Chapter 40
You Are….
knock
knock
"Wha…oh, it's you.", Ethan exclaimed.
"Hey, aren't you going to invite me in?", Paloma asked.
"Out, here is fine.", Ethan told her.
"It's freezing cold. What are you a damn psycho who likes to let pregnant woman freeze to death?", Paloma asked.
"Come in.", Ethan told her.
"Nice, place. No one could hardly tell you weren't a Crane, hell you are raised by them and now you own this… who said you had to have rich blood to be rich?", Paloma told him walking.
"Well, my mother married the creep, the least Alistair and Julian could do was fix her son up.", Ethan told her.
"You mean keep her son up. Damn, this has got to be the nicest apart building I've seen in or around Harmony.", Paloma admired.
"I have a feeling that you didn't come here to admire my choice of stay.", Ethan remarked.
"True, true.", Paloma told him. "I just came here to share the wonderful news."
"Theresa, has decided to take me back?", Ethan asked.
"Umm, no. But, you will be apart of her life. You see Little Ethan is Fox's kid.", Paloma smiled.
"Uh. Fox, doesn't deserve Theresa or Little Ethan. He's a playboy, a gambler, a drunk, a….", Ethan began.
"Fox loves Theresa and that is all that matters.", Paloma told him.
"Paloma, you seem like a smart person, you seem to be the type who fights for her family.", Ethan replied.
"Ethan, what you trying to insinuate?", Paloma asked, straight up.
"If you love you sister and your nephew, you will keep them away from Fox he will only hurt them. He only cares for himself.", Ethan replied.
"Bullshit, Ethan, you don't know the slightest thing about your brother…", Paloma began.
"Half brother.", Ethan corrected.
"Half brother, my bad.", Paloma replied, rolling her eyes.
"Fox is a user, a manipulator, a crook, a phony, a…", Ethan began.
"Ethan, you can sit here all day and bad mouth Fox. Hell you can burn his picture, call up his old girls, cuss, rant, rave, do as you please. But, the fact is Theresa loves Fox and I think he's a wonderful guy. He's never used Theresa.", Paloma told him. "He never played her, like you did. Face it, Ethan you only want Theresa when she's living up to your image of perfection, the second she falls down from that pedestal you have carefully placed her on, you no longer see her as this great beauty, instead you see her as this big bad mistake, an embarrassment."
"You've spent to much time with Fox.", Ethan told her.
"No, I see things the way they are. I don't look at you with rose colored glasses the way everyone else does. I see you, as the bastard you truly are. And, technically speaking, hey you are a bastard.", Paloma smiled.
"You bitch.", Ethan exclaimed hitting her knocking her to the floor.
"Aw, Oh God.", Paloma exclaimed, clutching her stomach. "My baby, Oh God."
"Oh My…", Ethan began. "Are you okay?"
"My baby. Ethan, I…you hurt the baby.", Paloma told him. "I.- I need to go to the hospital."
"Who have you been seeing?", Ethan asked, he could see fear and pain in her eyes.
"Doctor Russell.", Paloma winched.
"Oh God, Paloma I never meant to…", Ethan began, turning to meet angry eyes.
"Just call her you stupid ass.", Paloma screamed.
"I will.", Ethan muttered.
"Doctor, Russell, it's me Ethan, yeah, I'm with Paloma and she's in labor.", Ethan told her. "I kind of hit her. I didn't mean to, I just…uh, huh, okay I'll bring her over there in a few."
"I hate you.", Paloma hissed.
"Paloma, I never meant…", Ethan began.
"You never mean to do a damn thing do you, you no dick idiot.", Paloma asked, glaring at him.
"Come on I'll drive you.", Ethan told her, helping her to her feet.
"Yeah, knowing you, you'll drive me over a damn cliff.", Paloma told him.
"Estù pio idiota yo jurar si tú tener hacer dañ o mi infantil yo voluntad martar tù .", Paloma screamed at him.
"Paloma, please calm down.", Ethan told her. "It isn't good for the baby."
"I hate you.", Paloma screamed.
"Paloma, please, don't the baby is more important that your hate for me.", Ethan told her.
"Can, I help you?", the woman asked.
"Yeah, I'm looking for something to buy my girl.", Fox replied.
"What price range, are you wanting.", the girl asked.
"I want the most expensive set you got.", Fox replied.
"Well, that's one lucky lady you got there.", the woman told him.
"Yeah, I need to ah, well I'm not wanting an engagement ring, just a promise ring, a promise to marry her soon.", he told her, the woman gave him a smile.
"Well a lot of guys are getting these.", she showed him a rose-colored band, you can get it with inscriptions on it, it looks really classy, yet not to fancy.", she told him.
"How much?", Fox asked.
"100 dollars, plus 75 cents per letter, so are you interested?", the girl asked.
"Yup, Okay, uh I want TLF & NFC, he told her.
"Okay that 100.00 plus 4.50, which is 104.50, plus taxes, which is 112", she told him, turning and walking in the back room with the ring.
Theresa sighed as she walked to the picnic table, everything was about to change.
"Resa.", he called out getting her attention.
"Hey, Fox, what took you so long?", she asked, she had just got there but, it seemed like an eternity.
"I had to get you something, I need to ask you a question, and it can't wait…", he began, Theresa looked at him, he wasn't on one knee but, he was holding a gift box which probably had a ring in it. 'Oh My God, he's going to ask me, how perfect is this going to be?'
"Will you, Theresa I ain't purposing, so you can stop holding your breath.", he laughed. "I just want to ask you to trust me and say you will marry me soon."
"Yeah, what else would I say, but yeah.", Theresa told him, kissing his lips.
"It's going to be soon, okay, cause I want to start our family and I refuse to not be around you or Ethan or my daughter.", Fox told her.
"Daughter, who said…", she began.
"It's a girl, okay, I have a feeling, you beeter be a girl.", he told the baby in her stomac.
Theresa laughed. "You hate wrong, don't you?"
"Yeah.", he replied.
ring
ring
"Hell…Ethan, what do I owe the pleasure?", Fox asked.
"Paloma is in labor she asked me to call you and Theresa, oh and is Pilar around?", Ethan asked.
"What are you doing with Paloma, Ethan did you…",Fox began.
"Paloma and the baby are fine, she's just in labor, she's past her due date you know.", Ethan told him.
"What are you doing with Loma?", Fox asked.
"She came knock- knock - knocking on my door, gloating that you and Theresa were together, we had words she went into labor.", Ethan explained, skipping over the fact he hit her.
"Okay, I'll be there.", Fox told him.
"Ethan, did you…Oh God.", Paloma exclaimed.
"This baby ain't waiting on Fox it's going to come.", Ethan told her. "The contractions are to close together.", he told her.
"What are you…", she began grinding her teeth.
"You're going to need coaching and well, Gwen had our child and I know some about it.", Ethan told her.
"Hell…", Paloma began.
"Doctor Russell, this baby wants out, let's start this.", Ethan told her, twining his fingers with hers, she took her nails and raked in his skin, she watched as he sighed.
"Would you quit, I'm trying to help.", Ethan told her.
Doctor Russell looked at them. "Paloma, you're water is broke, and you said yourself the contractions were close, so…"
"You want me to be civil to him don't you?", Paloma winched and look at Ethan.
"At least try.", Eve told her.
"I will for this baby, not for him. We will settle this after he or she is born.", Paloma told him.
Ethan smiled. "Fine, by me."
A/N: I'm going to skip the whole labor thing.
"Ain't she beautiful?", Paloma asked, Ethan smiled down at her.
"Very.", Ethan told her.
"I don't know what I'm going to name her. I mean, I…", Paloma began.
"I'm late, ain't I?", Theresa asked.
"I'd say.", Paloma told her.
"Oh My God, she's beautiful.", Theresa told her.
"Thank you.", Paloma told her.
"Fox, come on in.", Paloma told him, and watch as he walked in behind Theresa.
"So, what's her name?", Theresa asked.
"Natasha…", Paloma began, looking at Ethan.
"Natasha Marie?", Ethan suggested.
"Natasha Marie, I like it, what do you think Fox? Theresa?", Paloma asked.
"Sounds good.", Fox told her.
"Yeah.", Theresa replied.
"Have you called…", Fox began.
"I ain't calling him, he didn't want her and she don't need him.", Paloma replied.
"Need who?", Ethan asked.
"No one.", Paloma told him.
"No, tell me.", Ethan persisted.
"Her father, Ethan he wanted me to abort her. I was going to ,but thanks to your brother and my sister, I changed my mind.", Paloma replied.
"I'll be her father.", Ethan replied. "I'm mean if you want me to."
Paloma looked at him. "Do you have a mental condition?"
"Huh?", Ethan asked, confused.
"I hate you, you're the reason…", Paloma began.
"I'm sorry, okay. And, I happen to have a soft spot for babies and for beautiful women.", Ethan smiled.
"Oh, brother. How in the hell does he come up with this bullshit?", Paloma sighed.
Fox let out a laugh.
"Hey, I'm just trying…", Ethan began.
"You don't to try to be stupid, you come about that way. Why in the hell would I want you near my daughter? I mean, you ain't even there for your own child.", Paloma told him.
Ethan sighed. "I am, Gwen won't…"
"You cheated on her and besides how do I know that me and Natasha isn't just a way to get to Theresa?", Paloma asked.
"What? I just feel sorry…", Ethan began.
"Don't feel sorry for me or my daughter we will manage.", Paloma told him.
"I know how it's like to not be close to your father.", Ethan told her.
"What? You were the Crane golden boy and after the truth came out Sam Bennett took you under his wing.", Paloma sighed.
"But, I didn't…", Ethan began.
"Does he ever shut up?", Paloma asked, Fox shrugged. "I think not."
"Uh, this is bad.", Paloma, wrinkled her nose up in a angry face.
"Come on what would it hurt?", Ethan asked.
"Oh let count the ways.", Paloma told him.
"Come on, Loma, you don't have to be mean. Ethan, she don't want no man, and I know you're just being…", Theresa began.
"Retarded.", Paloma coughed, Fox smirked at her.
Theresa ignored her sister's remark, "Nice, but, Paloma, can manage, she has me, mama, Luis, Miguel, Fox, all of us. And, I'm sure she'll be grateful if you were to be in Natasha's life as well.", Paloma looked at her and shook her head.
"You can go now.", Paloma told him, he nodded.
"I'll be back.", Ethan told her.
Paloma screamed. "God, I'm going to kill him, Lord, why didn't you warn me.", she whined.
"You love don't you?", Fox joked.
"Oh, boy.", Paloma replied. "Where do I begin…he don't take being hated good does he? I mean I scream and him and look at his hands he's got nail marks all down his freaking hand. Doesn't he get it…?", Paloma asked.
"Nail marks?", Theresa asked.
"Long story, the freaking idiot, insisted on being my Lamaze coach.", Paloma replied.
Fox laughed. "Not funny, Foxworth. Do you know, how freaking annoy he can be?"
Fox nodded. "Yeah, fun, ain't it."
"Yup, it's just what I need.", Paloma told him, rolling her eyes.
"You're going to be seeing a lot more of him I'm afraid.", Theresa replied.
"Joy.", Paloma replied. "Just run me over now, please."
"Paloma, I think you both could use some rest.", Eve told her, walking in.
"Ah, I guess.", Paloma told her.
"We'll be going.", Fox told her.
"Bye, Loma. Good night, I'll be here as soon as I can. Ethan Martin is going to be thrilled.", Theresa replied.
"Okay, bye Resa, Oh and Fox, can you get me a body guard, I mean, I know he'll be here as soon as he can.", Paloma told him.
Fox chuckled. "I'll see what I can do."
"Thank you.", Paloma told him.
Spoilers for Chapter 41:
Paloma gets a surprise call?
Ethan comes to the rescue of an unlikely person, then offers that person something that can't be refused..
An acquaintance of Fox's comes to town, hoping to cause trouble.