Bermuda

Chapter one

    Gwen was in her room with the curtain drawn feeling miserable as usual when her mother came into the room.  Rebecca went to the window and opened the curtains.  Gwen shielded her eyes from the bright light.
"Mother." She whined, "I want to be left alone."  Rebecca pulled out Gwen’s suitcase from her closet and began stuffing it with clothes.

"Gwen,  I can’t believe that you are my daughter."  Rebecca said, "letting that little Miss Guatemala get the best of you."

"But he loves her mother, even after he found out that she knew about his paternity, he still wants to marry her."

"Theresa is not going to marry Ethan."  Rebecca said, "she will do something to mess things up, believe me."

"How can you be so sure?" Gwen asked.  Rebecca smiled.

"Gwen, this is Theresa we are talking about."  She assured her daughter.  "Now get up and change. We are off to Bermuda."

"Bermuda?  The last place I need to go is there Mother."  Gwen said "Ethan and I were going there for our honeymoon -  remember."  Rebecca smiled.

"Ah pooh, Julian is there to get a divorce from Ivy and I want to be there to marry him before the ink is dry on the paper."

"Gee mother, can’t you wait until he gets back?"

"No."  Rebecca said. " I have to snag him before the other divorcees get wind of the news that the most powerful and richest man in the world is now single."  Gwen sighed.  "Besides, Ethan is there looking for Theresa."

Gwen mouth dropped upon hearing this news. "Ethan and Theresa in Bermuda?  Mother, they are probably married by now if he chased her all the way to Bermuda."  Rebecca shook her head.

"Gwen didn’t I tell you to trust me?"  She sounded angry. "Girls like Theresa will always do something to mess themselves up, now get up -  we have a plane to catch!"

    The plane ride to Bermuda was uneventful; it wasn’t until they were on the ground that the weather got bad.  They had landed in the middle of a level five hurricane.  Gwen was surprised to see Theresa and Whitney in the resort lobby.  Julian was in shock to say the least to see Rebecca and Gwen standing there.  Bruce the lech, Julian’s friend was staring at her as if she was the main course.  She put her arms across her chest to keep him from staring at her breasts.  Bruce slid up besides her; she could smell the alcohol.

"Hello Gwen, you are looking good." He said.  She backed away from him.

"Why thank you."  She said politely. "Excuse me, I must go."  She left in a hurry.

While Rebeca was arguing with Theresa, Gwen was afraid that Ethan and Theresa were married.  When the Justice of the Peace handed Theresa an envelope she became frightened.
"A-are those pictures of your wedding to Ethan, Theresa?" she asked. Her heart began to pound loudly in her chest.

"No." the Justice of the Peace spoke out. Gwen heart lightened.

"By the way, where is Ethan?" Rebecca asked.  Theresa and Whitney explained to them what had happened to Sheridan and that Ethan and Chad went along with Luis to look for her.

"In this weather?" Gwen asked, "this is a level five hurricane we are talking about."  She got in Theresa’s face.  "If anything happens to Ethan, you will pay." She warned "It would be your fault if anything happens to him!"

Theresa looked at her with her bugged eyes popping out of her head and her shoulders hunching over and lips trembling with fear.  She remembered the last time Gwen was angry with her.   It was best that she stayed out of her way.  Rebecca snatched the envelope out of Theresa’s hand.

"You wouldn’t mind if we see the pictures, would you Theresa?" she said.  Whitney snatched the envelope and gave it back to Theresa.
 
"This is none of your business."  She said.  Rebecca snatched it back.
"Excuse you?"  she said.  "Theresa can speak up for herself."

Theresa was scrunching her face as if she was trying to form a thought.  Whitney snatched the envelope back and proceeded to tell them what she thought of them.  Gwen hulled back her hand and slapped the spit out of Whitney’s mouth.

"How dare you talk to my mother that way!" She said.  As she took off her earrings she was about to kick Whitney’s ass.  Whitney was in shock as Gwen told her coldly, "THIS rich bitch holds a black belt in judo." She said.  "Let’s roll."

Julian ran over and stood between them.  "Ladies, ladies."  He said as he held Gwen by the waist, "Now is not the time for this. Everyone is upset about what has happened. Rebecca, you should try to be more sympathetic towards Theresa, after all her brother is out there."  Rebecca eyed him suspiciously.

"Julian, since when are you so supportive of Theresa?" she asked. Julian smiled "well Rebecca I was a-a-a only trying to understand her feelings. After all, my poor dear sister Sheridan is missing too."

Rebecca’s womanly instincts kicked in -  she knew something was up.  Once Gwen cooled down Julian released her.   Gwen felt good, she haven’t felt this good in a long time And she enjoyed it.  Whitney grabbed Theresa by the hand and scurry out of her sight like rats.  Rebecca smiled at her and beamed."why Gwennie you do love your mommy."  She said.  Gwen smiled; she was beginning to feel like her old self again.

Rebecca told her suspicions to Gwen and told her that she was going to talk to the Justice of the Peace. If anyone knew what was going on, he would.  Gwen was going to ask her mother how she was going to get him to talk but decided against it.  She didn’t want to know.  While Rebecca snooped around, Gwen hung out in the lobby to wait for word on Ethan.  It didn’t take long for her to find out.  Theresa and Whitney cried as the coast guard informed them that the boat was lost and all aboard were missing and presumed dead.  Gwen was in shocked she stood there in disbelief!  Ethan dead!  She began to hyperventilate.  What about Sheridan?  She grabbed hold of a chair and sat down.  Theresa was mumbling something about fate-duh over and over again. She wanted to go over there and stomped her into the ground.  First, she stole Ethan from her and now she caused Ethan’s death.
"I’ll get you Theresa."  She said to herself "if it’s the last thing I do."

    Once she regained her strength she went in search of her mother to find some comfort.  Rebecca had the Justice of the Peace almost eating out of her hands when she found her.  Rebecca comforted her daughter the best way she knew how.
"Why don’t you go to the room and lie down."  She suggested "I’ll be up to check on you in a little while."
"What are you going to do mother?" she asked, "find Julian?"
Rebecca shook her head.

"No, dear I almost got the man to spill his guts to me."

"Mother, let it go."  She said, "Ethan is gone." Rebbecca hugged Gwen.
"I just want to know if I am right about Theresa that’s all then you can get some peace that once you know that you were right about that little whore all along."  Gwen knew that once her mother had a notion in her head she would not let it go until she is satisfied.

"Oh right Mother." She sighed, "go do what you have to do."  Rebecca gave her a peck on the cheek and hurried back to the J.P.’s office.

    On the way up to her room, the strangest thing happened.  The sky cleared up!  Then a miracle appeared before her eyes!  In walked Ethan, Chad and Luis!  She ran to Ethan and hugged him tightly.
"Oh Ethan, we thought…I thought that you were…"  She broke down crying "Oh Ethan!"  Ethan pulled away from her and smiled.
"Have you seen Theresa?"  he asked.  Gwen stood there unable to speak.  Did he just ask about Theresa?  Whitney ran up to them and hugged them, Ethan asked her about Theresa, and she told him that she left Theresa in the lobby while she went to get her something to drink and when she came back she was gone.  Rebecca ran out of the  J.P.’s office when she heard Ethan voice.

    She went over to Gwen who looked as if she was about to crack at any moment and took her aside.  "Hold on Gwen."  She whispered.  "Everything is alright."  Gwen choked back bitter tears as she looked at her mother.

"How can you say that mother."?  She whispered. "Ethan asked for her."  Rebecca smiled "cheer up Pumpkin, I got the goods on Theresa."  She smiled "Theresa is married!"  Gwen couldn’t believe her ears
"but Theresa said that she didn’t marry Ethan."  Gwen said.  Rebecca had a grin like the Cheshire cat. "but who?  And so fast?"

"I didn’t get the name of the groom out of Henry."
"Henry?"

"Yes Henry, the Justice of the Peace."   She said "but who cares?  She’s married, he told me that she came to see him stinking drunk and gotten married to a man old enough to be her father."  The first person that came to Gwen’s’ mind was Julian, but not even Theresa could have been that drunk.  She put the thought out of her mind.