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~THERESA~
"You're feelings for me? What are you talking about Theresa?" Ethan asks me.
"I don't know how to tell you this Ethan. It's hard for me--"
"Theresa, you can tell me. I won't tell anyone if you don't want me to."
"Ethan, I'm in love with you. Gwen has been right since the beginning. I
never had a boyfriend. It's always been you. I have loved you since before
we met. When I finally met you it was like a dream come true. I was going
to tell you then, but then I got so nervous around you and spilt things on
you and you thought I was stalking you. I never was though. And all those
incidents where I ended up in your arms, those were accidents, too. I never
meant to drive a wedge between you and Gwen and I never meant to hurt her. I
know it's hard to believe, but it's the truth. I know that you hate me now
and probably want nothing to do with me ever again. I'll give your mother my
notice today so you'll never have to see me again." I blurt it all out with
hardly taking a breath.
Ethan stands there in shock. I can't wait around to
hear what he'll say to me, so I take off running and i don't look back....
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~KAY~
I walk on the docks and look at the water. I wish I could just die right
now. It feels like I already have. What's the use of living if I can't have
Miguel. Not only does he not want me as a girlfriend, but he doesn't want me
as a friend either. I hear footsteps behind me and I'm afraid to turn around
to see who's there.
"Kay. I thought I'd find you here." I turn around and see Miguel standing
right there.
"Miguel, what are you doing here?" I say, trying to wipe the tears from eyes.
"I am so sorry, Kay, can you ever forgive me?"
"Forgive you? Forgive you for what? For caring more about Charity than me
or for forgetting my birthday?"
"I don't care more about Charity than--"
"Save it, Miguel. Yes you do. I've had to sit here and take it ever since
Charity came to town. You and I used to be inseparable. But now, we don't
even know each other. I'm not going to forgive you Miguel. You have hurt me
one too many times. As far as I'm concerned, our friendship is over." I
say, as I walk past him and leave him there. As soon as I'm a safe distance
away from him, I start to cry uncontrollably....
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~IVY~
Great. Now Sam is nosing around. If he finds out that Julian knows about
the two of us, everything could be ruined. He can't find out the truth about
Ethan. I walk towards the pier and I see a young girl crying. I go up to
her.
"Dear, are you alright?" She looks up at me and I recognize her as Sam's
daughter.
"Yes, I'm fine. You're Mrs. Crane."
"Yes, I am. And you're Kay Bennett."
"How did you know my name?"
"Your mother showed me a picture of you."
"Oh."
"Are you sure you're ok? You look very upset. I'm great at keeping secrets."
"Well, it's just that my best friend doesn't care about me anymore. Today's
my birthday and every year he takes out to breakfast to celebrate. He forgot
because he's too caught up with my cousin."
"You're in love with him aren't you?"
"Yes. How did you know that?"
"I can see the hurt in your eyes. Why don't you let me take you to breakfast
and we can talk a little more about it?"
"You would do that for me?"
"Of course. Come on."
"Thank you so much." She gets up and we head to the Book Cafe for breakfast....
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~SHERIDAN~
"So, Luis. How are you doing?"
"I'm doing better, Sheridan. At first it was really hard believing that my
father's death wasn't my fault. Seeing the pain in momma's eyes killed me.
And watching Theresa blame herself was too much to handle. But I know in my
heart that I did the right thing in saving your life. I couldn't live with
myself if you would have died."
He is such a kind and thoughtful man. Any woman would be lucky to have him.
I just wish that could be me.
"Thank you again, Luis. You saved my life, twice now. I will never forget
that and one of these days I'm going to pay you back for it."
"Sheridan, you don't owe me anything. Just knowing that you're ok is all the
thanks I need."
Just then we look into each other's eyes and we are suddenly drawn toward each other into a passionate kiss.....
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