Chapter Five
Gwen sulked all the way back to the Crane mansion, constantly complaining about Theresa regaining custody of Little Ethan.
Fox was getting sick and tired of listening to her complain. "Gwen, I have two words for you right now."
"And what are those words, bro?" Ethan asked his brother.
"Shut up!" Fox exclaimed.
Gwen shot back in her seat. "No matter what you think, Gwen, Theresa is a good mother. She has a way to support herself and Ethan and she has a good home. She deserves to have her son with her. As for you being a good mother, you heard Alexis Davis. You are a deadbeat mother who put your own baby at risk and didn't fight for her own daughter! You are solely to blame for Sarah's death and for Madeline not knowing you. You are to blame. Theresa is blameless in all of it, understand!" Fox exclaimed, finishing his tirade.
Gwen didn't speak another word until they got back to the mansion and she stomped quickly upstairs grumbling. Both Fox and Ethan headed upstairs to get Little Ethan packed.
Theresa and Lucky joined her family for a short impromptu celebration at the bed and breakfast.
"To my sister Theresa, who stood her guns, congratulations on beating the Cranes!" Luis toasted his sister happily.
"Thank you Luis! I am so happy that we beat them for the first time! I'm so glad that I don't have to mess with them anymore," Theresa said before she took a sip of the cider that Luis had picked up after he left the courthouse.
"I just wish you didn't have to go back so soon," Pilar said.
"Sorry, mama, but Mac is expecting Lucky to be back tomorrow and that goes for me as well. We are in the middle of a very busy period that we really can't control," Theresa said.
"Yeah, with the investigation into the official cause of the fire as well as the car accident that has my brother as a missing person, we are busy," Lucky said.
"I understand. We can be just as busy at the cannery too," Kay said from her chair.
Theresa smiled over at her. "As if anything could take you away from Maria. A child brings so much into your life."
"And I know you won't let your work take you away from Ethan Martin, will it, sis?" Miguel asked.
"No. There is a daycare right at the PCPD, so I can stop and see him when I have a free moment," Theresa said.
"That's good. Of course, you have help there just in case the daycare isn't running, right?" Miguel asked again.
"Of course. I have Bobbie, Lucas, Georgie and Maxie, Emily, Liz and Ric already on backup just in case I need a babysitter. Though right now, Liz and Ric are at the bottom of the list. I don't want to tire her out right now," Theresa explained.
"Yeah, she's carrying my nephew," Lucky said.
"Your nephew?" Pilar asked him.
"Yeah. The biological father is my late long-lost half-brother Zander. He was presumed dead himself after the fire and we got told by Cameron that night the truth about Zander," Lucky said.
"Apparently, Helena stole Zander away from Luke and Holly Sutton and convinced Holly that she had miscarried. Then she took Zander to Florida and gave him to Cameron's wife Amanda to replace the child that she had miscarried a few months before. Amanda sent a letter to Cameron telling the truth a week before the fire. He didn't know the truth until he read that letter," Theresa continued Lucky's explanation.
"He told dad just hours before he died trying to find Zander to save his life, insisting that he tell him the truth himself, but he ended up saving dad and Skye from some falling beams and died after asking dad to find Zander and tell him the truth and to tell him that he loved him. But they think that they found Zander's body in the basement of the burned-out hotel," Lucky said sadly, finishing his explanation.
"I think we're all holding onto a slim hope that it isn't Zander, but that is the last place someone saw him. They are still working on doing an autopsy on the body, so we will know soon," Theresa said.
"I hope it isn't your brother. He deserves to know his child," Kay said.
"Yeah, same here. I'm hoping that he is alive so that we can begin to become brothers, just like Nikolas and I have," Lucky said.
"Our hope is with you, Lucky. We all hope that both your brothers are alive and out there," Paloma said.
"Thank you," Lucky said, tears filling his eyes.
"I really get to go with mommy?" Little Ethan asked his godfather.
Ethan nodded at him. "Yes, you get to go with your mommy to a new home."
"Cool! I don't have to see Gwen anymore?" Little Ethan asked.
"No you don't. You'll be miles away from us here in Harmony. You'll be in a totally new place where you'll meet some totally new people who you'll become friends with. I know you'll like it there," Ethan told his godson.
"I'll miss you," Little Ethan said.
"I'll miss you too. But I will visit when your mom says it's okay. Is that alright with you?" Ethan asked.
"Yeah, that's ok," Little Ethan said.
"Okay, now let's see what you want to take with you to your new home now and what you want us to send you in the mail, okay?" Ethan asked.
"Okay!" Little Ethan exclaimed, running around his room helping get his things packed for his trip to his new home in Port Charles.
Down the hall, Fox watched as Gwen threw a major tantrum. After losing the custody case to Theresa, she was not very happy, but then she thought about why everything had happened and had raced up the stairs to Andrea's old room and saw everything in her old journal that she had done. Gwen started to curse Andrea profusely. She had done so many things to try to ruin Theresa and had lied about having to pay the child support for Madeline and had even made sure that Gwen would loose custody of Madeline to her ex. Gwen was not very happy about that.
Fox kept watch over Gwen, making sure that she wouldn't hurt herself as she continued to rant and rave about what Andrea had done.
Finally Gwen collapsed in tears on the bed. Fox rushed in and began to comfort his sister-in-law.
"Why Fox? Why did she do this?" Gwen asked as Fox embraced her comfortingly.
"I don't know, Gwen. I don't think we'll ever know why she did what she did," Fox said. He stroked her hair comfortingly as she sobbed on his shoulder.
I've been hearing voices
Telling me that I could
Never be what I wanna be
They're binding me with lies
Haunting me at night
And saying there's nothing to believe
Somewhere in the quietness
When I'm overcome with loneliness
I hear You call me name
And like a father You are near
And as I listen I can hear You say
You are a child of Mine
Born of My own design
And you bear the heart of life
No matter where you go
Oh, you will always know
You have been made free in Christ
You are a child of Mine
And so I listen as You tell me who I am
And who it is I'm gonna be
And I hang on every word
Knowing I have heard
I am Yours and I am free
But when I am alone at night
That is when I hear the lie
You'll never be enough
And though I'm giving into fear
If I listen I can hear You say
You are a child of Mine
Born of My own design
And you bear the heart of life
No matter where you go
Oh, you will always know
You have been made free in Christ
You are a child of Mine
I am calling…
I am calling…
I am calling…
You are a child of Mine
Born of My own design
And you bear the heart of life
No matter where you go
Oh, you will always know
You have been made free in Christ
You are a child of Mine
You are a child of Mine
Born of My own design
And you bear the heart of life
No matter where you go
Oh, you will always know
You have been made free in Christ
You are a child of Mine
(You are a Child of Mine by Mark Schultz)
Theresa, Alexis and Lucky drove the rental car up to the front door of the Crane mansion, ready to claim Ethan Martin and take him home to Port Charles.
Lucky and Theresa both got out of the car and walked up to the front door. Lucky was ready to make sure that no one could stop Theresa from claiming her son and taking him to their new home in PC.
Theresa opened the door and she and Lucky walked into the mansion and she called out, "Where's my little boy?"
"Mommy!" Ethan Martin screamed as he came down the stairs. He ran right into his mother's arms and grabbed her right around her neck. "I've missed you mommy!"
"Oh sweetie, I've missed you too. And now no one will ever separate us again," Theresa said as she returned her son's embrace.
Ethan came down the stairs a moment later with Ethan Martin's bags. Ethan handed the bags off to Lucky, who was smiling at the happy reunion that was playing out in front of them.
L:ucky let them have a moment before he spoke up. "Resa, we'd better get going before Alexis comes searching for us," he said.
Theresa nodded as she picked up her son. "You're right." She then turned to Ethan and gave him a piece of paper. "Here's our address so you can send Ethan Martin's things to us. Just don't let Fox get a hold of it, okay? I don't need him coming after me."
"Of course. Ethan Martin asked if I could come visit and I told him that I would, if it's alright with you?" Ethan asked, using the name Theresa used for her little boy.
"Of course. I'll call you when it's a good time for you to come down to visit," she said. She turned and began to walk out the door with Lucky and Ethan Martin when Fox's voice came from the stairs.
"Theresa, wait!"
She shook her head and left the mansion with Ethan Martin and Lucky quickly.