Ch.10
Sam pulled Ivy aside.
"You slept with TC that night? He asked, hurt filling his voice.
"Sam, I had a lot to drink..."
"Do you even remember that night Ivy? Do you remember what we said?"
She looked into his eyes.
"No," she whispered. "I don't remember."
Sam stepped back angrily.
"I told you I loved you for the first time that night," he said, the sadness in his voice replaced by rage. "We said we were going to run away together...get married...and instead you went off with my best friend...got pregnant by him..."
"Sam I wanted to tell you I was pregnant," she said. "I prayed everyday that the baby was yours...but I didn't know for sure...that's why I went away for a year."
"And when you came back, you never said anything about a baby."
"Because he wasn't yours!" she answered quickly. "It was obvious once he was born that he was TC's...and I didn't want to lose you...so I gave him up for adoption."
Sam scoffed.
'I cant believe any of this..."
"I'm sorry." was all she said. Then she walked away, leaving him alone in the dark.
Outside, Teresa stood, unmoving.
"You're kidding right?"
"Not at all."
"But...Fox is my husband...he has to go with me."
"Not if you want to see your son again."
"You cant do this," Fox said. "I'm a grown man...I can leave if I want."
"And I'm a powerful man," Alistair shot back...."And I can find you if I want."
"I said I would leave!" Teresa yelled. "I'm doing what you're asking, and it still isnt enough."
"Teresa, if you leave and Fox goes with you, then you're still part of this family...and I wont have it...not anymore. I don't want any ties with you. So you have to go...and Fox has to stay."
"Like hell I do," Fox said. "You can cut me out of the family if you have to Grandfather, but I am not leaving her, or letting her go without me by her side."
"I'm sorry Nicholas...but yes you are."
No one said anything.
"I better go back inside," Alistair said. "There's more fin to be had."
He walked to the door.
"Talk it over...I need an answer tonight." he shut the door, leaving them alone in the cold.
"This is insane!" Teresa yelled. "He can't do this...we cant let him do this to us."
She looked over at Fox who was sitting down.
"Fox?"
He looked up at her.
"You have to go Teresa."
She felt her heart break into pieces.
"What are you talking about?"
"You have to go and get your son back...you have to go before Alistair does something else."
"I will go," she said dropping to her knees in front of him, her eyes level with his. "We'll both go."
He shook his head.
"I don't see how that's going to work Resa."
She opened her mouth to say something, but all that came out was a gasp.
"So what are you saying?" she whispered. Fox wiped his eyes.
"I'm saying you have to leave tomorrow...and you have to go alone."
She started to cry.
"Why are you doing this?"
"Resa..."
"NO!" she yelled. "How are you willing to throw everything away? Just like that?"
"Because if I don't, then you'll never see your son again...and something will happen to you and your family...and I cant live with that."
She stood up and walked away. He followed her.
"I don't want this to happen," he said trying to explain himself.
"Fox, I cant do this alone...please don't make me." She slowly turned to face him. "Please don't."
"Teresa, I am so madly in love with you, I cant even put it into words...you're a dream, a poem, a fantasy all in one..."
She sobbed.
"And I want what is best for you...even if it means I have to let you go."
"But that's not what's best with me, because it doesnt give me you." she said. "Why cant you understand that?"
He sighed.
"If you want me to leave, that's one thing. If you don't love me anymore and you want me gone than say it...but if this is just you trying to be the selfless hero, then you need to just stop...I'm not going to let you get rid of me that easily."
He ran towards her, picking her up in a hug, swinging her around.
"I love you," he said.
"I love you too."
He put her down and leaned in, kissing her.
"We'll think of something." she said smiling.
"We always do."
Sam pulled Ivy aside.
"You slept with TC that night? He asked, hurt filling his voice.
"Sam, I had a lot to drink..."
"Do you even remember that night Ivy? Do you remember what we said?"
She looked into his eyes.
"No," she whispered. "I don't remember."
Sam stepped back angrily.
"I told you I loved you for the first time that night," he said, the sadness in his voice replaced by rage. "We said we were going to run away together...get married...and instead you went off with my best friend...got pregnant by him..."
"Sam I wanted to tell you I was pregnant," she said. "I prayed everyday that the baby was yours...but I didn't know for sure...that's why I went away for a year."
"And when you came back, you never said anything about a baby."
"Because he wasn't yours!" she answered quickly. "It was obvious once he was born that he was TC's...and I didn't want to lose you...so I gave him up for adoption."
Sam scoffed.
'I cant believe any of this..."
"I'm sorry." was all she said. Then she walked away, leaving him alone in the dark.
Outside, Teresa stood, unmoving.
"You're kidding right?"
"Not at all."
"But...Fox is my husband...he has to go with me."
"Not if you want to see your son again."
"You cant do this," Fox said. "I'm a grown man...I can leave if I want."
"And I'm a powerful man," Alistair shot back...."And I can find you if I want."
"I said I would leave!" Teresa yelled. "I'm doing what you're asking, and it still isnt enough."
"Teresa, if you leave and Fox goes with you, then you're still part of this family...and I wont have it...not anymore. I don't want any ties with you. So you have to go...and Fox has to stay."
"Like hell I do," Fox said. "You can cut me out of the family if you have to Grandfather, but I am not leaving her, or letting her go without me by her side."
"I'm sorry Nicholas...but yes you are."
No one said anything.
"I better go back inside," Alistair said. "There's more fin to be had."
He walked to the door.
"Talk it over...I need an answer tonight." he shut the door, leaving them alone in the cold.
"This is insane!" Teresa yelled. "He can't do this...we cant let him do this to us."
She looked over at Fox who was sitting down.
"Fox?"
He looked up at her.
"You have to go Teresa."
She felt her heart break into pieces.
"What are you talking about?"
"You have to go and get your son back...you have to go before Alistair does something else."
"I will go," she said dropping to her knees in front of him, her eyes level with his. "We'll both go."
He shook his head.
"I don't see how that's going to work Resa."
She opened her mouth to say something, but all that came out was a gasp.
"So what are you saying?" she whispered. Fox wiped his eyes.
"I'm saying you have to leave tomorrow...and you have to go alone."
She started to cry.
"Why are you doing this?"
"Resa..."
"NO!" she yelled. "How are you willing to throw everything away? Just like that?"
"Because if I don't, then you'll never see your son again...and something will happen to you and your family...and I cant live with that."
She stood up and walked away. He followed her.
"I don't want this to happen," he said trying to explain himself.
"Fox, I cant do this alone...please don't make me." She slowly turned to face him. "Please don't."
"Teresa, I am so madly in love with you, I cant even put it into words...you're a dream, a poem, a fantasy all in one..."
She sobbed.
"And I want what is best for you...even if it means I have to let you go."
"But that's not what's best with me, because it doesnt give me you." she said. "Why cant you understand that?"
He sighed.
"If you want me to leave, that's one thing. If you don't love me anymore and you want me gone than say it...but if this is just you trying to be the selfless hero, then you need to just stop...I'm not going to let you get rid of me that easily."
He ran towards her, picking her up in a hug, swinging her around.
"I love you," he said.
"I love you too."
He put her down and leaned in, kissing her.
"We'll think of something." she said smiling.
"We always do."