CHAPTER 23
Truth takes time
They were in a very nice hotel in Zurich. He could hear the shower. Then it stopped. Teresa came out wearing a robe and went to her bag looking for something to wear. She headed back to the bathroom changed.
"Did we have to share rooms?"
"It's all about keeping appearances, Teresa. It's better if people believe that we are a couple."
"Anyway, are you going to tell me what this all about?"
"I think we should wait until tomorrow."
"No, you said that you were going to tell me when got to Boston and you didn't. Then you said Europe, and I still don't know."
"No need to get upset over this."
"I'm sorry. You show up in Harmony and you tell me to leave with you. My best friend tells me that I should trust you so here I am and I still don't know."
She started picking up her things angrily. She lifted her bag and made her way to the door. He looked at her reflection in the window.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Out of here."
"No, you can't."
"And why is that?"
"If you leave here, you'll never know..."
"Never know what? Please, tell me."
"Fox is still alive and I'm taking you to him."
She felt dizzy, the ground was opening under her feet and swallowing her. She started crying.
"Is this some kind of a cruel joke?"
"No, it's not. He is still alive."
"Why didn't he contact me?"
"Because he couldn't."
"Is he alright?"
"He is fine physically, but I know that he misses you terribly."
"I need to know what happened to him."
He walked to her and took the bag from her hands. He led her to the couch. She sat down and he poured them drinks and joined her.
"He went to board his flight after he hung up with you, but he realized that he forgot his brief case and all the contracts that were in it...."
Teresa listened to him in silence the entire time he was telling her what he thought Alistair had done.
"Do you think the hit is still out on him?"
"To be quiet frank, I don't know. I think Alistair might have given up on it. The old man is a completely and utterly insane."
"How do I know you're not playing me, Dylan?"
Dylan took his cell phone out of his pocket and dialed. He sat closer to Teresa so that she could listen. A voice was heard at the other end.
"Hello?"
"It's Silver."
"Are you still in England?"
"No, I'm in Zurich right now?"
"How's beautiful Switzerland?"
"You said it yourself, beautiful."
Fox sighed.
"Teresa got married yesterday."
"I know, I'm sorry about that."
"So am I."
"Everything alright in your end?"
"Yes. What about you? How's the family?"
"Same old. Look, I was just checking in to make sure everything was good."
"Thanks Dylan."
"See you tomorrow."
He hung up and turned to Teresa who was in shock.
"He's really alive?"
"Yes, he is and he misses you more than you can imagine. It was hard for him to realize that you had moved on with his brother."
"I didn't love Ethan."
"You can tell him tomorrow, after we go to the bank."
"Are you talking about the plan?"
"Yes, I am."
"How do you know?"
"You tell your friend Whitney about everything and Fox does the same with me. You should have some sleep."
She nodded and walked to the window. She looked at the sky that was slowly filling with stars and smiled. For the first time in 5 years, she knew that Fox was probably looking at it too.
"What is it with you two and the night sky anyway?"
She looked at Dylan who was getting ready to spend the night on the couch and gave him a genuine smile.
"It brings me closer to him."
"The two of you are weird. Not that it's a bad thing."
"Why are you doing this Dylan?"
"I don't know. I guess I'm just trying to help my best friend out. Besides, if I was in his situation and had someone like you, I would like it if she was given back to me."
She looked back outside.
"Tomorrow, Nicholas. Tomorrow..."
They were in a very nice hotel in Zurich. He could hear the shower. Then it stopped. Teresa came out wearing a robe and went to her bag looking for something to wear. She headed back to the bathroom changed.
"Did we have to share rooms?"
"It's all about keeping appearances, Teresa. It's better if people believe that we are a couple."
"Anyway, are you going to tell me what this all about?"
"I think we should wait until tomorrow."
"No, you said that you were going to tell me when got to Boston and you didn't. Then you said Europe, and I still don't know."
"No need to get upset over this."
"I'm sorry. You show up in Harmony and you tell me to leave with you. My best friend tells me that I should trust you so here I am and I still don't know."
She started picking up her things angrily. She lifted her bag and made her way to the door. He looked at her reflection in the window.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Out of here."
"No, you can't."
"And why is that?"
"If you leave here, you'll never know..."
"Never know what? Please, tell me."
"Fox is still alive and I'm taking you to him."
She felt dizzy, the ground was opening under her feet and swallowing her. She started crying.
"Is this some kind of a cruel joke?"
"No, it's not. He is still alive."
"Why didn't he contact me?"
"Because he couldn't."
"Is he alright?"
"He is fine physically, but I know that he misses you terribly."
"I need to know what happened to him."
He walked to her and took the bag from her hands. He led her to the couch. She sat down and he poured them drinks and joined her.
"He went to board his flight after he hung up with you, but he realized that he forgot his brief case and all the contracts that were in it...."
Teresa listened to him in silence the entire time he was telling her what he thought Alistair had done.
"Do you think the hit is still out on him?"
"To be quiet frank, I don't know. I think Alistair might have given up on it. The old man is a completely and utterly insane."
"How do I know you're not playing me, Dylan?"
Dylan took his cell phone out of his pocket and dialed. He sat closer to Teresa so that she could listen. A voice was heard at the other end.
"Hello?"
"It's Silver."
"Are you still in England?"
"No, I'm in Zurich right now?"
"How's beautiful Switzerland?"
"You said it yourself, beautiful."
Fox sighed.
"Teresa got married yesterday."
"I know, I'm sorry about that."
"So am I."
"Everything alright in your end?"
"Yes. What about you? How's the family?"
"Same old. Look, I was just checking in to make sure everything was good."
"Thanks Dylan."
"See you tomorrow."
He hung up and turned to Teresa who was in shock.
"He's really alive?"
"Yes, he is and he misses you more than you can imagine. It was hard for him to realize that you had moved on with his brother."
"I didn't love Ethan."
"You can tell him tomorrow, after we go to the bank."
"Are you talking about the plan?"
"Yes, I am."
"How do you know?"
"You tell your friend Whitney about everything and Fox does the same with me. You should have some sleep."
She nodded and walked to the window. She looked at the sky that was slowly filling with stars and smiled. For the first time in 5 years, she knew that Fox was probably looking at it too.
"What is it with you two and the night sky anyway?"
She looked at Dylan who was getting ready to spend the night on the couch and gave him a genuine smile.
"It brings me closer to him."
"The two of you are weird. Not that it's a bad thing."
"Why are you doing this Dylan?"
"I don't know. I guess I'm just trying to help my best friend out. Besides, if I was in his situation and had someone like you, I would like it if she was given back to me."
She looked back outside.
"Tomorrow, Nicholas. Tomorrow..."