Flashback
She was screaming, as if her heart was ripped out.
"Please, let us be together! Father, she is my life, I don't love Gwen, Father!', he screamed.
"Ethan! No don't leave me, I love you! ETHAN!" she screamed.
"Son, you will learn to love Gwen. No colored woman will be a Crane, understand, NONE", Juilian ranted.
With that, he slammed the door to the car they put Michelle into. She stood up to lean out the top of the limo, and he remembered her last words.
"I'll always love you! Always!", she said as the car drove off.
"MICHELLE!", he screamed.
He looked around, and he was in his car in front of the cafe. It was another dream. Just earlier, Ethan, Sam, and Ivy read the information he received, and consoled him as best they could.
One hour earlier
After eating dinner with his parents, he showed them the envelope. Explaining their relationship to Sam, Ivy, Ethan, and Sam were shocked to learn what she delivered. The letter inside explained his "planned" meeting with Gwen, her disapperence, his failed relationship with Theresa, and everything in between.
~Letter~
To my Dearest Ethan,
I have researched your "lovely" wife's role in your meeting her, our realtionship, and the role of the destruction of Theresa Lopez- Fitzgerald. She knows more than she lets on.
Back when we were attending Harvard, she was going after you, because of Juilian and Alistair. Of course, Rebecca played a role, but she wanted you for the luxury of being a Crane. I knew this, and she also knew we were seeing each other in secret. Steven's father contacted Mr. Hotchkiss to warn him. The telling of our relationship, was when we were caught, and Juilian "discarded" me.
I married Steven for you. I was told if I didn't marry Steven, they would kill you. So I married him, but it didn't last. He did horrible things, and as this happened, my father passed away. It left me to do what was right for me.
Long story short, I got divorced, and continued to follow you and Gwen. Doing my own investigation, Gwen and her mother, have constantly interfeared in your relationship with Theresa. The night she "slept" with Juilian, it never happened. Bruce played a cruel joke on that poor girl. Little Ethan is yours. The tabiod stint was done by Gwen and Rebecca. Remember, my brother Mitchell. Well we saw a glitch in the disk we found. I gave it to you. It also has Rebecca's DNA all over it...
"My goodness! I feel so....", Ivy began to say.
"Stupid, or should I say ridiculous", Ethan chimed in.
"Ethan! I'm sorry, I didn't know, I was shown Theresa did that. If I knew...", she tried to explain.
"Exactly, nevermind, it's over between us", he sulked.
"Ethan. Michelle was here to talk police business. She works for the FBI. So whatever she decides to tell you is probably the truth. Juat keep this information that she is an FBI agent between us", Sam interrupted.
Ivy and Ethan shook their heads in unison in silence. After those shocking revelations, he left to the book cafe.
~Inside~
"So do you believe me?", Michelle asked him.
"Wow, to be honest, nothing shocks me anymore. Answer me this, do you know where Sheridan is?", Luis asked.
"Yes, and if I get you and Ethan to help me.....", she countered
"Wait, Ethan knows?", he said.
"Not yet, he is going through some personal stuff between Theresa, Gwen and myself", she explained.
"What did you do to my sister?", he asked.
"It's not what I did, it's Gwen and Rebecca. I just told Ethan and Theresa the truth about the Hotchkiss women. What they chose to do with their information is completely up to them. Right now you need to focus on Sheridan and Little Martin", she whispered.
"Alright, alirght, just if you hurt...", he tried to warn her.
"I won't hurt her".
Ethan walked in to the back to find Luis and Michelle in a tense conversation.
"Ok, I'm here", he said sitting next to Michelle.
"Well?", she asked.
"I believe you. All of it makes sense now that I think about it, but why now?", Ethan asked.
Luis and Ethan wondered the same thing, and she was h oping that they wouldnt ask, but she explained anyway.
"Alright, Ethan, I'm an informant for the FBI. Alistair and Juilian have been wanted for a while. They have committed too many crimes to list. After I was taken away from you, I got a phone call. It was from the FBI, wanting to question me about Crane Industries. After doing my own investigation on Gwen, I found out a lot on the Crane Empire", Michelle explained.
"So you come to help Sheridan", Luis said.
"Exactly, also coming to show all of you that looks are very deceiving", she countered.
"Alright, what's the plan then?", Ethan asked.
They sat going over the plan for hours before leaving.
She was screaming, as if her heart was ripped out.
"Please, let us be together! Father, she is my life, I don't love Gwen, Father!', he screamed.
"Ethan! No don't leave me, I love you! ETHAN!" she screamed.
"Son, you will learn to love Gwen. No colored woman will be a Crane, understand, NONE", Juilian ranted.
With that, he slammed the door to the car they put Michelle into. She stood up to lean out the top of the limo, and he remembered her last words.
"I'll always love you! Always!", she said as the car drove off.
"MICHELLE!", he screamed.
He looked around, and he was in his car in front of the cafe. It was another dream. Just earlier, Ethan, Sam, and Ivy read the information he received, and consoled him as best they could.
One hour earlier
After eating dinner with his parents, he showed them the envelope. Explaining their relationship to Sam, Ivy, Ethan, and Sam were shocked to learn what she delivered. The letter inside explained his "planned" meeting with Gwen, her disapperence, his failed relationship with Theresa, and everything in between.
~Letter~
To my Dearest Ethan,
I have researched your "lovely" wife's role in your meeting her, our realtionship, and the role of the destruction of Theresa Lopez- Fitzgerald. She knows more than she lets on.
Back when we were attending Harvard, she was going after you, because of Juilian and Alistair. Of course, Rebecca played a role, but she wanted you for the luxury of being a Crane. I knew this, and she also knew we were seeing each other in secret. Steven's father contacted Mr. Hotchkiss to warn him. The telling of our relationship, was when we were caught, and Juilian "discarded" me.
I married Steven for you. I was told if I didn't marry Steven, they would kill you. So I married him, but it didn't last. He did horrible things, and as this happened, my father passed away. It left me to do what was right for me.
Long story short, I got divorced, and continued to follow you and Gwen. Doing my own investigation, Gwen and her mother, have constantly interfeared in your relationship with Theresa. The night she "slept" with Juilian, it never happened. Bruce played a cruel joke on that poor girl. Little Ethan is yours. The tabiod stint was done by Gwen and Rebecca. Remember, my brother Mitchell. Well we saw a glitch in the disk we found. I gave it to you. It also has Rebecca's DNA all over it...
"My goodness! I feel so....", Ivy began to say.
"Stupid, or should I say ridiculous", Ethan chimed in.
"Ethan! I'm sorry, I didn't know, I was shown Theresa did that. If I knew...", she tried to explain.
"Exactly, nevermind, it's over between us", he sulked.
"Ethan. Michelle was here to talk police business. She works for the FBI. So whatever she decides to tell you is probably the truth. Juat keep this information that she is an FBI agent between us", Sam interrupted.
Ivy and Ethan shook their heads in unison in silence. After those shocking revelations, he left to the book cafe.
~Inside~
"So do you believe me?", Michelle asked him.
"Wow, to be honest, nothing shocks me anymore. Answer me this, do you know where Sheridan is?", Luis asked.
"Yes, and if I get you and Ethan to help me.....", she countered
"Wait, Ethan knows?", he said.
"Not yet, he is going through some personal stuff between Theresa, Gwen and myself", she explained.
"What did you do to my sister?", he asked.
"It's not what I did, it's Gwen and Rebecca. I just told Ethan and Theresa the truth about the Hotchkiss women. What they chose to do with their information is completely up to them. Right now you need to focus on Sheridan and Little Martin", she whispered.
"Alright, alirght, just if you hurt...", he tried to warn her.
"I won't hurt her".
Ethan walked in to the back to find Luis and Michelle in a tense conversation.
"Ok, I'm here", he said sitting next to Michelle.
"Well?", she asked.
"I believe you. All of it makes sense now that I think about it, but why now?", Ethan asked.
Luis and Ethan wondered the same thing, and she was h oping that they wouldnt ask, but she explained anyway.
"Alright, Ethan, I'm an informant for the FBI. Alistair and Juilian have been wanted for a while. They have committed too many crimes to list. After I was taken away from you, I got a phone call. It was from the FBI, wanting to question me about Crane Industries. After doing my own investigation on Gwen, I found out a lot on the Crane Empire", Michelle explained.
"So you come to help Sheridan", Luis said.
"Exactly, also coming to show all of you that looks are very deceiving", she countered.
"Alright, what's the plan then?", Ethan asked.
They sat going over the plan for hours before leaving.