In this Chapter Theresa makes her big announcement. How is everyone going to react? What will she say? What will Ethan do? What will the rest of her family say, think and do? Stay tuned to find out.
Chapter 2 – The Announcement
(TPOV)
I smiled big and then grabbed Miguel's and Kay's hand before I turned back towards the rest of my guest and cleared my throat to make the announcement that I knew would change my life and possibly the lives of others as well. I cleared my throat again because, all of a sudden it was very dry. I could feel both Miguel and Kay squeeze my hand in support. I nodded my head acknowledging to both Miguel and Kay that I know I have their support.
I then took a deep breath and said "Everyone may I have your attention please? First I want to thank you all for coming here for tonight's party on such short notice. However there is a reason that I'm throwing this small party. Little Ethan could you come here please?" I held my breath as I waited for my darling son to come to me. He had no clue what was about to go down but I wanted him with me when I said a couple of words before I made the other big announcement. (A/N: What other announcement could Theresa be making besides the one where she is telling people that she is leaving?).
(LEPOV)
I walked up to my mom and knew that she was about to say something big. I just had no clue how big it would turn out to be but I had a feeling that my life was about to change as soon as I heard those words come out of her mouth. I walked over to my wonderful mom and hugged her when she bent down and I whispered to her "Mom, I love you and you are the best no matter what it is that you are about to say. I want you to know that I couldn't have a better mom than you and I'm proud to be your son." Mom looked like she was about to cry and I didn't know what to say or do to take that look off of her face. Mom leaned down and said to me "Little Ethan you are my son and I'm proud to be your mother. I love you son and I just hope that when I say this you will not hate me but remember I always love you even when I'm not with you." When my mom said those last words my little heart just about stopped beating. I had no idea what she meant but I was soon to find out.
(TPOV)
I had my little boy in front of me and my brother and his girlfriend on either side of me. Everyone in the room knew something important was about to happen because of my face and that of my sons face. I then took another big breath and said "Now I want you all to just listen while I talk so that I don't have to repeat any of this more than once. I have two things that I want to say and they are both big announcements so please just bare with me while I say what I'm about to say." I looked over at Miguel and he nodded his head and then bent down to whisper in my ear "Sis, you can do this you're much stronger than you ever thought and you have Kay, Little Ethan, and I by your side." I smiled through lips that felt like they were frozen.
I looked around at my friends, family, and the man I thought would have as a husband. I then took a deep breath and jumped in at the deep end and looked straight at Ethan and said, "Ethan, Little Ethan is not your Godson he is your biological son. I have thought long and hard about if I should tell you or not but decided that the right thing for me to do would be to tell you. I know that you probably hate me and that is okay but I had to tell you before I left." I could hear gasps going around the room and I heard Ethan say "Oh My God" and then he got quiet as the rest of what I said sank in. Within three sentences I made my two big announcements and I changed my life, along with my sons, and probably Ethan's and who knows who else's life with what I said.
(EPOV)
With the first sentence that Theresa said my heart stopped and then started beating fast and hard in my chest. She looked right at me and said "Ethan, Little Ethan is not your Godson he is your biological son. I have thought long and hard about if I should tell you or not but decided that the right thing for me to do would be to tell you. I know that you probably hate me and that is okay but I had to tell you before I left." Her words kept repeating themselves inside my head and then I said "Oh My God" before I fell quiet again and let the rest of what she had said sink in. Then her last sentence made sense. She was leaving so she thought she had to tell me even if it caused me to hate her. I could see my mom and Sam looking at me and then to Theresa and back to me and finally I lost control and yelled at Theresa "What do you mean you are leaving?"