THE WAY BACK TO YOU: AN ETHAN AND THERESA STORY

CHAPTER 1

Gwen rose from her hospital bed only to find Theresa still there. In a rage, Gwen walked over to Theresa and picked up a bedpan. "You b*tch!" she screamed as she repeatedly brought the bedpan down on Theresa's head. "My daughter is dead because of you!!!" Gwen screamed in a fit of rage. Theresa screamed back, "It's not my fault your baby is dead, Gwen. It's all your fault!!! You're the one who went against doctor's orders and left the hospital to confront me. I didn't force you to, you just did that of your own free will. You knew full well what would happen if you did, too. You never gave a damn about your little girl. All you cared about was holding on to a man who is madly in love with me!!!" "I'll kill you, you b*tch!!" Gwen screamed back.

Just then, security guards swarmed in from everywhere to stop the attack. As she was led away by the security guards, Gwen continued to scream obscenities at Theresa. "Are you all right Miss??" one of the security guards asked a shaken and bleeding Theresa. "No, but I will be." Theresa replied weakly. Suddenly, Theresa lost consciousness. A neurologist was called to the E.R., and Theresa was sent for a CAT scan. The CAT scan revealed a subdural hematoma. Theresa was immediately prepped for emergency brain surgery.

An hour after Theresa was taken to the O.R. for brain surgery, Ethan got back from helping Chad. Ethan went to Gwen's room only to find that she wasn't there. "Where the hell is my wife?" Ethan asked. "She was arrested for attempted murder earlier tonight," said a security guard nearby. "She tried to kill a young woman by the name of Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald." "WHAT?!" an exasperated Ethan shouted. "Where is Theresa? Is she okay??" "She has been taken to the O.R. for emergency brain surgery. She sustained a subdural hematoma when Gwen beat her in the head with a bedpan," said a doctor on his way to sedate Gwen.

"Gwen did WHAT?!" Ethan asked. Again the doctor said, "She beat Theresa in the head with a bedpan. Nearly killed the poor girl."

"Oh, my stars!! I thought I knew Gwen, But I guess I don't. Gwen isn't the sweet angel I thought she was. She's lost her everloving mind!!" thought Ethan. "Excuse me Doctor, but could you please tell me where my murderous wife is??" "We are keeping her in the Psych ward for now. We have to keep her restrained and sedated so that she won't be able to finish what she started earlier." the doctor replied. "May I go see her?" Ethan asked. "You can go see her" the doctor replied.

Ethan proceeded to Gwen's room and really gave her what-for. "HAVE YOU LOST YOUR EVERLOVING MIND, GWEN?! DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT 40 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE IN SAN QUENTIN BECAUSE OF YOUR NEED TO PUNISH THERESA FOR THE DEATH OF OUR DAUGHTER?! IT WASN'T THERESA'S FAULT!! I KNOW NOW THAT IT WASN'T MY FAULT, EITHER!! IT WAS YOURS AND YOURS ALONE!!! YOU NEVER GAVE A DAMN ABOUT OUR LITTLE GIRL, ALL YOU WANTED TO DO WAS RIP ME AND THERESA APART!! YOU ARE A HORRIBLE MONSTER AND I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN AS LONG AS I LIVE, AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT HIRING ME TO DEFEND YOU IN COURT, EITHER. THERE'S NO WAY I CAN DEFEND YOU BECAUSE I LOVE THERESA. GOODBYE FOREVER, GWEN!!!"

Ethan then left the hospital and went for a walk on the beach to clear his head.