Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 1/?
Author: Christen Hays (PurpleHaysC@netscape.com) 
Comments: please send me all you comments. Please! This story is the 
sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM. Please read it first! 
Distribution: if you want to use this fanfic or any other than just ask 
first. 

Here is chapter one: Ethan was sitting on his couch when his daughter 
came running in. "Gabriela Bennett-Crane!' 
She stopped running. 
Ethan got up and walked over to his daughter who was covered in mud 
from head to toe. "Gabi, didn't I tell not to get dirty because we were 
having a family meal and not to run in the mansion?" 
She stood there for a moment. "I'm so sorry, dad. I completely forgot 
all about the meal. I was having too much fun."
 "Just tell me if I'm going to have a call from either one of your 
aunts or uncle?" 
She smiled.
"Gabi! Did you have to get your cousins involved in this? Do not answer 
that. I know what you are going to say. Now go up to your room and get 
dressed before your family arrives. And don't track any dirt." 
She started to laugh. "Don't worry they will be a little late any ways 
they have to clean up there kids too." 
"Go!"
She started to run up the stairs laughing.
Ethan sat back down on the couch and sighed. He thought to himself. 
"Theresa you would defiantly love the way your daughter turned out." 

"You know a week from today and she'll be thirteen!" She was screaming 
at the guy in front of her and he was trying very hard to ignore her. 
"Can't I just see her once that's all I'm asking. Just once."
He turned around and faced her. "I've told you no already! And if you 
ask me one more time you won't get any pictures of her any more." 
She sat back down in the chair. "Damn you Julian and Allister for doing 
this!"
The guy looked back at her and smiled. "I'm so glad you finally figured 
out who to scream at." 

Everyone was sitting at the dinning room table. Ethan was at the head 
of the table. His mother and daughter to either side of them. His father 
sitting next to his mother. His mother-in-law next to his mother and 
her youngest son and his wife, Ethan's half- sister, and three kids 
sitting next them. Pilar's oldest son next to Ethan's daughter and his 
wife sitting next to them with their son. Ethan was happy to have his 
family but he could not help but miss his wife. 
Pilar turned to Ethan and noticed he was sad. She decided to try to 
start a conversation. "So Gabi I bet you can't wait to start school 
tomorrow." 
She rolled her eyes. "Yes, grandmother it's the funniest thing in my 
whole life."
Ethan looked at her with his "don't use that attitude" eyes. "Yes, 
she's very happy. In addition, in a week from now she is turning 
thirteen. We are having a big party each one of you is invited. It's 
going to be at the..." As Ethan started to finish his sentence, the 
phone rang. He went to go pick it up. "Hello?" He heard Julian on the 
other line saying hello. Ethan got mad. "What are you doing calling 
here!" 
"Oh Ethan calm down. You grandfather and I are just calling to give 
Gabi an early happy birthday." 
"You are not my father nor is he my grandfather. So, stop calling me. 
I put you in jail and if I had my way neither one of you would even be 
alive!" He slammed the telephone down. His mother and father walked 
over to him. Kay took the kids out of the room. 
Sheridan walked over to Ethan and asked him, "Was that Julian and 
Allister?' 
"Yes, of course. Can't they just leave us alone!"
Luis and Ethan's father walked over to him. "We put them in jail for 
the murder and they aren't coming out. I can promise you that, son." He 
looked at his father and could not help but believe him. Ever since 
Luis had found out that Allister and Julian had killed Theresa, Sam and 
Ethan had become close. He was even happy when his mother told him that 
Sam was his father. He was just happy not to have to call Julian father 
any more. 


The girl was still sitting in a chair when the man walked in again. She 
turned around as she heard the door close. "What is it now?" she asked. 
"If you're going to be that rude then I won't tell you the good news."
 She looked at him with a hopeful look on her face. "Good news?"
 "Yes, good news. The boss is allowing you to see her. You will be her 
new teacher. However, you have to keep you mouth shut about your 
identity! I know that will be hard but it's either that or stay here." 
"Of course, I'll do it but I've never taught."
 He handed her the diploma. "Here's your gradate degree and your new 
birth certificate. Your name is Mrs. Lindsey Cane." She took the 
documents, looked at them, and smiled.

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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 2/?


When Gabi came home, she was actually smiling; she had a good day at 
school. Her new teacher Mrs. Cane was hilarious and actually seemed 
like she knew what we were going through. However, I could tell it was 
the first time she had ever taught it showed. She could not wait for 
her father to meet her, she knew that her father would like her. They 
did not usually agree on school matters but she thought that just this 
once they would. 
Ethan was sitting at his desk looking at a picture of Theresa; he could 
not help but flash back to their first kiss. He missed her so much, 
that it hurt. 
He did not even realized that Miguel had walked up behind up. "You 
still miss her don't you?" 
He turned around and looked at Miguel. "Of course. Wouldn't you feel 
the same way if you lost Kay?"
"I know I would. However, Ethan, I know you do not want to hear this 
but you need to get out. Have you even thought of dating again?" 
Ethan rolled his eyes. "My dad asked me the same thing."
"Well he's a smart man. What did you tell him?" 
"I said that I had thought about it and that if I found someone that I 
thought I would want to date. That I would think about it. Now is there 
anything else you want me to say?" 
Miguel laughed. "No, not at all. Look I have to get home. Kay's picking 
up the kids today and I told her I would be home when she got there."
 "Ok bye Miguel." As Miguel walked out the door Gabi walked in.
 "Bye Uncle Miguel."
 "Bye Gabi."
 She kissed him on the check. 
Then walked over to her dad. "So how was school today?" 
"It was fine. And the best news is you are going to go there tonight."
"What did you do?"
 She looked at him and smiled. "I didn't do anything for once!" 
"Really? You mean that tonight I won't hear anything about you 
daydreaming in class?"
"Well...." 
"Gabi?" 
"I'm sorry I can't help that I daydream. Grandma Pilar said I got that 
from Mom. So it's hereditary and I can't help that can I?" 
He laughed. "That's still no excuse, Gabi. So who's the new teacher 
I'll be meeting?"
"It's Ms. Lindsey Cane. She is very sweet. I think you might actually 
like her. You know who she looks like?" 
"Who?" 
"The women in the picture you're holding." 
Ethan dropped the picture to the floor the glass shattered.
Gabi looked at him shocked. 
Then the door opened and Sam came in. 
He looked at the glass on the floor and back at Ethan. "Gabi, get away 
from the glass! Is everyone ok?" 
Gabi ran over to her grandfather and hugged him. "I'm fine. But I can't 
say the same for my dad." 
He looked at his granddaughter. "So what happen?"
"I told him that my teacher looks like the lady in the picture which 
she does except a little paler and she has longer hair. Then he freaked 
and dropped the picture. Dad are you all right?"
Ethan got up, trying not to step on the glass. "I'm fine, Gabi. Why 
don't you start on you homework and let Grandpa Sam and I talk."
She smiled. "I don't have any homework." 
Ethan smiled back at her. "Well then you can watch your cousins for 
free for your aunts and uncles while they are the parent/teacher 
meetings." 
She rolled her eyes. "Do I have to? No, do not answer that I know what 
you are going to say. I will head over to the cottage right now. But 
if something happens to them, it is not my fault. So I can't get 
grounded." 
"Go!" She ran out of the mansion giggling. 
Sam turned to his son. "You sure you're ok? You look like you've seen a 
ghost." 
He sat down on the couch. "I did. The women in the picture was Theresa."
 "Oh." He sat down next to his son. 
"I know that most have been hard. I mean looking Gabi everyday must 
really hurt she looks just like Theresa except for her lighter hair." 
He looked right at his son and noticed that he was not even listening. 
"Ethan, I'm going to go. I'm just not sure you're all right." He got up 
and so did Ethan. 
"I am, father. I promise." As Ethan watched his father leave he headed 
up stairs to get dressed.

As Sam walked into his house, he saw his wife sitting on the couch 
looking at their last taken family picture. 
As she heard him enter she turned to him, "So how is Ethan?" 
"He's fine. Grace, why don't you ever come over there with me? You are 
always invited. Ivy really wanted you to be at the dinner."
Grace turned away from him. "I don't really feel comfortable there, 
Sam." 
He sat down next to her, "You shouldn't. Kay is there ever time and 
she's your daughter, Grace." 
"Kay's only there because of Miguel. Sam, tell me the truth if Ethan 
was Noah would you spend this much time with him?" 
"If Noah actually wanted me in his life then yes I would but he hasn't 
asked me to be in his life has he Grace?" 
She turned away. "No, he hasn't but Sam you haven't tried to be 
involved in his life."
Sam looked her and said, "And you haven't tired to be involved in Kay's 
life have you since Charity came home have you?" She looked at him in 
shock and did not say a thing. "See Grace, if I would be half involved 
in Noah's life as you aren't in Kay's then we would as close as you and 
Charity are." As he said this, he saw Grace start to cry. He left any 
way. 

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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 3/?


When Ethan walked into the classroom, he saw a dark brown haired woman
working on papers at her desk. He walked to her. "Excuse me, Ms. Cane?" 
She looked up from he papers. "Mr. Bennett Crane I would suppose. Will 
you take a seat, please?"
Ethan looked her. "Of course." He took a seat in the front row. "I'm 
sorry to ask but where are the other parents?" 
She looked up at him annoyed. "Well you're late and the other parents 
were on time." Ethan looked at her surprised. She got up out of her 
chair and went to go sit on the edge of her desk. She sat down, crossed 
her legs, and smiled. "Actually I'm glad you were late. Because I want 
to talk to you one on one any way." 
He looked at her worried. "Is something wrong?" 
She smiled her sweet smile again. "No not really. I just wanted to talk 
to you about you daughter. See I made the students write something about 
their parents or role models." She took out a paper and handed into 
Ethan. "Mostly she wrote about you actually that's all she wrote about. 
To tell you the truth I know, I knew her mother." 
Ethan looked at her shocked. "You knew Theresa?" 
"Yes, we went to high school together. The first time I saw Gabi. I 
knew who her mother was. She was a wonderful person. And I just wish 
Gabi could have know her." She switched her legs. "And I worried that 
she isn't getting any motherly influence in her life. I mean not having 
a mother is hard on any kid. I'm just worried about her." 
"Ms. Cane that's nice of you. But she does have many motherly 
influences like my mother, sisters, mother-in-law and her aunts." He 
looked at her could tell that she sincerely cared for Gabi. In addition,
for some reason he knew that this was the type of girl that he had told 
his dad and Miguel about. He wanted to do something with her. Then it 
came to him. "Ms. Cane, if you are so worried about her then why don't 
you come and see her with her family. She is having a party this 
Saturday. Why don't you come?" 
She smiled. She knew he was trying to ask her on a date and there was 
no way she was going to turn him down at all. "Actually I was already 
planning on going. You daughter invited me but thank you for the invite."
He smiled. "Well if that's all... then I'll see you Saturday night." 
He got up and so did she. 
"Bye Mr. Bennett-Crane." 
He stopped at the door. "Why don't you just call me Ethan? Everyone 
does." 
She smiled. "Ok bye Ethan." He smiled. 
"Bye Lindsey." After he closed the door Lindsey leaned up against the 
door. "I can't wait till I see you again, Ethan." On the other side of 
the door, Ethan was walking away in a daze about the women he just met. 
There was something about her that made him thinks he has known her his 
whole life and as Theresa would say, "Fate had made us meet".

Sam got his the sofa ready for him to sleep on when Jessica walked in. 
"Dad, what did you do?" 
He turned to his daughter. "Why do you think I did something?" 
"You're sleeping on the couch. Come on dad I make Resse sleep on the 
couch when I'm mad at him too."
 He laughed. "We're just having a fight about something that's 
unimportant." 
"Really? I don't think so because Mom just left to go see Kay and 
that's never a good sign." 
Sam looked at her shocked. "Did she say why?" 
"Something about Noah, Charity and Ethan. Is there something wrong with 
either one of them?" 
"No, your mother just wants to spend some time with Kay that's all." 
"Why would anyone want to spend time with Kay?" 
Sam rolled his eyes. "Jessica can't you say something nice about her 
just once." 
She went over and kissed him on the check. "I'll work on it. I have to 
go and tuck the kids in bed. Just apologize and everything will be fine 
believe me." 
"Will do. Tell everyone hi from me." 
"I will." As he watched, his daughter walk off he knew that it would 
not be that easy. 

When Ethan got home, he was actually happy. As he opened the door, he 
saw his daughter asleep on the couch. He went and grabbed a blanket and 
went to put it over her when she woke up. She mumbled, "So how was it?" 
Ethan turned to her and smiled. "It was interesting..." 
She jerked up. "She must have told you. You know I meant to tell you..." 
She looked at her father and could she he was looking at her intensively 
and then she knew that she had said too much so she stopped. 
"Go on. You meant to tell me what?" 
She looked at him and smiled. "You'll never know. If the "interesting" 
wasn't about that then what was interesting?" 
He smiled back at her and said. "I guess you will never know." 
She looked at him shocked. 
"Now good night Gabi." 
"Good night Dad." 
As he walked off, he started to think about Lindsey.
 As Gabi watched her Dad walk off she started to think about Travis. 
That night both of the Bennett-Crane's had one thing on their mind, 
"Love".

When Grace arrived at Kay's house, she was very nervous. She had not 
seen Kay since the day she gave birth to her last child but she felt 
she needed to visit her. 
She rang the doorbell and Miguel answered it. "Grace, uh what are you 
doing here?"
 As the kids heard him say their grandmother's, name they ran out of 
their rooms. Maria was the first one to get to her. "Grandma Grace! I'm 
so glad to see you." She ran up to Grace and hugged her. 
"I'm glad to see you too Maria." 
As she said, that Kay walked out. "Miguel what did you do! I almost had 
them all asleep!" She was shocked to she her mother standing there. 
"Um... Maria why don't you take your brother and sister to their rooms."
"But why?" 
Miguel looked at her. "Maria, do what you mother said."
 She did as she was told but grumbled the whole way. 
After the kids had left Kay looked at her mother. "So why are you here, 
mom?" 
Grace smiled. "I came to see you."
Kay laughed. "Funny, mom. I think that's the best joke I've heard in a 
long time." 
Grace looked her shocked. 
Finally, Kay drew the correct conclusion. "Oh dad sent you right or 
wait something must be wrong with Charity and you need my help right?"
Grace still was looking at her shocked. She thought to herself, had it 
really been that long since she visited Kay, her eldest daughter. "No, 
it's none of the above. I seriously wanted to see you Kay. Why can't 
you understand that?" 
Kay started to laugh again and then Miguel spoke up. "Grace, why don't 
you go? It's been a long day and we all need rest."
She nodded her head. "Ok, tell the kids bye and I love them." 
"I will," said Miguel. After his mother-in-law left the house, he 
turned to Kay. "Are you all right?"
She looked and tears were running down her eyes. "I just wish just once 
she would tell me she loved me. You know she's never told me that?" 
Miguel looked at his wife with pity, he felt so sorry for her. He 
wanted to make her feel completely better but he knew he could not so 
he did all he could by hugging her.

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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 4/?


Lindsey walked though the door of the Crane Mansion. 
Ethan looked up at her and saw her brown eyes sparkle. 
She smiled at him, her white dress dragged slowly behind her as she ran 
over to him. When she got near him, she almost fell. 
He caught her in his arms. 
She felt so happy and safe in his arms. It was a safeness that she 
needed in her life; something no one had been able to give her in a 
long time. After he caught her, the song "return to me" started. 
(Author's note: if you haven't heard this song it's on the movie 
"return to me" I don't know who sings it but the first time I heard I 
loved it) 
He looked at her and whispered the simple plea, "Dance with me." 
She did not dare say no. 
He took her hand in his and she let her shawl fall to the ground. She 
looked right into his beautiful blue eyes and felt a certain peace that 
she had not felt in a long time. The whole time they were dancing, they 
never once left each other eyes. However, when the song, "kiss me" came 
on she turned away and looked at the pictures surrounding her. They 
were pictures of "his family". When she saw the picture of his wife 
sitting on the table, she let go. He looked her in the eye shocked. 
"What's wrong?" She just turned and left leaving a stunned Ethan behind.

Lindsey woke with anger in her. She had let her self-dream about him 
again. She was even going to kiss him. What was she thinking! She could 
not, she just could not! She told her self to forget about him that the 
chances of that happening were to high to risk her feelings getting 
involved.

Ethan woke up at the same time and he was confused. She had been there 
but she had left. He had no clue why she left or why had he even 
dreamed about her. He had not dreamed about anyone other than Theresa. 

Lindsey looked up at the ceiling and sighed knowing that she loved him 
and that if she did see him that she would not be able to control her 
feelings. She was never good at controlling herself when she was in 
love with someone. It was one of the few things that she hated about 
her self. 

Ethan looked out the window at the moon and he smiled. He knew he had 
feelings for Lindsey. He had tried to deny the fact every since he 
first met her. There was something about her, maybe it was the way she 
smiled, or the way her eyes light up when she first saw him. What ever 
it was about her that made him feel this way, he just hoped that the 
feeling would not stop. 

Lindsey got up off her bed and walked over to the one window she had 
and looked out at the moon. She smiled at how pretty the night was. She 
suddenly felt that Ethan was near her. She just smiled. There was 
something about him that she loved. He had always made her feel this 
way. When he walked into the classroom that day, she had felt 
Goosebumps go all over and some how she kept her cool. She did not 
even remember what she said she was just to busy staring into his 
beautiful blue eyes. They were shining the whole time she was talking.
She just knew that she loved him always and forever. 

He looked over at Theresa's picture next to his nightstand. "I'm miss 
you honey. And I will never find another women to replace you. I 
promise you, Theresa I won't." He laid his head back on the pillow and 
thought of all the moments he and Theresa shared and their child, Gabi. 
She laid her head back on the pillow and sat there staring at the 
ceiling and holding her teddy bear close to her heart 

It was finally Saturday and everyone in the house was ready for the big 
party except the two Bennett-Crane. Gabi had tried on at least ten 
outfits but she could not find a thing to wear. It was times like this 
when she wished she had a mother or a sister who could help her decided 
what to wear but all she had was a father and there was no way she was 
going to be ungrateful for having him in her life. She had already lost 
one parent and was not looking to lose another any time soon. She 
looked in the mirror at the blue dress she had on; it was a dress that 
her father had picked out. She was surprised that day when he decided 
that for once he was going to take her shopping instead of her aunt. It 
was one of the best times she had ever had at mall. When they found the 
dress, it was a perfect fit and she had decided that she was going to 
save it for a special occasion and this was as special as it gets. 
"You look just like you mother, just beautiful."
 She turned around and was shocked to see her father standing behind 
him. She smiled. "Really? I never thought I could look as beautiful as 
her." 
"Yes, you really do. Have I told you Happy Birthday yet?" 
She shock her head. It was what he always did he would wait until it 
was one minute before the time she was actually born. He would walk 
into her room, say how much she looked like her mother, and ask if he 
had told her happy birthday yet and then look at her and say how much 
her mother would be proud of how she turned out and then he would leave 
and she knew that he went to go cry because by then it was the time 
that he lost his one true love, her mother. As he started to leave, she 
stopped him. "Dad?" 
"What?" 
"Before you go any where's I want to fix you up." 
He looked at her shocked. "Fix me up?" 
"Yeah, make you look nice for Ms. Cane. It's the least I could do for 
you."
He smiled. "Do I really look that bad?" 
She smiled. "You look just ok but you'll look better than ok when I'm 
through with you."
He laughed. "Ok, I guess I'll let you help me. But nothing to drastic 
ok?" "I'll try to keep your look the same." 

Lindsey was sitting in the little room, the only room she had. She was 
thinking about the party tonight and the dream she had last night. Her 
dream was about Ethan, she had them a lot actually. It worried her that 
she was thinking about him every night and in every dream, it felt like 
he was there next to her. However, he was not and she knew that but 
maybe it was a sign that they would get together. On top of that, she 
was worried about tonight; She had no clue how it was going to go. She 
was worried that she was going to say something that she did not want 
to say. In addition, if she did say that then why would he believe her 
and what would happen to her if she did tell him? She was worrying 
herself too much and she knew that but she could not help it she was 
going to see Mr. Ethan Bennett- Crane tonight. She was going to be his 
date. This was what she wanted but she could not help but be very 
nervous. 

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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 5/?


 "He's playing the widower again, doesn't that ever get old?" The women 
said and the man nodded. 
"It's really pitfall because there isn't a woman alive how wouldn't 
give everything just to date him." 
"That's for sure. It's like he thinks that he's never find anyone as 
good as the housekeeper's daughter."
She laughed. "Any body would be better than her." 
They both laughed. 
Jessica walked over and purposely poured her drink on the woman. "Oh 
excuse me. I'm sorry." 
They got furious. "Someone better clean that up! Where is the 
housekeeper!" 
Jessica smiled. "In this house me throw trash out we don't save it. The 
door's that way!" She pointed to the door. 
Then the lady got mad. "And who are you to tell me to leave!" 
Ethan walked up and put his arm around Jessica. "She's my youngest 
sister and she's right we do throw trash out." 
They both started to leave and Jessica yelled at them. "And for your 
information, you'll never be as good as Theresa." 
The lady just slammed the door. 
"Thanks Jess." 
"Your welcome, now I'm going to go find Reese and you need to find 
Lindsey." 
He smiled. "Gabi told you?' 
"Yea, she says you really like her. I hope so. I want to see you happy 
again." 
"I am happy. I have a wonderful and big family. I don't think I could 
be happier." 
She smiled and hugged him. "You're so sweet and I love you for that." 
"You too." Then she walked off towards Reese. 
He smiled at how lucky he was to have the family that he did. 

Sam leaned up against the wall and gulped down his drink. 
Ivy walked over. "This is a first. Sam Bennett all alone. So where's 
Grace?" 
He frowned. "At home, she invited Charity and her new boyfriend over. 
She thought that was more important then coming here with me to Gabi's 
party." 
"I'm sorry Sam. I really am." 
He smiled. "I know you are, but it was her choice not to come and I'm 
not going to let that ruin my evening. So Ivy would you like to dance." 
He held out his hand. 
"There's not even any music." 
He frowned. "That's never stopped you before but if you want music, 
then we'll have to compromise."
Ivy smiled. "By what do you mean?" 
"You, me in the garden and we won't need music." 
She burst out laughing. 
He looked at her questionably. "What's so funny?" 
"You've said that before." 
"No, I haven't." 
"Yes, you have. It was our fourth date I think. You had convinced be to 
skip the annual fund raiser to be with you and I wanted to dance and 
you said..." 
"You, me in the garden..." 
"And we won't need music." 
He smiled. "I remember that. You were all dressed up and beautiful." 
"And you were wearing one of your dad's suits." 
"We danced all night." 
"That's right we did." She smiled remembering that. 
"So Ivy would you like to make a new memory?" 
She smiled. "Of course." She took his hand, they walked off toward the 
garden, and they both felt like they were starting all over again as 
young lovers. 

Ethan walked around. He had not seen Lindsey yet and was worried she 
had decided not to come. He passed Kay and Miguel. 
"Any luck?" Miguel asked. 
"No, she's late I hope." 
"She's probably is. Speaking of being late, where is Gabi?" Ethan 
smiled. 
"She's late. She's always late." Miguel smiled. "Theresa was always 
late too. She thought the party would not start until she got there." 
"Well in this case the party won't start until Gabi gets here." 
"I'll go get her maybe she's having trouble getting ready." Kay 
volunteered. "And while I'm gone you two behave." 
They both laughed. "And why do you think will do something?"
"Do I have to remind you two of the last time yall had a guys night 
out?" She smiled. 
"That was at least four years ago." Miguel said. 
"And I haven't let you two, Noah and Reese alone since." 
Noah, Simone, Reese and Jessica walked up. 
"Is my sister still talking about out little adventure?" Noah asked. 
"Well she has a reason to honey. We did have to bail all of you out of 
jail."
Jessica laughed.  "Kay remember how mad Dad got? He threatened to not 
let us ever marry these two." 
She laughed. "Yeah, if his own two sons won't have been arrested too. 
I don't think he would ever have laid off." Noah and Ethan looked at 
each other and laughed.
"I remember he tried to deny we're even his sons. Once he did he made 
us stay there over night." Noah pointed out. 
"Do you know he interrogated Reese and I for an hour to see if we were 
fit for his daughters." Reese said. 
"Yeah, it scared the heck out me." 
"I think that was the point" Kay said. "And I have to go. Jess, Simone, 
why do not you come with me? I am going to try to get Gabi to come down." 
"Sure but do you really want to leave these four alone?" 
Jess commented. "Our dad's here and unless our brothers want to spend 
another night in jail and Reese and Miguel want to be interrogated 
again. I do not think we have to worry." 
They both walked off. 
The guys just laughed. "I don't think they will ever trust us together 
again." Noah said. 
"Me either." Reese commented. 
"And I don't know why they blow this all out of proportion. I've been 
married to Kay and been her best friend forever and there are 
something's I don't understand." Miguel said. 
"I've lived with both Jess and Kay for most of life and I don't 
understand them." As the guys kept talking, they did not realize that
Lindsey had just drove up. 

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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 6/?


"Gabi?" Kay asked as she peeked into the room. 
She was sitting on her bed crying. 
Kay, Jessica, Simone and Sheridan walked over to her. 
They had ran into Sheridan and Luis on the way to Gabi's room and 
Sheridan decided to go with them. 
"Gabi what's wrong?" Sheridan asked. They looked at the picture she was 
holding to her chest. It was a picture of Theresa. 
"I just can't celebrate today knowing that the one person I want to be 
there the most won't. " 
"Aww sweetheart you can't do this to your self." Jessica said. 
"Why not? Aunt Jessica. My mother died and I never got to know her. 
Don't you think that is reason enough to cry." She got up. "I know yall 
came up here to cheer me up but yall can't. Yall do not understand. I 
cannot go out there and have a ball while knowing that this is the same 
day my mother died. I feel like I am disrespecting her." 
"If there is one thing I know about my daughter is that she wouldn't 
like for her daughter to be crying on her birthday." 
Gabi looked up and saw her grandmother. 
"Gabi, your mother is probably looking down at you right now and not 
happy that you are crying because of her."
 "Really?"
 "Yes, I really think that. She never liked to see people cry."
 Gabi smiled. "Me either." 
"Well then. I bet your aunts here could fix your hair and your make up 
and you would be ready for the party." 
Simone, Jessica, Kay and Sheridan got up. "That's one of our many 
talents. Kay and Simone yall take her hair and Jessica and I will take 
her make up. And in no time at all you'll be ready." 
Gabi smiled. "Thank you."

Sam and Ivy walked out into the garden. 
Ivy looked up at the moon. "I never noticed how pretty the moon is." 
"Me either." Sam commented. 
"It's been so long since I last looked up at it." Sam said. 
"I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to look up either." 
Sam put his arm around her. 
"But I'm glad I took the time to see it with you." She smiled. "Sam..." 
Before she could let the rest out, he leaned in kissed her. 
She pushed him away. 
He got mad. "What's wrong, Ivy?" I know you wanted it." Ivy had pushed 
me away. I loved her and she pushed me away. First Grace and now her. 
Before he realized, a tear fell down his face. He tried to speak again. 
"Ivy, I love you." His voice cracked as he said this. 
She turned and faced him, she had streaks on her face. "Sam, I love you 
too. But I can't be the reason you and Grace break up." 
He looked at her shocked. "You what! What happened to you Ivy?" 
"What Sam is I saw what a marriage is supposed to be. I saw our son 
mourn for his wife until he could not anymore. I saw a husband who 
still can't take off his wedding ring even though it's been thirteen 
years since she died. Sam, until you and Grace are not married, I do 
not want anything to happen between us. If you would have done this 
earlier then I can say for sure that I won't have pushed you away." 
He looked at his ring. What did it symbolize now. A marriage that was 
falling apart. He looked at Ivy. 
She went over to her and brushed off his tears. "Until then, friends?" 
He smiled. "Friends. Now you mind if I escorted my friend into the 
party?" 
She smiled. "Of course. I won't want to miss our granddaughter's 
entrance for anything." He smiled. 

Luis walked over to the group of guys. "What are yall talking about?" 
"About our jail adventure." Reese said. 
Luis smiled. "I'm kind of upset that that was my day off." 
Miguel said, "Well I'm glad it was. Having to deal with my father-in-
law was hard enough. But my big brother too I don't think I would have 
survived."
Luis laughed. "It would have been fun to torture you little brother..." 
Ethan did not hear the rest of it because he was staring at Lindsay who 
had just walked thought the door. 
She was stunning. As their eyes met, she started to fall. 
He ran over to her and caught her before she fell. "I'm not going to 
let you fall this time or ever." He said with a smiled.
 She smiled back. They were inches apart and looking into each other's 
eyes. 
Theresa laughed. "Now are you just going to just stand there or are you 
going to kiss me?" 
He simply replied. " I'm going to kiss you." 
Lindsay tried to ask him why he said that but it was too late. 

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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 7/?


Travis walked in the door and looked around. It was his first time ever 
being in a mansion and he was amazed at how nice it as. He started to 
look for Gabi, He couldn't wait to find her. He had waited for this 
night for a long time. They were finally going to tell her father about 
them being a couple. And this was going to be there first real date. He 
looked behind him just in time to see Lindsey come in he looked at her 
and then up and the stairs where Gabi had just come out. He looked back 
at Lindsey again and then at Gabi. "Could it be?" He thought. They 
looked like they could be related.; mother and daughter actually. But 
he as well as all of Harmony knew that her mother was dead. "You're 
just imaging in it, Travis." He told himself. He blew it off and walked 
over to Gabi who was down the stairs now. 
As so as she saw him, she started to run toward him. 
He swept her up on his arms and spun her around. 
When he put her down, she smiled. "I'm so glad you came." 
"You thought I would not come?" 
"Well I was worried. That's all." 
"I would not miss this for the world. By the way, you look gorgeous." 
She smiled and blushed. "Thank you and you don't look too bad yourself." 
He laughed "I feel so uncomfortable in this. I'm so not use to a tux."
She laughed. "Well I think you look very nice so nice that I want to 
kiss you." 
"Even in front of all these people?" 
"Yes." 
"Your family?" 
"Yes." 
"Even your father?" 
"Yes, not shut up and let me kiss you." 
He did and she kissed him. 

Sam and Ivy walked up to where Luis, Sheridan, Miguel, Kay, Reese, 
Jessica, Noah and Simone. "Looks like our family might be getting 
bigger again." Sam pointed over at Lindsey and Ethan. 
"You think that's bad you should see your granddaughter." Chad said as 
he and Whitney walked up. 
"What are you talking about?" Miguel asked. 
Chad pointed toward Gabi and Travis. 
"That boy's got some guts making out with her in front of all of us." 
Luis said. 
"Well all I can say is on none of you better scare him off because this 
is the happiest I've seen my granddaughter in and I don't want yall to 
ruin it." Pilar said. 
"I agree. Let her have at least one night free of problems. I will ask 
her all about him tomorrow. Ok?" Sheridan asked. 
They mumbled there OK's. 
"Now not to change the subject but where did you to go off too?" 
Jessica asked. 
"The garden, we just talked." Ivy said. 
"So dad what did you to Mom to make her not come this time?" Noah asked. 
"Nothing. She just did not feel welcome here."

 When Ethan and Lindsey finally broke apart, she was crying. "Lindsey? 
Why are crying?" 
"Because you are so nice." 
"So you are crying because you're happy?"
"No. Yes. I don't know." She was shaking now. 
"Look take my jacket and we'll go talk." He handed her his jacket and
she pushed it away. 
"Don't." 
"Why?"
"Because.... You cannot... You just can't."
"But I want to. Don't you want me to?" 
"Of course." 
"Then what's the problem?" 
"Me I just can't do this!" 
"Look just calm down." He went to wipe the tears from her eyes. 
She pushed him hand away. "Don't touch me! Leave me alone! Please just 
leave me alone!" 
Everyone was staring at her now. 
She looked around the room and then whispered. "Please Ethan let me go. 
If you really love me then you'll let me go." 
"But..." 
"Please don't make this any harder then this all ready is." As she 
started to run out of the mansion, Ethan knew one thing for sure he 
loved that girl.

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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 8/?


Gabi walked up behind Ethan. "You ok?" 
Ethan turned around and looked at his daughter in the eyes. "Not really 
but maybe it's for the best."
She sat down next to him on the bed. "How's that?" 
"Because I only have room in my life for one girl and that you." 
She smiled. "That's sweet, dad but if you love her you really can't let 
her go. You lost mom and I don't want you to lose someone else again."
He put his arm around her. "Honey, I lost your mother to death and I 
lost Lindsey because she wasn't ready for a relationship." 
"And you couldn't get mom back but you still can get Lindsey back. 
Please I don't want to lose her." 
"This is why I didn't want to get close to her because I knew you would 
get attached. In addition, you did. I'm sorry I shouldn't have brought 
her here." 
"Dad, it's not your fault I'm attached I knew her before you ever 
started dating her. Moreover, I know you just making excuses. Please 
go after her before it is too late. She said to him and gave him kiss 
on the cheek. "I'm going back to the party and by the end of the night 
I expect you two to be a couple again."

"Excuse me?" Lindsey looked up and saw Beth standing there in front of 
her. 
"Yes?' She said her voice very weak because she had been crying and her 
face was streaked. She had been at the Book Care for ten minutes just 
crying into the table. 
"I was just wondering if there was anything I could get you. You look 
pretty upset." 
"I am and sure I'll take the strongest coffee you have with whip cream." 
She smiled. "Coming right up." She walked over to Hank. She started to 
make the coffee. "One chocolate chip cookie." She told him. 
"Coming up. Honey, what's wrong you look like you're just seen a ghost?" 
"I have." 
He stopped her. "You're sure you're ok?" 
"How could I be? Theresa Lopiz-Fitgerald Bennett Crane is in our Book 
Café! How can you be ok? She is your relative." 
Hank looked at her shocked and looked at Lindsey. "Beth, that's crazy. 
That can't be her." 
"Have I ever been wrong? You know I never forget a face." 
"I know but there's a first time for everything." 
"We'll see." She grabbed the coffee and the cookie and walked over to 
Lindsey. "Here you go." 
"I didn't order this." 
Beth smiled. "It's on the house. And these." She handed her some 
tissues. 
"Thank you Beth." 
Beth smiled. "It's amazing that you know my name." 
Lindsay's eyes were wide. "Well... um... Your name tag." She pointed 
toward where her mane tag should have been. "No, my son used it as a 
part of one of his school projects. I haven't gotten another one since 
then." 
"Maybe we meet before." 
Beth smiled. "I think we have, Theresa."
She started to twirl her hair around one of her fingers. "I'm not 
Theresa. I'm Lindsey." 
"Right. Look, I know who you are and why you will not admit it and that 
is your choice. But I need you to know that there are some people who 
deserve to know you're alive, Like Pilar for instance." As Beth walked 
away, Lindsey headed over toward Pilar's house. 

"How's he holding up?" Miguel asked Sam. 
"I don't know he won't talk to anyone but Gabi." Sam said.
"I'm worried about him he's shutting people off like he did when 
Theresa died." Ivy said. 
"I don' think it is the same. We're just got to let him deal with it in 
his own way." Reese said. 
"I can't believe I convinced him to date again. I mean look what 
happened." Luis said. 
"We all did and it's not our fault. We had not way of knowing." 
Sheridan said as she put her arm around him. 
"Well I just want to know why she's like that." Jessica said. 
"I don't know but it was strange." Kay said. 
"Why would she break his heart like that?" Whitney asked. 
"Well I don't think his heart is completely broken." Chad said and 
pointed to Ethan who was getting his jacket out the closet. 
"I hope it goes well." Sam said. 
"We can only hope." Ivy said.

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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 9/?


Pilar got home and went over to the four candles she had. Four now she 
thought. Why does God keep taking the ones I love away. She lit each of 
the candles one by one. "Martin, Antonio, Paloma, Theresa." She said as 
she lit them. She knelt down. "Please jeep my children safe and my 
husband and let Theresa be happy in heaven. Padre nuestro...." She 
started praying Our Father and tears where starting to fall down her 
face. When she tasted the salty tears, she started to blubber. "Why did 
you have to take my daughter and my husband away! Why!" She sank to the 
floor. 
Lindsey came up behind and ran to her. "Don't cry. Please stop crying.
Mama."
Pilar looked up at her and Lindsey just nodded.
Pilar smiled and kissed her. Then she laid her head in Lindsey lap. 
Lindsey patted her head. "It's my turn to comfort you." She started to 
sing "Ave Maria" and Pilar started to remember singing to Theresa when 
she came into her's and Martin's room scared because of a nightmare she 
had and they had sung it at her funeral. But neither one of them 
noticed that Beth was watching them. 

Ethan bent down and laid a rose on the grave. He started to weep. He 
ran his hand across the words: Theresa Lopiz-Fitgerald Bennett-Crane, 
a loving daughter, sister, wife and mother who always had fate on her 
side. Her love will never be forgotten. "Fate on her side." He laughed 
and thought back to what Theresa had told him two days before the 
wedding. ~ Ethan walked into their bedroom and smiled. Theresa was 
dancing around the room doing the waltz. 
He walked up behind her and squeezed her waist. 
She jumped and turned around and faced him. "Don't scare me like that!" 
She yelled and then kissed him.
 "What were you doing?" He asked.
 "Practicing for our reception." 
He smiled. "Why?" "Because if fate got me this far the least I could do 
is be ready for it." 
He cracked up laughing. "You still think that fate put us together?" 
"Of course. Why are you laughing?"
 He laid on his bed still laughing. "I just think that's crazy because 
I would like to think that we had something to do with it." 
She punched him softly in the stomach and laid down next to him. "I 
know it sounds crazy but how do you explain it?"
 "I try not to."
 "Well I can explain it in one word."
 "And what's that?"
 "Serendipity."
 Ethan started laughing again and then hugged her. "That strangely 
enough it's one of the reason I love you so much." ~ "And Theresa I'm 
sorry to say but I have to go after another women. But I still love you 
and always will." He looked at his ring. "I know this sounds strange 
but I feel like I'm falling in love with you all over again, and I hate 
it!" He took his ring of and threw it at the grave. As soon as he 
realized what he had done, he ran over, picked it up, and put it back 
on. "I'm so sorry honey. I did not mean to. Forgive me." He got up and 
kissed the grave and he walked off looking for Lindsey. He did not 
realize that he passed Beth.
 As Lindsey was walking home, she passed Beth. 
"So you are Theresa. I knew it." She was smiling. 
Lindsey turned around and faced her not smiling. "Look! I never said I
was Theresa and just because I went to see the one lady means nothing." 
"Then why did you do it?" 
"Like I had a choice. You won't have followed me if I had a choice." 
Beth smiled. "You're smarter then you seem to be." 
"I've always been this smart but you won't ever know that because you 
don't know me and have never me before." 
Beth laughed. "Sure. Play that game, Theresa. I've just go one question 
why were you crying?" 

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Title: Child of Love (sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM) 10/?


"Would you like some tea, John?" Grace asked. 
"No, thank you, Mrs. Bennett.. I've had quiet enough." He said as he 
placed his cup down. He didn't even want to be here. Tonight he had 
planned to break up with her but she dragged him here. Saying her aunt 
needed her, So he had decided to wait till after they left. But if he 
had to sit here much longer. He wouldn't be able to wait. He looked at 
his watch, he had been here for there hours. He looked at both of the 
people who were staring at him. "Um, would you mind if I got a breath 
of fresh air?" He asked. 
"Sure, John." Grace said. He left the room. 
Charity smiled. "I really like this one." 
Grace smiled. "I hope this one stays."
 "Me too." 
"But I don't think he going to stay."
 Grace frowned. "I'm sorry I whish there was something I could go."
 "I know and I wish I could just find someone ever since Mig..."
 "Miguel, Charity you were a teenager and you grew up and moved on."
"Moved on! I don't call getting dumped by every guy I date moving on."
She was getting mad and she could tell her Aunt was shocked. "I'm sorry,
Aunt Grace. This isn't your fault. It's Kay's." And at that moment, 
Charity turned evil for good.

Ethan walked up to the door; he had searched every where's and had not 
found her. It was upsetting him. She had left all because of something
he had done something or something he had said. He got almost to the 
door and was shocked to see Lindsey sitting on the top stop with her 
Shawl wrapped around her. "Lindsey?" 
She looked up she had tears streaked down her face. 
"What's wrong, Lindsey?" 
She got up. "I couldn't leave you again. I just couldn't."
 "Again, Lindsey..." she got up and put her finger over his lips. 
"Let's not waste this moment with words." She took his hand and led him 
into the mansion. 
Gabi whispered silently "Now." ("You always save the best for last" by 
Vanessa Williams started to play) 
~Sometimes the snow comes down in June
Sometimes the sun goes 'round the moon~
She led him to the middle of the room, took his hands into hers, looked 
him in the eyes and then wrapped his arms around her.
~I see the Passion in your eyes
Sometimes is all a big surprise~
"Theresa, Theresa slow down." She just turned around, giggled, and ran 
right into the water. 
Ethan just kept chasing after her. He caught her in his arms. "It's 
freezing." Ethan said. 
"Not in your arms. It's not." They both looked each other in the eyes. 
"I love you, Theresa." 
"I love you Ethan. I want you to promise me something?" 
"Anything." 
"That you won't ever let go of me."
~'Cause there was a time when all I did was wish
You'd tell me this was love
It's not the way I hoped or how I planned
But somehow it's enough~
Ethan pulled her tighter to him. Then took her hands into his and 
started to cover her neck with kisses then took her into a deep 
passionate kiss.
~And now we're standing face to face
Isn't this world a crazy place?
Just when I thought our chance had passed
You go and save the best for last~
"Ethan I've waited my whole for this moment." She said as her dress 
slipped off of her. 
"Me too, Theresa. Me too." 
"I've loved you my whole life, Ethan and I knew one day this moment 
would come."
~All of the nights you came to me
When some silly girl had set you free
You wondered how you'd make it through
I wondered what was wrong with you~
When they separated, the passion was so strong that Ethan couldn't 
stand it anymore. He wanted, he needed to be inside of her. He sweeps 
her up in his arms and took her up to the bedroom.
~'Cause how could you give your love to someone else
and share your dreams with me
Sometimes the very thing you're looking for
Is the one thing you can't see~
Theresa sighed with happiness and laid her head on Ethan chest. "I love 
you so much and even more now." 
Ethan just smiled. "Me too. I didn't think I could ever be in my life." 
"Me either." Neither of them knew at that at that moment they had just 
conceived their child of love.  
~And now we're standing face to face
Isn't this world a crazy place?
Just when I thought our chance had passed
You go and save the best for last
La la la, la la la la
Sometimes the very thing you're looking for
Is the one thing you can't see~
Lindsey smiled happily and kissed Ethan who smiled back at her and 
wrapped his arms tighter around her. She got up and pulled him with her.
She looked at the window at the rising sun and leaned back on Ethan's 
chest. "I don't want to ever leave here." 
"You don't ever have to."
~Sometimes the snow comes down in June
Sometimes the sun goes 'round the moon
Just when I thought our chance had passed
You go and save the best for last
You went and saved the best for last....~

Allister walked back into the cell with a smile. 
"What are so happy about, Father?" Julian asked not caring. 
"It looks like our little Latino is back."
 "What are you talking about now?" 
"Get your head of the gutter, Julian. I'm talking about Theresa." 
"She's back from the dead?"
"No, she was never dead but she will be soon." Allister said and then 
laughed evilly.