Epilogue:

Veronica had to smile, it was a genuine happy smile and the tears that have formed in her eyes weren’t because she was sad. She looked over to Thomas: “I’d say yes, I am happy now!”

It was like a sigh of relief was going through the whole courtroom but Veronica didn’t care, neither did she saw Thomas relieved and yet hurt reaction to her answer. All she was paying attention to was the man kneeling in front of her, looking at her questiongly, patiently.

“Logan Echolls this is a courtroom for God’s sake!” she replied to his question trying to look at him in ernest but she failed miserably and her smile grew even wider while she nodded her head. “Yes!” she wispered leaving Logan speechless but grinning broadly. He took her in his arms, hold her tightly, kissing her in front of everyone when they suddenly were interupted by the hammer of the judge. But she was smiling while trying to get some peace and silence into her courtroom.

There still had been a lot of things to be sorted out and so Logan was going back to sit next to Duncan again. Veronica was watching him still smiling happily. That’s what she had wished for all these years since she had found out that she was pregnant. She had always dreamt of him asking her to marry him but now here in the courtroom, it definetly was unexpected. Actually she never thought he’d really ask her, even after he found out about Riley. That he did was bringing out a happiness she would have never expected to feel, ever...

The trial went on, the judge decided, as proposed by Veronica’s lawyer, that Thomas was going to attend a programm to get sobber as well as working 15 hours every week for a social programm until his probation officer as well as a psychologist were thinking that he’d be over the drinking problem and ready to face the world alone again.

Veronica was content with the result of the trial and Thomas seemed to be relieved as well. And Logan... He was just happy that he was able to take HIS soon-to-be-wife in his arms, kiss her and go home with her to get THEIR daughter to tell her the great news that they will be a family, a real family from now on!

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I am sorry this is such a short end, but I am not in the happy smiling, loving mood and so I guess writing something happy is just not working for me right now. I hope you understand and that with this small part the story at least has come to an end that you can be content with, at least I hope you can. Maybe when this bad time is over I am going to rewrite this chapter, add some happily ever after but right now, this is it! Sorry guys, you’ve been amazing and if it wouldn’t be for you I would have never finished this story in the first place! Thanks a lot for all your support and the amazing amount of feedback! Rock On!