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Bette and Tina
“What kind of shit is that?”
“Bette, it’s the same shit we’ve been dealing with since you introduced me to him. It’s always been awkward the few times we’ve seen each other. If I happen to pick up the phone when he called the house, he would hang up. Why would you think things would be different now?”
How could Bette explain this to Tina why things were different now. It had everything to do with the affair. There was so much that she wished to talk to her father about in her quest for answers. So much that might help her to understand how what happened between her parents could explain some of her own behaviors. How much of the pattern of cheating was nature and how much was nurture? Were Tina’s fears unfounded or a proven fact based on biology; could Bette really be trusted not to be unfaithful again? Bette’s parent’s courtship was the product of an illicit affair. Although she was complicit in cheating on Kit’s mother, Maxine thought her marriage was immune to a similar betrayal only to find out that Melvin was cheating on her too. Bette was hurting in a way that perhaps only he could understand, if in fact he was having regrets about how it ended with Maxine.
“You know he hardly ever talks about my mother, but yesterday he brought her up in conversation several times. He almost seemed reflective and melancholy like he was missing her. I thought it would be a good opening to ask him some questions that I could never get him to discuss. So, I asked if he loved my mother so much why did he let her leave. Why didn’t he try to salvage the marriage? Do you know what he said in the most patronizing tone? … he told me I wouldn’t understand. He said I would have had to have experienced the bond of marriage to appreciate how much he hurt my mother. It pierced my heart to hear him say that T. The only thing that hurt worse was when he denied our baby as his grand-child.
T, I can’t imagine causing any greater hurt than I’ve caused you, not only cheating but doing it when you were already grieving the loss of our baby. I should have been there for you in so many ways but instead I was selfish. I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you, working to earn your forgiveness and your trust. I was upset with my father for dismissing my pain, but I’m guilty of doing the same thing to you. I suppose if my father ever really opened up to me, I might find that we are a lot more alike than I care to admit. We’re both monsters. I’ve made you suffer just like he did to my mother and Kit’s.”
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Still here and still loving your writing even more when it is involves my favourite couple.
Thanks BAT. PPS!
Wonderful chapter!
It is great that they are able to support each other and still are best friends.
But i truly hope Tina will dump Helena, that bitch isn’t even going to pick her up for Tina’s big evening.
Can’t wait for Helena’s ass kicking from Bette.
I really enjoy this story and hope B&T will rebuild their trust, love is still there, but Bette has a long way to go before Tina trust her again.
Absolute loved this chapter and like SassyGran already said, even more with my favourite couple in it.
Thank you!
Great chapter and the story gets better and better! I love me some Tina and Bette. Helen is still a bitch by all means! PPS
Helena
I love the relationship between the “best” friends. Great chapter and pps!
Catching up on the last few chapters and loving it. Thanks for this story.
Enjoyed the chapter, especially with them being able to talk, spend time together without acrimony. Bette has monumental strides to make to have Tina trust her again before they can even think of getting back together and you know I want them together again. helena is a sorry bitch for not picking Tina up for this very special evening, just a selfish bitch. She will burst a vein when she finds out Bette drove Tina to the banquet, serves her right. Just wish she would find someone else to antagonize, and leave our girls alone. Maybe in the next chapter or so she will do just that and I will have my wish granted. Melvin will never change and I dont understand why Bette can’t see that. Even if he had a change of heart, I still don’t think he could admit it. He has led the worse life of almost anyone and thinks it’s perfectly fine to have your happiness at the expense of someone else’s misery. Ah, that makes my blood boil. Thanks for posting.
Bette’s beginning to understand that the UNconditional love she willingly SHOWED Bette over the years was priceless.