PART I
"That's not fair."
"What's unfair Teresa?"
"It's not fair that you put me through this agony whenever it suits you. It's not fair that you married Gwen. It's not fair that you are always breaking my heart, and it's not fair to Gwen that you are always thinking of me, lusting after me while you're lying in bed next to her, while you're making love to her. Is it me you see when you close your eyes? Is it me you see when you open them?"
"You lied, and you schemed. I can't trust you."
"You can't trust me? Because you are so trustworthy, Ethan? Is that it?"
"Of course I am."
"What are you doing in my room then, kissing me?"
"I told you, I thought it was a dream."
"So did I and yet you accuse me of lying. Who's to say that you're not the one lying?"
"I never lie, Teresa. You know that as well as I do."
Teresa had a sarcastic laugh.
"And yet, here you are standing here with me. Do you realize what you just said?"
Ethan didn't answer. He merely looked at Teresa and then stared intently at his feet.
"That's right Ethan. You said that you loved me and there is no mistake about it."
"I didn't mean it."
"Of course you didn't.keep lying to yourself, Ethan. But this was the last straw, I am through with you. Now get out!"
And he did. He left the room and closed the door behind him. Teresa went in her bed and cried as she hadn't done since the night that Ethan had chosen Gwen over her.
"How could he be so cruel?"
*****
Fox stood in his room and listened as the screaming coming from Teresa's bedroom stopped. He opened his door and walked down the hall.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"I don't have to justify myself to you Ethan."
"Leave Teresa alone!"
Fox smiled at his half brother sarcastically and shook his head.
"I'm not staying away from her. She is my closest friend and you hurt her again, so I'm going to her whether you like it or not."
"And I said no."
The animosity Fox felt towards Ethan was threatening to spill.
"I would back off if I were you Ethan. You have no idea how much I want to rip your head off for what you did to Teresa."
"She'll get over it."
"Trust me, Ethan. She will get over it and over you. I will see to it."
Fox walked past Ethan and knocked at Teresa's room where he could hear her sob. He took a deep breath and knocked softly as he turned the knob.
"Go away!"
"It's me, Resa, unlock the door, please!"
"No."
"I'm not going anywhere until you do."
At last, he heard the lock turn and saw the knob turn. Teresa's face appeared to him, washed by the tears that she cried.
"Fox, I don't think I can do this. My heart can't take anymore breaking."
"Come here."
She went in his arms and stayed there for a little while. She then tore from him and went back inside the room where he followed her. He turned around to close the door and saw Ethan's face flushed with anger and jealousy.
"That's not fair."
"What's unfair Teresa?"
"It's not fair that you put me through this agony whenever it suits you. It's not fair that you married Gwen. It's not fair that you are always breaking my heart, and it's not fair to Gwen that you are always thinking of me, lusting after me while you're lying in bed next to her, while you're making love to her. Is it me you see when you close your eyes? Is it me you see when you open them?"
"You lied, and you schemed. I can't trust you."
"You can't trust me? Because you are so trustworthy, Ethan? Is that it?"
"Of course I am."
"What are you doing in my room then, kissing me?"
"I told you, I thought it was a dream."
"So did I and yet you accuse me of lying. Who's to say that you're not the one lying?"
"I never lie, Teresa. You know that as well as I do."
Teresa had a sarcastic laugh.
"And yet, here you are standing here with me. Do you realize what you just said?"
Ethan didn't answer. He merely looked at Teresa and then stared intently at his feet.
"That's right Ethan. You said that you loved me and there is no mistake about it."
"I didn't mean it."
"Of course you didn't.keep lying to yourself, Ethan. But this was the last straw, I am through with you. Now get out!"
And he did. He left the room and closed the door behind him. Teresa went in her bed and cried as she hadn't done since the night that Ethan had chosen Gwen over her.
"How could he be so cruel?"
*****
Fox stood in his room and listened as the screaming coming from Teresa's bedroom stopped. He opened his door and walked down the hall.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"I don't have to justify myself to you Ethan."
"Leave Teresa alone!"
Fox smiled at his half brother sarcastically and shook his head.
"I'm not staying away from her. She is my closest friend and you hurt her again, so I'm going to her whether you like it or not."
"And I said no."
The animosity Fox felt towards Ethan was threatening to spill.
"I would back off if I were you Ethan. You have no idea how much I want to rip your head off for what you did to Teresa."
"She'll get over it."
"Trust me, Ethan. She will get over it and over you. I will see to it."
Fox walked past Ethan and knocked at Teresa's room where he could hear her sob. He took a deep breath and knocked softly as he turned the knob.
"Go away!"
"It's me, Resa, unlock the door, please!"
"No."
"I'm not going anywhere until you do."
At last, he heard the lock turn and saw the knob turn. Teresa's face appeared to him, washed by the tears that she cried.
"Fox, I don't think I can do this. My heart can't take anymore breaking."
"Come here."
She went in his arms and stayed there for a little while. She then tore from him and went back inside the room where he followed her. He turned around to close the door and saw Ethan's face flushed with anger and jealousy.