Chapter 31: Before It's Too Late

"I don't see why you wouldn't let me marry Teresa!"

"I don't want you marrying the housekeeper's daughter Nicholas and that's final."

"Like hell it is."

"Excuse me?"

"Grandfather I don't care what you say! I am going to ask Teresa to marry me tonight and there is nothing you can do to stop me!"

"Oh really?"

Two men knocked Fox out from behind and tied him to chair. When Fox awoke moments later he found himself staring at well . . . himself. Fox looked at the man standing in front of him and said, "Is this a joke?"

Alistair came from behind the chair and replied, "No Nicholas. I have paid this man a great sum of money to get all the changes necessary to be a decoy for you in case we had to protect you at any time."

"Protect me? From what? No one is trying to harm me as far as I know."

"Your little Teresa is."

"What?"

"Yes Nicholas. I will not allow Teresa to steal you away from this family."

"What the hell does Teresa have to do with this look alike in front of me?"

"Well, Fox. Mark or should I say 'Fox number 2' is going to play YOU for a couple of months. You've been drugged many times over the past months and you've told Mark here everything he needs to know about you, Teresa, your past, your kids and more. That's why you couldn't remember so many things happening these past months. It wasn't you."

"It wasn't me?"

"No. I just sent Mark in to mess you up a bit and to stir up little Ms. Want to be Crane at the house."

"Wait, so he knows everything about me?"

"And Teresa and your kids, and your past so if anyone asks him anything, they'll think it's you. Isn't that amazing?"

"Not quite."

"Shut up."

"Grandfather can I leave now?"

"Leave? Oh no dear Nicholas! You are going to be sent far, far away from Harmony."

"I have to go home to my kids and my soon to be wife."

"Have you not heard a word I've said? Nicholas, you are not going home! Mark is. You are not going to see your children. Mark is. You are not going to make love to Teresa. Mark is."

Fox flipped out at the last remark, "LIKE HELL HE IS!"

Fox tried to free himself but much to his dismay, he was knocked out again and taken from the room. Alistair looked at Mark and said, "Make me proud Nicholas."

"As you wish . . . grandfather."

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"Fox you're hurting me!"

"Shut up."

"Ow! Stop! You're hurting me!" Teresa pushed "Fox" off of her and ran towards the bedroom door and tried to run away from him. She opened the door but "Fox" was too fast and he slammed the door so she couldn't get away.

"Where are you going?"

"Away from you."

"Undressed?"

"Whatever it takes."

"Teresa, you're acting crazy."

"Crazy? Me? How about you?"

She raised her arm to slap him but he grabbed her arm and threw her against the wall and pressed his body against hers. He stared into her eyes and kissed her.

"I thought you liked it rough."

"Not that rough Fox and you know that."

"Sorry. Do you forgive me?" He replied with puppy dog eyes.

"No." She thought to herself 'Since when does Fox do "puppy eyes"?'

He gently flicked her forehead, "How about now?"

"No."

Fox was getting angrier by the second and she knew it so she replied, "Just kidding. You know I do. Now kiss me." Fox smiled, "That's a good girl."

They started fool around and Teresa hated to admit it but everything he was doing just didn't seem like Fox anymore. His touch sickened her and his kiss disgusted her. It didn't seem like the man she once loved was the same man at all. Teresa rolled them over and as she started to work him she began to think to herself, "This doesn't feel like Fox at all. He would never hurt me like that. What's wrong with him?"

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Fox (the real Fox) watched the wall set up with connections to every place that Teresa or the kids went. Alistair allowed Fox to watch everything Mark did in his place. Fox stared at the TV as Mark made love to Teresa. He wanted to break the TV with his clenched fists but he knew that it was the only connection to the bedroom that he and Teresa once shared.

Fox looked at Teresa's face as Mark made love to her and he wanted to explode because it looked as if she was disgusted and confused. Fox said to himself, "Teresa I know you know that it isn't me making love to you. UGH! I hate this! I can't watch this!"

Fox wanted to pull himself away from the screen but he couldn't stop looking at Teresa. Fox knew that Teresa though something wasn't right but couldn't put it together. Fox watched as Mark kissed Teresa's forehead and ruffled her hair as Fox once did. He heard Mark say to Teresa, "Be right back looney tune." Fox watched Mark climb off the bed and walk into the bathroom. Fox said aloud, "He just called her looney tune. Now she'll never know something's wrong."

Fox listened intently because he wanted to know if Teresa would say something aloud that would convince him that she didn't enjoy being with "Fox"/ Mark. Fox watched as Teresa closed her legs and pulled them in close to her chest. She sat there for a couple of seconds and said, "Something isn't right with Fox." She slowly laid back down onto the bed when she heard the toilet flush and then Mark came back into the room.

"Are you okay Teresa?"

"Yeah."

He climbed into bed with her again and laid his naked body on hers and tried to force his way back into her. When he realized she wasn't letting him in he asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing. I'm tired now. You wore me out." She lightly giggled.

"Well, I'm not done. Open up." He tried to spread her legs. She "playfully" pushed him, "I said I'm tired."

"I don't care."

"Fox, seriously."

Mark stared at her and said, "Fine. Be a bitch." He climbed off of her and went into the bathroom to get dressed.

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By this time, Fox (the real one) was screaming and pacing around the room. He couldn't stand watching Mark make love to Teresa, but it was harder to see her try and get him off and watching him try to force himself into her. Fox was pissed.

"I have to let Teresa know that Mark isn't me. I have to let her know to get the kids and get away from him and fast . . . before it's too late."

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Review please.

Interesting turn? Do you guys understand the new plot here?