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Hope you liked. I don't know if I should continue this story but if you guys like I will. It could be considered a one shot but I have a story to go with it. I have many story ideas for this particular story. This story is set in present time after this chapter. I just needed some history for future chapters when I need it. Most of the OTH characters are in this story. Reviews are welcomed.

Prologue

100 years earlier…

Everyone has a soul mate. Either it be in one lifetime or another. Some will meet theirs, others will not. It's called fate.

There is a saying that true love never dies.

It's true.

It's a love that will never die between two people and an eternity of haunted love if they happened to be taken away from each other.

This happened between two unlikely people. They were total opposites and constantly fighting. Everybody knew that they would always hate each other. Nobody worried when the two ignored each other or when they didn't talk for days, or so they thought. Stolen glances and secret smiles kept the couple happy.

They were supposed to keep their romance a secret because of who their families were. In the early 1900s the Davis and Roe families have been enemies since anybody could remember. Both were prominent families in the community. Richer than anybody could imagine at the time. At the young age of 16 both the son of the Roe family and the daughter of the Davis family knew they shouldn't like each other. But they did. Eugene Roe was a handsome man with blond hair and Penelope Davis was a beautiful young lady with dark brown hair and deep brown eyes.

For two years they kept their romance a secret. Until one day changed everything. The Roe family found a wife for their son. An arranged marriage it was. Eugene and Penelope were devastated and were eager to find a way out of it for Eugene.

The next day Penelope's family told her she had to be married by her eighteenth birthday. They figured the only way to get her married was for it to be arranged. The Davis family thought her daughter hated men because she never went out with any. But she did, secretly, and his name just happened to be Eugene Roe.

The young couple couldn't do a thing for Penelope was sent off that exact day to meet her 'fiancé'. Eugene and Penelope never saw each other again till two years later.

Both were already married. Eugene married a tall, beautiful golden locked hair girl by the name of Elizabeth. They were happily married and were soon expecting a baby. Over time Penelope slipped out of Eugene's mind. A year into his marriage with Elizabeth he found out that Penelope married a man by the name of Jacob. A well off man who would bring pride and joy into the Davis clan. Eugene was furious because Penelope never said goodbye or even acknowledged their once shared love. So he decided to give his heart fully to Elizabeth.

One day Penelope returned back to her hometown of Tree Hill, North Carolina with Jacob. She wasn't happy. Her beautiful deep chocolate eyes were always filled with sorrow and loneliness. Jacob cheated on her and never respected her for he always abused her when she didn't do what he said; he only respected her in front of family, friends and business associates. Everybody thought he was a perfect gentleman but Penelope knew better. She thought returning to Tree Hill would bring back her happiness until one day her heart broke into a million pieces.

The man she loved with all her heart was happily married to that Elizabeth woman. She and Elizabeth went way back. Both hated each other. Once Penelope found out Elizabeth was pregnant with Eugene's baby, Penelope made sure she always found a way to get into a verbal fight with the woman or embarrass Eugene in public.

Eugene at first thought Penelope was trying to ruin his happiness so he fought back with her. Always showing off Elizabeth at functions for his family or buying her extravagant presents. To the world Eugene and Elizabeth were the perfect couple and were always invited to every party and important function.

Elizabeth knew who Penelope was to Eugene. She was his first love. Eugene confided in her one stormy night and told her everything about Penelope. Though he did not know that Penelope and Elizabeth were once best friends turned into bitter enemies. He still did not know either.

For over a year since her return, Penelope became pregnant by Jacob. She was depressed because she didn't want to carry their baby for it wasn't out of love. Though the small being growing inside her made her happy. Elizabeth and Eugene's baby was born a few months back.

Over the past few months Eugene and Penelope eventually came onto good terms. Though both never mentioned their past. It was forgotten by the other as both thought, so why bring it up. Penelope was jealous over the love of her first love and his wife. Eugene looked at Elizabeth in a way he never looked at Penelope. Penelope became skinny and had baggy eyes as the nights with Jacob seemed to get worse but once she told him she was pregnant, it had only gotten worse than before. He accused her of adultery and slapped her. He never slapped her on the face; only hit her on her stomach, back, or legs for the bruises couldn't be seen in the public eye.

The bruise on her face she tried to cover up with new make-up. But her eyes were the key to her soul. Only one person could see through her and that was Eugene Roe. Eugene began noticing over the past few months that Penelope was unhappy and getting skinnier. He noticed the loneliness in her once wild and mischievous eyes. She wasn't outgoing as she once used to be either he took note. Then one surprise encounter on the street downtown she blurted out to him that she was finally pregnant with Jacob's baby and left the way she came. Eugene couldn't believe it, he didn't want to. He soon busied himself with his baby son named Matthew and his wife Elizabeth.

One night he was taking a stroll with his baby son when he saw Penelope leaving her house in a hurry. She looked torn and tired. For a second it looked like her dress was torn. He decided to follow her and ended up at a park by the river. She was crying. Eugene went over and found her neck bruised and the front of her dress torn. He was beyond furious. Who could do that to his precious Penelope? That moment he decided he would take care of Penelope forever and never let anybody hurt her again. Though it wouldn't be an easy task doing so.

Penelope opened up to him and told him everything about what Jacob has done to her and what he accused her of when she told him she was pregnant with their child. They talked for hours and could have kept going until baby Matthew started crying. Eugene forgot all about him and told Penelope she could sleep in the guest bedroom at his house. Needless to say, Elizabeth was furious. She didn't want Penelope around, especially around Eugene because Eugene was hers.

Over the next few months Jacob was furious of what Penelope did. He soon joined forces with Elizabeth to turn Penelope and Eugene against each other. Jacob didn't really care what happened to Penelope but Penelope was his and nobody was going to take her away from him. If he couldn't have her then nobody would. For months they were planning to do something to Penelope once she had her baby. Penelope moved into a house by the beach and woods that Eugene bought for her. A house that nobody knew where she and Eugene would share their love for each other.

Soon Penelope gave birth to a girl named Jennifer. After Jennifer was born, Jacob wanted Penelope to return home. He promised he would never hurt her again; he just wanted to get to know his daughter. Jacob made a proposition that if she returned home with Jennifer, he wouldn't make her affair with Eugene Roe public and ruin both their families' reputation.

Penelope didn't buy into it and decided to be the first woman in Tree Hill to file for a divorce. One summer night when Penelope was alone at the beach house she was confronted by Elizabeth and Jacob. She got into a fight with both of them about Eugene. Eugene was off on a business trip in New York to see if he could get a book he written published, which probably would considering his status in society.

When Eugene returned home a week later he went to the house he shared with his wife Elizabeth first. He played with Matthew and wondered why it was so quiet. The butler said that Elizabeth hasn't been home in a week though he suspected she came home at night. He became worried and in the pit of his stomach he knew something was terribly wrong, he felt it when he was in New York too. He didn't know if he should look for Penelope or Elizabeth first. Even though Eugene didn't particularly love Elizabeth he did care for her because she was his wife and the mother of their child. He decided to go searching for Elizabeth first and then go visit Penelope at the beach house later.

Eugene couldn't find Elizabeth anywhere. So he gave up for the night and headed towards the beach house. For what he witnessed forever scarred him for life. Penelope was covered in blood. Eugene started crying and called for the police and doctor immediately even though he was knew he was too late.

Jacob left town with baby Jennifer and was never seen again. Elizabeth was off visiting her parents. Eugene spent months with the detectives trying to figure out who murdered Penelope. They suspected Jacob in the end since he left immediately with Jennifer back to California. But with Jacobs family wealth and the Davis clan still in mourning over their only daughter didn't suspect Jacob for anything. They blamed everything on the Roe family since it was Eugene that found Penelope. They found out that Eugene bought the beach house for Penelope too.

Eugene was arrested. The Roe family fought hard against the justice system and eventually Eugene was considered innocent for he was in New York and had alibis. The love affair between Penelope and Eugene became known to the world and was the biggest gossip amongst the upper class for years to come. Elizabeth still wanted Eugene and was glad that Penelope was out of the way. Now she, Elizabeth, and Eugene could live happily ever after. Though that it is far from what Eugene had in mind. Eugene became severely depressed over the death of Penelope as the months dragged on. Penelope Davis' murder case was unsolved and was to never be reopened by the order of the Davis family.

The beach house was abandoned and soon became known as being haunted by the younger kids in the community for they swear that they see Penelope's ghost in the windows crying.

A year after Penelope's death, Eugene committed suicide.

A true love never dies…