Chapter 4 The Shocker
As everyone waited for the test come in, they all sat around the waiting room talking and catching up. Most of the attention was set on Theresa and she felt a little nervous. All the questions about where she had been and what she had been though. She anwsered all the questions that she could without telling everything. Theresa looked around the room every once in a while and would notice that Ethan was staring at her. She didn't know if she should be flattered or thinl ill if it. So she chose to feel flattered. Theresa felt this sudden urge to take Ethan to the side and talk to him about Little Ethan. She raised her head and glanced in Ethan's direction. Ethan noticed that she was watching him and nodded. She moved her head in the direction of the door and Ethan understood that she wanted to talk to him. Theresa raised up out of her seat and started to walk in the direction of the door. When a voice stopped her. "Where are you going , my dear?" Said Julian.
"Oh I am a little hungry, I havn't eaten all day and this baby here needs something to eat." Ethan took this if on que.
"Do you need someone to go with you Theresa?" Theresa smiled.
"Sure that would be nice." Ethan walked over to Theresa and said.
"Shall we?" They soon walked out the door in search for the food court. They walked in silence for a while, before they spoke to one another. Ethan finally mustered up enough nerve to break the ice. He stopped Theresa and held her by both hands and spoke. "I've missed you so much. Are you going to stay here for a while?" Theresa was fighting the urge to jump up in his arms and kiss him, so she simply just anwsered him.
"Yes I am going to stay here and I have missed you to."
"Look Theresa , I know that things were not good when you left and I just want to tell you that I am sorry. I will never let anyone mak me upset at you anymore. I have known for a while that Little Ethan needed to be with you. For what it is worth, I will make Gwen give he rights back to you when this is all over with." Theresa thought she was going to explode. Was she really hearing what she thought that she was hearing. All this could not be happening , things were starting to look up for her. This was the first time since she had gotten the news that she actually had a happy thought. With all the thoughts that she had going on in her head she didn't hear Gwen walk to them. She cleared her throat and all attention was on her. Then here came the words that she was waiting for.
"The tests are in." Theresa took off running in the direction of the waiting room, her legs were not getting her there fast enough. As soon as she made it there, the doctor turned and looked at the threesome that he was looking for.
"Well we have the results to your and Mr. Cranes tests, and before I go any farther, I want you to know that this test has been done several times to make sure it was right. The test has shown that you Theresa Jackson are indeed the mother and you labs are fine along with you unborn baby as well. And to you Mr. Crane, the test shows that you are not the father if one Ethan Windthorp. You see the things is , the child has to have a certain blood type that comes for the mixture of the mother and the father and his shows that he is not your child. I am sorry." There was gasps everywhere around the room and they were all directed at Theresa. Everone also knew in their heart who that father was. Little Ethan was for sure Little Ethan. The doctor finally spoke after the news had settled in. "Now who is the father, Mrs. Jackson?" Theresa looked over at Gwen and she had a suprised look on her face. Then she looked over at Ethan and he looked elated. There was only one thing that she could do and that was tell the truth.
"Ethan Winthrop is the father." Everyone in the room looked in Ethan's direction this time. Julian spoke up this time.
"Good going my boy, I knew it was you. You could not keep your hands off her. If we had known this years ago, you would have married the trash and I would not have spent my money on some ward." Ethan was across the room in seconds, grabbing Julian by the neck and was shaking him furiously.
"Let me tell you something and you better listen good. Ethan is my son and I would much rather me be his father then you. You were never a good father. Talk about me being with trash, you were with most of the hired help, except for Pilar and Theresa. So I advise you not to call the kettle black. Another thing, Theresa and her family are way better people than the Cranes will ever be. Money is not everything and I personally know this. As you can remember, when you threw me out and acted as if I were not raised by you. I have since learned that family is far more important that social standing. I am more then happy to be Ethans father. If I had only known , me or Theresa would not be in the lives that we are today and if anyone in this room don't like it, well I guess you will just have to get over it. Thats the bottom line. When everyone calmed down he went over to look for Gwen through the croud and to his dismay, she was gone. There was a note to Ethan saying that she was going to leave for a while, she loved him and to make his decision. Ethan didn't know what he was going to do, but as of right now he had to make it right with Little Ethan and Theresa.