Fox smiled much to his pleasure as he entered the kitchen to find his beautiful wife cooking breakfast for him and their children. Theresa smiled and pushed Fox away once he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Shhh! Not now," she laughed. "Fox and Jamie will be down any time soon."

"I don't mind," he said as he sat down and opened his newspaper. As Fox began to read his paper he shouted from reading something that made him mad. "Damn!"

"Fox, please," Theresa said as she stared at her children. "Good morning," she said.

"Morning, mom," Jamie said as she sat down beside her older brother.

Fox Jr. said nothing though. He slid into his chair rather quietly. Instantly Theresa knew something was going on. She stared at Fox and they both nodded, knowing that one of them should talk with him.

"Honey," she said as she placed 2 large waffles on his plate, "is something wrong?"

"No," he said quietly. "Nothing is wrong."

Theresa stared at her husband with worried eyes. Lately Fox Jr. had become more quiet and he barely went out anymore. Both Theresa and Fox had some suspicions about what was going on, but she said nothing.

On Fox's way out for work, he stopped by and whispered into his son's ear, "We'll talk later."

Theresa smiled and kissed her husband goodbye. Soon after the children left for school, leaving Theresa all alone. There wasn't much to do all day long. She mostly cleaned or cooked, but today there was nothing she had to do. She decided to go out and do some shopping. There were a few things she needed and she thought she could stop by and get her hair done while she was out. Theresa got home early, just before the children were suppose to be home. She was a little surprised to see Fox sitting at the kitchen table with a bottle of brandy next to him. Theresa knew something was wrong. Fox only drank when something was terribly worng. She laid down her things on the counter and sat down beside him. She reached for his hand, but he moved it away and lowered his head in shame so she wouldn't see him.

"Fox," she said softly, "what happened?"

Fox turned to his shakened up wife with tears in his eyes and said, "We're in trouble."

Julian sat looking out of his study window in a daze. He was thinking about making Rebecca and Gwen pay for what they had done to Theresa and to his son. He wanted them to pay the high price, but he wasn't exactly sure of how to do that. "Come in," Julian said as someone knocked on his door. Fox walked in with his hands in his pocket and stood before his father.

"Have you decided how you are going to make Rebecca and Gwen pay?" he said taking a seat.

"Not yet," he said absently, "but I am thinking. By the end of today, they'll know their fate."

"Sounds good. Well, when you decide, give me a call on my cell phone. I'm going to be at Little Ethan's school today all day actually helping their teacher set up the winter play."

"I didn't know you were that interested in plays," Julian smiled.

"I'm not actually. I'm doing this for Ethan because Theresa promised to help him out and since she's not there it's the least I could do for the kid. Besides he's a great kid."

"All my sons are."

"Yeah," Fox smiled as he left.

Fox sat in the audience seats as he watched the children go over their lines with Ms. Hope. He smiled as he saw Little Ethan step on stage in a costume that was twice his size. Little Ethan was to play santa. Fox had helped make the costume by stuffing the stomach of the costume with cotton balls. Fox was felt a sense of pride come over him as he watched Little Ethan on stage. He felt as though Little Ethan was his son. He knew Theresa would've loved seeing this so he taped it all on video for her so she wouldn't miss it. Ethan smiled and waved to Fox once he finished his lines. Fox laughed and turned his head to see his half-brother entering the gym.

"What are you doing here?" Fox asked.

"I was going to ask you the same thing. I'm here because I offered to help back when they were asking for volunteers. Theresa and I both signed up. We thought it would be nice to do that for Little Ethan," he said shooting a sharp knife through Fox's back. Fox couldn't help but feel that Ethan had everything. Little Ethan was his namesake, whose was Fox's? "I also stopped by to give the little guy this," he said removing a already made santa costume from a bag. It had everything and it looked even better than Fox's.

Fox lowered his head as he grabbed his coat and said, "Well, I guess I don't need to waste my time here." Once Fox got into his car he turned the radio on to hear a song that Theresa and he always danced to. It wasn't there song, it was just a special song to them. Tears filled his eyes, "Damn you, Ethan! You have everything I ever wanted or dreamed of. It's always you in the end!"

"Where's Fox?" Little Ethan asked as his eyes searched through the empty seats quickly.

"He uh had to go. Here I got you something," he said as he passed him the bag.

Little Ethan opened the bag and smiled kindly, "Thanks, but I already have this one. Fox made it with me," he smiled proudly.

"Wouldn't you rather have brand new one?" Ethan asked passing him the bag back.

"No, I like this one better. Thanks though. Where did Fox go again?"

"He had to leave. He's meeting someone. He said that he has better things to do than sit around here and waste his time on little kids."

"You're lying!" Little Ethan shouted. "You're just jealous of Fox!" He shouted as he ran out of school.

"Great! Just great!" Ethan said as he threw the costume into the garbage can while everyone looked on wondering what was going on.

Fox stormed into the mansion demanding to speak to his father right away. Julian finally came out after hearing all the yelling.

"What is going on here?" he asked looking directly as his son. "Have you been drinking?"

"No! I hope you came up with a plan for your ex-whore because I'm sick of everything right now. Everyone is trying to take all the things I care about and I'm not letting them go without putting up a fight. Your whore and her daughter and gonna pay tonight!" He pounded his fist on the door.

"Calm down, Fox." Julian smiled, "It's all being taken care of."

"How so?"

"Well after thinking so hard about the perfect punishment, I came up with a sort of punishment."

"What do you mean sort of? I want them to pay for hurting my future wife!"

"Well, you see for the next 4 years, while they are in prison, they will be scrubbing all the toliets," he began to laugh.

"That's it?" Fox said a little disappointed.

"Oh no! That's just the beginning! I know a few friends who are in the same prison and some who work for the prison. My friends will take good care of them. Besides once we find out if Theresa will live, their will be another court heaing to determin how many years they will be behind bars. I can easily make it so they spend life in jail. And as time goes on other things will pop into my head and they will happened to them."

"Thanks, I just wish someone would kill them for what they did to Theresa."

"That can be arranged," Julian told him seriously.

"Do whatever you want, I just want them to suffer more than Theresa is. Killing them though would put them out of their pain. No, you're right. I'd rather have them scrubbing toliets for the rest our their pathetic lives."

Spoilers*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Why are Theresa and Fox in trouble?

Ethan goes to visit Theresa, but will Fox allow him to go in?

Fox asks Pilar something ver important!

Much feedback is appreciated!!!

~Mandi~