Chapter 13
One Big Happy Family
Eve stepped into Little Ethan's room. She saw Teresa, Pilar, Fox and Ethan sitting around his bed. She couldn't help but think how someone so small could so much uproar. Several lives were going to change. She thought about how Ethan and Teresa and how they once loved each other very deeply. She also knew that nothing had proved that they had stopped loving each other. True, Ethan had married Gwen, but everyone knew it was because she was pregnant with his child. How would Ethan react if and when he learned that this was possibly his son. Would he leave Gwen to be with the mother of his first child. The woman he would have chose to be with before Gwen became pregnant. Or would he still devote himself to Gwen, holding their marriage vows sacred. Either way Eve knew Ethan had a difficult choice ahead of him. She also couldn't help but feel for Teresa. Her life had been turned upside down when they learned of her pregnancy. What if this would've came out sooner. What if Ethan had known that this was his son from the beginning. They would be probably be married right now. Teresa could've been spared a lot of heartache. As well as Pilar and all the Lopez-Fitzgeralds.
"Dr. Russell, what have you found out?" Teresa asked. Everyone turning to look at Eve.
"I think he's going to be fine. His lab work shows that his body is definitely fighting some sort of infection. He is receiving antibiotics for this. His fever is coming down. He doesn't seem to be dehydrated. I do want to monitor him for a few days since the fever was so high. I assume he'll be up and ready to go home in no time." She smiled softly at them.
"Oh, thank you God!" Pilar let out. Everyone let out a sigh of relief. "I must go tell everyone waiting. They will all be so happy."
"That would be nice, Mama."
"Yes, and if the rest of you don't mind, I need to speak with Teresa in private." With that Ethan and Fox left with Pilar.
"Teresa, we need to talk. It's about Little Ethan." Please have a seat. Teresa sat and Eve pulled up a chair and sat facing her.
"What is it, Dr. Russell. You said he was going to be fine. What else could their be?"
"Based on both your bloodtype and Julian's bloodtype, there's not way that Julian could be the father of Little Ethan."
Teresa just sat there. She didn't know what to say. She felt as if someone had just sucker punched her in the stomach knocking the wind out of her. "I think I'm going to be sick." She turned pale.
"Teresa, calm down. Now, I'm sure I already know the answer to this questions, but I need to know who you were with around the same time that Little Ethan was conceived."
"Dr. Russell, the only other person I've ever been with is Ethan. Oh, my God, Ethan. What's he going to think. He's lost so much time with Little Ethan. All this time that he could've been a father to him. What am I going to tell Fox?"
"Fox, what does he have to do with this?"
"What do we need to do now, Eve?" Ignoring her question.
"We should talk to Ethan. He'll need to have bloodwork, just to be on the safe side. Are you ready we'll go get him?"
"No," she reached out for Eve. "Let me tell him myself. I think it might be easier on him that way."
"That will be fine, here give this to him", she reached down and signed a form and handed it to Teresa, "he'll need this to give to the lab tech."
"Thank you Dr. Russell, for everything."
"It was my pleasure."
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"Fox, we need to talk."
"Do you ever give up, Prince Ethan?" Fox rolled his eyes turning around to face him.
"Not when it comes to Teresa and don't call me that, Nicholas." He knew he hated that name.
"You know that name sounds so much sweeter being moaned by Teresa." Fox smirked.
"You stay the hell away from her you son of a bitch." Ethan fumed.
Fox threw up his hands, "Look, Ethan, I don't want to start this with you. Frankly, I'm tired and I don't feel like discussing mine and Teresa's personal affairs with you."
"Fox, I've warned you once, I want tell you again. Stay away from her."
"Oh, Ethan, I'm so scared." Fox mocked Ethan by trembling.
"I'm serious, Fox, I'll do anything to protect her."
"You don't have to protect her Ethan. Look, I'm serious. I'm not going to do anything to hurt her. I care for her. In fact, I'm saying this for the first time, I love her." He smiled thinking of his Resa.
"You don't know the meaning of the word love."
"Maybe it's you that doesn't know the meaning of love, Prince. You juggled two women at once claming to have loved them both. Expecting both to be perfect, have no faults. Unable to chose between the two. Now you're married to a woman who you aren't 'in love' with, she's having your baby, and you're fantisizing over the other woman. Where in that do you see love?"
"You have no idea of the love Teresa and I share, Fox."
"Shared, Ethan, there's a big difference their. Shared. Past tense. You are no longer with her, it's over. She's moved on. Let her go. For her sake and your's. I know we've never got along, but you are my brother and though I hate to admit it, I do care about you. Make it work with Gwen. You married her. In a couple of months you'll have a new baby. Teresa's finally moved on. She cares for you, but she's no longer in love with you. Be happy for her. She no longer hurts, isn't that what's important here? Her happiness? I know my word doesn't mean much, but I've changed Ethan. I'm ready to grow up, accept responsibility, settle down. Hopefully with Teresa if she feels the same. But no matter, I'll always care for her and be there for her when she needs me."
Ethan looked at Fox stunned. If he hadn't known better he would've thought he was sincere. But, fact is, he knew better, "Stay away from her Fox."
"Is everything alright here?" Gwen linking her arm around Ethan's and rubbed it.
"Yes, Gwen, I was just leaving. Come on let's go down to the nursery and see the new babies." Gwen smiled and they left arm in arm.
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Teresa left the Little Ethan's room. She had to find Ethan. As she was walking down the hall someone stopped her. It was Fox. "Resa, are you okay, you look like you've just seen a ghost?"
"I'm fine, I think. Listen, I need to talk with Ethan have you seen him?"
Fox looked hurt, "He's with Gwen. They just went to see the babies down in the nursery. What do you need to talk to him about?" He questioned, hoping she would give him some sort of clue.
"You'll know soon enough, Fox. Promise me something." She took his hand.
"Anything."
"Please stay here with me, when the truth comes out. I'm scared of what he might say, what Gwen might say. Oh, God, then there's Ivy."
"Teresa, you're not making any sense."
"Fox, I have to go. I have to find Ethan." She let go of his hand and ran down the hall.
She found Ethan and Gwen standing outside the nursery peering in the window. They were holding each other tightly, pointing and smiling at the babies. "It's now or never." She walked over to them.
"What do you want?" Gwen hissed.
"I need to speak with Ethan in private." She glared at Gwen. "It's very important."
"I'm sure it is, come on, Ethan, we have better things to do than..."
"Gwen, I'm sure this want take long. Besides, she says it's important and I trust that it is. Why don't you go down and check into the birthing classes they offer here." He smiled and rubbed her stomach. Teresa's heart broke. Little Ethan deserved that too, but it had been snatched from him.
"Fine, but don't take long, I'll miss you." She kissed him and walked away.
"Teresa, what did you want to talk to me about?"
"Ethan, I think maybe you should sit down."
"No, I'll be fine. Go ahead, I need to be with Gwen."
No, you needed to be with me, but..."It's about Little Ethan."
"What about him, is he okay?"
"He's fine, but they did find out something with his bloodwork."
"What is it? Is he anemic or something?"
"No, it's a little bit more complicated than that."
"Come on Teresa, what is it?"
"Julian is not Little Ethan's father, meaning that they only other person it could be is...
"Me!" Teresa shook her head yes. Ethan sank his head down in his hands. "God, how could I have not know?" He began crying.
"Ethan, don't do this to yourself. How were you to have known? I didn't know and I was his mother. I should've known before anybody." She tried to comfort him.
"I've missed so much. God, Teresa, we've missed so much. You know what his means?" He paused for a second. Rubbing his forehead. "All this pain, this heartache could've been avoided. We could be together right now. We could be married. Living somewhere on our own. As a family. Happy!"
"I'm so sorry. I wish I could turn back time. I wish I could make it all better, but I can't."
"But I can, I can make it right, Teresa. We can be together. I'll leave Gwen. She'll just have to understand. I'll be there for her, don't get me wrong, but you were the one I was suppossed to be with. You are the love of my life, Teresa. My destiny. This was what I needed to hear, what I wanted to hear. I needed something to lead me back to you and this is it. This is what I've been waiting for." He pulled her to him and embraced her. "We can make this work Teresa. We can finally be a family. You, me and Little Ethan. The way it should've been." He hugged her tighter. "I love you, Teresa."
Fox looked on at the two. He couldn't believe his ears. Little Ethan was Ethan's. He loved her and wanted her back. Fox sank his back in the wall. "I've lost her. I've lost Teresa." He said softly to himself as tears came to his eyes.
One Big Happy Family
Eve stepped into Little Ethan's room. She saw Teresa, Pilar, Fox and Ethan sitting around his bed. She couldn't help but think how someone so small could so much uproar. Several lives were going to change. She thought about how Ethan and Teresa and how they once loved each other very deeply. She also knew that nothing had proved that they had stopped loving each other. True, Ethan had married Gwen, but everyone knew it was because she was pregnant with his child. How would Ethan react if and when he learned that this was possibly his son. Would he leave Gwen to be with the mother of his first child. The woman he would have chose to be with before Gwen became pregnant. Or would he still devote himself to Gwen, holding their marriage vows sacred. Either way Eve knew Ethan had a difficult choice ahead of him. She also couldn't help but feel for Teresa. Her life had been turned upside down when they learned of her pregnancy. What if this would've came out sooner. What if Ethan had known that this was his son from the beginning. They would be probably be married right now. Teresa could've been spared a lot of heartache. As well as Pilar and all the Lopez-Fitzgeralds.
"Dr. Russell, what have you found out?" Teresa asked. Everyone turning to look at Eve.
"I think he's going to be fine. His lab work shows that his body is definitely fighting some sort of infection. He is receiving antibiotics for this. His fever is coming down. He doesn't seem to be dehydrated. I do want to monitor him for a few days since the fever was so high. I assume he'll be up and ready to go home in no time." She smiled softly at them.
"Oh, thank you God!" Pilar let out. Everyone let out a sigh of relief. "I must go tell everyone waiting. They will all be so happy."
"That would be nice, Mama."
"Yes, and if the rest of you don't mind, I need to speak with Teresa in private." With that Ethan and Fox left with Pilar.
"Teresa, we need to talk. It's about Little Ethan." Please have a seat. Teresa sat and Eve pulled up a chair and sat facing her.
"What is it, Dr. Russell. You said he was going to be fine. What else could their be?"
"Based on both your bloodtype and Julian's bloodtype, there's not way that Julian could be the father of Little Ethan."
Teresa just sat there. She didn't know what to say. She felt as if someone had just sucker punched her in the stomach knocking the wind out of her. "I think I'm going to be sick." She turned pale.
"Teresa, calm down. Now, I'm sure I already know the answer to this questions, but I need to know who you were with around the same time that Little Ethan was conceived."
"Dr. Russell, the only other person I've ever been with is Ethan. Oh, my God, Ethan. What's he going to think. He's lost so much time with Little Ethan. All this time that he could've been a father to him. What am I going to tell Fox?"
"Fox, what does he have to do with this?"
"What do we need to do now, Eve?" Ignoring her question.
"We should talk to Ethan. He'll need to have bloodwork, just to be on the safe side. Are you ready we'll go get him?"
"No," she reached out for Eve. "Let me tell him myself. I think it might be easier on him that way."
"That will be fine, here give this to him", she reached down and signed a form and handed it to Teresa, "he'll need this to give to the lab tech."
"Thank you Dr. Russell, for everything."
"It was my pleasure."
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"Fox, we need to talk."
"Do you ever give up, Prince Ethan?" Fox rolled his eyes turning around to face him.
"Not when it comes to Teresa and don't call me that, Nicholas." He knew he hated that name.
"You know that name sounds so much sweeter being moaned by Teresa." Fox smirked.
"You stay the hell away from her you son of a bitch." Ethan fumed.
Fox threw up his hands, "Look, Ethan, I don't want to start this with you. Frankly, I'm tired and I don't feel like discussing mine and Teresa's personal affairs with you."
"Fox, I've warned you once, I want tell you again. Stay away from her."
"Oh, Ethan, I'm so scared." Fox mocked Ethan by trembling.
"I'm serious, Fox, I'll do anything to protect her."
"You don't have to protect her Ethan. Look, I'm serious. I'm not going to do anything to hurt her. I care for her. In fact, I'm saying this for the first time, I love her." He smiled thinking of his Resa.
"You don't know the meaning of the word love."
"Maybe it's you that doesn't know the meaning of love, Prince. You juggled two women at once claming to have loved them both. Expecting both to be perfect, have no faults. Unable to chose between the two. Now you're married to a woman who you aren't 'in love' with, she's having your baby, and you're fantisizing over the other woman. Where in that do you see love?"
"You have no idea of the love Teresa and I share, Fox."
"Shared, Ethan, there's a big difference their. Shared. Past tense. You are no longer with her, it's over. She's moved on. Let her go. For her sake and your's. I know we've never got along, but you are my brother and though I hate to admit it, I do care about you. Make it work with Gwen. You married her. In a couple of months you'll have a new baby. Teresa's finally moved on. She cares for you, but she's no longer in love with you. Be happy for her. She no longer hurts, isn't that what's important here? Her happiness? I know my word doesn't mean much, but I've changed Ethan. I'm ready to grow up, accept responsibility, settle down. Hopefully with Teresa if she feels the same. But no matter, I'll always care for her and be there for her when she needs me."
Ethan looked at Fox stunned. If he hadn't known better he would've thought he was sincere. But, fact is, he knew better, "Stay away from her Fox."
"Is everything alright here?" Gwen linking her arm around Ethan's and rubbed it.
"Yes, Gwen, I was just leaving. Come on let's go down to the nursery and see the new babies." Gwen smiled and they left arm in arm.
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Teresa left the Little Ethan's room. She had to find Ethan. As she was walking down the hall someone stopped her. It was Fox. "Resa, are you okay, you look like you've just seen a ghost?"
"I'm fine, I think. Listen, I need to talk with Ethan have you seen him?"
Fox looked hurt, "He's with Gwen. They just went to see the babies down in the nursery. What do you need to talk to him about?" He questioned, hoping she would give him some sort of clue.
"You'll know soon enough, Fox. Promise me something." She took his hand.
"Anything."
"Please stay here with me, when the truth comes out. I'm scared of what he might say, what Gwen might say. Oh, God, then there's Ivy."
"Teresa, you're not making any sense."
"Fox, I have to go. I have to find Ethan." She let go of his hand and ran down the hall.
She found Ethan and Gwen standing outside the nursery peering in the window. They were holding each other tightly, pointing and smiling at the babies. "It's now or never." She walked over to them.
"What do you want?" Gwen hissed.
"I need to speak with Ethan in private." She glared at Gwen. "It's very important."
"I'm sure it is, come on, Ethan, we have better things to do than..."
"Gwen, I'm sure this want take long. Besides, she says it's important and I trust that it is. Why don't you go down and check into the birthing classes they offer here." He smiled and rubbed her stomach. Teresa's heart broke. Little Ethan deserved that too, but it had been snatched from him.
"Fine, but don't take long, I'll miss you." She kissed him and walked away.
"Teresa, what did you want to talk to me about?"
"Ethan, I think maybe you should sit down."
"No, I'll be fine. Go ahead, I need to be with Gwen."
No, you needed to be with me, but..."It's about Little Ethan."
"What about him, is he okay?"
"He's fine, but they did find out something with his bloodwork."
"What is it? Is he anemic or something?"
"No, it's a little bit more complicated than that."
"Come on Teresa, what is it?"
"Julian is not Little Ethan's father, meaning that they only other person it could be is...
"Me!" Teresa shook her head yes. Ethan sank his head down in his hands. "God, how could I have not know?" He began crying.
"Ethan, don't do this to yourself. How were you to have known? I didn't know and I was his mother. I should've known before anybody." She tried to comfort him.
"I've missed so much. God, Teresa, we've missed so much. You know what his means?" He paused for a second. Rubbing his forehead. "All this pain, this heartache could've been avoided. We could be together right now. We could be married. Living somewhere on our own. As a family. Happy!"
"I'm so sorry. I wish I could turn back time. I wish I could make it all better, but I can't."
"But I can, I can make it right, Teresa. We can be together. I'll leave Gwen. She'll just have to understand. I'll be there for her, don't get me wrong, but you were the one I was suppossed to be with. You are the love of my life, Teresa. My destiny. This was what I needed to hear, what I wanted to hear. I needed something to lead me back to you and this is it. This is what I've been waiting for." He pulled her to him and embraced her. "We can make this work Teresa. We can finally be a family. You, me and Little Ethan. The way it should've been." He hugged her tighter. "I love you, Teresa."
Fox looked on at the two. He couldn't believe his ears. Little Ethan was Ethan's. He loved her and wanted her back. Fox sank his back in the wall. "I've lost her. I've lost Teresa." He said softly to himself as tears came to his eyes.
