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A two-part chapter this time. Enjoy!

Chapter Seven

Part One

The next evening

Theresa sat in her bed, watching TV, when Lucky came into the room with a small little device in his hands. She noticed it and questioned him. "What is that?"

"Apparently, Alistair sent it. He said to hook it up to your TV," Lucky said. He quickly rose up on a chair and hooked it up to the TV, which quickly changed the picture from the show she was watching to the Crane Mansion living room.

Theresa looked at the screen questioningly until Alistair came in front of a camera in the room. "My dear Theresa, today you will witness the end of the Hotchkiss witches. We all agreed that you deserved to witness this, but I chose to send you the device that would give you a direct connection to us without having to bring you here," Alistair said.

Theresa smiled at Alistair's thoughtfulness. She was glad that he felt that she needed to see this. Lucky smiled as she leaned against him. He was glad that Alistair was that thoughtful, as well as the fact that he was on their side.

Both of them sat back and waited for the show to begin.

"I know you will have a reaction to this, so feel free to express it. Your connection also means that we can hear you," Alistair said.

"Thank you, Alistair."

"You are welcome, my dear. Enjoy the show," Alistair said.

An hour passed before anything took place and by that time Sonny, Ric, Carly, Emily, Liz, and Nikolas had gathered in her room, all awaiting the destruction of Gwen and Rebecca.

They all watched as the Crane living room filled up with every member of the Crane family and her family, as well as Elisia, Cora, and the Hotchkiss witches. Both women were taken forcefully by Victoria and Vanessa to a couple of chairs purposely set apart from the rest. After all, this was their trial, in a way, and they needed to be safe from everyone else's reactions to the revelations.

Finally, the clock struck eight o'clock and with the attitude of a showman, Alistair began the end of the Hotchkiss witches.

"Welcome, everyone, to a night you'll never forget. Tonight, I, along with my four grandchildren, will reveal the secrets of the Hotchkiss women that will bring about their end in this town. And we welcome, by a special live connection, Theresa and her friends and family in New York State."

"Hello, everyone!" Theresa greets.

"Theresa, are you alright?" Luis asks.

"I'm fine, Luis. Sonny, Ric, Lucky, and Nikolas are taking good care of me," Theresa says back.

"Good. We've been a little worried about you," Luis said.

"Don't worry about me, Luis. I'm fine," Theresa said with a slight laugh as Lucky tickled her slightly.

Luis smiled at the laugh. He knew that Lucky could make her happy and he was glad that they were together.

Luis nodded at Alistair and the old man continued. "First, many of you may not know about why Gwen went after Ethan in the first place. She went after him in order to stay among the elite, among the rich, even though she was no longer rich herself."

"You are wrong, Alistair, she is rich. She has her inheritance from her father!" Ethan exclaimed.

"No, she does not," comes the voice of Elisia. "Gwen has no inheritance coming from her father. Jonathan Hotchkiss disowned her and disinherited her years ago, after he and Rebecca divorced. His heirs are his current wife Melanie and his year old daughter Therese Hotchkiss, who was named for the young woman he admired for going after what she wanted and truly deserved, Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald."

Ethan turned to his wife and mother-in-law in shock. "You told me that you were getting an inheritance from him!"

"I will be. I just have to talk to him. He won't leave me out in the cold," Gwen said.

"Wrong, my dear," comes the voice of Jonathan Hotchkiss. He walks into the room with his wife Melanie beside him. Melanie is holding their daughter, Therese, in her arms. "You will get nothing from me. You don't deserve it after everything you've done!"

"Welcome, Jonathan. I had a feeling that you wouldn't miss this," Alistair said with a smile.

"Of course not. I had to witness the end of my daughter and ex-wife for everything they have done," he said before he took a seat. He took Therese in his arms before Melanie sat down beside him.

Alistair waited until they were situated before he continued on. "And now for the next defining revelation. We know about this one. The tabloid situation. Most of you believe a lie here. Theresa was not the one who revealed the truth about Ethan's paternity. It was Gwen and Rebecca," he said, pressing a button on the wall, which revealed a TV screen. Across the room, Fox pressed the play button, playing one of Alistair's many disks, this disk revealing the truth about the tabloid situation.

Gwen gasped as she listened to her voice on the video talking with the tabloid reporter, using a voice distorter, telling him that Theresa had sent the email about Ethan's paternity.

Ethan stared at his wife in shock. All along, she had been responsible for ruining his life, not Theresa. "How could you, Gwen?"

"Because she stole you from me! I had to do something to get you back!" Gwen exclaimed.

"She did not steal me! I fell in love with her on my own! I still love her!" Ethan exclaimed, rising from the couch where he was sitting.

Alistair motioned for him to take his seat. "Hold on, Ethan, there's more to come."

Ethan begrudgingly sat down. Before Alistair could continue, Lucky's voice came over the connection. "Gwen, you are so lucky right now that I am not there or else I could arrest you for fraud."

"I wish he was here, because that is what you deserve. I can't believe I helped you get Ethan when you were the one responsible for all that," Ivy said angrily. She then turned to her son. "Ethan, I am so sorry. I wish I would've known."

"Mother, sorry doesn't cut it! You caused all this as much as Gwen and Rebecca did!" Ethan exclaimed from the couch.

"Ethan, I understand," Ivy said sadly. "And Theresa, I am so sorry for all of this."

"It's OK, Ivy. You are forgiven," Theresa said. "None of it was your fault."

"Thank you, Theresa," Ivy said humbly.

Alistair cleared his throat at that moment, meaning that he wanted to continue on with the revelations. Everyone quieted down and he continued on. "Now, the next revelation and it is about how Sarah died."

Gwen stood from her chair and began to rage at everyone. "You know what happened! Theresa killed my daughter!"

"Gwen, shut up! You have no right accusing Theresa of killing Sarah!" Nikolas yelled at Gwen over the connection.

"Nikolas is right, Gwen. You are the one to blame for killing your daughter. After all, you left the hospital against doctor's orders, plus you were the one who, well, let's show what happened," Fox said, playing the second DVD Alistair had put in the system.

Everyone sat shell-shocked as they watched the argument between Gwen and Theresa and watched as Gwen fell from the balcony after Theresa had pulled away.