Chapter 34: The Twins
The twins had been missing for at least 6 hours now. Miguel was holding Teresa on the couch and Fox and Luis were searching all the kid's rooms for some type of evidence. The phone rang and Antonio picked it up:
**Phone Call**
A muffled voice asked, "Is this either of the Cranes?"
Antonio said, "No, hold on."
Fox came to the phone, "Hello?"
"Mr. Crane?"
"Yeah."
"You may want to put me on speaker phone."
Fox put the phone on speaker and everyone listened intently as the voice spoke:
"I have your twins."
Teresa screamed, "Please give me back my children! Please!"
"No." the voice replied.
Fox spoke up and said, "I will pay any price, just name it, and you'll have it, just don't harm my children."
"Any price?"
"Yeah."
"How about your wife?"
"Excuse me?" said Fox.
"You heard me. I want your wife and in return you get your kids back."
Teresa screamed, "Okay!" Fox screamed, "No!"
The voice replied, "You have until 11pm to decide. Don't worry about the twins, they seem to really like me."
Luis said, "I swear if you hurt them, I will kill you."
"Now, now. Calm down. I wouldn't harm these precious, adorable, children."
Teresa was startled by that comment, it sounded so familiar. **FLASHBACK**
"Aw, Teresa. Your kids are so precious and adorable too!"
"Aw, Noah. Stop it."
"Why? They really are, Teresa."
"Well, thanks to Fox, they are."
"Don't talk about him."
"Fine." **END OF FLASHBACK**
Teresa grabbed Fox's arm and said, "Oh my gawd! Fox! Noah! Noah has our kids!"
"What?"
"You heard me."
The voice spoke up, "Bring me your wife at 11pm at the entrance of Harmony Park. Bring no cops and that includes Luis. Any tricks and the next time you see your kids, they'll be in a body bag. Got it?"
The phone clicked and the voice was gone. Teresa stood up and said, "That was Noah. I know it was."
"How?" replied Charity.
"The comment he made about how the kids were adorable and precious and how they seemed to be so comfortable with him. He spent so much time with the three of us that the kids were really comfortable around him."
"Obviously." Said Fox.
Beth spoke up, "You guys don't fight! Please. It's seven o'clock. We don't have much time."
Antonio spoke up, "Beth's right. There isn't much time. We need a plan."
Everyone sat around discussing plans and making maps and so forth. Teresa was sitting in a corner crying, "How could I have been so stupid? They are so comfortable with him and he knew it! He knew it!"
Fox got up from the table with the guys and saw Teresa crying in a corner. He went to sit next to her and he held her, like normal with her back to his chest and his chin on her head. "Resa, we'll get through this and we'll get the twins back." "But Fox, this is my fault. I should never have taken the twins to be with him and I never should have gotten so close to him again." "Teresa, this is no time to be blaming yourself. We'll get the twins back and we'll get through this, just as we always do." She smiled and turned her head around to kiss his cheek.
Luis stood up from the table and looked at Teresa and Fox and said, "We're ready. Let's go." Teresa said, "Wait! Luis you can't go, you're a cop and Noah said he doesn't want you there!" "I know. I'm just driving there so when we do get him, I can handcuff him myself." Fox laughed, "It would his pleasure to cuff Noah." Fox, Teresa, Luis, and Antonio got into a car and drove off to Harmony Park, leaving Charity, Miguel, Beth, Sheridan, and their kids home.
** At 11pm at Harmony Park entrance**
Fox and Teresa were standing at the gate waiting for Noah when a white car pulled up. "Fox. That's not Noah's car." "Probably changed cars just in case."
A man came out of the car with the twins in bassinets (you know those things that people carry babies in, I think that's what its called). He placed the bassinets on the ground in front of him and the muffled voice spoke again, but this time from behind a mask. "I'm glad you came to your senses. Now, Teresa go sit in the car while I hand Fox the kids."
Teresa walked towards the car and opened the door. "I said sit in it!" the voice said. She replied, "I will, I'm just waiting for you." "Fine." The masked man faced Fox again and walked backwards towards the bassinets. He picked them up and handed them to Fox. Fox took the kids and placed them down besides him. A gunshot went off and the masked man fell to the ground. Luis and Antonio came running from the bushes and Teresa ran back to Fox. Luis pinned the guy to the ground and cuffed him and "read him his rights". Antonio ripped the mask off and it wasn't Noah, it was Ethan!
"Ethan?" said Teresa
"What the hell?" Fox said.
"Who'd you expect?" said Ethan.
"Noah." Said Antonio.
"Noah? Yeah right. He left town ages ago."
"Why Ethan?" said Teresa.
"Why? I wanted you Teresa. I've always wanted you."
Fox kicked him for his comment. Luis called in some reinforcements and had Ethan arrested and checked out for his wound. Everyone went back to the house and told everyone what had happened and things carried on as normal.
Fox and Teresa were in bed that night, in their normal positions on the bed when Fox started to picture something:
**Fox imagines: **
I Setting: the beach /I
~ A fire.
~ A death.
~ Pain.
ISetting: new home /I
~ Roof collapsing.
~ Cristina in trouble.
~ Teresa in pain.
ISetting: Spain /I
~ New job.
~ A separation.
~ Destiny. ** END OF IMAGINATIONS **
Fox couldn't fall asleep that night because after what he imagined, he felt that there was much more in store for him, Teresa and their family. Much more.
** R&R please. ** By the way, what Fox imagined in this chapter is what MIGHT happen in the following chapters. ** This story will end in the coming weeks. ** Any ideas for Fox's "premonitions?" ** If I do write another story, I think I'll start from where PASSIONS is now. ** Thanks for all your constant support! ** Love Always, Viki.
The twins had been missing for at least 6 hours now. Miguel was holding Teresa on the couch and Fox and Luis were searching all the kid's rooms for some type of evidence. The phone rang and Antonio picked it up:
**Phone Call**
A muffled voice asked, "Is this either of the Cranes?"
Antonio said, "No, hold on."
Fox came to the phone, "Hello?"
"Mr. Crane?"
"Yeah."
"You may want to put me on speaker phone."
Fox put the phone on speaker and everyone listened intently as the voice spoke:
"I have your twins."
Teresa screamed, "Please give me back my children! Please!"
"No." the voice replied.
Fox spoke up and said, "I will pay any price, just name it, and you'll have it, just don't harm my children."
"Any price?"
"Yeah."
"How about your wife?"
"Excuse me?" said Fox.
"You heard me. I want your wife and in return you get your kids back."
Teresa screamed, "Okay!" Fox screamed, "No!"
The voice replied, "You have until 11pm to decide. Don't worry about the twins, they seem to really like me."
Luis said, "I swear if you hurt them, I will kill you."
"Now, now. Calm down. I wouldn't harm these precious, adorable, children."
Teresa was startled by that comment, it sounded so familiar. **FLASHBACK**
"Aw, Teresa. Your kids are so precious and adorable too!"
"Aw, Noah. Stop it."
"Why? They really are, Teresa."
"Well, thanks to Fox, they are."
"Don't talk about him."
"Fine." **END OF FLASHBACK**
Teresa grabbed Fox's arm and said, "Oh my gawd! Fox! Noah! Noah has our kids!"
"What?"
"You heard me."
The voice spoke up, "Bring me your wife at 11pm at the entrance of Harmony Park. Bring no cops and that includes Luis. Any tricks and the next time you see your kids, they'll be in a body bag. Got it?"
The phone clicked and the voice was gone. Teresa stood up and said, "That was Noah. I know it was."
"How?" replied Charity.
"The comment he made about how the kids were adorable and precious and how they seemed to be so comfortable with him. He spent so much time with the three of us that the kids were really comfortable around him."
"Obviously." Said Fox.
Beth spoke up, "You guys don't fight! Please. It's seven o'clock. We don't have much time."
Antonio spoke up, "Beth's right. There isn't much time. We need a plan."
Everyone sat around discussing plans and making maps and so forth. Teresa was sitting in a corner crying, "How could I have been so stupid? They are so comfortable with him and he knew it! He knew it!"
Fox got up from the table with the guys and saw Teresa crying in a corner. He went to sit next to her and he held her, like normal with her back to his chest and his chin on her head. "Resa, we'll get through this and we'll get the twins back." "But Fox, this is my fault. I should never have taken the twins to be with him and I never should have gotten so close to him again." "Teresa, this is no time to be blaming yourself. We'll get the twins back and we'll get through this, just as we always do." She smiled and turned her head around to kiss his cheek.
Luis stood up from the table and looked at Teresa and Fox and said, "We're ready. Let's go." Teresa said, "Wait! Luis you can't go, you're a cop and Noah said he doesn't want you there!" "I know. I'm just driving there so when we do get him, I can handcuff him myself." Fox laughed, "It would his pleasure to cuff Noah." Fox, Teresa, Luis, and Antonio got into a car and drove off to Harmony Park, leaving Charity, Miguel, Beth, Sheridan, and their kids home.
** At 11pm at Harmony Park entrance**
Fox and Teresa were standing at the gate waiting for Noah when a white car pulled up. "Fox. That's not Noah's car." "Probably changed cars just in case."
A man came out of the car with the twins in bassinets (you know those things that people carry babies in, I think that's what its called). He placed the bassinets on the ground in front of him and the muffled voice spoke again, but this time from behind a mask. "I'm glad you came to your senses. Now, Teresa go sit in the car while I hand Fox the kids."
Teresa walked towards the car and opened the door. "I said sit in it!" the voice said. She replied, "I will, I'm just waiting for you." "Fine." The masked man faced Fox again and walked backwards towards the bassinets. He picked them up and handed them to Fox. Fox took the kids and placed them down besides him. A gunshot went off and the masked man fell to the ground. Luis and Antonio came running from the bushes and Teresa ran back to Fox. Luis pinned the guy to the ground and cuffed him and "read him his rights". Antonio ripped the mask off and it wasn't Noah, it was Ethan!
"Ethan?" said Teresa
"What the hell?" Fox said.
"Who'd you expect?" said Ethan.
"Noah." Said Antonio.
"Noah? Yeah right. He left town ages ago."
"Why Ethan?" said Teresa.
"Why? I wanted you Teresa. I've always wanted you."
Fox kicked him for his comment. Luis called in some reinforcements and had Ethan arrested and checked out for his wound. Everyone went back to the house and told everyone what had happened and things carried on as normal.
Fox and Teresa were in bed that night, in their normal positions on the bed when Fox started to picture something:
**Fox imagines: **
I Setting: the beach /I
~ A fire.
~ A death.
~ Pain.
ISetting: new home /I
~ Roof collapsing.
~ Cristina in trouble.
~ Teresa in pain.
ISetting: Spain /I
~ New job.
~ A separation.
~ Destiny. ** END OF IMAGINATIONS **
Fox couldn't fall asleep that night because after what he imagined, he felt that there was much more in store for him, Teresa and their family. Much more.
** R&R please. ** By the way, what Fox imagined in this chapter is what MIGHT happen in the following chapters. ** This story will end in the coming weeks. ** Any ideas for Fox's "premonitions?" ** If I do write another story, I think I'll start from where PASSIONS is now. ** Thanks for all your constant support! ** Love Always, Viki.