Chapter 12:
"I don't believe this, Beth!" Liz exclaimed happily. "You have the key to bringing down Alastair
Crane. That's not an easy thing to do, you know."
"Yeah well," Beth replied. "I'll teach him to mess me with and the man I love."
They continued to walk away from their cottage and towards their cars. On the way, they ran
into Sheridan Crane, who was making her way to her house.
"Hi, Beth, Liz!" Sheridan greeted chirpily. "It's nice to see you guys are finally back. You took
some time there in New Mexico."
Beth's eyes flashed in fury, but she didn't say anything, besides mumbling out a hi.
"Will you excuse us, Sheridan," Liz said quickly. "We have to go."
"Ohh-kay," Sheridan said, giving them an odd look as they abruptly walked away from her. She
shrugged to herself and walked towards her cottage.
"I could kill her!" Beth hissed, as soon as Sheridan was out of ear shot. "If I am this mad at her,
I wonder how Luis and Antonio are going to react?!"
"You know," Liz began to say, thoughtfully, "I was dead set on scheming with you to get our
men back for ourselves. But now, it seems like we don't have to try. They're ours for the taking. I just
wish they weren't going through this suffering!"
"So do I," Beth nodded her head, the image of Luis's crying face still sketched vividly in her
mind.
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Meanwhile, at the Lopez-Fitzgerald house, a few hours later.......
The word eventually got around about Martin's death. At least in the Lopez-Fitzgerald's house.
Miguel and Theresa heard their mama's cries and came downstairs to see what the commotion was all
about. Once Luis and Antonio told them the truth, they ran off. They couldn't stand to see her or their
brothers upset. Luis, Antonio and Pilar had always been Theresa's and Miguel's rocks. They were
strong and brave. But now, all they could do was mourn the loss of their papa.
"I can't take this!" Theresa wailed, grabbing her purse and running out of the house. The tears
overclouded her vision, but she knew where she was going. Over to the Bennett's house to be
comforted by her boyfriend Hank Bennett.
Miguel followed shortly. He, too, went to the Bennett's - to see his best friend/girlfriend Kay.
{a/n: couldnt resist including kaguel and therank in this fic.}
Luis, Antonio and Pilar watched them go. It hurt to see them run away like that, but they were
too young to understand that Antonio, Pilar and Luis needed the most comforting. Oh well.
"How...how did he ... die?" Pilar managed to say.
Luis and Antonio looked at each other uncomfortably, not sure who should tell her, of if she
should know at all. Antonio nodded his head to Luis, letting him know that mama deserved to know
who killed her husband.
"Mama, that's the hard part. You see, it's someone from Harmony," Antonio began.
"Who?!" Pilar said, her face made of stone, her voice angry and upset.
"She -" Antonio started to say but stopped. He couldn't say her name. Couldn't tell his mama
that the woman who had been like a "daughter" to her had killed papa. "She -"
Pilar's eyes took on a look of flashing anger. "SHERIDAN?!" she yelled out. She was hoping it
wasn't so, but who else could it be? How many peoples' names in Harmony started with a 'she-?'
Antonio managed to nod his head, while Luis sat there, watching everything unfold. It was
surreal. It was bad enough to know that their papa had disappeared for the past twenty years, but to
now find out that he was dead, and killed by someone they had treated practically as family!
Pilar broke down, falling on the carpet. Her sobs got the best of her. She was an emotional
mess.
All Luis and Antonio could do was watch their mother, anguished and all, cry the tears that
come from losing the one you love. But they were suffering, too. The woman they both were in love
with was the person who had killed their papa. It didn't matter that Sheridan was the Maryiln Munster
of the Crane family; she was still a Crane.
Pilar was finally able to control her emotions for a few minutes as she studied the faces of two of
her oldest sons. They hadn't just lost their papa - they had lost the love they felt for Sheridan. Their
hearts would not settle for the person who killed a member of their family.
Pilar ran towards her children, embracing them to the best of her ability, trying to make the pain
go away, for all of them.
They held her back, trying to take solace through each other's hugs.
{a/n: ok this chapter was a bit off-topic, especially at the end. but it needed to be written.
anyways, next up: luis and antonio confront sheridan in front of beth and liz! stay tuned! thanks for the
responds.}
"I don't believe this, Beth!" Liz exclaimed happily. "You have the key to bringing down Alastair
Crane. That's not an easy thing to do, you know."
"Yeah well," Beth replied. "I'll teach him to mess me with and the man I love."
They continued to walk away from their cottage and towards their cars. On the way, they ran
into Sheridan Crane, who was making her way to her house.
"Hi, Beth, Liz!" Sheridan greeted chirpily. "It's nice to see you guys are finally back. You took
some time there in New Mexico."
Beth's eyes flashed in fury, but she didn't say anything, besides mumbling out a hi.
"Will you excuse us, Sheridan," Liz said quickly. "We have to go."
"Ohh-kay," Sheridan said, giving them an odd look as they abruptly walked away from her. She
shrugged to herself and walked towards her cottage.
"I could kill her!" Beth hissed, as soon as Sheridan was out of ear shot. "If I am this mad at her,
I wonder how Luis and Antonio are going to react?!"
"You know," Liz began to say, thoughtfully, "I was dead set on scheming with you to get our
men back for ourselves. But now, it seems like we don't have to try. They're ours for the taking. I just
wish they weren't going through this suffering!"
"So do I," Beth nodded her head, the image of Luis's crying face still sketched vividly in her
mind.
______________________________________________________________________________
Meanwhile, at the Lopez-Fitzgerald house, a few hours later.......
The word eventually got around about Martin's death. At least in the Lopez-Fitzgerald's house.
Miguel and Theresa heard their mama's cries and came downstairs to see what the commotion was all
about. Once Luis and Antonio told them the truth, they ran off. They couldn't stand to see her or their
brothers upset. Luis, Antonio and Pilar had always been Theresa's and Miguel's rocks. They were
strong and brave. But now, all they could do was mourn the loss of their papa.
"I can't take this!" Theresa wailed, grabbing her purse and running out of the house. The tears
overclouded her vision, but she knew where she was going. Over to the Bennett's house to be
comforted by her boyfriend Hank Bennett.
Miguel followed shortly. He, too, went to the Bennett's - to see his best friend/girlfriend Kay.
{a/n: couldnt resist including kaguel and therank in this fic.}
Luis, Antonio and Pilar watched them go. It hurt to see them run away like that, but they were
too young to understand that Antonio, Pilar and Luis needed the most comforting. Oh well.
"How...how did he ... die?" Pilar managed to say.
Luis and Antonio looked at each other uncomfortably, not sure who should tell her, of if she
should know at all. Antonio nodded his head to Luis, letting him know that mama deserved to know
who killed her husband.
"Mama, that's the hard part. You see, it's someone from Harmony," Antonio began.
"Who?!" Pilar said, her face made of stone, her voice angry and upset.
"She -" Antonio started to say but stopped. He couldn't say her name. Couldn't tell his mama
that the woman who had been like a "daughter" to her had killed papa. "She -"
Pilar's eyes took on a look of flashing anger. "SHERIDAN?!" she yelled out. She was hoping it
wasn't so, but who else could it be? How many peoples' names in Harmony started with a 'she-?'
Antonio managed to nod his head, while Luis sat there, watching everything unfold. It was
surreal. It was bad enough to know that their papa had disappeared for the past twenty years, but to
now find out that he was dead, and killed by someone they had treated practically as family!
Pilar broke down, falling on the carpet. Her sobs got the best of her. She was an emotional
mess.
All Luis and Antonio could do was watch their mother, anguished and all, cry the tears that
come from losing the one you love. But they were suffering, too. The woman they both were in love
with was the person who had killed their papa. It didn't matter that Sheridan was the Maryiln Munster
of the Crane family; she was still a Crane.
Pilar was finally able to control her emotions for a few minutes as she studied the faces of two of
her oldest sons. They hadn't just lost their papa - they had lost the love they felt for Sheridan. Their
hearts would not settle for the person who killed a member of their family.
Pilar ran towards her children, embracing them to the best of her ability, trying to make the pain
go away, for all of them.
They held her back, trying to take solace through each other's hugs.
{a/n: ok this chapter was a bit off-topic, especially at the end. but it needed to be written.
anyways, next up: luis and antonio confront sheridan in front of beth and liz! stay tuned! thanks for the
responds.}
