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The Fast and Fevered Fall – Chapter Seventeen
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Tina sat down on the side of the bed, Angelica in her arms. She marvelled at how tiny her hand and feet were. She stroked the baby soft skin of her daughters face, tears stinging her eyes at the pure joy that she felt every time she looked at Angelica, every time that she held the tiny person in her arms. As always in there quiet moments between mother and daughter Tina spoke to Angelica, hoping that she understood.
“So here we are, back in the house where we’re supposed to be. For the first time you’ll get to sleep in the same house as your Momma B. Are you happy about that? I hope so because this is how meant to be.”
“People will think you’re losing it. Talking to your baby as if she understands.” laughed Shane gently as she came into the bedroom and sat down next to Tina.
“She gets it. She might not reply, but she understands.”
“Bette’s just moving the last of the boxes in. She keeps muttering to herself how glad she is that you didn’t have that much stuff to move out in the first place.”
“It does feel like I have less stuff than the first time. I don’t know why that would be. I thought that you were supposed to accumulate belongings as you got older.”
“Maybe you never thought it was permanent.” suggested Shane, as she tickled the bottom of Angelica’s feet.
“No, at some point I thought it was permanent. There was definitely a time where I didn’t think that this day would ever happen. The hurt was too deep.”
“So what changed?”
“I’m not sure. I know that we still have a lot to talk about, but I want Angelica to be with Bette. It’s the right thing to do, for all three of us.”
“Do you think that you’ll get the time, to really talk?”
“We need to make the time. I’m not saying it’s going to be easy. I’m so tired, I’m up half the night with Angelica but I know that we need to talk to make things right.”
“I don’t think that I’ve seen Bette so happy before. I don’t think that she can quite believe that you’re back here, with Angelica.”
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That’s obviously a promise that was only partially fulfilled, if at all. Well-written as it ever, citygirl. And since you’re posting regularly anyway, I’m not going to badger you about posting soon. Wait… Yep, I lied. Post soon, please!
Oh, I feel the fragility of the relationship as I read this… There are so many things they don’t know, and can’t say… so they dance around all the painful aggravating stuff… I guess this is where things begin to spiral out of control… so sad. Wonderful chapter! Thanks!
This was really good CG75. It could have happened this way…they may have started out like you wrote it here – with good intentions of “talking everything out” – but did they ever follow through on those good intentions? I, myself doubt it, and I believe that was their downfall this second time around, just as the lack of conversations desperately needed was their downfall the first time around. I love your writing and the loving feel you get from them as you have written here. I just hope and pray that the end of your story finds B&T happy and in love and living together as a family with Angelica – as it is supposed to be.
This story is well written and so tragic
I understand not wanting to get into anything heavy on the 1st night back…but there has to come a time when they let Shane babysit for a minute and they get down to the nitty gritty…it HAS to be done or they might find themselves moving Tina’s stuff again.
Sh*t I forgot this was a flashback…and that the relationship and the return home went to sh*t….sigh.
This is sad for them!
Well, we already know about how permanent this was. Did Tina EVER find herself ready to talk about the hard stuff?
It’s heart breaking reading this latest chapter, knowing where it’s going to lead…another marriage, more long years apart…when they were so close, so very close to working it thru….Thanks!!
CG… I want to read your version of them reconciing. They are so tender toward one another.
They should have just had the damn discussion and put it all out there…thanks for the update
So close and yet so far away… I know what I want for Christmas from my favorite Brit – if you don’t care to guess, it has something to do with “happily ever after!”
I agree with honda90.
They really should have discussed the issues they had. Great writing City. Thanks
CG just GREAT!!! I agree with 2005. PPS
The present sections are always so beautifully tragic, and then the past is always so bittersweet, just holding your breath knowing it all goes wrong but wanting to enjoy it nonetheless. God… I do love this story so.