CHAPTER 31
Betrayal
Whitney was sitting alone in the darkness of the penthouse. She looked at the time again and went back to her thoughts. She was thinking of Fox and Teresa and Chad.
"How did everything become so complicated."
Now that she looked back on everything, she realized what a mistake it was for her to have gone after Fox. She liked him, but she never felt strongly about him. Not the way she felt about Chad anyway. It had been a month since Teresa had left the hospital and she had gone by to see her only once. She felt guilty.
"I have to tell Chad the truth. I can't live with this. I have to tell him what I did."
Chad had been away in Europe where he was helping the recording company set up shop. He hadn't been to LA in what seemed to be forever.
"What's taking him so long?"
At last, she heard the key in the door and knew that he was finally home. The only thing left for her to do was to tell him the truth about what had happened and pray for the best outcome possible.
Chad walked in and saw her standing there. He rushed to her and hugged her. It had been so long, he felt consumed.
"I've missed you so much Whitney!"
He looked at her smilingly. She was his life.
"I missed you too Chad."
She took his hand and led him to the couch where they both sat down.
"There's something you need to know."
"Can't it wait?"
"No, it's important."
Chad felt a knot in his stomach. This couldn't be good at all.
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Gwen and Ethan were in their new place. Gwen had just finished the decorating. She wanted it to be as cozy as possible, especially since they weren't going back to Harmony anytime soon. She picked up her son from the floor where he was sitting in the middle of toys and tucked him in for the night. He fell asleep right away.
She went to the bedroom she shared with Ethan and started undressing. Ethan snuck up behind her and started kissing her neck.
"You're not going to bed right now, are you?"
"I'm beat, Ethan."
"Come on, you and I haven't been intimate in a while. I love you."
She faced him.
"I don't think I feel like it."
"I will send you to the moon, Gwen. I really want you."
He leaned in and kissed her and she returned his kiss and the next one and the one after that. He ended up on top of her and inside of her.
"I love you Ethan."
"And I love you more than anything, Teresa."
She felt tears forming behind her eyes and pushed him off of her.
"You're sick! I hate you."
"What did I say?"
"You called me Teresa."
He didn't say anything.
"I guess this is what they call a Freudian slip."
She got dressed, picked up her son and left. He stood alone in an empty apartment.
"I have to get Teresa back."
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Dylan was still in his office. He was the last one left. He looked at the time.
"Already 10pm, I should probably head home."
But he didn't. Instead, he sat a while longer in his chair staring out the window, buried deep in his thoughts. He had gone often to visit Teresa since she had left the hospital and found himself liking her more and more everytime. But he couldn't go behind Fox's back. If Teresa felt anything for him, she would go to him on her own.
"Who am I kidding? She has eyes only for Fox."
********************************* Chad looked at Whitney in total disbelief.
"You cheated on me?"
She nodded, crying.
"Who was it?"
"I can't tell you."
He grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her.
"It was Fox."
He let go of her.
"What? He would never do that. He is our friend."
Then he remembered everything that he had ever heard about Fox Crane. How manipulative and scheming he was. He had heard throughout Europe that Fox was a womanizer.
"I will kill him."
"No Chad, don't."
He took his car keys and stormed out of his home. She heard the car speeding out of the driveway a few seconds later. She picked up her keys and followed him.
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Fox and Teresa were sitting watching television with Paloma. Little Ethan was asleep in Teresa's arms. She kept looking at him.
"Everything alright, Teresa?"
She nodded with a smile.
"Let me go and put him in his bed."
Teresa let Paloma take the baby from her and watched her as she headed upstairs.
A violent knock was heard on the door.
"What the hell is that?"
Fox got up when he heard shouting. the housekeeper had opened the door and let an enraged Chad walk in.
Teresa followed Fox and looked at the man.
"Who is he?"
"What's wrong Chad?"
"You are what's wrong, Fox."
Fox looked at him not understanding what was going on.
"What are you talking about?"
Whitney walked inside the house and saw Teresa, Fox and Chad standing there. Chad was shouting. Teresa turned her head to see Whitney arrive. She walked painfully toward her.
"Do you know what's going....."
She looked at Whitney for a second. A memory was floating back to her. The perfume.
"It was you, you slept with Fox on the night we had a fight."
She had yelled it. She was crying and both Chad and Fox stopped as they watched Teresa and Whitney.
"I remember everything. He came back one night smelling like you. You are the only one who wears this. They sell it only in Harmony."
She turned to Fox.
"And to think I let you in my heart."
She walked away as fast as she could, but it was too hard. She fell to the ground and Fox rushed to her side.
"Don't touch me."
"Teresa, it happened once and it was a mistake."
Chad grabbed Fox and pulled him to his feet.
"A mistake? You should have thought of that before you screwed my girlfriend."
He punched him the face.
"You can keep her, 'cause I don't want her."
"Chad you don't mean that."
"But I do Whitney."
In all that drama, no one noticed that Teresa had managed to get back on her feet and left the house.
"Teresa, what's going on?"
"Please, just take me away from here."
The man helped her to his car and drove off. When Paloma came down the stairs to see what the commotion was all about, Teresa was already gone and they didn't know where. She eyed them angrily.
"If anything happens to her, I will hold the 3 of you responsible."
Whitney was sitting alone in the darkness of the penthouse. She looked at the time again and went back to her thoughts. She was thinking of Fox and Teresa and Chad.
"How did everything become so complicated."
Now that she looked back on everything, she realized what a mistake it was for her to have gone after Fox. She liked him, but she never felt strongly about him. Not the way she felt about Chad anyway. It had been a month since Teresa had left the hospital and she had gone by to see her only once. She felt guilty.
"I have to tell Chad the truth. I can't live with this. I have to tell him what I did."
Chad had been away in Europe where he was helping the recording company set up shop. He hadn't been to LA in what seemed to be forever.
"What's taking him so long?"
At last, she heard the key in the door and knew that he was finally home. The only thing left for her to do was to tell him the truth about what had happened and pray for the best outcome possible.
Chad walked in and saw her standing there. He rushed to her and hugged her. It had been so long, he felt consumed.
"I've missed you so much Whitney!"
He looked at her smilingly. She was his life.
"I missed you too Chad."
She took his hand and led him to the couch where they both sat down.
"There's something you need to know."
"Can't it wait?"
"No, it's important."
Chad felt a knot in his stomach. This couldn't be good at all.
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Gwen and Ethan were in their new place. Gwen had just finished the decorating. She wanted it to be as cozy as possible, especially since they weren't going back to Harmony anytime soon. She picked up her son from the floor where he was sitting in the middle of toys and tucked him in for the night. He fell asleep right away.
She went to the bedroom she shared with Ethan and started undressing. Ethan snuck up behind her and started kissing her neck.
"You're not going to bed right now, are you?"
"I'm beat, Ethan."
"Come on, you and I haven't been intimate in a while. I love you."
She faced him.
"I don't think I feel like it."
"I will send you to the moon, Gwen. I really want you."
He leaned in and kissed her and she returned his kiss and the next one and the one after that. He ended up on top of her and inside of her.
"I love you Ethan."
"And I love you more than anything, Teresa."
She felt tears forming behind her eyes and pushed him off of her.
"You're sick! I hate you."
"What did I say?"
"You called me Teresa."
He didn't say anything.
"I guess this is what they call a Freudian slip."
She got dressed, picked up her son and left. He stood alone in an empty apartment.
"I have to get Teresa back."
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Dylan was still in his office. He was the last one left. He looked at the time.
"Already 10pm, I should probably head home."
But he didn't. Instead, he sat a while longer in his chair staring out the window, buried deep in his thoughts. He had gone often to visit Teresa since she had left the hospital and found himself liking her more and more everytime. But he couldn't go behind Fox's back. If Teresa felt anything for him, she would go to him on her own.
"Who am I kidding? She has eyes only for Fox."
********************************* Chad looked at Whitney in total disbelief.
"You cheated on me?"
She nodded, crying.
"Who was it?"
"I can't tell you."
He grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her.
"It was Fox."
He let go of her.
"What? He would never do that. He is our friend."
Then he remembered everything that he had ever heard about Fox Crane. How manipulative and scheming he was. He had heard throughout Europe that Fox was a womanizer.
"I will kill him."
"No Chad, don't."
He took his car keys and stormed out of his home. She heard the car speeding out of the driveway a few seconds later. She picked up her keys and followed him.
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Fox and Teresa were sitting watching television with Paloma. Little Ethan was asleep in Teresa's arms. She kept looking at him.
"Everything alright, Teresa?"
She nodded with a smile.
"Let me go and put him in his bed."
Teresa let Paloma take the baby from her and watched her as she headed upstairs.
A violent knock was heard on the door.
"What the hell is that?"
Fox got up when he heard shouting. the housekeeper had opened the door and let an enraged Chad walk in.
Teresa followed Fox and looked at the man.
"Who is he?"
"What's wrong Chad?"
"You are what's wrong, Fox."
Fox looked at him not understanding what was going on.
"What are you talking about?"
Whitney walked inside the house and saw Teresa, Fox and Chad standing there. Chad was shouting. Teresa turned her head to see Whitney arrive. She walked painfully toward her.
"Do you know what's going....."
She looked at Whitney for a second. A memory was floating back to her. The perfume.
"It was you, you slept with Fox on the night we had a fight."
She had yelled it. She was crying and both Chad and Fox stopped as they watched Teresa and Whitney.
"I remember everything. He came back one night smelling like you. You are the only one who wears this. They sell it only in Harmony."
She turned to Fox.
"And to think I let you in my heart."
She walked away as fast as she could, but it was too hard. She fell to the ground and Fox rushed to her side.
"Don't touch me."
"Teresa, it happened once and it was a mistake."
Chad grabbed Fox and pulled him to his feet.
"A mistake? You should have thought of that before you screwed my girlfriend."
He punched him the face.
"You can keep her, 'cause I don't want her."
"Chad you don't mean that."
"But I do Whitney."
In all that drama, no one noticed that Teresa had managed to get back on her feet and left the house.
"Teresa, what's going on?"
"Please, just take me away from here."
The man helped her to his car and drove off. When Paloma came down the stairs to see what the commotion was all about, Teresa was already gone and they didn't know where. She eyed them angrily.
"If anything happens to her, I will hold the 3 of you responsible."
