Stay
Chapter 63
Lucas was talked into going to ID the body because of Brooke. Looking back on it now. He was glad he did. Because it wasn't his mom under the sheet dead. It was Peyton.
When they got to the scene. Karen was being brought into an ambulance. Being given oxygen.
Lucas rushed over and hugged tightly.
Karen hugged him back. Reassuring him that she was okay.
Brooke hugged her afterwards.
Karen explained from what she could recall.
Peyton and a man named Xzavier had entered the cafe. Just when she was about to close.
She was knocked out by something and when she awoke she saw nothing but flames.
How she got out she wasn't sure either but Peyton was there amongst it all.
Maybe she had second thoughts or maybe this was her fate as well unable to escape the mess she created.
In the end. Peyton was gone. And once she was laid to rest.
Julian packed up Ellie and took her to LA. To live with him and Alex. A few weeks later Alex and Julian welcomed a .
For the first time in a long time. The Scott family could breath a sigh of relief.
The private investigator Lucas hired did more digging and found out. Ethan 's biological parents were no real threat and the issues they did have that made him get taken away.
For the most part was being dealt with in therapy. They had grown up in the system
And never had parents and family to model after. Which lead to them making alot of bad decisions and mistakes.