CHAPTER 19
Confrontation
"Why does it have to rain?"
She tried to call his cell phone before she left the hotel, but all she got was his voice mail.
"This is Fox, leave a message."
"This cannot be happening. Where am I going to find him. How many damn airports were around Paris anyway?"
She pulled her car by a pay phone and entered the booth. She opened the phone book and started searching for all numbers for the airports. She took a pen and started to write everything down. She picked up the phone and started dialling.
"I would like to know if the Crane jet is in your airport?"
"No. The Crane jet is not here."
"Can you try and track down a passenger by the name of Nicholas Crane?"
"What company is he travelling with?"
"I don't know."
"What country is he going to?"
"I don't know."
"Sorry, I cannot help you. Thank you for calling Paris International Airport."
Teresa heard a click.
"Did she just hung up on me?"
She went down her list.
"This is the last one, please..."
Someone picked up the at the other end.
"Charles de Gaule Airport, est-ce que je peux vous aider?"
"Yes, you can help me. Is the Crane jet at your airport?"
"Yes, it's here." "Do you know if it is preparing to leave?"
"All the planes are grounded for the night or until this weather changes."
"So, it's really there?"
"Yes, it is."
"Thank you, thank you so much!"
"You're welcome."
Teresa hung up and jumped in her car.
"Damn it, I don't even know how to get there."
She decided to go back to the hotel, leave the car and take a cab there.
"Money, I need money for the taxi and I don't have my purse."
She resolved to go back to her room and get it. As she was getting ready to go outside and catch her taxi to the airport, Ethan showed up in front of her.
"There you are. Where have you been, you are soaked wet."
"It's none of your business, Ethan."
"What's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me? How stupid do you think I am?"
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"Figures."
She turned her back and started walking to the door. He followed her.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"I'm going to the man I love."
He stopped.
"What? I'm sorry, I don't think I heard you right."
"You heard me. I'm going to find Fox."
"You are willing to forget what he did to you, just like that?"
"I know what you and Tina and Alistair planned. I know everything, and he is about to find out."
"You don't know what you're talking about."
She was facing him, angry. She felt like putting her hands around his neck and chocking him.
"I despise you Ethan. I really do. You're the one who took my son away from me. You think you're brilliant, don't you?"
She walked away again.
"Fox is never going to make you happy."
"He'll make me happier than you ever could. I love him and he is my daughter's father and I'll be damned if I let her go through life without her father."
She walked away for good and he watched her get in the cab.
"You'll pay for this Teresa. If I have anything to say about it, you and Fox will never be happy."
An evil smile flashed across his face.
"I will hit where it hurts most Teresa. And you thought losing a child was painful. How would you feel if you lost another one?"
"Why does it have to rain?"
She tried to call his cell phone before she left the hotel, but all she got was his voice mail.
"This is Fox, leave a message."
"This cannot be happening. Where am I going to find him. How many damn airports were around Paris anyway?"
She pulled her car by a pay phone and entered the booth. She opened the phone book and started searching for all numbers for the airports. She took a pen and started to write everything down. She picked up the phone and started dialling.
"I would like to know if the Crane jet is in your airport?"
"No. The Crane jet is not here."
"Can you try and track down a passenger by the name of Nicholas Crane?"
"What company is he travelling with?"
"I don't know."
"What country is he going to?"
"I don't know."
"Sorry, I cannot help you. Thank you for calling Paris International Airport."
Teresa heard a click.
"Did she just hung up on me?"
She went down her list.
"This is the last one, please..."
Someone picked up the at the other end.
"Charles de Gaule Airport, est-ce que je peux vous aider?"
"Yes, you can help me. Is the Crane jet at your airport?"
"Yes, it's here." "Do you know if it is preparing to leave?"
"All the planes are grounded for the night or until this weather changes."
"So, it's really there?"
"Yes, it is."
"Thank you, thank you so much!"
"You're welcome."
Teresa hung up and jumped in her car.
"Damn it, I don't even know how to get there."
She decided to go back to the hotel, leave the car and take a cab there.
"Money, I need money for the taxi and I don't have my purse."
She resolved to go back to her room and get it. As she was getting ready to go outside and catch her taxi to the airport, Ethan showed up in front of her.
"There you are. Where have you been, you are soaked wet."
"It's none of your business, Ethan."
"What's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me? How stupid do you think I am?"
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"Figures."
She turned her back and started walking to the door. He followed her.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"I'm going to the man I love."
He stopped.
"What? I'm sorry, I don't think I heard you right."
"You heard me. I'm going to find Fox."
"You are willing to forget what he did to you, just like that?"
"I know what you and Tina and Alistair planned. I know everything, and he is about to find out."
"You don't know what you're talking about."
She was facing him, angry. She felt like putting her hands around his neck and chocking him.
"I despise you Ethan. I really do. You're the one who took my son away from me. You think you're brilliant, don't you?"
She walked away again.
"Fox is never going to make you happy."
"He'll make me happier than you ever could. I love him and he is my daughter's father and I'll be damned if I let her go through life without her father."
She walked away for good and he watched her get in the cab.
"You'll pay for this Teresa. If I have anything to say about it, you and Fox will never be happy."
An evil smile flashed across his face.
"I will hit where it hurts most Teresa. And you thought losing a child was painful. How would you feel if you lost another one?"