Chapter 4:
A/N: I know its been quiet awhile, but, I always felt this story had so much potential but, life got busy but, this is one story I want to continue.
"Ethan Martin.", he whispered he didn't want to wake the child but, Fox knew it was now or never he had to get away, he had to take 'his son' and leave, funny how in a few short minutes he had become a father. 'Maybe this time you've really got in over your head.'
"Fox, what's - mommy, where is she?", Ethan Martin began. "she told me to - she said to listen to my father, but, I don't -"
"It was - you must have been dreaming but, we - Ethan listen we, got to leave, it's - something happened here tonight and it's not safe here for us no more buddy, you trust me right?", Fox asked, Ethan Martin nodded. "Good now, come on let me pack you some clothes and get some of my stuff, we don't have much time.", Fox sighed as he made his way to the nightstand and began to pack some of Ethan Martin's clothes, he knew he didn't have much time before, Rebecca would call the police to get them removed, his thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door. "Stay right here and pack some clothes okay.", he turned and went outside the door.
"What are you still doing here?", Julian asked simply. "I told you to get out."
"Give me 15 minutes, I - I got to take my stuff.", Fox replied, turning to go back in the room.
"Take a damn rag from this house and I'll have you arrested, all the things in this house is Crane property.", Julian told him.
"Oh My God, are you freakin' serious.", Fox asked, of course he was serious.
"Try me.", Julian challenged. "Also, I've frozen all your accounts, you will have to work for what you get in life from this day forward."
"My God, is your whore that important? You're not only throwing me out, we're talking about a seven year old child here, he's your biological son. How could you? You're colder hearted then grandfather ever could be."
"Foxworth, I told you to get out, now get out!!!", Julian exclaimed. "Son, it's time that you learned to be a man.", Fox laughed,"Ha, you call yourself a man I suppose?", Fox asked, "since when have you ever been a man and stood up for what you believed in, since when have you valued your children above your whores? But, I'll tell you one thing I - I don't want nothing that this family's money helped buy.", with that he turned and left Julian in the hall.
"Ethan, we - we can't take nothing with us, we - we got to leave.", Fox told him, he stuck his hands in his pockets, all he had was a mizzly 600 dollars. 'How in the hell are we going to even get to where we're going on 600 dollars, lord help me, cause, I'm in over my head.'
"But, I want to take my stuff bear mommy bought me.", Ethan Martin told him. "Please."
Fox sighed how could he tell the boy that Julian was being such a bastard. "Stick the bear under your coat and zip it all the way up and run as fast as you can to my car, don't stop no matter what, okay buddy?", Ethan Martin nodded, then he did as Fox had told him, then they both quickly left the room.
"Foxworth, that car it's Crane property.", Rebecca told him, meeting him at the garage.
"You - ", he held his tongue, he could say what he wanted to in front of Ethan Martin. "You know what it's my name that's on the title and I'll do what I want with it.", he turned to Ethan Martin. "Come on buddy, let's go."
"My God, you'll pay Fox Crane, I swear you'll pay.", Rebecca screamed after him as he drove off.
"Where are we going?", Ethan Martin asked, as they pulled off down the road. "Why was she screaming at you, Fox what's going on?"
"I...", 'The truth Fox, tell him the truth.', he remembered how it felt growing up and being told lie after lie and he didn't want to tell the kid a lie but, the truth would kill him. "Ethan Martin, Rebecca is an evil woman, she - she and Julian wanted to send you off to this awful place and when I told them no way and we had an argument and well buddy, I - I...I told them that I would become your dad and take you and leave rather then, send you away by yourself.", he knew that made absolutely no sense. 'Lord help me be a dad to this kid and not be a total screw up.'
"So you're my daddy?", Ethan looked at him like he had grown another head. "I - I thought Julian was...and what about Ethan?"
"Julian is your real dad and Ethan he was your temporary dad and I'm your new dad.", Fox replied, 'God this kid was going be so confused. '
"Oh cool, so you're my new dad.", Ethan replied. "Do I have to call you dad?"
"No, if you're not comfortable with calling me dad then don't.", Fox replied. "I don't want you to call me daddy till you're ready."
"Okay, so where are we going?", Ethan Martin asked, as he lay his head back against the car seat.
"Well, to be honest I don't know, I thought maybe Chicago or maybe LA, but, I really don't have all that much money so, my first priority is to get a job, now I will be home to get you from school, so I'll probably work like from like 7 to 3 or something like that, but, don't you worry buddy cause, I will never abandon you and after a while we're get used to where ever it is we go...I'm leaning more and more towards Chicago, we can watch the Bulls play, how does that sounds, we can go to a live game or if you prefer baseball we can go watch the Bears, which do you prefer basketball or baseball?". he turned to Ethan Martin he was fast asleep. "My God, you're wore out ain't you buddy, he took his coat and threw it over Ethan Martin, he himself was exhausted but, had to get out of Harmony before he stopped and got a hotel room but, there was still the fact that he had no money. 'God please, I can't let this little boy down he's had so many disappointments in his life already.'