CHAPTER 15
Breakdown
Teresa and Ethan took their seats. Teresa looked out the window and saw very little people walking on the tarmac, then they were gone. The plane started its take off and Teresa could feel the pressure on her ears. She felt Ethan's hand on hers. She wanted to take it from under his, she felt like screaming and jumping off the plane.
"I told you that eloping was a great idea, Teresa."
She forced herself to smile. She felt like someone was holding a gun to her head. He lowered his head to hers and put his lips on hers. She kept still and her lips remained closed to him.
"Is something wrong?"
"No, you know me and planes."
She giggled nervously.
"Try and relax."
She simply nodded and looked out the window again. The plane was over the clouds. In a few hours, she would be in Vegas and tomorrow she would be married to Ethan. She sighed and got up.
"Where are you going?"
"Restroom."
She walked between the seats and in the alley. She made her way in the restroom and locked herself in. She started to sobbing.
"Fox.Fox."
*****
Fox walked in his bedroom holding little Ethan in his arms. He had taken him from the nursery a while ago and had taken him for swim in the Crane pool. He put him down on the wide bed and sat beside him. He picked up the phone and told the maid to bring him lunch to his room. A few minutes later a knock was heard.
"Come in!"
The door opened and the maid walked in holding a tray which she put down on the table.
"Have you seen Teresa?"
"Yes, early today. She left this for you and we just heard that her and Mr. Ethan have eloped."
"What?"
The maid beamed at him as she handed him the little envelop which he took from her.
"Ms. Teresa has wanted this for so long. To be Mr. Ethan's wife and now her wish is coming true."
Fox smiled bitterly at her.
"I guess it is, isn't it?"
The maid nodded with a wide grin.
"Is there anything else you need?"
"Can you feed my little guy here and put him down for his nap?"
"Of course."
She picked up little Ethan in her arms and walked out of the room.
Fox opened the envelope and took out the piece of paper and read.
"Dearest Fox, you are one in a million and your friendship is dear to my heart. Every second that I spent with you was like a dream that I never wanted to wake up from. Thank you for always been there for me, thank you for caring about me and my son, thank you for believing in me, thank you for been my rock and everything else you were to me since you set foot in Harmony. But most importantly, thank you for liking me for everything that I am. Ethan and I have decided to elope. We couldn't wait to get married. Next time you see me, I will be Mrs. Ethan Winthrop. I told I was the one he loves. Thank you for everything Fox and I will see you when I come back to Harmony. Watch over my baby while I'm gone. There's no one I trust with him more than you. With all my love, Teresa."
This time he read out loud.
"Ethan and I have decided to elope. We couldn't wait to get married. Next time you see me, I will be Mrs. Ethan Winthrop. I told you I was the one he loves."
He sat on his bed, crumbled the piece of paper and in a fit of rage threw it against the wall.
"How could you Teresa? How could you deny what you feel for me?"
He laid down and stared at the ceiling, then he closed his eyes and remembered the night he kissed her.
"I should have told her right there and then. How could I be so stupid?"
*****
Teresa went back to her seat and buckled. She looked out of the window.
"What am I going to do?"
She looked at Ethan who was asleep.
"How can I be so stupid?"
Teresa and Ethan took their seats. Teresa looked out the window and saw very little people walking on the tarmac, then they were gone. The plane started its take off and Teresa could feel the pressure on her ears. She felt Ethan's hand on hers. She wanted to take it from under his, she felt like screaming and jumping off the plane.
"I told you that eloping was a great idea, Teresa."
She forced herself to smile. She felt like someone was holding a gun to her head. He lowered his head to hers and put his lips on hers. She kept still and her lips remained closed to him.
"Is something wrong?"
"No, you know me and planes."
She giggled nervously.
"Try and relax."
She simply nodded and looked out the window again. The plane was over the clouds. In a few hours, she would be in Vegas and tomorrow she would be married to Ethan. She sighed and got up.
"Where are you going?"
"Restroom."
She walked between the seats and in the alley. She made her way in the restroom and locked herself in. She started to sobbing.
"Fox.Fox."
*****
Fox walked in his bedroom holding little Ethan in his arms. He had taken him from the nursery a while ago and had taken him for swim in the Crane pool. He put him down on the wide bed and sat beside him. He picked up the phone and told the maid to bring him lunch to his room. A few minutes later a knock was heard.
"Come in!"
The door opened and the maid walked in holding a tray which she put down on the table.
"Have you seen Teresa?"
"Yes, early today. She left this for you and we just heard that her and Mr. Ethan have eloped."
"What?"
The maid beamed at him as she handed him the little envelop which he took from her.
"Ms. Teresa has wanted this for so long. To be Mr. Ethan's wife and now her wish is coming true."
Fox smiled bitterly at her.
"I guess it is, isn't it?"
The maid nodded with a wide grin.
"Is there anything else you need?"
"Can you feed my little guy here and put him down for his nap?"
"Of course."
She picked up little Ethan in her arms and walked out of the room.
Fox opened the envelope and took out the piece of paper and read.
"Dearest Fox, you are one in a million and your friendship is dear to my heart. Every second that I spent with you was like a dream that I never wanted to wake up from. Thank you for always been there for me, thank you for caring about me and my son, thank you for believing in me, thank you for been my rock and everything else you were to me since you set foot in Harmony. But most importantly, thank you for liking me for everything that I am. Ethan and I have decided to elope. We couldn't wait to get married. Next time you see me, I will be Mrs. Ethan Winthrop. I told I was the one he loves. Thank you for everything Fox and I will see you when I come back to Harmony. Watch over my baby while I'm gone. There's no one I trust with him more than you. With all my love, Teresa."
This time he read out loud.
"Ethan and I have decided to elope. We couldn't wait to get married. Next time you see me, I will be Mrs. Ethan Winthrop. I told you I was the one he loves."
He sat on his bed, crumbled the piece of paper and in a fit of rage threw it against the wall.
"How could you Teresa? How could you deny what you feel for me?"
He laid down and stared at the ceiling, then he closed his eyes and remembered the night he kissed her.
"I should have told her right there and then. How could I be so stupid?"
*****
Teresa went back to her seat and buckled. She looked out of the window.
"What am I going to do?"
She looked at Ethan who was asleep.
"How can I be so stupid?"
