Crooked Halos Ch. 18
by LilAngelGirl .
 

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"Move to Texas? Theresa have you lost your mind?" Luis yelled. "You can’t move to Texas, you don’t know anyone there! Your home is in Harmony, with your family."
Theresa shook her head, "Harmony holds so many bad memories for me Luis, and I do know people in Texas, I know Chad, and Charity, and Bray."
"Bray? Who’s Bray? Look it doesn’t matter if you know half the state, this is your home!" Luis repeated.
"Luis, let her speak." Pilar said turning to Theresa, "Are you sure about this Theresa?" Pilar asked.
"We’re not sure of anything yet mama, I just know that just being in Harmony is hard for me. After what Julian did to me, its hard."
Chad looked down at Theresa, facing Julian Crane would be hard on both of them. For him knowing that man was his father made him sick, and knowing what he tried to do to Theresa, that was worse. "We just want a new start." Chad said looking up at Luis. "And I’ll take good care of her. We belong together, but not here, not in Harmony."
"Now you have a problem with Harmony?" Luis said staring over at Chad. "Since when?"
Chad took a deep breath. "Since the day Theresa told me who my parents are, I’m just not sure if I can stay here now."
"Parents? You know who your parents are now?" Pilar questioned the young man. "Do we know them?"
Chad nodded his head, "Yes, you know them very well."
"Who are they?" Luis asked.
"Julian Crane and Eve Russell." Chad’s words forced Pilar’s mouth to fall open and Luis to let out a gasp.
"You’re the son of Julian Crane? And you think I’m going to let you marry my sister?" Luis yelled out.
"Eve and Julian? But how? Are you sure?" Pilar said her words running together.
"Its a very long story, and yes I’m sure." Chad frowned.
"And to answer your question Luis, you can’t stop me from marrying Chad. I love him, and I want to spend my life with him!"
"Man, you had no problem with me before, look I ain’t nothing like that man! He’s just blood, you’ve gotta believe me, I love your sister, I would never hurt her." Chad said watching as Luis dropped his head.
"You have a good point Chad, I’m sorry I judged you on who your father is, but if you hurt my sister." He began.
"Man, if I ever hurt your sister, you can hunt me down and beat me."
"And I’ll take you up on that." Luis grinned.
"I just want you to be happy Theresa, though thinking of you moving away does sadden me." Pilar frowned.
"Mama, I’ll never be gone for good. You can’t get rid of me that easy." She laughed. "But we like Texas, and we are only thinking of moving there at the moment.."
"I have some great friends there, and if we do move there, we’ll be all right." Chad smiled. "But if Theresa wants to stay here, I’m fine with that."
"Well you have yourself a good man here Theresa, you better hold on to him." Pilar laughed.
"Oh I plan on it Mama."
Chad hugged Theresa as she smiled, "You know we need to get to the hospital, Charity is going to need us."
"And you need to speak with your mother." Theresa said looking up at him.
Chad lowered his head, "I guess I can’t keep putting it off huh?":
"No Chad, you can’t."
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"Charity, what are you doing here?" Kay questioned linking arms with Miguel.
"Jessica called me." Charity said in a strong voice.
"I told her not to do that." Kay frowned. "She never listens to me."
Charity frowned. "You didn’t want me to know that my aunt was in the hospital?"
"Well, I thought we could tell you once she got better." Kay said her voice annoyed.
"Oh so what you’re really trying to say is, you didn’t want me here." Charity bitterly spoke.
"You were so far away, no need bothering you."
"Oh its not bother, I love Aunt Grace very much." Charity informed her cousin. "And I think I had a right to know she was hurt."
"You’re not her child, so no you didn’t have a right." Kay spewed.
"She has been asking about me Kay! She wanted to see me."
Kay rolled her eyes, "You were always her favorite. Even now she wants you instead of me."
Charity let out a heavy sigh, "Kay, get over yourself! Your mother is in bad shape and all you can do is whine about how she likes me more? You’re her child Kay, she loves you!" Charity yelled.
"Charity, calm down." Bray said touching Charity’s shoulder.
She looked up at Bray glaring into his eyes. "Don’t tell me to calm down! My mother is dead, and Aunt Grace is the closest thing to a mother I have left, and she didn’t even want me to know about the accident!" She shrieked.
"She is my mother and she asked me to find you! You’re Perfect Charity, and that’s who she wanted in her worst moment!" Kay shouted.
"I am not Perfect Charity! I am not who you think I am Kay, I’ve changed! And I’m sorry your mother asked for me, I know that must have hurt, but it wasn’t My fault! So will you please stop blaming me for everything bad in your pathetic life!"
"Charity just go in and see your aunt!" Bray said louder. "Don’t do this here, its not the place."
Charity took a deep breath. "Your right its not."
Miguel looked over at Bray and frowned. "Is this your boyfriend?" he asked.
"Why do you care?" Kay suddenly snapped at him.
"I was wondering." Miguel said in a low voice.
"Well I’m sure he is Miguel, after all Charity always gets the best in everything, the best guys, the best friends, anything she wants she gets!"
Charity frowned as she looked at Miguel, "Well you got the man you wanted Kay, Miguel is yours now! So didn’t you get the guy you consider the best?"
"Yeah I got Miguel, and I bet you hate that." Kay said with a huge grin.
Charity calmly shook her head. "No Kay, I don’t hate it, I’m glad you and Miguel got together, because you did me a favor."
"What?" Miguel, and Kay both said.
"Yeah, loosing Miguel was the best thing that could have ever happened to me, because it snapped me out of the daze I had been in, and help me find myself again." With that she looked over at Bray and smiled. "Come in the room with me?" She asked softly.
"Of course."
Charity looked back at Kay and smiled. "I’m not Stupid Charity anymore either Kay, remember that." The words caused Kay’s eyes to widen as Charity turned and with Bray by her side she walked into her Aunt’s room.
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