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Chapter 24 – Angie Leaves for New Haven
Angie: Suzanne, maybe you can be one of my roommates at my house next year. We know each other fairly well. We get along and we are both serious about our studies. And in that house, we would have our own private space as well as our common space. Surely it will be substantially quieter than the dorm.
Suzanne: Angie, that would be wonderful. But I do not know if I can swing the finances to move to a place like that. It certainly would be much more conducive to my studies and my life style. But I need to find the funds to make that happen.
Mary: Sweetie, you see where you stand with your finances. If you need some funds to make things a little easier, you give me a call. I’ll help you out.
Tina: And what are you going to do Mary?
Mary: I don’t know just yet. But I will figure it out. I have some newly found money and if I can help Suzanne have an easier life while she is at Yale, well then I want to make that happen.
Suzanne: I appreciate that. But let me see what I can find out by visiting financial aid next week. Besides, I do not know what next years cost are going to be just yet. I appreciate your offer, but I think I need to do a lot more research before I could even talk to you about your offer. But I’m not sure that I could accept your assistance even if I find that I simply cannot afford to move out of dorm. You are my friend Ms. Mary and sometimes money can destroy friendship. I would rather maintain our friendship. I want to maintain my friendship with Angie and her entire family. But thank you for the thought.
Bette looked at Tina. Bette thought to herself that this young lady had some dignity and some pride in who she is. She wanted to earn her way through this life and not take advantage of others no matter how well intentioned.
Mary: Well, Suzanne, I believe that you and I can maintain our friendship and if needed, I could help you out as well. I want you to have a good life while you are in college and graduate school. And if I can do something to make that happen, I want to do it. So, you keep that in mind as you do your research. And if there is a shortfall, then let’s talk.
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I’m enjoying this story soooo much…Thank you…Are you taking us to Yellowstone and Scotland with the family?
I have not written that yet…. but I am thinking about it. It may take a few months…
Thanks for reading and commenting. I enjoyed creating these characters and enriching Bette and Tina’s life with a little more dimension than the conflict and drama which the L Word and Gen Q presented. Life is really full of drama… but there is joy and times where you just want to enjoy your family and those you love. Maybe I have put forth a Bette and Tina who live a more idealistic life than real people. But I need some people in my life in which the universe blesses them with good fortune, success, companionship and love. And that makes me happy.
The next chapter is the final episode for this series. If I write more of this Bette & Tina and family, it will be a new series. I would like to… but I do not know if I have enough story in me to continue… but we will see. Thank you…
I sure hope you write another series. Your stories are quite enjoyable. I’d love to see what happens with Tina’s painting career.
Thank you… Tina’s painting career? I have a couple of thoughts about Tina’s painting career but they have not jelled yet. I am thinking that she might go into private commission work rather than producing for commercial purposes. Tina does not need the commercial success, but the personal satisfaction of producing something people love and want in their lives. I think she also wants to control her time and pressures to produce that comes with being in the art markets. My Tina has just begun to tap into her talent as an artist. But as in any profession, it can rob you of your personal life if you allow it to.
I do think that getting Tina a studio which was separate from their home was a meaningful decision made by Bette and Tina. It fills so many of Tina’s needs – time for privacy and to separate her professional life from her family life. And the fact that its only 10 minutes from home makes think very convenient. Personally, I feel this revamping of their life and moving back to Los Angeles has been one of the best decision this couple has ever made. I believe this puts them into a perfect glide path into retirement, being grandparents and whatever.
Thanks for reading…
I think I have gotten a bit spoiled by your longer chapters, but this one was lovely as well. I have a feeling that great minds think alike and Mary will come up with a scheme as well as Bette and Tina to help Suzanne get through school as comfortably as possible. Since they can see that she is not a moocher and wants to work for what she gets they don’t feel bad about secretly giving her a hand. Post as soon as you can.
Thanks for reading… I will probably post on Friday… You know, there are days in Bette and Tina’s life which are meaningful but just not as full of activities as others. I felt this was a day that the family would retreat into their individual rooms to regroup for the up coming week.
Suzanne will never know that her additional aid is coming from Bette & Tina. Neither will Angie. Suzanne will get the funds and have full discretion on what she does with the money. I think it is important to both Angie and Suzanne never to know where the money is from. That way, the source of the funds will never influence either of their decisions relating to their relationship with each other or their relationship with Bette & Tina. As to Mary? I have a little something instore for Mary in the next chapter.
Thanks for reading and for commenting.