Chapter 19

Two years later

Bette and Tina left LA three months after the night at Bette’s gallery, and after much deliberation they decided on Berlin as their chosen destination.

The fallout from Tina l […]

White House

The Oval Office

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,

Washington DC

District Of Columbia

USA

“James, care to explain this?” Bette held up a formal invite that was on her desk […]

Chapter 18

Two weeks later, Tina is in her office at the university and is wrapping up a conference call. She fidgets with her cell phone throughout the meeting, glancing periodically at the screen.

After […]

Chapter 17

A few days later, Tina arrives home and walks though to the kitchen. She puts down her bag and then notices Andrew standing by the dining room table, which is set with candles and a bottle of […]

The Black Water Estate

The Private Residence of President Elizabeth Porter

Forest Lane

Portsmouth

New Hampshire

USA

Tina stood at the edge of the stream which ran through Bette’s pr […]

Chapter 16

Later that night, Bette’s house. Tina wakes in the night to find Bette lying on her back alongside her, wide awake and staring at the ceiling. Tina watches her for a while as Bette continues to l […]

Author’s Comment –

Now who could this woman be?? And what role does she play in the evening?? Or in Bette’s life??

Lots of stuff going on in this chapter. Even one of our heroines’ meets an old friend! […]

Chapter 15

A few days later, Tina walks through her front door and makes her way to the kitchen where she can hear Andrew preparing dinner. He looks over at her from the stove top when he hears her […]

For the rest of the day Tina wondered about texting Bette, but she couldn’t find the words for what she wanted to say. How to explain that she was just so tired. That what she wanted more than anything was a l […]

Chapter 14

The next week, Alice and Bette are having coffee at the Planet.

(Alice) So, have you spoken to Tina?

(Bette) No, and I don’t expect to, aside from seeing one another at the occasional event […]

Press Article.

Online New source

PRESIDENT PORTERS PASSION

President Elizabeth Porter, 44 has found love again two years after the bombing that took her wife from her.

The President reportedly […]

The White House

The Oval Office

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,

Washington DC

District Of Columbia

USA

Bette was tapping her pen on her temple as she read the letter that was to be sent to […]

Bette got out of bed, grabbed her robe (Pippa’s really, but she’d been using it long enough) and padded through to the kitchen. It was early September, the air in Topanga dry and still. The bifold door that led […]

Chapter 13

Two weeks later, the Planet. Alice, Shane and Dana are sitting at their usual table and Bette enters and walks towards them.

(Bette) Hi, sorry I’m late

They all greet her and Shane slides B […]

The White House

The Private Residency of the President

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,

Washington DC

District Of Columbia

USA

Bette slowly made her way into the large kitchen, she’d been in […]