Chapter 1—Confessions and Discoveries
Ethan and Theresa are arguing over a revealed secret Ethan says about how he would have picked Theresa if Gwen wasn't pregnant.
"You know, Ethan, you tell me to move on, find someone else. But can you honestly tell me that you want me in the arms of another man, Ethan?"
"No, no I don't. But Theresa, you have to move on. You just have to. I'm married. My place is with Gwen now."
"How can you say you love me, Ethan, when you're trying to push me away?"
Ethan looks into the eyes of the one woman he loves, yet can't be with. He strokes her cheek slowly. "Because I do love you, Theresa, more than you'll ever know. But, you have to move on. You can't keep holding a torch for me. It isn't fair to you, or Gwen, or our unborn baby!"
"You want to talk about fair, Ethan? Nothing in my life is fair! I lost the only man I love. My son has a man he has to call 'daddy' when that man wants nothing to do with him. My brother can't be with the woman he loves because of the Crane name. So you want to say that nothing is fair to me? Well you sure got that right!"
"Theresa, I can't talk about this..I have to go..."
As Ethan makes his way out from the patio, Theresa stares at the emptiness. "I have to stop him." She runs into the living room and sees Ethan heading for the door.
"No, Ethan, I won't let you go!"
Ethan stops before opening the door, and turns around, the tears forming in his eyes at the hurt he's causing the woman he loves. "You have to move on, Theresa. I can't be with you. I need to go to the hospital to see Gwen." With that, he opens the door and leaves Theresa.
As Ethan stands outside the Crane apartment, Theresa sits on the couch, sobbing.
"How could I have lost him yet again? Fate is supposed to be there for me. Why can't I just find my happiness with Ethan?"
"Dear God, I love that woman so much. And yet, I can't be with her. Please, let her get over me once and for all."
(At the Hospital)
Ethan has arrived at LA hospital, and is on his way to see Gwen, when her voice stops him from entering the room.
"Baby, please, Ethan won't have to find out the truth. He'll never know that I used the baby I'm carrying to get him away from Theresa. He'll never learn that this baby isn't his. He is so stupid anyway."
"Oh, you think so?" Ethan says suddenly, interrupting Gwen's conversation on the phone.
"Shit, have to go, bye baby!" Gwen puts down the phone and looks at her husband. "Hey, you."
"Don't even act all innocent, Gwen. I heard you on the phone. How could you, Gwen? How could you take me away from Theresa?"
"How, Ethan?! God, are you blind? Theresa has always wanted you. She will stop at nothing to have you! I mean why do you think she is in LA to begin with? Because she followed us!"
"Gwen, that is not true. She didn't know we were here!"
"There you go, again! Always defending her, Ethan! When will she ever leave our lives!"
Ethan looks down at his wedding band, and reflects back on an earlier conversation with Theresa.
Flashback
"If Gwen wasn't pregnant, who would you have asked to marry you, Ethan? Her or me?"
"Theresa, it's irrelevant right now."
"Ethan, just humor me and answer my question. Who would you have asked to marry you if Gwen wasn't pregnant."
He strokes her cheek softly. "You. I was going to ask you to marry me."
Present
"That's just it, Gwen, I realized she'll never leave my life. She is a part of my heart, and always will be. I knew I broke her heart when I chose you to be married to. But I did that purely out of the fact that you were carrying my baby, or at least, what I THOUGHT was my child. How wrong I was apparently." He takes off the ring and flings it at Gwen's bed.
"I hope you have a great life, Gwen, because I'm about to go get mine back."
Coming Up
Theresa attempts to move on in her life
Ethan realizes what he wants!
Please RR
Ethan and Theresa are arguing over a revealed secret Ethan says about how he would have picked Theresa if Gwen wasn't pregnant.
"You know, Ethan, you tell me to move on, find someone else. But can you honestly tell me that you want me in the arms of another man, Ethan?"
"No, no I don't. But Theresa, you have to move on. You just have to. I'm married. My place is with Gwen now."
"How can you say you love me, Ethan, when you're trying to push me away?"
Ethan looks into the eyes of the one woman he loves, yet can't be with. He strokes her cheek slowly. "Because I do love you, Theresa, more than you'll ever know. But, you have to move on. You can't keep holding a torch for me. It isn't fair to you, or Gwen, or our unborn baby!"
"You want to talk about fair, Ethan? Nothing in my life is fair! I lost the only man I love. My son has a man he has to call 'daddy' when that man wants nothing to do with him. My brother can't be with the woman he loves because of the Crane name. So you want to say that nothing is fair to me? Well you sure got that right!"
"Theresa, I can't talk about this..I have to go..."
As Ethan makes his way out from the patio, Theresa stares at the emptiness. "I have to stop him." She runs into the living room and sees Ethan heading for the door.
"No, Ethan, I won't let you go!"
Ethan stops before opening the door, and turns around, the tears forming in his eyes at the hurt he's causing the woman he loves. "You have to move on, Theresa. I can't be with you. I need to go to the hospital to see Gwen." With that, he opens the door and leaves Theresa.
As Ethan stands outside the Crane apartment, Theresa sits on the couch, sobbing.
"How could I have lost him yet again? Fate is supposed to be there for me. Why can't I just find my happiness with Ethan?"
"Dear God, I love that woman so much. And yet, I can't be with her. Please, let her get over me once and for all."
(At the Hospital)
Ethan has arrived at LA hospital, and is on his way to see Gwen, when her voice stops him from entering the room.
"Baby, please, Ethan won't have to find out the truth. He'll never know that I used the baby I'm carrying to get him away from Theresa. He'll never learn that this baby isn't his. He is so stupid anyway."
"Oh, you think so?" Ethan says suddenly, interrupting Gwen's conversation on the phone.
"Shit, have to go, bye baby!" Gwen puts down the phone and looks at her husband. "Hey, you."
"Don't even act all innocent, Gwen. I heard you on the phone. How could you, Gwen? How could you take me away from Theresa?"
"How, Ethan?! God, are you blind? Theresa has always wanted you. She will stop at nothing to have you! I mean why do you think she is in LA to begin with? Because she followed us!"
"Gwen, that is not true. She didn't know we were here!"
"There you go, again! Always defending her, Ethan! When will she ever leave our lives!"
Ethan looks down at his wedding band, and reflects back on an earlier conversation with Theresa.
Flashback
"If Gwen wasn't pregnant, who would you have asked to marry you, Ethan? Her or me?"
"Theresa, it's irrelevant right now."
"Ethan, just humor me and answer my question. Who would you have asked to marry you if Gwen wasn't pregnant."
He strokes her cheek softly. "You. I was going to ask you to marry me."
Present
"That's just it, Gwen, I realized she'll never leave my life. She is a part of my heart, and always will be. I knew I broke her heart when I chose you to be married to. But I did that purely out of the fact that you were carrying my baby, or at least, what I THOUGHT was my child. How wrong I was apparently." He takes off the ring and flings it at Gwen's bed.
"I hope you have a great life, Gwen, because I'm about to go get mine back."
Coming Up
Theresa attempts to move on in her life
Ethan realizes what he wants!
Please RR