Chapter 18: Ethan's plan
Ethan knew that time was running out. Alistair threw a fit when he found out that Fox had proposed to Teresa a couple of days ago and Ethan didn't want to kill the husband of the woman he loved. Ethan knew that he had to work fast. He didn't know what to do though. He wanted to kidnap Fox and kill him, but after Fox beat him up that day he didn't know how to get close enough to Fox or Teresa's place. Ethan was roaming the grounds and saw Fox reading something by a tree. Ethan picked up a rock and hit Fox over the head with it. Fox started to bleed tremendously. Ethan dragged his body into his car and wrapped his head and drove away to the Harmony Cliff, a landmark in Harmony. He dragged Fox's body up to a cliff and threw his body off of it. He watched the body fall and drop into the water. Ethan just laughed. "Now I move in on Teresa, the mother of my child."
Ethan hoped into his car and his cell phone began to ring. It was Gwen. "Hey Gwen." "Hey Ethan. I need to talk with you. Hurry home." Ethan was about an hour and he told her so. She hung with him and he drove back to the Estate and walked to the gazebo where he was to meet Gwen. "Ethan, I have something to tell you." "What is it?" "Well, I'm pregnant, and the baby is yours." "You're kidding me?" "Nope. You see Ethan this baby is the symbol of our love, a love that can never be destroyed." **Meanwhile, **
Teresa came home to look for Fox. He hadn't shown up at the Book Café for lunch and she was worried because he always called in case he couldn't make it. She checked her mother's place and he wasn't there. She checked the grounds and overheard Ethan flipping out about something to Gwen, which seemed about normal. She walked up to the main house and asked if he was there and he wasn't. She was getting really worried now. She called Ally to see if she knew where he was and she said she hadn't seen him all day. Teresa drove up to Crane Industries and knocked on his door. No answer. She opened the door and saw no one. She checked around the room and decided to wait in his office for him because he was bound to come back to close up for the day. As 5pm rolled around she got scared. He hadn't called all day and then the phone rang. "Hello. Nick Crane's office. Can I help you?" "This isn't Fox." "Oh hey Dylan. No, it's Teresa. I haven't heard from Fox all day actually, I was waiting for him to show up here, but no such luck so far." "Oh. Okay. Just tell him to give me a call on my cell." "All right." "Hey Teresa. How's Ally?" "Um. Well, Dylan, she's okay, a bit mad but okay." "Thanks Teresa. Bye." "Anytime Dylan. Bye." They hung up and Teresa called back at the main house for Fox. He wasn't there. She called down by her house because Charity usually brought Trinity home about this time from the park and he wasn't there either. She called Miguel and told him that she was worried about Fox and he said that he'd check around. She sat in his office, waiting for him to come through the door. ** Meanwhile, **
"Ethan, why are you so mad. You always wanted a family!"
"Yes, but not with you Gwen." Gwen was shocked.
"Excuse me?"
"Wait, Gwen, I didn't mean that, I just,"
"No Ethan, I get it. You want Teresa! It's always been Teresa. Well you know what Ethan? She's marrying Fox and she's carrying his baby! So sorry, tough luck, you're stuck with me."
"Gwen, I slept with Teresa night a while back. That baby could be mine."
"What?"
"You heard me. And Fox told everyone at the hospital that day so you're one of the last to know."
"This is crazy Ethan. Crazy!"
"Look Gwen. I'll help you with this baby, but I'm going to marry Teresa when she realizes that this baby is mine."
"Help me? Help me? That's it? Well, I don't need you're help Ethan. I'll just raise my baby myself." She ran out of the gazebo and she was running so hard that she fell. She landed in a pool of blood. "Oh my god! What is this?" She saw that something had been dragged across the lawn and saw the blood across the grass. She noticed it stopped at the driveway and that Ethan's car was parked in a perfect position to suspect he knew something.
She walked back towards Ethan in the gazebo and heard him saying something like, "All right, Fox isn't a problem anymore, he's somewhere off Harmony Cliff, and Gwen's leaving so that leaves me open to get Teresa. This is perfect!" Gwen was stunned. She knew instantly that Ethan had done something to Fox and if she heard right, his body was off Harmony Cliff. She had to do something and fast or Fox could be dead. She hopped into her car and headed straight to Harmony Cliff, she just hoped that she wasn't too late. **Meanwhile, **
Teresa was sitting in her room and the new desk Fox had bought her after he threw Ethan through it. She laughed at remembering seeing Ethan's body fly like that. She only knew Fox to be strong in bed, but she never realized how strong he really was. She laughed at her memories with Fox. Charity walked in and asked her, "Why are you laughing like that?" She came in and sat down. Teresa said, "Just remembering things about me and Fox." "Like what?" "Oh you know. Stupid things like when I fell into the ice, or when he went to boarding school, or when we first met and he was yelling at Ethan." She told Charity other things and also about how she was worried because he hadn't called all day. "I'm sure he's all right Teresa. Don't worry about it, you'll just get stressed out and you don't need that now, especially in your condition." She hugged Teresa and left to go watch a movie with Miguel.
Teresa's cell phone rang and she saw it was Gwen and she didn't want to answer it but Gwen kept calling and calling so finally she picked it up. "Hello?" "Teresa, its Gwen. Fox is in the hospital. You better come quick." "I'll be right there. What happened?" "No time. Just get here and I'll tell you later. Bye." "Bye." Teresa grabbed sweater and purse and grabbed Miguel and left for the hospital.
"He has to be all right, he has to be all right." She kept saying to her self in the car. She closed her eyes and prayed, "He has to be okay."
Ethan knew that time was running out. Alistair threw a fit when he found out that Fox had proposed to Teresa a couple of days ago and Ethan didn't want to kill the husband of the woman he loved. Ethan knew that he had to work fast. He didn't know what to do though. He wanted to kidnap Fox and kill him, but after Fox beat him up that day he didn't know how to get close enough to Fox or Teresa's place. Ethan was roaming the grounds and saw Fox reading something by a tree. Ethan picked up a rock and hit Fox over the head with it. Fox started to bleed tremendously. Ethan dragged his body into his car and wrapped his head and drove away to the Harmony Cliff, a landmark in Harmony. He dragged Fox's body up to a cliff and threw his body off of it. He watched the body fall and drop into the water. Ethan just laughed. "Now I move in on Teresa, the mother of my child."
Ethan hoped into his car and his cell phone began to ring. It was Gwen. "Hey Gwen." "Hey Ethan. I need to talk with you. Hurry home." Ethan was about an hour and he told her so. She hung with him and he drove back to the Estate and walked to the gazebo where he was to meet Gwen. "Ethan, I have something to tell you." "What is it?" "Well, I'm pregnant, and the baby is yours." "You're kidding me?" "Nope. You see Ethan this baby is the symbol of our love, a love that can never be destroyed." **Meanwhile, **
Teresa came home to look for Fox. He hadn't shown up at the Book Café for lunch and she was worried because he always called in case he couldn't make it. She checked her mother's place and he wasn't there. She checked the grounds and overheard Ethan flipping out about something to Gwen, which seemed about normal. She walked up to the main house and asked if he was there and he wasn't. She was getting really worried now. She called Ally to see if she knew where he was and she said she hadn't seen him all day. Teresa drove up to Crane Industries and knocked on his door. No answer. She opened the door and saw no one. She checked around the room and decided to wait in his office for him because he was bound to come back to close up for the day. As 5pm rolled around she got scared. He hadn't called all day and then the phone rang. "Hello. Nick Crane's office. Can I help you?" "This isn't Fox." "Oh hey Dylan. No, it's Teresa. I haven't heard from Fox all day actually, I was waiting for him to show up here, but no such luck so far." "Oh. Okay. Just tell him to give me a call on my cell." "All right." "Hey Teresa. How's Ally?" "Um. Well, Dylan, she's okay, a bit mad but okay." "Thanks Teresa. Bye." "Anytime Dylan. Bye." They hung up and Teresa called back at the main house for Fox. He wasn't there. She called down by her house because Charity usually brought Trinity home about this time from the park and he wasn't there either. She called Miguel and told him that she was worried about Fox and he said that he'd check around. She sat in his office, waiting for him to come through the door. ** Meanwhile, **
"Ethan, why are you so mad. You always wanted a family!"
"Yes, but not with you Gwen." Gwen was shocked.
"Excuse me?"
"Wait, Gwen, I didn't mean that, I just,"
"No Ethan, I get it. You want Teresa! It's always been Teresa. Well you know what Ethan? She's marrying Fox and she's carrying his baby! So sorry, tough luck, you're stuck with me."
"Gwen, I slept with Teresa night a while back. That baby could be mine."
"What?"
"You heard me. And Fox told everyone at the hospital that day so you're one of the last to know."
"This is crazy Ethan. Crazy!"
"Look Gwen. I'll help you with this baby, but I'm going to marry Teresa when she realizes that this baby is mine."
"Help me? Help me? That's it? Well, I don't need you're help Ethan. I'll just raise my baby myself." She ran out of the gazebo and she was running so hard that she fell. She landed in a pool of blood. "Oh my god! What is this?" She saw that something had been dragged across the lawn and saw the blood across the grass. She noticed it stopped at the driveway and that Ethan's car was parked in a perfect position to suspect he knew something.
She walked back towards Ethan in the gazebo and heard him saying something like, "All right, Fox isn't a problem anymore, he's somewhere off Harmony Cliff, and Gwen's leaving so that leaves me open to get Teresa. This is perfect!" Gwen was stunned. She knew instantly that Ethan had done something to Fox and if she heard right, his body was off Harmony Cliff. She had to do something and fast or Fox could be dead. She hopped into her car and headed straight to Harmony Cliff, she just hoped that she wasn't too late. **Meanwhile, **
Teresa was sitting in her room and the new desk Fox had bought her after he threw Ethan through it. She laughed at remembering seeing Ethan's body fly like that. She only knew Fox to be strong in bed, but she never realized how strong he really was. She laughed at her memories with Fox. Charity walked in and asked her, "Why are you laughing like that?" She came in and sat down. Teresa said, "Just remembering things about me and Fox." "Like what?" "Oh you know. Stupid things like when I fell into the ice, or when he went to boarding school, or when we first met and he was yelling at Ethan." She told Charity other things and also about how she was worried because he hadn't called all day. "I'm sure he's all right Teresa. Don't worry about it, you'll just get stressed out and you don't need that now, especially in your condition." She hugged Teresa and left to go watch a movie with Miguel.
Teresa's cell phone rang and she saw it was Gwen and she didn't want to answer it but Gwen kept calling and calling so finally she picked it up. "Hello?" "Teresa, its Gwen. Fox is in the hospital. You better come quick." "I'll be right there. What happened?" "No time. Just get here and I'll tell you later. Bye." "Bye." Teresa grabbed sweater and purse and grabbed Miguel and left for the hospital.
"He has to be all right, he has to be all right." She kept saying to her self in the car. She closed her eyes and prayed, "He has to be okay."