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And without further delay, here is chapters five and six.

Chapter Five

A New Life Begins

One week later

Gwen walked around the living room of the Crane Mansion with a clipboard in her hand, inventorying everything in the room, everything that belonged to her and Ethan, and everything that belonged to Julian or the Cranes to that they would know what Rebecca, her own mother, would be allowed to take with her when the divorce was finalized.

Whatever belonged to Ethan and her would be theirs to take when they moved out of the mansion and away from Harmony. Ethan was already looking for a job in firms throughout the country. They had both decided that it was best to leave Harmony and the past behind and start again elsewhere. And Gwen had included her mother in that. Gwen was now seeing with clear eyes everything her mother had done and she didn't like it at all. She now knew who she should have blamed all along and it wasn't Theresa or her or Ethan. The blame now fully rested on Rebecca's shoulders. If Gwen hadn't been so stressed by what her mother had said, she wouldn't have lost her child or her ability to have children ever again.

Though her work of tallying everything was hard, she was glad she was doing something. After all, everyone else around the mansion was busy. Ethan was in his office, mailing off resumes to firms around the country, Fox and little Ethan were playing up in the nursery, and Julian and Alistair were dealing with Rebecca in the study.

"Hello, Gwen," came a female voice from the doorway of the room. Gwen turned to see the absolute bane of Rebecca's existence, Katherine Crane.

"Hello Katherine. How are you today?" Gwen asked her.

"As fine as I can be with your mother still living in this house. And plus Martin is worried about Theresa and her new life in Port Charles," Katherine said.

"She's doing fine, Katherine. I'm sure Theresa is getting along alright. And I'm sure the twins are doing fine as well," Gwen told her.

"I'm sure you're right. But Martin still worries," Katherine said.

"Of course he does. That's the way fathers are. At least most fathers are like that," Gwen said.

"Yes. Two that are not like that at all are Julian and Alistair. I never got to teach Julian how to love and care for your family. Eve ended up teaching him that," Katherine said/

"And that is Alistair's fault for wanting to kill you. But now, you are using one of his tricks against him," Gwen said with a wicked smile.

Katherine shared her smile. "And it is so much fun! I've never been so happy to hold something over his head."

Ethan sighed as he sealed the last envelope. It was quite the headache, but it was well worth it. He was looking forward to leaving Harmony behind and starting a new life elsewhere. Gwen was looking forward to it as well as applying to adopt in their new home.

The one thing they discussed at length in the past few weeks was when they were going to return little Ethan to Theresa and had decided they would wait a few weeks, until after the twins were born. They didn't want to add any stress to an already stressful pregnancy, thanks to Rebecca.

Just down the hall he could hear his mother-in-law's whining, trying to stop the divorce, but he could also hear both Alistair and Julian's booming voices continually stopping her from saying anything. He smiled at it. Of course, Alistair had no choice but to support his son. Katherine was holding a lot of evidence over his head about everything he had done during the time she had been gone. She now was on her way to having a happy marriage for once.

Ethan headed out of the office and walked up the back staircase and walked up to the nursery and watched his brother and godson play on the floor. Fox was wonderful with Ethan Martin. It was too bad that they were going to be torn apart. But Ethan felt it was only right. Fox had broken Theresa's heart and deserved to be hurt as bad as she was hurting.

"Uncle Ethan!" came his godson's voice at that moment and Ethan bent down and the two embrace.

"Hey buddy! Having fun with uncle Fox?" Ethan asked as he picked little Ethan up and tickled him slightly.

"Yeah!" Little Ethan exclaimed through his laughter.

"Then I'm sorry, but it's your naptime," Ethan told him.

"Do I have to?" the little boy asked.

"Yes. Now let's go. You need an energy boost, kiddo," Ethan said as he took him to his room and laid him down in his bed for a nap/

Little Ethan fell asleep as Ethan covered him with his comforter.

Ethan then walked back to the nursery and frowned at Fox. He was so long-faced at that moment thinking about Theresa.

Fox looked up at his brother at that moment. "What are you looking at, Ethass!"

"Someone who deserves every ounce of pain that he is going through! You broke Theresa's heart and she wanted to start again somewhere else. You won't find her for a long time," Ethan said, carefully hiding the truth he knew.

"I will find her and make it up to her! You'll see!" Fox exclaimed.

"No you won't. And trust me, I wouldn't even try!" Ethan exclaimed before he walked down the hall to his and Gwen's room and sat down on the bed. He quickly looked around before he dialed a number on his cell phone. He put it to his ear and waited.

"Hello, Ric Lansing."

"Mr. Lansing, this is Ethan Winthrop in Harmony Maine," Ethan said. Ethan remembered Ric as one of the top students in the law school he attended.

"Mr. Winthrop, why am I getting a call form one of the people my cousin hates more than anyone right now?" Ric asked.

"Because, I want your help in deciding the perfect time to give your cousin her son back. And don't say now, because I know she is within a week of giving birth to the twins and I don't want to add any additional stress in this late stage," Ethan said.

"You're right. Theresa is under enough stress. Let's say, in about four weeks, you can bring him to Port Charles. I will fax an agreement to you for you and your wife to sign. If you go against the agreement, I will fight tooth and nail to get Ethan Martin back for Theresa," Ric said.

"No problem. I'll give you the fax number for my office downtown in a phone call tomorrow. I don't want it sent here to the house," Ethan said.

"I understand. I will be waiting for your call, Mr. Winthrop," Ric said before both he and Ethan hung up their phones.