Ethan and Teresa sat in his car just outside the Crane Mansion. Teresa turned in her seat to face to Ethan. "Ethan, I never thought anything like this would ever happen. If Fox would not have come back to town you and I would still be walking down the aisle in a couple of days to become husband and wife."

"No, Teresa, the truth is your feelings for Fox would have come out sooner or later. I'm just glad it's now before we got married."

Teresa nodded, "You're right."

"Come on, I'll walk you inside." He took Little Ethan out of his car seat and they walked to the mansion together. They were greeted at the door by Phyllis. Ethan handed over Little Ethan to him and asked that he be put to bed.

Ethan and Teresa walked up the grand staircase together and stood in front of Fox's door. "It's now or never, Teresa."

"I know, Ethan, I'm just a little nervous that's all. What if he rejects me? I said some pretty awful things to him last night."

"He'd be stupid to reject you, Teresa. Any man would. Go on, you'll never know if you don't go on in."

"Well, here goes nothing." Teresa took a deep breath and opened the door. The room was shrouded in complete darkness. She ran her hand along the wall until she found the light switch. The room lit up before her eyes and then she saw it.

"Oh, my God!" Her hand came up over her mouth and her knees buckled underneath her.

Ethan came running in behind her just in time, "What's going on? Dear God, Teresa." He caught her before she hit the ground.

Audrey sat up in bed not caring to cover her bare breast, "Excuse me, do you not know how to knock?"

"Let me take a wild guess." Ethan said. "You're Audrey?"

"In the flesh." She said.

Fox sat groggily up and rubbed his eyes. He first saw Ethan standing there holding up a very pale Teresa. "Teresa?" Then he turned his head to the woman beside him. "Shit!" He jumped out of bed, standing there fully undressed. "Audrey, what the hell are you doing in my bed?"

She giggled, "Come on, Fox. Don't play these games. I think it's quite obvious what we've been doing."

Fox looked over at Teresa, "I swear, Teresa. I thought it was you. I don't know what's happening here, but Audrey you'd better get out of my bed now!." He rubbed his head, "God, I've got such a headache."

"Save it, Fox. I thought you really loved her. I brought her here tonight so that she could be with you. I thought you could really make her happy, but I see you're the same old Fox I've always known."

"Shut the hell up, Ethan, before I kick your ass. You've caused Teresa enough pain. You're the one that's hurt her." Fox yelled.

"Really, Fox. What do you call this then? It's sure not proof of your love for Teresa."

"I told you I don't know what's going on here. I thought she was Teresa."

"Big resemblance there, Fox. Get real. They look nothing a like." Ethan turned around to face Teresa. "Come on, I'll drive you back to my place at the bed and breakfast. You can stay there with me until all of this blows over."

"No, wait." She walked over to Fox and slapped him across the face. "You bastard! How could you do this to me? You had me believing that you loved me."

"Teresa, you have to believe me. I thought it was you."

Teresa laughed mockingly, "Get real, Fox. Don't give me that stupid line. It may have worked for Charity, but it doesn't work for me." She turned to Audrey. "You can have him, you little slut."

"Oh, harsh." She grinned, "Thing is Teresa, he's always been mine."

Tears came to Teresa's eyes, but she fought them back. She wasn't going to give either one of them the satisfaction of seeing her cry, "Goodbye, Fox. I'll certainly miss our friendship." She turned on her heels and exited the room, followed closely by Ethan.

Ethan stood there starring at Fox, "Good going, Fox. You just had to screw up didn't you?"

Fox came after Ethan and grabbed him by the collar of this shirt. He pushed him back against the wall so hard it knocked the wind out of Ethan, "I said shut the hell up! You have no idea what happened here tonight and you should be the last person to chastise me for my behavior. I don't know what the hell happened here tonight and I fully intend on finding out. Face it, Ethan. You're just as bad as you've always blamed me of being. Truth is you're probably worse. The one thing I could say that I've never done is hit a woman. Though the bitch in my bed right now maybe the first." He let Ethan go and turned his attention to Audrey. "I said get the hell out of my bed!"

Audrey got up and pulled the sheet around her, "Fine."

"Why worry about covering yourself now?" Fox commented, "You never bothered while Teresa was in the room."

"Leave her alone, Fox. She's not the only one to blame around here."

Fox kept his back to Ethan, trying to stay calm, "Ethan, get out of my room. Get out of the mansion and take the little tramp over there with you."

Audrey ran into the bathroom and grabbed her belongings. She had hidden the wig within the sheets and stuffed it back down into her oversized purse. "I'll leave now, Fox, but I'll be back. Or should I say you'll be begging me to come back."

"Don't flatter yourself, Audrey. You're not worth it."

Audrey and Ethan walked out of Ethan's room and Ethan shut the door behind him. "Damn, that went better than I thought it would. You were born to be an actress."

"Well, I certainly look better than most of those so-called beauties." Audrey said full of herself.

"I take it the little pill you slipped him worked well?" Ethan whispered quitely.

Audrey sighed, "Too well. He was so out of it, he couldn't even get it up. Pity, Fox is like a God between the sheets."

Ethan rolled his eyes, "Yeah, that's what you keep saying."

She patted him on the shoulder, "Oh, don't you worry, I'm sure you're rather good yourself." She almost laughed outloud. "Go on, you'd better catch up with Teresa before she gets suspicious."

"Where are you going?" Ethan asked.

"Thought I'd take my chances with Julian. I heard he likes to get a little frisky between the sheets." She pulled out the black wig. "This wig was kind of fun. Maybe blondes don't have all the fun."

Ethan groaned as he watched her head down the hall. He had to hand it to her. The woman sure knew how to get what she wanted. She let nothing get in her way. He turned and headed down the grand staircase. He had to catch Teresa.

***Okay, guys. What do you think? I knew you would kill me if I truly let Fox sleep with Audrey. I thought you would get a kick out of this. Anyways, don't worry, everything will turn out in the end. In fact, Fox and Teresa get a little help from a very unlikely source. Who? You'll just have to come back and read it later! A note to Lydia, I thought I'd give you a little of Fox pushing Ethan around. Don't worry, he'll get his. Just have to work up to it. Carrie