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Note: Charity isn't frozen in ice in this story. And Luis is still in Bermuda.

What The Future Holds Part 1

Ethan, Whitney, and Theresa entered the Crane Mansion and walked to the library. Theresa was of course, worried and thinking about herself being pregnant with Julian Crane's child; worried if her relationship with Ethan might not survive. Just when they got outside the library (the door was closed) they stopped as they heard Bruce and Julian talking. They listened in.

Julian: "Bruce, how could you?! Putting me and Sweet Theresa in the same bed in Bermuda even though we didn't sleep together! What were you thinking?"

Bruce: "Oh come on. I thought it was a good joke. I thought it was funny."

(There was a pause. Ethan, Theresa, and Whitney were in shock by what they heard).

"Hey look at the bright side, at least you two didn't sleep together."

Ethan barged in then. "You son of a bitch!" He punched Bruce out.

"Ethan, wait!" Theresa yelled, entering the room.

Ethan turned and stared at her, feeling betrayed again. "How could you not tell me? How could you not tell me you slept with Julian. Yeah, we now know you didn't, but you thought you did before. How could you not tell me?" Theresa was beginning to cry, Ethan didn't care. "I don't trust you anymore," he continued, making Theresa cry harder. "I can't marry you." He stormed out.

"Ethan, wait! Please!" Ethan stopped and turned. "I'm pregnant!" she said through her tears. "If I didn't sleep with Julian that means you're the father."

Ethan didn't say anything for a second. "You're just saying that to keep me from leaving you."

Whitney jumped in to help her friend. "It's true, Ethan."

Ethan shook his head. "I don't trust you anymore, Theresa." Theresa just cried harder. "I don't even think I love you anymore." He turned and walked out, leaving a sobbing Theresa. Whitney tried to comfort her but it was no use.

Two days later, Theresa was shot in the chest. She was rushed to the hospital and into surgery, the bullet collapsed her lung and lacerated her pulmonary artery. They didn't know if she would make it, much less if she could hold the baby. No one knew who shot her. Ethan, Sam, Whitney, Chad, Miguel, Charity, Pilar, Ivy, Gwen, and Rebecca were at the hospital. Ethan was beside himself with worry and guilt. Ivy was one of the people who was comforting him but at the same time was secretly feeling triumphant because of what she'd done.

Gwen and Rebecca went into a corner to secretly release their joy. They'd barely been able to hide the happiness from showing on their faces in front of everyone. They were so happy that Theresa might die.

"Oh this is unbelievable," Gwen said. "I can't believe Theresa could actually die."

"Me neither. And the beauty of it is, this wasn't even part of our plan." She smiled. "We didn't mean for Theresa to die, at the minimum we just wanted her out of Ethan's life. And she's going to be out of Ethan's life in more ways than one. And it's even better that we're not the ones who killed her."

Gwen sighed. "But I can't imagine the pain Ethan will be in if she dies. Look at him now, he's worried beyond belief. If she dies, he'll be inconsolable." She shook her head.

"Well, that's no problem," Rebecca continues. "Out of bad comes good. You will be there to comfort him and when enough time passes, he'll fall back in love with you and everything will be perfect."

"Not if he finds out we sent the email to the tabloid. If he finds that out he'll never want to see me again."

"He won't. I'll see to it that he won't ever find out. It was a brilliant plan and I won't let it unravel. I'll convince Julian to adopt Ethan back as a Crane and nothing will fall apart."

"But what if it does?"

"It won't fall apart. Everything will be perfect. Ethan will never find out we sent the email from Theresa's computer."

Just then a voice from behind said "Oh yes he will." Gwen and Rebecca turned around, it was Sheridan, who was with Luis. Both women screamed.

Everyone else looked up and saw Sheridan. None of them moved, they were all too shocked. Finally, Ethan got up and walked over to her. "Sheridan?"

"Yes, Ethan. It's me. I'm alive."

They hugged. "Thank God," Ethan said. "But how? Then who was that woman we cremated?"

They pulled apart. "I was never dead. That woman was some other woman, they didn't compare the dental records right. I was found by some fisherman off the coast of Bermuda and I had amnesia, but when I saw Luis I remembered everything."

"Thank God," Ethan said again.

Before anyone else had a chance to say anything or even to embrace her and welcome her back, Sheridan turned back to Gwen and Rebecca and stared at them coldly. "Tell them, Gwen!" she shouted. "I heard everything you said. Tell them you and your mother sent the email to the tabloid!" Once again everyone was in shock, this time by what Sheridan said.

Rebecca stammered. "I...I don't know what you're talking about."

Gwen folded. "Yes! Yes, alright! We sent the email to the tabloid from Theresa's computer!"

"What?!" Ethan and Ivy shouted at the same time.

Rebecca hit her daughter in the arm. "Gwen!"

"It was over, Mother. They never would have believed us over Sheridan."

Ethan walked up to her. "How could you? How could you do this?"

"I did it because I love you," was all Gwen could say.

"Well if that's your way of showing it than you can go to hell. My Gd why didn't I see it. You just happen to get over me quickly after I left you for Theresa and you happen to throw an engagement party for us on the exact night the tabloid comes out. And the exact day the tabloid came out that said Theresa was the one who betrayed me was our wedding day. How could I have not seen it?"

"Please, Ethan. I love you. I never meant to hurt you."

"Well you did. If you care about be at all you'll get out of my life. You know, you could have had my friendship but now all you have is my hatred."

Sheridan said "I don't want to see you again either, Gwen. You betrayed me too when you sent that email. All you have is my hatred as well." Gwen walked out crying, Rebecca followed her. "Oh and Rebecca," she began, Rebecca turned around. "That plan wasn't going to work anyway. I know my father and there is no way he'd allow Julian to adopt Ethan back into the family." Rebecca turned and walked out.

No one said anything for a few seconds, but then finally everyone was saying how shocked they were and how they couldn't believe they didn't see it.

Whitney and Chad were ready to strangle themselves for having not seen it. "I can't believe it. It was right in front of my face, I can't believe I didn't see it!" Whitney exclaimed.

Chad shook his head. "I can't believe I even thought it was Theresa who sent the tabloid."

"Look at Ethan!" Whitney almost yelled. They both looked at him, he had his face buried in his hands. "Theresa could die and she and Ethan will never be together." They both didn't say anything for a few seconds. "Theresa wouldn't like it in general if two people who were meant to be together were apart." She paused. "Come on." She started to leave.

"Where are we going," Chad asked.

"Do you still love me?"

Chad paused. "Yes."

"Then we're going to tell Simone."

He sighed. "Alright." They both left.

Out of everyone who felt guilty, Ivy was the worst. And it wasn't for having not seen through Gwen and Rebecca. "Dear Gd why?! Why did I do it?!" She was the one who shot Theresa. She had tears in her eyes. "How could I have done this to Pilar? To Ethan?" She thought back to the wedding, to trying to expose Theresa afterward, and all she felt was incredible guilt. "Theresa can't die, for Ethan's sake. She can't lose his child either." She sighed. "But if she lives she'll tell everyone I shot her, she'll say it was me. Ethan and Pilar will hate me forever." She shook her head. "But I deserve it. Either way I can't I hide what I did. I lost everything and it's all my fault." She paused, still teary eyed. "I have to tell them." She wiped her eyes and turned around.

"Everyone!" she shouted, everyone turned and faced her. "I have a confession to make." She didn't know how she was going to say it, but she knew she had to. Finally she just gave up and broke down. "I did it! I'm the one who shot Theresa. I'm the reason she could die. I did it." Everyone stared at her in disbelief. "It was me."

Pilar just lunged at her. She was ready to kill Ivy. Eve and Sam had to hold her back. "You blamed all your problems on Theresa!" she shouted. "Did Theresa force you and Sam to break up?! Did Theresa force you into a loveless marriage?! Did Theresa make you pass off Ethan as Julian's son because you were weak, materialistic, and greedy?!" She paused to catch her breath, but Sam and Eve were still having a hard time trying to hold her back.

Ethan walked up to Ivy. He glared at her with hate. "Should Theresa have scanned that letter onto her computer, that's debatable. But let's face it if she had told me I was Sam Bennett's son there was no way I'd believe her without proof and if I had confronted you about it you would have just lied your way out of it just so you could stay Mrs. Julian Crane and get your secret revenge on Alistair and Julian." He continued to glare at her with hatred.

Pilar continued. Eve and Sam let her go. "Sam, Ethan, I'm sorry I didn't tell you you were father and son! I'm sorry! I made the awful mistake of being friends with this backstabbing bitch!" She glared at Ivy.

Ethan turned to Sam. "Take her," he said. Sam arrested Ivy and left to take her down to the station. Ivy was in tears. Everyone else just stared at each other in shock.