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Before the Fall – Six
“I’m sorry, Bette. I don’t know what you’re going through but I think we should take it slow. You need to get home and adjust to your new life. Once you get settled ask me all the questions you’d like.”
Bette sighed angrily.
“I really don’t want to wait but it seems like that’s what I’ll have to do,” Bette said sullenly.
Helena grimaced slightly.
“I’m sorry.”
“If you can’t tell me anything personal, how about telling me about my galleries. Seems I love art and right now I can’t really picture that. So…?”
“Okay well…you graduated from Yale with a degree in art history and you did your graduate work there as well. So you hold a masters in art history. You’re very smart, graduated early and set about working for certain galleries and museums.”
“How did I meet your mother?”
Helena grinned.
“Well you found out that she’d be in London and you flew in, but you went to the wrong house and that’s when we met. But you met my mother a few weeks later when she came to the gallery you were working at demanding to see you, because you’d been hunting for her. I’m sure it was quite the spectacle, my mother has a way of making scenes. You told my mother, Peggy, that you wanted to start up your own gallery and you wanted to offer her a partnership before anyone else. Because she thought you had the balls of a gorilla, she took you out to dinner and the rest as they say is history.”
“Really? I just told her I wanted her to be my partner? Did I have the skills for that? I mean how long after I’d graduated from Yale did I do this? Your mother must like taking risks. So now I have how many galleries?”
“Well it was a risk worth taking. I’d met you and raved all about you to Mummy, and besides you’d built quite a reputation for yourself. You might have been young but you were determined. And right now there are about ten Peabody-Porter galleries around the world with three more in development. Which is impressive because most galleries don’t do too well.”
“I’m sure that it didn’t hurt that I had the Peabody name helping me along the way. Shane told me how rich your family is.”
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Wow…Tina has a point. When Bette finds out what is going on that’s it…I love this story. Thank you for the 7 pages…I still want more. Keep posting.
this is so intriguing…i wonder who will win, tina or helena or neither…it seems a coma can change a person’s enitre personality…maybe bette will chuck them all in…please post as soon as possible
You know i love this story… and I can’t help but feel a little sorry for Tina. BUt everyone is talking like what if BEtte doesn’t get her memories…blah blah…BUT what if Bette does get her memories back…she will not be a happy camper knowing that she was quite literally taken advantage of…time will tell…
Woah, emotional overload! lol. I think the Bette Porter we all know and love will come back in full force if she finds out that they’ve been lying to her. No wonder they’re keeping schtum! Can’t wait for the next chapter!
Speedy, you’ve been one busy racer! ;) – 7 damn pages…oh mah goodnezz! I couldn’t read it all at one time. But, now that I’m done, I think that since Bette has just been awakened by Amanda, Tina’s on her way out the hospital, and Bette is not leaving until tomorrow afternoon means that Helena needs to march her pretty azz right back into that room, sit down, and tell Bette the truth. Memories or no memories, Bette is not detached from reality – she can tell that everyone is keeping something from her. Helena, along with the truth needs to tell Bette the reason behind the lie. I’d much rather see Bette pissed off now than pissed off later.
I watched a TV drama before, where the husband had an affair with the mistress for YEARS. But then when he met a car accident, he completely couldn’t remember the mistress at all. Even when he saw the photos. Kind of sad really… although that can happen. In this case, I think that’s how Tina feels… I feel sorry for Tina, being the girlfriend and all that, but forgotten. I sense a war here.. It’s exciting, but I do root for Helena and Bette to be together… :D
Just catching up….All is can say is “Wow”!!! BYMAPS
I’m with Pandamel I love this story.. God what a mess our girls are in. Perhaps Helena can tell Bette that they broke up and she was with Tina lately. So sad the Tina has known for years that Bette had feelings for Helena, everyone knew. Perhaps now is finally the time when no one is lying to Bette. Helena has always been Bette’s love. Its a part of her “embedded code”. Everyone is just finally admitting it. What a great story. Thanks for the early Christmas gift