Summary: Veronica Mars father is really Jake Kane. After, Keith dies in a car accident she's left to live with the Kane family. How will she cope and was the accident more than meets the eye?

A/N: This is after the case of Lily Kane's. The case was solved a year before Keith died. Her mother is gone and may make a future appearance, but she will still reside with the Kane family.

"Dad, we don't have to go out to eat," Veronica Mars said laughing at her father. "Just because I have a Straight 'A' report card doesn't mean we need to have a special dinner. I'm not in middle school anymore."

Her father rolled his eyes. "You should be proud of yourself." He turned to look at his daughter and smiled. "Plus, we don't go out enough."

"But, we can't afford-"

"I'm the dad and I will determine what we can and can't afford," he cut her off. "Let me do this."

"Fine," she sighed. The car ride was going smoothly and they were about to reach her favorite restaurant, Alvin's Fish Grill. Since last year her life had gone great. After solving the case of Lilly's murder everything seemed to be put in to place. She was no longer a social pariah or talked about so frequently, not that she cared. The only thing that didn't fit was that she no longer believed that she was the biological child of Keith and Lianne Mars, but in actuality the illegitimate child of Jake Kane and Lianne Mars. This fact didn't change her father, Keith Mars, love for her. Veronica wondered if Jake Kane even knew that she was his child. It would seem that Lianne knew, but did Jake know? It wouldn't change anything after all-

"Dad, watch out!" Veronica yelled, the last thing she remembered was the car getting hit by a red truck.

Three Days Later

"Dad," she said squinting at the bright light, "Where am I?" She looked around the room and noticed white walls and blue chairs. She heard a beeping machine and there was an IV bag connected to her arm. This had to be a dream, but why did she ache all over and why was there a cast on her arm. "Hello?" She managed to say. A woman in blue scrubs rushed into the room. "Veronica I'm Nurse Henderson." The nurse smiled. Veronica wanted to gag at her smile. "We're so happy you're up."

"What happened?" Veronica asked. The nurse began to explain about the car accident and how she had been in a coma for three days. "When can I get out of the hospital?"

"The doctor will be with you soon to check your injuries after that you can return to your home." The nurse began to walk away.

"Wait," she said in worry, stopping the nurse. "Where's my dad?"

The nurse bit her lip nervously. "Your dad will be in soon he went to grab something to eat." Nurse Henderson walked away before Veronica could ask any questions, closing the door behind her. Veronica sighed in relief that her dad was alive. When the nurse was explaining the car accident she vaguely recalled it, but the first person who came to mind was her father. "He's okay," she smiled to herself. "I don't know what I would do without him."

She heard steps from the hallway and heard the door turn to open. "Dad, I was so worr-" Her voice died as she recognized the man in front of her. It was Jake Kane her biological father. He couldn't be here, that would mean, no she couldn't allow herself to think that. This man must have known about the car accident and was worried about her health. "What are you doing here?" she managed to say.

"I'm here because you are now going to be living with my family."

When Jake Kane heard about the car accident he shrugged it off his shoulders. As far as he was concerned the only thing he had to do with the Mars family was that Keith Mars figured out his daughter's murderer. His daughter not Veronica Mars, but Lilly Kane. He knew that Veronica and Keith had known through the blood test (though Keith earlier then Veronica), since like the Mars family he had connections and people to watch. Jake of course knew from the beginning since Lianne told him, but she wouldn't leave her husband and he definitely wouldn't have anything to do with Veronica. He had his name to claim and Lianne obviously didn't want anything to do with him. So, like most people who didn't want anyone to know that they had illegitimate children they simply ignored Veronica's upcoming birth and pretended that Veronica was the child of both Keith and Lianne. It didn't bother Lianne and it most certainly didn't bother him. The added bonus, of course, was that Keith loved Veronica Mars like his actual child. Now, Jake couldn't simply ignore her existence. Veronica had gotten into a car accident with her father and the worst had happened. Veronica had lived and Keith died. It was up to him now and it may be a mistake, but now he was going to claim this illegitimate child as his own.

The worst part of knowing that he had to raise Veronica was that she had once dated his son. He was hoping that they weren't sexually active even the site of them kissing disgusted Jake. Duncan was her half-brother and though Jake had tried to persuade him from dating her it never worked. That was until his wife, Celeste Kane, decided (or more likely blurted) to tell Duncan and Lilly. He couldn't blame her and was to an extent happy that they stopped. The relationship was finished and then when Lilly was murdered and Keith blamed him. There was never going to be another relationship and he could now be able to live his life without fear. That is till three days ago when he decided that he would raise this child as his own and then petitioned the court for her adoption (which would be sealed if Veronica liked it or not.) It didn't matter that Celeste didn't want her and that Duncan was upset. After all this was his blood and he had to provide for her if no one else would. That small or large fact left him in the hospital waiting for her to wake up from the coma. The nurse had rushed to him telling him that his daughter had woken up from the coma.

He eventually got to the door and stood at it. He took a large breath, opened the door, and ignored her shocked eyes. "I'm here because you are now going to be living with my family." He answered her question, perhaps not kindly enough, but he didn't care for kindness for now he had to take care of this girl. Lianne obviously wasn't going to take care of her and since there was no remaining family left on either side of the family he didn't want his illegitimate child to be in foster care even if it was for a year.