Chapter 36:
The Twisted Truth
"Hey?', Paloma asked, getting Fox attention from the locket Ethan had gave him the day before.
"Paloma?', Fox asked gazing at the locket not looking at her.
"Nick, come on, Theresa isn't coming back.", Paloma told him going over and setting beside him.
"I know that, but I'm not ready to give up on her, not yet.", Fox replied.
'Yet, he said yet', "I know, but come on we can go out, you know it might do you some good.", Paloma replied
"Resa, wouldn't want you setting her moping."
"Loma, I wouldn't be much fun.", Fox replied.
"So, at least you'll be out of this house with other people instead of being here pinning over lost dreams.", Paloma
replied.
"Paloma, I'm miserable and well if you are my date for tonight you will be miserable as well.", Fox replied.
"So.", Paloma replied. "I don't mind being miserable."
"Loma..", Fox began.
"Come on.", Paloma began. "Show just how big of a player, they accuse you of being.", Paloma challenged.
"Loma, that was before…", Fox began.
"Theresa, I know, but she's not coming back and you aren't going to set here and watch life pass you by, I won't let
you.", Paloma replied. "So, come on Nick, let's go out have fun."
"Okay.", Fox replied. "But, don't get mad if I don't entertain you very well tonight."
Paloma licked her lips. "What does that mean?"
"If I'm not good company.", Fox replied, he'd watched Paloma lick her lips.
"Oh.", Paloma replied.
"What did you think I meant by that?', Fox asked.
"Nothing, just teasing.", Paloma replied. "For now.", she added, pressing her body against his then turning to leave.
"See you at 6, Nick.", she yelled back at him.
'Nick? Why in the world is she calling me Nick, no one has ever called me that?'
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Dylan had been sitting there for the past hour and a half watching her, her and her son. He was trying to find away to approach her, without looking suspicious.
"Hello.", Dylan began.
"Hello.", Theresa replied.
"You new to the island?", Dylan asked.
"Kind of.", Theresa replied. "because, I was here about 4 and a half years ago."
"Really.", Dylan asked. "Did this place hold that big of a impact on you that you just had to come back?"
"Kind of.", Theresa replied.
"Mommy?', Ethan asked walking up to her.
"Is this your son?", Dylan asked.
"Yeah, Ethan this is…", Theresa began. "I don't know your name, sir.", Theresa whispered.
"Dylan.", Dylan replied. "And, you are?"
"Theresa.", Theresa replied.
"Okay.", Theresa replied. "Ethan this is Dylan."
"Hi.", the little boy replied eyeing the stranger as if to say I don't like you.
"Do you have any quarters for the jukebox?', Ethan asked, still staring at Dylan.
"Yeah, sure…", Theresa began.
"Here buddy.", Dylan replied, handing him 3 dollars in quarters.
"Thank you.", Ethan replied.
"Your welcome.", Dylan replied.
"Here, let me….", Theresa began
.
"Don't worry about it Resa, I have it covered.", Dylan replied., he'd remembered he's conversation from last night with Fox.
Flashback
"Okay, so where is Theresa?", Dylan asked. "Is she in Harmony?
"Bermuda.", Fox replied.
"Really, cool.", Dylan replied. "Why Bermuda?"
"To find her son's father.", Fox explained.
"Oh.", Dylan replied. "Did you follow, Theresa?"
"Yeah, but Resa insisted Paloma and me go back home.", Fox told him.
"Paloma?", Dylan asked.
"Her sister.", Fox explained.
End Of Flashback
Theresa gasped, Fox, Whitney and Paloma were the only people who called her that.
"What?', Dylan asked, "Did I do something?"
"No.", Theresa replied. "It's just…never mind.", she replied forcing a small smile.
"Oh, for a sec, I thought I'd upset you.", Dylan replied.
"No, it's just only three people call me that.", Theresa replied. "And, well I was kind of taken back."
"Oh, I won't call you that no more if you like.", Dylan offered.
"Oh, no it's okay.", Theresa replied, watching as Dylan stared at her. "What?', Theresa asked.
"Oh, sorry, you're just so beautiful, I can't help but stare.", Dylan replied, giving her a smirk, just the way her smirked
and his attitude reminded her of Fox. So calm, collected, confident, sneaky.
Theresa smiled at him. 'God, she's beautiful.'
"Thank you, I guess.", Theresa replied.
"So, sexy lady, are you single?", Dylan replied.
"I guess.", Theresa replied.
"And, looking I hope.", Dylan replied.
"No.", Theresa replied. "I just think that if you're meant to be you don't have to look it'll just happen."
"Oh.", Dylan replied. "So, what would you say if I was to ask you out for tonight?"
"I'd say no.", Theresa quipped.
"Really.", Dylan replied. "What I'm not sexy?"
"I didn't say that.", Theresa defended.
"Then, I'm not a nice person, is that what you are saying?", Dylan asked.
"No, you're a good person, but I don't really know you.", Theresa replied.
"Well, that's what dates are for.", Dylan replied.
"What about Ethan?", Theresa asked.
"I'll hire you a setter.", Dylan replied.
"Sorry, but I'm not about to leave my little boy with a group of strangers.", Theresa replied.
"Theresa, there is a professional daycare here and they are wonderful with children.", Dylan replied. "Ethan will love
it, he'll have a chance to meet new friends."
"Okay, but if something happens to my little boy, I'm holding you responsible.", Theresa replied.
Dylan laughed. "You won't regret it, promise."
"I hope not.", Theresa replied. 'Why did I say yes, to him he's a complete and total stranger, well he's not really a stranger I know his name is Dylan, Dylan? Dylan what?'
"Okay, meet me in 25 minutes we're going to spend the whole day together.", Dylan told her.
"Mommy.", Ethan cut in. "I thought we where spending today together."
"We will tomorrow.", Theresa replied. "Promise."
"Okay.", Ethan replied. "Where I'm staying?"
"With Mary and Terry.", Dylan replied. "They own this nice little place just for kids."
"A daycare?", Ethan asked. "I'm not, stupid."
"Of course you're not…", Dylan began.
"Don't suck up.", Ethan warned.
"Ethan, honey don't be so hateful.", Theresa began.
"Why?', Ethan asked. "He's trying to Fox's place."
"Ethan Martin…", Theresa began.
"Well, listen to me mister, you will never take mommy away from him, because she loves him and he loves her.", Ethan replied.
"Ethan, don't do this, Dylan is a good person.", Theresa replied.
"Mommy, you don't hardly even know him.", Ethan replied.
"Ethan, if it helps you to know that I'm not a killer or a rapist, I just want to get to know you and your mommy.", Dylan told him.
"Well, if that's the case let me stay.", Ethan replied. "That is unless you're planning something that you don't me around for?"
"Of course you can stay.", Dylan told him, "Tell you what, me, you and your mother will stay here in the hotel and do what you ever you like."
"Okay, what time are you coming over?', Ethan asked giving into Dylan's offer.
"Now if you like.", Dylan replied.
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After about 3 hours of playing cards with Ethan, and letting him win every time, Dylan decided that he would go rent a movie to keep Little Ethan occupied, where he could get to know his mother better.
"Want to go rent a movie?', Dylan suggested.
"Hold on, I got to take this back.", he went over and picked up the DVD he had picked up the night before.
"Okay, let's go.", Dylan replied.
"I'll just stay here and wait on you all.", Theresa told them.
"Okay.", they both replied, heading out the door. 'Ethan seems to like him, maybe her dating would help both of us?
What about Fox? Don't you love him? And, you know Ethan adores him.'
It wasn't long before Ethan and Dylan were back from down stairs.
"Ethan, why don't you go in there and we'll be in later?', Dylan suggested, Ethan nodded, he didn't like Dylan all that good, he was up to something, he could tell.
"Sure.", Ethan replied, heading to the bedroom leaving Theresa alone with Dylan in the living room area.
"So, Theresa why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself?", Dylan asked, he'd heard very little about her from
Fox, but he figured she must be an unordinary person, because she had certainly had Fox smitten.
"What's there to tell?', Theresa asked.
"I don't let's start out with your childhood?', Dylan asked.
"Okay, I have two older brother and one younger brother and a younger sister.", Theresa replied.
"Okay is your parents divorced, happily married or married to others?', Dylan asked.
"Papa disappeared when I was about 7.", Theresa replied.
"Oh, I'm sorry about that.", Dylan replied, hoping she would need comfort, but instead she sighed and gave him a smile. "It don't bother me that much, I don't need him or anyone to survive."
"But, still he was-is your father.", Dylan told her.
"I know.", Theresa whispered, but she didn't need him or anyone, that was till she meet Fox. Lord, knew she needed him.' ,"What about you, how was your childhood?", she asked pushing Fox out of her mind.
"Well, I went from place to place you know never staying no place long.", Dylan replied.
"You're father, was he an explore?', Theresa asked.
Dylan laughed. "No he was rich and powerful."
"But, you said you went from place to place?', Theresa asked.
"I went, me and my sisters.", Dylan told her.
"Oh, you went to Boarding Schools?', Theresa asked.
Dylan nodded. "Yea."
"Do you know Fox Crane?', Theresa winced, she didn't know why she asked that, well actually she did al her
thoughts where consumed with him.
"Yeah.", Dylan replied.
"Oh, I figured so.", Theresa replied.
"He's not that good of a person.", Dylan replied.
"What?', Theresa asked.
"I remember, a couple years back, he took this girl to his room and she was totally drunk, and well he let her basically do favors for all the guys, me included.", Dylan told her.
"Oh.", Theresa replied.
"As a matter of a fact it was about 4 and a half years ago.", Dylan replied.
"Oh, My God!!", Theresa exclaimed. "That-that could have…."
"could have been you, right?', Dylan asked.
"Yeah, I was down here approximately 4 and a half years ago.", Theresa replied. "and, Fox said he remembered taking out of Julian's room into his."
"Well, Theresa…", Dylan began.
"What?', Theresa asked. 'No, Theresa, Fox would never do that. But, he did have the reputation of being a player and well he's a Crane, no he wouldn't, he couldn't…'
"I was pretty drunk myself.", Dylan told her. 'Well, I've certainly did it, she's falling right into my hands.'
"Well, who's the others?", Theresa asked. "you said, the guys that can't be just you and Fox."
"Max, Jeremiah, Phillip, Sean.", Dylan replied.
"So, I was all of you all whore?", Theresa asked, tears streaming down her face.
"It wasn't necessarily you…", Dylan began.
"Well, if it was one of you have a son.", Theresa spat.
"Hey, it wasn't our fault it's all on Fox.", Dylan defended. 'She is going to hate Fox now.'
"Would you happen to have those guys numbers?", Theresa asked.
"Here, there all in this.", Dylan told her.
"Okay, thank you.", Theresa replied. "Thank you, for telling me this."
No, Theresa thank you, thank you for believing me and for hating Fox.', "You're welcome.", Dylan replied.
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"What's wrong?", Paloma asked, they'd been at he Blue Note for about 2 hours and Fox hadn't so much as said three words to her or anybody. 'I know what's wrong it's Theresa, why does she have to take everything away from me?'
"I was just thinking.", Fox told her.
"About Theresa, right?', Paloma asked, rolling her eyes. 'Why's it always got to be Theresa? Theresa, Theresa, Theresa.'
"Yeah.", Fox replied.
"You miss her?", Paloma asked, he nodded.
"Fox, honey, come on she's not coming back.", Paloma told him.
"And, so you've said a hundred times, Paloma no amount of telling me that is going to change my feeling for her.",
Fox told her. "I will always love her."
"Oh, sorry, I was just trying to get you off of your pity trip.", Paloma replied, rolling her eyes.
"Loma, listen I'm-I'm sorry okay.", Fox replied, grabbing her wrist and turning her around. "I shouldn't have snapped at you like that."
"It's okay.", Paloma lied.
"Paloma, I just wish I'd stayed.", Fox replied.
"Why?", Paloma asked.
"So, that I can figure out why I'm having these visions.", Fox replied.
"Visions?", Paloma asked, "what kind of visions?"
"There like flashbacks of something important, but what I'm not so sure of.", Fox told her.
"What were they about?", Paloma asked.
"I don't know.", Fox replied. "It's just they get really strong when I'm around this locket.", Fox replied pulling it from
his pocket.
"What imagines you see?", Paloma asked. "you, know when you have your premonitions, visions, flashbacks whatever you want to call it."
"I don't know, it's just of simply things.", Fox replied.
"Like?", Paloma asked.
"A hotel room.", Fox replied.
"Okay, what's so weird about that?", Paloma asked.
"It's what I see after that glimpses of Theresa making love to someone, but I don't know who.", Fox replied.
"Maybe it's you?", Paloma asked.
"Maybe.", Fox replied.
"Maybe it's from, Christmas?', Paloma replied.
"No.", Fox replied. "They're in a hotel room, making love."
"Okay.", Paloma replied. "Maybe there fantasy's, you know what you'd like to do."
"No, this happened.", Fox replied. "But, I don't know when and I don't know who."
"Maybe, they haven't maybe they're glimpses into the future.", Paloma replied. 'But, It won't be Theresa, it'll be me making love to you.'
A/N: So, what do you think and do you like the plot line, I'm in no hurry to finish this story, I just love writing it. JessJ
Spoilers For Chapter 37:
Theresa calls Phillip and Max, what does she learn?
Fox senses Theresa is in trouble, why?
Dylan pays Phillip and Max for their serves, what do they do?
Sean asks Theresa a favor in order to get to the truth, what is it?