A GOOD SAMARITIAN
Teresa sat alone at the apartment the next day. Dylan had began working at his father's companies branch office here in Harmony. He would be back later that afternoon. She had just put Little Ethan down for a nap when the doorbell rang.
She opened the door, "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Just thought I'd come by and visit an old friend." Ethan smiled. "Can I come in?" He barged through the door.
Teresa rolled her eyes, "Why not? Seems you've made yourself welcome anyways."
"I knew you couldn't say no to me. You never could, Teresa."
"You're wrong, Ethan." She rubbed her head as if trying to clear it. "What are you doing here, Ethan?"
"Look, Teresa, I knew things haven't been the greatest between us..."
"Gee, ya think?" She said sarcastically.
"Don't belittle me, Teresa." Ethan said through gritted teeth.
"But it's so easy, Ethan."
"I can see this isn't going to go the way that I expected." Ethan said.
Teresa laughed outloud. "What did you expect, Ethan? Me to come running back into your arms. To forget everything that you ever did to me and Fox. How you tried to tear us apart. Forget about how when I needed you the most after Bermuda you abandoned me. Sleeping with Gwen when you thought I had been executed. I'm not that stupid, Ethan."
"You brought all of this on yourself, Teresa. You lied and you deceived."
"Yeah, well so did Gwen! I had to, Ethan. I had to if I wanted to keep you. She left me no choice."
"Gwen has never deceived me." Ethan yelled.
"Wanna bet, Ethan. You know Fox and I learned a few secrets about your precious little innocent Gwen." It was time he learned the truth about Gwen. It was time everyone learned the truth about her.
"If that was the case, Teresa, then why didn't you come to me?"
"Why should I have, Ethan? You wouldn't have believed me. You would've said it was another one of my little schemes to try to get back with you. I could have never won. Not against Gwen, Rebecca and Ivy." Teresa shot back.
"What do you know, Teresa?" Ethan asked. "And how did you find out?"
"It doesn't matter anymore, Ethan."
"Yes it does!" Ethan yelled making Teresa jump. "So help me God, Teresa, if you don't tell me..."
"Okay! Fox used his Crane money and influence to dig up dirt on Gwen. I was going to use it to try to steal you back from Gwen. When I finally got the news I wanted I realized that I didn't love you anymore. That's when I headed to L.A. I wanted away from you and from Gwen and all the bad memories here in Harmony."
"So, what did you find on Gwen?" He asked.
"Gwen was the one who sent your paternity to the tabloids, Ethan. Her and Rebecca sent it through my computer. They were the ones who set me up."
Ethan shook his head, "Why? Why would she do that?"
"Duh, Ethan, to break up our wedding! To come between us Why else?"
He walked over to Teresa. Standing only a breath away from her. "You know what this means, Teresa?"
"What, Ethan?" She asked.
"You and me, we can be together again." He grabbed her arms.
"No, Ethan, I don't want to be with you anymore." She tried to break free from his grasp. "Please, Ethan, you're hurting me."
"Teresa, don't say no to me. You never have before." Ethan looked at Teresa with pure anger in his eyes. He pinned her against the wall. "I always get what I want, Teresa. You are no exception."
"Please, Ethan, you don't have to do this!" She pleaded with him.
"Give me one good reason, Teresa." He jerked her blouse open. Then pulled her from the wall and tossed her onto the couch. Teresa tried to get up, but Ethan was on top of her before she could.
Teresa began sobbing, "Please, don't do this. Please, Ethan. I'm pregnant." She begged him.
He pinned her arms above her head, then stopped at her words, "What?" He fumed.
"I'm pregnant." She cried.
"You're lying, Teresa. I don't like to be lied to." He pulled away and drew back his fist bringing it down onto Teresa's face. Much to Ethan's delight she went limp. She was out cold. She wouldn't be able to fight back now...
...The young man had to move quickly. He had seen him coming out of Teresa's apartment zipping his pants and straightening his shirt. God he hoped he wasn't too late. But he was, if he had only gotten there sooner Ethan would've never set foot into her apartment. He would kill him, when given the chance. Ethan would pay. Quick, he had to hurry. He burst open the door. There she lay. Naked and bruised. Oh, God, there was blood. She couldn't loose this baby. Not now. Not when everything was coming together. He ran into the bedroom and grabbed a blanket. He covered her with it and began to pick her up.
"Help me." She managed to breathe out.
"Shh, don't try to speak. Just close your eyes."
But she couldn't help it. She had to see him. But he was blurry, everything was blurry. God, her eyes felt swollen. She couldn't make out his face, but she sensed his desperation.
"Hold on!" The young man said, "You're going to be okay! Everything's going to be okay."
"I'm pregnant. Please save my baby girl."
"A girl? We're having a girl?" He had to move more quickly now that ever.
She was out before she heard those words.
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Teresa woke up in the hospital. She turned her head to find Dylan sitting there. She spoke through swollen lips, "Dylan, what happened? What am I doing here?"
"Teresa, thank God, you're awake. You had me worried." He took her hand and pulled it to his lips.
"How long have I been out?" She asked.
"Two days."
"Two days." She starred at him and then it hit her. She grabbed her stomach, "Oh, God, my baby. Fox's baby!"
"Shh, Teresa, the baby is fine. Seems she going to be a fighter. Must take after her mother."
Teresa relaxed, "Thank you God. I don't know what I would've done if I had lost her."
"Don't worry about that, Teresa. She's still with you, that's all that matters."
"Dylan, what happened to me, why am I here?"
Dylan looked at her confused, "You don't remember?" Teresa shook her head no. "I don't know if you want to hear this."
"Please, Dylan, I have to know." She pleaded with him.
"Ethan attacked you, Teresa."
"Ethan? How do you know?" Tears came to her eyes.
"Someone saw him leaving our apartment. They thought it was odd that he would be there. They came to check on you and found you lying there..." Dylan got up mad. He threw Teresa's water pitcher across the room. "I swear, Teresa, I'll kill him. I'm going to kill the bastard for hurting you. Shit, you could've lost your baby. Things have gone too far!" He slammed his fists into the wall. "Don't worry, he won't be bothering you anytime soon. He's in police custody as we speak. In fact, Luis is watching over him!" He smiled at the punishment he knew Luis must be dishing out on Ethan. Poor bastard.
"Dylan?" Teresa asked.
He looked at Teresa, "Yeah?"
"Who brought me here, Dylan? Who found me? I remember a man. He was so scared. He found me and he carried me out of the apartment. Who was he Dylan?"
***Oh, this is getting good. I hope you like it. I guess you guys probably know who the mystery man was. Unfortunately, Teresa is probably the only one who doesn't. Find out why Fox is in hiding and everyone but Teresa seems to know he is still alive. Especially Alistair.
Teresa sat alone at the apartment the next day. Dylan had began working at his father's companies branch office here in Harmony. He would be back later that afternoon. She had just put Little Ethan down for a nap when the doorbell rang.
She opened the door, "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Just thought I'd come by and visit an old friend." Ethan smiled. "Can I come in?" He barged through the door.
Teresa rolled her eyes, "Why not? Seems you've made yourself welcome anyways."
"I knew you couldn't say no to me. You never could, Teresa."
"You're wrong, Ethan." She rubbed her head as if trying to clear it. "What are you doing here, Ethan?"
"Look, Teresa, I knew things haven't been the greatest between us..."
"Gee, ya think?" She said sarcastically.
"Don't belittle me, Teresa." Ethan said through gritted teeth.
"But it's so easy, Ethan."
"I can see this isn't going to go the way that I expected." Ethan said.
Teresa laughed outloud. "What did you expect, Ethan? Me to come running back into your arms. To forget everything that you ever did to me and Fox. How you tried to tear us apart. Forget about how when I needed you the most after Bermuda you abandoned me. Sleeping with Gwen when you thought I had been executed. I'm not that stupid, Ethan."
"You brought all of this on yourself, Teresa. You lied and you deceived."
"Yeah, well so did Gwen! I had to, Ethan. I had to if I wanted to keep you. She left me no choice."
"Gwen has never deceived me." Ethan yelled.
"Wanna bet, Ethan. You know Fox and I learned a few secrets about your precious little innocent Gwen." It was time he learned the truth about Gwen. It was time everyone learned the truth about her.
"If that was the case, Teresa, then why didn't you come to me?"
"Why should I have, Ethan? You wouldn't have believed me. You would've said it was another one of my little schemes to try to get back with you. I could have never won. Not against Gwen, Rebecca and Ivy." Teresa shot back.
"What do you know, Teresa?" Ethan asked. "And how did you find out?"
"It doesn't matter anymore, Ethan."
"Yes it does!" Ethan yelled making Teresa jump. "So help me God, Teresa, if you don't tell me..."
"Okay! Fox used his Crane money and influence to dig up dirt on Gwen. I was going to use it to try to steal you back from Gwen. When I finally got the news I wanted I realized that I didn't love you anymore. That's when I headed to L.A. I wanted away from you and from Gwen and all the bad memories here in Harmony."
"So, what did you find on Gwen?" He asked.
"Gwen was the one who sent your paternity to the tabloids, Ethan. Her and Rebecca sent it through my computer. They were the ones who set me up."
Ethan shook his head, "Why? Why would she do that?"
"Duh, Ethan, to break up our wedding! To come between us Why else?"
He walked over to Teresa. Standing only a breath away from her. "You know what this means, Teresa?"
"What, Ethan?" She asked.
"You and me, we can be together again." He grabbed her arms.
"No, Ethan, I don't want to be with you anymore." She tried to break free from his grasp. "Please, Ethan, you're hurting me."
"Teresa, don't say no to me. You never have before." Ethan looked at Teresa with pure anger in his eyes. He pinned her against the wall. "I always get what I want, Teresa. You are no exception."
"Please, Ethan, you don't have to do this!" She pleaded with him.
"Give me one good reason, Teresa." He jerked her blouse open. Then pulled her from the wall and tossed her onto the couch. Teresa tried to get up, but Ethan was on top of her before she could.
Teresa began sobbing, "Please, don't do this. Please, Ethan. I'm pregnant." She begged him.
He pinned her arms above her head, then stopped at her words, "What?" He fumed.
"I'm pregnant." She cried.
"You're lying, Teresa. I don't like to be lied to." He pulled away and drew back his fist bringing it down onto Teresa's face. Much to Ethan's delight she went limp. She was out cold. She wouldn't be able to fight back now...
...The young man had to move quickly. He had seen him coming out of Teresa's apartment zipping his pants and straightening his shirt. God he hoped he wasn't too late. But he was, if he had only gotten there sooner Ethan would've never set foot into her apartment. He would kill him, when given the chance. Ethan would pay. Quick, he had to hurry. He burst open the door. There she lay. Naked and bruised. Oh, God, there was blood. She couldn't loose this baby. Not now. Not when everything was coming together. He ran into the bedroom and grabbed a blanket. He covered her with it and began to pick her up.
"Help me." She managed to breathe out.
"Shh, don't try to speak. Just close your eyes."
But she couldn't help it. She had to see him. But he was blurry, everything was blurry. God, her eyes felt swollen. She couldn't make out his face, but she sensed his desperation.
"Hold on!" The young man said, "You're going to be okay! Everything's going to be okay."
"I'm pregnant. Please save my baby girl."
"A girl? We're having a girl?" He had to move more quickly now that ever.
She was out before she heard those words.
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Teresa woke up in the hospital. She turned her head to find Dylan sitting there. She spoke through swollen lips, "Dylan, what happened? What am I doing here?"
"Teresa, thank God, you're awake. You had me worried." He took her hand and pulled it to his lips.
"How long have I been out?" She asked.
"Two days."
"Two days." She starred at him and then it hit her. She grabbed her stomach, "Oh, God, my baby. Fox's baby!"
"Shh, Teresa, the baby is fine. Seems she going to be a fighter. Must take after her mother."
Teresa relaxed, "Thank you God. I don't know what I would've done if I had lost her."
"Don't worry about that, Teresa. She's still with you, that's all that matters."
"Dylan, what happened to me, why am I here?"
Dylan looked at her confused, "You don't remember?" Teresa shook her head no. "I don't know if you want to hear this."
"Please, Dylan, I have to know." She pleaded with him.
"Ethan attacked you, Teresa."
"Ethan? How do you know?" Tears came to her eyes.
"Someone saw him leaving our apartment. They thought it was odd that he would be there. They came to check on you and found you lying there..." Dylan got up mad. He threw Teresa's water pitcher across the room. "I swear, Teresa, I'll kill him. I'm going to kill the bastard for hurting you. Shit, you could've lost your baby. Things have gone too far!" He slammed his fists into the wall. "Don't worry, he won't be bothering you anytime soon. He's in police custody as we speak. In fact, Luis is watching over him!" He smiled at the punishment he knew Luis must be dishing out on Ethan. Poor bastard.
"Dylan?" Teresa asked.
He looked at Teresa, "Yeah?"
"Who brought me here, Dylan? Who found me? I remember a man. He was so scared. He found me and he carried me out of the apartment. Who was he Dylan?"
***Oh, this is getting good. I hope you like it. I guess you guys probably know who the mystery man was. Unfortunately, Teresa is probably the only one who doesn't. Find out why Fox is in hiding and everyone but Teresa seems to know he is still alive. Especially Alistair.