Gone But Not Forgotten

By Deanna Shiew

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CHAPTER ONE

SIX YEARS AGO, Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald bought a one way bus ticket out of Harmony and swore that she would never look back.  She'd left town nursing  boken heart and now she was back home for the same reason, only this time it wasn't her heart that was broken.

She didn't know the details of the accident hat took Charity's life, but she knew the devastation Miguel was feeling.  After all, she knew first hand what it was like to lose someone you love.  When Ethan married Gwen, Theresa thought her life was over.  What she didn't realize is that it was only just beginning.

After leaving Harmony, she went to New York and there she got a job as an assistant to a famous clothing designer.  Four years later, she opened her own clothing store, Fate Inc.  Her store has been a success ever since.  Too bad her love life wasn't.

She'd dated several guys in the last few years in the hope that she would meet someone that would make her forget about Ethan.  But she never did.  In fact, in all the years since she left Harmony, not a day went by that she didn't think about Ethan and wonder how he was and if he was happy.

Theresa pulled her royal blue convertible into the parking lot of the chruch and wondered if Miguel was already inside.  Judging by the parking lot, she figured he was.  After all, it seemed as if everyone in Harmony had turned out for Charity's funeral.

Theresa punched the button to put the convertible top back up, then turned off the ignition.  She'd just put her keys inside her purse when someone knocked o the driver's side window.  Glancing up, she saw her brother Luis and his wife Sheridan.

Luis opened her door and the moment she stepped out of the car, enveloped her into a big brotherly hug.  She'd missed those hugs.  "Hey, Luis.  Sheridan.  It's good to see you guys."

"It's good to see you too, sis.  It's been too damn long."

"Luis is right, Theresa.  We've all missed you so much."  Sheridan followed the statement up with a hug of her own.

"Thanks, Sheridan.  I missed all of you too.  How's Miguel?"

Luis shook his head sadly.  "Not very good.  He's really hurting.  I think the only thing keeping him together right now is Kay."

"Well, thank god, Miguel has a firend like Kay."  Theresa said following Sheridan and Luis inside the church.  "But if Kay is helping Miguel deal with this then who is helping Kay?  She must be devastated that she lost her cousin."

"She is."  Sheridan answered.  "I think right now they are helping each other through it."

"I'm not surprised."  Theresa said searching the room for Miguel.  "They've been doing that since we were kids."

Theresa spotted Miguel sitting near the front and was just about to walk in that direction when someone laid a firm hand on her shoulder.  She turned to find the one person she had hoped to avoid on her trip home...Ethan Crane

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