CHAPTER 22
Back to Harmony
She kept crying and crying. She cried all night and he was starting to be tired.
"I gave you a diaper change, I fed you, I held you and I even rocked you. Why don't you just sleep?"
He was looking at her. She was a child crying for her mother. But Teresa was nowhere around. In fact, they were an ocean away from Paris.
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Fox wandered the streets all night. He kept replaying what happened. A day ago, he was still Fox, the Crane with the reputation of been a playboy and an irresponsible person. A man who was longing for Teresa since the night she ran away from Harmony. She was the only person in his life who had given him the benefit of the doubt, who had cared, who had listened to him. She had stripped her soul before him and he did the same.
When he saw her at the café holding Emma, he never dreamed at that moment that she was his. But now, everything had changed. He was a father, and she was missing. He prayed silently that Ethan wouldn't harm her. He saw that the son was starting to rise and decided that he should go back to the hotel before Teresa woke up.
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She thought she heard him leave the room, but her head was too heavy because of the sleeping pills. When she opened her eyes, he was there by her side. He was asleep but his sleep was restless. She put her head on his chest and stayed like that for a while. She looked at the time and decided to call the detectives to have an update. Before she picked up the phone, it started ringing.
"Hello."
"Teresa. This is Alistair Crane. Put the phone on speaker and wake Fox."
She did as he said, but when she turned around to go to Fox, he was already up.
"Any news, Grandfather?"
"Maybe."
Fox stood by Teresa's side and held her by the waist.
"Please, Alistair..don't toy with us."
"What makes you think I am toying with you?" "Grandfather, we want to know where our daughter is and if she's alright."
"As far as I know, he hasn't harmed her and he won't harm her because she is the daughter of the woman he loves."
"Where is she?"
"The jet is waiting for you two. You' will be flying back to Harmony as soon as you get to the airport."
"Harmony? Why?"
"Teresa, don't question my orders. And Fox, I am not thrilled that you found out that you had a daughter with Teresa, but I hope you know that I am doing everything to find her and bring her back."
He hung up on them.
Teresa looked out of the window.
"What are you thinking?"
"I haven't been to Harmony in quiet some time now. How will I face my family?"
"I'll be with you, don't worry."
"Do you think he took her to Harmony?"
"I don't know, Teresa. But if Alistair said that we should go there, then I think we should do it." She started packing their things.
"Leave everything Teresa, we'll have them pack and send everything to the mansion."
They left the hotel and got in a car that took them to the airport.
"I'm going to see Ethan for the first time in a year. Do you think he'll recognize me?"
She kept crying and crying. She cried all night and he was starting to be tired.
"I gave you a diaper change, I fed you, I held you and I even rocked you. Why don't you just sleep?"
He was looking at her. She was a child crying for her mother. But Teresa was nowhere around. In fact, they were an ocean away from Paris.
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Fox wandered the streets all night. He kept replaying what happened. A day ago, he was still Fox, the Crane with the reputation of been a playboy and an irresponsible person. A man who was longing for Teresa since the night she ran away from Harmony. She was the only person in his life who had given him the benefit of the doubt, who had cared, who had listened to him. She had stripped her soul before him and he did the same.
When he saw her at the café holding Emma, he never dreamed at that moment that she was his. But now, everything had changed. He was a father, and she was missing. He prayed silently that Ethan wouldn't harm her. He saw that the son was starting to rise and decided that he should go back to the hotel before Teresa woke up.
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She thought she heard him leave the room, but her head was too heavy because of the sleeping pills. When she opened her eyes, he was there by her side. He was asleep but his sleep was restless. She put her head on his chest and stayed like that for a while. She looked at the time and decided to call the detectives to have an update. Before she picked up the phone, it started ringing.
"Hello."
"Teresa. This is Alistair Crane. Put the phone on speaker and wake Fox."
She did as he said, but when she turned around to go to Fox, he was already up.
"Any news, Grandfather?"
"Maybe."
Fox stood by Teresa's side and held her by the waist.
"Please, Alistair..don't toy with us."
"What makes you think I am toying with you?" "Grandfather, we want to know where our daughter is and if she's alright."
"As far as I know, he hasn't harmed her and he won't harm her because she is the daughter of the woman he loves."
"Where is she?"
"The jet is waiting for you two. You' will be flying back to Harmony as soon as you get to the airport."
"Harmony? Why?"
"Teresa, don't question my orders. And Fox, I am not thrilled that you found out that you had a daughter with Teresa, but I hope you know that I am doing everything to find her and bring her back."
He hung up on them.
Teresa looked out of the window.
"What are you thinking?"
"I haven't been to Harmony in quiet some time now. How will I face my family?"
"I'll be with you, don't worry."
"Do you think he took her to Harmony?"
"I don't know, Teresa. But if Alistair said that we should go there, then I think we should do it." She started packing their things.
"Leave everything Teresa, we'll have them pack and send everything to the mansion."
They left the hotel and got in a car that took them to the airport.
"I'm going to see Ethan for the first time in a year. Do you think he'll recognize me?"