* Please Review! Okay, so I don't usually get emotional but this last chapter had me tearing up. I really tried to put myself in Avalon's position and tried to think, how would I feel? What would I think? Thank you for sticking with me for this story! I think this movie is one of my favorites of his movies. And if anyone knows where I can watch Hello Herman and Pawn Shop online for free, let me know where. Id like to do a story for them...of course*

A few days later, Avalon was sitting in a cold metal chair at dark grey table inside an interrogation room inside the police station. She looked across the room to the two way mirror. She gave her reflection a small wave and a little smile, knowing her boyfriend, his dad and her biologically dad were just on the other side, watching her. In her mind, she could see Van smiling and was taking comfort in the knowledge.

Things between them had been great. Since she had been released from the hospital they had been busy. Van had rearranged his room to make room for her and her things, they had looked through the paper for apartments and had even made a few phone calls to see some. Against what Van wanted, they had went to her old house and started looking through the different pieces there. She had been going through it, picking out what she wanted to keep and what she wanted to either give away or sell, making sure she stayed away from Gideon's room. Van had closed the bedroom door so she didn't even have to look in it.

" I'll take care of that shit." He promised her as he rubbed her shoulders.

She was going to donate everything in Gideon's room, his clothes, his shoes, his bedroom set, everything and when she was ready, Van would pack it all up and take it to the Goodwill so she wouldn't have to see or touch anything. She was still hurting over losing him even though she was trying to put on a brave face. Gideon was, after all, the only dad she really knew and she had a lot of loving memories tied to him so Van wanted to try and make things as easy for her as he could.

And to his surprise, his dad had been the same way, wanting and trying to help her and them in anyway he could. Chad had been cooking for them, sitting out of the dock in the evening to fish with them, and even sharing stories of Van as a child. He had promised to help them find their own place and had went with the couple to look at cars. Just the day before she was due in the police station, Chad had taken Avalon out in his car to try and teach her how to drive in an emtpy parking lot while Van had sat in the grass and watched them with Randy.

She was pulled from her happy thoughts when the only door to the room opened. Her stomach shot up and into her throat as she watched Gideon being lead in by Miles. His wrists were handcuffed in front of him with a chain leading down to and connecting with the shackles at his ankles. His bright orange jumpsuit was slightly to big for his frame and his once clean shaven, smooth face had a dusting of salt and pepper facial hair on it. He was frowning with anger flashing through his eyes. She swallowed hard then started to hold her breath.

Miles lead Gideon over to the chair that was on the other side of Avalon. Once Gideon was sitting down, Miles unlocked his wrists and then his ankles, gave Avalon a wink, then left the room to give them some space. Space, not privacy. Both knew they were being watched and recorded and both knew that if need be, at any moment, the door would fly open and officers could, and would, fly in with their guns raised.

" How are you?" Avalon asked quietly.

" I'm in prison, Avalon. How do you think I'm doing?" Was his chipped answer. Avalon grabbed at her hands, keeping them tightly together and under the table so he wont see them shaking.

" Yeah, well I just got out of the hospital after you shot me." She said, fighting to keep her voice calm. Gideon sat back in the chair and glared at her. Avalon was shocked at the look in his eyes and on his face. There was no love coming from him as she studied his face. He looked like the man she had loved and learned from but then again, he didn't.

" Where is my mother?" She asked. He snorted and looked away.

" So this is their new tact? Bring you in to make me talk?" He rolled his eyes and shook his head.

" Daddy," Avalon made sure she soften her voice in the way that had always pulled at his heart. "Where did you take her?" Gideon clamped his mouth shut and furrowed his brow. A muscle in his neck twitched and she knew he would break for her. She knew in that moment, she had him. Gideon was a bad, bad man but he loved her and wouldn't be able to resist her. " If you just tell them what they want to know, than I wouldn't have to come to court." His eyes shot to her face but he still didn't say anything. His own face started to relax as he took slow and deep breaths. " If you don't, I'm going to have to testify and I don't want to do that. I don't want to testify against my own dad."

" Do you really think this is going to work?" Randy asked the room as they watched and listened.

" It will." Van said, crossing his arms over his chest and bring one hand to his lips. He fingered and pulled at his bottom lip a few minutes before he started to chew on the left of them without looking away from his girlfriend's face.

" They want you to testify?" They heard Gideon asked. Avalon nodded slowly. They heard Gideon sighed a second before he placed his hands on the table. He pushed himself up, gave her his back and started walking towards the mirror.

" I don't want too but I don't have a choice." Avalon said. Gideon didn't stop walking or say anything until he reached the mirror. He placed his hands on the frame and stared. They watched as his jaw worked back and forth. His eyes tensed then relaxed, then tensed again. " Daddy, please."

" If I talk, will you keep her out of court?" Gideon asked. Miles reached up to the monitor and pressed the talk button.

" If you tell us everything and plead guilty to all charges." He informed the false father and daughter. Gideon nodded and turned around slowly. It was Avalon's turn to squeeze her lips together. The last thing she wanted to do was cry in front of him.

" I used to be different." He started. " I was a different man before my child and wife were taken away from me. After they died, I was just so angry I couldn't even think straight. I had to kill anyone that reminded me of HER but then I saw you." Tears burned at Avalon's eyes as he stared hard at her. " I saw you, staring at me with my baby's eyes and for a minute, I thought I could start over, in you. I thought your mother would be the last woman I would kill. I planned on taking you and raising you as my own." Avalon blinked, sending one tear down her cheek at the same time Gideon started to shed one. " You were so beautiful." He almost whispered. " And you just stared up at me with such trust. I thought, this is it, this is God giving me a second change."

" Where is she?" Avalon asked with her voice shaking. Gideon cleared his throat and started back towards the table.

" I knew I had more money than your parents. I could tell by looking around at their tiny house so I thought you'd be better off with me, that I could give you things that they couldn't so when your mother came into the room, I attacked her. I strangled her to death, right on the floor of the kitchen while you watched from the table. You started to cry so I picked you up. Being so young, you just held onto me with everything you had."

" Gideon." She said, only this time, she was stronger. She was not going let him control her with emotions.

" I set you back down and made you a sandwich. You asked why your mommy wasn't moving and I told you she was sleeping. While you ate, I loaded her into my car then I went to your room. I grabbed some of your clothes and stuffed animals then I came for you." Gideon pulled out his chair and sat down so he was across from her again, never breaking eye contact. " I left town with your mother in the trunk of my car and you sitting beside me. I drove until you fell asleep then I pulled off onto a dirt road I had seen earlier. I buried your mother in a wooded area about ten miles from your town."

" And you kept killing." She said.

" Not for a few years. For our first few years together, things were fine. The world was different than so your disappearance didn't make the national news and we were living on the other side of the country. I thought my blood lust was over, that my anger was cured and then you started to talk about your mother and what had happen." Gideon said.

" So you told me it was false memories." Avalon filled in.

" I did. I convinced you that I had talked to a doctor and the doctor said you were making it up to comfort yourself and you believed me but I was angry all over again. I was pissed that your mother made me kill her in front of you and I needed to take that anger out of someone." He said.

" And you started killing again." Avalon said, making him nod. Gideon leaned forward, stretching an arm and hand out to her. Against her better judgment, she took the offered hand. They both squeezed each other hard as they stared.

" I'm...I'm sorry, Sweetheart." Gideon did whisper. " I just wanted my family. I just wanted you." Avalon shook her head and swallowed again.

" You didn't want me. You wanted her, you wanted Abby and I'm not her. I'm sorry for what happen to you but you had no right to rip my family apart. You had no right to do to Randy what was done to you." She said. " I love you and I always will. In my heart, you will always be my dad but after today, I will not see you again. You took my mother and lied to me my entire life. You killed innocent people."

" So you are going to punish me than?" He asked as he covered their hands with his free one. " You are going to cut yourself from me? Yes, I did lie and I did kill your mother but I did it to save you. I did it because I love you so much. I love you more than Randy ever could. I love you more than Van ever will."

" Stop, Daddy, please." She said, refusing to allow her tears to come again. " This isn't about Randy and it's not about Van. This isn't about how much Randy would have loved me because we will never know the answer to that and this isn't about if Van will love me or not. Maybe he will one day and maybe he won't. This is about you and me. I won't come and see you again because what you did is disgusting and wrong but I will make you to promise. If you tell them everything they want to know, I will write you letters. I will maintain a level of contact with you if you do what you have always taught me, tell them the truth."

" Would that make you feel better?" Gideon asked.

" It will show me that you are sorry. If you try and make amends for everything, than I will not disappear from you. I don't want to because despite everything you have done, all your lies, all the deaths you have caused, the fact that you tried to kill Van and me..." Avalon's voice broke and she had to stop. She closed her eyes and felt her sadness wash over her and slip from her eyes. Gideon squeezed her with one hand and rubbed her with the other. Her upper body shook as she silently cried. She felt Gideon raise her hand up and brush his lips against her knuckles. She opened her eyes, shocked to see he was crying as well. "I love you."

" I love you, too." Gideon whispered.

" I'm angry at you. I'm confused. I'm hurt but I love you and I don't think I can cut you out of my life completely." She cleared her throat again. " But I can't see you anymore. I am grateful for the things you have taught me and shown me. I am grateful that I have seen and done things most people haven't but the truth is, you are a sick man and you need help. So if you tell them about the women and you try and remember where you buried all the bodies and you seek professional help, I will write to you and answer your letters." He nodded and kissed her skin again.

" Officer Miles can come in. I will give my confession but I want you to leave. For this, I don't want you listening." He said.

The door opened a few minutes later. Standing outside it was Van, Randy, and Chad. Miles walked in with a tape recorder and few pieces of paper. Avalon and Gideon stood up, moved around the table andembraced. She cried harder while he soothed her by running a hand through her hand and his other one against her back. He whispered over and over again how much he loved her because in his sick, twisted mind, he did. She had become his life. In the end, Avalon kissed his cheek, stroked his face for a few second then walked out, closing the door behind her.

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" So what will you do?" Avalon asked as she and Van stood outside the door to their new apartment, their arms around each other's waist. Randy was standing in front of the young couple with a small smile on his face.

" Well, I was actually thinking of moving here." He said, loving how her face brighten. " I think we have been apart enough." It had been a month after Gideon's arrest and Randy had been staying in the hotel still. He had helped the couple move when they found a place they liked and him and Avalon had beenworking on a relationship. Both understood they might never have a father/daughter relationship but neither were willing to not have contact. They had been getting together most nights for dinner with Van and Chad and taking one night a week to have dinner alone.

" Are you serious?" She asked.

" Yeah. I actually already contact a Realtor and he is putting my house on the market. I found a little house here and I'm in the process of buying it. I need to go home and pack everything up but I will be back in a week. My family and your mother's family would like to come and see you but I told them to hold off a bit. I'd like to have a little more time with you." Randy said, making her smile. " Mary's family is...intense. They are a good group of people and have supported me even after you and her disappeared but they are loud and active. I think you and I should have a little bit more quiet time before they come."

" That sounds great." Avalon said. Randy smiled and looked at Van.

" Take care of our girl." He said as the two shook hands.

" I will." Van promised.

" And please, please, please, teach her to drive better." Randy said, throwing a wink to his daughter.

" Give me a break! I'm still learning!" She defended, making the two men laugh. She smiled and leaned her head against Van's chest, turning so she was facing his side. She snuggled into him and put her other arm around his waist.

" Anyway, when I get back, you guys can help me move into my new place then we can have a big dinner, us three and Chad. Sound good?" Randy asked.

" Yes, Sir." Van said.

" Alright then. I have to go or I'll miss my flight." Randy gave her arm a small pinch before he turned and head over to his rental car.

" You good?" Van asked, rubbing his chin into the top of her head.

" Yeah, you?" She asked.

" Yeah. I'm thinking tonight we should just kick back, watch a movie and smoke a bit." He said while they watched Randy walk around his car.

" That sounds prefect." She tilted her head up and smiled at him. Van grinned before he dipped his head down and gave her a light kiss.

" It's gonna be good now, Avs. I promise." He whispered.

The End!