CHAPTER 13
The Weeping Willow
"Foxworth, you haven't been to work in a long time. You may be a Crane, but it doesn't mean that you can slack off whenever you feel like it."
"I'm not coming back to work."
"I beg your pardon?"
"I said I wasn't going back to Crane Industries."
"You are a Crane, you are acting as vice president, you cannot just leave."
"You should have thought of that the night you pulled the rug off my feet."
"You did that on your own, Foxworth."
"No, you decided that you wanted her son to be taken away from her."
"Foxworth, you decided that you wanted to be part of the plan."
"You threatened me with my inheritance. You said that you were going to disown me..."
"And you acted like a true Crane. You preferred your inheritance to the lovely Teresa."
"You are a sick bastard."
"Is that any way to speak to your grandfather?"
"I don't care. Where is she Grandfather?"
"What makes you think I know?"
"I am certain that you have a very good idea of her whereabouts."
"Even so, what would possess me to tell you?"
"You are a worthless piece of...."
"Foxworth, I would be careful if I were you. I am expecting to see you tomorrow at Crane Industries for the meeting."
He hung up on him before he could hear the answer.
"Fox, my boy, love is for fools. You are the Crane heir, I cannot afford to lose you to a woman, let alone a Lopez-Fitzgerald."
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He was walking on the grounds and was lost in his thoughts. How did it go so wrong for him. He found Teresa and was happy. She genuinely cared about him, she gave him a reason to stay at the mansion and in Harmony, but now that she was gone.
"Grandfather is right, I'm the one who did this. I drove her a way, I betrayed what we had."
He sat under the willow. How many times did he and Teresa sit under it, staring at the stars, talking or just holding hands.
"I miss you so much Teresa, please, let me find you and explain myself."
He looked up at the stars and remembered the first night he met her.
"Star light, star bright , first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight. Please, give me back my Teresa. I need her in my life, I want her in my life."
He sat for a while thinking. "Teresa will not be joining me tonight either."
He got up and walked back to the mansion.
"I have nothing left in Harmony. Tomorrow, I will leave this town and go back to Europe. The only good thing this town brought me is gone."
"Foxworth, you haven't been to work in a long time. You may be a Crane, but it doesn't mean that you can slack off whenever you feel like it."
"I'm not coming back to work."
"I beg your pardon?"
"I said I wasn't going back to Crane Industries."
"You are a Crane, you are acting as vice president, you cannot just leave."
"You should have thought of that the night you pulled the rug off my feet."
"You did that on your own, Foxworth."
"No, you decided that you wanted her son to be taken away from her."
"Foxworth, you decided that you wanted to be part of the plan."
"You threatened me with my inheritance. You said that you were going to disown me..."
"And you acted like a true Crane. You preferred your inheritance to the lovely Teresa."
"You are a sick bastard."
"Is that any way to speak to your grandfather?"
"I don't care. Where is she Grandfather?"
"What makes you think I know?"
"I am certain that you have a very good idea of her whereabouts."
"Even so, what would possess me to tell you?"
"You are a worthless piece of...."
"Foxworth, I would be careful if I were you. I am expecting to see you tomorrow at Crane Industries for the meeting."
He hung up on him before he could hear the answer.
"Fox, my boy, love is for fools. You are the Crane heir, I cannot afford to lose you to a woman, let alone a Lopez-Fitzgerald."
*************************
He was walking on the grounds and was lost in his thoughts. How did it go so wrong for him. He found Teresa and was happy. She genuinely cared about him, she gave him a reason to stay at the mansion and in Harmony, but now that she was gone.
"Grandfather is right, I'm the one who did this. I drove her a way, I betrayed what we had."
He sat under the willow. How many times did he and Teresa sit under it, staring at the stars, talking or just holding hands.
"I miss you so much Teresa, please, let me find you and explain myself."
He looked up at the stars and remembered the first night he met her.
"Star light, star bright , first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight. Please, give me back my Teresa. I need her in my life, I want her in my life."
He sat for a while thinking. "Teresa will not be joining me tonight either."
He got up and walked back to the mansion.
"I have nothing left in Harmony. Tomorrow, I will leave this town and go back to Europe. The only good thing this town brought me is gone."