CHAPTER 34 Revelation

Fox had fallen asleep when he heard Teresa cry in pain. She had just woken up and her back was hurting her again. Fox was on his feet and beside her in a flash.

"Don't move. Let me get you a warm towel."

"What are you doing here?"

"I came because I was worried when you left the house."

"Shouldn't you be worried about Whitney instead? I mean the truth came out and Chad knows."

"I don't care about Whitney that way, Teresa. You're the one I want."

"Fox, go away."

"No, I don't want to leave you."

"I am telling you to go."

She didn't want to look at him.

"Teresa."

"I'll be home later."

"Fine, you do whatever you want."

He left the room and she wanted to call him back but she didn't. She was still upset that he had moved on Whitney.

"I don't ever want to feel this hurt. I don't think I can take it anymore."

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Fox went to the hospital with little Ethan pacifier in a plastic bag. He arrived at the nurses' station and asked for the doctor. He was taken inside the office and waited.

"Mr. Crane?"

He got up and shook hands with the doctor.

"How's Miss Lopez-Fitzgerald?"

"She's fine, but her back really hurts."

"It's to be expected. She is a very resilient young woman. I'm expecting a full recovery although her back will probably be painful from time to time."

"As long as she recovers.."

The doctor smiled at him and pulled Teresa's file from his drawer.

"I understand you are here for a DNA test."

"Yes, I am."

"May I ask?"

"Of course, Teresa's son. I think he might be mine."

"I see."

He opened the file he had in front of him.

"We didn't draw any blood from him when he was here. Did you bring a sample?"

"Yes, it's a new pacifier. I wanted to be sure that it wasn't contaminated. Of course, I put it in his mouth."

He handed him the plastic bag.

"How long will this take?"

"It would normally take a few days, but I'll put a rush on it. If you want to stick around, the results should be in in an hour."

"I'll wait."

The doctor left his office leaving Fox behind.

"This could change everything." ****************************

Teresa was back in at the Crane beach house. She walked in to find Gwen and Paloma sitting with the children and chatting. They both looked up when she arrived.

"Teresa, you're home."

Teresa went to them and took her son from her sister. She sat down and looked outside.

"Did you speak to Fox?"

"No, I told him that we should do this later."

"Why?"

"Look guys, I don't think I can handle this right now. With everything that happened last night and all. I'm still dealing with remembering almost everything and not be able to remember the most important thing."

She looked down at her son.

"I don't get this. How can you not know?"

"I don't know, Gwen. I only slept with Ethan once and Julian on that drunken night."

They were silent, then Paloma spoke.

"You have to give Fox a chance, Teresa."

"Why are we talking about this? I don't want to think about it."

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"Mr. Crane, we have the DNA result."

Fox stood put the magazine down and stood up.

"No, please. You can sit."

The doctor went around his desk and sat. he opened his file.

"A DNA test is 100% accurate."

Fox felt his heart beating really fast.

"So, what's the result?"

"The young boy is definitely you son, Mr. Crane."

Fox sat there with his mouth open. How can this be?