Episode 3 Chapter 3 Truths

Savannah has searched the house for the mail. She knocks on Charlie's door. "Hey…"

"Oh hey what's up? I heard you screaming earlier."

"Did you get the mail today?"

"No," he laughed. "I never get the mail. That's your job."

"Right…well I can't find it anywhere."

"Maybe mom got it…you know it's not that big of a deal."

"Yeah right…not a big deal at all." Savannah walked out of the room. If he only knew….It was a huge deal.

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Peyton is staring at the letter. It wasn't her letter to read. But how could she not read it. She needed to know what Lindsay had to say.

She took a deep breath and opened the letter.

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Nathan's phone starts ringing. "Hello…yes this is he. What? Okay thank you for letting me know." Nathan hung up the phone. "Damn it." He couldn't believe that Millie never made it to her therapy session.

He was about to walk out the door when Joey walked up. "Hi…"

"Who are you? I'm kind of in a hurry."

"I'm Joey, and I need to talk to you about Millie, and what happened the night of the party."

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Millie walks into the café, and Lily sees her. "Millie," she walks towards her. "I think we should talk."

"I don't think so."

"Please…let's take a walk."

"Are you going to keep bugging me until I talk to you?"

"Yeah probably," Lily smiled.

"Fine…but what you have to say won't change anything."

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"So come on what do you say?" Daniel asked Jeremy again. "Will you go into business with me?"

"Like you said I don't really have anything else going for me at the moment."

"Yes…Jeremy I know that you won't regret this."

Jeremy nods his head. "I sure hope you are right."

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Elizabeth and Noah are sitting in the emergency room. "Noah…I can't believe that she is still sick. They told us that it was just a cold, but she is burning up." Elizabeth touches her sleeping daughter's forehead again.

Noah touches her shoulder. "It's going to be okay Elizabeth. They will figure out what is wrong with her, and she will be okay. Our little girl will be okay."

"I don't know. I don't know what I would do without her."

"We will never have to find out. She will be okay."

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"I don't want you to leave." Clare and Smith are still in the park. "I love you, and we have been through so much together. I don't want that to be over."

"It won't be over." He touched her face. "If I leave that doesn't mean the end of us. We will always be together."

"I love you." Was all that she could say.

"I love you too Clare." He kissed her lips. "I don't want to leave. But this job…it's a good one. It pays well, and I think that I could have a future there."

"Then you should take it, and we will figure out everything else along the way." She smiled.

"I don't want to leave you." Smith repeated, and then knelt on one knee. "I love you Clare, and I let you get away once, and I'll be damned if I do that again. So will you do me the honor of being my wife? Will you marry me?"

Clare was not expecting a proposal.

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"Thanks for coming over man," Mark tells Jason as he walks in the door.

"No problem…What's wrong?"

"McKenzie…"

"Okay…what's wrong with McKenzie?"

"Hunter…"

"You are getting good at these one word conversations, but remember that I can't read your mind."

"I think they are going to get back together."

"How can they get back together when you and McKenzie are together?"

"I don't know." Mark sighed. "They have a kid together."

"Yeah but she loves you. You have nothing to worry about." Jason reassured him.

"I don't know. They have a connection."

"You mean they slept together."

Mark nodded.

"Then sleep with her."

"What?"

"Sleep with her…if you sleep with her then you guys will have the same connection."

"Jason…I…"

"Don't make excuses. The two of you are in love, and having sex is what you do when you are in love."

Mark didn't know what to say. He was right, but he and McKenzie were supposed to have something so much more than sex.

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"I'll take Ally for the day." McKenzie told Hunter. "If you are sure that you want to get emancipated."

"I am positive that is what I want. It is what I have to do for my little girl." He hands Ally to McKenzie. "My dad doesn't understand, but maybe one day he will."

"Maybe," McKenzie was just worried that he was going to drive a wedge between himself and his dad. And she didn't want him to do that.

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Summer and Jamie are watching television together.

"You know this has really helped me."

"What?" Summer asked.

"Hanging out with you…it has taken my mind off the last six years of my life."

"Good…I'm glad I could help you for a change."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You have really been there for me Jamie. I don't know what I would do without you. You've really stepped up, and Chase would be really proud of you."

Jamie chuckles. "You know it's so funny. I used to hate Chase, and then something happened and we became brothers…And…I'll always be here for you Summer…Always."

Summer was so lucky to have Jamie in her life.

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Riley and Ellie are standing outside of the clinic. "Wow…" Riley spoke first.

"Yeah," Ellie looked down at the ground.

Riley pulled her into a hug. "At least you are not pregnant. That would have been horrible."

"Really…yeah…"

"Yeah Ellie I mean…we are only seventeen. We can't have kids. We just…we can't."

"Yeah I know."

"Maybe one day." He pulls her into a hug, and Ellie just looks really sad.

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Brooke walks into an office in New York. She hadn't been there in years, and it brought back memories. Good memories…at least….

"Brooke," a woman stepped out of the back. "Oh my God," she runs and hugs her as tight as she possibly can.

"Hi Melinda," Brooke hugged her. "I am so happy to see you."

"I can't believe you are here. And you look amazing."

"Thanks…"

"I heard about Chase. I wanted to come to the funeral."

"Yeah…I've just learned to take it day by day."

Melinda hugs her again. "What brings you here?"

"I need you to find someone for me."

Melinda immediately knew what she was talking about. "Brooke, I don't know if that is a good idea."

"Please Melinda…I need to find him."

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Peyton is reading the letter Lindsay wrote.

Dear Charlie,

I miss you. I know that is how I always start my letters but it is the truth. I miss you more and more each day. I can imagine that you are almost all grown up now. I wish that I could see you…But you have made it very clear that you don't want to see me. I understand, but I was hoping that one day you would write me back. I guess you've never felt like it. After all you have a pretty awesome father and mother…You don't need me. You never did.

I want you to know that I thought that I was making the right decision for you. I never wanted you to think that I was abandoning you because I didn't love you because that couldn't be farther from the truth. I love you with all that I am. That is why I gave you to Peyton and your father.

My address is attached if you want to write me back. I don't plan on moving anytime soon. If I don't hear from you this time I will understand that you want nothing to do with me, and I will never write you again. I just hope that you keep my letters and read them from time to time to remind you that I did and that I do love you so very much.

Love,

Lindsay

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