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Alchemy
She blew a breath out. Especially now – my life is upside down, I’ve lost my best friend, my sister, really, and I’m a stranger in a strange land. Yeah, I’m still in America, but everyone here treats me like I don’t belong. Well, sorry to disappoint everyone. I’m finally able to stop running, and stay in one place for a while. Not the best place for me, yeah, but it’s as good as any. This is the only thing I have going on, so of course I’m going to work like the devil on it. It’s not like I can suddenly go into farming. And the only other thing going on here is trout fishing, which, again, is just not me. Good coffee … that, at least, I know something about. On top of everything else, the fact that I just haven’t had a decent cup since Paris, about a month ago, while I’ve been on the run means something.
The man answered gently, “Well, I really admire your passion, but honestly, even if I understand your commitment to this, if you’d have asked me for financing back when you placed your order, I wouldn’t have readily extended you credit. I was surprised you’d made this a cash purchase. It’s your money, of course, but it’s an expensive machine, and I just couldn’t see the numbers adding up.”
Bette rubbed her temples, slowing her thoughts down, trying to get on top of stress that continued to build, escalating, seemingly from the moment she’d rolled into town. “Money isn’t motivating me here. I’ve got other motives. I have got to make this work. I may be losing money at first, but that’s all part of start-up costs. There’s no question my place will fill a need. You see, it’s an hour and a half to two hours on a good day, to the nearest big city with a decent-sized airport; longer on a bad day. The main route to and from the biggest attractions in both Montana and Wyoming goes through this town, and you can’t get a decent cup at any point along that route. I’m sure there are enough drivers and their passengers out there for whom stopping at my place is a no-brainer. What are your other choices? Gas station brown water-coffee? Roadside fast-food sludge along the freeway?”
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Bibi28 says
Skydancer, thank you for the update.
I was certain you would bring Tina in the café to meet Bette. But maybe it is Tina and she had to change her name too and needed to hide.
Lena or Tina doesn’t matter at the,moment, Bette can use some tender loving to reliesh her stress.
skydancer says
Tina’s coming ;-) but she’s not Lena. Not quite sure how to pull of a TLC scene for Bette yet without the Google police making things difficult for @Jacky. Any ideas?
CellaNox says
Nice chapter, skydancer. In some email exchanges with @Jacky, she’s passed on to me that she doesn’t expect, nor want writers to self-censor. Just write what you want and let the chips fall where they may. Gotta love that woman. I would just avoid keywords that would be caught by any sniffer. I’m sure you have an idea of what words might attract attention. Other than that, I say bring on the TLC!
skydancer says
*off not of
Jacky says
Don’t worry about the site in terms of Google. Post without hesitation. This will all work out!
Dainty says
Really like this so far. If not mistaken, in the first chapter, I believe that I read that a film crew would be in the area very soon. So if you didn’t change Tinas’ occupation, then that is when she will show up. Right? Must go back and read that first chapter for some clarification of all this. Thanks for sharing. Can hardly wait for Tina to appear.
Jane says
Why is Google going after this site?
skydancer says
Hi @Jane, I was referring to warning or instructions you see when you start to post a new chapter or story. The warning is new, and informs you that Google is screening for mature content in the text, not just in pics that are posted. Since the site relies on Google providing a platform for it (I think), I took it seriously. I also took it to mean Google is screening other posted chapters (and I’ve posted a bunch of chapters with sexy scenes, so ….). But @Jacky is saying not to worry, so, I guess that means I can (?) does that clear it up for you?
wkm says
Enjoyed it, thanks
a l g says
Hmmm, very, very interesting. Our favorite girls having to survive in a Red State, living underground, and communicating thru code! Sort of like life right now! Again. Please keep writing so I can relive this