Promise of Forever
      Chapter 8
 

“THERESA! What are you talking about?”, Michelle asks impatiently

Theresa lets out a strangled laugh, “What the, hell, even if I do tell you there is nothing you can do, it just might make your life even more miserable, and that would make me feel better.”

Michelle is shocked, she has no idea what Theresa is talking about, but, she thinks just in case, as she slips her hand inside her backpack. Thank God, she has her tape recorder with her, she turns it on. Thinking Theresa just may give her some valuable information, little did she know the story she was about to hear would change so many things.

Theresa’s voice takes on an eerie quality, like she’s gone of into her own world. “I had it all planned, I was going to have everything, power, money, a great looking husband, who was OK in bed, and love and amazing sex with my true love, it was even better that my lover was my husband’s brother, and we would all be living in the same house, how convenient is that? Mick and I always had it planned, we both knew Danny would be the head of the family, so I would marry him, make him believe I loved him, but in truth I was really just using him so Mick and I could get what we wanted.”

“Everything was fine until Mick met you, Michelle. Sweet, innocent, pure Michelle Bauer.” Theresa’s voice was filled with such venom and hatred, Michelle visibly shuttered.

“What do I have to do with it?”

“You, Michelle, you know, Mick told me how interested you were in him, you wanted him, and he figured if someone as good as you could want him, then he should be the rightful head of the family, and marry me.”

“I was never interested in Mick, he was an animal and very delusional.”

“Well, that doesn’t matter, you see I was there that night at the beach, I saw it all. You know Michelle you have to hit someone much harder than that to kill them.”

Michelle is in shock, “What do you mean, you were there?”

“Oh, yes, I saw it all. Then after you left Mick was coming to and I went to talk to him, I had to convince him not to change our plan. But he refused to listen, he wanted it all, the power, to be the head of the family, and me as his wife. I knew it would never happen, and he was totally unreasonable, so when he turned his back, I picked up the rock you used, and I did the job right.”

“You mean……”

“Yes, Michelle, I killed Mick. Then I took off for LA, I was already supposed to be there so I had a perfect alibi. Then when I found out Danny had married you to save you because he thought you killed Mick, you little bitch, you ruined everything. Then you both had to go fall in “love”, how disgusting! If I had known Danny would turn soft and marry Mick’s killer instead of doing his job, I would have told the truth in the beginning, instead of wasting all this time to get what is rightfully mine!”

“Theresa, you are unbelievable, Danny wouldn’t have married just anyone who killed Mick, he married me because even then he knew we were meant to be. Wait until he finds this out, he will kill you or at the very least use this information to get you and your father out of our lives, so we can be together.”

“Think again Michelle, you have no proof! It’s just your word, even if you do tell Danny, he can’t act on it without getting both you and he killed, and you know my father would never believe you. So, looks like you loose again.” With that said Theresa saunters out the door feeling ever the victor.

“Oh, Theresa, you are soooo wrong.” Michelle says pulling the tape recorder out of her bag. Her feeling of victory is short lived, because, now she has to figure out the best way to break this news to Danny. She thinks its so ironic, the reason that brought them together has been a lie all along, what will this do to Danny, what will it do to them?