Tuesday Meeting

Veronica, Logan, Cliff were sitting with Keith in his office waiting for the agents to get there. Cliff looked at Veronica and asked, "Do you know these agents, McKay and Reid?"

Veronica shook her head no. "Well, I know of them," she said.

Keith laughed from his seat and replied, "Was it all worth it? All this aggravation and pain. Why was this easier then doing the right thing 15 years ago?"

Logan, who had been silent since they got there, laughed out loud. "Amen!"

Veronica gave her husband a evil look. "Really? Is there something you wanna say? I mean my Dad already said it. I get it. This is all my fault."

Cliff broke in. "Hey, hey! We answer yes or no. Or 'I don't recall'. They have nothing so don't give them anything."

Logan looked at Cliff and said, "Maybe we should have had the other lawyers too."

Cliff shook his head. "Not yet. It will look like she's scared."

"Yea, well, I am scared." Logan said.

Keith stood up. "Make that two."

Veronica looked at them. "I need a break. I'm going outside."

Keith and Cliff nodded while Logan followed her out. Logan grabbed her arm "Talk to me," he said to her.

Veronica smiled. "I get it, Logan. Okay, you both told me so. "

Logan looked at his wife and could see that she was really upset. "Are you okay?"

"No, Logan, I'm not. My dad is right. Okay? Is that what you need me to say?"

Logan pulled her into his arms. Veronica buried herself into him. "I really need you on my side, Logan. I can't get through this with out you."

He hugged her tighter. "Hey, we're a team. Right or wrong, I'm always on your side," he assured her.

They stood that way for a couple minutes when Cliff came out and told them, "Feds are ready."

Logan took a deep breath "Alright. It's going to be fine. Right, Cliff?"

Cliff smiled. "It's just questions."

Veronica walked past them, and Logan looked at Cliff and asked, "Is this really bad?"

"Not yet," was his only reply.

Leann

Leann was sitting in her hotel room going over an email. She thought it would be a good idea to send a letter to a friend in case something happened to her before she talked to her daughter. The deal was it would be sent to Keith if Celeste or any one else happened to make good on the threats. As she was thinking about it, she remembered what Jake said about his wife and her being dangerous when pissed off. That's when there was a knock on the door. Leann opened it to find an envelope. As she picked it up, she thought Celeste needed new tricks. In the envelope, she found a picture of Veronica and the kids. It looked like they were coming out of school. The caption read "See how easy it could be". Leann dropped the picture on the floor. Then she looked at her watch; it was time to go meet Veronica. She stood thinking for a second then made a call on her cell.

Meeting

Cliff and Veronica sat across from the agents all staring at each other for a second. Cliff was the first to speak. "Mrs. Echolls would love to cooperate with you fully. However ,I don't see how she can be of help when she has a fool proof alibis for the time that Mr. Kane disappeared. In fact, she spent two days with the late Sheriff Lamb, and I believe two of your agents were present."

Agent McCoy nodded his head. "Yes, we know. We just wanted to get a view on how Mr. Kane accomplished what he did. Your client was a top suspect."

Cliff chuckled. "Suspect of what? She was here with your agents," he reminded them.

Reid nodded. "We know. We read the reports. But what's also in the reports additional information about your client and how they suspected she was involved. And now with our anonymous tip, we know she was."

McCoy looked at Veronica. "You're an agent. You know how this works. Make it easier for everyone."

Cliff stood up. "Okay, we are all done. You have nothing, and you both know even less. You have until Friday to bring charges or clear my client, who has done nothing wrong, or my firm and I will be filling harassment charges. And trust me, I will be going for your badges. Good day, gentleman." With that, they both got up and left.

Agent Blank looked at his partner and said, "She was involved."

McCoy nodded. "Completely, but we're not going to prove it enough to bring charges. Especially against her, the town Sheriff's daughter.

Agent Reid laughed. "Not to mention her husband. How involved do you think he was?"

Agent McCoy shrugged. "I don't know. I say we try for a deal."

Keith's office

Veronica and Cliff walked in, and Veronica went into Logan's open arms. Keith was the first to speak. "Well?"

Cliff laughed. "They have nothing."

Veronica looked at her dad and said, "They have some tip from an anonymous caller. That's all they would say so that usually means that the tip didn't pan out. It makes things look bad though."

Cliff shook his head. "They will never be able to prove anything. Monday morning I'll file harassment charges, and they will go away."

Someone knocked on the door. Keith called out, "Come in!"

Leo opened the door. "I thought you guys might want to know that there is a lot of reporters outside."

Logan groaned, "That's awesome."

Veronica looked up at him. "Can you go pick up Lo and Lynn? I don't want them running into reporters."

Logan laughed. "Where do you think your going alone?" he asked.

Veronica grimaced and replied, "To meet my loving mother."

"Hell no!" Logan exclaimed in concern.

Keith bit back his own protest, but Veronica could read his expression. She looked at them and frowned. "I'm not a child."

Logan looked at her stomach pointedly. "No, but you are carrying one. And apparently you're forgetting your over protective husband who, sweetheart, is hiring body guards again."

Veronica was about to argue with him when Keith interrupted, "When did you see your mom?"

Veronica turned around to answer. "Last night."

Keith looked exhausted but didn't protest further. "Okay. How about one of my officers goes with you?"

"Okay. Fine," was her only reply.

Leo looked at Keith. "I'll go with her."

Both men turned to Logan who shrugged and looked at his wife. "I'm hiring guards either way. Once I get the kids home."

As Leo and Veronica left Keith looked at Logan. "Guards are a great idea," he said.

Cliff nodded. "I'm going to get the papers ready for Monday. Call me if anything happens," Cliff said. Then he left.

Logan at the School

Logan pulled out front of West Bridge when he noticed a bunch of reporters outside.

When they noticed him, they started yelling questions. "How close is Veronica with the Kane man?"

Another was, "What is her involvement in the kidnapping case?"

Logan walked as fast as he could past them without saying a thing. He got to the front office where Charlie was siting with Lo and Lynn, who looked like she was crying.

Lynn looked up and yelled, "Daddy!" as she ran to him.

Logan wiped her face. "Hey, baby. Why are you crying?"

Charlie and Lo walked up to them. Lo smiled. "Uncle Charlie hit a reporter ad then broke his camera."

Logan looked at his brother and asked, "What happened?"

"I was getting them from class, and one of the reporters got on campus asking stupid questions and taking pictures," Charlie explained.

Logan smiled. "So you hit him?"

Charlie shook his head and gestured to the kids. "There just kids and my niece and nephew, so yea, I got angry," Charlie said.

"Thank you for being there for them. We had no idea how this got out," Logan said.

Charlie looked at Lynn and then said to Logan, "You don't have to thank me. I'll stop by tonight with some class work for them."

Logan smiled. "Great. Thank you." As Charlie left Logan looked at his kids. "Okay, you guys, remember the drill?" He handed Lo a hat and both of them ear plugs as Lynn put her head on her dad's chest to hide her face more. Logan mentally prepared himself for the reporters and walked faster to the car carrying Lynn and holding Lo's hand.

Luigi's restaurant

Veronica and Leo were waiting at a table for Leann when they heard a loud bang. Leo looked at her and ordered, "Stay here."

Veronica got up with him. "Yeah, right." They got out the door. When Veronica took in the scene, she yelled, "Mom!" Leo looked around to see that whatever car hit her was gone. Veronica franticallyed took out her cell and called 911.

Leo said to the spectators that were gathering, "Did anyone see anything?"

An old couple came forward and said, "The women was crossing the street, and a BMW hit her head on."

Another witness said that he got a partial license plate number. Leo took the information with names and numbers as the ambulance was loading Leann into the ambulance. Leo grabbed Veronica's hand. "I need to get you home before the reporters catch up to you."

Veronica shook her head. "What about Leann? I have to know if she's okay. She's my mother," Veronica said, obviously upset.

"We'll call the hospital when I get you home," Leo said.

Reluctantly, Veronica followed him into his car.