Chapter 2:

Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald walked into the Crane Mansion. He was going to
see his mama again. They had been separated for ten long years. He had truly
missed her, as well as his siblings. He left Diana alone to search around the
Estate while he went inside to find his mama.
After they reunited, they began to have a long conversation about the past,
the present and the future.
He told Pilar that he was engaged to a beautiful woman named "Diana."
That was Sheridan's name during her amnesic period. He asked her what had
happened to her in the past few years.
They continued to sit there in the living room, reliving happy memories
and discussing their lives.

Meanwhile, on a small island known as St. Lisa's, a Black woman by the
name of Liz Sanbourne was thinking about moving to a small town named
Harmony. That is where her best friend, who also used to be her lover, Brian
O'Leary, better known now as Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald, had just moved to with
his fiancée Diana.
She had to move there. How else was she going to be able to sink her claws
into the man she loved so passionately?! Deep down she knew that Diana wasn't
the right kind of woman for Brian er Antonio. Diana had practically caused
Antonio's car crash when she ran up that huge gambling debt which he felt
obligated to pay off by entering and winning a car race. The profit money would
have been just enough to pay off that debt. She was the reason he was so badly
injured after that car race.
I'm the right woman for Antonio, Liz thought to herself, conspiringly. And I
will do what I can to get him. I will prevent him from making the mistake of
marrying Diana. And when I do, he'll see who his true love is. Me.
She sighed as she imagined life as Antonio's wife. They would be so happy
together, the same way they had been when they were lovers back on that island.
Liz began to reminisce about those days:
Her and Antonio were friends before they became lovers. He worked for
her in her hotel. They eventually began to fall in love. They went out for two
years. That was the best two years of Liz's life. But maybe the same couldn't be
said for Antonio, since he broke up with her shortly after. She was heartbroken,
but understood why he decided to end things between them. She had been
pushing him away more and more. She hardly noticed it; it seemed like second
nature. Her past, which included her sister betraying her, had left some pretty
harsh wounds that would not go away. It seemed to affect every relationship Liz
would have. She was not very trusting of others. Antonio needed and wanted trust
and closeness from his lover, but he didn't get much of that from Liz. That is
primarily why he broke up with her. It still hurt.
She sighed as the sad memories replayed in her mind. Shaking them away,
she took out the suitcase which was in her closet, and began to pack. She would
get to Harmony as soon as she could. There was no way Diana and Antonio were
going to be married! Not if she had something to say about it.

* * * * *

"I can't believe it's you!" Luis said back in the cottage, touching Sheridan's
short blonde hair as if to make sure she was really alive.
"I know!" Sheridan said.
She was so happy that she seemed to have forgotten all about Antonio. Her
fiance. He had told her that he was going to be at the Crane Mansion talking to
his mama. She said she wanted to walk around the grounds for a while. When she
saw the cottage, she could have sworn that she felt a strong connection to it. So
she decided to go in. Once she stepped inside, all of her memory seemed to
come back to her as she saw the person before her. Her memory of the past
came back, but her memory of the present (which included her engagement to
Antonio) seemed to vanish.
Meanwhile, back in the Crane Mansion, Antonio was telling his mama
about Diana.
"She's great, mama," he said, so in love with Diana.
"I'm sure she is," Pilar responded. "I can't wait to see her. Where is she?"
"She's probably walking through the grounds," he answered. "You can meet
her tomorrow, it's late. Mama, do you mind if I sleep over at our house tonight? I
don't have anywhere else to stay and neither does Diana."
"Oh of course, Antonio," she answered. "But our house burned down
recently. So all of us are staying over here. I'm sure Mrs. Crane can give you
and Diana a room to stay in. Feel free."
He nodded as he thanked her.
It had been a long day. Everyone was tired. Antonio bid his mama
goodnight as he went out to find Diana.
Antonio walked around the Estate but couldn't find his girlfriend. He then
noticed the lighted up cottage. He quickly headed over there.
Meanwhile, inside the cottage, Sheridan and Luis were sitting on the
couch, watching a scary movie. They were cuddling with a bowl of popcorn next
to them.
Antonio knocked on the already ajar door. The movie was too loud for
Sheridan or Luis to hear the knock. Antonio decided to go inside.
What he saw in front of him, startled him.
Diana? With Luis? What was going on here?!
"Diana?" Antonio asked. "What are you doing here?"
He gave her a suspicious look.
"I..." Diana began but was interrupted by Luis.
"Diana?" he asked his brother. "This isn't Diana, it's Sheridan Crane."
"Crane?!" Antonio gasped. He turned to look at his fiance. "Did you get
your memory back?"
She nodded.
"So you really are Sheridan Crane?" he asked.
"Yes," she told him.
"Well, that still doesn't explain what you are doing here with my brother."
"Br-Brother?" Sheridan stammered.
"That's right," Antonio answered. "This is Luis, my younger brother."
Sheridan turned to look at Luis, surprise covering her face.
"You two are together?" Luis asked, looking at both of them.
Sheridan cringed but nodded. She didn't want to hurt Luis. He was the love
of her life. But then again, she also didn't want to cause Antonio any pain either.
He had been great to her on St. Lisa's and she had eventually fallen in love with
him. Maybe it was the Lopez-Fitzgerald genes. It caused her to love both men,
because they were so alike physically and emotionally.

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