~Chapter 12~
So when we're you going to tell me my long lost brother was back?"
"I wasn't planning to."
"So what else have you been hiding from me? Is papa really not dead? Is Paloma here? Are we really Cranes…"
"Ok so I let some things out but you don't have to go so nuts as to call us Cranes."
"Just left some things out! He's my brother! How can you forget that? Oh probably just like your forgot about me!" She was up now.
"I never forgot about you. How could I?"
"Well I'm guessing easily because you forgot Paloma and Antonio, one more sibling is nothing." She felt a tear fall down her face.
"I never forgot any of you. Why do you think I did?"
"You sent me packing like it was nothing…"
"I…"
"Let me finish! You never once wrote me or called and not that I'm back… You just…" She was having trouble finding the words. "You and every other family member treat me like I'm not a part of this family. Like you don't love me anymore." Her tears were coming and she could not stop them.
Luis walked over to her. "Theresa, I still love you. We all do. We never stopped. We never could stop. This is a family built on love and there is no way you can ever get out of it. Ever! Please believe me. You must believe me!"
Theresa turned to face him. He could tell she has been crying. He wanted to make all the pain go away like when she was little but he knew he could not. Therefore, he just held her.
Kay ran into the station. She had tears streaking down her face. She had run the whole way. She need the one person who she'd always run to. Forgetting everything that has happened she ran to her father's desk. "Dad…" She said though fits of tears.
He looked up suddenly and the moment he saw her all of his worse fears came to his mind. "Kay, honey what's wrong?"
She looked around the room, everyone was staring at her. "Can we?"
"We'll take a conference room." He started to guide her into the room but stopped and whispered. "Hold all my calls."
Once they were into the room Kay started to cry again.
"What happened? Did someone hurt you? Please tell me."
Looking at her father she remembered the father she has loved, the father who raised her, the father who never would have sent her away. "Who hasn't?"
"What?"
"You lied to me! You sent me away! You and mom, Jess and Charity hate me. Not to even mention Miguel.
"What? When did I lie to you?"
"You never told me you had another son."
"Ethan, oh I'm sorry I meant to tell you."
"Like mom meant to tell me about John!"
"When did you?"
"They showed up at the inn. Ethan was looking for you and John for mom. I hit Ethan."
"You hit Ethan!"
"That's not really the important thing here. I started screaming at them and then Noah came running in and told me it was true. He's also someone you forgot to mention!"
"I'm sorry."
"Yeah like I'll believe that. You all probably planned this."
"What?"
"Just another way to punish me, to show me that you hate me."
"Kay please don't say that we don't hate you."
"Then why would you treat me like you did?"
"I never wanted to, Kay, I love you. You have to believe that."
"Why? No one else does."
"That's not true. I love you, Jessica and Noah do too."
"Yet mom and Charity don't."
"I never said that."
"You didn't have to. So is the jerk staying with us?"
"Who?"
"Ethan, your son you know the jerk."
"My son's a jerk?"
"You didn't know, after all he did to Theresa, he's a jerk."
"You two are pretty close now aren't you?"
"We had to. We were all we had."
"You still had me…"
"I lost you a long time ago dad."
"I want to find you again. I want you to be able to talk to me like you use to."
"Me too. There's so much to tell you."
"And I want to hear it all." She smiled.
"We'll be here all day."
"I have nothing important to do."
~End of chapter 12~