Chap 9
"Theresa, Mckinley where are you?" Whitney shouted.
"Oh my gosh, they must have been kidnapped."
"Mom! Settle down and look." Mariah said pointing to a note that read:
Whit-
Mckinley and I went on an overnight campout on the beach. Don't wait up for us we'll see you when we get back.
Theresa
"See they're just fine."
" I now, know. Well let's go pick up your father."
"Yeah Daddy, I miss him so much."
"So do I, so do I."
"Oh mama I had so much fun last night, we have to do this more often."
"Oh yes we do and we will, I miss hanging out with you but there is something that I have to ask you."
"Okay"
"You know Noah.'
"Yes"
"Well he asked me to marry him, like Kay and Miguel and you were the flower girl remember?"
"Yeah"
"Well Noah asked me to marry him, which means he would be like your daddy and live with us."
"NO mama. I have a daddy you told me. You said he would come back, I don't want Noah as my daddy I want my daddy. I want just you and me, mama." She started crying and ran off.
"Mckinely, come back." Theresa yelled running after her. She found her by the lagoon of the bay. 'Oh my gosh how did she know where this is, no one knows about it but Ethan and me.' Theresa said to herself. 'This is where Ethan and I first made love' a wave of memories came flooding back. 'We used to come here and meet when are families forbid eachother to see one another. I lost my virginity here.'
"How did you know where this lagoon was."
"Sometimes late at night I would hear you cry or sometimes during the day you would cry and I would walk the beach then I found this lagoon out of chance one day. I come here to think about what I did to make you cry."
"Oh honey you did nothing to make me cry, nothing. Come here." Gives Mckinely a hug
"And you know what else?"
"What?'
"I'm not going to marry Noah, we don't need him. We are just fine the two of us. Just us."
"Really? Just us."
"Yes now let's get back before Whit starts to worry."
"Okay."
Ethan turned the pages of the phone book searching for a Theresa, a Lopez- Fitzgerald, a Winthrop, then he found it.
"Theresa Winthrop, I see that you still have my name so maybe you haven't given up on our love." He scribbled down the number in a napkin. "I have to talk to her, I just have to."
"Uncle Chad!" Mckinley screamed.
"Hi" Chad said picking her up, " the last time I saw you, you were only 3, getting potty trained."
"I missed you. You should have visited more."
"I know, but I was busy." Turns to Theresa "It's been a long time"
"Yes it has. Come here Chad and let me get a look at you." Gives him a hug
"Well look at you, successful fashion designer. Are you doing okay?"
"Yeah actually I am…"
Whitney cuts in with a " Noah proposed."
The smile on Mckinley's face goes down.
"What he did? Congrats"
"Wait don't jump the gun, I haven't said anything yet."
"But she's gonna say…
Theresa cuts in "No" the smile on Mckinley's face comes back
"What? Just today you said you were going to say yes"
"And I changed my mind after talking to Mckinely, that I don't want to marry and I don't need to, I have everything I need and I don't love him, I love Ethan and it would not be fair to Noah and technically I'm still married to Ethan."
"Well good for you Theresa." Chad chimed in
"CHAD!"
"What?"
"Nothing"
"Well thanks Chad, I'm glad someone agrees with my judgement." Looks over at Whitney.
"Theresa, Mckinley where are you?" Whitney shouted.
"Oh my gosh, they must have been kidnapped."
"Mom! Settle down and look." Mariah said pointing to a note that read:
Whit-
Mckinley and I went on an overnight campout on the beach. Don't wait up for us we'll see you when we get back.
Theresa
"See they're just fine."
" I now, know. Well let's go pick up your father."
"Yeah Daddy, I miss him so much."
"So do I, so do I."
"Oh mama I had so much fun last night, we have to do this more often."
"Oh yes we do and we will, I miss hanging out with you but there is something that I have to ask you."
"Okay"
"You know Noah.'
"Yes"
"Well he asked me to marry him, like Kay and Miguel and you were the flower girl remember?"
"Yeah"
"Well Noah asked me to marry him, which means he would be like your daddy and live with us."
"NO mama. I have a daddy you told me. You said he would come back, I don't want Noah as my daddy I want my daddy. I want just you and me, mama." She started crying and ran off.
"Mckinely, come back." Theresa yelled running after her. She found her by the lagoon of the bay. 'Oh my gosh how did she know where this is, no one knows about it but Ethan and me.' Theresa said to herself. 'This is where Ethan and I first made love' a wave of memories came flooding back. 'We used to come here and meet when are families forbid eachother to see one another. I lost my virginity here.'
"How did you know where this lagoon was."
"Sometimes late at night I would hear you cry or sometimes during the day you would cry and I would walk the beach then I found this lagoon out of chance one day. I come here to think about what I did to make you cry."
"Oh honey you did nothing to make me cry, nothing. Come here." Gives Mckinely a hug
"And you know what else?"
"What?'
"I'm not going to marry Noah, we don't need him. We are just fine the two of us. Just us."
"Really? Just us."
"Yes now let's get back before Whit starts to worry."
"Okay."
Ethan turned the pages of the phone book searching for a Theresa, a Lopez- Fitzgerald, a Winthrop, then he found it.
"Theresa Winthrop, I see that you still have my name so maybe you haven't given up on our love." He scribbled down the number in a napkin. "I have to talk to her, I just have to."
"Uncle Chad!" Mckinley screamed.
"Hi" Chad said picking her up, " the last time I saw you, you were only 3, getting potty trained."
"I missed you. You should have visited more."
"I know, but I was busy." Turns to Theresa "It's been a long time"
"Yes it has. Come here Chad and let me get a look at you." Gives him a hug
"Well look at you, successful fashion designer. Are you doing okay?"
"Yeah actually I am…"
Whitney cuts in with a " Noah proposed."
The smile on Mckinley's face goes down.
"What he did? Congrats"
"Wait don't jump the gun, I haven't said anything yet."
"But she's gonna say…
Theresa cuts in "No" the smile on Mckinley's face comes back
"What? Just today you said you were going to say yes"
"And I changed my mind after talking to Mckinely, that I don't want to marry and I don't need to, I have everything I need and I don't love him, I love Ethan and it would not be fair to Noah and technically I'm still married to Ethan."
"Well good for you Theresa." Chad chimed in
"CHAD!"
"What?"
"Nothing"
"Well thanks Chad, I'm glad someone agrees with my judgement." Looks over at Whitney.