SO i realised that i have been waiting for days and days for writers to update all the stories i have been following ad no one has for over a week! then i realised that i was being such a hypocrite cause most of you that are following this story may also be following the ones i am and i haven't updated! so if no one else is updating theni will!

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12.

'Logan what are you doing here?' Veronica asked softly.

Logan looked unsure for a second before he spoke.

'I want you to find my mother.'

Veronica's eyes widened in shock.

'Relax, I'm not asking you to drag the lake.' He continued. 'My mother didn't really kill herself.'

Veronica looked at him sympathetically. 'Come inside ok?' She asked, ushering him in.

Logan walked in slowly, memories hitting him in the face like a ton of bricks, but he shook them off. He saw the doubtful look in Veronica's eyes.

'Veronica she's not dead.' He stated flatly.

Veronica paused for a second. 'What makes you think she's still alive?' She asked cautiously.

'Why does everyone assume that she's not?' He asked her. 'I mean there's no body.'

'What about the woman who saw her jump, it's been all over the news.'

'Well if she's on the TV she must be telling the truth.' Logan said sarcastically. 'But her credit cards were missing, I mean doesn't that seem like… I dunno, a clue? You don't jump off a bridge with your platinum card.'

'Logan, I- ' Veronica started.

'I know my mother.' Logan cut in.

'Ok…I heard she left a note.'

'She wants people to think she's dead. But if she was really going to do the deed it would be chardonnay and sleeping pills. She wouldn't risk being found blood eyed and bloated in some shark net.' He said.

Veronica came to a decision. 'I'll see what I can find out.'

Logan nodded and turned to leave. 'You know, I just need to know that she's ok.' Then he left the house, leaving Veronica staring out the door after him.

'So why are you doing this?' Wallace asked Veronica.

'To be honest, I have no idea.' She sighed, looking over Lynn Echolls' credit card information. She dialed a few numbers into her phone.

'Hey Phil, could you do me a favour? Of course you will. I need you to watch these credit cards and ATM cards for me, let me know if anything comes up.'

Veronica read aloud the numbers, and Wallace shook his head knowingly.

Veronica hung up and continued. 'There was something in his eyes, just this look. It made me want to help him.' She explained.

'You still love him.' Wallace teased.

'I do not!' Veronica exclaimed. 'I have Duncan now.'

'Sloppy seconds.' Wallace said.

'Who is sloppy seconds?' Duncan approached them, and Veronica hid a smile as Wallace turned red.

'Wallace's girlfriend, he much prefers Julie don't you Wallace?' Veronica saved him.

Wallace sighed thankfully. 'Yeah, stupid Chuck gets Julie.' He muttered.

Duncan laughed.

'So what have you got so far?' Logan asked Veronica in the parking lot as she walked to her car.

'I've put messages on her credit cards, and on her ATM cards.'

'Meaning what?'

'Meaning, I have a friend at the bank who will text message me if any of her cards are used.' She explained. Logan nodded.

'There's also an eyewitness going to the Sheriff's Department today to give a statement. I'm going to go and see if she's up for a chat.'

'I'm coming too.' Logan said quickly.

'No you're not, despite popular belief, you can't actually beat the truth out of someone.' She smiled, walking towards her car.

'Listen I'm going.' Logan followed her.

'Not you're not.' Veronica said again.

'And what are you going to stop me with.' Logan said harshly.

'Force of will? Strength of character? Karate chop?' Veronica put her hands defensively in the air as Logan made her face him.

'I will know if she's lying.' He said slowly. 'And you won't.'

Veronica sighed. 'Fine. I've got a plan.'

'Sure you do.'

Veronica sat with Logan at the Sheriff's Department, waiting for their woman to exit the Sheriff's office. The air was thick with tension, neither of them had spoken since they'd arrived.

'We should do this more often.' Veronica said sarcastically.

A blonde woman emerged from the office.

'There she is.' Veronica said, Logan sat up straight.

The woman walked straight past them and Logan got up to follow her.

'Down boy.' Veronica pushed Logan back into his seat. 'Relax I've got it covered.' She handed him an earpiece and spoke into her sleeve. 'White trash walking.'

'Ah, excuse me Miss.' Logan heard a voice through his ear. 'Cliff McCormick, from Weekly World News. My boss is very interested in your story.'

'Well are we talking an exclusive or what cause I'm getting lots of offers.' The woman's voice said.

'Definitely exclusive.' Cliff said.

'Well what's the offer?'

'Depends what you've got. Did she looked intoxicated, drugged up?'

'If you want her to.' The woman replied.

Logan lunged up from his seat. 'What? Your making lies up about my mum!' He said, walking towards the woman.

'Logan.' Veronica warned, trying to pull him back.

'I am sure the trailer payments must be high. And what with the high price of spam these days.'

'Okay enough!' Veronica said loudly, Logan put his hands in the air, walking away.

'Thanks Cliff, you're the best.' Veronica thanked the common lawyer.

'By best you mean willing.' He replied. 'You owe me one kid.' He said, leaving.

Veronica walked back over to Logan, who was breathing heavily.

'Finding out what that woman was about is good news. It means that she didn't actually see your mum jump. You see?'

Logan nodded, sighing.

'I don't want you to get your hopes up.' Veronica said softly.

Logan shook his head. 'She's not dead Veronica.'

Veronica simply nodded.

'So are you going to tell me why you were speaking to Logan yesterday, or are you just going to keep quiet like you have the last couple of days?' Duncan asked Veronica the next day at lunch. Veronica smiled at him.

'Do I hear the sound of a jealous boyfriend?' She teased. Duncan shrugged.

'You guys have just not talked in a while, I didn't realise you were on friendship basis.' He explained, and Veronica could still here the jealousy in his voice.

She sighed. 'I'm just helping him tie up some loose ends with his mom.' She replied. Duncan looked confused. 'It's just a case Duncan, it's not a favour. And I'd rather not be doing it, I just need the money.' She lied. To be honest Logan wasn't paying her. It was a favour, she just felt sorry for him.

'Fair enough. Is he treating you ok?' He asked, concerned.

Veronica laughed lightly. 'He wouldn't dare act out around me until I'm finished with his case.' She smiled at Duncan, kissing him softly.

'Hey Veronica!' Weevil called after her as she walked to her car.

'Hey there Weevil, what do you need?'

'Nothing, I've just got some information you might want to know.' He said, smirking.

'Curiosity will forever get the better of me.' She said, turning to face him.

'So you're still looking for Lynn Echolls?' Weevil asked her.

'How did you know that?' Veronica asked.

'I'm not sure really… anyway, there's this freshman mouthing off about having filmed actually footage of her jumping off the bridge.'

Veronica's eyes widened. 'You're kidding right?'

'Nah, the kids were making some war movie near the bridge and they say you can see a person falling from the bridge. They aren't certain it was her but the time stamp matches. He's telling everyone and we need to stop him before it goes public.'

Veronica nodded. 'I won't tell Logan right now, until I've seen it and we can see if it matches, I don't want to stress him out. You need to get that video off the boy and make sure no other copies were made. Meet me in the journalism class tomorrow at lunch and we can look it over before telling Logan.'

Weevil nodded. 'I don't know why you're helping him V.'

Veronica smiled at the biker. 'I don't know either.'