Chapter 41:

There's A Time and A Place For Everything

"Hey.", Theresa greeted, walking over to Fox, her husband.

"Hey.", he turned to her. "What's up with Kat?"

"Daniel is there with her, I think she'll be okay.", Theresa replied. "But, I really don't want to talk about it."

"Really?", Fox asked.

"Uh - hmm.", Theresa replied, wrapping her arms around his neck. "You know I've been thinking…", her hands trailed down the buttons of his shirt. " I really am the luckiest woman alive, I have two beautiful children and the most sexiest man alive as my husband.", she kissed his lips softly.

"Does this mean you have forgave me?", he asked. "And, things are back to good again?"

She nodded. "Life's too short, especially when I know in my heart that you are mine and I am yours. And, no one can come between us."

He took her lips with his own, the kisses quickly turned from sweet and loving to hot and passionate.

I would die for you
I would die for you
I've been dying just to feel you by my side
To know that you're mine

He took his hand in hers and led him to the couch, and began to kiss down his neck, she jerked him down on the couch beside her.

I will cry for you
I will cry for you
I will wash away your pain with all my tears
And drown your fear

She quickly tore at the buttons on his shirt. Kissing her way down from his lips down his neck, over his Adam's apple and down his chest. She quickly moved his shirt off his chest and he ran his hand under her shirt unclasping her bra and running his hand over her breast.

I will pray for you
I will pray for you
I will sell my soul for something pure and true
Someone like you

She quickly raised her arms allowing him to remove her top. He began to ply kisses down her neck, over her collar bone, he gently lay her on the couch, and began to from her collar bone down to the valley of her breast

See your face every place that I walk in
Hear your voice every time I am talking
You will believe in me
And I will never be ignored

She watched as he unbuckled her belt and his hands went under the blue jean fabric, over her silk thong, then she watched as he plied kisses down her stomach, down to her most erotic area, she watched as he slipped his hand under her thong causing her to moan.

I will burn for you
Feel pain for you
I will twist the knife and bleed my aching heart
I'll tear it apart

He placed one finger her sweet spot, feeling, just how much she wanted him. He removed his finger and licked it clean then, he slid her jeans over her lips and off her body and onto the floor.

I will lie for you
I can steal for you
I will crawl on hands and knees until you see
You're just like me

He began, to lick the inside of her inner thin, he watched as she moan and her eyes roiled back in her eyes as a sign that she was in sheer ecstasy.

Violate all my love that I'm missing
Throw away all the pain that I'm living
You will believe in me
And I can never be ignored

He moved the thong off her legs, giving him full access to the place he wanted to be more then anything, he began to tease her clit with his teeth, causing her to moan.

I would die for you
I would kill for you
I will steal for you
I'd do time for you
I would wait for you
I'd make room for you
I'd sail ships for you
To be close to you
To be a part of you
'Cause I believe in you
I believe in you
I would die for you

He felt her release and gratefully swallowed ever bit of her honey like substance.

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"Good morning, señor Drake.", the woman greeted.

"Good morning, senorita.", he replied, not taking his eye off the computer screen, he had been doing research on Tiziman, he figured that something on the internet would spark a memory, but he had, had no such luck, he didn't remember nothing about this place.

"I thought I bring you the paper.", she told him.

"Okay, leave it.", he told her.

The woman nodded. "And, coffee."

"Thanks.", he replied.

She looked at the man, he was innocent, he was a very innocent man being keep kidnapped by a mad woman like Janet Swansboro.

"It's a shame about that Banning boy, isn't it señor Drake?", she asked.

"I've heard a few stories.", he replied. "Janet says, it's best not fret over someone you don't know."

"That is quit cruel, don't you think?", she asked.

"Janet is a - she's not the nicest person in the world.", he replied.

"I'd say.", she replied. "She is a monster, I - don't trust her, okay. What ever she tells you second guess it, because she will twist things to fit her purpose.",

"You sound like Hartford, he told me the same thing.", he told her. "He says that she is a snake in the grass."

"She is.", she replied.

"Drake?", they turned to see Janet gazing the doorstep. "Maria, what are you doing? I told you to hurry up, not harass him."

"That's okay, really.", Drake replied.

"Now go, you nuisance.", Janet told the woman, Maria quickly exited. "What was she saying?"

"Nothing really, she wanted to know how I was and if I liked Tiziman.", he lied, he found her words straddling and suspicious

"Oh.", she replied, her eyes feel on the paper. "What is this?"

"The paper.", he replied.

"No, this isn't the paper, this is the Harmony Harold, what are you doing with it?", she asked.

"I - I asked her to get me a paper from Harmony, since that is where I was shot at, I want to know who shot me, I know why, but, I want to know who."

"It's -Drake, please…"

"No, don't do this to me, I - Jan, I want to know who.", he demanded.

"Fox, he's a Crane, Drake, he is from one of the powerful families in the world.", Janet told him.

"Is he a mobster like Hartford and myself or is he…", Drake began.

"No, he was stalking me, he - he raped me.", Janet lied, she was about to get all she ever wanted Fox and James both dead and out of her way.

"He what?", Drake asked.

"He raped me.", Janet told him. "It - it was before I met you, you helped me heal baby. You helped me get over it."

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"Good morning.", Kathelina told him.

"Morning.", he mumbled, he rolled over to look at the clock it was almost 11. "God, this has been the shortest night of my life."

"Why's that?", she asked.

"I sleep sound the whole night.", he told her, it was weird, because it was the day of his brother's funeral, yet, the night before had been so peacefully blissful. "How long have you been up?"

"5, I couldn't sleep.", she told him.

"Why didn't you wake me?", he asked.

"You looked so peaceful, besides you have been there me so many times The least I could do is let you sleep one full night.", Kathelina told him.

"I know this is the last thing you want to hear right now, but, Happy Birthday.", he told her.

"Thanks.", she mumbled.

"You're welcome.", he offered her a small smile. "Well, I better get my lazy ass out of this bed and ready."

"Yup, the funeral's at one.", she replied.

"Uh- hmm.", he replied, getting up from the bed and putting on his pants. "I'm going to head over to Dylan's apartment and shower and…"

"Why is your dad rushing this funeral so much?", she asked. "He allowed only two hours for the funeral and wake."

"He doesn't like publicity.", he replied. "It's bad for the family business."

"That you'll inherent?", she asked.

"Probably, but, knowing dad he's liable to have some bastard son, just waiting till he crooks to come in a screw me out of what is mine.", he told her.

She nodded. "Well, I'm going to go get dressed, I'll see you in a hour, I want to get there early."

"Okay.", he replied, walking down the hall to the apartment.

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Theresa sighed, she had just experience the most blissful experience of her life.

"You okay?", he asked.

"Uh-hmm.", she smiled at him. "I just Thank God, Ethan is with Ivy.", she giggled.

"Me too.", he replied.

"I hate to get up from here, I want to lay here with you all day.", she told him.

"So do, and we can repeat this over and over and over and over….", he began.

She giggled. "I'd love that, you know that."

"Yeah.", he replied.

"But, we need to go down to the funeral home and be there for Kat and to show that we care for Dylan.", she replied.

He nodded. "Yeah, well, we haven't got much time."

"What are you trying to say?", asked.

"Maybe we should shower together?", he suggested.

"I'd love that, but, we know that wouldn't work, we'd never get the church today or tomorrow, for that matter.", she giggled.

"I guess.", he replied.

"Tell you what, I'll take a rain check on that, maybe tonight", she replied.

"Promise.", he smiled.

"Swear it.", she replied.

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"I hate funerals.", Kathelina sighed.

"I know.", Daniel replied.

"Danny.", he heard a voice call from behind him, he turned to see his father standing there. "Dad?", he asked, turning to his father.

"What? Surprised to see me?", the older man asked him.

"Very.", Daniel replied, he clutched Kathelina's hand tightly in his.

"Who's she?", Daniel Sir, motioned to the girl who stood by his side.

"Uh, Kathelina this is my father Daniel Sir, Dad this is Kathelina, Dylan's girl friend.", he introduced the two.

"Hi.", Kathelina mumbled.

"Where's mama and the girls?", Daniel asked.

"Oh, your mom couldn't make it.", he told his son. "And, the girls?"

"Sandy and Katie are in Europe.", he told him. "They are very good students."

"Compared to me, right?", Daniel asked, his father.

"Danny, I - you could have done so much better with your life, I gave you every opportunity.", the man began.

"Yeah, and let me guess what you are going to say next, but, I screwed everything up, just I like always have. Boy Scouts, Boarding School…", Daniel began.

"Your marriage.", he father told him. Daniel quenched, he never wanted Kathelina to know that he was married.

Kathelina looked at him, he seen the look in her eye, the look of betrayal and hate. "I - there's Fox, I better…I'm going to go over there.", she hurried off.

"Damn you.", Daniel exclaimed. "Damn you to hell."

"What's the matter?", his father asked.

"How dare you bring up my marriage.", Daniel huffed. "How dare you bring it up, you know as good as I do that it was a marriage of convenience."

"A marriage of convenience?", his father asked.

"Don't you even act like you don't know what I am talking about.", Daniel warned him. "You know as well as I do that you forced me to marry Ashley, you made me marry her in order to blind mother from your affair with her."

"I don't know what you are talking about.", Daniel Sir told his son.

"I married her so that you could fuck her without getting caught.", Daniel told him, then he stormed off he had to find Kathelina, he had to talk to her.

"Daniel…", he heard someone call his name and turned to her, Gwen , the last person he wanted to see right now, he couldn't deal with her not now, he wanted to be with Kathelina, not Gwen, the woman he thought of his way to get revenge on Rebecca,

"Gwen.", he forced a smile to his dry lips.

"I'm so sorry about Dylan…", Gwen began, she wrapped her arms around him. "You must be a mess?"

"Yeah, well. I need to keep it together so many people are depending on me.", he told her.

"Daniel, you don't have to be strong around me, it's okay to cry.", she told him, he sighed. 'Damn it, God, you sure know how to torture a person don't you, it is bad enough dad had to go mention my freaking marriage from hell, but, you place her here to keep me from Kat, Ah!!!'

"I'm fine really ", he told her, he pulled back from her hug, he had let her hold on to him far to long.

"Daniel…", she began.

"Gwen, I - Kat has lost a lot here. It's her birthday and the day they bury the man she loves more than anything in the world. She needs all her friends by her.", he told him.

"I know, but, Fox and Theresa…", she began.

"Fox and Theresa, ain't me.", he told her. "She needs me and I need her."

Gwen looked at him, jealousy apparent in her eyes. "Go to her."

"I am.", he told her.

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Kathelina sighed, he was married, Daniel was married, not only was she betraying Dylan when ever she kissed him, but, he was cheating on his wife, or maybe it was an ex - wife. 'Same difference.' Unlike the rest of her family, she believed in one marriage that, you married only once to the man or woman you loved.

"Kathelina?", she heard him call after her. "Kat?"

She turned to him. "Fox, what do you want?"

"What no hello, how are you doing?", he asked.

"Oh, sorry, I - I'm very distracted right now, forgive me.", she replied.

"What's the matter?", he asked.

"Did you ever think you knew someone really good, but in reality you knew not a damn thing about them?", she asked.

"Is this about Dylan? Or Daniel?", he asked.

"Both.", she replied. "I never knew Dylan's family, he never talked about them."

"Dylan, was a loner, not really a loner, he keep something private, even from me.", he replied.

She nodded. "I was the woman he loved."

"I know.", he replied.

"God, Fox, I don't know what I am feeling right now.", she told him.

"Death is hard and it doesn't get easier.", he replied.

She nodded in agreement. "I love Dylan, I really do, but, Fox - Fox, I came this close to sleeping with Daniel."

"I'll kill him…", he began.

"I wasn't his fought, not, completely.", she replied. "I - I begged him to make love to me."

Fox looked at her.

"I - I like him, okay.", she replied. "I like him a lot. But, it's too soon and I don't know what make him tick, I mean, he is so mysterious."

"Let me tell you something mysterious and adventurous, stay away. April, made the same mistake, he fascinated her, I mean he is dark and mysterious and…."

"I'm not April and he's changed.", she told him. "Fox, he's been there for me every hour of the day."

He nodded. "I have to give him props on that one but…"

"You don't trust or like him, right?", she replied.

"Exactly, he is never completely honest about himself or his motives.", he told her.

"I know, he - Fox, he was married. I don't know to whom or if they even are still together, but, you know my beliefs.", she told her.

"One marriage to death do us part, right?", he asked.

"Yup.", she told him.

"Kat, I know were you're getting at with this.", he told her. "But, sometimes people can't get along and they split and just because they screwed up their first relationship doesn't mean they aren't entitled to another one with the right person."

"True, but…", she began.

"Look at Theresa and me, she married Julian by mistake, she always thought Ethan was her destiny, we married as away for her to hold on to her son and we feel in love, yea, we both made our mistakes but…", he told her.

"I know.", she replied. "You and T, have a wonderful relationship and I look at it different with you two. Theresa didn't purposely marry Julian, she was drunk."

"I don't like Daniel, you know that but, don't go judging his marriage. I mean, it's better to divorce then to stay in a marriage were the both of you are living in a living hell constantly. You seen what a unhappy marriage did to us and Ivy and Julian."

She nodded in agreement. "I know, but, call me old fashioned, but, I always wanted to be with only one man, marry him and work though all our problems, to be different from mom and dad."

"I do to and Theresa and me…well look at us.", he told her.

She smiled up at him. "I take it you and her are back together?"

"Uh-hmm.", he smiled back at her.

"At least someone is happy, finally.", she told him.

"Come on you'll find happiness.", he told her.

"No, my only means of happiness is about to be buried in that coffin in there and Dylan is never going to be with me again." , she began to weep.

"Kat…", he pulled her to him, it broke his heart to see his sister so unhappy.

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"Gwen.", Rachel began.

"Rachel, I ain't in the mood.", Gwen snapped at her.

"God, here I am trying to be nice and you act like a bitch, I - what happened, catch Daniel with his pants down with another girl?", Rachel asked.

"No.", Gwen's eyes narrowed on her step- sister.

Rachel busted out laughing. "He blew you off."

"Uh.", Gwen exclaimed.

"I'm right.", Rachel laughed.

"Would you…", Gwen began.

"He blew you off for Kathelina.", Rachel mused. "I knew it, he doesn't want you."

"God, shut up.", Gwen exclaimed.

"That's just awesome.", Rachel replied, she giggled softly to herself.

"I thought you hated Daniel?", Gwen asked.

"I do.", Rachel replied. "But, well it's funny, sorry."

"God, you find the sickest of sick ways to amuse yourself, don't you?", Gwen asked.

"No, I find it pathetic, that he left you with out evening get a homerun, Lord knows a homerun on your field comes easy.", Rachel smirked.

"I don't find your shit funny.", Gwen told her.

"What you going to do, go crying to Becky, Wecky?", Rachel asked. "Or perhaps you'll attack me with a ball bat, Lord they ought to have locked you up along time ago."

"You little…", Gwen began raising her hand, she felt someone grab it.

"Gwen, she worth the time.", Theresa told her.

"Oh God, Theresa, why are you friends with her?", Rachel asked. "She tried to kill you, she broke you and Ethan up, she helped Rebecca try to take your son away…"

"Rachel, why don't you mind your own business?", Theresa told her.

"Umm, it is my business, you both are family, see daddy married hippo over there.", she motioned to Rebecca. "And, this cow is her daughter and well you married Fox and you're my sissy- in- law and she is my half- sissy.", she smirked. "I like you Theresa, at first well…what I am saying, I think the both of you are trash."

"Nice to know.", Theresa told her. "Now, why don't you make yourself scarcious, I think some old man, with poor eyesight and a loaded pocket book just walked in."

"God, why does Fox and daddy have to be so blind?", she huffed.

"Thank you.", Gwen replied.

"No problem.", Theresa replied.

"She is so unconscious of other peoples feelings, she doesn't care about no one, she is like a viper, just waiting to strike you with her poisoned tongue.", Gwen exclaimed.

"Well, she had you heated.", Theresa told her. "May I ask why?"

"Daniel.", Gwen told her.

"Oh.", Theresa replied.

"Theresa, I like him.", Gwen told her. "I like him a lot."

"Good.", Theresa replied.

"No, he - Theresa, he totally blew me off for Kat.", Gwen told her.

"Oh, please don't start fighting over him, cause I know I will get drug in the middle and I don't want to be.", Theresa told her.

"I - she can have him.", Gwen fumed.

"If she wants him, Kat still loves Dylan. Dead or alive.", Theresa told her.

Spoilers for Chapter 42:

Kathelina asks Daniel about his marriage and they fight.

Daniel Sir comforts a angry and sadden Kat.

Sam and Fox talk about their loses and what they have gained in life.