CHAPTER 40
Anger
Fox woke up when a panicked Paloma came in his room sobbing.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"I went to your son's room and he wasn't there. I went to Teresa's room and she wasn't there either. I thought she took him out, but it's been almost 2 hours and they're not back. Her car is gone too."
"Relax, Paloma. I'm sure they're not far away. You know how Teresa likes to off on her own from time to time."
She started to feel better.
"I'm so sorry that I woke you up. Are you feeling any better?"
"Almost as good as new."
He got out of his bed and make his way to the shower. He was thinking of Teresa and wondered what went down between her and Ethan. He waited up, waiting for her to come to his room and just talk. He didn't care about what she had to say as long as she spoke to him. He hated to strain in their relationship. Everything went from easy to complicated between them since they got to Los Angeles. He just wanted things to be what they used to be.
His thoughts shifted to his son. He hated the name Teresa had given him, but he loved the boy. Even though he didn't remember anything from that night, he wouldn't change the outcome of it. He already loved and cared for little Ethan a lot because he is Teresa's son, but now that he knew that he was also his, there were no words to describe the everything he felt.
He got out of the shower and started to get dressed when his attention shifted to something on his nightstand. He picked up the envelop with his name on it and opened it. He recognized Teresa's handwriting.
"I know you will hate me for doing this, but I will take that risk. I came to LA to be away from everyone and everything. I came to LA to try and built a life, to stop the hurt and confusion I was feeling. It seems that it's getting worst each day that passes. I can't do it anymore. If I stay, the stress of everything will kill me. I have to sort my life and grow up, become a strong and independent woman for the sake of my son. I know what I've done will hurt you, and I'm sorry. I'll let Ethan know how much you love him everyday. I'm sorry that it had to come to this."
He read it over and over and everytime felt angrier than the first. Not only did she choose to go and leave him behind, but she just took his son away from him. She hadn't even said where she was going. He couldn't believe what she had done.
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Paloma was looking out the window, waiting for Teresa to get back.
"Please, sit down. You are stressing me out."
Paloma left the window and sat across from Gwen who was feeding her son. She played with her coffee mug for a while then got up again and started pacing.
"What's really going on Paloma?"
"I think she left."
Gwen looked at her surprised.
"Why would you say that?"
"Because I think that she was feeling too much pressure."
"Maybe, but she wouldn't just take Ethan away from his father and leave."
"She would."
Both Paloma and Gwen turned around and looked at Fox.
"What are you talking about?"
"She took my son and left. She doesn't say where she is going, nothing. She took my son and left."
"Fox, you need to sit down."
"Sit down? I don't need to sit down, Paloma. I want my son."
"I'm sure she'll come back." He handed her the note Teresa had left him.
"No, she isn't coming back."
Both Paloma and Gwen read the note and looked at each other.
"I will never forgive her for his. Never."
Fox woke up when a panicked Paloma came in his room sobbing.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"I went to your son's room and he wasn't there. I went to Teresa's room and she wasn't there either. I thought she took him out, but it's been almost 2 hours and they're not back. Her car is gone too."
"Relax, Paloma. I'm sure they're not far away. You know how Teresa likes to off on her own from time to time."
She started to feel better.
"I'm so sorry that I woke you up. Are you feeling any better?"
"Almost as good as new."
He got out of his bed and make his way to the shower. He was thinking of Teresa and wondered what went down between her and Ethan. He waited up, waiting for her to come to his room and just talk. He didn't care about what she had to say as long as she spoke to him. He hated to strain in their relationship. Everything went from easy to complicated between them since they got to Los Angeles. He just wanted things to be what they used to be.
His thoughts shifted to his son. He hated the name Teresa had given him, but he loved the boy. Even though he didn't remember anything from that night, he wouldn't change the outcome of it. He already loved and cared for little Ethan a lot because he is Teresa's son, but now that he knew that he was also his, there were no words to describe the everything he felt.
He got out of the shower and started to get dressed when his attention shifted to something on his nightstand. He picked up the envelop with his name on it and opened it. He recognized Teresa's handwriting.
"I know you will hate me for doing this, but I will take that risk. I came to LA to be away from everyone and everything. I came to LA to try and built a life, to stop the hurt and confusion I was feeling. It seems that it's getting worst each day that passes. I can't do it anymore. If I stay, the stress of everything will kill me. I have to sort my life and grow up, become a strong and independent woman for the sake of my son. I know what I've done will hurt you, and I'm sorry. I'll let Ethan know how much you love him everyday. I'm sorry that it had to come to this."
He read it over and over and everytime felt angrier than the first. Not only did she choose to go and leave him behind, but she just took his son away from him. She hadn't even said where she was going. He couldn't believe what she had done.
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Paloma was looking out the window, waiting for Teresa to get back.
"Please, sit down. You are stressing me out."
Paloma left the window and sat across from Gwen who was feeding her son. She played with her coffee mug for a while then got up again and started pacing.
"What's really going on Paloma?"
"I think she left."
Gwen looked at her surprised.
"Why would you say that?"
"Because I think that she was feeling too much pressure."
"Maybe, but she wouldn't just take Ethan away from his father and leave."
"She would."
Both Paloma and Gwen turned around and looked at Fox.
"What are you talking about?"
"She took my son and left. She doesn't say where she is going, nothing. She took my son and left."
"Fox, you need to sit down."
"Sit down? I don't need to sit down, Paloma. I want my son."
"I'm sure she'll come back." He handed her the note Teresa had left him.
"No, she isn't coming back."
Both Paloma and Gwen read the note and looked at each other.
"I will never forgive her for his. Never."
