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Reconciliation Part 30
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Part 30
When they arrived at Peggy’s Brownstone in midtown Manhattan Peggy greeted her grandchildren as if they had been gone for two years instead of two weeks. Helena was unusually quiet considering the level of chatter the children had over their trip. They showed off their photos and souvenirs to their grandmother and raved about meeting Raquel and her family. Helena’s mood was not lost on Peggy as she watched Helena remain aloof about discussing the trip. Once the children went home to Winnie, Peggy contemplated how she would get Helena to share the thoughts that had her so distracted.
“Helena, you have barely said a thing about your trip. Did you not have a good time?”
Helena sighed and responded flatly, “I had a very nice time, Mummy. It was a very lovely visit.”
“Well you seem so melancholy. Why the long face?”
Helena looked at her mother and wondered if she wanted to enter into this discussion with her. It would mean she had to bring up Dylan, a name Peggy still rightfully loathed. Despite Dylan’s return of the money, Peggy had nothing complimentary to say about her. She would be shocked to hear Dylan’s name resurfacing after all this time. Helena tried to avoid the discussion by changing the subject but Peggy was unrelenting in trying to understand the pain she saw in Helena’s eyes.
“Helena I know something is wrong. Did you fall in love with Raquel? What happened between the two of you? I haven’t seen you this dejected since…” She stopped herself from completing her thought. She dared not say the word.
Helena looked at her mother and finished the sentence for her, “since Dylan.”
“Yes, since her. I saw how devastated you were over her rejection of your affections. I see the same look. With Catherine it was anger. With Dusty you got bored. But this look, this withdrawal, reminds me of how you looked after that fiasco with Dylan.”
Helena chuckled, “Funny you would see a similar look, because she is part of the problem.”
“How is she involved? Don’t tell me you ran into her in Brazil?”
“No. I didn’t. I ‘ran into her’, so to speak, in LA.”
The color from Peggy’s already pale face drained. She sat down shocked that Dylan had reentered Helena’s life and was now apparently a source of contention again. “Please pour me a scotch. Actually, make it a double.”
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Someone wise once told me that everything starts with a leap of faith. That is why the first step is always so hard to take, because it’s walking right into the unknown. Then again, if you think about it, Helena really has nothing to lose! Well, except her heart really. I believe that Helena will have a lot to say to Dylan when she finally finds her, if Dylan even wants to be found. Sigh. Squirly-Whirly! My heart still aches for Raquel though. ): Sigh! PPS! ((:
Hello My Passionate Friend… I think that these conversations that Helena is having between herself and Peggy and then with her friends and family is bringing to light certain facets of her life… I feel certain coldness from Peggy… I mean this is your daughter… someone of your own flesh and if you cannot find it within yourself to move past your own selfish need to control certain outcomes and just be a mother who will listen to her daughter without any kind of retort well I can see where Helena’s fear plays such a huge role in her life… and I can fully understand why she finds it so hard to open up… for she has never had a positive outlet that would just be there and listen… this goes with her friends as well sometimes it would be best to shut up and just listen… when you start to belittle and place judgments on people you tend to cause them to revert back to a more sheltered more protective frame of mind… come on people it is only when someone is without control of their emotions… when they are raw and seething that you will be able to understand them… Helena needs to find someone that won’t placate her… someone that will just listen and allow her to freely expose her soul… and up until this moment she has not found anyone… and for me that is what Dylan is… people often banter about the ideals of soulmates and such… well for me in this moment Dylan is Helena’s soulmate… she is the only one that will not judge… that will not interrupt that will listen intently… someone who will allow her to spill out her soul onto a blank canvass and just evolve… that is what Helena seeks her own evolution… not into the person everyone knows she is… but into the person she wants to be… her one true self… a person who is complete… soulmates are not forever or finite… they are people we need within our lives to help us move forward and move on… you my most passionate friend you continue to captivate me… you continue to make me think… you continue to move me… thank you for being in my life… thank you for your support… thank you for being you… so yes lets see where you take this… and remember never hesitate to go to the places no one wants you to go… you have never played it safe… you have challenged… moved… and captivated… love and hugs, JC (Latin Nephew to those Salsa Angel and ever loving Cuzzie to the amazingly talented Eunichick)
Just as I thought, Mommie Dearest is no fan of Dylan! lol! I’m glad she was able to be as impartial as possible (under the circumstances) and give Helena excellent advice. “You need a clear head so you can find your heart” is about the best thing anyone could say to a person struggling as Helena is or even moving forward from a relationship…The girls were great and absolutely on point, except for Tina…what the L? See that is the Tina that made me punish her by reading Belena/Helebette ff! lol! PPS
Oh, dear. A “recurring Dylan problem”. This could be as tricky as trying to maintain peace in the middle east. This could be as painful for Helena as sitting through Mary MacGregor’s rendition of “Torn Between Two Lovers”. Pass the scotch.
I thought the last chapter was the end of this story. I’m glad that I was wrong. Helena needs to take Bette’s advice and stop avoiding Dylan. I know she is afraid but she has been dodging the situation for two years and it hasn’t work. Is Helena’s love for Raquel real or is she using their relationship to mask her feelings for Dylan. Helena is still in love with Dylan and ignoring her feelings isn’t helping her. When she was with Dylan there was no Raquel on her mind but Dylan consumes her thoughts no matter where she goes or who she’s with.
im slightly distracted today reading this lol.but i hope that she does take Bette’s advice it seemes Bette always know the right thing to say
I like Dylan,from the first. She and Helena was great together, until Dannypyi a big guilt trip on her. Helena is in trouble unless she forget both and start fresh with someone new. thanks
Great chapter. As much as I love Dylena, you had me believing that Helena and Raquel could really make a go of it in the first version. I’m eagerly anticipating how you will wrap things up between Dylan and Helena.