Chapter 6:
"Hello?" Gwen said as she entered her large, mansion sized house. "Anyone
home?"
"Hello, Gwen," came the reply of one of the maid's.
"Hi, Mimi," she answered. "Are my parent's home?"
"Yes. They are upstairs, miss."
"Thank you," Gwen made her way up the marble staircase. It was time to tell her
parents the truth. That there would not be a business merger marriage between her and
Ethan. She had managed to avoid telling them for a few days now, but she knew that they
would eventually find out, and she'd rather they find out from her instead of from someone
else.
"Hello, mother, father," Gwen said nodding her head at them nervously as she
entered their spacious room. She was apprehensive about letting them know. They had
always looked forward to her marrying Ethan one day, especially because of the proximity
in age. But Ethan and her had taken things slowly, despite the objections from their
families. Maybe if we had moved things along a little bit faster, we could still have been
together, Gwen thought to herself. Maybe even married, with a kid or two.
She sighed heavily as she tried to remove those thoughts from her head.
"Hi, Gwen," they replied.
"There's something important I have to tell you," she said after sighing deeply.
"Yes, of course," her mother Rebecca said. "But we were just going to eat dinner.
Let's go downstairs and you can tell us there."
"Ok," Gwen nodded as she followed Rebecca and Jonathan down the stairs.
Once they had begun eating, Gwen was ready to tell them the news.
"Mom, Dad," she began. "I know that for a long time the two of you have wanted
me to marry Ethan Crane."
"Yes," Jonathan spoke up. "A business merger type of marriage. You know that,
Gwen." He picked up his champagne glass and brought it to his lips.
"Yes, Daddy," Gwen said. "But it won't happen."
"WHAT?!" Rebecca cried out at the same time that Jonathan spewed out all the
champagne that he had been drinking.
"What do you mean it won't happen, Gwen," her father said, in as calm a voice as
he could muster. "It has to happen. Julian and I have been talking about this for a long
time now."
"I know," Gwen said, upset. "But Ethan broke up with me a few days ago."
Gwen noticed how high her parents' eyebrows seemed to have gotten. They stared
at her in shock.
"How can that be?" Rebecca asked, perplexed. "He's been with you for so long!
Gwen, he loves you! What happened?"
"He met and fell in love with someone else," Gwen summarized, not wanting to go
into detail about everything that had happened. "It doesn't matter. But I just thought you
should know."
"Oh, this isn't good. Nope, not at all," Jonathan began to say, to no one in
particular. "Who are you going to marry now? No one besides the Cranes can give us what
we need! They're the most financially secure and -"
"I don't believe the two of you!" Gwen yelled out, finally getting a backbone
against her parents. "I was just dumped by a guy I've been going out for ten years and all
you care about is that we aren't going to have as much money as before!"
Before they could answer her, Gwen got up from her seat and stormed upstairs to
her suite.
She couldn't believe the nerve of her parents. Money mattered more to them
than she did! She didn't care though. In fact, she kind of expected them to react the way
they did. Oh well. She was strong, she would brave this storm. Besides, there was always
Hank Bennett, who seemed to have fulfilled the role of best friend that Sheridan Crane
had vacated ever since Ethan had dumped her.
{a/n: sorry for the short chapter. it was off-topic a bit, but necessary. anyways, it
gets better. please keep reading. thanx for the reviews!}
"Hello?" Gwen said as she entered her large, mansion sized house. "Anyone
home?"
"Hello, Gwen," came the reply of one of the maid's.
"Hi, Mimi," she answered. "Are my parent's home?"
"Yes. They are upstairs, miss."
"Thank you," Gwen made her way up the marble staircase. It was time to tell her
parents the truth. That there would not be a business merger marriage between her and
Ethan. She had managed to avoid telling them for a few days now, but she knew that they
would eventually find out, and she'd rather they find out from her instead of from someone
else.
"Hello, mother, father," Gwen said nodding her head at them nervously as she
entered their spacious room. She was apprehensive about letting them know. They had
always looked forward to her marrying Ethan one day, especially because of the proximity
in age. But Ethan and her had taken things slowly, despite the objections from their
families. Maybe if we had moved things along a little bit faster, we could still have been
together, Gwen thought to herself. Maybe even married, with a kid or two.
She sighed heavily as she tried to remove those thoughts from her head.
"Hi, Gwen," they replied.
"There's something important I have to tell you," she said after sighing deeply.
"Yes, of course," her mother Rebecca said. "But we were just going to eat dinner.
Let's go downstairs and you can tell us there."
"Ok," Gwen nodded as she followed Rebecca and Jonathan down the stairs.
Once they had begun eating, Gwen was ready to tell them the news.
"Mom, Dad," she began. "I know that for a long time the two of you have wanted
me to marry Ethan Crane."
"Yes," Jonathan spoke up. "A business merger type of marriage. You know that,
Gwen." He picked up his champagne glass and brought it to his lips.
"Yes, Daddy," Gwen said. "But it won't happen."
"WHAT?!" Rebecca cried out at the same time that Jonathan spewed out all the
champagne that he had been drinking.
"What do you mean it won't happen, Gwen," her father said, in as calm a voice as
he could muster. "It has to happen. Julian and I have been talking about this for a long
time now."
"I know," Gwen said, upset. "But Ethan broke up with me a few days ago."
Gwen noticed how high her parents' eyebrows seemed to have gotten. They stared
at her in shock.
"How can that be?" Rebecca asked, perplexed. "He's been with you for so long!
Gwen, he loves you! What happened?"
"He met and fell in love with someone else," Gwen summarized, not wanting to go
into detail about everything that had happened. "It doesn't matter. But I just thought you
should know."
"Oh, this isn't good. Nope, not at all," Jonathan began to say, to no one in
particular. "Who are you going to marry now? No one besides the Cranes can give us what
we need! They're the most financially secure and -"
"I don't believe the two of you!" Gwen yelled out, finally getting a backbone
against her parents. "I was just dumped by a guy I've been going out for ten years and all
you care about is that we aren't going to have as much money as before!"
Before they could answer her, Gwen got up from her seat and stormed upstairs to
her suite.
She couldn't believe the nerve of her parents. Money mattered more to them
than she did! She didn't care though. In fact, she kind of expected them to react the way
they did. Oh well. She was strong, she would brave this storm. Besides, there was always
Hank Bennett, who seemed to have fulfilled the role of best friend that Sheridan Crane
had vacated ever since Ethan had dumped her.
{a/n: sorry for the short chapter. it was off-topic a bit, but necessary. anyways, it
gets better. please keep reading. thanx for the reviews!}