"LA? You sign new cases. Are you completely mad?!" ask Belle to Betty. "Is that the reason why you reject Craig, you push him away. Is that why?"
Betty rolled up her eyes, said. "I've told you. My job is seriously dead dangerous and beside.. LA. The Casino's all around you, try to put on something nice".
"What kind of cases, Black Dahlia?"
"Oh you good!" Betty laughs. "Similar. That state suddenly has a terrible mystery dead. It was the house actually.. Bloody Manor Roanoke. They say the house trapped a dead soul who died there. Funny is.. never found the body".
Belle stared at her. "I'm joking. That wasn't a bloody house. But yes, mystery death never ended".
"How long will you stay there?"
"Not until we found the murdered. Then I'll come back. Oh, do I remind you something back then".
"It just.. reminds me of Gibson's stalking me back then".
Betty nods head. "So, how is it going between you and him? Any solution? He suddenly comes back to life with reason why. He got his punishment.. What he'll do is absolutely right, he confesses everything he did. Wrong is.. he abandoned you.. still with reason".
.... "Because he doesn't want me to be alone".
"Exactly". Betty studied Belle. "So what you gonna do, he's here.. live with him or with Jake that's your choice. If your future I mean is Vincent and Poppy's future, they have the right to know your decision".
Hannah chased over Craig. People are looking. She begs him to come back to her. Like Craig said, it's over!
"I mean STOP!" He did. "Did you and that bitch fall in love? Answer me, Craig!"
He turns. "I AM! Satisfied? Yes, I love her. She's the best woman I'd never met, not like you.. spoiler, everything you'd say I had to follow. I'm not a puppet, Hannah. I'm a man. I deserve better woman, be part the rest of my life.. together. If I married you _ will you give me what I want?"
Before she could say, Craig cut her word. "I don't think you can. You will not". He smiled. "That's why I choose her over you".
"You expect her to love you back, Craig?"
"I don't care. As long not with you _ not with you. So, I hope you understand, this is my life and my choice, you have no right to stop or trying to do something stupid like yours. Our relationship is over, there's no space for you in my heart".
He shakes his head. "Never".
School. Gibson sat on the stump, Poppy was nowhere to be seen. Vincent creeps behind him.
Gibson knew it was his son behind him right now. He cannot blame Vincent for not accepting him as his dad like Poppy does. He'd need time. Just like his mother, Belle.
Both mother and son need time.
"I know it was you, Vincent". He said without looking. "You can sit here if you want".
Gibson finger pointed at another stump Poppy used to sit there. "I'm not gonna bite you". He smiled.
"You know that I cannot accept you for who you are".
"I know". Gibson eyes on Vincent as he walks then sits on the stump. "Neither can I can't force you to accept me".
Gibson smiles again. "I'm sorry..."
"For what?"
"For ruining your mom's life. I love her so much that I could do anything to have her in my arms, I could kill for her but I couldn't not died for her.. she's not ready to lose me that day".
Gibson's eyes glittering with tears. "But I must.. she needs to be with her family. I had to let her go and spend my life without her".
"I heard you went to prison. You didn't die, but surrender yourself".
"I killed her best friend. Emma. I'm sure you will visit her graves".
"How'd you know?" Vincent frowns. "How did you know we went to visit her graves".
He chuckles. "I was there". His eye on Vincent. "Remember that old house me and your mom spent our life as husband and wife before you two were born? I was there before your arrival. I'm staying there after my release from prison, then I got work as a cook, I'm not hiring someone searching for your mom. Someone did.. told me I was a father and that I'm happy to hear it".
"Craig?"
Gibson shook his head no. "Emma". He smiled again. "I know you will think I'm crazy but.. Emma really came into my dream. She's the one who told".
"That's kind of her. Why did she do that? You'd kill her!"
"I ask her forgiveness and she just smiles at me. Like nothing happened, she told me that it is not my fault she died, it was written by God's that she will die at the hand of mine".
Vincent snorted, he was about to leave. Gibson stops him.
"Did you believe.." Vincent stares at him. "Before we were born into this world. It shows you your life from the beginning until the end of your life. Then we are born, we get into the world but we cannot remember anything that we see, it is like you feel somewhere that you have already been there before..."
"Déjà Vu". sourit Vincent.
Gibson nodded. "That's right. Deja Vu. You've been there but can't remember when it happen".
"Are you trying to teach me about Spirit?" Gibson's mouth hanging open, he smiled back. "I'm not interested. I'm here because of my mom".
"Look, Vincent. I know between me and your mom won't work out, I understand. If she wishes for divorces.. I will. But she cannot keep me apart from my kid's".
"I'm not your kid's neither Poppy. We both are nothing like you. We never know you at all. I suggest you stay away from us".
"You're just a boy, Vincent. You don't know what you said. You don't know anything about adult things".
"My mom was just a girl when you abducted her".
Gibson sealed his lips, Vincent broke his heart by his words.
"Haven't you thought about what you're doing? No. Never! She stuck with you because you told her so, if she obeyed you.. you threatened her. Force yourself into her and have us, is that what you think you're doing right?"
Gibson had nothing to say, Vincent spoke again.
"This is why I will never accept you as part of my family, not even my life. Murdered blood of yours running through inside me,... is disgusting! You a foul man who had no heart, a murdered, no brain and no mercy. Your obsession ruined someone's life like my mom, that she deserves a better life without you. You ruined everything she had, with your returns, you try to win her heart back. I'll make sure she won't! You don't.. deserve.. her!"
Vincent left. Gibson watches him, his own son deceives him. Only he can just smile, he deserves those words from Vincent.
"Hey!" Vincent felt someone grab his arm, he had stopped. "I hear everything!" It was Poppy. "Why do you say that to him huh?!"
"He deserves that".
"You still don't understand aren't you, Vince? He's our dad!"
Vincent jerked his eyes. "NO he's not! Neither you, Poppy. I make you clear of this, his not our dad... our dad is dead long ago and we've never known him. That man out there is someone who looks like him. So I'd suggest forgetting about that man".
"Take those words BACK! No matter what you say about him, he is still our dad. Yes, his murdered blood lived inside us.. without him, without mom.. we've never been born! What kind of life are you proud of, Vince? If he's a murdered, so we are! We come from it".
Poppy grit her teeth. "I don't care what you'd say about him. No matter what he has done from his past, he's still our dad and you can't stop me having him in our family!"
She pushed Vincent, his back leaning on the wall. Poppy will get her strength as she gets angry. He watches her.
No he's not... I'd never have a dad. Through Vincent, he walked towards the field where his friends were waiting for him.