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FORCE of NATURE
Chapter 20
Too Much, Too Soon?
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Tina spent the ride into Manhattan transfixed by the dawn view of the city from her tinted towncar window. Memories of her life in New York imposed flashes of color on the dismal morning grey; elusive hues of her past competed to be recalled.
Years of memories of the blonde’s time with Kelley piled one atop another; happy, joy-filled moments forging a melancholy presence contrary to the original events. As the Central Park Zoo entrance came into view en route to her hotel, she finally closed her eyes to the surge of remembrances. Rejoice and remorse created the turbulence knotting her stomach and the battling emotions were an assault relentless in its attack.
The acid rising to the back of Tina’s throat forced her attention to her small travel bag and the mints it contained. After popping the small candy into her mouth, she closed her eyes once more to concentrate on calming the emotional onslaught and dropped her head back on the crest of the leather seat working the mint against the roof of her mouth with her tongue. The soothing effect of the cool mint relaxed her a bit and her thoughts granted her a momentary reprieve with more recent plans for a visit to a west coast zoo. The side of her closed mouth twitched a single effort to smile with the promise of days to come but was quickly overcome by fear.
Again she questioned the budding relationship with the brunette mommy as coming too soon, being too much, and she challenged that Bette and Madie deserved better than her. They deserved someone free of the grief and guilt which overwhelmed her still. How could she possibly expect someone to accept moments when she would feel such deep regret for giving Kelley the expedition as an anniversary gift, a trip of a lifetime that ended her beautiful life; and to accept the longing she continued to harbor to hear Kelley’s voice again with one last ‘I love you’. It would be too much to expect Bette to wait an unknowable amount of time for these feelings to abate; especially as their intensity seemed to gain new strength here and now. She resolved to step back upon her return to L.A. and the flash of decision triggered yet more sorrow in her heavy heart.
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A. If it’s Kelly and she recognizes Tina then she is a low, down, dirty, skank for all the reasons Dainty enumerated. B. If it’s NOT Kelly, then some OTHER skank may be trying to get into Tina’s life. Whichever is the case….or more…..please give us more! I love this story!!
Is Tina staying at the Pierre? I used to have drinks at the Pierre’s bar with my gay Baron friend, he was mysterious, but never mistaken for a vagrant. Can’t wait for more.
After what you are doing to us, we deserve the cake lol. Thank you.However I am with Dainty, please put us out of our misery. Tina and Bette belong together, I am sorry for Kelley but please give me my fairy tale. I will repair your tractor lol. PPVS
Love this story, but I’m afraid a storm is brewing…
why do i have a feeling that kelley is alive and gonna bring some trouble? LOL if it is kelley she probably was in recovery and by the time she was healthy, tina was gone to LA…hmmm, getting a little nervous here LOL
Oh God now for the really scarey part -a romance thriller!I’m very glad you came back to this.
another drawing: ,__o …just in case you can’t tell, that’s me having fallen over in a faint because the raven-haired woman is bent on revenge and she’s… Dawn Denbo?
I am a little nervous about this mystery woman. Love Bette’s gesture of unspoken love. Still no Oil, Thank God. Gulf Shores is full of condos now especially after Ivan, but still very beautiful.
Okay,I got it!!It’s not Kelley but someone that was with Kelley during her trip and got to know Tina and Anthony through stories and pictures that Kelley shared with her.Both of them fell down the crevasse but only the mysterious brunette came out alive.Kelley’s dying wish was for this woman to make it out alive (Kelley’s injuries were too severe so she couldn’t go on)and go back to find Tina in New York and tell her that Kelley will love her forever and to move on with her life and not blame herself and to find new love. That kind of sounds like a movie doesn’t it? I’m seeing some flaws in my guessing game. I do have a question though. Did the people who told Tina they never found Kelley’s body actually look for a body? This is a crevasse we are talking about that they said she supposedly fell down.Would they risk their life for a recovery mission?
Please finish force of nature as promised. I’ve been waiting a long time to find out the mystery woman watching. PPS
You’re killing me, Sunkissed! Where is the rest of this story????!
All I can say is I knew it.
So, how fast can you post? Twice per day too much, huh?
Oh That was just excellent what Bette did! But I’m worried about that mystery woman. Sigh! But this is just an absolutely beautiful story. Thank you SK. For the receipe to.
Bette knows how to sweep a woman away. That was perfectly sweet. Hopefully Tina’s indecision about them will be overcome with Bette’s affection. But still, who’s the lost woman? Thanks for the post! Ü
SK, fantastic chapter. Thru your wonderfully romantic thoughts and writing Bette pulled off a coup of major proportions that lifted Tina from the gloom, guilt, and unfounded remorse she was feeling as she rode further into the city and saw different landmarks that were a part of her past life with Kelley. Now you know my imagination is twirling faster than a rocket trying to determine who the dark-haired mystery woman is and why is she seemingly lost. Amnesia, homeless? And who the heck is on the telephone, Is it Vera, Bette or Kelley? Is the mystery woman Kelley or someone else from Tina’s past? As you can imagine I have about a million and one questions regarding this woman. I guess it is a good thing that my previous attempts at posting failed, not even the Double-D, I’ve calmed down since reading the story. Okay the mystery woman says she knows Tina. Why? If this is Kelley and she survived the avalanche, why in the world would she not come forward and tell Tina that she is indeed alive. From Tinas own statement in this chapter, she thought she saw Kelley numerous times while she was still living in NY. Thru her grief she just thought she was seeing things. So, if it was indeed Kelley why would she not come forth? Did she use the trip as an escape route because she no longer wanted to play “happy family with Tina and Anthony, did not want the responsibility? Had she fallen out of love with Tina and used this as a way out of the relationship? Did she actually take the trip? If so, did she survive the avalanche and suffer from amnesia, regain her memory and still didn’t want to tell Tina she’s alive. If any of these things happened, she could have contacted Tina’s employer and found out where she was at any time. If the mystery woman is indeed Kelley she should have known that Tina would be guilt ridden, filled with remorse and suffer for the rest of her life because she gave her the trip since Kelley loved to ski so much. Why would she do this to a child? He even worried about her being cold. If she did this and would not contact Tina then she should be locked up somewhere and she doesn’t deserve the love, concern and thought that Tina has put into her disappearance and blamed herself for. Tina and Anthony has suffered enough, she should let them get on with their lives and be happy, she should not haunt Tina as she is doing. Another thought comes to mind, the way Kelley’s family would not have anything to do with Tina and Anthony after her disappearance. Damn, were they all in on it? See I told you my mind was twirling something fierce. AFter spending 20+ yrs as a Paralegal, with family law and criminal law, you see a lot of things that make you doubt your fellow man or woman until proven otherwise. I have never taken anything for face value, especially when there is an undercurrent that smells just a little off. For some reason this just stinks to me. Hope I am truly wrong in my thinking. I said I was not going to be guessing anymore. Just had to get all these thoughts out. Please put us all out of our misery (maybe not everyone, is it just me) and post very soon. Thanks for the cake recipe that I asked for and I shall make it today. My family and I will love it. Thanks for posting.
Bette’s romantic gesture was just what Tina needed. Now who the heck is this mystery woman? PPS!!
I’m hoping Bette’s gestures will dispel all of Tina’s feelings of guilt. But I’m afraid of this mystery woman. PPS
Great chapter! I think your mystery woman is Kelly, and Tina seems to need a resolution to all her guilt feelings, but I love B&T and the kids together in your story. I’m in all the way, can’t wait for more of this wonderful story. GO BETTE!
The ominousness of the stranger on the bench is being somewhat lightened by Bette’s kind gestures. I can’t wait to see how this all plays out. Thanks, sk! :)
Judging by how excited I was to see this post, I admit this is my fave story right now. The gesture from Bette was pitch perfect, and hopefully Tina will realize her heart will be safe with Bette. But….who is the mystery woman????????? PPS!
OMG first, LOL!!!!
Hi! This story is getting more intriguing. What a shift in tone from the nice cuddly romantic previous chapters and real endearing Maddie & Anthony to the mysterious dark raven-haired woman. You mentioned this story has ways to go. I’ll be following it all the way even to 200 chapters or more. I’m keeping up with your NDs & HBs too and anticipating Rhythmic Freedom — am i being greedy here?LOL! Well Rhythmic Freedom was a very creative way of educating your readers on Classical Music. It is such a beautiful story that as I immersed myself in the story unknowingly I was learning and appreciating the musical pieces too — simultaneously listening to the music and the story.Anyway, most of the readers have gone into their conjectures and speculations as to who the mystery woman is. I recall in the early part of your story where Vera recounted the tragic event to Bette that Kelley fell into a crevasse from a mountain summit expedition (an anniversary gift from Tina) and that Kelley’s body was never recovered. Hmmmm! no body recovered? sooooo could it be Kelley? she might have amnesia from the fall and has some lucid moments at times.Looking forward to to your turn in writing the next chapter for “Shadows in the Dark – A writer’s challenge” … I could feel the readers (including myself) over there are awaiting with bated breathe and energized anticipation as to how you’ll pick up on this story. Good luck! and have fun writing your chapter.
Hello sunkissed… I hope you’ll be back to finish this marvelous story.. though looks like drama is on the way… SCRATCH that! IT’S because the drama is on the way, would you please continue and finish this story?! ;-)
Aloha Sunkissed,you got me hooked on this story and I really, really need to have more!! lol Please!!
Love the story and where i see it going please come back.
Sunkissed, I have just finished re-reading this wonderful story again. I really thought all your stories had been taken down. Then this past Sunday, I was reading another story, looked down at the related stories list and there was FON, couldn’t believe my eyes as I thought it might have been a mistake and someone else was using the same title but, no, it was my fav story from the past. As I said I was shocked because when I’ve looked for your stories and nothing came back under either of your names as author. Did you post this again and/or are you coming back to us. I truly hope you are coming back, that would be such a thrill. We all have missed your stories and your presence. I was so sad to know that your stories were pulled and sincerely apologize if my requests for your return were the cause of you leaving us. Certainly hope not. At any rate if you do get this message, it would be lovely to have you respond in some way. Thanks for taking the time to read this note. Hope we see you back soon. Thanks again.