Chapter 20

"What's wrong with you?" Logan asked Veronica a few hours later. Ever since they had arrived to the beach, she had not smiled once, she was withdrawn and she had not smiled once or talked a lot.

"Duncan ran away."

"What?"

"You heard me, he ran away. Jake hired my father to find him."

"How do you feel about this?"

"I don't know, I don't know what to do or how to react, this is a lot to take in." she said softly, before suddenly adding. "I've got to go."

"What? Where ? "

"At Duncan's, I need to talk to Jake, I have to tell him to keep his mouth shut before he tells something to my father. Believe me, when he will find him, I will kill DK."

"You aren't the only one, I wonder why he ran away."

"Maybe because he tried to kill me."

"You don't honestly think that he tried to kill you, because you know what it would mean."

"Yeah, that his parents covered him for Lilly's death. I really need to go to Duncan's, it's time to have a little chat with my long lost daddy." She said with a smirk, she got up and took her belongings, she helped Logan to get up and took her board.

Veronica knocked on the door and waited for someone to open it, she was not really surprised when she saw Jake. He opened the door wider to let her and Logan in, he told them to sit in the living room and went to ask to the maid to bring them something to drink.

"So what brings you here?" he asked them, sitting on the couch in front of them. "I thought you said you didn't want to have contacts with me."

"That's the case, but that was before Duncan ran away. It made me realize something, we all know that Abel didn't kill Lilly."

"Really?"

"Yes, Lilly told me she was scared for her life and with what Duncan has done last night it could…"

"What do you mean she was scared for her life?"

"Just that Lilly made a mistake and she was afraid of what that person would do her, maybe she told Duncan and…"

"No, that's not what you think, Duncan didn't do anything."

"Then why did you lie, because I know you didn't tell the truth to the police."

"Because we're protecting him, he was the one who found Lilly and his clothes were covered with her blood, who do you think the police would have suspected? Duncan, especially with his epilepsy."

"My father wouldn't have done that, he knows Duncan would have never done such a thing. You should have had more faith in him."

"I didn't want to take the risk."

"You should have."

"You're saying that, but weren't you accusing him of killing his sister only two minutes ago?"

"What would you have done if you were us?" Logan said, talking for the first time since they had arrived. He took Veronica's hand and gave her a smile. "He tried to kill Veronica last night, and she is his sister too. We don't know him anymore, he is a completely different guy."

"He is still the same boy you met when you were a child."

"That's hard to believe. I came here to tell you that my father … Keith is going to call you to tell you he is going to try to find Duncan but…"

"Don't worry I won't tell him anything about you being my daughter if that's what you're afraid of."

"Thank you…"

"But you'll have to tell him someday."

"I know but it won't happen anytime soon. I will postpone that until I can't do it any longer."

"What if I told you I want to get to know you." He asked, looking at Veronica in the eyes. She looked at Logan who shrugged he couldn't really help her.

"You already know me."

"As Duncan and Lilly's friend, not as my daughter. I've realized that I don't know that many things about you."

"I don't know, it will sound suspicious if I come here, especially after what happened with my father. It's too soon for that."

"Please Veronica, I just want to get to know you, you're my only daughter, now that…"

"I know, but this is too much, even for me. I'm sorry." She said before quickly living the house. Logan gave him a sad look before following his girlfriend. He found her sitting on the ground with her back against his car, he sat next to her and took her in his arms to try to get her to stop crying.

"Come on Ronnie, it's going to be okay." He whispered, caressing her hair.

"Why are you with me? I'm such a trainwreck, you could do better than me."

"Don't ever say that, do you hear me? I love you, I'm with you because you make me happy and I could never do better than you. Now let's go you home."

"No! My father, he can't see me like me."

"Ok, we're going to my house then."

Veronica was sitting on Logan's bed, waiting for him to return with their refreshments, she was leafing through an old magazine; she threw it on the bed when she heard footsteps. She was expectting Logan to walk into the room, but instead she saw Aaron, she quickly got up and put on her vest. She did not like the way he looked at her, the way his eyes were always on her.

"I'm sorry Veronica, I didn't know you were here."

"Yeah, Logan is downstairs bringing some things to drink."

"Of course, so you tow are together again?"

"Yes, they're." Someone said from behind.