CHAPTER 14
Conversation
"You didn't tell him, did you?"
"Of course not Teresa. But you can't hide forever. I know he hurt you, but he needs to know."
"No, he doesn't."
"Yes, he does. He has been looking for you since you left Harmony, he knows that I'm the one who mailed the letter to him."
"And? Whitney, if he comes around again.please. I'm counting on you."
"I don't think he will come see me again. He left Harmony."
"What? Why?"
"Because he said that you were the only one who gave him a reason to stay, but now that you're gone, he doesn't want to stay anymore."
"How long has he been gone?"
"For a month, now. That means you're coming back, right?"
"No, I'm not. Do you know where he went?"
"Last I heard, he was in Europe."
"Probably back to one of his many girlfriends."
"You can't be serious, Teresa. I know what he did to you was wrong, but he loves you. Don't throw that away."
"He gave me no choice, Whitney.my son.."
"I know that it must have been painful, but at least your mother still sees him every day at the mansion."
"You what hurts me more in all this is that he lied to me. I know he never meant to hurt me, but if he had told me the real reason why he was in Harmony, I am certain we could have worked this out."
"He said that Ethan is the one who blew the whistle on you. The week end you went up to the cabin, he followed you and found out about you affair with Fox."
The phone went silent.
"Teresa, are you still there?"
"Yes, I just didn't think that Ethan would do something like that."
"Tell me, honey...are you still in love with Ethan?"
"No, I haven't been in a long time. It's Fox I want, but I don't want to forgive him and forget what he did just like that."
"Teresa, do it for your sake and the of your..."
"I know, I'll think about it. I have to go, Whit."
"Take care, ok?"
"Yes, you too and thank you. It was good talking to you."
"You too."
They hung up the phone.
She walked to her balcony and starred at the ocean. She had made a good life for herself. Bermuda wasn't so bad when Julian was nowhere near the island. She came to like it, but there was something lacking in her life, the man she left behind the night she ran away, the son that was taken from her. When she arrived in Bermuda, she was lost and vulnerable and lonely. A year had passed since and she had become an independent woman. She was fulfilling her dream of becoming a fashion designer. Her clothes were sold at the resorts, the wealthiest women from America, Europe and Asia were wearing what her imagination created. And she had done it all on her own.
She heard a knock and went to the door which she opened.
"Hello Teresa or should I call you Kelly?"
She looked at the man in disbelief.
"How did you find me? What are you doing here?"
"You didn't tell him, did you?"
"Of course not Teresa. But you can't hide forever. I know he hurt you, but he needs to know."
"No, he doesn't."
"Yes, he does. He has been looking for you since you left Harmony, he knows that I'm the one who mailed the letter to him."
"And? Whitney, if he comes around again.please. I'm counting on you."
"I don't think he will come see me again. He left Harmony."
"What? Why?"
"Because he said that you were the only one who gave him a reason to stay, but now that you're gone, he doesn't want to stay anymore."
"How long has he been gone?"
"For a month, now. That means you're coming back, right?"
"No, I'm not. Do you know where he went?"
"Last I heard, he was in Europe."
"Probably back to one of his many girlfriends."
"You can't be serious, Teresa. I know what he did to you was wrong, but he loves you. Don't throw that away."
"He gave me no choice, Whitney.my son.."
"I know that it must have been painful, but at least your mother still sees him every day at the mansion."
"You what hurts me more in all this is that he lied to me. I know he never meant to hurt me, but if he had told me the real reason why he was in Harmony, I am certain we could have worked this out."
"He said that Ethan is the one who blew the whistle on you. The week end you went up to the cabin, he followed you and found out about you affair with Fox."
The phone went silent.
"Teresa, are you still there?"
"Yes, I just didn't think that Ethan would do something like that."
"Tell me, honey...are you still in love with Ethan?"
"No, I haven't been in a long time. It's Fox I want, but I don't want to forgive him and forget what he did just like that."
"Teresa, do it for your sake and the of your..."
"I know, I'll think about it. I have to go, Whit."
"Take care, ok?"
"Yes, you too and thank you. It was good talking to you."
"You too."
They hung up the phone.
She walked to her balcony and starred at the ocean. She had made a good life for herself. Bermuda wasn't so bad when Julian was nowhere near the island. She came to like it, but there was something lacking in her life, the man she left behind the night she ran away, the son that was taken from her. When she arrived in Bermuda, she was lost and vulnerable and lonely. A year had passed since and she had become an independent woman. She was fulfilling her dream of becoming a fashion designer. Her clothes were sold at the resorts, the wealthiest women from America, Europe and Asia were wearing what her imagination created. And she had done it all on her own.
She heard a knock and went to the door which she opened.
"Hello Teresa or should I call you Kelly?"
She looked at the man in disbelief.
"How did you find me? What are you doing here?"