Chapter 17 - Lost Love
"Theresa………………………" Whispered Katherine "What is it that you see?"
"It's Papa!" Cried Theresa "But he is supposed to be dead, they said that he was dead!"
"There is a good explanation to why he is still alive Theresa, you see long ago, your father was called to the mansion, one of the maids had committed suicide in the living room of the Crane mansion, your father was called because he was one the crane trusted employee, little did your father know that was going to be the last time he saw his family again. Alister sent him away so that he could not tell anyone what he saw." Explained Katherine
"Well, that explains a lot!" said Theresa "We just assumed, Papa ran off because his family was too much!"
"Theresa it is time to go!" Said Katherine
"No, Katherine I am not ready to leave my family yet please Katherine I need one more chance!" Pleaded Theresa
"Theresa I am sorry, but they say you don't belong here."
"No, I want to be with my family again no…………no………..no……….." cried Theresa
"Theresa it was great meeting you, take care!" said Katherine
Theresa barely heard the last words that Katherine had spoken when she was engulfed in the light, the light that seem so peaceful and serene yet so violent. She was in despair But Katherine was right she did not belong there, where she belong she didn't know she felt a strange feeling she started to open her eyes what she saw brought tears to her eyes she couldn't believe that she had been given a second to renew herself, redeem herself from hell.
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Ethan and Theresa HouseThings were looking hopeless for them they couldn't find Theresa's body, who ever stole it had been very clever, they didn't leave a clue nothing to indicate who they were or where they had taken Theresa. Ethan was in despair but he couldn't wait to hold his beautiful daughter in his arm she was the only link they had of Theresa and if she is anything like her mother she was going to have that fire that spunk that Theresa had oh boy was she going to be a handful.
"Well, I guess it is time to head to the church, Father Lonigan said the ceremony is going to start in ½ hour" said Ethan
"Ethan, I know that it is hard for you, it is hard on all of us, we all miss her and wish that she was here!" cried Pilar "Why god must you take my Therisa, you have my husband why can I not have my daughter!"
"It's o.k. Mama, she's with Papa, Papa will watch out for her, she is probably looking down on us right now wishing we wouldn't cry over her, she wouldn't want that she would have wanted us to be happy and move on with out lives"! cried Luis
"Luis is right Pilar she wouldn't want us to be sad, come let's go to the church!" said Ethan
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ChurchThey all decide to bury her anyways without a body at least the family would have a place to mourn her. Ethan had already gotten the funeral preparation finalize and with Hannah out of the woodwork and she was ready to come home they decided to have the funeral today. The date January 21, 2003. The ceremony was beautiful, everyone in town showed up.
Ethan stood up and said his speech:
"Thank you all for being here, Theresa was a wonderful person, she knew how to light up the room at exactly the right time. Let's not mourn her but celebrate the wonderful life that she led. She had so much fire in here and her talk of fate though at times seem to be a child hood dream she never gave up on it no matter who told fate didn't exist. In life you are either a player or you are the host and Theresa was definitely the host. She never gave up and no matter what the mood was or how horrible things were she would always find the silver lining. And today she would want us to find that silver lining, today we are not here to mourn but to celebrate the life that Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Winthrop led!" Theresa I love and I will always love you and no one, no one will replace you, you hold a special place in my heart and there you will stay until we meet again!"
Thank you!
Luis stood up and said his Speech:
"My Sister, the dreamer, she had a dream once that she was going to marry Ethan Crane, though that dream died she did marry the man she had loved all her life Ethan Winthrop. If she was here today with us she would tell us to stop crying she is in a better place. We are all going to miss her running around the house screaming fate this fate that, she is still believing in fate even in heaven she was an Angel when she was on earth and she is now and heavenly angel watching over this small town and all the people in it. Theresa I love you and I will miss you take care and God watch over my sister and tell her how much her family loves her. Papa take care of Theresa for us we know that she is there with you!"
Thank you all for coming!
It was too much, everyone in the church was in tears, but it was time to take Theresa spirit though her body was not in the coffin to it's final resting place. It was time to head to the cemetery!
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The CemeteryThe ride to the cemetery was a slow and quiet one. It was hard on everyone except for 3 people who were inside screaming with happiness and joy. They had finally eliminated their enemy. The one person they hated. Theresa she who they thought ruin their lives, she who kept them from the one person who made their heart skip a beat every time they pass by. Now that she was gone they can go back to their plan, to get the ones that they loved. They waited until everyone had cleared the ceremony before they started their conversation.
"Simone, Kay we did it we finally got rid of her and now Ethan will be all mines, he thinks that I have turned a new leaf!"
"Yea, that's what she gets for constantly pushing Chad into Whitney's arms!" yelled Simone
"Quiet Simone before someone hears you, but you guys are right she got what she deserves!" said Kay as she walked over and spitted and Theresa's Grave "This is for pushing Charity and Miguel back together, and making me lose my baby!"
"That was so brilliant, framing my mother for the crime, everyone knew how much she hated Theresa!" said Gwen "Now Ethan is free to be with whoever comforts him and you guys can go back to trying to get your man and I will help!"
"WHAT!, THE HELL DID YOU GUYS JUST SAY! Screamed a voice
Simone, Kay and Gwen turn around and came face to face with none other than Ethan, Luis, Sam and TC
"Gwen, How could you? You said you had change, how could you do this to Theresa and then frame your own mother for it? You are heartless!" Yelled Ethan
"How could I? How can Theresa, she took you from me the one thing that I love more than life itself, when you left me you took a part of my soul!" Said Gwen "All the things that I did was out of Love for you, I was trying to save us Ethan US, before she came into the picture we were in love and she had to go and ruin everything and for that she had to pay!"
"Gwen, Will you listen to yourself, you sound like a psychotic bitch!" Spat Ethan He didn't know if he was more furious at her for killing Theresa or lying to him!
"How can you Gwen, by killing her did you honestly think that you were going to replace her in our lives and that we were not going to find out what happen, things always have a way of coming out Gwen, you out of all people should know that by now!" "I just can't believe that you were up to your old tricks again, I hat you and I hope that you will rot in jail for it!"
"Ethan, I made a vow and deal to myself that I was going to get you back no matter what the consequences were!"
"Well you know what you are going to jail for killing Theresa and attempted murder on Hannah! And I am going to make sure that you never see the light of day ever again!"
"Kay, why?" asked Ethan and Sam
"If Theresa hadn't convince Charity to take back Miguel than I wouldn't have lost my baby and we would be together!" cried Kay "But no she had to go and ruin everything!"
"No, Kay you did that yourself!" Chimed Miguel "You use Charity's Essence to lure me into bed and you took advantage of me!" "I told you that I didn't love you, and that I loved Charity!"
"Why is it that Charity has to have everything that I want!" cried Kay "She has the man that I love and she is having his baby, that was suppose to be me and Theresa had to go ruin it!"
"Sugar Bear, tell me what did Theresa do to you?" asked TC
"She convince Chad and Whitney to get together and took the one man that I love!" yelled Simone "She pushed them together!"
"Do you guys, even listen to yourself you all sound sick and demented!" said Luis
"Luis, what if someone stole Sheridan heart away from you. Wouldn't you do everything in your power to get them back?" asked Gwen
Of course I would, but not at the expense of others, I wouldn't hurt anyone!"
"I am sorry lady's but I am going to have to put you under arrest" said Sam with tears in his eyes he couldn't believe that his baby girl would do something like this!
"Kay Bennett, Simone Russell, and Gwen Hotchkiss you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law, you have the right to an attorney if you can't afford one, one will be a appointed to you at no cost!" said Sam
"Sam, TC, Ethan, Luis what is going on?" asked Eve, Pilar, Ivy and Grace
"Rebecca innocent, apparently the 3 girls concocted this plan to get rid of Theresa!" said Sam
"Kay, how can you do this?" asked Grace
"How can I Grace? How can Theresa she help my prissy , bitch of a cousin get back together with Miguel!" spatted Kay "The one man I love and will always love"
With that last statement Charity had enough! She walked over to Kay and slapped her so hard she fell to the ground. Miguel went after his wife
"Hunny, NO it's not good for the baby, you can't get worked up like this!"
"How dare you!" Yelled Charity her screams created a dark cloud in the sky that was so eerie and a fierce wind blew. But then as sudden as it came it abruptly stop. "You…….." Said Charity Quietly "You have plotted against me since I have been here, First with the fish guts during the prom, then you had me put in a mental institute, then you froze me in ice and made Zombie Charity so that you can seduce Miguel, then you put on my essence and slept with Miguel. I can go on and on with all the cruel things that you have done to me!" But you are right I did do something horrible to you I came to town, but under no control of my own did I make my mother die nor did I make Miguel fall in love with me it just happen. I am sorry Kay but the only victim here is Theresa!" yelled Charity which cause a fierce wind to wrap around Kay
"Simone, How? Why? Did you do this to Theresa?" asked Eve
"Mom, all my life you have praise and love Whitney and the one thing that I wanted was Chad and you know what Theresa pushed them together with her stupid talk about fate and destiny!" Said Simone "If it wasn't for her Chad and Whitney would never of fallen in love and I would be Chad's girlfriend"
"Hunny, but that doesn't give you and reason to hurt Theresa or her unborn child!"
"Eve's right" Chimed Chad "Simone I never loved you, maybe like a little sister but since day one I have always had an eye for your sister I am sorry I shouldn't of led you on like that!"
"One question" said Luis " Who was that guy that fingered Rebecca as the perp!"
"Oh him, he was………………………………… Kay do you want to explain it!" said Gwen
"He was someone who had a terrible itch for me, and he was willing to do anything for me!"
"So you were the one on the phone that day!" said Ethan
"You got that right half bro!" laughed Kay
"O.K. Take them away boys" said Sam
Everyone was pretty much in a state of shock, they understood why Gwen did it but the reason behind why Kay and Simone did were purely insane. No matter Theresa was gone and there was no way of bringing her back that day they lost not only Theresa but they lost Kay and Simone too all because they were vindictive.
Lost and confused the clan decided to head back to Ethan and Theresa house……………………………Little did they know what was waiting for them…………………………
Author's Note: Next Chapter I will reveal who the stranger was that took Theresa's body and the Stranger she bargain with in the beginning!