The journey - Chapter 2
Piz feels surprisingly happy walking up to the Mars family door. With a knock a little bit to hard he stands waiting... and waiting. One more knock and he keeps on waiting.
"It doesn't look like she his home my friend"
Piz turns around when he hears Keith Mars voice. "Oh, Mr Mars. Yea, I was kind of coming to that conclusion myself."
"Took you some time though" Keith says with a huge smile in his face. "I have no idea where she is, as most of the time, but do you want to come in a wait?"
"That would be, yea, great."
Keith smiles as he opens the door with Piz right behind. "Make yourself at home. I'll start with the dinner. Meatloaf today. A Keith Mars speciality. I guess you won't be turning that down?"
"Hell no, I mean, just.. eh... no"
Keith laughs for himself. He likes Piz but he knows that this between him and Veronica isn't forever. He knows she doesn't want to run away and marry this guy. And that makes it all so much easier.
He sees the answering machine blinking and pushes the button
"Hi, dad, it's me. I'm on my way out. Won't be home for dinner. See you later. Love you."
At the sound of Veronicas voice Piz looks up.
"oh.. well I guess I'll be going then."
"Nah, come on. Let's have a boys night. Eat some meatloaf and look at some crappy action movie. What do you say?!" Keith can't help himself. He feels sorry for the guy, even though he rather eat the meatloaf by him self and get in bed early. Ever since Vinnie took over as Sheriff last week there had been a lot of things to do to get the PI business working again.
"Thanks Mr Mars. I'd gladly do that."
Keith sighs for himself but smiles at Piz. "Okay, let's get this party started!"
*********
"Logan, what do you mean? Your mother?"
"Yea, you know. Lynn Echols. The bridge jumper. Well apparently she is not dead and is living in Ohio with a new husband and a baby" Logan says sarcastically throwing the letter to Veronica.
Veronica quickly reads the short but intense letter.
"Oh my God Logan." Veronica doesn't know what to say. They hade tried so hard to find Lynn when Logan was convinced that she was still alive. But they didn't find anything that pointed in that direction. And Logan had grieved and moved on. Now there is a letter saying she is still alive. Could it be real?
"Does it look like her handwriting?" she asks him
"Yea, I guess. I don't really know. That's not the thing to focus on. Let's pack our bags and go!" he says giving her an intense look.
"What do you mean? Go? Where? Shouldn't we try to find out if this is for real first?"
"Of course it is. It's so a thing my drama queen for a mother would do. I've always known she didn't kill her self. She'd never have the nerve to jump of a bridge. I told you that once... remember?"
"Yea, you know I remember Logan. I just don't want you to get your hopes up again.
"Don't worry about me Mars." Logan smiles for the first time since he read the letter. "Are you in?" he says to Veronica while getting his bag in his bedroom, starting to fill it with clothes.
"Logan! You can't be serious about going right now?"
"Believe me baby. I'm going and I want you with me." He pauses from the packing and comes up to her. Looking into her eyes and taking her hands in his. "Please V. Do this. For me."
Looking into his eyes and feeling the butterflies in her stomach when he takes her hands in his Veronica can't help herself.
"Okay."
"It doesn't look like she his home my friend"
Piz turns around when he hears Keith Mars voice. "Oh, Mr Mars. Yea, I was kind of coming to that conclusion myself."
"Took you some time though" Keith says with a huge smile in his face. "I have no idea where she is, as most of the time, but do you want to come in a wait?"
"That would be, yea, great."
Keith smiles as he opens the door with Piz right behind. "Make yourself at home. I'll start with the dinner. Meatloaf today. A Keith Mars speciality. I guess you won't be turning that down?"
"Hell no, I mean, just.. eh... no"
Keith laughs for himself. He likes Piz but he knows that this between him and Veronica isn't forever. He knows she doesn't want to run away and marry this guy. And that makes it all so much easier.
He sees the answering machine blinking and pushes the button
"Hi, dad, it's me. I'm on my way out. Won't be home for dinner. See you later. Love you."
At the sound of Veronicas voice Piz looks up.
"oh.. well I guess I'll be going then."
"Nah, come on. Let's have a boys night. Eat some meatloaf and look at some crappy action movie. What do you say?!" Keith can't help himself. He feels sorry for the guy, even though he rather eat the meatloaf by him self and get in bed early. Ever since Vinnie took over as Sheriff last week there had been a lot of things to do to get the PI business working again.
"Thanks Mr Mars. I'd gladly do that."
Keith sighs for himself but smiles at Piz. "Okay, let's get this party started!"
*********
"Logan, what do you mean? Your mother?"
"Yea, you know. Lynn Echols. The bridge jumper. Well apparently she is not dead and is living in Ohio with a new husband and a baby" Logan says sarcastically throwing the letter to Veronica.
Veronica quickly reads the short but intense letter.
"Oh my God Logan." Veronica doesn't know what to say. They hade tried so hard to find Lynn when Logan was convinced that she was still alive. But they didn't find anything that pointed in that direction. And Logan had grieved and moved on. Now there is a letter saying she is still alive. Could it be real?
"Does it look like her handwriting?" she asks him
"Yea, I guess. I don't really know. That's not the thing to focus on. Let's pack our bags and go!" he says giving her an intense look.
"What do you mean? Go? Where? Shouldn't we try to find out if this is for real first?"
"Of course it is. It's so a thing my drama queen for a mother would do. I've always known she didn't kill her self. She'd never have the nerve to jump of a bridge. I told you that once... remember?"
"Yea, you know I remember Logan. I just don't want you to get your hopes up again.
"Don't worry about me Mars." Logan smiles for the first time since he read the letter. "Are you in?" he says to Veronica while getting his bag in his bedroom, starting to fill it with clothes.
"Logan! You can't be serious about going right now?"
"Believe me baby. I'm going and I want you with me." He pauses from the packing and comes up to her. Looking into her eyes and taking her hands in his. "Please V. Do this. For me."
Looking into his eyes and feeling the butterflies in her stomach when he takes her hands in his Veronica can't help herself.
"Okay."
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