CHAPTER 28
Disbelief
Gwen roamed the hospital corridors for a while. She stopped when she saw her husband. She thought of what Whitney said about him wanting Teresa back. Whatever the cost, she couldn't let it happen.
She was certain that Teresa wouldn't take him back, but she didn't want him to come crawling back to her. She didn't want someone else's leftovers. She knew that if he left her this time, she would never take him back. She decided to go to Fox. She entered Teresa's cubicle and looked at Fox. His head was resting on his arm and his left hand was holding Teresa's.
"Fox, wake up."
He moved slightly.
"Fox, we need to talk. Wake up."
He opened his eyes and his first reaction was to look at Teresa who was still unconscious from her surgery. He then looked up and saw Gwen standing over him.
"What do you want Gwen?"
"We need to talk."
"What about?"
"You and Teresa."
He sat up still holding Teresa's hand in his.
"Ethan wants her back, Whitney wants you and she is pushing Dylan to go after Teresa."
"Yes, and?"
She looked at him thrown by his reaction.
"They are trying to tear you apart, Fox."
"They can try all they want but I won't let them. Why are you telling me this anyway? Besides, Teresa and I don't exist as a couple yet."
"I think that Teresa loves you, but I also know that there was a time when you had feelings for Whitney."
He looked at her. Did everyone know about this?
"I don't feel anything for Whitney and if Teresa loves me then she won't let Ethan or Dylan come between us like I won't let Whitney wreck this for me."
He looked at Teresa. He took a small pot of Vaseline that was beside her bed. She applied some on her lips so they don't dry.
"Look, Fox. I want to help you."
"What's in it for you Gwen? Trying to hold on to Ethan?"
"Maybe, but the more time passes by, the less chances we have of surviving any of this."
"And you want Teresa and me to be happy?"
"She saved my life, I will do what I have to repay her."
"She wants her son back."
"As she should. She will have him back, Julian is not the father."
"I know. He is Ethan's."
"No, he isn't."
Fox got up from the chair and went up to Gwen.
"What do you mean he's not Ethan's. Who is the father, Gwen?"
"I don't know, we all assumed from the get go that Ethan was the father. My mother had some tests done with Julian's DNA when the child was born and it didn't match. Neither one of them are a match for her son."
"How do you know?"
"I received a phone call from my mother a couple of hours ago. Last night, I was certain that Ethan was his father, I was certain that our sons were half brothers, but they're not."
"She never said she had an affair with anyone."
Fox looked at Teresa.
"Do you think you can stay with her? I need some air. Don't let anyone near her, except for Paloma and call me if she comes to."
"Of course I will."
Gwen sat down in the chair Fox had used and looked at Teresa. It was safe to assume that she really thought that the father was Julian, otherwise she would have said something.
Gwen roamed the hospital corridors for a while. She stopped when she saw her husband. She thought of what Whitney said about him wanting Teresa back. Whatever the cost, she couldn't let it happen.
She was certain that Teresa wouldn't take him back, but she didn't want him to come crawling back to her. She didn't want someone else's leftovers. She knew that if he left her this time, she would never take him back. She decided to go to Fox. She entered Teresa's cubicle and looked at Fox. His head was resting on his arm and his left hand was holding Teresa's.
"Fox, wake up."
He moved slightly.
"Fox, we need to talk. Wake up."
He opened his eyes and his first reaction was to look at Teresa who was still unconscious from her surgery. He then looked up and saw Gwen standing over him.
"What do you want Gwen?"
"We need to talk."
"What about?"
"You and Teresa."
He sat up still holding Teresa's hand in his.
"Ethan wants her back, Whitney wants you and she is pushing Dylan to go after Teresa."
"Yes, and?"
She looked at him thrown by his reaction.
"They are trying to tear you apart, Fox."
"They can try all they want but I won't let them. Why are you telling me this anyway? Besides, Teresa and I don't exist as a couple yet."
"I think that Teresa loves you, but I also know that there was a time when you had feelings for Whitney."
He looked at her. Did everyone know about this?
"I don't feel anything for Whitney and if Teresa loves me then she won't let Ethan or Dylan come between us like I won't let Whitney wreck this for me."
He looked at Teresa. He took a small pot of Vaseline that was beside her bed. She applied some on her lips so they don't dry.
"Look, Fox. I want to help you."
"What's in it for you Gwen? Trying to hold on to Ethan?"
"Maybe, but the more time passes by, the less chances we have of surviving any of this."
"And you want Teresa and me to be happy?"
"She saved my life, I will do what I have to repay her."
"She wants her son back."
"As she should. She will have him back, Julian is not the father."
"I know. He is Ethan's."
"No, he isn't."
Fox got up from the chair and went up to Gwen.
"What do you mean he's not Ethan's. Who is the father, Gwen?"
"I don't know, we all assumed from the get go that Ethan was the father. My mother had some tests done with Julian's DNA when the child was born and it didn't match. Neither one of them are a match for her son."
"How do you know?"
"I received a phone call from my mother a couple of hours ago. Last night, I was certain that Ethan was his father, I was certain that our sons were half brothers, but they're not."
"She never said she had an affair with anyone."
Fox looked at Teresa.
"Do you think you can stay with her? I need some air. Don't let anyone near her, except for Paloma and call me if she comes to."
"Of course I will."
Gwen sat down in the chair Fox had used and looked at Teresa. It was safe to assume that she really thought that the father was Julian, otherwise she would have said something.
