And one more chapter this week one! I feel like playing a little game… At this exact minute (when I'm writing these words) it is 22:30 (10.30pm) in Belgium, how late is it in your country? Put the time in a review along with your country! And of course what you thought about this chapter!

Yesterday, Duncan moved in his new apartment with Lilly. While I was babysitting, Logan was helping him… Surprise, Duncan's parents were absent. I came later that day to bring Lilly and to visit the apartment. It was huge! Like twice the one I had with my dad before he moved in with Alicia. I was happy to finally have to apartment for us again. Really! We even celebrated it… How? Well Logan ran naked around it… Not in the whole apartment, but only from the bathroom to the bedroom. How I celebrated it? Well, let's say Logan and I did some stuff on the sofa in the living room, and in the kitchen… Don't judge me! I'm a hormonal mess!

Parker too me shopping, Mac was out with Dick on a date… And she felt like doing something… What does Parker still do in Neptune? She didn't felt like going home and took an apartment with Mac! How they pay for it? Dick is in the same bedroom as Mac, Mac has enough money on her account since thanks to a certain test she did in high school, and Parker? She has the money her parent's send her… Just enough to pay for the food and do some shopping… But she had a deal with Mac and Dick, Parker did all the cooking, and it was okay. I had bought some little stuff, like a new memory card to save my photos on, and one cute green body with a little fee on it. It's so cute! I know my little girl has everything she needs already, but I couldn't help it…

"Veronica… Can I ask you something really private?" What? As long as it doesn't concern Logan or Duncan, she can ask me anything. Yes, I had told her about Duncan, and she knows who it is… And everything I didn't told her, Mac did.

"The color of my underwear? Right now, pink…" I said. I'm not even sure if it's true…

"Not here… Let's find ourselves a quiet place."

Outside the mall, we found a bench to sit on… Parker was looking around her, probably figuring out how she was going to ask me whatever she wanted to.

"You told me you were raped once…" Yes I did, I did because I knew how she felt when she just got raped… I thought, maybe if she knows she's not alone, she would feel just a ietse pitsie better. "How did it happen?" What? She wants me to tell her? "It's just, I can't imagine anyone doing that to you… You're so strong and confident." Sure, because I had to build a shell around myself…

"I went through a lot back then, I had to build a shell around myself…" Honestly, I didn't want to tell her… But, I know how it happened for her… I was there, and I could have stopped it. Just, by turning the light on, not believe everything I had heard. If I had done that, she wouldn't have had to go through it. I was about to tell her, when my phone went off. "One sec…"

"Veronica? I found your man!" My dad said on the other side of the phone.

"Taylor? Where is he?" I asked my dad…

"Don't worry, he'll be back in Neptune, soon." Soon? What did you do dad?

"Dad?" So? What have you done? Why are you so sure about yourself? Parker looked at me, waiting for me to end this conversation… I would have rather stayed on the phone with my dad for hour, then just tell Parker about it…

"Let's just say someone thinks Margaret one the lottery…" Of course… Taylor left with everything they owned… It seems logic he would come back if he knew his girlfriend had won the lottery.

"Thanks dad…"

"You're welcome honey… What are you doing right now?" Right now? Being tortured by my friend.

"Right now? Fooling around with TJ, Steve and Robert… But don't worry, Steve's still wearing his underpants…" I joked.

"Tell Parker I said hi…" How did he know?! He hung up before I could ask him.

"Yes dad, I'll be there in ten minutes!" I say. At least now I've got a good reason to let Parker here and not to tell her my story. "I'm sorry Parker… I've got to go! See you later?" Like in a few days, when you forget about it…

"Really? Ooh too bad!" Parker said, really disappointed. I'm sorry girl, but it's not today that you'll learn about my story.

I had called Margaret before I started the car… Driving and calling is against the law. I had told her the plan. Before leaving for her apartment, I texted Logan, to let him know I would be home late. Margaret was living in a little apartment, not too far from where I used to live with my dad. When she saw me walking towards her apartment, she immediately opened the door. I guess she was waiting for me behind the window.

"Are you ready?" I asked her when she offered me a glass of lemonade, I gladly accepted.

"Yes, I am." I opened my bag. I had to do a pit stop before coming over here… A good plan always needs some accessories… Well, not always.

"Why don't you go check on Benji while I finish it…" She smiled and left, leaving me alone in her apartment. It wasn't huge, so I hadn't to do a lot of work. What does a newly rich girl does first? In Margaret's case, young mother, student at school, she needs a car… So it wouldn't be so surprising for Taylor too find some car brochures in the apartment. As long as a fake ticket from her bank account. Believing the ticket, Margaret is know the proud owner of 1 000 125,80 dollars. When Alicia had heard about it, she had given me some of Darrell's old clothes for Benji… Margaret was so happy when she saw me come in with a bag full of it, she literally took me in her arms and almost squeezed me to dead.

My files were ready, I was wearing real professional clothes, a dark blue skirt and a white blouse. I was even wearing my fake glasses… When we heard someone put a key in the door.

"Come Benji. Come with mommy!" Margaret said taking her sun into her arms.

"Honey, I am home!" Taylor said walking inside like if he never stole everything and left.

"Call me when you made your choice Margaret. And believe me, that house by the beach is absolutely gorgeous! And it's the perfect place to raise children. You"ll see, you're going to love it!" I told her handing her over all the information about that house… If you want to know, that house really exists… An 82 year old man lives in it with his 25 year old wife. Does she really love him? Or did she marry him for his money? Who knows? Who cares? Well, the man's family probably… But it's not like if his kids actually came to pay him a visit once a week for him… They want to be sure they'll have their share of the heritage.

"Thank you Veronica… It's perfect!" Margaret answered me with a big smile on her face… "Taylor, what are you doing here? Forgot to empty the fridge before leaving?" She said to her now ex-boyfriend.

"Don't you introduce me to your friend?"

"Veronica is my real estate agent… Veronica, this is my ex…"

"Your ex? Common baby! Hey Benji, daddy's home…" How low… Using the baby to get back into Margaret's good graces.

"Oh, now you want to be a father?" She said… I have to admit, Margaret was great. She was doing even better than I had imagine.

"Common baby… I am back… I brought everything back, it's downstairs, in the truck."

"What do you want? And be honest this time…"

"I think I should go…" I said, that's my call. "Don't forget to call me."

"Wait, you didn't tell me the price of the beach house…"

"Oh, the owner sells it for 750 000 dollars… But we can lower the price…" Taylor was already looking around…

"No, that'll do it. I take it." Already acting like a rich girl.

"We're going to live in a beach house?" Taylor asked…

"No, I am going to life in a beach house… You, you're going to life in jail…" And boom, the police got in… Taylor had stolen Margaret's car, TV, laptop, and way more stuff…

Taylor had brought everything back, and was glad to have an apartment that wasn't empty anymore. Even if she would have to buy a new TV, Taylor had sold it. He had no more right on Benji, and the only thing he still had in common with Margaret, was the money he had to give her every month so she could raise Benji… At least, everything ended well for her. I was driving back home, singing out loud with the music, both the windows open. They were playing baby one more time from Britney Spears. Who doesn't sing that song when it's on the radio… It was almost finished, when my car started to make a weird noise. Just enough time to pull it on the side before it totally broke down… Great. I closed the windows and turned off the radio. I stepped out and opened it… It's a new car, I can't tell why it broke down. Taking my purse, to find my cellphone. I was about to call Logan to ask him to come and get me, when a grey car slowed down next to me.

"Need some help?" Duncan asked me when he opened his right window…

"Thank you, but I'm sure Logan's is going to come and take me."

"Jump in, I'll bring you back home. You shouldn't have to wait outside under this sun… Especially not in your condition." Why do men always think as me as being handicapped just because they see I'm eating for two? I looked around, took everything out of my car and joined Duncan.

"My condition? You mean me looking like a whale?"

"You're beautiful, and so not looking like a whale, believe me." Did you saw any? To compare…"So, where do I bring you?" He asks me.

"Home." I hope he understands that home is at Logan's… He started the car and left. I hated to leave mine on the side of the road.

"I'm happy that I fell on you… I've been meaning to talk to you about something." About what?

"About how you enjoyed walking on the beach of Mexico?"

"I just wanted to let you know, that I still love you…" What? Oh no, Duncan, don't.

"Duncan…"

"Let me finish Veronica. I need to say this." I already regret accepting to step in his car. "I love you, I always loved you. I came back hoping we could restart things were we left them! I don't care about the baby… I can raise him up with you! We could be a happy family, like the one we should have been. Have this baby together, get married, buy a big house with a white fence in front of it…" Duncan, why did you have to bring that up.

"Are you done?" Is it wrong for me to have ideas like opening the door and jump while he's still driving? "I love Logan… We are going to get married. Maybe not now, but we will. I did love you, and I loved you for months after you left for Mexico… I think I still do, you we're my first love. I'll always love you. But not as much as I love Logan." I really hope Logan isn't going to find out about this conversation. He's already so unsecure…

"I had to try…" He said, but he didn't add anything till I got home.

Logan was watching TV when I got in.

"So, how did things go with Margaret?" He asks me turning it off.

"Perfectly. Taylor brought everything back and isn't going to bother her anymore. Oh, before I forget, my car broke down…" Like if I could forget that…

"How did you got home? Why didn't you call me?" I was going to…

"Duncan saw me and offered to bring me back…" Should I tell him? And where was Lilly? She sure wasn't in the car with her dad.

"And what did you talk about?" Believe me, you do not want to know.

"About you… I told him how much I loved you…" That's the truth…

"And did you told him how much I loved you?" He asked me, taking me into his arms. His hands on my hips, he was looking straight into my eyes with a big smile on his face. No, I wasn't going to tell him. He was too happy. Duncan, his friend was back, even if he was worried, he still thought about him as one of his friends.

"I don't think I mentioned that." I said before kissing him and ending the conversation.

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