you like the outcome anyway.

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As soon as Aaron saw the two kids sitting in front of his bank of monitors, his eyes narrowed dangerously. No one was supposed to know about the video equipment. He was about to lose control, but when he opened his mouth to begin yelling, another voice was heard.

"Come here, Luvah." It was as if God had pressed the pause button on the world. All three of them stopped dead in their tracks. No one spoke, no one moved a muscle until the next sound filled the room. It was a loud, carefree laughter that Veronica and Logan knew well.

They turned to the monitors just in time to see the vision of Lilly having sex with someone. Before Aaron could reach the system to turn it off, Lilly rolled over and Aaron's face came on the screen. He looked directly into the camera and smiled sleazily.

Veronica gasped. 'Lilly and Aaron? When did that happen?'

She looked at the date on the corner of the screen, 'October 1, 2003. She was having an affair with Aaron right before she died.'

"What the hell?" Logan began in a confused tone, but ended with hatred dripping from his words. "You slept with my girlfriend!"

"Now, Logan, let's not..." Aaron began, but was interrupted by Veronica's voice.

"That's it, isn't it? She told me she had a secret, a really big one." Then Veronica had an epiphany. She sucked in a breath out of surprise and her eyes widened. "Oh, you."

"You killed her." Veronica's voice came out as a whisper and her eyebrows were knitted together. Her insides were vibrating, she could feel the truth in her soul.

Immediately following Lilly's death, there were many possibilities as to who her murderer could be. Through everything that happened in the investigation, Veronica never felt like they had found the murderer. When each of the Kane's alibi's were in question, she still didn't think that they were guilty. Even Celeste, as evil as she is, couldn't have killed Lilly.

Veronica just knew, at that moment, that Aaron was her murderer. She didn't have real proof yet, but she wanted to see his reaction. She knew that she would see the truth in his reaction.

The blood drained out of Logan's face as he listened to Veronica's accusation and watched his father's response. The way his father's face reddened as much as Logan's had paled, the way his eyes shifted when Veronica said it and the tenseness immediately present in his jaw were all indications that Veronica had guessed correctly.

"Shut up, you little Bitch!" Aaron said as he suddenly flew at Veronica, knocking her and the table she was standing by down to the floor and landing on top of her. The fall had taken her breath away and she didn't even realize that Aaron was choking her until Logan began pulling and struggling to remove his father from her.

Logan knew his father was a violent man, he'd felt proof of that violence on many occasions over the years. He'd never once, though, seen his father be violent with a woman. His father had always found physical violence against women abhorrent. Yes, his father was selfish and an attention whore and he screwed around. He was a pig when it came to women, but he was never violent with them.

Logan had once wondered why his father only beat him, not Trina and not Lynn. He finally figured out that his father was trying to teach him a lesson in manhood and he'd always made comments about toughening up his son. If that was the reason for his violence, then Logan could understand that his father didn't feel the need to toughen up Lynn or Trina. They were women and they weren't supposed to be tough...physically, at least.

When Logan saw his father fly at Veronica, it was like his world was moving in slow motion. He was in shock, first from finding out that Lilly had sex with his father, that his father had killed her and then at seeing Aaron's anger turned on the girl that Logan loved more than anything. He was reeling and his mind was not able to process everything that was happening. What seemed like hours for Logan, was actually only about three seconds.

"Ver-on-ica!" He screaming as he followed her and Aaron's path to the floor, jumping on his father and trying anything he could to keep him from hurting Veronica.

Aaron reared back and flung Logan off of him, sending him sliding across the floor. Aaron got up to go after Logan as he was quickly recovering from the fall. Aaron had forgotten about Veronica long enough for her to catch her breath. She got up and jumped on Aaron's back just before he was able to reach Logan.

Aaron stumbled, but regained his footing quickly. Veronica's fierce, but she's tiny and physically no match for Aaron. He spun around roughly, making her slip a little and her legs loosen their grip. He took the opportunity to grab her arms and pull her off of him. Then he punched her squarely in the face and she flew backwards into a cabinet filled with expensive collectibles and nic-nacks. The shelves came crashing down with her and her body slumped lifelessly onto the ground.

Not once, in all of the beatings that Aaron had bestowed on Logan, had Logan ever fought back. He'd always just taken what was sent his way. He would have, again, if Veronica hadn't been there. He felt a rage against his father greater than any he'd ever before. He was sure he was going to kill Aaron.

Logan would do anything to protect Veronica and he knew that she would do the same for him. With no chance of coming out unscathed, she had jumped on Aaron in hopes of protecting Logan.
Aaron turned back to Logan just in time to see a fist flying straight at him. The hit was hard, harder than he'd expected, and he flew to the ground. If the circumstances were different, he might have actually been proud of Logan. Being on the receiving end, instead just enraged him more.

"I'm going to kill you, you Bastard!" Logan screamed as he landed on his father, alternating between right and left punches. His rage was uncontrollable and he was swinging away with all of his might.

Even from a subordinate position under Logan, Aaron was still quite strong. He bucked up and pushed at Logan and was able to throw him back. Both of them stood from the floor, ready for the continuing battle.

"Yeah, that was a nice sucker punch, Logan. Let's see what you can do when I'm actually paying attention." Aaron was taunting him, motioning with his hands for Logan to approach.

Logan took a swing at Aaron, but it was blocked and Aaron retaliated with a hit of his own. They fought viciously for a couple of minutes, then Aaron shoved Logan back with all of his might. Logan was barely able to stay standing, but refused to give in and leave Veronica vulnerable to his father's wrath.

With Logan's rage still boiling over, he wasn't thinking straight. He charged Aaron and Aaron swiftly side-stepped him. He used Logan's momentum, wrapping his arms around the boy's back and thrusting him toward the glass doors of the pool house.

Meanwhile, Keith and Lynn, who had been near the back doors in the house, were shocked to hear screaming coming from the pool house. They began to run toward it, but Keith stopped
when he heard the sounds of glass shattering and objects being flung around the room. He turned to Lynn and looked at her sternly.

"Lynn, you have to go back into the house and call the police, okay?" Doubt flashed across her face quickly. She didn't want to leave Keith alone and she was afraid of what could be happening in the pool house.

"Lynn!" Keith shouted at her to get her attention. "You have to go call 911 immediately."

Lynn finally turned and did what she was told, rushing back into the house.

Keith drew his gun and entered the pool house just in time to catch a badly beaten Logan, who was practically sailing through the air at him. Keith's gun was ripped out of his hand at the shear force with which Logan had hit him.

He looked down, horrified at the bruised and bloody boy in his arms. He could see the relief that flooded Logan's eyes when he saw that Keith was there.

"Veronica," Logan said as he passed out. Seeing Keith there had allowed Logan to give in as the pain and exhaustion took over.
Keith let him gently fall to the ground. Aaron, knew that Keith was experienced at defending himself, and that he'd only have one real shot with Keith. He rushed Keith before he could focus his full attention on Aaron.

The men went tumbling out of the door and onto the concrete surrounding the pool. They wrestled around for awhile until they fell into the water. When they rose from the water, Aaron had his hands around Keith's throat. He held him at an angle that didn't allow Keith a chance to get a good footing on the bottom of the pool, simultaneously choking and drowning Keith at the same time.

Keith was beginning to lose the fight, but heard a loud noise just before things went black.

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