Chapter 4

After finishing up their ice cream, the three Lopez-Fitzgerald proceed to clean up their mess. After cleaning up, the three decide to sit down and have a coffee. Over the last few months, the three have really bonded.

When Luis first learned of the marriage between his baby sister and Julian Crane, he went ballistic. He knew that somehow Julian had tricked his sister into marrying him. When he got back from Bermuda, he had gone looking for Julian and proceeded to beat the crap out of him, mind you there wasn't much left after Ethan had been through with him. When Ethan broke off his engagement to Theresa, she was devastated and had turned to her family for comfort. No matter how mad Luis had been at his sister for her carelessness into being tricked, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her. Without Ethan there, Theresa had become very withdrawn. For the first few weeks after the 'breakup' they were all worried about what she would do to herself. Theresa it would seem had given up on life and all her dreams, that was until she found out that she was pregnant. At first no one knew who the baby really belonged to, Julian or Ethan but after it was confirmed, with help from Eve Russell, that Julian was indeed NOT the father of Theresa's unborn child, Theresa seemed to begin living again. Everyone had wanted her to go tell Ethan, even she had wanted to when she found out, but she knew that she couldn't do it. She didn't want to disrupt his life all over again. She loved him too much for that. She had learned over the months what love really was. Love was willing to sacrifice ones happiness for another, and it wasn't until she felt the baby growing inside of her that she learned that lesson.

"So how's my little niece or nephew" asked Luis to Theresa, "He OR she is doing great! I can't believe how big I am getting" replied Theresa. "I know, in a couple of months we are going to have a little baby boy or girl running around hehe" laughed Luis. "You mean two little ones, right bro? Can't forget Miguel's little boy" Theresa said with a smile. When she turned to give Miguel a smile, her smile began to fade. She knew how heartbroken Miguel still was over the loss and subsequent disappearance of Charity.

Theresa knew little about what happened between her brother, Charity and sister-in-law Kay, except for the bits and pieces that she heard from Whitney who in turn got the information from Simone. Apparently Miguel had slept with Kay, without remembering it, and got her pregnant. On Charity's 18th birthday, just when Miguel and Charity were to announce their engagement to the world, Kay fainted and blurted out that she was pregnant with Miguel's child.

Theresa felt really bad for her brother, even though she herself was going through a tough time in her life, at least was pregnant with a child conceived by love as opposed to Miguel. Not only was Miguel obligated to marry someone he was not IN love with, but he also had to live with the guilt that he destroyed and ruined the life of the one person in this world that meant anything to him, his beloved Charity. When Charity disappeared after his quick marriage to Kay, Miguel's heart had broken and as time passed without any word about the whereabouts of Charity, Miguel began to worry.

Theresa knew that when the baby came, Miguel would love it because that was how he was. Miguel did not blame the child rather he blamed himself for his dilemma. If he hadn't slept with her, he and Charity would be engaged, instead he was married to her cousin.

Theresa has tried over the months to get Miguel to confide to her about the happenings of that fateful day and the last confrontation between him and Charity, but alas, Miguel still felt that it was too painful to talk about.
As Miguel and Luis talked about sports, Theresa had the opportunity to look and reflect on her brother Luis. Looking at him she couldn't believe how blessed she was to have Luis as a brother. When the deception of her being married to Julian was exposed, she felt surely that Luis would never speak to her again. But once again she misjudged her brother. If it wasn't for Luis, she didn't know how she could have handled the last few months. The loss of Sheridan seemed to have aged her brother. He didn't smile as often, but then again neither her nor Miguel did either, and seem to accept whatever life threw at him.

"Miguel? Miguel? Are you done there? Can you get me a cup of water when you get up?" called Kay from upstairs. "O.K. I'm coming" With a resigned sigh, Miguel excused himself to get Kay a glass of water and proceeded to go upstairs.