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A Working Class Sacrifice
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15 Years Earlier
Bette hummed a mindless tune as she walked the short distance to Tina’s. If you had asked her even ten minutes later what song she had been singing, she wouldn’t have been able to tell you. Humming had become one of those little love ticks that you can’t avoid upon falling head over heels for someone. She had been this nauseatingly love-struck for years.
She rapped on the door to the apartment. She was surprised when it wasn’t Tina who answered the door, but rather Mrs. Lois Kennard.
“Oh. Mrs. Kennard, hi,” she said, searching discreetly for Tina behind her shoulder. “Is Tina home?”
“I just sent her to the store for me for a moment. She said to tell you she’d be right back, if you want to wait,” Mrs. Kennard said, stepping aside to let Bette into the apartment.
“Sure, thanks.”
“Have a seat, Bette. Can I get you anything to drink?”
“Just a water, thanks,” Bette smiled. “Don’t get up, I’ll get it.” Bette settled back onto the couch with a glass of water a moment later.
“Well, we don’t have much time,” Lois said hastily. “Let’s get right into it then, huh?”
“I’m sorry, get into what?” Bette asked, confused.
“Bette, I know that you’re dating my daughter.”
“Excuse me?” Bette said, startled, choking on the swallow of water she had just taken.
“Oh, I’m not stupid, Bette. I wasn’t born yesterday. I know exactly when things began to change between you two girls.”
“Why didn’t you say anything,” Bette asked, taken aback by the conversation at hand.
“Why didn’t you?” Mrs. Kennard countered.
Bette looked down, picking at the torn fabric of the couch. “It’s not the easiest thing to talk about, I guess. We didn’t want to hurt anybody.”
“Least of all each other, right?” Tina’s mother asked.
“Of course.”
“Has Tina told you about her father’s phone call last night?” Lois asked, standing from her position on the couch and walking into the kitchen. She busied herself at the sink, her back to Bette.
“I haven’t talked to her yet today,” Bette said, confused. Her father’s phone call? Bette thought. “Wait, I thought Tina doesn’t really speak to her dad.”
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Crap! That’s just sad. :( Thanks for the post! Regardless how sad it is I still love reading your posts.
God so heartbreaking!! PPVS Thanks Atlas :'(
omg, I am going to die. This is so freaking sad… I’m trusting you now, atlas, to fix everyone’s broken hearts, including mine. thanks for the post, but girl, you are killing me!
I just caught up with this story, I’m really enjoying it.. This chapter was heartbreaking, though. Thanks for posting. PPS :)
ughhh so sad… give me a happy ending!
if I had any tears, I would have cried like a pig…
Poor Bette. This story is so sad but I still love it. PPVS.
That was awfull from Tina’s mother!!! I just … no heartbreaking.
Incredibly sad but also well written
Nope. No spumoni for you until I can read a chapter without crying…OK…I don’t mean that…I’m just upset because I don’t have any tissues handy so I have to wipe my nose on my sleeve…Dayum, the dry-cleaning bill!!!!!!
Heartbreaking…Thanks for posting though. I’ll wait for the next chapter.
Mama Kennard…you are so wrong…don’t do it Bette…..so sad
this post was so sad that I had to comment, what is Tina going to do when she finds out that it was her mother who pushed Bette away? please please please fix my Tibette heart!! Thanks! PPVS! =))
oh my bleeding heeart!
Well written story and fluent transitions between past and present. Happy or sad ending, looking forward to reading more. Thank you for writing.
this is so sad but i totally dig tina’s mom. and you’re writing this particularly well.
2 really really sad chapters. It will get better right. Thank you and you write so very well.
You are killing me,I hate this family.
i can almost feel bette’s heartbreak. her dreams of a future w/ tina is slowly drifting. this is sad. i wonder if tina hated bette for letting her go.
Poor Bette. Tina’s mother is giving her a huge load. It’s not fair to Bette or to Tina. She is underestimating the power of love and giving material possessions a higher value….that’s never gonna make Tina happy.
Just caught up with the chapters. That was a very low blow from Tina’s mother and one hell of a lot of grief on both of them, for the sake of a few dollars that she may or may not get. She really shouldn’t have done that to them. What will Tina think when she finds out her mother had a hand in the demise of her breakup with Bette, forcing her to marry this guy. And what does it say about the guy that basically blackmailing the parents so that he can fulfill his selfish desires for Tina’s hand in a marriage which she doesn’t have a clue about. It stinks to high heaven and I hope Tina tells all of them to go straight to hell when she does find out. Thanks for posting.