Chapter Five
Sheridan woke up the next morning, forgetting at first what was going on in her strange world until she saw the picture on her night stand. It was a picture of her and Ethan, she had short, blond hair. Laughing it off, she got up and knocked a book off the table.
" 'Sheridan's Diary'? Weird." Sher said to herself and opened it to read what was going on in her double's life. After reading what happened on the pier and all the hints that Julian didn't want Sheridan and Luis to be together she knew that he was behind it and started to form a plan....
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Theresa left the cottage early that morning as she always did when she slept at Sher's. Last night they had to decided to use nicknames for themselves and their real names when talking about their doubles. Tree (whenever someone said her name fast, it sounded like Tresa so they decided to shorten that.), Kat (short for her real name Kathleen) and Sher (when they suggested Sherry, Sher went into a crying fit and it took a half hour to calm her down.). They all decided to make a plan right after breakfast. Tree always went out early to watch the dew on the flowers in the garder sparkle in dawn's light. She heard someone talking and, since she wasn't supposed to be there, quietly tried to sneak away until she heard Ethan's voice.
"Gwen, darling, I can't wait until you get home from your business trip. Yes, Theresa's helping with the wedding but you should have something to do with it too, Gwen, seeing as how you're the bride and all. Yes, Theresa's a good friend to us. All right, talk to you later, darling." He closed the cell phone and started to talk to himself. "Why did Theresa kiss me yesterday? What did she mean about her father going to be being angry. I thought he had disappeared a long time ago. I will talk to her later and we'll straighten this all out and everything will go back to normal... if only I could get her out of my mind. I love Gwen, not Theresa. I love Gwen not Theresa..." Ethan walked off saying his mantra.
"Ay dios mio... I have to talk to the girls...." Theresa ran off to the cabin only to run into Pilar. "Mama, hi."
Pilar grabbed onto her elbow. "What are you doing on the grounds this early, hija?"
"I spent the night at Sheridan's because she was scared to be alone after the trouble she's been having... that's all, Mama..." She tried to be as vague as possible but didn't know a whole lot about Sheridan.
"You start work at nine o'clock for Mrs. Crane. If Luis knew you were here.... I do not want to think about that. Come home right after work and we will have a talk about this. I have to go back to work but mind what you say about Ethan, por favor. You may think you love him but he loves Gwen Hotchkiss. I hope your heart is not broken again." and with that Pilar walked off to go to work.
"Mama is a lot nicer on my world. She understands me and Ethan's love. But Ethan was raised as a Bennett on my world..." Tree said after she stuck her tongue out as her mother walked away. "Bennett... hmm...." She smiled inwardly and went back to the cottage to start breakfast.
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Kat tossed and turned all night. She wanted her boyfriend back. She wanted her mother back. "Mom knew that Ethan was Dad's as soon as she found out she was pregnant. She's still married to Julian Crane even though she divorced him 3 weeks into marriage after finding out about Ethan on my world. That means she must be passing him off as a Crane and never married Dad so I'm a product of.... Dad and Grace! Ew! That's so wrong. How did that witch ever get my Dad anyway? I think I need to have a talk with Mrs. Ivy Crane later..." She rolled out of bed, got dressed and headed out for breakfast.
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*At the breakfast table*
"Kat, I need to tell you something." Tree said softly as she put the plates of food in front of the girls. "It's Gwen.... she's the one engaged to Ethan." Kay let out a soft groan and started to cry.
"I didn't think I'd ever see her again... not after the suicide pact...." Kay muttered and wiped her eyes with a napkin.
"Hush, hush, Kay. Don't think of bad times. Think of the lives in Harmony that we're helping. Our doubles will have their true loves when we're done and we can go home." Sher said supportingly. "Also, I found Sheridan's diary so I know exactly what happened with her and Luis. All I need is my proof, which I'll get after breakfast."
"I'm going to have a talk with Ivy about my Dad. See what the deal is. I'm positive Ethan is Dad's and she just stayed married to Julian for some reason. I still don't know why he married Grace though but all in due time." Kat put in while nibbling a piece of toast sadly.
"I have a plan worked out to break up Ethan and Gwen, and I'll be there to pick up the pieces. I'm pretty much all set. I just hope we all can act well because we're probably gonna have to lie to the exact doubles of our soulmates." Tree sighed as she ate some of her spanish omelet.
After they were done, Kat and Sher did the dishes and Tree went to her room to get her hair put up right for Ethan. "Kat, could you come in here and help me with this?" She yelled out from the guestroom.
"Uh-huh. I'll be right back, Sher." She said as she wiped her hands off on a dish towel. They all decided they needed to make an impression on their guys so Kat was wearing a short black mini skirt with a blue tube top and had her hair shaped around her face to perfection, seeing as how she spent almost an hour on it. Tree was wearing a red dress that had no straps, but was down to her knees and slit up to both sides. She had her hair up in a bun with ringlets on the sides of her face. Sher was going for the 'look good in anything' look. Luis had once told her that she looked her best natural so she went without make up, in a pair of cut-off shorts and a man's button up white dress shirt that was not buttoned all the way up. The only thing she refused to let go without treating was her hair that she had cascading down her back just right. 'I wonder if he'll like this. I'll go to the police station la-' Sher was interrupted from her thoughts when the door bell rang.
She through the dish rag over her shoulder and opened the door. "Luis?!"
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