Chapter six: The pain of the truth (part one)
Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald was surely the happiest man in the world. He was for a few weeks now, the husband of the beautiful shipwrecked woman he found on a day in Ste-Lisa's. He remembers well that day.
&&& Flashback&&&
&&& It was a day like the others. He was taking a walk along the beach during a break he took from the restaurant. He was lost in his thoughts and suddenly he fell on the sand. ~ What the heck? ~ He wondered why he fell and look up at his feet. "Oh!" he went back at this woman lying on the sand unconscious. "Oh my God! Miss? Miss, can you hear me?" he tapping gently her shoulder "Miss? Can you hear me?" ~ Damn! Is she dead? ~" He was now checking her pulse. He was relieved, there was a pulse but it was really weak. He shouts at the people around to call a doctor, but now one seems to care. ~ All right then I will bring you elsewhere ~ He took the woman in his arms and go straight back at the apartment he have above the restaurant. Liz Sanbourne is the boss of that restaurant and the apartment too. She saw Antonio (Brian at that time though) going upstairs. "Hey Brian! What's going on? What are you doing?" He told her in hurry "Call the doctor Liz! " She did it immediately. Brian was now in his bedroom. He put the lady on his bed still unconscious. He checked again her pulse; it was still there but still very weak. He started to search in her pockets if she had identification papers. ~ No, nothing... ~ Liz came to tell Brian that the doctor was on his way. "Liz would you check on her. I will check on the beach if I can find anything about who she is, something about her." "Yeah, of course Brian" Liz was looking at the woman and wondered what could happen to her. Her clothes were burned and in pieces.
Brian didn't find anything in the sand, nothing to let him know whom she is, where she's from. The only thing he saw was wood everywhere in piece, ~ She must be on a boat ~ He finally return to the apartment knowing it was pointless to continue to search for some hints. The doctor arrived in the same time as Brian "Come doc, this way." They go in the bedroom. Brian was explaining to the doctor how he found her. The doctor checked the lady and say "She is lucky that you found her, I will give her something to help her, having her strengths back. I think she drowned and because of the waves, she was pull trough from the ocean. That was close though. "She will be all right?" ask Liz. "Well I don't know yet, the next forty-eight hours will tell us." he turns to Brian "Do you want to keep her here? Cause I can bring her back at the hospital." Liz was the first to answers "We will keep her here doc, no problem." The doctor asks, "Do you know what her name is? Who she is?" "No" answered Brian "We didn't find any paper on her." I will go to the police station to let them know, they will surely find out something." "Well, in that case." said the doctor "I will leave you. If anything change in this forty-eight hours call me already. Here, I give you this medication." "Thanks doc. If you heard anything about her, let us know. We will do what it takes to contact her family." said Brian
The doctor leaves the room with Liz. She went back few minutes after and said, "Where do we start Brian?"
"Well, for the next forty-eight hours we will keep an eye on her to make sure she is all right. Do you think you can find back up for you and me at the restaurant? I could go to the police station while you check up on her until I come home."
"Yeah, I think I can. Let me make a phone call and I will tell you." She did go at the restaurant to check her employee list.
Brian sat down in a chair next to the woman and look at her. She was beautiful, blond hair, nice skin. He remembered when he was trying to talk to her on the beach she opened her eyes for a second and he saw her eyes. The sun was on her face and he saw those ocean blue eyes of hers. ~ Where you could come from? Where to start to find your relatives? There must be a mother, a father even a husband and children waiting for her worried. ~
"Brian? Hey, Brian!"
He looks at Liz " Uh? Oh! Sorry, I was lost in my thoughts. I didn't hear you come in."
"It will be ok Brian, I have my back up for the restaurant, no problem. You can go at the station I will stay close to her until you come home."
"Great Liz, thanks. I know I can count on you."
Brian got up and leaves for the police station.
(A couple weeks later)
The lady was in a better shape. Liz and Brian decided to call her Diana. She still has amnesia and despite all the actions taken to find something about her, made research, wait for relatives to come. They have no news, nothing about nobody. Diana was now working at the restaurant. She didn't remember anything except to be on a boat with her fiancé. His great love. She remembered to be so happy. She talked a lot about him to Liz and Brian. She talked about him but don't remember much about him or their couple. She doesn't remember his name, where he comes from. What she was doing before they found her. She only remember what he looks like and how strong their love was and still is, she feel him all the time. Liz and Brian accepted her with them. She was nice and polite. With the time Brian could not deny his feeling for her. He knows she loves a man, her fiancé but still he can't help it. She was so harmless when he found her on the beach that day, so beautiful. They had time to know each other and he found in her a delicate sensitive woman. Since that day on the beach, he wants to protect her, make her happy and now, he wants to make the pain go away, he wants to give his heart. Diana was grateful to have them in her life. Brian was the one who save her life. She trusts him. She feels protected. She can't pretend to feel anything about him, how could she? She doesn't know if her fiancé is alive or not. She doesn't remember what happen but knows by the news that there was a boat explosion two, three days before Brian found her and since then she didn't hear about her fiancé. He surely looks for her but the times passed and still no news from him. Maybe he is injured, amnesiac as her or worse, dead. The other possibility is that her fiancé believed she was dead and no research was made anymore.
Gently and slowly, Diana and Brian become closer. She found in him comfort and safety. He found in her kindness and sensitivity. Brian knows that she will always loves her fiancé and he told her many times that he would not take his place but Brian knows that he have a place in her heart. He was now with the woman he loves. For him it was a dream come true.&&&
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Antonio smiles. ~ Everything is too good to be true. Everything is perfect. ~ He couldn't believe that he was now the husband of Sheridan Crane. Her Diana turns out to be Sheridan Crane.
Sheridan wasn't amnesiac anymore. She fully recovers. She remembered all. Her great love is Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald and he was alive and......heart broken. Sheridan was now married to Antonio. She couldn't find the strength to tell Antonio the truth about her and Luis. She didn't want him to be upset after being so sick. She regrets to not be able to tell him right before she remember all about her past but things happened so fast, Antonio started to feel sick and be in a coma. Now she knows that Luis wait for her to elope and be married but she didn't saw him and decided to marrying Antonio for his sake.
Sheridan was at the Lopez-Fitzgerald house early in the morning "Luis I have to talk to you." "I'm not sure Sheridan....maybe you should go to your husband." he said angry. He was about to leave to work. "You are not off duty today? It's Saturday." "Well I have some things to check on, I want to do it today." Sheridan stood up and didn't move and say "I'm sorry Luis I know you are angry at me. I know we agreed to tell Antonio the truth but you know why I didn't and you know I thought you did not come to be married."
"Look Sheridan we agreed to tell the truth and every time you step back. Now you are married to him, what you want me to do? I have waited and waited for you to be ready and for what? For you to be married to my own brother because you never were ready to tell him the truth! It kills me to know that! We made love more than one time since you are back and it make me sick to know that you might do it with him! "Excuse me but I have to go, I have enough on my shoulder already." he took his coat and leave.
Sheridan was in tears ~ Can you forgive me Luis? Oh my love, I know I've hurt you but what can I do now? ~ she leave the house and decided to take a walk.
Luis drove to the police station he was angry with Sheridan. He was hurt, so hurt that he wasn't able see her for now. He loves her so much. All this time he searched for her, waiting for a hint where she could be, believed that she wasn't dead while everybody told him to move on. He never gives up on her. She is the most important thing in the world, how can he give up on that? He lives so much disappointment and pain since Antonio and her came back to Harmony. It was time for him to take his distance a little; it is too much for him just right now. He don't want to lose her but he need to have some space. In a way, he needs to know how she would react. She knows he will be there for her and maybe that is the problem. If he take some distance maybe she will be more able to come to him, to be more ready to tell Antonio the truth. He wanted her to realise that yes someone will be hurt but there is no other solution. Luis loves his brother and he is happy that he finally came home but Sheridan and him was in love way before she met Antonio. They were supposed to be married; there is no way he wants to let her go. Sheridan still wants to marry him, she loves Antonio, he saved her life but she is not in love with him the way she is with Luis. Luis was almost arrived. ~ You've got to keep your mind busy, cool down Luis, just cool down. ~
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At the Bennett's house later in the day:
Grace was lying on the sofa. Sam was near her waiting for her to wake up. Eve was there too. Sam's looks at Eve for the tenth time "No Sam, I will not say a word yet." Sam feels Grace's hand move in his. "I think she woke up Eve." "Grace, Grace can you hear me? I'm here, can you hear me?" Grace finally woke up "Sam? Where am I?" He smile at her, he was relieved that she finally woke up "Grace you are at home, you're on the sofa." She looked around and saw Eve. Everything emerged in her head and now she was perfectly awake and released her hand from Sam's hand "GET OUT!" she was looking at Eve. "I WANT YOU OUT OF HERE!"
"Grace, calm down. I know you are upset but let's Eve the chance to explain herself. I don't know everything yet either."
She looks at Sam "What? What are you talking about?"
"That's exactly why I'm here Grace, to explain to you what's happened and why." said Eve softly. "I'm not proud of me, in fact I hate myself to put you through all this. I'm not here to have your forgiveness because I don't deserve it but I can't live anymore like that and make you think something that it isn't true. You are my best friend I cannot continue to live a lie about this. Are you willing to hear what I have to say, explain myself? It will not be happy as you already know it but I swear to God that it is true."
Grace wasn't happy at all but she knows that Eve couldn't say that if it wasn't serious. She was crying, "All right go ahead...." Sam was still beside her and took her hand.
"Thanks Grace. Now as you already know it John isn't your son. I'm very sorry to tell you that. I know you love the boy and he loves you too but he isn't your son. I know the test results are positives but they are not the real ones. They are fakes ones."
"But how the hell....." Sam put her finger on her lips and said softly to his wife "Shhh Grace let her explain it you will understand." Grace didn't say another word but her heart was in pain to listen to it.
"Like I said the test results are not real. I called Sam last night to ask him to come over the lab this morning. I know if I told you alone you certainly wouldn't believe me and I didn't want Sam to tell you by himself because you will not believe him either. You will think wrong about him because you know that he hates David. So I've come to the conclusion that you both deserve the truth and told Sam first would help me to tell you. Sam was in the lab with me this morning and I showed him the real test results. I told him that John wasn't you son and David never was your husband." she took a pause to let Grace really understand what she just told her.
Grace was in shock! John is not her son, she feel a strong connection with this boy. She love him so much and really felt he was her own how can it be? She fell like she losing another child. She turns to Sam "You must thrill don't you? Since the start you telling me that David was an impostor and now you surely taste your victory huh?" she said bitter.
Sam knows how Grace is hurt; he knows that it's like to lose another child for her "Grace, I don't like to see you in pain like that. It is sure I'm relieved in a way. I was going crazy about that entire thing but you've got to believe me that I never had a thing against the boy. He is good boy with good values. I know you like each other very much. He is innocent as you are in this story, I know he will be devastated when he found out the truth but concerning David....let's say that I have never believed a word he said and finally the truth about him is out. Because of that Grace I found my wife, my whole life, my marriage, my family. I was so crushed to know that being married for twenty years in front of God and suddenly knowing that it might be representing nothing because you might be already married in a church to another man. Since then I lost my wife, my marriage and we slept apart for months, since David appeared in our life. Again I'm not sad that we discover that David is an impostor but to see you hurt and knowing that John will be too yeah I'm sad about that, I really am Grace." Sam was sincere; he doesn't hate the kid a bit. John was always respectful and kind with his daughters and his niece. He was never in a bad mood or anything but about David, this is another story.
"That's the truth Grace about John and David. I'm sorry....That's was the part that Sam knows before you Grace but neither of you knows why I've decided to give you the false test results and I know you will want to know why. I was blackmailed to do so."
Sam and Grace were stunned. Grace adds "Blackmailed? Why I mean why you didn't tell me?"
"Well, if I didn't do what I did, told you that John was your son, my whole past would be revealed."
"Your past?" said Sam. "What could possibly have your past; you are a respected doctor, a good mother. I don't understand."
"Grace knows a little about my past Sam I ask her to not tell anyone, I see she kept her promise." she was happy to see that Grace was the loyal friend she thoughts. "Sam I will tell you now but you will have to promise me to not tell anyone, not even T.C. I will surely tell him eventually, I tried more than once but I failed every time. We have all in our past some painful moments we want to keep buried. As everybody Sam I have some things in my past I'm not proud of and want to keep it buried. It is very far of what you could think about me Sam. Like I said I was very young, I made a couple of mistakes. When I was younger I was a signer in a jazz club, I met a man, a charming rich man. I was crazy about him, he brings me everywhere, buy me things make me live like every women dream of. Well almost. In that time Sam I was doing drugs. I was very impressionable, young and inexperienced."
Sam couldn't believe what he was hearing. He never doubts that Eve could have such a past! She knows that Sam was stunned "Yeah I know unbelievable huh? Coming from a doctor but it is not all.... unfortunately. This charming man turns out to be the only, the one, Julian Crane."
Sam was now jumping on his feet gasping "Huh? You were the lover of Julian Crane!!" He knows now why she didn't want to reveal it to anyone, especially to T.C.
"Yes Sam I was, I didn't know who he was though at that time. You know now why I don't want T.C. learn about him."
"Yeah I could understand but Eve I know T.C. hate the man but it was before meeting T.C. He can't do anything about whom you were with at that time. I'm sure he could understand."
"Well I did tried a couple of times to told him but every times something came up. I'm afraid he will go straight to Julian and kill him. I don't want my husband in prison; the girls and I need him. Sam I was pregnant with Julian's baby, he abandoned me and I lost my baby. Some people said to me that's he died but I'm not convinced, I think someone kidnapped my baby. He might be dead by now I don't know. Later Alistair Crane offered me school education and since then my life changed completely. I was studying medicine; clean myself of drugs and alcohol. Later, I met T.C. I swear to myself that day that my past will be buried with that innocent girl I was and never told anyone about it"
Sam was unbelievably stunned. So much pain he saw in Eve's eyes, she had a baby with Julian and worse she lost it! "Eve...I'm sorry about your baby.....I....I don't know what to say....? I'm so sorry to hear that."
"Don't say anything Sam, I just want you to know it and not judging me that's all. I understand what is it to lose a child I lose my little boy years ago..... I was blackmailed with those test results and if I didn't cooperate, my whole past will be revealed and I didn't know what to do. I didn't want T.C. to find out, I don't want to lose my husband or my daughters. I know it is not an excuse but this is what I did and I am so deeply sorry to hurt you both but I cannot live with myself anymore and see your marriage fall apart for something I did." Eve was now crying.
"Could you tell me who was blackmailing you? Maybe we could do something." said Grace
"Well If I'm revealing who is it I'm afraid that my past will be exposed. I don't want that please, would you give me the time to try to tell T.C. before telling you who it is?"
"You could tell us who is it and we will promise you that we will do nothing or say nothing until you talk to T.C." said Sam
"You will be so furious when you will know that I'm afraid if I'm telling you who is it you will not be able to pretend you don't know anything, I'm sorry."
"Why we could just do that favour to you Eve? I mean you almost destroyed our marriage to save yours." said Grace with anger.
"Yeah I know Grace I'm a terrible friend and I shouldn't ask you anything...."
"Grace I think we can give that chance to Eve, I mean I'm not approving what she have done but still I can understand her motives. I'm willing to wait a little before knowing who is that person but she or he will pay, I promise you that Grace, I swear to God they will pay."
Grace wasn't sure about it, she is so angry but she doesn't have any choice. ~ If I refuse, Eve might not tell us who it might be. ~ "Well ok but don't wait to long to speak to your husband. Don't expect me to talk to you like if nothing happens either, now I would like you to get out of here. I can't look at you anymore. I understand that you made some mistakes in your past, everybody does, I'm sorry for your lost too but I can't take the way you treated me, lying to me all this time and knew it all along.....it make me sick, get out." she didn't look at Eve when she leaved.
Sam went on the door with Eve. "I'm so sorry Sam....."
"I think it will be hard for Grace to forgive you, I mean I know she is devastated and you are her best friend so don't expect too much soon but I will keep you in touch ok."
"Yeah I know I have destroyed our friendship but I deserve it, I will keep you in touch too about me telling T.C., thanks Sam, I hope it will bring you back your life you had with Grace."
Eve was now leaving, in tears. Sam returned to Grace. She was crying on the Sofa "Come here Grace, I'm sorry..." He opened his arms to invite her. He knows it will be difficult for her, the miscarriage almost a year ago and now losing John. ~ Who would be so cruel to do such a thing? ~
Grace looking at her husband and find comfort as always in his arms. Sam realised for a moment that he's holding HIS wife in his arms.
(To be continued)
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A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I was happy to see that some people think Sam was cheating Grace with Eve. That's what I want. I'm so pissed about that part in the show, that nobody knows yet about this set up. I wanted to clear it though in my story. R&R!! Tell me what you think, thanks!
Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald was surely the happiest man in the world. He was for a few weeks now, the husband of the beautiful shipwrecked woman he found on a day in Ste-Lisa's. He remembers well that day.
&&& Flashback&&&
&&& It was a day like the others. He was taking a walk along the beach during a break he took from the restaurant. He was lost in his thoughts and suddenly he fell on the sand. ~ What the heck? ~ He wondered why he fell and look up at his feet. "Oh!" he went back at this woman lying on the sand unconscious. "Oh my God! Miss? Miss, can you hear me?" he tapping gently her shoulder "Miss? Can you hear me?" ~ Damn! Is she dead? ~" He was now checking her pulse. He was relieved, there was a pulse but it was really weak. He shouts at the people around to call a doctor, but now one seems to care. ~ All right then I will bring you elsewhere ~ He took the woman in his arms and go straight back at the apartment he have above the restaurant. Liz Sanbourne is the boss of that restaurant and the apartment too. She saw Antonio (Brian at that time though) going upstairs. "Hey Brian! What's going on? What are you doing?" He told her in hurry "Call the doctor Liz! " She did it immediately. Brian was now in his bedroom. He put the lady on his bed still unconscious. He checked again her pulse; it was still there but still very weak. He started to search in her pockets if she had identification papers. ~ No, nothing... ~ Liz came to tell Brian that the doctor was on his way. "Liz would you check on her. I will check on the beach if I can find anything about who she is, something about her." "Yeah, of course Brian" Liz was looking at the woman and wondered what could happen to her. Her clothes were burned and in pieces.
Brian didn't find anything in the sand, nothing to let him know whom she is, where she's from. The only thing he saw was wood everywhere in piece, ~ She must be on a boat ~ He finally return to the apartment knowing it was pointless to continue to search for some hints. The doctor arrived in the same time as Brian "Come doc, this way." They go in the bedroom. Brian was explaining to the doctor how he found her. The doctor checked the lady and say "She is lucky that you found her, I will give her something to help her, having her strengths back. I think she drowned and because of the waves, she was pull trough from the ocean. That was close though. "She will be all right?" ask Liz. "Well I don't know yet, the next forty-eight hours will tell us." he turns to Brian "Do you want to keep her here? Cause I can bring her back at the hospital." Liz was the first to answers "We will keep her here doc, no problem." The doctor asks, "Do you know what her name is? Who she is?" "No" answered Brian "We didn't find any paper on her." I will go to the police station to let them know, they will surely find out something." "Well, in that case." said the doctor "I will leave you. If anything change in this forty-eight hours call me already. Here, I give you this medication." "Thanks doc. If you heard anything about her, let us know. We will do what it takes to contact her family." said Brian
The doctor leaves the room with Liz. She went back few minutes after and said, "Where do we start Brian?"
"Well, for the next forty-eight hours we will keep an eye on her to make sure she is all right. Do you think you can find back up for you and me at the restaurant? I could go to the police station while you check up on her until I come home."
"Yeah, I think I can. Let me make a phone call and I will tell you." She did go at the restaurant to check her employee list.
Brian sat down in a chair next to the woman and look at her. She was beautiful, blond hair, nice skin. He remembered when he was trying to talk to her on the beach she opened her eyes for a second and he saw her eyes. The sun was on her face and he saw those ocean blue eyes of hers. ~ Where you could come from? Where to start to find your relatives? There must be a mother, a father even a husband and children waiting for her worried. ~
"Brian? Hey, Brian!"
He looks at Liz " Uh? Oh! Sorry, I was lost in my thoughts. I didn't hear you come in."
"It will be ok Brian, I have my back up for the restaurant, no problem. You can go at the station I will stay close to her until you come home."
"Great Liz, thanks. I know I can count on you."
Brian got up and leaves for the police station.
(A couple weeks later)
The lady was in a better shape. Liz and Brian decided to call her Diana. She still has amnesia and despite all the actions taken to find something about her, made research, wait for relatives to come. They have no news, nothing about nobody. Diana was now working at the restaurant. She didn't remember anything except to be on a boat with her fiancé. His great love. She remembered to be so happy. She talked a lot about him to Liz and Brian. She talked about him but don't remember much about him or their couple. She doesn't remember his name, where he comes from. What she was doing before they found her. She only remember what he looks like and how strong their love was and still is, she feel him all the time. Liz and Brian accepted her with them. She was nice and polite. With the time Brian could not deny his feeling for her. He knows she loves a man, her fiancé but still he can't help it. She was so harmless when he found her on the beach that day, so beautiful. They had time to know each other and he found in her a delicate sensitive woman. Since that day on the beach, he wants to protect her, make her happy and now, he wants to make the pain go away, he wants to give his heart. Diana was grateful to have them in her life. Brian was the one who save her life. She trusts him. She feels protected. She can't pretend to feel anything about him, how could she? She doesn't know if her fiancé is alive or not. She doesn't remember what happen but knows by the news that there was a boat explosion two, three days before Brian found her and since then she didn't hear about her fiancé. He surely looks for her but the times passed and still no news from him. Maybe he is injured, amnesiac as her or worse, dead. The other possibility is that her fiancé believed she was dead and no research was made anymore.
Gently and slowly, Diana and Brian become closer. She found in him comfort and safety. He found in her kindness and sensitivity. Brian knows that she will always loves her fiancé and he told her many times that he would not take his place but Brian knows that he have a place in her heart. He was now with the woman he loves. For him it was a dream come true.&&&
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Antonio smiles. ~ Everything is too good to be true. Everything is perfect. ~ He couldn't believe that he was now the husband of Sheridan Crane. Her Diana turns out to be Sheridan Crane.
Sheridan wasn't amnesiac anymore. She fully recovers. She remembered all. Her great love is Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald and he was alive and......heart broken. Sheridan was now married to Antonio. She couldn't find the strength to tell Antonio the truth about her and Luis. She didn't want him to be upset after being so sick. She regrets to not be able to tell him right before she remember all about her past but things happened so fast, Antonio started to feel sick and be in a coma. Now she knows that Luis wait for her to elope and be married but she didn't saw him and decided to marrying Antonio for his sake.
Sheridan was at the Lopez-Fitzgerald house early in the morning "Luis I have to talk to you." "I'm not sure Sheridan....maybe you should go to your husband." he said angry. He was about to leave to work. "You are not off duty today? It's Saturday." "Well I have some things to check on, I want to do it today." Sheridan stood up and didn't move and say "I'm sorry Luis I know you are angry at me. I know we agreed to tell Antonio the truth but you know why I didn't and you know I thought you did not come to be married."
"Look Sheridan we agreed to tell the truth and every time you step back. Now you are married to him, what you want me to do? I have waited and waited for you to be ready and for what? For you to be married to my own brother because you never were ready to tell him the truth! It kills me to know that! We made love more than one time since you are back and it make me sick to know that you might do it with him! "Excuse me but I have to go, I have enough on my shoulder already." he took his coat and leave.
Sheridan was in tears ~ Can you forgive me Luis? Oh my love, I know I've hurt you but what can I do now? ~ she leave the house and decided to take a walk.
Luis drove to the police station he was angry with Sheridan. He was hurt, so hurt that he wasn't able see her for now. He loves her so much. All this time he searched for her, waiting for a hint where she could be, believed that she wasn't dead while everybody told him to move on. He never gives up on her. She is the most important thing in the world, how can he give up on that? He lives so much disappointment and pain since Antonio and her came back to Harmony. It was time for him to take his distance a little; it is too much for him just right now. He don't want to lose her but he need to have some space. In a way, he needs to know how she would react. She knows he will be there for her and maybe that is the problem. If he take some distance maybe she will be more able to come to him, to be more ready to tell Antonio the truth. He wanted her to realise that yes someone will be hurt but there is no other solution. Luis loves his brother and he is happy that he finally came home but Sheridan and him was in love way before she met Antonio. They were supposed to be married; there is no way he wants to let her go. Sheridan still wants to marry him, she loves Antonio, he saved her life but she is not in love with him the way she is with Luis. Luis was almost arrived. ~ You've got to keep your mind busy, cool down Luis, just cool down. ~
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At the Bennett's house later in the day:
Grace was lying on the sofa. Sam was near her waiting for her to wake up. Eve was there too. Sam's looks at Eve for the tenth time "No Sam, I will not say a word yet." Sam feels Grace's hand move in his. "I think she woke up Eve." "Grace, Grace can you hear me? I'm here, can you hear me?" Grace finally woke up "Sam? Where am I?" He smile at her, he was relieved that she finally woke up "Grace you are at home, you're on the sofa." She looked around and saw Eve. Everything emerged in her head and now she was perfectly awake and released her hand from Sam's hand "GET OUT!" she was looking at Eve. "I WANT YOU OUT OF HERE!"
"Grace, calm down. I know you are upset but let's Eve the chance to explain herself. I don't know everything yet either."
She looks at Sam "What? What are you talking about?"
"That's exactly why I'm here Grace, to explain to you what's happened and why." said Eve softly. "I'm not proud of me, in fact I hate myself to put you through all this. I'm not here to have your forgiveness because I don't deserve it but I can't live anymore like that and make you think something that it isn't true. You are my best friend I cannot continue to live a lie about this. Are you willing to hear what I have to say, explain myself? It will not be happy as you already know it but I swear to God that it is true."
Grace wasn't happy at all but she knows that Eve couldn't say that if it wasn't serious. She was crying, "All right go ahead...." Sam was still beside her and took her hand.
"Thanks Grace. Now as you already know it John isn't your son. I'm very sorry to tell you that. I know you love the boy and he loves you too but he isn't your son. I know the test results are positives but they are not the real ones. They are fakes ones."
"But how the hell....." Sam put her finger on her lips and said softly to his wife "Shhh Grace let her explain it you will understand." Grace didn't say another word but her heart was in pain to listen to it.
"Like I said the test results are not real. I called Sam last night to ask him to come over the lab this morning. I know if I told you alone you certainly wouldn't believe me and I didn't want Sam to tell you by himself because you will not believe him either. You will think wrong about him because you know that he hates David. So I've come to the conclusion that you both deserve the truth and told Sam first would help me to tell you. Sam was in the lab with me this morning and I showed him the real test results. I told him that John wasn't you son and David never was your husband." she took a pause to let Grace really understand what she just told her.
Grace was in shock! John is not her son, she feel a strong connection with this boy. She love him so much and really felt he was her own how can it be? She fell like she losing another child. She turns to Sam "You must thrill don't you? Since the start you telling me that David was an impostor and now you surely taste your victory huh?" she said bitter.
Sam knows how Grace is hurt; he knows that it's like to lose another child for her "Grace, I don't like to see you in pain like that. It is sure I'm relieved in a way. I was going crazy about that entire thing but you've got to believe me that I never had a thing against the boy. He is good boy with good values. I know you like each other very much. He is innocent as you are in this story, I know he will be devastated when he found out the truth but concerning David....let's say that I have never believed a word he said and finally the truth about him is out. Because of that Grace I found my wife, my whole life, my marriage, my family. I was so crushed to know that being married for twenty years in front of God and suddenly knowing that it might be representing nothing because you might be already married in a church to another man. Since then I lost my wife, my marriage and we slept apart for months, since David appeared in our life. Again I'm not sad that we discover that David is an impostor but to see you hurt and knowing that John will be too yeah I'm sad about that, I really am Grace." Sam was sincere; he doesn't hate the kid a bit. John was always respectful and kind with his daughters and his niece. He was never in a bad mood or anything but about David, this is another story.
"That's the truth Grace about John and David. I'm sorry....That's was the part that Sam knows before you Grace but neither of you knows why I've decided to give you the false test results and I know you will want to know why. I was blackmailed to do so."
Sam and Grace were stunned. Grace adds "Blackmailed? Why I mean why you didn't tell me?"
"Well, if I didn't do what I did, told you that John was your son, my whole past would be revealed."
"Your past?" said Sam. "What could possibly have your past; you are a respected doctor, a good mother. I don't understand."
"Grace knows a little about my past Sam I ask her to not tell anyone, I see she kept her promise." she was happy to see that Grace was the loyal friend she thoughts. "Sam I will tell you now but you will have to promise me to not tell anyone, not even T.C. I will surely tell him eventually, I tried more than once but I failed every time. We have all in our past some painful moments we want to keep buried. As everybody Sam I have some things in my past I'm not proud of and want to keep it buried. It is very far of what you could think about me Sam. Like I said I was very young, I made a couple of mistakes. When I was younger I was a signer in a jazz club, I met a man, a charming rich man. I was crazy about him, he brings me everywhere, buy me things make me live like every women dream of. Well almost. In that time Sam I was doing drugs. I was very impressionable, young and inexperienced."
Sam couldn't believe what he was hearing. He never doubts that Eve could have such a past! She knows that Sam was stunned "Yeah I know unbelievable huh? Coming from a doctor but it is not all.... unfortunately. This charming man turns out to be the only, the one, Julian Crane."
Sam was now jumping on his feet gasping "Huh? You were the lover of Julian Crane!!" He knows now why she didn't want to reveal it to anyone, especially to T.C.
"Yes Sam I was, I didn't know who he was though at that time. You know now why I don't want T.C. learn about him."
"Yeah I could understand but Eve I know T.C. hate the man but it was before meeting T.C. He can't do anything about whom you were with at that time. I'm sure he could understand."
"Well I did tried a couple of times to told him but every times something came up. I'm afraid he will go straight to Julian and kill him. I don't want my husband in prison; the girls and I need him. Sam I was pregnant with Julian's baby, he abandoned me and I lost my baby. Some people said to me that's he died but I'm not convinced, I think someone kidnapped my baby. He might be dead by now I don't know. Later Alistair Crane offered me school education and since then my life changed completely. I was studying medicine; clean myself of drugs and alcohol. Later, I met T.C. I swear to myself that day that my past will be buried with that innocent girl I was and never told anyone about it"
Sam was unbelievably stunned. So much pain he saw in Eve's eyes, she had a baby with Julian and worse she lost it! "Eve...I'm sorry about your baby.....I....I don't know what to say....? I'm so sorry to hear that."
"Don't say anything Sam, I just want you to know it and not judging me that's all. I understand what is it to lose a child I lose my little boy years ago..... I was blackmailed with those test results and if I didn't cooperate, my whole past will be revealed and I didn't know what to do. I didn't want T.C. to find out, I don't want to lose my husband or my daughters. I know it is not an excuse but this is what I did and I am so deeply sorry to hurt you both but I cannot live with myself anymore and see your marriage fall apart for something I did." Eve was now crying.
"Could you tell me who was blackmailing you? Maybe we could do something." said Grace
"Well If I'm revealing who is it I'm afraid that my past will be exposed. I don't want that please, would you give me the time to try to tell T.C. before telling you who it is?"
"You could tell us who is it and we will promise you that we will do nothing or say nothing until you talk to T.C." said Sam
"You will be so furious when you will know that I'm afraid if I'm telling you who is it you will not be able to pretend you don't know anything, I'm sorry."
"Why we could just do that favour to you Eve? I mean you almost destroyed our marriage to save yours." said Grace with anger.
"Yeah I know Grace I'm a terrible friend and I shouldn't ask you anything...."
"Grace I think we can give that chance to Eve, I mean I'm not approving what she have done but still I can understand her motives. I'm willing to wait a little before knowing who is that person but she or he will pay, I promise you that Grace, I swear to God they will pay."
Grace wasn't sure about it, she is so angry but she doesn't have any choice. ~ If I refuse, Eve might not tell us who it might be. ~ "Well ok but don't wait to long to speak to your husband. Don't expect me to talk to you like if nothing happens either, now I would like you to get out of here. I can't look at you anymore. I understand that you made some mistakes in your past, everybody does, I'm sorry for your lost too but I can't take the way you treated me, lying to me all this time and knew it all along.....it make me sick, get out." she didn't look at Eve when she leaved.
Sam went on the door with Eve. "I'm so sorry Sam....."
"I think it will be hard for Grace to forgive you, I mean I know she is devastated and you are her best friend so don't expect too much soon but I will keep you in touch ok."
"Yeah I know I have destroyed our friendship but I deserve it, I will keep you in touch too about me telling T.C., thanks Sam, I hope it will bring you back your life you had with Grace."
Eve was now leaving, in tears. Sam returned to Grace. She was crying on the Sofa "Come here Grace, I'm sorry..." He opened his arms to invite her. He knows it will be difficult for her, the miscarriage almost a year ago and now losing John. ~ Who would be so cruel to do such a thing? ~
Grace looking at her husband and find comfort as always in his arms. Sam realised for a moment that he's holding HIS wife in his arms.
(To be continued)
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A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I was happy to see that some people think Sam was cheating Grace with Eve. That's what I want. I'm so pissed about that part in the show, that nobody knows yet about this set up. I wanted to clear it though in my story. R&R!! Tell me what you think, thanks!