CHAPTER 7
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"Don't panic, Teresa. You go in, you ask your questions. You come out."
"What if I blow it, Fox?"
"Don't worry. I believe in you, Teresa."
She smiled at Fox who was squeezing her hand in his and got out of the car.
*****
Teresa walked inside the building of the Inquisitor magazine. As she walked down the hall, she saw the news that were made throughout the years. She stopped in front of the one that had ruined her life and felt sick to her stomach. She fixed her blond wig and made her way inside the office.
"Hi, I'm here to meet with Ed."
"Yes, let me show you to his office."
Teresa followed the receptionist.
"Miss Hotchkiss, a pleasure to see you again."
"Thank you, Ed."
"What brings you here?"
"My life is great and I want to make sure that none of the things we discussed will ever come out."
"Don't worry about it. No one will know what you did."
"Thank you. Ethan is very important to me and I cannot lose him to Teresa."
The reporter looked at her.
"You never told me if you were the one who sent me that e-mail."
Teresa felt uncomfortable.
"Why would you ask?"
"Because you and I both know that the Lopez-Fitzgerald girl was set up. She would never have done something like that."
"What? You're defending her actions now?"
"No, I'm not. I just think that you and Ivy Crane have had I in for her for a very long time. after all, Ivy Crane is the one who sent me those photographs of the little Miss going to an abortion clinic and wanted the news to come out."
"I'm not as devious as Ivy you know."
"Well you did find the letter on Teresa's lap top. And the person who called me used a voice distorter. And I'm pretty sure that it was you."
"I will not sit here and be insulted by you."
She got up and started to walk out. The reporter called her back.
"Miss Hotchkiss."
She looked over her shoulder.
"I would watch your step if I were you. You might trip and fall."
She walked out of his office and as fast as she could out of the building. She stopped in the street to try and catch her breath. She looked for Fox and saw him sitting at a coffee shop. She took off her wig and ran to him.
"That didn't take you long."
"She did it Fox. She knew about the letter in my computer."
"Are you serious?"
"Yes."
She pulled out the tape recorder from her purse and played the conversation for Fox.
"You did a wonderful job, Teresa."
She smiled at him.
"I couldn't have done it if I didn't think you believed in me."
He smiled back at her.
"Let's get out of here just in case..."
They both got up and walked to the car. Teresa stopped and grabbed Fox by the arm.
"What is it, Teresa?"
She put her hand on his cheek. She then pulled it down and went into his arms.
"Thank you, Fox."
"For what?"
"For believing that I'm not the horrible person some people make me out to be."
"I would never believe that for a second. You are the most amazing person I know Teresa and I'm grateful to have you in my life."
She pulled away from him.
"You'll never know how much you changed my life, Fox. I think that I'm starting to find myself again."
"Yeah, I have that effect on people you know."
She gave him a slight punch on the shoulder.
"Fox!"
They walked to the car and drove back to Harmony silently.
"Don't panic, Teresa. You go in, you ask your questions. You come out."
"What if I blow it, Fox?"
"Don't worry. I believe in you, Teresa."
She smiled at Fox who was squeezing her hand in his and got out of the car.
*****
Teresa walked inside the building of the Inquisitor magazine. As she walked down the hall, she saw the news that were made throughout the years. She stopped in front of the one that had ruined her life and felt sick to her stomach. She fixed her blond wig and made her way inside the office.
"Hi, I'm here to meet with Ed."
"Yes, let me show you to his office."
Teresa followed the receptionist.
"Miss Hotchkiss, a pleasure to see you again."
"Thank you, Ed."
"What brings you here?"
"My life is great and I want to make sure that none of the things we discussed will ever come out."
"Don't worry about it. No one will know what you did."
"Thank you. Ethan is very important to me and I cannot lose him to Teresa."
The reporter looked at her.
"You never told me if you were the one who sent me that e-mail."
Teresa felt uncomfortable.
"Why would you ask?"
"Because you and I both know that the Lopez-Fitzgerald girl was set up. She would never have done something like that."
"What? You're defending her actions now?"
"No, I'm not. I just think that you and Ivy Crane have had I in for her for a very long time. after all, Ivy Crane is the one who sent me those photographs of the little Miss going to an abortion clinic and wanted the news to come out."
"I'm not as devious as Ivy you know."
"Well you did find the letter on Teresa's lap top. And the person who called me used a voice distorter. And I'm pretty sure that it was you."
"I will not sit here and be insulted by you."
She got up and started to walk out. The reporter called her back.
"Miss Hotchkiss."
She looked over her shoulder.
"I would watch your step if I were you. You might trip and fall."
She walked out of his office and as fast as she could out of the building. She stopped in the street to try and catch her breath. She looked for Fox and saw him sitting at a coffee shop. She took off her wig and ran to him.
"That didn't take you long."
"She did it Fox. She knew about the letter in my computer."
"Are you serious?"
"Yes."
She pulled out the tape recorder from her purse and played the conversation for Fox.
"You did a wonderful job, Teresa."
She smiled at him.
"I couldn't have done it if I didn't think you believed in me."
He smiled back at her.
"Let's get out of here just in case..."
They both got up and walked to the car. Teresa stopped and grabbed Fox by the arm.
"What is it, Teresa?"
She put her hand on his cheek. She then pulled it down and went into his arms.
"Thank you, Fox."
"For what?"
"For believing that I'm not the horrible person some people make me out to be."
"I would never believe that for a second. You are the most amazing person I know Teresa and I'm grateful to have you in my life."
She pulled away from him.
"You'll never know how much you changed my life, Fox. I think that I'm starting to find myself again."
"Yeah, I have that effect on people you know."
She gave him a slight punch on the shoulder.
"Fox!"
They walked to the car and drove back to Harmony silently.
