Fox and Teresa walked out of Little Ethan's bedroom together. "Thanks for
letting me spend some time with Little Ethan. Seems I've grown rather
attached to the little fella."
"I can see that." She smiled, "I believe, Fox, that the feeling is mutual."
"I hope so."
"Believe me, a mother knows these things."
Fox looked down at his watch, "I'd better get going, Ethan will be dropping by soon. I'd hate to think what he would say if he knew I was here."
"I don't really care what he says, Fox, you deserve to get to know your brother. Plain and simple."
Fox walked over and opened the door, "Thanks again." He turned around and ran right into Ethan. "Ethan, you're early today." Fox said.
"What's going on here?" He glared at Teresa.
Teresa crossed her arms and stood her ground, "He came by to spend sometime with my son and his brother."
"I'll be leaving now. Looks like it's ready to come a storm. I'd like to not get soaked." Fox said. "See ya around, Resa. Thanks again." He turned to walk out the door, "Bye, Ethan."
"Go to hell, Fox." His gazed still fixed on Teresa.
"Got news for you, Ethan. I'm already there." He turned and walked away just as the rain started pouring.
Ethan slammed the door behind him. "What the hell is going on here, Teresa? Did I not tell you to stay away from him?"
"Ethan, you cannot tell me who I may allow my son to see. Fox will be apart of his life whether you like it or not!"
"The hell he will, Teresa!" He crossed the room and grabbed her by her shoulders and shook her hard. "What do I have to do to get that through your thick skull? Beat it into you."
"Please, Ethan," Teresa cried. "You're being ridiculous."
He let go of her and walked over to the sofa table, picked up a vase and threw it against the wall. It shattered into a million pieces.
Teresa shuddered, "Please, Ethan, calm down." She tried to speak calmly.
"I will not calm down! Fox will not be a part of your life or Little Ethan's life."
"News flash, Ethan, he's my son, not yours."
"He will be raised as my son, Teresa."
"Ethan, you're not being fair. What would you do if I didn't allow our children to spend time with Jessica and Kay."
"That's different! Kay and Jessica are respectable young women." He yelled.
"No, it's not different. They're your family, Ethan, and they deserve to spend time with Little Ethan just like Fox deserves to spend time with them."
"It's totally different, Teresa. Fox is bad news. He's poison. He hurts everyone he comes in contact with."
"God, Ethan, do you know how stupid you sound!" Teresa yelled at the top of her lungs.
He charged on her and grabbed her again. "You will not speak to me like that! Do you hear me?"
"And you will not control my life or the life of my son."
He drew back his fist and it cracked against Teresa's face. She fell to the ground and immediately grabbed her eye. "God, Ethan, what's gotten into you?" She cried.
Ethan punched the wall, "You! You made me this way, Teresa!"
Teresa picked herself up off the floor and went running outside the cottage. Ethan tried running after her, but it was too late. She was too far gone. Someone would see them if he dragged her back to the cottage.
Teresa ran through the pouring rain. Lightening flickered through the skies and thundered boomed all around her. Fox heard something coming up behind him. He turned to see Teresa running toward him. She fell on the ground before she reached him and started crying.
Fox rushed over to her, "God, Teresa, what's wrong?" He asked concerned bending down trying to help her up.
She shyed away from him, "Stay way from me, Fox." She struggled to breathe, "Please, just stay away from me."
"Let me help you." He begged.
"You can't Fox. Please, I'm begging you, just go away." She wouldn't allow Fox to see her face. She could tell that it was already swollen and she knew that it was already bruised by the force of Ethan's blow.
Fox got to his feet and backed away from Teresa. "Okay, I'll go, but I won't completely drop this, Resa." He turned to walk away, but hid behind a small building. He watched Teresa get into her car and pull away. He knew he couldn't just stand back and do nothing. He made up his mind then that he would follow her.
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Ethan sit at the cottage by himself. He would have to calm down before he called Pilar to come get Little Ethan. He sure wasn't going to keep him by himself.
There was a knock at the door. Maybe it was Teresa he thought to himself, coming back to beg for his forgiveness. He took a deep breath and walked over and opened the door.
"Who the hell are you?"
The beautiful blonde smirked, "Wow, you sure know how to make a first impression."
"I asked you a question. Who are you?"
"Testy, testy." She said walking in past him. "I was told that Fox was down here. Is that true?" She said looking around the cottage disapprovingly. "Who lives here anyways, why it's so small I feel down right claustraphobic."
"My fiance lives here and this is where we will live after we get married."
"Wild guess here, but you wouldn't by chance be Ethan Winthrop, would you?"
"Yes, and I believe I've asked you twice already who you are."
"Audrey Banning. The pleasure is all yours I'm sure." She held out her hand. Ethan ignored it.
He rolled his eyes, "As in Dylan Banning's sister? Fox's best friend?"
"Why, of course. Now, about Fox, do you know where he is?"
"I don't keep up with Fox's whereabouts."
"You should." She smirked.
"Why is that?" Ethan asked.
"Because, he has his eyes on your woman."
Ethan laughed, "That's ridiculous. He knows I would kill him if he laid a hand on Teresa."
She walked over and ran a finger down his chest, "Why do you think he came back to Harmony? It sure wasn't for a family reunion."
"What do you know?"
She walked up to Ethan and pushed her body flush against his, "I know that Fox came back to Harmony because he knew you and Teresa were having some problems."
"Who told him we were having problems?"
"Teresa, of course, they write each other. They tell each other everything."
"How do I know I can trust you?" Ethan asked.
She pressed her lips against his, "Because I want the same thing you want."
"And what would that be?"
"You want Teresa all to yourself and I want Fox. I have a feeling maybe we could help each other." She reached down and grabbed his manhood. "What do you say to that?"
Ethan grinned as he felt the beginnings of an erection. "I would say you have a deal."
He tried kissing her, but she pulled away from him and straightened herself, "Now that that's settled, where's Fox?"
Ethan groaned, "I don't know. He left here a little while ago on his way back to the mansion. Have you been there already?"
"How do you think I knew to come here?" She walked over and grabbed Ethan. "Come on, let's go, you're going to help me find him."
"What makes you think I would want to help you?"
"Because I know how you Crane's are."
"I'm not a Crane!" Ethan said through clenched teeth.
"Yeah, well, you were raised as one. Same difference." She shrugged his comment off.
"So what do you know about us Cranes?" Ethan asked.
"Nothing comes between a Crane and his woman." She grabbed his tie. "Let's go!"
"I can see that." She smiled, "I believe, Fox, that the feeling is mutual."
"I hope so."
"Believe me, a mother knows these things."
Fox looked down at his watch, "I'd better get going, Ethan will be dropping by soon. I'd hate to think what he would say if he knew I was here."
"I don't really care what he says, Fox, you deserve to get to know your brother. Plain and simple."
Fox walked over and opened the door, "Thanks again." He turned around and ran right into Ethan. "Ethan, you're early today." Fox said.
"What's going on here?" He glared at Teresa.
Teresa crossed her arms and stood her ground, "He came by to spend sometime with my son and his brother."
"I'll be leaving now. Looks like it's ready to come a storm. I'd like to not get soaked." Fox said. "See ya around, Resa. Thanks again." He turned to walk out the door, "Bye, Ethan."
"Go to hell, Fox." His gazed still fixed on Teresa.
"Got news for you, Ethan. I'm already there." He turned and walked away just as the rain started pouring.
Ethan slammed the door behind him. "What the hell is going on here, Teresa? Did I not tell you to stay away from him?"
"Ethan, you cannot tell me who I may allow my son to see. Fox will be apart of his life whether you like it or not!"
"The hell he will, Teresa!" He crossed the room and grabbed her by her shoulders and shook her hard. "What do I have to do to get that through your thick skull? Beat it into you."
"Please, Ethan," Teresa cried. "You're being ridiculous."
He let go of her and walked over to the sofa table, picked up a vase and threw it against the wall. It shattered into a million pieces.
Teresa shuddered, "Please, Ethan, calm down." She tried to speak calmly.
"I will not calm down! Fox will not be a part of your life or Little Ethan's life."
"News flash, Ethan, he's my son, not yours."
"He will be raised as my son, Teresa."
"Ethan, you're not being fair. What would you do if I didn't allow our children to spend time with Jessica and Kay."
"That's different! Kay and Jessica are respectable young women." He yelled.
"No, it's not different. They're your family, Ethan, and they deserve to spend time with Little Ethan just like Fox deserves to spend time with them."
"It's totally different, Teresa. Fox is bad news. He's poison. He hurts everyone he comes in contact with."
"God, Ethan, do you know how stupid you sound!" Teresa yelled at the top of her lungs.
He charged on her and grabbed her again. "You will not speak to me like that! Do you hear me?"
"And you will not control my life or the life of my son."
He drew back his fist and it cracked against Teresa's face. She fell to the ground and immediately grabbed her eye. "God, Ethan, what's gotten into you?" She cried.
Ethan punched the wall, "You! You made me this way, Teresa!"
Teresa picked herself up off the floor and went running outside the cottage. Ethan tried running after her, but it was too late. She was too far gone. Someone would see them if he dragged her back to the cottage.
Teresa ran through the pouring rain. Lightening flickered through the skies and thundered boomed all around her. Fox heard something coming up behind him. He turned to see Teresa running toward him. She fell on the ground before she reached him and started crying.
Fox rushed over to her, "God, Teresa, what's wrong?" He asked concerned bending down trying to help her up.
She shyed away from him, "Stay way from me, Fox." She struggled to breathe, "Please, just stay away from me."
"Let me help you." He begged.
"You can't Fox. Please, I'm begging you, just go away." She wouldn't allow Fox to see her face. She could tell that it was already swollen and she knew that it was already bruised by the force of Ethan's blow.
Fox got to his feet and backed away from Teresa. "Okay, I'll go, but I won't completely drop this, Resa." He turned to walk away, but hid behind a small building. He watched Teresa get into her car and pull away. He knew he couldn't just stand back and do nothing. He made up his mind then that he would follow her.
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Ethan sit at the cottage by himself. He would have to calm down before he called Pilar to come get Little Ethan. He sure wasn't going to keep him by himself.
There was a knock at the door. Maybe it was Teresa he thought to himself, coming back to beg for his forgiveness. He took a deep breath and walked over and opened the door.
"Who the hell are you?"
The beautiful blonde smirked, "Wow, you sure know how to make a first impression."
"I asked you a question. Who are you?"
"Testy, testy." She said walking in past him. "I was told that Fox was down here. Is that true?" She said looking around the cottage disapprovingly. "Who lives here anyways, why it's so small I feel down right claustraphobic."
"My fiance lives here and this is where we will live after we get married."
"Wild guess here, but you wouldn't by chance be Ethan Winthrop, would you?"
"Yes, and I believe I've asked you twice already who you are."
"Audrey Banning. The pleasure is all yours I'm sure." She held out her hand. Ethan ignored it.
He rolled his eyes, "As in Dylan Banning's sister? Fox's best friend?"
"Why, of course. Now, about Fox, do you know where he is?"
"I don't keep up with Fox's whereabouts."
"You should." She smirked.
"Why is that?" Ethan asked.
"Because, he has his eyes on your woman."
Ethan laughed, "That's ridiculous. He knows I would kill him if he laid a hand on Teresa."
She walked over and ran a finger down his chest, "Why do you think he came back to Harmony? It sure wasn't for a family reunion."
"What do you know?"
She walked up to Ethan and pushed her body flush against his, "I know that Fox came back to Harmony because he knew you and Teresa were having some problems."
"Who told him we were having problems?"
"Teresa, of course, they write each other. They tell each other everything."
"How do I know I can trust you?" Ethan asked.
She pressed her lips against his, "Because I want the same thing you want."
"And what would that be?"
"You want Teresa all to yourself and I want Fox. I have a feeling maybe we could help each other." She reached down and grabbed his manhood. "What do you say to that?"
Ethan grinned as he felt the beginnings of an erection. "I would say you have a deal."
He tried kissing her, but she pulled away from him and straightened herself, "Now that that's settled, where's Fox?"
Ethan groaned, "I don't know. He left here a little while ago on his way back to the mansion. Have you been there already?"
"How do you think I knew to come here?" She walked over and grabbed Ethan. "Come on, let's go, you're going to help me find him."
"What makes you think I would want to help you?"
"Because I know how you Crane's are."
"I'm not a Crane!" Ethan said through clenched teeth.
"Yeah, well, you were raised as one. Same difference." She shrugged his comment off.
"So what do you know about us Cranes?" Ethan asked.
"Nothing comes between a Crane and his woman." She grabbed his tie. "Let's go!"