Disclaimers - sorry i don't own 'em.

Last Chapter

Present Day:

The group of now seven all set in the Echolls' spacious living room in their Neptune home. It was eerily silent. No one spoke and they almost jumped out of their skin when the doorbell rang. Leo came into the living room; it thinking it was surreal seeing this group of people together.

"Like it or not, one of you did kill Duncan Kane." was the first think Leo said as he eyed the group of Neptune's finest misfits.

"Miss Manning, you had a good motive to kill, your daughter and his relationship or lack there of with her. However she's twenty, married and it seems a better person not having him in her life. It might have been a good motive several years back." Leo stated excluding Meg as the one who had killed Duncan.

"Same goes for you Mr. Fennell, most of your confrontations with Mr. Kane revolved around Jesse or another blonde you can't help but protect. But you know as well as I do that she is more the capable then taking care of herself." Leo said to Wallace, who was amused at the moment.

Leo went on and also ruled out Cassidy and Dick as possible killers as well, leaving only Logan, Veronica, and Madison.

"Mr. And Mrs. Echolls, Duncan Kane made your life a living hell for the past twenty years, undermining and conniving at every opportunity. Life would be a lot simplier if he was out of the picture for good." Leo declared as he stared at the couple. He noticed Veronica grab Logan's arm causing him to stop himself from saying whatever he was going to say.

"So are you going to tell why you did or should I Miss Sinclair?" Leo suddenly turned his attention toward the girl sitting alone on the other side of the room.

"By all means detective, humor me." Madison said somewhat glibly as she stared right at him.

"Sure on the surface Logan and Veronica have the more obvious motives, but you however have a lot more at stake underneath the surface then anyone really knows." Leo said matter-of-factly.

"It was one thing that he abandoned you and Larkin. But now with threats that he might be closing down the magazine you single-handedly built and run. Your means of support for you and your daughter, his daughter and you just couldn't let that happen." gasps spread over the room, Larkin was Duncan's child.

"I just wanted to talk to him, but as usual he was being the spoiled juvenile creep he always has been." was all Madison said as Leo had her stand. He handcuffed her as he read Madison her rights.

"Let me ask one thing… please let Jesse take Larkin, they're sisters, please." Madison almost pleaded as Leo took her out of the house.

And then there were six. It was hard to believe in a span of a few days so much had changed. It was hard to to believe in a span of twenty years how much had changed.

Eight people through twenty years who have loved, hated, envied, and everything else in-between would never have dreamed where life would take them.

Not all were friends… not all were enemies… they were a mix of both… but they all had changed each others lives in one or another and they all came to realize no one knows what the future holds.

THE END

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