CHAPTER 4
Ethan awoke to find Theresa lying there in her hospital bed, limp and lifeless with a murderous Gwen hovering over her, bloody scalpel in hand. Theresa's sheets were red with her own blood.
"GWEN?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" a bewildered Ethan cried.
"I finally got rid of that meddlesome b*tch, Theresa, once and for all!!!!" Gwen cried, maniacally. "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!! Now, it's your turn, you son of a b*tch!!!!"
Gwen made her way to the other side of the room where Ethan was. She raised the scalpel in the air, ready to plunge it deep into Ethan's heart.
Ethan was so terrified by what he had just seen and by what he now saw that he could not move a muscle.
As Gwen moved in for the kill, Ethan's heart pounded faster and faster.
"GWEN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" a terrified Ethan asked.
"What I should have done a long, long time ago. If I can't have you, no one will have you!!!" Gwen replied viciously. As Gwen got into killing position, she raised the scalpel high into the air.
"NO GWEN!!! DON'T DO IT!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" a desperate Ethan cried as Gwen plunged the scalpel deep into his throbbing heart.
Ethan awoke with a start. He immediately looked over at Theresa to make sure she was okay. His beloved was still there, in her hospital bed. She was still alive, and Gwen was still in the psych ward. Ethan breathed a huge sigh of relief--it had only been a horrible, horrible nightmare.
Ethan kissed Theresa's forehead and he sat down beside her again, his hand still entertwined with hers. Ethan was lovingly stroking Theresa's cheek when his cell phone rang. He reached into his pocket and pulled it out. The number on the display was Pilar's. Ethan pressed the 'Talk' button.
"Hello??" Ethan said breathlessly, a hint of fear in his voice.
"Hello, Ethan," Pilar replied. "Are you okay?? You sound frightened."
"Pilar, I'm okay. I just woke up from having the worst nightmare in the world," Ethan replied. "I dreamt that Gwen had killed Theresa and then killed me with the same scalpel she used on Theresa. I am so relieved that it was only a horrible nightmare."
"I'm so sorry about the nightmare, Ethan," Pilar replied. "Is Theresa okay??"
"Yes, thank heavens." Ethan replied. "Have you landed at the airport yet??"
"No, not yet," Pilar replied. "The pilot has begun the landing sequence, though. I should be landing in a few minutes."
"I'll be there waiting for you," Ethan replied. " I'm a little uneasy about leaving Theresa alone because of the nightmare, so I'm gonna ask Chad and Fox if they will watch Theresa for me until I get back to the hospital with you."
"That's fine with me," Pilar replied. "I'd feel so much better if they would watch my Theresita while you come and pick me up. Please drive carefully, Ethan. I'll see you when you get here."
"I'll drive very carefully, Pilar," Ethan replied. "No need for you to worry about that. I'll see you in a little bit. Bye."
"Bye, Ethan," Pilar replied.
Ethan turned off his cell phone and put it back in his pocket. He kissed Theresa's forehead and he left her room to find Chad and Fox.
Chad and Fox were in Whitney's room talking to her when Ethan walked in.
"Hey man!!" Chad and Fox said, simultaneously.
"Hey, guys!!" Ethan replied. "I need you two to do me a huge favor. I need you to watch Theresa for me until I get back from the airport with Pilar. Theresa is in room 24 in the ICU. I'll explain things when I get back. Will you watch Theresa for me?? You can take Whitney in there, if you want."
"Of course, Bro!!" said Chad. "You know we will. Right, Fox??"
"Exactly right, Chad," Fox replied. "We'll get Whitney up, and then all three of us will go and sit with Theresa until you get back."
"Thank you so much!!!" a grateful Ethan replied. "You don't know how much this means to me. I'll be back in a little while."
With that, Ethan left the hospital and went to the airport to get Pilar and Little Ethan. He couldn't wait to see Little Ethan. In fact, Ethan planned to have a DNA test run as soon as he got back to the hospital with Pilar and Little Ethan.
Ethan arrived at the airport just as Pilar's plane touched down. A few minutes later, Ethan was standing in the lobby as Pilar, Little Ethan, Miguel, and Kay, holding their little girl, Maria, walked through the door. Ethan immediately rushed up to Pilar and gave her a hug. Ethan hugged Miguel and Kay, and he gave Maria a little peck on the cheek. Ethan then scooped Little Ethan up into his arms and gave him a great big bear hug. How he had missed that precious little boy!!
Ethan helped Pilar with her luggage as Miguel grabbed his and Kay's luggage. Pilar and Kay got the babies situated in the car while Ethan and Miguel loaded the luggage into the trunk. On their way to the hospital, Ethan stopped by the Crane apartment to unload the luggage. After everyone was back in the car, Ethan drove them to the hospital to see Theresa.
Ethan dropped Pilar, Kay, and the babies off at the front door, and then he and Miguel finished parking the car. Ethan and Miguel caught up with Pilar, Kay, and the babies in the front lobby, and they all made their way to Theresa's room.
Ethan stopped Pilar just outside Theresa's door. He motioned for Miguel and Kay to take Maria and go on into the room and see Theresa and talk with Fox, Chad, and Whitney.
"What is it, mijo??" Pilar asked, worriedly. "What's wrong??"
"Nothing's wrong, Pilar," Ethan replied. "You worry too much. I only wanted to tell you to go on in there and stay with Theresa. I have a couple of things I need to do, and I am going to take Little Ethan with me. I promise I'll take good care of him. After all, I love him as much as I love his beautiful mommy. I'll be back in a couple of hours. If anything, and I mean ANYTHING , happens, call me on my cell phone immediately. I'll see you guys in a little while."
"Bye, Ethan," Pilar replied. "You be careful, you hear me, mijo??"
"Don't worry, Pilar," Ethan replied. "I already told you I would. I have to go now. I'll see you in a little while."
With that, Ethan scooped Little Ethan into his arms and he made his way down the corridor to the elevators. Along the way, he saw a chart on the wall that showed which branch of medicine was located on each floor. Ethan scanned the chart until he found the branch he was looking for.
"Genetics and DNA testing-seventh floor," Ethan said to himself. "That's where I'm headed first."
Ethan pressed the "up" call button for the elevator. A few short moments later, Ethan was on his way up to the seventh floor to find out what he had wanted to know for so long--was Little Ethan his son and not Julian's??
Ethan awoke to find Theresa lying there in her hospital bed, limp and lifeless with a murderous Gwen hovering over her, bloody scalpel in hand. Theresa's sheets were red with her own blood.
"GWEN?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" a bewildered Ethan cried.
"I finally got rid of that meddlesome b*tch, Theresa, once and for all!!!!" Gwen cried, maniacally. "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!! Now, it's your turn, you son of a b*tch!!!!"
Gwen made her way to the other side of the room where Ethan was. She raised the scalpel in the air, ready to plunge it deep into Ethan's heart.
Ethan was so terrified by what he had just seen and by what he now saw that he could not move a muscle.
As Gwen moved in for the kill, Ethan's heart pounded faster and faster.
"GWEN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" a terrified Ethan asked.
"What I should have done a long, long time ago. If I can't have you, no one will have you!!!" Gwen replied viciously. As Gwen got into killing position, she raised the scalpel high into the air.
"NO GWEN!!! DON'T DO IT!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" a desperate Ethan cried as Gwen plunged the scalpel deep into his throbbing heart.
Ethan awoke with a start. He immediately looked over at Theresa to make sure she was okay. His beloved was still there, in her hospital bed. She was still alive, and Gwen was still in the psych ward. Ethan breathed a huge sigh of relief--it had only been a horrible, horrible nightmare.
Ethan kissed Theresa's forehead and he sat down beside her again, his hand still entertwined with hers. Ethan was lovingly stroking Theresa's cheek when his cell phone rang. He reached into his pocket and pulled it out. The number on the display was Pilar's. Ethan pressed the 'Talk' button.
"Hello??" Ethan said breathlessly, a hint of fear in his voice.
"Hello, Ethan," Pilar replied. "Are you okay?? You sound frightened."
"Pilar, I'm okay. I just woke up from having the worst nightmare in the world," Ethan replied. "I dreamt that Gwen had killed Theresa and then killed me with the same scalpel she used on Theresa. I am so relieved that it was only a horrible nightmare."
"I'm so sorry about the nightmare, Ethan," Pilar replied. "Is Theresa okay??"
"Yes, thank heavens." Ethan replied. "Have you landed at the airport yet??"
"No, not yet," Pilar replied. "The pilot has begun the landing sequence, though. I should be landing in a few minutes."
"I'll be there waiting for you," Ethan replied. " I'm a little uneasy about leaving Theresa alone because of the nightmare, so I'm gonna ask Chad and Fox if they will watch Theresa for me until I get back to the hospital with you."
"That's fine with me," Pilar replied. "I'd feel so much better if they would watch my Theresita while you come and pick me up. Please drive carefully, Ethan. I'll see you when you get here."
"I'll drive very carefully, Pilar," Ethan replied. "No need for you to worry about that. I'll see you in a little bit. Bye."
"Bye, Ethan," Pilar replied.
Ethan turned off his cell phone and put it back in his pocket. He kissed Theresa's forehead and he left her room to find Chad and Fox.
Chad and Fox were in Whitney's room talking to her when Ethan walked in.
"Hey man!!" Chad and Fox said, simultaneously.
"Hey, guys!!" Ethan replied. "I need you two to do me a huge favor. I need you to watch Theresa for me until I get back from the airport with Pilar. Theresa is in room 24 in the ICU. I'll explain things when I get back. Will you watch Theresa for me?? You can take Whitney in there, if you want."
"Of course, Bro!!" said Chad. "You know we will. Right, Fox??"
"Exactly right, Chad," Fox replied. "We'll get Whitney up, and then all three of us will go and sit with Theresa until you get back."
"Thank you so much!!!" a grateful Ethan replied. "You don't know how much this means to me. I'll be back in a little while."
With that, Ethan left the hospital and went to the airport to get Pilar and Little Ethan. He couldn't wait to see Little Ethan. In fact, Ethan planned to have a DNA test run as soon as he got back to the hospital with Pilar and Little Ethan.
Ethan arrived at the airport just as Pilar's plane touched down. A few minutes later, Ethan was standing in the lobby as Pilar, Little Ethan, Miguel, and Kay, holding their little girl, Maria, walked through the door. Ethan immediately rushed up to Pilar and gave her a hug. Ethan hugged Miguel and Kay, and he gave Maria a little peck on the cheek. Ethan then scooped Little Ethan up into his arms and gave him a great big bear hug. How he had missed that precious little boy!!
Ethan helped Pilar with her luggage as Miguel grabbed his and Kay's luggage. Pilar and Kay got the babies situated in the car while Ethan and Miguel loaded the luggage into the trunk. On their way to the hospital, Ethan stopped by the Crane apartment to unload the luggage. After everyone was back in the car, Ethan drove them to the hospital to see Theresa.
Ethan dropped Pilar, Kay, and the babies off at the front door, and then he and Miguel finished parking the car. Ethan and Miguel caught up with Pilar, Kay, and the babies in the front lobby, and they all made their way to Theresa's room.
Ethan stopped Pilar just outside Theresa's door. He motioned for Miguel and Kay to take Maria and go on into the room and see Theresa and talk with Fox, Chad, and Whitney.
"What is it, mijo??" Pilar asked, worriedly. "What's wrong??"
"Nothing's wrong, Pilar," Ethan replied. "You worry too much. I only wanted to tell you to go on in there and stay with Theresa. I have a couple of things I need to do, and I am going to take Little Ethan with me. I promise I'll take good care of him. After all, I love him as much as I love his beautiful mommy. I'll be back in a couple of hours. If anything, and I mean ANYTHING , happens, call me on my cell phone immediately. I'll see you guys in a little while."
"Bye, Ethan," Pilar replied. "You be careful, you hear me, mijo??"
"Don't worry, Pilar," Ethan replied. "I already told you I would. I have to go now. I'll see you in a little while."
With that, Ethan scooped Little Ethan into his arms and he made his way down the corridor to the elevators. Along the way, he saw a chart on the wall that showed which branch of medicine was located on each floor. Ethan scanned the chart until he found the branch he was looking for.
"Genetics and DNA testing-seventh floor," Ethan said to himself. "That's where I'm headed first."
Ethan pressed the "up" call button for the elevator. A few short moments later, Ethan was on his way up to the seventh floor to find out what he had wanted to know for so long--was Little Ethan his son and not Julian's??