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Date Posted: 20:59:28 09/27/02 Fri
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's message, ""Almost Fatal"© " on 21:47:12 09/20/02 Fri
Title: Almost Fatal
Author: DeeCKidd
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from “Passions” Soap Opera.
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Luis rushed into Theresa’s hospital room to see her still in the same condition in when he left earlier.
“Is there any word son?” Martin asked as Luis walked over to Theresa’s bed.
“Actually there is.” He said looking down at his mother, who refuses to leave her daughter’s side.
Pilar looked up at her son. “What is it Luis? Why do you look so distraught?”
“I’m not suppose to say, but I think you and papa have a right to know.”
“Just say it son.” Martin replied.
“Well, new evidence came into the station this afternoon about Theresa. The glass she drank out of this morning had poison on the rim of it.”
“Oh my God!” Pilar said tightening the grip on her daughter’s hand.
“How is this possible Luis?” Martin said walking over to his wife.
“It was Ethan wasn’t it? He poisoned my little girl.” Pilar screamed.
“No, mama. I don’t believe it was Ethan. I believe someone else is behind this.”
“Who? Who else could it be?”
Silence fell over the room.
“Gwen.” Pilar whispered.
“What did you say dear?”
“I said Gwen. It has to be her. Who else could it be?”
Luis looked at his mother. “So are you saying you believe Ethan is not responsible?”
“I feel so ashamed blaming him for this tragedy. I should have known he wouldn’t hurt my Terisita.”
“Well, we are not sure, but Ethan and I both think Gwen is behind this.”
“This is the last time I’m going to let that little hussy mess with my family.”
“Well there’s nothing you can do without proof.” Martin said looking at Luis.
“I know. Hopefully Ethan can get it out of her.”
“Ethan? What does he have to do with Gwen?”
“Well, after Sam questioned him at the station, he ran out to find her. And I’m worried about him, because he was very upset. There’s no telling what he might do to her.”
“Do you have any idea where he was headed?”
“No I don’t. I thought he might come here first, but I see he hasn’t.”
“No, no, he hasn’t. Your mom and I have been here all day.”
“Speaking of that, don’t you think you guys need to go home and get some rest?”
“Well, I’m a little tired, but I know your mother won’t want to leave your sister’s side. And especially now that someone is trying to kill her.”
Pilar looked up at the both of them. “You’re right. I don’t want to leave Terisita for one moment.”
“Well you need to eat something. It’s not good going hungry.”
“I’m not hungry damn-it!” Pilar began to cry again.
Martin put his arm around her. “Look honey, you are edgy. You need some rest and some food. You won’t do Theresa any good when she comes out of this. She’s going to need you and your strength.”
“Hmm, you’re right. I am on edge. Maybe I can get them to bring in a cot.”
“You stay right here. I’ll go and talk to the nurse.”
After Martin walked out of the room, Pilar motioned for Luis to come near her.
Luis pulled up a chair and sat down next to her.
“Luis tell me the truth. Do you really think that Ethan had absolutely nothing to do with Terisita’s condition?”
“Mama, I trust Ethan with my own life. He loves Theresa. He would never do anything to put her in harms way.”
“I’m glad you said that. I still feel ashamed of putting all the blame on him like I did. I practically raised him, there shouldn’t have ever been a doubt in my mind.”
“You are too hard on yourself mama. You were only thinking of Theresa. He will understand.”
Pilar squeezed her son’s hand, and nodded as Martin came back into the room.
Luis stood up. “I’m going to call Sam and get him to send an officer over here to guard Theresa’s room. If someone is trying to kill her, she needs 24 hour protection.”
“Good idea Luis.” Martin replied. “But they are moving your sister. They are putting her in a larger room so your mom can stay with her.”
“Do you know the room number?”
“No, not yet. An orderly will be down here in a little while to move her. They are preparing her room as we speak.”
“Cool. I’m going to see if I can find Ethan. I want to stop him from doing something crazy. Theresa needs him, and I don’t want him to jeopardize his life fooling around with Gwen and whoever else she has working for her.”
“Okay! I’m coming with you.”
“Absolutely not papa! You need to leave this matter in the hands of the law.”
“There is no way I’m going to sit back and do nothing about this.”
“But mama needs you. You should be here just in case Theresa wakes up.”
“Luis there is no way you’re going to talk me out of this. My son in law is always making risks for us, now it’s time for me to do the same. I wouldn’t be here today if he didn’t find me. Now here’s my chance to help him and my daughter. So please Luis, I begged you, let me go with you.”
Luis looked at his mother and saw her slightly nod her head to agree with her husband.
“All right papa. We don’t have much time. Let’s go.”
Luis ran out the room, and Martin walked over to Pilar.
“We’ll be back as soon as we can. Stay strong for our daughter.”
Pilar stood up and kissed her husband, and tightly hugged his neck.
“We will be okay here. You just take care of yourself, our son, and Ethan.”
“I promise. Everything will be all right.”
Martin turned and walked out of the room, and Pilar took her seat back down next to an unconscious Theresa.
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Gwen talked on her cell phone as she drove in the direction of the hospital.
“Yeah, it’s me. My sources says that the coast is clear at the hospital. I’m headed to my house because I know Ethan will be there looking for me. You just take care of your end, and I’ll meet you at the docks at 9:00.”
“All right boss!” Came the male’s voice on the other end.
Gwen flipped down the lid on her phone and headed to her apartment.
As she walked up to her door, she didn’t notice any strange cars in front of the building, so she knew the coast was clear.
After she walked into her apartment, she changed out of her clothes, and put on a rather sexy nightgown.
Not long after she relaxed on her sofa, there was a knock on the door.
She peeped through the hole and her body immediately became over heated at the site of her guest.
“Ethan, what can I do for you?” She said allowing him to walk pass her.
“Gwen cut the bull. I know it was you!” He shouted.
Gwen closed the door behind him, and turned to face an angry Ethan.
“Ethan what are you talking about? What did I do?”
“You know damn well what you did. Theresa is lying in a hospital bed fighting for her life. I know it was you that sent the glasses!”
Gwen walked over to her mini bar. “I have no idea what you’re talking about Ethan. What glasses? And what does that have to do with Theresa?” She said as she poured him a brandy.
“Gwen I know you had something to do with Theresa’s condition. Just admit it and turn yourself in.”
“I’m sorry Ethan. You’re not making much sense. I have no idea what you’re talking about. I didn’t have anything to do with poisoning Theresa.” She said handing him the glass of brandy.
Ethan just looked at Gwen. He didn’t say a word. His looks shot daggers straight at Gwen.
“What? What is it? Why are you looking at me like that?”
“I didn’t say anything about poisoning Theresa.”
“Oh… Well… I…” She stuttered.
“You bitch. You did do it!” He shouted.
Ethan advanced on Gwen and grabbed her around the neck making the glass of brandy fly out of her hand.
She screamed out just as he began to choke her.
“You did it!” He shouted. “I know now it was you!” He said still choking her. “Why did you do this to her? I could kill you!”
Just at that moment Luis and Martin ran into the apartment.
“Ethan! Let her go!” Luis shouted. “Don’t do it!”
Luis ran over and pulled Ethan off of a battered Gwen who was gasping for air.
“Oh my… God… Ethan! You tried to kill me! What the hell is wrong with you?”
Ethan tried to pull away from Luis to get another grip on her neck.
Gwen took a few steps backwards, cutting her foot on a piece of the glass that fell from her hands.
“Ouch! My foot!” She screamed, limping to her couch.
“You’re lucky it’s not more than that.” Ethan shouted at her.
“Look Ethan, I don’t know what you think I did to your precious fijita, but it wasn’t me. I have no idea what happened, and I most definitely could care less. Now if you don’t mind I want all three of you to get the hell out of my apartment.”
“Not until you admit you tried to kill Theresa!”
“Ethan!” Luis shouted at him. “Let’s go. You have no proof that Gwen was the one who tried to kill Theresa. Now let’s go before she bring charges against you.”
“Yeah leave Ethan! I don’t want to ever see you here again, or I’ll have Chief Bennett come and arrest his bastard son.”
“Why you…” Ethan shouted, trying to get to her again. But Luis grabbed him and dragged him out of her apartment.
Gwen sat on her couch rubbing her neck. She had no idea that Ethan was so violent.
“It’s that damn Terror-sita. She has ruined my life for the last time. This is definitely the last night she will ever be a thorn in my side.”
Gwen re-dressed after cleaning and bandaging her foot, and headed down to the docks.
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“Hello. Mrs. Lopez-Fitzgerald?” An orderly said entering Theresa’s room.
“Yes. Are you the young man that will move my Terisita to her new room?”
“Yes ma’am, that would be me.”
“Great!”
Just at that moment another orderly entered to help the first one.
“Oh good. Get on that end and lift on three. One, two, three.” He counted as they lifted Theresa from one bed to the roll bed.
As the three of them headed out, the second orderly looked at Pilar and whispered to her.
“Umm, Mrs. Lopez-Fitzgerald, the nurse would like to see you at the desk. She would like for you to sign some papers concerning your daughter.”
“Oh, oh, thank you. It must be about the cot I ordered. Thank you. What room are you taking her to?”
The first orderly turned around and answered her.
“Room 24E.” He replied.
“Okay, thank you. I’ll be right there.” And she walked off toward the direction to the nurse’s station.
Just as soon as the two orderly’s got to the room, the second one took out a gun, and hit the first one over the head knocking him out.
He dragged him to a nearby broom closet and stuffed him inside. Then he covered her head and took Theresa and the cot she lied on down toward the morgue.
On the way down, he walked right by Ethan, Luis and Martin, who just returned from Gwen’s apartment.
In his nervousness, he dropped Theresa’s chart and Ethan picked it up.
“Uh, uh, thank you sir.”
“Wait a minute.” Ethan said looking down toward the chart. “What in the world…” He reached down toward the floor and picked up what seemed like a gate key to an old warehouse from the docks. “You dropped your key.” He said handing the key over to the man.
“Thank you Mr. Crane.”
Ethan suspiciously eyed the man. “How do you know me?”
The man stuttered and answered Ethan.
“Um, I thought everyone knew Ethan Crane. You’re very famous.”
“Oh, I see.”
“Hey Ethan come on if you want to see your wife.”
“Okay, I’m coming.”
Ethan turned to say something else to the orderly, but he had already walked off, taking Theresa’s body with him.
Pilar walked to room 24E. When she looked inside, she was shocked to find no one there.
“Teresa! Where are you? Terisita! Oh my God. Mija where are you?”
Right then Martin and the boys rushed in to see why Pilar was screaming.
“Pilar what is it? Where is Theresa! Where is my wife?” Ethan shouted.
Pilar stood there and just looked at the three of them before she passed out on the floor.
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End of chpt 17
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