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Reconciliation Part 31
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Part 31
After a nearly one month, emotionally draining, trip to Somalia then the Congo, Dylan headed back to her home outside of Atlanta. On the flight home she reflected back on the scenes in the camps and war torn towns and villages were worse than she imagined. Story after story, the refugees told of raids in their hometowns, of the men and boys being killed in front of their families. Women and girls were repeatedly raped or mutilated. Those who escaped had to travel miles and days on foot to get to the relatively safe haven on the camps. Even there, they were occasionally subject to violent crimes. Their make shift homes often consisted of sticks covered with fabric. Nothing that she had gone through could compare to the tragedy she witnessed during her trip. She was determined to give them a voice. As with the girls in her “Hood Girlz” filming, she began to bond with several of the families. She had decided to take the risk and delve deeper into the issues by going into some the hotbeds of the fighting. It physically and mentally drained her but she was inspired by the hope that so many showed her in their willingness to continue to strive in the face of some of the greatest adversity she had seen.
When she arrived at her townhouse, she found although so much had happened to her mentally and emotionally over the past month, everything in her home was at a standstill. The cell phone which she tossed aside before the left was dead. The neglected plants in her home suffered a similar fate. Her mail was on hold at the post office while she was gone, now sat in a large postal-service box. Normally, these would have been something she would have asked Chelsea to do but after she broke off their professional relationship she wanted to keep their personal relationship at some distance. The last night they spent together was a terrible mistake and she knew she needed to talk to her about it and apologize once she settled back in. She had contemplated sending her an email to that effect but after consideration decided against it.
After a long shower she curled into her own comfortable bed for a night of much needed sleep. She found it nearly impossible to rest well in Africa. She was haunted by the sights and sounds of the camps. There she was uncomfortable on the small bed she slept on, which was luxurious compared to the dirt floor or grass beds most of the refugees slept on. She chuckled to herself as she looked around reflexively, for the mosquito net that she needed to cover her sleeping area. While is Africa, she often tossed and turned at night recalling the bittersweet memory of Helena’s body next to hers. Her dreams of the pleasure of the night they shared was all too frequently shattered by the infiltration of the words, “She’s with Raquel.” She asked herself, what more could I have done? Perhaps it was too late but now at least she could rest with a clear conscience that she told and showed Helena how she felt. She had nothing more to give and if Helena rejected her love then so be it. Strangely, she felt her confessions somehow freed her of the ghosts of her past. As she reflected on her African experience, all the pain of her childhood and what she went through with Helena paled in comparison to the suffering she saw there. The trip had changed her. She wanted to do more than simply tell their story. She was determined to do something to help.
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I can’t tell what is going on in Helaine mind but do know face to face will tell each one a lot. You eyes,face and body tell a lot about a person Let them meet, and will see. thanks
This story is driving me crazy but I guess it’s in a good way because I keep coming back…lol. It’s funny how Helena keeps saying that she has fallen for two women who are not available but the fact is she’s the one not available because mentally she hasn’t come to terms with past demons. The question now is will Raquel or Dyalan be there when she make up her mind. Raquel is consumed with her family and a change in her career. Dylan has found her family and has a new project and helping the refugees from Africa. Helena seems to be stuck in a loop and although Dylan and Raquel don’t want to lose her. At some point they have to consider their own lives. Helena seems to use good sex to define love. With both women she moved fast and furious and lust was the main ingredient. I really hope Helena finds ture love because she’s a beautiful person and she deserves it. For some reason I think after this is all said and done Helena would be better off starting anew. A clean slate will do her some good in her next adventure in her quest for love.
Squirl you twist these lives in directions that show very deep dispair. Helena has two week to attack her demonds and Dylan has to find a family & a father and what ever drama that includes. My girl Raqus stuck in a limbo that no one knows about but herself. Oh golly were to next, waiting not so patiently. Hopeing your holiday was stupendus with the guys and Mrs. Squril. Thank you, Md
Ah…Dylan…love her. I know I’m late in responding but was away for the holidays. Squirl you continue to amaze me with the complexity of these characters. I wish I could adequately convey how much I love the pairing of these two star-crossed lovers. I am eagerly looking forward to reading the rest of this incredibly well-woven tale.
Is Helena’s idea of moving forward simply a return to cutting herself off again? As Helena has found, life and love frequently suck and can be quite painful, but to retreat from it only means trading the sharp hurt of loving and losing for the dull, ongoing pain of never loving at all.
I wonder what Helena truly has to say to Dylan?I mean is it that she could forgive but never forget the pain she anguished.I feel that they both need to be entirely honest with one another when they see each other next.I mean if they dont words will go left un said.And they will forever delve in pain, misery, and emptiness.Loved the update Squirl update soonies.
Hello My Passionate Friend… I find is ironic that Dylan has continued to choose projects with such harsh subject matters… projects that in some ways need to be told but more importantly I see these projects as her way at vindication… she realizes that she might never get the forgiveness she seeks… or the love she truly desperately hopes for… but in her own quiet way she is using her torment and her fears and her regrets to bring out the truth in different arena’s. If only because she has only started to realize that truth has eluded her all her life. When her brother called I felt a twinge in my stomach… I feel a little uneasy because these are the situations and scenarios in which you find all those from your past coming out from the wood works… trying to take a piece of the pie… and Dylan as street-smart as she might is likely to develop a certain naivety especially when it comes from the promise of family… something more then anything she longs for… another thing I find quite interesting is that Helena managed to give up the one thing that Dylan has so longed for a ‘Family’… if Helena would have followed to path of her heart and stayed with Raquel she would have had a family… and you never know she might still have it… but it just shows you how these two woman mirror one another’s souls… they let go of the things the other so desires… for Dylan she has given of herself freely… she is going out and seeking her own redemption even if she is not going to the person who she needs it from… and Helena has moved away sheltered herself once again from the comforts of a ‘Family’… I love how hesitant Dylan was to actually meet with Helena… I think in her soul that she realizes that this is the final act of ‘Goodbye’ I think she realizes this is that final strings being cut act that she has been afraid of since the moment Helena entered her life… like Helena everyone that Dylan loves and has loved leaves… unlike with Helena when they leave they leave for good… Helena has managed to get her children back… her friends back… even to an extent she has found the mother she always wanted… but Dylan has nothing… and everything for her is so fleeting… I hope that Helena finally does the decent thing and tells Dylan the honest truth…pulls no punches and just unleashes… cause that is all Dylan really has ever wanted, to take full responsibility for her culpabilities in Helena’s down fall… and maybe just maybe Helena will open her eyes and realize if not for Dylan she would never have come to be the person she is… the person she was always meant to be… she would never have her complete independence and identity if she would never have gone through that heartbreak… this does feel like ‘Goodbye’ to me… for some reason the pieces are laid out and the board is set… you my passionate friend… you have continued to captivate me and take me deeper and deeper… thank you for everything… love and hugs, JC (Latin Nephew to those Salsa Angels and Ever loving Cuzzie to the MIA Eunichick)