Teresa's phone rang at 11 o'clock that night. She had put Little Ethan
down for the night several hours earlier and had just gotten out of a much
needed, relaxing bubble bath. She picked up her phone reaching it on the
fourth ring.
"Hello?" Teresa said winded from her quick sprint to the phone.
"Teresa, it's Fox. Where have you been? I've been trying to reach you all day."
"Yes, Fox, I'm fine. Thank you for asking. My flight home was wonderful. Little Ethan is doing just fine." She said sarcastically smiling.
"Sorry." He sighed. "Things here in L.A. are just a little crazy right now."
"Chad?" She smirked.
"Yeah. He's pissed, Teresa." Fox turned looking out the window of the penthouse apartment. The lights of LA lit up his room. It was truly an amazing place, but somehow now it seemed a little lonely.
"I can imagine."
"Why didn't you tell me that Whitney was leaving with you?"
"Because I didn't know. She just showed up this morning on the plane and said she was coming back to Harmony with me."
"And you didn't try to talk some sense into her?" Fox asked.
"She wouldn't listen. She says that Chad's betrayed her trust and she doesn't think she'll ever be able to forgive him and she wants to try to make things right with her family."
"She's going to give up on Chad that easy?"
"Sure looks that way to me." Teresa picked up the picture of her and Whitney that sat on her bedside table. "Whitney sure has a lot to learn when it comes to love."
"Like what?"
"Everybody makes mistakes, Fox. Sometimes those mistakes even hurt other people. But that's no reason to turn you back on them and run."
"Chad lied to Whitney, Teresa."
"I won't argue with you on that, Fox. Chad should have been upfront with Whitney from the beginning, but sometimes the past can be so painful that you try not to relive it. Sometimes you even manage to block it out completely. I'm sure that's what Chad did. He probably never thought that LaToya and Whitney would ever cross paths."
"I guess you speak from experience, huh?"
"Yeah, Fox, I am. I've made a lot of mistakes in the past. Told a lot of lies and done a lot of things to hurt other people, and in the end it lost me the man that I loved. I betrayed his trust too many times and I know how much I hurt him and my family. I just don't want Chad and Whitney to turn out like Ethan and I did."
"Yeah, I guess I can see why." Fox ran his fingers through his hair. "Look, is Whitney alright?"
"She was fine when we dropped her off and her house. I've not talked to her since. I thought I would give her sometime with her family. I was going to call her tomorrow to see if she wanted to have breakfast with me."
"Give her my love, will you."
"Yeah, and please tell Chad that I'm rooting for him."
"Yeah." Fox dragged out. "About Chad."
"What about him? Is he okay?"
"Well, like I said he's pretty pissed. Especially with me."
"With you? Why would he angry with you?"
"He thinks I put Whitney up to leaving with you."
"But you didn't."
"Yeah, you and I both know that, but he's not buying it."
"I don't understand why he thinks you put her up to leaving. What could your motive possibly be?"
Fox cleared his throat, "You've got me. I've been trying to figure it out all day."
"Unless..."
"Unless what, Teresa?"
She shook her head. No it couldn't possibly be that. "Never mind, just a stupid thought." She cleared her own throat, "Look, it's getting late and this jet lag thing is really getting to me. How about I call you tomorrow? I'll let you know how Whitney's doing and maybe I can talk to Chad for you. I'm sure he's just upset that Whitney's left and he's just trying to find someone other than himself to blame."
"Yeah, I hope you're right. I'll talk to you tomorrow, Teresa. Sweet dreams, beautiful."
"Fox..." It was too late. He had already hang up.
Teresa fell back against her bed. God, how she hoped her gut feeling wasn't right. She didn't know if she could bare it. Worst of all she didn't think she was going to get a ounce of sleep tonight.
Fox decided to take a walk on the beach. He needed to clear his mind. He thought talking to Teresa would help, but for some reason it had only seemed to make things worse. He walked down to the edge of the water and let the ocean wash up over his feet. He thought back to the last night that he and Teresa had walked along the beach together. That somehow made him miss her more. L.A. just wasn't the same without her. Maybe he should head back to Harmony. He did like the thought of living her in L.A. without Teresa.
There was another plus to the situation. Whitney was there also. Fox ran his fingers through his hair. He was totally confused. The thought of going back to Harmony to be with Whitney should have been his main priority, but for some reason when he thought of returning to Harmony his mind always went back to Teresa.
"Hello?" Teresa said winded from her quick sprint to the phone.
"Teresa, it's Fox. Where have you been? I've been trying to reach you all day."
"Yes, Fox, I'm fine. Thank you for asking. My flight home was wonderful. Little Ethan is doing just fine." She said sarcastically smiling.
"Sorry." He sighed. "Things here in L.A. are just a little crazy right now."
"Chad?" She smirked.
"Yeah. He's pissed, Teresa." Fox turned looking out the window of the penthouse apartment. The lights of LA lit up his room. It was truly an amazing place, but somehow now it seemed a little lonely.
"I can imagine."
"Why didn't you tell me that Whitney was leaving with you?"
"Because I didn't know. She just showed up this morning on the plane and said she was coming back to Harmony with me."
"And you didn't try to talk some sense into her?" Fox asked.
"She wouldn't listen. She says that Chad's betrayed her trust and she doesn't think she'll ever be able to forgive him and she wants to try to make things right with her family."
"She's going to give up on Chad that easy?"
"Sure looks that way to me." Teresa picked up the picture of her and Whitney that sat on her bedside table. "Whitney sure has a lot to learn when it comes to love."
"Like what?"
"Everybody makes mistakes, Fox. Sometimes those mistakes even hurt other people. But that's no reason to turn you back on them and run."
"Chad lied to Whitney, Teresa."
"I won't argue with you on that, Fox. Chad should have been upfront with Whitney from the beginning, but sometimes the past can be so painful that you try not to relive it. Sometimes you even manage to block it out completely. I'm sure that's what Chad did. He probably never thought that LaToya and Whitney would ever cross paths."
"I guess you speak from experience, huh?"
"Yeah, Fox, I am. I've made a lot of mistakes in the past. Told a lot of lies and done a lot of things to hurt other people, and in the end it lost me the man that I loved. I betrayed his trust too many times and I know how much I hurt him and my family. I just don't want Chad and Whitney to turn out like Ethan and I did."
"Yeah, I guess I can see why." Fox ran his fingers through his hair. "Look, is Whitney alright?"
"She was fine when we dropped her off and her house. I've not talked to her since. I thought I would give her sometime with her family. I was going to call her tomorrow to see if she wanted to have breakfast with me."
"Give her my love, will you."
"Yeah, and please tell Chad that I'm rooting for him."
"Yeah." Fox dragged out. "About Chad."
"What about him? Is he okay?"
"Well, like I said he's pretty pissed. Especially with me."
"With you? Why would he angry with you?"
"He thinks I put Whitney up to leaving with you."
"But you didn't."
"Yeah, you and I both know that, but he's not buying it."
"I don't understand why he thinks you put her up to leaving. What could your motive possibly be?"
Fox cleared his throat, "You've got me. I've been trying to figure it out all day."
"Unless..."
"Unless what, Teresa?"
She shook her head. No it couldn't possibly be that. "Never mind, just a stupid thought." She cleared her own throat, "Look, it's getting late and this jet lag thing is really getting to me. How about I call you tomorrow? I'll let you know how Whitney's doing and maybe I can talk to Chad for you. I'm sure he's just upset that Whitney's left and he's just trying to find someone other than himself to blame."
"Yeah, I hope you're right. I'll talk to you tomorrow, Teresa. Sweet dreams, beautiful."
"Fox..." It was too late. He had already hang up.
Teresa fell back against her bed. God, how she hoped her gut feeling wasn't right. She didn't know if she could bare it. Worst of all she didn't think she was going to get a ounce of sleep tonight.
Fox decided to take a walk on the beach. He needed to clear his mind. He thought talking to Teresa would help, but for some reason it had only seemed to make things worse. He walked down to the edge of the water and let the ocean wash up over his feet. He thought back to the last night that he and Teresa had walked along the beach together. That somehow made him miss her more. L.A. just wasn't the same without her. Maybe he should head back to Harmony. He did like the thought of living her in L.A. without Teresa.
There was another plus to the situation. Whitney was there also. Fox ran his fingers through his hair. He was totally confused. The thought of going back to Harmony to be with Whitney should have been his main priority, but for some reason when he thought of returning to Harmony his mind always went back to Teresa.