Chapter 4—Reconnecting to the Past
Sighing in his office chair, Ethan flings his pen down on his desk. "Fate isn't supposed to be this cruel to me. I'm supposed to be with the love of my life, and instead, I'm separated from her because of my selfish ex-wife. Why did I ever marry Gwen to begin with?"
Opening his desk drawer, Ethan pulls out a picture of him with Theresa and their children. "Our beautiful family. Why does God have to be so cruel to me? All I ever wanted was to be with Theresa and have lots of children with her, and now, I have no one but myself."
Do something about it, idiot! "What? I can't do anything! Theresa won't listen to me, it's pointless!"
You have to believe in Fate, Ethan, Fate is what is going to get you through this. "Great, now I'm thinking like Theresa. Fine, fine, I'm calling her!" He tells no one in particular.
Taking a deep breath, Ethan picks up the phone and dials Pilar's house…
PIlar's house
Hearing the phone ring, Luis runs to get it. "Hello?"
Not hearing a voice, Luis asks again. "Hello?"
"Hi. Is Theresa there?"
"Ethan? Ethan is that you? Don't call here, you hear me! Don't you dare call my sister again!" With that, Luis slams the phone down.
"Luis, what are you doing!" Sheridan asks, coming into the living room.
"That bastard just called for my sister!"
"Ethan? Ethan called?" Theresa said as she ran intot he room.
"Yes. I hung up on him."
"What! Why!"
"Sis, come on, he's no good for you after what he did."
"Luis, I'm a grown woman, I don't need you telling my husband what to do."
"You see? You're still defending him even after what he did!"
"Luis, shut up. I am not defending him. But if he called for me, then please, let ME be the one to handle it."
"I don't want to see you hurt again."
"That's not your choice, Luis. I need to live my life my way. Ethan and I share two children, I need for him to be in their life regardless of what he did to me."
"Listen to her, Luis, she's saying the right thing." Sheridan says as she pats Luis's back affectionately.
"Fine, fine, do what you want. It's your life."
"Thank you."
Hearing the phone ring again, Theresa goes to answer. "hello?"
"Hi."
"what can I do for you, Ethan?"
"Are you alright?"
"considering that my husband cheated on me, I'm doing just dandy."
"The children?"
"Are fine with me. Is there something you want?"
You. Ethan stopped himself before saying that admission out loud. "I just…I just wanted to see that you were alright."
"I'm doing fine, Ethan. Is there anything else?"
"Um, no, I guess not."
"Alright. I'm hanging up. Goodbye."
"Bye, Theresa."
Hanging up the phone, Theresa sighs. God, why do I still love you, Ethan?"
In the Hall
"You will not hurt my mother again, dad. Not if I have anything to say about it."
Coming Up
Ethan gets an unexpected visitor