Gwen sighed as she ran down the stairs. She had finally convinced the bratty Little Ethan to take his nap. All he ever did was whine and complain about everything. She hated how he wasn't grateful for anything that he had, and he had everything. She had a feeling that even five years later after she took him away from Theresa, he still missed her. She was going to change all of that and she was going to see to it that he would begin to call her Mommy.
As she approached the kitchen table, she stopped to flip through the mail. Magazine subscriptions, invitations, credit card bills, and a letter from the local government. Wondering why they would be sending her a letter, she quickly picked it up and tore the envelope open. She quickly glanced through it until she read the line "Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald is suing for full custody of her biological son, Ethan Martin".
"She can't do this!" Gwen hissed. Roughly folding the letter, she quickly ran up to Ethan's study.
"Ethan!" she exclaimed as she ran into the room.
"What?" he asked, annoyed that she interrupted him.
"Read this." she answered as she threw the letter at him.
Ethan's facial expression dropped as he read the letter. "I thought she was dead? They said she died in that fire!" he said confused.
"That was the whole plan." Gwen thought to herself. "I don't understand." she said out loud.
"It says that she had never legally given up her rights to Ethan, therefore she is still entitled to custody of him."
"She can't just come in here five years later and take little Ethan from us!" Gwen protested angrily.
"Legally, she can." Ethan answered.
"To hell with the law!" she screamed outraged. "Ethan is like a son to us, how dare she come and take him away."
"I don't blame her." Ethan said quietly.
"You better not get on sides with that woman! You swore 6 years ago on Sarah's grave that you wouldn't!" Gwen reminded him.
"I'm not taking sides, Gwen." he argued. "But Ethan is her son. We thought she was dead for heaven's sakes."
"But if she was alive and she wanted him back so badly, she would have been back way before now."
"True." Ethan agreed.
"Now whether you are with me or not on this Ethan, I'm going to fight this and make sure she never comes near that little boy ever again." she said hotly.
"And if she wins?" he asked.
"Theresa winning is not even an option." she answered spitefully. "There is no way I'm going to let her rise from the grave and take that boy away from me. No way."
Theresa smiled. Her lawyer had filed the papers and soon Little Ethan would be hers again. She couldn't imagine the look on Gwen and Ethan's face when they saw the letter in the mail. It would be priceless. Gwen would be angry that her plan to keep Theresa away from Harmony forever had been quelled and Ethan would be confused when he probably thought she was dead.
"Dead." Theresa spat. She couldn't believe that everyone had actually fell for Gwen and Rebecca's lie that she was killed in that fire. Of all people, even her family believed it. She couldn't wait until she finally appeared to prove them wrong.
"Talking to yourself again?" her traveling companion said as he sat down next to her.
"Yeah, just thinking about how wonderful it will be when I walk into that court room in Harmony to get my son back." she said dreamily.
"And I can't wait to spill all of the dirt and secrets of the Crane empire." he smiled.
"That will be a holiday for me when the whole empire comes crashing down to the ground."
"Yeah, those arrogant snobs don't even know what's coming." he snickered.
"We make a great team." she smiled as she patted him on his back.
"We always have. When the Cranes see that we're both alive at the same time, ruining their empire will be so easy to do."
"And when we do, life will be wonderful." she grinned. And that's the way it was going to be. Gwen and Rebecca stopped at nothing to get their way and neither was she.
Who's Theresa's mystery 'traveling companion'? Find out in the next chapter.
Reviews would be lovely =)
As she approached the kitchen table, she stopped to flip through the mail. Magazine subscriptions, invitations, credit card bills, and a letter from the local government. Wondering why they would be sending her a letter, she quickly picked it up and tore the envelope open. She quickly glanced through it until she read the line "Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald is suing for full custody of her biological son, Ethan Martin".
"She can't do this!" Gwen hissed. Roughly folding the letter, she quickly ran up to Ethan's study.
"Ethan!" she exclaimed as she ran into the room.
"What?" he asked, annoyed that she interrupted him.
"Read this." she answered as she threw the letter at him.
Ethan's facial expression dropped as he read the letter. "I thought she was dead? They said she died in that fire!" he said confused.
"That was the whole plan." Gwen thought to herself. "I don't understand." she said out loud.
"It says that she had never legally given up her rights to Ethan, therefore she is still entitled to custody of him."
"She can't just come in here five years later and take little Ethan from us!" Gwen protested angrily.
"Legally, she can." Ethan answered.
"To hell with the law!" she screamed outraged. "Ethan is like a son to us, how dare she come and take him away."
"I don't blame her." Ethan said quietly.
"You better not get on sides with that woman! You swore 6 years ago on Sarah's grave that you wouldn't!" Gwen reminded him.
"I'm not taking sides, Gwen." he argued. "But Ethan is her son. We thought she was dead for heaven's sakes."
"But if she was alive and she wanted him back so badly, she would have been back way before now."
"True." Ethan agreed.
"Now whether you are with me or not on this Ethan, I'm going to fight this and make sure she never comes near that little boy ever again." she said hotly.
"And if she wins?" he asked.
"Theresa winning is not even an option." she answered spitefully. "There is no way I'm going to let her rise from the grave and take that boy away from me. No way."
Theresa smiled. Her lawyer had filed the papers and soon Little Ethan would be hers again. She couldn't imagine the look on Gwen and Ethan's face when they saw the letter in the mail. It would be priceless. Gwen would be angry that her plan to keep Theresa away from Harmony forever had been quelled and Ethan would be confused when he probably thought she was dead.
"Dead." Theresa spat. She couldn't believe that everyone had actually fell for Gwen and Rebecca's lie that she was killed in that fire. Of all people, even her family believed it. She couldn't wait until she finally appeared to prove them wrong.
"Talking to yourself again?" her traveling companion said as he sat down next to her.
"Yeah, just thinking about how wonderful it will be when I walk into that court room in Harmony to get my son back." she said dreamily.
"And I can't wait to spill all of the dirt and secrets of the Crane empire." he smiled.
"That will be a holiday for me when the whole empire comes crashing down to the ground."
"Yeah, those arrogant snobs don't even know what's coming." he snickered.
"We make a great team." she smiled as she patted him on his back.
"We always have. When the Cranes see that we're both alive at the same time, ruining their empire will be so easy to do."
"And when we do, life will be wonderful." she grinned. And that's the way it was going to be. Gwen and Rebecca stopped at nothing to get their way and neither was she.
Who's Theresa's mystery 'traveling companion'? Find out in the next chapter.
Reviews would be lovely =)