ChapterSeven
The Next Day
Therese walked down the stairs of the mansion for brunch. She took a deep breath before entering the parlor of the mansion. A delicious spread of food was laid out for brunch and Julian, Katherine, Alistair, and Angelica were sitting around the room.
"Good morning, my dear sister. How did you sleep?" Julian asked.
"I slept well. I slept very well knowing that my children were right down the hall from me and that they soon would be back with me," Therese said.
"Yes, they will. You will have EM back soon, in fact, you may have him back by the end of the day," Alistair said.
"You called up one of the judges, didn't you?" Therese asked.
"Yes, I did. Judge Evelyn Saunders has always been a good friend of mine and your mother's for a long time. She understands the need for a hearing about custody of both children. She is going to check out the judges that gave custody to Ethan and Gwen and she will see if anything illegal was done by those judges in both cases and if she finds that anything illegal was done, you will get custody of both children returned to you," Alistair said.
"She told us she'd call once she was done with her investigation and would call us and Gwen and Ethan into court and give us her decision, which will be the return of your son and daughter to you," Angelica said.
"That's good. I can't wait until my children are living with me in my apartment and Ethan and Gwen are kicked out of this house and out of Harmony forever," Therese said.
"I will drink to that. Good morning, little sister," Sheridan greeted as she came into the room.
"Good morning, Sher. Did you wear out Luis last night?" Therese asked.
"Yes, I did. Thank you so much for that little tip. Got him in the mood in no time," Sheridan said.
"Good. Just do that every time and Luis will do whatever you want," Therese said.
"Too bad Rebecca didn't know this little trick to use with Jonathan," Sheridan said.
"It wouldn't have helped. Jonathan still would've divorced her," Julian said, knowing that the man his sister was referring to was Jonathan Hotchkiss, Rebecca's ex-husband and Gwen's father.
"Yeah. He could see that she was no more than a gold digger that was trying to become rich. She tried to get a major settlement out of him, but she didn't get a cent out of him when they divorced, all because of her adulterous affairs," Angelica said.
"That should work this time as well. That witch has had other affairs other than having wild sex with you, Julian," Therese said.
"We can only hope that it will work," Julian said.
"It will work. And plus, I have all the evidence of all the times she schemed against you, my dear. She may get a settlement, but a small one to get her out of this family and out of Harmony," Alistair said.
"I hope so. Either she takes the settlement or she goes to jail for embezzlement and for kidnapping," Angelica said.
