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My Only Love Part 4

Note: This is the next day.



Kay sat in jail thinking about all that had happened within the past few days. Uncle Hank was murdered. Sheridan died. She murdered Charity. Was she sorry for what she did? She didn't know. In a sense of killing Charity to get her soul back and eventually getting Miguel, no. But she was sorry that she did it at the wrong time; now she would get tried and convicted of murder, her parents didn't want her, and Miguel hated her. She heard from the prison guards that Charity and Sheridan had come back to life. She didn't believe them, they were probably just teasing her. Just then her cell opened, and in came Charity. "Oh my God, you are alive," she said standing up.

"Hi, Kay," Charity said not enthusiastically.

It was a short while before either one of them said anything. "How?" Kay finally asked.

"Let's just say that the forces of Good were on my side." Then she quietly added "which is more than you understand."

Another short pause. "So I take it that Sheridan's alive too, right?" Kay asked.

"Yea. She's fine."

"Good. And Uncle Hank?"

Charity shook her head. "No," she answered sadly.

Another short pause. "So how's everyone?" Kay asked. She was really interested in how Miguel was doing.

"Well..." She didn't know how to say this. "We found out that Alistair Crane murdered Miguel's father."

"Oh my God. That's so horrible. I feel so bad for Miguel."

Charity looked at her coldly. "If you really cared about Miguel, you wouldn't have killed me."

Kay looked away and sat down. She really did care about Miguel, but she didn't know quite how to respond to what Charity had just said; and Charity knew it. "So how's everyone else."

Charity sighed. She told her cousin about Timmy and Tabitha. Kay just looked at her in shock. At first she didn't believe her, but then, since Charity and Sheridan had magically come back to life, anything was possible; so she believed her. Charity also told her about all the things she told everyone that she did; from lying about Tiffany, to the prom boat, her scheming to get Miguel, her selling her soul (which she added that she had back since Hecuba was destroyed).

"What's in the suitcase?" Kay asked. She didn't see the suitcase that Charity brought until now.

"Clothes, money, food," Charity answered. You won't be charged if you leave Harmony."

Kay didn't say anything for a short while. "Oh. Okay," she finally said looking away. She didn't even have to ask if her parents changed their minds about her. The suitcase said it all. They didn't want anything to do with a murderer, even if the murderer was their own daughter.

"Also," Charity continued, "go to the airport. Get a plane ticket anywhere and charge it to the family account. Your father said so."

After a few seconds, Kay picked up the suitcase and walked out of her cell. Charity followed her. After Kay walked a few feet, she turned to Charity. "Tell everyone goodbye for me," she said. She turned back around and walked out of the prison, and was never heard of again.

Charity watched her cousin go. She turned around and saw Miguel. "Thanks for waiting for me," she said.

Miguel walked over to her. They looked into each others eyes, held hands, and had an intimate silent moment. Then they kissed. "Come on. Let's get out of here." They left and went home.

When they got home, they weren't the only ones there. Ethan and Theresa were there; as was Luis and Sheridan, and Chad and Whitney. They were dancing to "Dreaming of You" by Selena.

Chad looked up when they came in. "Hi," he said. Everyone else smiled at them. Miguel and Charity started dancing too.

The song soon ended. Luis pressed the button to play it again. Then he went back to Sheridan and started dancing with her again. "Hey, Beautiful," he said smiling.

Sheridan smiled back at him. "You're not so bad looking yourself." They both laughed, and kissed. She leaned her head on his shoulder. "I've been thinking about what's happened in the last few days. As much as I hated dying in that coffin, and as much as it was miserable for you to see me dead, don't you think this has brought us closer together?"

Luis didn't answer. He had to think about that. "Well," he began. "Yea, it's definitely brought us closer together. But I don't ever want to go through that ever again." He hugged her tighter.

"Me neither," Miguel said, referring to Charity. Charity and Sheridan both agreed.

"Well," Chad said to Whitney, "I have to say that it was worth the wait for you and me to get together."

Whitney smiled. "Yea, that brought us closer together."

Theresa looked up at Ethan. "And I would have to say that you were worth the wait too, Ethan." She smiled at him. He didn't smile back. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"I completely forgot to propose to you! All I did was apologize to Gwen. I never proposed to you." Everyone else stopped dancing. Then Miguel started laughing, which set off a chain reaction among everyone else, including Ethan and Theresa. "I am so sorry, Theresa."

"It's okay. It's okay."

Ethan kneeled down on one knee, and pulled out a ring from his pocket. "Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, will you marry me and make me the happiest man in the world?"

"Yes." Ethan put the ring on her finger, and got up to kiss her. Everyone else cheered and Chad changed the song to "I Could Fall In Love."

"Sheridan, I've been thinking," Luis said midway through the song.

"What?"

"Well, I guess that," he paused; he didn't know how to say what he was feeling. "Since we came so close to losing each other and we know that we're meant for each other, I don't see why we don't...," he paused again.

"What is it?"

"I love you so much. And I always will. With all of my heart."

"I love you too. I'll love you forever, and ever, and ever." They both kissed. Then Sheridan realized what Luis was up to. "Are you going to do what I think you are going to do?"

"You bet I am." Like Ethan before him, he kneeled down on one knee and pulled out a ring from his pocket. "Sheridan, will you make me the happiest man on Earth and be my wife?" Everybody else, meanwhile, stopped dancing and turned to him and Sheridan in shock.

Sheridan was too surprised to answer for a couple of seconds. She loved Luis, yes, and she knew that she and Luis were meant to get married and spend the rest of their lives together, but was she ready for marriage now?

"Well?" Luis asked, trying not to show his anxiety.

"Yes!" she almost yelled. Luis quickly put the ring on her finger and got up to embrace and kiss his now fiancé.

Charity was the first one to cheer for the happy couple. Everyone was still shocked by how sudden both proposals were. Slowly, everyone showed their congratulations.

"Two for two," Chad said.

"I guess we both are going to be the happiest men on Earth," Luis said to Ethan. Ethan simply laughed and hugged his future brother.

"Well, I know we're meant for each other," Miguel said, wrapping his arm Charity's shoulders. "But we're going to wait on the marriage thing. We're too young."

"Same here," Chad said looking into Whitney's eyes. After the song ended, he changed it to "Breathe" by Jane French, and everyone danced to it.

The next day was Martin Fitzgerald's funeral. The Lopez-Fitzgeralds', Sheridan, Ethan, and Ivy were the first ones there.

"Where's Charity? She'd said she'd be here by now," Miguel said.

"She'll be here," Luis said, walking toward his father's closed casket. When he reached it, he just stood and stared at it. "Papa," he began; it was hard to talk without crying. Even though he believed Sheridan when she told him that his father had never been mad at him for thinking that he abandoned them, he was still mad at himself. "I'm sorry." He paused again. "We'll get Julian for you."

Pilar and Theresa were crying. Ivy and Ethan were trying to comfort them. Ethan by holding Theresa and saying that it was okay to cry, and Ivy saying how sorry she was and that Alistair got what he deserved.

"What he deserved," Ethan began, "was to be put on trial and be convicted and have people tell him what he did was wrong. At the very least." He paused. "Two days ago, I never thought I'd say this, but I wish I wasn't part of that family. I wish I wasn't a Crane." He didn't notice Theresa, Pilar, and Ivy look up at each other with a look that said "Should we tell him?"

Sheridan walked over to Luis. "Hey," she said, putting his arm on his shoulder. She didn't know what else to say. Luis turned and hugged her, trying so hard not to cry. Sheridan hugged him back. It was all she could do for him.

The Church phone suddenly rang and the priest answered it. A short while later he walked back toward them without hanging up. The Russells' and Chad meanwhile, just arrived. "That was Charity," he told them. "She said that she and her family are going to be a little late because something came up. She sends her apologies. Oh, Ms. Crane, she wants to talk to you."

"Me?"

"Yes."

Sheridan walked over to the phone and picked it up. "Yea?" Everyone except the priest were trying to listen in on the conversation. "Oh my gosh!" Sheridan said. Everyone was really engrossed now. "Okay, I'll see you here." She hung up, a look of relief and happiness on her face.

"What was it?" Luis asked.

"I can't tell you. It's a secret."

"What was it, please?" Luis begged, as Sheridan took hold of his hands.

"You'll have to wait and see." Everyone figured it was worthless to try and figure out what Sheridan's secret was, so they just left it at that and would wait until after the service.

The rest of the guests soon arrived and the service started. Charity and her family arrived shortly after and she took a seat by Miguel.

"Where were you?" he asked.

"You'll find out after the funeral."

After the funeral, the Bennetts', Ethan, and Sheridan came over to the Lopez-Fitzgeralds' to help comfort them.

"How many funerals have we been to in the past week?" Miguel asked rhetorically. Nobody answered him. This past week was by far the most bizarre one they ever experienced.

After a few minutes of talking about Martin and remembering what he had done in his life, Theresa remembered that Sheridan and Charity and her family had a secret. "What was that it that you said you were going to tell us about now?"

"Yea, what it is it?" everyone pretty much said at one.

Sam, Charity, Grace, and Jessica looked at each other. Then Sam got up and opened the door. In came Hank. "Hi," he said.

Everyone couldn't believe what they were seeing. Hank was alive too. No one could move, it was all too shocking.

"That's why we were late this morning," Grace said. "We woke up and found Hank in our house, alive."

"I can't believe it," Luis said, getting up to hug Hank. "Why didn't you come to the funeral?"

"I guess, because, if everyone saw me there, everyone would be hounding me because I came back alive. Everyone would forget about your father."

"Well, we're glad you're back Hank," Pilar said, also getting up to hug him.

After about 2 hours of talking (including calling up the Russells', Chad, and Reese and having them come over, everyone went home except for Ethan, Charity, and Sheridan.

Ivy came over when the Bennetts' left. She saw Hank as they drove away. "Was that Hank Bennett I saw when I arrived?" she asked when she entered the house.

"Yes, Mrs. Crane," Charity answered. "He came back to life this morning."

"Sam must be really happy."

"To say the least," Charity replied.

"The divorce should be finalized in a matter of days," Ivy said. "By the way, Ethan, Alistair's attorney wants to see you tomorrow. Since Alistair's dead, you get the entire Crane fortune."

"I don't want it," Ethan said. "I don't want to have anything to do with that family, that name anymore. It's full of criminals. I don't want to be a Crane anymore." He walked outside.

Everyone was too stunned to move for a few seconds. From being dead, Charity and Sheridan knew that Ethan wasn't really a Crane. "I think we should tell him," Theresa said.

"No! We can't do that," Pilar said. "He'll be upset if he realizes that all he thought he was was a lie."

"Mama, he's upset now. You heard him say that he wishes he wasn't a Crane. And he likes Sam Bennett now, so he won't be mad if he finds out he's his real father."

"I'm with Theresa," Ivy said. "Now that Ethan has control over the entire Crane Empire, there's no reason why he shouldn't know.

"I'm with Theresa too," put in Sheridan. Charity nodded her agreement.

Pilar sighed. "Alright. But we have to think of a way to tell him without it being too shocking."

Luis and Miguel came over to them having only heard the last part, they had been staring at their father's picture so they didn't hear what they had been talking about. "What are you with Theresa for?" Miguel asked.

This time it was Ivy who sighed. "We're going to tell Ethan who his real father is."

"What do you mean?"

"Julian isn't his real father."

"You mean Ethan isn't really a Crane?!" Luis yelled. Miguel was just as shocked as he was.

Ethan came back in at that second. "What?!" he yelled at them.

Luis stood there shocked. "Sorry," he whispered.

"Mother, what does he mean?" Ethan asked.

Ivy sighed again. "It's time you learned the truth." They all sat down on the sofa as Ivy began to tell everything. She told him about her overhearing Julian tell Alistair he didn't love her at their wedding. She told him about her running off and sleeping with Sam; her covering up the truth all these years; everything. Theresa even showed him the proof on her computer. Pilar told him she knew the truth also.

Ethan sat there, shocked. He didn't know what to think. All he had known to be true was a lie. He was angry at his mother for a second, and at Pilar and Theresa for hiding the truth from him. But then he realized that they all had his best interest in mind the entire time. And he was glad that he wasn't a Crane in the first place. The biggest thing he had to deal with was getting used to the fact that Sam Bennett was his father. Just two days ago, he hated him. Then they had gotten to become friends. Now he was his father too. It was a lot to take in just a few minutes. "I guess..." he started to say. He got up and walked over to the table. Everyone was worried if they had done the right thing. "I forgive you all," he said.

Everyone let out a sigh of relief at once. Theresa got up and kissed him.

"I'm guessing that Chief Bennett, Sam,"--Ethan began; he wasn't quite ready to call him "Father" yet, but he knew that "Chief Bennett" was too unfatherly, Sam was appropriate.--"doesn't know the truth yet."

Everyone shook their heads. "Like you, we have to think of a way of telling him without it being too shocking," Charity said.

They all eventually thought of a plan that would be executed tomorrow.

The next day, Charity, Theresa, Sheridan and Eve talked to Sam at his house. They told him that Ethan was really his son. Theresa showed him the proof on her laptop, and Eve told him that Ivy had blackmailed her into lying to him about it and even brought Ethan's records from the hospital to show it.

Sam walked away. He was in so much shock. The fact that Ivy had blackmailed Eve didn't surprise him considering the kind of person Ivy was. He didn't even want to know exactly what Eve was blackmailed for. It would take awhile for him to get used to the fact that he had another son. Just two days ago, he hated Ethan. Then they made up when Sheridan told them they weren't meant to be enemies. And they apologized to each other for their silly misunderstandings at Martin Fitzgerald's funeral. But he was more concerned with how he was going to tell Grace. She would be hurt at the fact that he kept his relationship with Ivy a secret from her all these years. "Can you guys help me tell Grace?" he asked, in other words telling them that he wasn't mad at them.

They smiled. "Yea, sure," Sheridan said.

"Does Ethan know?" Sam asked.

Ethan came in then. "Yea, I do." He and Sam just looked at each other. They didn't know what to say.

"So, how did you take the news?" Sam asked.

"Pretty much the way you took it," Ethan answered. After a few seconds of not saying anything, Ethan and Sam hugged each other. Everyone else watched with a big smile on their faces as they saw a father and son embrace for the first time.

When Grace came back home, everyone told her. She didn't know what to think. It wasn't so much the fact that Sam had another son, it was the fact that he lied to her about having a past relationship. She had told him she didn't care about it, since it was before he even met her.

"Honey, I'm so sorry." He tried to hug her, but she pushed him away, and turned away from everyone. "I guess I didn't tell you about me and Ivy because I didn't want to hurt you. Then, when you said that it didn't matter if I had a relationship before I met you, I was about to tell you. Then you said that if it turned out to be someone who had been in our house like Ivy, you would feel hurt, and I didn't tell you after that because I didn't want to hurt you. I'm sorry. Can you forgive me? Look, I swear on my life that this is the only thing I've ever kept from you. Please, forgive me."

Grace didn't move. Could she forgive him? She still loved him, but could she ever trust him again? After all, he did lie to her; how could she believe that this was his only secret? Then she weighed out the facts. She could tell that her husband wasn't a regular liar. If he did lie, this would be his only lie. Plus if she forgave him, she would be getting another son too, even if he was only a stepson. She turned back around to Sam. Then she smiled. Sam smiled back in relief. "I knew that Ethan had Bennett eyes," Grace said, as she hugged Sam. Sam simply laughed. Then Ethan joined in the hug, followed by Jessica and Charity.