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The Adventures Of Bette Porter And Sissee Gardner Schmidt After Howie (Part 3, Chapter 9)
The Adventures Of Bette Porter And Sissee Gardner Schmidt After Howie (Part 3, Chapter 9)
PART THREE: SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
Chapter 9
“You did the right thing, Alice,” said Bette. “That was very fast thinking.”
Alice stretched her neck out, preening with a big smile, “Well, thank you Bette. I did do good didn’t I.?”
Bette nodded and said, “Yes you did.”
“You sure did,” I added.
“Terry’s a good man,” Bette went on. “I’m sure you realize how generous he is, just by how he’s spoiled all of us this weekend. Right?”
“Yeah, well, it’s been nice.”
“Didn’t you point that out to us on our way to the ranch, how expensive it is per night?”
“Yeah.”
“That, plus the limos, plus all the drinks, the food. Pretty nice of him, don’t you think?”
She tilted her head, thinking. “Ahh, yeah.”
“And he paid for everything at the airport.”
“What’s your point Bette? And I know you have one.”
“I’m one of the lucky ones who knows him very well. He doesn’t just throw his money away on frivolous weekends, like this, ordinarily. He has a lot of pet charities. He contributes a lot of money to good causes. You’d be amazed at all the things he’s done anonymously and how many people he’s helped through the years. It’s not something you hear about from him but I get wind of it every once in a while from other people.”
“I hear ya.”
“Not so long ago he and I were having a few drinks. He was pretty deep into his cups when I asked him why he’s such a nice guy. I asked him, ‘Why do you do it? Why do you help so many people without them knowing about it? You never get to hear their thank you or their praise.”
Bette waited a minute. “Want to hear what he said?”
“Yeah.”
“He said, ‘Because I believe you get what you give sooner or later, maybe not from the same person, but it comes back, even if it’s going to be flowers on my grave from someone I never heard of.”
“Wow,” said Jenny. “That’s pretty profound.”
“I like that,” said Helena.
“Cool,” said Shane.
“I figure he got some of that pay-back when Randy stepped forward,” said Bette.
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what a beautiful chapter..i enjoyed it indeed, can’t wait to hear what Bette has up her sleeve for sissee
Yes, what does Bette have in mind? Wondering……wondering….. Glad the tape went up in smoke.
Well, the moral of this story is that nice people get others’ respect, thus Terry got protection from others who stepped up the plate and got him off embarrassment for not doing the skydiving. Anyhow, with regard to Bette’s thinking, I agree with kbergin, it’s likely she would like a child of their own, between S & B. If so, it may be Bette’s turn to have one! :-)