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    Love’s Recovery

    Story written on August 26, 2010 by Gumby.
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    Chapter 17 – Bette pays a visit to Maxine

    Bette shut her car off as she sheltered her eyes from the sun in an effort to look at Maxine’s home.  The house was an open floor plan, with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the beach.  Bette’s eyes scanned the area and quickly concluded that the only way to the house were the steps that led from the beach to the back deck.  The glorious windows were open to let the breeze from the ocean fill the house.  Bette could hear the piece of classical music that was drifting down to the beach, the same one that Maxine would often listen to when Bette was a child and watched her mother paint.  As Bette squinted against the sunlight, memories of time spent with her mother drifted in and out of her mind.  She forced the thoughts away, silently cursing herself for allowing herself to feel any emotion toward a woman who abandoned her.

     

    "This is a perfect hiding spot," Bette mumbled sarcastically as she got out of her car.

     

    Bette cursed at the heat.  Despite being near the water, it was still unbearably hot causing her to remove her suit coat.  Her outfit was still rather formal, black dress pants with a simple black vest that was meant to be worn underneath her blazer.  The breeze hitting her bare arms was welcomed, but did little to cool her off.  Bette rolled her eyes as she thought about the conversation that had taken place between her and Tina that morning regarding this very visit.

     

    "I’m going to end this, Tina.  I’m going to see Maxine and just be done with it."

     

    "Today?" Tina sounded shocked as she excused herself from a pre-production meeting to take Bette’s call.  "Are you sure you want to do this now?  I’ve got pre-production nightmares going on so I don’t know when I can break free."

     

    "I’m ready, and I can do this myself, it won’t take long.  Besides, you’ve already had the pleasure of talking to Maxine at great length."

     

    Tina cringed, despite knowing that Bette’s sarcasm and anger were directed toward Maxine and not her.

     

    "When are you going?"

     

    "Right after work," Bette answered as she scheduled herself on her calendar to be out of the office so nobody would schedule a meeting near the end of the day. 

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    4. This is a really difficult situation. Bette has entirely too much emotional confusion going on right now to really listen to Maxine and I can understand why Bette wants to get this over with and put it all behind her. Unless Maxine comes up with something really compelling at this moment she won’t get another shot with Bette. She is in a really tough spot. I hope she says enough to at least make Bette think about talking to her again when she’s had more time to deal with all of this.

    5. Intense…your writing is amazing…when it’s funny…it’s hysterical, when it’s sad…it’s deeply melancholy, and when you write intense…it is waiting to exhale time!! You rock Gumby!!!

    16. Awesome as always! i think this is the only way Bette can handle this – and Maxine should have laid her cards on the table before this. Frankly, I don’t have any warm or fuzzy feelings toward her, and I think Bette’s correct to be wary of her. PPS! And Happy Birthday Sea!

    18. LOL Thanks for the birthday wishes…oh my, I ate so much chocolate yesterday, I need another year before I celebrate another birthday!!! When I was younger it was alcohol, now it’s chocolate…next year I’m using sex to celebrate…it’s so much easier on the system! LOL…….What a chapter! Your descriptions are perfection! It’s hard though, Bette is standing there like a stone statue. How do you get someone to hear you when you know they are not capable at that moment of listening? I have complete trust in you and the story you are telling. If anyone can do it, you can. :-) Thanks Gumby!!

    19. Wow. This was so beautifully written. Even though it’s a hard situation. I love how you used Maxine’s art to slightly soften Bette’s heart to listen somewhat. I hope that it will soft just enough to get her to listen and to consider forgiving her mother. And also realize that forgiveness is really for herself. The anger, resentment and bitterness, just let it go. She has to get to the point where she realizes that she does need her mother. Thanks for the chapter. PPS

    20. Damn, Bette was a little harsh and although I understand, I do wish Bette would give her mother half a chance at least. She has decided not to give any creedance to anything her mother says. Bette also has to admit that her father lied to her and kept her mother away from her by threats to her wellbeing. When she hears the bloody gory truth she will start to understand just what kind of an underhanded man her father really was and what he was capable of doing to those that loved him. All she has to do is remember how he had shut Kit out of his life and what he did to Kit’s mother and she will understand more of what her mother went through. Gosh, please let her understand and soften her heart because this is the only mother she will ever have and she has a chance to have her in her life again. Maybe Bette should talk to Peggy about this as well. Thanks for posting.

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