Chapter 41 – It's Over Now

Fox couldn't believe what was happening…Theresa, HIS THERESA finally admitted that she had loved him all along. They were finally going to be together, she was leaving Ethan and they were going to be together, god he still couldn't fathom it was this all a dream… Was he going to wake up in his room alone…? And Theresa was going to be at home with Ethan… Fox closed his eyes and open them again; he pinched himself to make sure that he was fully awake "Ouch!"

"Fox…!" he heard her say as he opens his eyes to a smiling Theresa "What are you doing?"

"Making sure that this isn't all a dream!" as he squeezed his hands with hers

"This is real…I love you FOX CRANE!" she smiled as she leaned in a kissed him "I have always loved you!"

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!" they heard someone yell

"Ethan…I…!" stammered Fox

"This was your plan all along?" said Ethan "You…!"

"No…!" yelled Theresa as she interrupted him "DON'T YOU DARE BLAME FOX FOR THIS!" she said as she pointed her finger at him "Fox has been nothing but a good friend to me…He has never betrayed me…BUT YOU ON THE OTHER HAND!" as she screamed

"Theresa…I am sorry…I love you!"

"Fox…!" as she turned to him "Can you give us a minute please?"

"Sure Theresa…I'll be right outside if you need me!" Fox kisses her on the forehead and walked pass Ethan shaking his head, letting Ethan know that what he did was wrong

"Theresa…!" Ethan said as he walked towards her "Can we talk this thing out please!"

He said holding her hand "For Ethan Jr. Sake!"

"Don't you dare Ethan!" she said yelling. A nurse heard the commotion coming from Theresa's room and came in "Mrs. Winthrop is everything O.k.!"

"Yes…Fine!" she responded barely glancing at the nurse, as she wave her hand signaling the nurse to leave.

"It's over Ethan…I am filing for divorce in the morning!" she said sternly

"But Theresa…!"

"Ethan I don't know what went wrong with us, or why you even cheated…But this is the end of us, I never want to see you again!" she said through clenched teeth "I trusted you…" as her tone lighten up "I trusted you…I married you…I loved you!"

"But did you truly love me Theresa?" said Ethan as he grabbed a seat a pulled it closer to her hospital bed "Did I really have you heart?"

She let out a huge sigh "Ethan…maybe I truly have not been honest with you…when I first came back in Lindsay body I was just so excited about being back with you, Fox and little Ethan…" as she turned to him "All I thought about was what Little Ethan said…you know about me not leaving him and his daddy again…So of course I chose to be with you for little Ethan's sake"

"So you didn't love me?"

"No…Ethan I love you I always will…I am…God!" as she threw her hands up in frustration "Ethan it's just that oh hell…I am not in love with you!"

"So…It's been Fox all along that you have been in love with?"

"Yea…!" she casually looked down "Ethan…"

"Why didn't you tell me?" as he stood up and paced in front of her bed "If you were in love with him…Theresa why did you agree to marry me?" he said shaking his head

"For Little Ethan…For our son!" she cried "He wanted so much for us to be a family…All I thought about was him and how much I wanted to make my little man happy because I hadn't seen him in so long" as she covered her hands on her face and cried uncontrollable "Ethan maybe I should have told you that I was in love with Fox…Maybe I should have been more honest with you…But…!" as she cried

"If I hadn't cheated our daughter would still be alive!" he said tears evident in his eyes "I will never forgive myself for that!" as he cried "Theresa you have to believe me that I never meant to hurt you…I never meant any of this!" he walked over to her kiss her on her forehead "Please forgive me?" he reached for her hand

"Ethan…I don't know!"

"Theresa…I don't want an answer today…right now…maybe one day you will forgive me…let me back in your life…as friends?"

"Maybe…ONE DAY Ethan!"

He nodded in response as he gathered his jacket and started to walk towards the door "I'll bring by the divorce papers in the morning"

She nodded to him

"And Theresa…" as he turned around "I'll take care of Madison's Funeral arrangement also!"

"Thank you…Ethan!" she smiled to him

Ethan walked out of Theresa's room head hung low, he lost the one person that believed in him…Loved him, he had lost it all for what a piece of ass… He lost his wife…His daughter all in one day… his sweet daughter, she didn't even have a chance to breathe to walk, god what had he done. Was he just prone to dating psychopaths? First Gwen now Francesca what was wrong with his life? He just didn't understand it…He had the perfect life…he had what most men wanted the perfect wife, kid another on the way a great career, great house. And we went ahead and fucked it all up. "Stupid!" He did the one thing he promise never to do to Theresa and that was to hurt her. Ethan looked up and noticed his brother Fox. He was the one that she had loved all along; she gave him up to be with him, she wanted to raise a family with him and he fucked it up. He looked at his brother nodded to let him know that things were o.k. and that there were no hard feelings. In his heart he knew that he would always love Theresa. But she wasn't his to love anymore. He had lost her. With his head hung low, he gracefully walked past his brother. He stopped turned around and glanced once more into Theresa room. Where he noticed Theresa reaching up and giving Fox a hug, then they embraced in what appeared to be a long heartfelt kiss.

Ethan lost a part of himself that day…

Author's Note: God Sorry I haven't updated in so long….