Ethan ran into her room and woke her up. She jumped out and ran to the downstairs to the phone. Ethan stood there waiting to hear what was going on. Theresa looked over at her son and told him to get to his room. He obeyed her and she heard him close his door and began to talk to Luis.
"Luis what's going on? Is mama okay?" She asked.
"Mama is okay it's Sheridan." He said to her.
"What's wrong with Sheridan? Did she come out to see you?" Theresa asked.
"She did. It was too late. When I got out there it was already too late." Luis said to her.
"What do you mean too late? Is she dead Luis?" Theresa asked in a sad voice.
"No not yet. She's just barely hanging on." Luis said to her.
" What happened to her?" Theresa said.
"She was hit by a car. The lady then got out of the car and started to strangle her." Luis said.
"What? Who the hell did this to her?" Theresa said in fury.
"Mama." Luis said.
Theresa dropped the phone in horror at what she just heard. She couldn't believe that her own mother would attack Sheridan. She knew that she was forcing Sheridan to stay with Antonio but she didn't think she would go as far as trying to kill Sheridan. She noticed that Ethan had come back out of his room.
"Ethan go back to your room now." Theresa said.
"Mother what's wrong?" He asked her.
"Nothing now go back to your room." Theresa said to her.
"Mother I heard you say that someone was hurt. Who's hurt? Mother tell me." Ethan asked and demanded at the same time.
"Sheridan was hurt badly in a car accident. Now go back to bed." Theresa said to him.
"But mother..." Ethan tried to say.
"Go now or I'll have Katherine put you to bed." Theresa said growing more angry by the second.
Without anymore arguing, Ethan went back to bed. Theresa picked up the phone and took two deep breaths.
"I'm on my way Luis. I'll get the next flight out there as soon as I can." Theresa said to him before hanging up the phone.
She called the airport and was able to get a flight out at 4o'clock in the morning. That was four hours away. She needed to call Fox. Ethan could stay with him until this whole ugly mess was over.
"Hello? Who is it?" Fox said in a sleepy voice.
"Fox it's Theresa. I have to go out to Nevada I need you to watch Ethan for me." Theresa said to him.
"What? Why?" Fox said in a curious voice.
"My mother tried to kill Sheridan." Theresa said.
"So I guess the truth came out. Let me guess my sister told Antonio and she then left for Nevada causing Pilar to loose her temper." Fox said to a stunned Theresa.
"How did you know that?" Theresa asked.
"Oh come on Theresa, even I could tell how mad she was getting when she saw Sheridan ignore Antonio at the Christmas Party last year." He explained to her.
"I guess your right." Theresa said to her.
"Oh, hey before you go, what about your charity event give away. We were suppose to meet the family tonight for dinner." Fox said to her.
" Cancel the dinner. No wait go to the dinner and meet them. I want you to tell me all about them on the phone later tonight." Theresa said to him.
Theresa went upstairs and got ready to leave. She woke Ethan up and put him in a limo to Fox's house. She then took a taxi to the airport. The flight to Nevada seemed like it took forever for her. First class was full of people who couldn't wait to gamble their money away. She got off the plane and had to wait through two hours of airport security before she was able to leave the airport. Instead of going right away to the hospital she went to the Nevada State Prison. She made her way to the front entrance and went up to the information desk.
"I'm governor Lopez- Fitzgerald. I'm here to see my mother. Please take me to her." Theresa said to the officer.
"Yeah I am sure you are a governor." He said to her sarcastically.
Theresa hated to be laughed at and not taken seriously. The officers were cracking up at her expense. Theresa got mad and pulled out the newspaper with her picture on the front cover. She threw it down on the desk and the officers stopped laughing and sat their embarrassed at their mistake.
"Now let me see my mother." Theresa demanded.
Without any hesitation the officer led her to the cell where they were holding her mother. Theresa walked in and saw her mother sitting there expressionless. She saw Theresa walk in and just sat there staring into space.
"Don't you have anything to say to me? I mean you have caused so much sadness to Sheridan and Luis. I don't understand why you want Antonio to be so happy." Theresa said angrily to her mother.
"Antonio is my eldest he deserves to be happy with Sheridan." Pilar said to Theresa.
"Antonio hasn't always been here for us." Theresa said to Pilar.
"Antonio needs Sheridan." Pilar said to Theresa.
"What does Luis need mama? At least Luis stuck by this family." Theresa said.
"Antonio is my pride and joy." Pilar said to her.
"Some pride and joy. Antonio couldn't take all those responsibilites after papa left us. Luis put his life on hold for this family and now he's putting it on hold for that bastard brother of mine." Theresa said to her.
"Don't you ever call Antonio that ever again you ungrateful child." Pilar said to her.
"Don't you ever tell me what to do again you ungrateful mother. If it weren't for Luis none of us would have survived." Theresa yelled at Pilar.
"He won't let Sheridan leave him." Pilar said to him.
"He won't have a choice if Sheridan survives." Theresa said.
"What do you mean if she survives?" Pilar asked her.
"Sheridan is now hanging on for her life thanks to you." Theresa said to her.
"What's going to happen to me?" Pilar asked her daughter.
"If she survives then you'll be charged with attempted murder." Theresa said.
Theresa then left her mother to think about what she had just said. She got back into the taxi and left for the hospital. Sheridan was on the seventh floor of the hospital. When she got up to her room she could hear yelling coming from her room. She ran into her room to see that Sheridan had finally woken up and she had more company than Luis. Antonio was in the room as well. Sheridan was telling him to leave and he refused to leave her alone saying that they were married. He was telling the nurse to escort Luis out so that he and his wife could talk.
"Antonio get the hell out of hear now." Sheridan said in agony.
"Sheridan we're married and I'm not going to leave you nor am I going to get a divorce." Antonio said to her.
"Yes you are. Not only are you getting out you are also getting a divorce. Now get out Antonio." Theresa yelled at him.
"No. Sheridan and I were meant to be together." Antonio said to her.
"Nurse please escort Antonio out of hear now." Theresa said.
The nurses tried to remove Antonio but he would not leave he grabbed onto the bed and wouldn't allow anyone to move him. Theresa was becoming impatient by the second. As the nurses tried to pull him off the bed, Theresa came up to Antonio and punched him in the face. He got, with a bloody nose and lunged at her. Luis pulled him off of Theresa and threw him out of the room. He then shut the door and locked it. The nurses called security and then called the police. Antonio stood outside the door and started beating harder and harder against the door. Antonio kept screaming I'm going to kill you Luis. The hallway became silent as Antonio was taken away by the police.