Thank you everyone for the great reviews!
wittybitch-Thank you. Some of the answers are revealed in this chapter!
mirandakane-Thank youfor both reviews. I really have nothing against Gwen, just the way she's acting and the influence that Rebecca has on her. If Gwen would quit listening to her mother, everything would change.
Just a little note: I hope that no one is offended by how Alistair treats Rebecca at the end of the chapter. We all know how cruel he can be, I just made it a little more extreme. But you never know, he could truly be like that.
Here is Chapter Three. Enjoy and Review!
Chapter Three
Abby glared at the woman that had raised her. "You killed Sarah! You killed her! You are the one to blame!"
Gwen glared at Abby and Marissa, Abby's mother. "Theresa is to blame for Sarah's death!"
"No, she is not! You are the one who left the hospital against doctor's orders; you are the one that went after Theresa! And you are the one who put yourself in that position on the balcony! You are the one who fell, killing Sarah!" Abby exclaimed.
"That is not true, Abigail!" Gwen yelled at her.
"Gwen, Alistair sent us a video showing what happened that day. You were the one who placed yourself in that position. You left the hospital against doctor's orders. You just had to go confront Theresa about kissing Ethan. You put the full blame on that little incident on Theresa when it wasn't her fault. The video shows that you were the one who attacked Theresa that day. The fall was all your fault," Marissa said. "If you had stayed at the hospital like you were told, Sarah would be alive today and maybe you would've had more children."
Gwen bowed her head as Ethan looked over at his wife. "Gwen, is this true?"
"Yes, it is. I was told to stay at the hospital, but I didn't because I had to confront Theresa for chasing after you," Gwen said.
"I'm the one who kissed Theresa, Gwen. I'm the one who led her on that day. Theresa was not chasing after me," Ethan said.
"Ethan is right, Gwen. Theresa got to LA way before you two did. She came out there to get away from you and Ethan. She did not chase him," Fox said.
"Fox is right, Gwen. You couldn't see it back then and apparently you can't see that now," Whitney said.
Theresa woke up bright and early that same morning, happy that her children were all with her. She could hear the activity in her children's rooms as they prepared for the day. She could hear seven different radios going throughout the upper floor of the house.
She got out of bed and began to dress for the day at the DA's office. A knock sounded on the doorframe and Theresa turned to see Jana standing there.
"What's up, sweetie?" Theresa asked her daughter.
"Who do I need to talk to about working at Kelly's?" Jana asked.
"You can talk to your great aunt, Bobbie. She's working at the hospital this morning. She's still head surgical nurse and we figure she will be there for a long time to come. She'll get you on the schedule so you can start to work as much as you want, at least for the summer until you start college in the fall," Theresa told her.
"OK. I'll go talk to her before I go check out PCU. Though I think I might want to do something else, like maybe become a cop like Lucky," Jana said.
"Four of us in law enforcement? My god, that would scare a lot of criminals in Port Charles," Theresa said with a laugh.
"What made Lucky become a cop?" Jana asked, coming into the room and sitting in a chair by the door,
Theresa sat on the bed. "Your stepfather became a cop so he could avenge what had happened to the woman he loved."
"What happened to her?" Jana asked.
"Summer Halloway was pushed off a bluff on Spoon Island by one of Stefan Cassadine's men, who had thought that she was Emily, your stepaunt. Scott Baldwin wanted to pin her death on Luke, but Lucky knew that his father wouldn't do that. They found enough evidence to charge Stefan with her murder, but he got off thanks to my cousin Ric Lansing. Luke later set up a mock trial and Stefan admitted that he wanted Emily dead so that Nikolas would marry Lydia Karenin, and restore the Cassadine Fortune, but Nikolas wouldn't go for it. He may have married Lydia, but it didn't last long. Stefan died at his own hands in truth even though it looked like Luke had killed him. Lucky continued on with the PCPD because he liked helping people," Theresa said.
"And he's really moved up in the PCPD through the years. What is he now, Chief of Police?"
"He is police commissioner. And it's become a much better police department since he took the position from Mac Scorpio," Theresa said.
"And Mac still calls me to complain about it," Lucky says from the doorway. "He never believed that he deserved to be fired from the PCPD, but the board knew that it was time to get rid of him."
"And they've praised you every year since you got the promotion to commissioner," Theresa said, smiling at her husband.
"That's because I make sure that we follow protocol, which Mac always forgot about," Lucky said. "You guys coming down for breakfast? Pancakes are waiting for both of you."
"Yeah, we're coming down," Theresa said as she got up from the bed as Jana got up from the chair.
The three of them headed downstairs and joined the rest of the family at the table. Jana and Ethan smiled as they ate their first breakfast with their true family. Jana quickly devoured the pancakes in front of her. Ethan did as well. Both of them were loving their stepfather's cooking already.
After breakfast was done, Ethan, Lucky, and Theresa headed out the door for their jobs and Lilianna headed out the door to Kelly's for her morning shift while the boys headed to the computer room in the house.
Jana, Liana, and Leigh headed to the den and continued some of the girl talk they had engaged in the night before. But soon, some of it turned toward the subject that Jana had kept a secret for a long time. Ethan was the only other person who knew the secret and it was the very reason for why they hated Whitney.
"Jana, you have to tell us. Why do you hate Whitney? Why don't you claim her as family?" Liana asked.
"Because she is a lying bitch! She's lied to uncle Fox since before they got married. My cousin Nicholas isn't biologically my cousin. Uncle Fox isn't his father. Uncle Chad is his father. And she's kept up the lie this whole time. I heard her talking about it one day with Eve. Eve wants her to tell the truth, but Aunt Whitney refuses to," Jana explained.
"I see what you mean, sis. If the truth had been revealed years ago, so much would've been different," Leigh said.
Ethan and Theresa walked into the DA's office together that morning, smiles on both their faces. Theresa couldn't wait for her eldest to be on her side in any court case she fought.
"Good morning, ADA Spencer. And who is this handsome young man you have with you today?" asked Theresa's assistant and sister-in-law Leslie Lu Spencer-Harrison, who now goes by Leslie.
"Leslie, this is my eldest son, your nephew Ethan Martin. Ethan, this is your aunt, Leslie Lu Spencer-Harrison," Theresa introduced.
Leslie smiled at her nephew. "Ethan, welcome home! You definitely have been missed!" she exclaimed as she walked around her desk and embraced her nephew.
"Thank you, aunt Leslie. It's nice to be home," Ethan said from within the embrace.
As they parted, Theresa spoke up. "We'd better not keep Alexis waiting any longer to meet the newest member of our team."
"Of course. Welcome to the DA's office, Ethan. We hope you like it here," Leslie said as she went back to her work.
Theresa and Ethan continued down the hall and knocked on Alexis's office door. Alexis opened it a minute later with a smile on her face. "Good Morning, Theresa. Welcome home Ethan and welcome to the DA's office."
"Hey Spencer! Heard the good news! Congrats!" yelled out Lucky's former partner, now Chief of Police Adam Hotchkiss. "Bout time that sister of mine got a good swift kick in the pants!"
"Hopefully that will teach her a lesson, Adam. Why don't you call her, rub it in her face. That witch of a sister of yours deserves it!" Lucky yelled back.
Lucky and Adam became friends during their time at the police academy. They initially were assigned as partners, but hardly ever worked together. Their friendship strengthened when Theresa had come to town because Adam hated his sister. To him, Gwen was nothing but a spoiled brat who didn't care about other people's feelings.
Adam had called his sister not twenty minutes ago and had yelled at her for hurting Theresa, as he did about once a month, but he cheered once she had told him that Ethan and Jana had left Harmony to live with Theresa and Lucky.
"Who do you think told me? Gwen had cried me a river when she told me, but I cheered. Those two are where they belong now," Adam said.
"No doubt. Now get to work Adam! We have to give Theresa and Ethan something to do over at the DA's office!" Lucky yelled.
Adam chuckled slightly as Lucky headed down the hall to his office. The nameplate on the door made him happy these days. Commissioner Lucas L. Spencer Jr. He opened the door and hung up his sport coat before he crossed the room to his desk and got to work on making sure that the cases his officers were pursuing were done and that they constantly followed protocol.
Lucky became a stickler for following protocol, especially after Nikolas had been put in jail for killing Helena. He had discovered that protocol called for them to contact other law enforcement agencies and Lucky had done so and called the WSB, who reported to him that Helena was alive and they told him where she was, which he reported to the judge in Nikolas's appeal, which got his conviction overturned and got Lucky a promotion to Lieutenant. Mac had gotten a stern reprimand from the board and was threatened with termination if he didn't follow protocol. Of course, he didn't for several other cases, which got him terminated and got Lucky the ultimate promotion to police commissioner.
Lucky smiled as he picked up the phone and called up to Harmony. The phone was quickly answered at the Crane Mansion by Gwen. "Hello?"
"Good morning, Gwen. How does it feel to know that the children you raised didn't consider you to be their mother or that they wanted out the minute they were legally able to do so and the fact that they now live with their true family here in Port Charles?" Lucky asked.
Gwen groaned. "They are still my children!"
"No, they are not. They were never your children, Gwen. You stole them from Theresa and you and your mother kept them away from their true family. Legally, Theresa and I should've had them, but you and your mother used illegal means to keep them, but you knew that they would hate you for the rest of their lives. Ethan and Jana are happy here, Gwen. They love the fact that they are living here and getting to know their sisters and brothers. They will never return to Harmony. You can count on that," Lucky said.
"They'll come back! I know they will!" Gwen exclaimed.
"Maybe to see the family that they claim, but not to see you or your mother. You are nothing to them, Gwen. They don't claim you as family at all. It's time to face the facts. They are not your children and they will never be your children. The only child you will ever have is Sarah and you know that you killed her. It was your fault. You lost Sarah because you couldn't face the truth. Ethan and Theresa had an unbreakable bond that will last forever. She still loves Ethan and she always will, but she has moved on. She was already doing so back then, but Ethan just couldn't let her go. And you couldn't give Theresa the benefit of the doubt. It's time to face the facts, Gwen. This is all your fault whether you like it or not," Lucky said.
Leigh, Liana, and Jana walked out of the elevator on the second floor of General Hospital a few hours later and headed straight to the nurses station to look for their great aunt to get Jana on the schedule at Kelly's.
"Hey aunt Bobbie! Look who's home!" Liana exclaimed.
"Oh my god! Jana, welcome home! What are you guys doing here?" Bobbie asked.
"Aunt Bobbie, I want to work at Kelly's. Can you please get me on the schedule to work?" Jana asked.
"Of course. I'll give you two weeks before you start to work, that way you have some time to adjust to living here in Port Charles," Bobbie said.
"Thank you! That way, I also have some time to check out PCU and the police academy so I can make a definite decision about what I want to do with my life," Jana said.
"Another Spencer in law enforcement? My goodness, that would mean the Spencers would have a law enforcement dynasty. That would send the criminals out of Port Charles," Bobbie said with a laugh.
"Oh yeah! I think it would," Liana said with a laugh. "Jana here would be the fifth family member we would have in some form of law enforcement and the fourth in just our family."
"Let me guess, Ethan joined the team," Bobbie asserted.
"Yep. Ethan started to work with mom at the DA's office today. Mom is loving the fact that we both might join the Spencer law enforcement team," Jana said with a smile.
"I bet. I'll get you on the schedule and I'm going to tell you right now, please go in with one of your sisters and watch how they do things and so you can see how Kelly's is situated," Bobbie said.
"OK. No problem. Thanks, aunt Bobbie. We'll see you later," Jana said before the three of them left GH.
Rebecca Hotchkiss-Crane stalked down the halls of the Crane Mansion, searching for her daughter because she felt that they should be able to do something to get both Ethan and Jana back to Harmony. The only problem was the fact that Rebecca was not allowed to be at the Crane Mansion at all. Eve had banned Rebecca from setting foot on any Crane property, including the mansion. After all, Rebecca wasn't legally a Crane anymore. That had been one of Alistair's demands when Julian had divorced Rebecca, that she immediately drop the Crane name and never set foot on any piece of Crane property again. If she did, she would be shot on sight. And if she didn't drop the Crane name, her family would pay for it. And now, it seemed that they had.
Rebecca was just about to Gwen and Ethan's room when a familiar voice came from behind her. "Hello, Rebecca."
Rebecca turned to see the absolute bane of her existence, Alistair Crane. "Hello, Alistair. What can I do for you?"
"There is nothing you can do for me, Rebecca, other than die right where you stand. You know what I had demanded had to be done, had to be accomplished in order for your daughter's happiness. But you just couldn't let go of the Crane name. And that is why your daughter will soon be childless once again," Alistair said.
"What do you mean by that?" Rebecca asked, feeling trapped.
"Who do you think encouraged Jana to start chatting on the internet over a year ago? And I made sure that she would go to the exact chatroom where her younger half-sister was chatting with her friends so that they could meet each other. Lilianna knew not to give out her last name and Jana had no idea tht she was getting to know her sister. Who do you think encouraged Ethan to go for a minor in forensics? I knew that Ethan would find out the truth about how Ethan and Gwen had won custody. And why do you think that Marissa is back in town and is fighting for Abigail? I gave her all the evidence she needs to get her daughter back. Gwen and Ethan will loose everything because you couldn't let go. Maybe that daughter of yours will learn something from your death. Maybe she will finally learn that you have to let go," Alistair said.
He signaled to one of his men that had moved up behind her and he came forward and grabbed Rebecca, picked her up, and carried her down the hall with the rest of the men and Alistair following behind them.
Twenty minutes later Alistair watched from his limo as his men tortured and killed Rebecca in a very creative way. They stripped her of every piece of clothing and jewelry that she wore, and tied her hands together, raising them above her head slowly, until she couldn't even touch the ground, then they literally scourged her, tearing open her back with each stroke.
Once they felt that she had enough, they took her down and lead her over to a spot where they placed a crown of thorns on her head and a wooden beam on her back, tying her arms to it and making her walk with it further into the woods just outside of Harmony.
Tabitha Lenox happily watched from her viewpoint as the men forced Rebecca further into the woods and then nailed her on a cross and left her to die out in the woods just outside of Harmony.
"That will teach you, Rebecca. No one hurts my daughter's friends or betrays Alistair. No one!" she exclaimed with a cackle.
"What is going on, mom? What are you watching now?" came the voice of 20 year old Endora.
"Come and see for yourself," Tabitha told her daughter.
The blonde haired beauty came into the room dressed in her school clothes. She was enrolled at Harmony University and was going through summer school classes to get ahead on her major, which is Art History. She walked over to the bowl and looked inside. A hearty laugh came from her mouth a moment later. "Nice job grandfather. Teach that woman and her daughter a lesson about hurting my friends."
"Indeed, my dear. Rebecca hurt your beloved friends for too long and she had to pay," Tabitha said to her daughter. "And now, your friends are where they belong."
"I know. I'm happy for them," Endora said with a smile. "I'm planning on following them."