Realizations

"Oh my God, Gwen." Ivy said suddenly, her eyes popping out.

"Mom, what is it?" Turning around, Ethan watched as his wife Gwen struck the back of his true love, Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald.

"AHH!!!!" Theresa screamed as Ethan caught her in his arms. "Gwen, what the hell did you do?"

"I had to do it, Ethan, I had to get rid of her once and for all." Gwen said in a trance like state.

"Mother, call for help." Ethan said as he tried to feel Theresa's pulse. God, Theresa, don't die on me..not now when we have our baby girl…please…

"Move out of the way!" The doctors screamed as they rushed down the hall with a bed for Theresa.

"Please, save her, whatever you do, just save her." Ethan begged as he watched Theresa be wheeled away. Turning to his wife, he watched as she sat motionless on the chair.

"Gwen, what possessed you to do this to Theresa?"

"I had to, Ethan, she stole my baby from me. She needed to die. The voices told me to kill her."

"Voices? What are you talking about, Gwen?" Ivy asked as she sat next to Gwen, a worried look on her face."

"God, this can't be happening. Not now." Ethan said as he walked back and forth.

"Ethan, it's okay, Theresa is out of our lives now. We can be happy!" Gwen said as she watched her husband.

Ethan just looked at her. "Gwen, you may have killed Theresa. You could go to jail!"

Suddenly, the police showed up. "We got a call saying a woman was stabbed."

"Look guys, you can't take my wife away, not right now. It was all an accident."

"Buddy, we're just doing our job."

"My father is the Chief of Police, surely, you can wait until things settle down before doing anything?"

"Sorry, sir, we have to follow procedure."

"Take me, I did it. I killed Theresa. I had to do it." Gwen suddenly said as she walked toward the cops.

"Honey, no, don't do this." Ethan pleaded, holding back his wife.

"I have to, Ethan. I have to."

Ethan watched helplessly as Gwen was taken away by the police. Walking back and forth again, Ethan didn't know what to do. "My God, this wasn't how things were supposed to be. How could Gwen have done this to Theresa? I could loose Theresa, and then my little girl won't have a mother. God, what am I going to do? Please, God, let Theresa live…I need her in my life…I love her…God, I admit it! I love her so much it's killing me. Please, don't let her die."

"Ethan, what did you just say?" Ivy suddenly asked as she walked back into the waiting room.

"Mom."

"No. Did you just say you loved Theresa?"

Knowing he couldn't lie to his mother, Ethan sighed, "Yes, mom. I love Theresa. She is the woman I'm supposed to have been with all this time. I need her to live to show her that we can be the family we always wanted."

"But, Ethan, you are married to Gwen."

"Mother, you and I both know the main reason why I married Gwen. She was pregnant with my child."

"Yes, the child that Theresa made her loose."

"Mother, please, you know it was not Theresa's fault."

"Oh? Then was it not Theresa's fault that the tabloid learned my secret?"

"Mother, I know Theresa wasn't the one that sent the tabloid that information, and if you look deep inside yourself, you'll realize that too. Theresa loved, and still loves, me. She would not have stooped so low as to reveal your secret to win me back. You used to adore her, and then you hated her."

"Well, Ethan, I just wanted…"

"What you want doesn't matter, Mom. This is MY life. It's about damn time I step up and really take a hold of what I want. And what I want is to be a family with Theresa, Little Ethan, and my little girl. Don't you see, mom? Theresa made me happy always. If anything happens to her, I don't know what I'll do with myself."

Ivy watched as Ethan ran his fingers through his hair, while walking back and forth in the waiting room. "Do you really love Theresa, Ethan?"

Ethan stopped and looked at his mother. "Despite everything we've been through, yes, I do. She is my other half, mom, I mean you of all people should realize that. Theresa stopped at nothing to want to be with me, just like you stopped at nothing to be reunited with dad. Don't you see, mom? Theresa is my soul mate. I love her. I really, truly, love her."

Ivy takes a deep breath as she watches her son. God, he is in love with her. What have I done? How could I have been so cruel to Theresa?

"Ethan, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry for everything I did against Theresa. Please, Ethan, you have my blessing. Go and be with Theresa."

"Even if it means ending my marriage to Gwen?"

"You can't make the same mistake I did by being in a loveless marriage. Please, Ethan, just do the right thing."

Coming Up

Ethan sees a comatose Theresa…will he be able to bring her back?

Please R/R