Chapter 9

Ethan sighed, his wife and step son would be home soon. 'Let the games begins.'

He heard the door in the living room close and knew it must be her, he walked to the living room to greet her and his step son.

"Honey, you're home.", Ethan replied as she walked in.

"Oh, God, I thought you said, you were going to work till 10?", she asked, checking her watch, it was barely 8.

"Can't I change my mind? Can't I spend sometime with my wifey?", Ethan smiled.

"Quit beating around the bush, what do you want? I mean, Ethan, you've made it no secret you hate me.", Theresa told him.

"What did he do to you today, you're talking back to me, you're smart mouthing me.", Ethan told her. "Does fucking him give you that big of a high?"

"No, I- Ethan I am sick of this. I am sick of this, okay.", Theresa replied.

"No, bitch talk back to me.", Ethan told her, grabbing her by the wrist, then his glaze fell to Ethan Martin. "What have I told you, Theresa? He will suffer because of your sins.", Ethan step towards the boy, who had his hand on the doorknob.

"Theresa, do you want him dead or something?", Ethan asked, slapping her in the face, seeing that he was the next to be hit, Ethan Martin open the door and quickly took of running.

"You come back here you little bastard.", Ethan exclaimed, Theresa sighed, he would be okay, at least if he got to Ms. Jensen's, she was the neighbor, she was old and lived alone, well all except her cat, Ally, she watch as her husband, turned and ran to the bedroom, she knew the look in his eye, it was the same look he gave her the night he killed her baby. 'Oh, My God, does he…he knows about the baby.', she gulped when she saw the revolver in his hand.

"What are you going to do with that?", Theresa asked.

"Ever play Russian Roulette?", Ethan asked, she looked at him, she was shacking.

"No.", Theresa muttered.

"Didn't think so.", Ethan told her, she looked at him was he going to kill her? Ethan smirked. "Don't worry, wifey, I ain't going to harm a hair on your pretty little head at least not now."

She looked at him confused and afraid. "Fox, is a gambling man, right?"

At the mention of his name, she became panicked.

"What, afraid that you'll lose your stud?", Ethan asked, with a wicked laugh.

"Ethan, If you hurt him, I'll….", Theresa began.

"Do what?", Ethan changed.

"I'll kill you.", Theresa vowed.

Ethan laughed, then cupped her face in his hands. "Always were fiery, weren't you?"

She looked at him and closed her eyes, she knew he was going to kill her. "Too bad, you don't express that in between the sheets or maybe you do with him?"
She keep her eyes closed, she was afraid and refused to let him see that in her eyes.

"What woman, would be fiery with you, it apparent that you're nothing but, ice, through and through. Fox is twice the man you will ever be and he's 5 times the better lover.", she snapped her eyes open and looked at him, she wasn't afraid, and if he killed her let him, at least she would go down a fighting.

"You talk a good game, but, uh, you can't take me. Neither can he, because when he least expects it.", Ethan shot the gun, and the bullet went past her heads and into the wall. "He'll be dead and you my dear will be all mine.", he walked past her and to the door. "Oh, and uh, tell your son, that uh, he better watch his back.", he added, then slammed the door behind him, she didn't know where he was going, and he still had the gun.

She quickly got the phone and dialed Fox's number, she had to let him know Ethan was on his way over to there.

"Hello?", he asked.

"Fox, hey, I- Ethan's went crazy, he uh, he's got a gun and, uh he's coming there, Fox he's going to kill you…", she told him, her words were coming to fast for him to understand.

"Slow down, all I got was Ethan's got a gun.", he told her.

"Fox, Ethan's coming over there to kill you.", Theresa replied.

"Theresa, does he know?", Fox asked.

"I…", Theresa began.

"I take it he does.", Fox replied.

"He's knew for awhile.", Theresa told him.

"Is he the reason you have those bruises?", Fox asked.

Theresa was quit.

"Theresa, come on, you've told me that much, I need to know if he's beating you and Ethan Martin.", Fox told her.

Theresa gulped. 'How in the hell can I tell him, Ethan will kill us?'

"He is, I swear I will kill him.", Fox vowed.

"Fox, you…he'll…please don't go after Ethan.", Theresa stuttered.

"Theresa he can't get away with this, go press charges against him…go….", Fox began.

"I can't I don't want to get Luis involved he'll kill him.", Theresa replied.

"He deserves to be kill.", Fox told her.

"Fox, please promise me.", Theresa told him.

"Theresa, I can't because if he hurt you, either one of you he will pay.", Fox vowed.

"Fox…", Theresa began.

"What is wrong with you? Theresa, why are you so protective of him?", Fox asked.

"Fox, I'm afraid of him.", Theresa confessed.

"I understand, where is Ethan Martin at now?", Fox asked.

"With Ms. Jenson.", Theresa replied.

"Leave, go stay with her, I'll be over there in a few minutes to come and get the both of you.", Fox told her.

"What about Ethan?", Theresa asked.

"I'll take care of him.", Fox told her.

"Fox, you can't just come here, guns blazing and take on Ethan. One of you are going to get killed.", Theresa told him. "I can't lose you."

"I can take care of my own self, you need not worry.", Fox told her.

"Now, listen to me, leave before Ethan comes back, don't worry about clothes and personal items, I'll pick up a few things on my way here and when we get to the cabin you can make a list of things you and Ethan Martin need.", Fox told her. "So, you doing it, are you trusting me to get you out of there?"

"Yeah.", she replied, after much hesitation. "I trust you, but, please be careful."

"I will.", Fox told her, then she heard a click, she quickly got her shoes on and grabbed her purse, Ethan would never hurt her again and like she said earlier if he harmed Fox, she'd kill him her own self.

A/N: This chapter is very important to the story, this is were the plot really is going to pick up from here on. The other's were. And, a big thanks to all of u who has reviewed, keep em' coming, ur reviews give me encouragement.