Theresa, Ethan, Fox and Francesca ate breakfast in silence, after the ordeal that Theresa went through no one really wanted to say anything, Theresa looked up at her company.
"Hey so why is everyone so quiet?" asked Theresa as she looked around the table
"Well, Scarlet what do you suppose we talk about!" asked Fox
"How about how disgusting you look right now, talking with your mouth full!" laughed Theresa
Everyone fell from his or her seat, the conservation was light, and they mostly talked about Little Ethan upcoming birthday in a few months and, the birth of the baby in a month.
"Hey Scarlet, thanks for breakfast, but we have to get going!"
"Fox wait, I was thinking that we all could go on a picnic at the beach like old times you know, me, you, Ethan and Francesca!"
"Theresa, they might have something important to do!" chimed Ethan
"No, we don't right Fox!" said Francesca looking at Fox for approval
"Yea!" Fox smiled "Great it was bad enough to see you at breakfast now you want to spend all day with me, I don't know if I can handle that Scarlet!" thought Fox
"Well Let us go get our beach clothes and we'll meet you back here, in say!" Fox said as he looked at his watch "30 minutes!"
"Great I'll order some lobster and clams and appetizer from the lobster shack and we can pick it up on our way to the beach!"
"Great sounds like a plan to me!" laughed Ethan "Great, if it wasn't bad enough seeing her this morning I have to spend the rest of my day with her, I have to figure out a way to get rid of her, without rising suspicions!" thought Ethan
Theresa walked into the kitchen to call the Lobster Shack while Ethan packed their things up for the beach. The both rejoin each other in the living room.
"Ethan this will be great, just like old times!"
"Yea baby just like old times, except now Fox has a girlfriend!"
"Yea you are right!"
Just then the doorbell rung
"That must be Fox and Ashley!"
"Hey, guys!" said Theresa shock to see the two people at the door.
"What you can't give your brother a hug!"
"Hey Migs, how are you!"
"Fine!" replied Miguel "Well we heard you were going to the beach, thought we join you!"
"We don't want to imposed!" chimed Charity
"Hey the more the merrier I say!" laughed Ethan "You wouldn't be imposing, you are both welcome to join us!"
"Hey how about us!" said a little voice
They turned around and notice that Jackson and Ethan Jr. was at the door "What about me a grandpa, mommy can we go too!"
"Of course you can!" laughed Theresa "Me and Daddy missed you last night!"
"Yea we missed you running around in the middle of the night!" laughed Ethan Theresa gently nudged him and shook her head in disapproval. "What, we did!" laughed Ethan
"Hey, did this quite picnic on the beach turn into a beach party!" laughed Fox "Whew thank god all these people were going to be there, that way everyone would be preoccupied, and won't see me staring at Theresa!" thought Fox
"Great now I have to spend the day with the happy go lucky Lopez-Fitzgerald and Co. how do I get myself into these things!" Thought Francesca "I need to find a way to get in and see Gwen Hotchkiss, but how?"
"Yea how about that mister!" said Theresa as she playfully poked Fox "So is everyone ready!"
"Yea!" chimed a familiar voice
"Luis, Sheridan!" yelled Theresa
"So what is this I hear about a beach?" asked Luis
"You and Sheridan can come too, by the way where are the girls!"
"Chasing Ethan Jr. in the front yard!" laughed Sheridan "LOOK!" as she pointed to the 2 girls Plummeting their cousin on the grass. "He could never get away from them, they love playing with him!" laughed Sheridan
Everyone piled in their cars, Theresa, Ethan, Fox and Francesca stopped off at the Lobster Shack to pick up the food that they had ordered. And headed to the beach where they had met up with everyone Theresa was glad that she had ordered so much food she didn't realize that her whole family was going to be here. The sun was glistening off the water Theresa strolled along the shore and stopped to admire the sun hitting the water, Ethan walked towards his wife, when he notice that she had a far away look on her face.
"Baby!" as he wrapped his arms around her "What's wrong?"
"Nothing I was just thinking about Lindsey!"
"Why is that?"
"If it wasn't for her, all of this" as she pointed to herself, Ethan and her family "Would not be happening right now!" she said, "Ethan, I wonder if she is happy!"
At that moment the sun got brighter, there was a reflection in the water, a reflection of her with wings and the most angelic smile, as fast as it appeared it was gone.
"I think she is!" replied Ethan
"Oh something tells me she is very Happy Ethan!" she felt a warmth encircle her, wrapped her soul in a blanket, touch her heart, their was a heavenly note playing in her mind "I am her for you Theresa!" said the most Angelic voice
"I know!" replied Theresa
"Know what Baby!"
"Nothing!" smiled Theresa "Nothing at all!"
At that moment a Red Head women walked along the beach 4 years it has been since her daughter had been locked up in a mental institution, 4 years since she has lost everything she loved, she couldn't believe how her life had turned out, 4 years ago she left this horrid town never to look at it never to return, but here she was 4 years later back in Harmony, she had found out her ex-husband was remarrying and to none other than that gutter snipe Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald, that name was a curse to her family, first it took her beloved daughter now it took her husband, ex-husband to be exact. But I guess she had it coming to her she wasn't exactly an angel herself, she did things that to this day she regretted maybe it was time to move on, bury the hatchet, She came back for one thing and one thing only to give Jonathan Hotchkiss her blessing. True Jonathan also offered a nice Lump Sum, but that was not why she came back, she wanted to apologize to Pilar, about what happen to Theresa, she didn't know what came over Gwen. She had done made up her mind, made peace with herself, now it was time to make peace with the people of Harmony, boy she thought she had her work cut out for her, she didn't exactly have a talking relationship with the people in this town before what makes them want to talk to her now. Then in the far distance she notice Ethan, But who was that women with him she couldn't quite see the sun was blinding her eyes she tried to block it but it was useless she walked closer to them, when she got near them she yelled out "Ethan!" the young women turned around and Rebecca instantly noticed who it was "Oh my god!" she mouthed and fainted
Ethan who was just as shocked as Theresa to see Rebecca of all people, he grabbed one of the kids pails and ran to the water scooped out a nice amount of water ran back to where Rebecca laid and threw the water at her. Rebecca woke up coughing and gasping, when she looked up she saw Ethan "Ethan oh my god, you can't believe who I saw a second ago!" smiled Rebecca "Your not going to ask me who, well then I better tell you, I saw Theresa!"
"Of course you did!" chimed Theresa
"But how….Your Suppose…… To be……!" cried Rebecca as she began to crawl backwards pushing herself away from Theresa
"DEAD!" smiled Theresa "I was thanks to your daughter!"
"Then how can you be here!"
"Long story!" chimed Ethan "It's o.k. Rebecca she is not going to hurt you!"
"I wish I could!" smiled Theresa "But since my ordeal I have learn to forgive and forget!"
"What I don't understand!" asked Rebecca, her face filled with confusion as Ethan helped her up
"I forgive you Rebecca, and I forgive Gwen!" smiled Theresa
"Really!" smiled Rebecca
"Really!" replied Theresa
"Thank you so much, you don't know what this means to me!" as Rebecca ran over to give her a hug
"BUT!" said Theresa "It's doesn't mean that I trust you!"
"Yea completely, god I have wanted to apologize to your mother for 4 years now, and I never found the courage until last week when Jonathan called me and told me that he was marrying your mother, I don't know something inside of me kind of healed, my cruel heart, Theresa I am truly sorry for what happen, really I am!"
"It's O.K., maybe you can relay this message to Gwen!"
"No, I think it is best if you do it yourself!" said Rebecca "To be honest I haven't spoken to Gwen in over 4 years, she may still be bitter, I don't know how she is going to react to you being alive Theresa!"
Francesca who was listening closely behind a rock "Damn you Rebecca Hotchkiss for changing your heart, I thought that you out of all people would be my greatest allied!"
"Rebecca would you like to join us!" asked Theresa
"Sure, if no one minds, I would love too!"
Rebecca, Theresa and Ethan walked back to where everyone was everyone's mouth had dropped when the notice Rebecca walking with them
"Theresa what is she doing here!" yelled Ivy who had just arrived with Julian
"Mother, stop!" said Ethan
"No I will not she ruin all our lives, her daughter took Theresa away from us, I will not let that women be near my family again!"
"She has changed Ivy!" said Theresa
"What because she says so, Oh that's what she says now, but I tell you in a heartbeat she will stab you in the back!" yelled Ivy
"Ivy I am sorry I have hurt you so, I have truly changed for the better, look I even got a job, I realized that my old ways were wrong, and I wanted to apologize to everyone for the way I hurt them especially you Ivy, my once true friend, and to Ethan, Theresa and you Julian, but I wanted to especially say sorry to Pilar and to Jonathan for the way I treated them!"
"Please Rebecca, that sob story might work on Theresa, but you are talking to Ivy Crane here, I know what your up to and I have you number, so tread lightly my dear I will be watching you like a hawk and if do anything and I want to put an EMPAHSIS on ANYTHING to my family or to Theresa's family I will make sure you disappear forever! Said Ivy through clenched teeth "Do you understand?"
"MOTHER!"
"Ethan it's alright" said Rebecca as she gently touched Ethan's arm to let him know to stop "I understand that your mother doesn't trust me but who could blame her, after all the things that I have done to her!" turning her attention back to Ivy "Ivy I know you don't trust me, I don't blame you, but please I am begging you to give me a second chance!"
"Fine!" Said Ivy
"O.k. Since we got that over with let's eat!" said Theresa
Luis who had actually kept his mouth shut, got up and pulled Theresa to the side "Theresa do you think that this is a good idea, trusting Rebecca like this!"
"I'll be find Luis, I know how she is, I will be watching her don't you worry!"
Theresa sat next to Ethan "Where is Ashley at Fox!"
"I am not sure!"
"I am right behind you!" replied Ashley/ Francesca as she took her seat next to Fox. She wanted to know if Rebecca Hotchkiss was really sincere about what she had said or was this all a ploy, a plan devised by her and her daughter to get revenge on Theresa and her family, whatever it was she wanted in on it. She was going to wait until tomorrow and pay a visit to Gwen, before she pay a visit to Rebecca just in case she was really sincere she didn't want her blabbing to Theresa or anything like that she wanted to make sure she covered all her tracks!
A/N: Next Chapter Francesca/ Ashley pays a visit to Gwen at the Castleton Mental Institutes, How will she react