Those Who Laugh Last... Chapter Sixteen  {E/T, Gwen}
by sadhappygirl
 
 
 

Chapter 16
"Uhh no, no." Gwen replied. "Ethan was just leaving." She gave Ethan a gentle push out the door.

"Gwen's it's late." Ethan warned.

"Yes, yes I know." She said."I'll make sure that I get plenty of sleep later, bye."

Colyer grinned. "Nice to see you again." He said to Ethan. "Have a nice evening."

Ethan opened his mouth to protest. Colyer shut the door in his face.

"It seems that a lot has change since the last time I was here." Colyer said as he sat down on the couch. "The last time I saw Ethan you called him a teat sucking pup."

Gwen giggled. "My opinion of him hasn't change." Gwen assured him. "He is still as pathetic as ever." She sat down besides him. "I'm surprised to see you." She smiled. "Did I schedule a meeting with you and had forgot about it?"

Colyer chuckled. "No, I decided to do something different this year." He said.

"Meaning?" Gwen asked, hoping he would explain further.

"I usually help drive our cattle to the market each year." He began. "There is nothing like sleeping under the stars and conversing with nature." He sighed. "But this year I wantd to do something different with my free time. I decided to come to Harmony to help build houses for the homeless and seeing you again was an extra bonus."

Gwen blushed. "It was my special hot fudge sundae that did it huh?" She teased.

Colyer chuckled. "Gwen Hotchkiss I like you more and more by the moment. Are you too tired to go out and get a bite to eat?"

"Suddenly I have a taste for a big fat greasy chili cheeseburger." She grinned as she took him by the hand.

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Ethan slammed the front door behind him. He had been seething ever since he left Gwen.

"Ethan what's the matter?" Ivy asked. "Did you and Gwen have another fight?"

"No." He answered. "In fact Gwen and I had a really nice time today. We saw our baby for the first time, it was an emotional moment for the both of us." He smiled tenderly. "I actually believed we were beginning to bond again over the baby." He showed the picures to his mother.

"Oh Ethan, my grandchild." Ivy gushed. "How beautiful."

"I know." Ethan said in agreement.

"Well what happened to put you in such a foul mood?"

"Everything was going just fine after I took her home." He began. "We were still talking about the baby then I tried to talk to her about us but she cut me off."

"Ethan you can't come on too strong if you want to win Gwen back." Ivy advised. "Remember she is very leery of your actions so you have to be careful."

"Mother if I don't do something I might lose Gwen and my child forever." He pouted.

"I don't see that happening." Ivy replied. "You and Gwen will alway be close."

"Not if Coyler Fox as anything to say about it." He spat.

Ivy looked at her son with a puzzling expression on her face.

"Colyer Fox? Ethan the man is no competition. He is back in Dallas digging for new oil wells and dating new women to give Gwen a second thought."

"Well guess again mother!" than snapped. "The man is NOT digging for new oil wells and he is certainly NOT in Dallas.

"Please don't tell me..."

"That's right, he's with Gwen as we speak." He continued. "As I was leaving, he was entering the front door."

"Maybe he is here on business."

Ethan rolled his eyes at his mother. "Be for real mother, the man had ANYTHING but business on his mind." He fumed. "You should have seen him with that smug look on his face...I should have knocked it off him."

"No need for violence, I am sure that you would have ended up in the hospital." Ivy said. "No offense Ethan but have you seen the size of that man arms?"

"Mother I don't know what to do." He sighed. "Gwen made it perfectly clear that she is not insterested in getting back together with me."

"Ethan you might not have to worry about Mr. Fox." Ivy smiled wickedly. "He strikes me as the type of man that would flee the moment he finds out Gwen is pregnant with another's man child."

Ethan smiled in agreement.

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My Dearest Ethan:
I am writing this letter to let you kow how much I love you and miss you.

I think about the day you proposed to me over and over agian in my mind,it was the happiest moment in my life! It was a dream come true!

I know I was wrong for going to Gwen's that night but darling after I found that note from Gwen that you dropped. (I think it was fate that wanted me to find it.) I nearly went out of my mind.

Ethan I was so afraid that Gwen was going to do something to steal you away from me and I was right!

She got pregnant on purpose! She can't stand for us to be happy. That evil bitch! She knew that you will NEVER turn your back on your child and I will not either. I plan on being by your side to help you raise your child along with our future children.

I should be out soon, mama is going to sell her rings to pay the rest of the bail isn't that wonderful? She wants me to be with the man I love. I haven't seen her in two weeks but I expect to hear from her any day now.

So keep positive thoughts and I'll be at your side before you know it.

Kissing and loving you in my dreams....

Your Loving wife

Theresa.

Ethan ripped up the letter and burned it.
 
 
 

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