Three

"Fortune's Fool"

It seems like every day's the same
And I'm left to discover on my own
It seems like everything is gray
And there's no color to behold
They say it's over and I'm fine again, yeah
Try to stay sober feels like I'm dying here
--from "Fine Again" by Seether

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"Hey, man, how are you feeling?" Duncan asked.

"Like I just got assaulted by a Latino biker gang, and you?" Logan replied.

"So Weevil did this?" Duncan wondered.

"Something like that," Logan answered.

"I guess that's where Veronica went off to in such a hurry," Duncan muttered to himself.

"What does Veronica have to do with anything?" Logan defensively asked.

"Sheriff Lamb called her and told her what happened. She figured you wouldn't want to see her so she sent me and, I suppose, went to go find Weevil," Duncan explained.

"That son of a bitch. He had no right. Why wouldn't he just call my dad?" Logan asked, obviously getting angry. "So ol' Ronnie sicked Weevil on me and now she's going to clean up her mess. That bitch."

"Man, it wasn't like that," Duncan began to protest.

"You would defend her. But tell me, Duncan, how did she know that Weevil had anything to do with anything if she has nothing to do with it?" Logan reasoned.

"I don't know, but…" Duncan started to answer before Logan cut him off.

"I guess she no longer thinks I killed Lilly. I guess that's supposed to count for something," Logan continued, not really talking to Duncan anymore.

Duncan cut into Logan's rambling and steered the conversation back to the matter at hand, "Logan, listen to me. You may be pissed with Veronica, but she does care for you. I can guarantee that she didn't know that you were going to get hurt tonight. I know that this is a bad time for you, but it is about to get worse. There is something I have to tell you because I don't want that jerk of a sheriff to be the one to break the news."

That got Logan's attention, and he asked, "Duncan, what are you talking about?"

"It has been a long night for me. My parents got arrested; Lilly's real killer was arrested. I don't know how to tell you this, Logan. I guess I should just say it. Your dad killed Lilly," Duncan stammered out. Suddenly the room seemed very uncomfortable. It didn't help that all Logan was doing was looking off into space.

"Logan?" Duncan questioned quietly.

"That bastard," Logan whispered with barely contained emotion.

"It gets worse," Duncan began.

"Not right now. Just…not right now. Just let me absorb this before you tell me all the gory details," Logan requested quietly.

"Sure, man. I'll come later today when it's a decent time."