CHAPTER 4
Alliance
"Mother?"
Ivy turned her wheelchair around and faced her son.
"What is it?"
"I just thought we could have a tete a tete you and I."
She looked at him suspiciously.
"Alright, Fox. How does your generation puts it? What's up?"
"Nothing. I just never spend anytime with you."
He walked in her room and closed the door behind him.
"You were right Mother."
She looked at him with her eyebrows raised, suspicious of him.
"Tell me, Fox...what was right about?"
"Teresa."
"Teresa?"
He nodded.
"Care to explain?"
"Well she came on to me the other day."
"She is everything that you, Gwen and Rebecca said she was."
She looked at him and he knew she wanted him to keep talking.
"She is a gold digger and a tramp. She came on to me."
"Since when do you call a woman who hits on you a tramp, Fox?"
"Since that woman is my step mother."
"Somehow I don't believe you, Fox. What are you up to?"
He looked at his mother and smiled sadly.
"So I come here to talk to you and you automatically assume that I'm up to something."
"What can I say, Fox? You are your father's son."
"My father's son? You mean even when I was a helpless child? You mean I was up to something even then?"
He got up ready to leave.
"Sit back down Fox."
He did as she asked.
"So, tell me about Teresa."
"She still wants Ethan back."
"What else is new. That whore has been out to destroy your brother's life since she came into our lives."
He didn't say anything.
"Help me stop her, Fox."
"What do you mean?"
"Never mind...I stopped her before I can do it again."
"How did you stop her?"
She smiled at him.
"That's only for me to know, dear."
"Mother, if you and I are going to be allies in destroying Teresa, then you have to tell me."
"Allies?"
He nodded with a smile.
"Do you hate her that much?"
"Yes, I do. She is spending Crane money, her brat is the other heir....I hate it. I want her out of this house."
She took his hand in hers.
"We are allies then."
"So what did you do to Teresa?"
"Well..."
She smiled.
"I won't tell you. Or at least not just yet. In the meantime, keep her close to you."
"I intend to keep her very close to me. What's the harm in having a little fun, right?"
"You are devious Fox."
"I learned from the best, Mommy."
He got up.
"Teresa will never know what hit her."
He left the bedroom just as Ivy had said that. He closed the door behind him and stood outside with a wide smile on his face.
"Mother?"
Ivy turned her wheelchair around and faced her son.
"What is it?"
"I just thought we could have a tete a tete you and I."
She looked at him suspiciously.
"Alright, Fox. How does your generation puts it? What's up?"
"Nothing. I just never spend anytime with you."
He walked in her room and closed the door behind him.
"You were right Mother."
She looked at him with her eyebrows raised, suspicious of him.
"Tell me, Fox...what was right about?"
"Teresa."
"Teresa?"
He nodded.
"Care to explain?"
"Well she came on to me the other day."
"She is everything that you, Gwen and Rebecca said she was."
She looked at him and he knew she wanted him to keep talking.
"She is a gold digger and a tramp. She came on to me."
"Since when do you call a woman who hits on you a tramp, Fox?"
"Since that woman is my step mother."
"Somehow I don't believe you, Fox. What are you up to?"
He looked at his mother and smiled sadly.
"So I come here to talk to you and you automatically assume that I'm up to something."
"What can I say, Fox? You are your father's son."
"My father's son? You mean even when I was a helpless child? You mean I was up to something even then?"
He got up ready to leave.
"Sit back down Fox."
He did as she asked.
"So, tell me about Teresa."
"She still wants Ethan back."
"What else is new. That whore has been out to destroy your brother's life since she came into our lives."
He didn't say anything.
"Help me stop her, Fox."
"What do you mean?"
"Never mind...I stopped her before I can do it again."
"How did you stop her?"
She smiled at him.
"That's only for me to know, dear."
"Mother, if you and I are going to be allies in destroying Teresa, then you have to tell me."
"Allies?"
He nodded with a smile.
"Do you hate her that much?"
"Yes, I do. She is spending Crane money, her brat is the other heir....I hate it. I want her out of this house."
She took his hand in hers.
"We are allies then."
"So what did you do to Teresa?"
"Well..."
She smiled.
"I won't tell you. Or at least not just yet. In the meantime, keep her close to you."
"I intend to keep her very close to me. What's the harm in having a little fun, right?"
"You are devious Fox."
"I learned from the best, Mommy."
He got up.
"Teresa will never know what hit her."
He left the bedroom just as Ivy had said that. He closed the door behind him and stood outside with a wide smile on his face.
