"I never left 'Ronnie. You
just forgot me, sweetheart."

"I don't believe in faith.
What does it even bring to
you in the grand scheme of things?"

SOME THINGS AREN'T MEANT TO BE WAS SOMETHING CRHIS WOULD QUICKLY REALIZE. Life could change so fast and drastically within seconds and sometimes you couldn't do a single thing about it. Some things were just out of your control and you'd have to deal with it. Try and adapt to these changes the best you could and do better. But even if you tried everything, sometimes things were out of your control and were set in stone by some higher being. Which had been the case with Chris who had been given a second chance at life. And who was to say he couldn't make the most out of it?

AND WHEN HE WAS GIVEN THIS SECOND CHANCE BY HIS MOTHER AND A STRANGER, HE DIDN'T PUT IT TO WASTE. He owed them both and he needed to follow through on whatever was asked of him. If that be breaking the law or doing exactly the same thing as he did back in Riverdale a year ago. Willing to earn his keep and do whatever it took to get far away from anything that resembled something close to his hometown.

BUT WHAT CHRIS LEARNED WAS THAT NO MATTER HOW FAR HE PUSHED HIMSELF FROM HIS HOME, HE COULDN'T KEEP IT IN THE PAST. This could only lead to a bad mixture of chaos as Chris finally is brought back home by his brother and past one-time crush. Having shown up at one of the most unexpected times.

DOING SO WILL MAKE HIM FACE HIS PAST HEAD-ON WITH OLIVIA, CHERYL AND VERONICA. Giving him an in to try and find whatever it was that made him clean from the crime he didn't have any recollection of doing or being a part of. But also to fix the relationship he had with Veronica that was the farthest from over. Returning home was bargain that he wasn't prepared to put all his chips on. And he would soon regret ever betting everything he had by coming back.

"Veronica, I don't need to make
any type of threat to anyone. They
already fear me as it is."

"You look like you've
seen a ghost, babe."

"I love you.
Don't you forget that."

𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙅𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥
𝘣𝘺 𝙕𝙖𝙮𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙠
"What can I say? I changed career paths."

𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖 𝙇𝙤𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥
𝘣𝘺 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙖 𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙨
"Wow, who knew Chris Jones was a lapdog in the end? I didn't know I dated a pussy."

others...
𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙇𝙤𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘽𝙚𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙨
𝙊𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙖 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙢 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙍𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡
𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙢 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚 𝙍𝙝𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙨
𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝙏𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙀𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙣
THE REST OF THE RIVERDALE CAST

WARNING!
This story contains mature themes such as violence, gore, coarse language, mentions of trauma, depression, PTSD episodes, details about suicide, and sexual themes.

DISCLAIMER!
I DO NOT own any of the characters or stories from Riverdale. All credit goes to the creators of the show. I DO OWN the oc's listed above and their small backstories from the previous book "RUIN."

NOTE!
So, when I put this out, I had the tie-in of Den Of Thieves. After lengthy consideration, I decided to get rid of Preston's stories as I not only didn't have the motivation of writing for him but also that it didn't make sense for his story to exist. I'm sure after a year or something, I might do a Betty Fic, but until then, there will be nothing more of Preston. I loved the character, but he doesn't have a reason to exist in this series. It will only involve Chris and Olivia.