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Authors note: all good things must come to an end…. So this is the last chapter. And that makes me sad but I hope you enjoy it! It is an epilogue of sorts.

Veronica

It's been three months since I was kidnapped by Duncan Kane and things are finally starting to get back to normal for me and for everyone else.

I no longer have any physical reminders of the time I spent as Duncan's captive, but I still have the psychological ones and I have been seeing a therapist twice a week for the last month and a half. It has actually helped me a lot and in more ways than one.

The last four years of my life have been so hectic and drama filled that being able to talk to someone about it has been a good thing. I almost wish I had done it sooner, maybe I wouldn't have wasted so much time distrusting everybody, especially Logan.

Although I know that I'll never forget the horrors I have faced in my life, I've realized that what truly matters is that instead of letting them shape you, you learn from them and merely let them add to who you become.

Meg and Leo moved to Miami about a month after everything went down.

After Dick told him about the money Leo called Vinnie Van Lowe and quit immediately.

They drug us all to Vegas two weeks later and got married, they are officially a family now.

Leo is amazing with Lilly, you'd never know that he isn't her real father and she took to him fairly fast as well.

Meg called me a few days ago and told me that Lilly had actually called Leo daddy. She said he'd cried and so did she by the sound of her voice.

I'm happy for them, I really am.

Logan and I are planning a trip to see them in a few weeks and I cant wait. Logan can't either but I think it has more to do with the fact that he can't wait for us to start our own family and when I'm around them, I can't help but think the same thing.

I know how his mind works and vice versa.

It ended up being a good thing that Wallace didn't go to Africa, because two days after he would have left, a very unexpected visitor showed up on his doorstep.

Jackie had decided that she couldn't live without him, so she packed up her son and got on a bus heading straight for Neptune.

She has become that optional sixth person in our group. Sure, we'd had our differences in the past, but in the end she had become a friend.

Wallace was undoubtedly thrilled.

He bought a house shortly thereafter and they moved in with him. They, like Meg, Leo and Lilly, are just one big happy family.

Logan likes to be around them as well and not just because it makes me think about children, but because him and Wallace have actually become really good friends.

I never thought I'd see the day, but I'm glad it happened.

I think he hangs out more with Wallace now than I do.

Even Dick and Wallace have become friends, they are currently teaching Wallace how to surf.

I couldn't believe it when Logan told me my dad gave him his blessing. He even lets Logan call him Keith now and that's huge.

Since Logan didn't need the money that Dick stole from the Kane's, he had Mac change the name on the account and the money now belongs to Keith and Alicia Mars, he gave it to them as a wedding present.

I thought my dad was going to refuse it but he didn't and instead he gave Logan a huge hug and thanked him. My dad had tears in his eyes and when he wrapped his arms around the love of my life, Logan teared up as well

Life is a lot easier when your fiancé and father get along.

Weevil is still Weevil.

But he took his money and did something I didn't expect.

He took 2 million and donated it to the local food bank and the after school programs in the 02er district.

He said he just wanted to give something back and I was beyond proud of him.

He saved the rest but he did buy himself a house and moved his grandmother in with him, I don't think she's ever been more proud of her grandson.

He has also been spending a lot of time with Carmen. I knew he'd always had a thing for her, I just never knew why he didn't do anything about it. I guess that when everyone around him started pairing off he decided it was time.

Weevil and Logan are still not friends. I'm not sure they ever will be, but they get along really well now. I guess that they bonded when they were trying to find me.

Logan told me once that I was their common ground, that their love for me is what keeps them on the same page and I have to agree with him.

CW's wife still hasn't come back, but I think he's ok with that now.

He's gone to Miami every other week since Meg and Leo moved there. I guess they got close during her time there, I think he actually regards her as family, not that he'd admit it.

He really appreciated the money and even though he doesn't need to work anymore he still accepted when my dad offered him a position as partner in his PI business.

They are now in the process of building new offices.

I never would have seen that coming in a million years, but I think my dad attributed a lot of my being returned safely to him.

We see a lot of CW these days much to Dick's chagrin.

Unfortunately, CW was never able to finish his take down of the Kane empire.

You see, 3 weeks after Celeste fled the country with Duncan, Jake was the passenger in a car accident.

The driver was drunk and hit a tree at 75 miles per hour.

Jake was killed instantly.

My mother was driving the car.

It wasn't until then that I figured out who had given Meg the files.

She was in critical condition at the hospital and my dad and Logan talked me into going to see her. They said I needed closure, so I went under protest.

Logan went with me and she smiled when she saw me, I actually felt like crying. As much as I hated her she was still my mom and she was dying. But I refused to cry in front of her.

You can imagine my surprise when she apologized for what had happened with Duncan, she said it was her fault and that she had never meant for it to go so far.

I realized what she meant immediately, she had given Meg the files.

She told me that after I told her to leave my junior year, that Jake had been supporting her. The 50,000 she'd stolen hadn't lasted long, so she had been living off Jake's money and traveling all over, never staying in one place to long.

Jake would go to Miami on a regular basis and she would meet him there. It was on one of those trips that she saw Meg.

When she found the files on Duncan she took them from Jake and gave them to Meg. She said she never meant for things to happen the way they did, she had just wanted to help a young mother with her child, she wanted to try and make amends for the horrible things she had done and give Meg the chance to be the mother that she never was to me.

When Meg came back without Lilly she started traveling again, she thought it was over.

But she was on her way from New York to San Francisco to see and old college friend when she saw Duncan and realized what a mess she had made.

She didn't ask for my forgiveness, I wouldn't have given it to her anyways, instead she just thanked me for coming to see her and giving her the chance to tell me how sorry she was.

She told me she hoped that Logan and I would be happy together and that I would be a far better mother to my own kids than she ever was to me.

It was weird, but that really meant something to me, if only because I knew that for once, she was telling the truth. I would be a better mother than her, because I would never make the same mistakes she did.

My mother died two days later and we buried her next to Jake Kane and Lilly.

Apparently it was requested in both her and Jake's wills. CW had spoken to Celeste and she hadn't cared, she was done with him and I couldn't blame her.

So my mother and Jake finally got what they had always wanted.

They were together.

Even if it was only in death and never in life.

When I told everyone that Duncan had killed Madison, they decided to keep it to themselves.

No one was surprised by it and it wouldn't have made a difference if we'd gone to the cops anyway.

Vinnie wouldn't have done squat and its not like they ever would have caught Duncan.

I don't know where Duncan is and if anybody else does they haven't told me.

And that is one secret that I'm ok with.

Mac and Dick are so freaking cute together it makes me physically ill.

Only a few weeks after I was kidnapped, Dick bought a condo on the beach and Mac moved in with him. Logan was thrilled, he didn't have to put a lock on the bedroom door after all.

Their relationship is still new and they are still learning things about each other, but Mac told me recently that things just get better and better everyday.

They really are perfect for each other if you think about it.

They both loved Cassidy and they were both nearly destroyed by the fallout from his actions and then his death. Who better to help you heal than someone that's been in the same situation.

Logan keeps saying that they are gonna get married before us, but I think he's just trying to get me to set a date. And even though they say it won't happen, I don't believe them and I'm pretty sure that Logan is right. So I guess we will see.

Dick and I have become extremely good friends.

I will never be able to thank him for what he did for me.

So instead, I gave him my friendship and I know that means just as much, if not more, to him.

Things with Logan have never been better.

All of the pressure that we were under is gone and it feels great, it's just love these days.

We bought a house in the 09er district only two blocks from Dick's condo and we are in the process of moving in. I love the house, it feels like home to me already.

Logan bought me a ring just like he said he would, I have never and will never take it off.

And I haven't said anything to him yet, but I'm not so sure I'll be able to wait till after college to marry him. I love him so much, he is everything I ever have and ever will want.

But I just remind myself that it doesn't matter when it happens, all that matters is that it does happen and I know that he knows that too.

After all, forever has already started.

And even though I know I could wait to tell him, as I lay in bed next to him I can't help myself.

"Logan." I say as I lean up so I can see his face.

"Yeah Ronnie." He smiles and I know what he's thinking.

"I love you." He quickly rolls me over so he's on top of me and nuzzles against the crook of my neck.

"I love you too sugar puss." He moves to kiss me but I stop him.

"Fall 2009."

"Fall 2009?" The biggest smile I've ever seen is plastered to his face. "Do you mean what I think you mean?"

"Yes."

I wait for the victory dance but it never comes, instead he smiles again and kisses me. "Sounds perfect."

Logan

Even epic stories can have happy endings.

And if this is how you feel when all your dreams come true….

Then its a feeling I could definitely get used to.

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Authors note: so I am extremely proud of this story, and like i said in my authors note from chapter 26 i am still considering a sequel but im just not sure there is enough reader interest so let me know. and even though I am done with this story id still love your feedback, especially since I'm considering doing a sequel. So read and review please!