CH.9

"Alistair, just tell me what I have to do."

Teresa rubbed her hands together in the cold.

He looked at her. "Leave."

She stared back, confused. "What?"

"Leave Harmony Teresa...and don't ever come back."

Fox stood up. "Wait just a minute-"

"Sit down Nicholas!" Alistair's voice boomed, echoing. Fox reluctantly did as he was told.

"Leave?" Teresa asked.

"You have been nothing but a pain since you managed to force your way into the Crane life Teresita...and now I want you gone. I tried everything to get rid of you, and nothing worked...I know when I've been defeated...If I cant kill you, I still don't want you in town."

"I still don't understand." Teresa said. "Why do you hate me so much? What did I ever do to deserve all of this?"

Alistair laughed. "Teresa, this isn't just about you...this goes back to your father." Her eyes widened.

"My father? What about him?"

"He also managed to wiggle his way into my life, into my family...the only difference being the was easier to get rid of than you."

She brought her hand to her mouth. "I knew you killed him," she whispered.

"Of course I did," he said. "Not like he was any big loss..."

"You bastard!" She yelled charging at him. He pushed her away.

"Don't touch her!" Fox yelled running over to her. Teresa sat on the ground, sobbing.

"my father was a good man!" She cried. "He didn't deserve to die."

"You think your father was a good man Teresa? He wasn't! He was having an affair with Kathryn...with my wife! You think he was just some saint that I killed for no reason? He took my wife away from me."

She shook her head. "That's not true."

"Don't lie to yourself," he said. "He was a lying cheat of a husband, and a lousy father...but even in death I didn't feel that he had payed enough for what he had done."

Teresa stood up, Fox standing right behind her, his hands gently rubbing her shoulders. "So that's why? You've been torturing me, my family all this time because of something my father did years ago?"

"Exactly...he always told me that you were his pride and joy Teresa...in fact, he begged me to leave you all alone while I had the gun pointed to his head all those years ago..."

She covered her ears. "Please stop," she whispered.

"And I planned on it Teresa I really did...once he was gone I saw no reason to associate with your family anymore...but then you started dating Ethan...and Luis was with Sheridan...and Ivy and Pilar remained friends...I couldn't get rid of you."

"I cant believe I'm related to someone as evil as you," Fox said, fuming. "Well get used to it son...it's in your blood..."

Teresa looked around, reeling from all of the information she had just head.

"So all those times you tried to kill Sheridan, you were really aiming for Luis too?"

"Yes."

"And all those times that Ethan and I broke up, it was your doing?"

"With the help of Rebecca and Gwen, yes. Don't you see Teresa? Your cancer? Your son? I would do anything if it meant getting you out of my life."

She wiped her eyes, her mascara smearing under her eyes. "And if I leave town, I'll get my son back?"

"Of course."

"And you'll leave my family alone?"

"If that's what it takes for you to leave, then yes."

She looked at Fox. "What do you think?"

"We can leave tomorrow," he said wiping her eyes.

She gave him a half smile and turned to face Alistair again, the sight of him making her knees go weak, the blood rush to her head. "We'll leave tomorrow," she said. "Now tell me where my son is."

He laughed.

"MY dear, I think there must be a mistake here."

"What are you talking about?"

He smiled. "I never said Fox could go..."

A/N: Hey guys! Sorry an update has taken so long...computer problems! I hope you can read this ok!