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Breathe– Chapter 26
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“I know,” Bette responded quietly, trying to calm Tina’s increasing anxiety.
“Do you?” Tina interrupted. “Because I don’t get the sense that you do.” She ran her hand roughly through her blonde hair.
“It’s not just you anymore, Bette.” Her voice caught and Tina bit her lower lip trying hard to hold back the sob that held all her fears.
Tasting her own blood in her mouth, Tina realized just how afraid for Bette she was. “It’s not just you,” she repeated again angrier than she had been just moments before.
“You just spent hours at another one of his crime scenes and I know you’re not telling me everything,” Tina looked directly at Bette, holding her eyes and almost challenging her to look away.
“Would you let me do it?” Tina asked, anger and frustration accenting every word.
No longer able to meet Tina’s steady gaze Bette shook her head slightly and let her eyes fall to the floor.
“Then why?” Tina asked her tone softening as she crossed to close the gap between them. Placing her hands on each side of Bette’s face, Tina used a gentle touch to lift her eyes from the floor.
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“Then why?” she asked again, her tone soft and her eyes brimming with tears asking Bette to protect herself as much as she would protect others.
As their eyes met and Tina sensed she had somehow reached across the breach to Bette they were interrupted by an abrupt knock on the door. Bette pulled her eyes from Tina’s and in that moment she was gone, crossing to open the door to more doubt and to more uncertainty.
While Tina’s sadness and concerns certainly weighed on her, Bette could not be distracted from the task at hand.
As the uniformed officer verified her press kit identification with the Seattle Times, Crime Reporter Judy Dwyer jotted down brief notes capturing the subtle tension in the room between Detective Bette Porter and a yet to be identified young woman.
As he confirmed her credentials and finished spot checking her laptop case and back pack, the uniformed officer nodded to Bette and closed the door quietly behind him.
With the uncomfortable quiet of the room, Dwyer leaned forward and extended her hand to whom she assumed was Detective Bette Porter.
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Sox, thanks for giving this reporter a heart. I hope she’ll be able to “spice” up the article to entice this killer to make more missteps.
My prayers are with your dad and your family. :-D
Sox,
Continued thoughts and prayers are winging them way to you as I write. Please take time for yourself during this dark period as the light is always there; just burning softly at the moment. It will ignite and burn brightly again for you and your family.
As for this story I hope that it offer you an escape; a place of solitude where you can relax, think and contemplate.
I have just finished reading chapters 22-26 and must congratulate you on another series of astounding installments.
You, expertly balance the reality and horror of this madman with the affection and tenderness of these lovers. The blossoming relationship between Bette and Tina is a delight. Love can take you completely unawares and turn your life upside down and all for the better. You may have thought that you were living before however hindsight shows you what a shell you were. These thoughts and emotion are brilliant conveyed and conjured up by your wondrous writing. The depth and detail of this story carries me along and puts little movies in my head. I can see, hear, taste and feel every moment captured here.
You are the cook; the words are your ingredients; the characters are the tools and the talent and ability to skill to bring all of this together to make a delicious dish; one that I savor and salivate over every time I see a new addition. Every episode is course that builds on the last and produces a most satisfying grin on my face.
Thank you for taking the time to bring such joy to others.
Your Loyal Fan.
sox – you amaze me! With all that we know is going on for you to post such a tight chapter with so much info but said in such a covert way that we all have to do our own thinking to stay right with you. AMAZING! Love and desire to protect and fear you can’t that’s the risk and then there’s the mystery – wow. Plus working in the ‘you put me in an awkward position you are so so so great. Did I say you amaze me? Your biggest fan – I might have to change my name to sfan.
I was a little lost on the reportor reply to Bette,, The second source was the killers. Thanks for posting,hope everything gets better in you life. When you write something that is going on in your like, we do care.
Sweeettt! This is just getting better ll the time. I really like this storyline and your style of writing. I do wish your chapters were a bit longer. Perhaps you should consider negotiating the OK to actually write and publish these characters (Better the cop) in paperback form. Anyway, please keep ’em coming. SOON?
Sox..thanks for the post. I hope that you are taking the time you need for yourself and your family. Prayers and thoughts are with you.
Soxxy! Always nice to see a chapter from you. So sweet of you to take the time when you have other things on your plate.
Nothing like a little red tape to slow things down, eh? Good thing there wasn’t too much in the department otherwise the killer may have been able to make another move before Bette got the okay to go public.
The guilt that a survivor has is immense. Tina is still feeling that when she is trying to convince Bette that there are other ways. She doesn’t want to feel responsible should something happen to her like it did to Marcey. That’s a tough feeling to overcome.
What’s funny (as much as it can be) is that Bette is doing just the opposite. She is feeling like she wasn’t able to protect the other victims and wants to protect Tina in the way she wasn’t able to do with her partner. Each want the same thing…to protect and prevent something bad from happening that they feel deep down inside that they are somehow responsible for.
That reporter was nice to have gone off the record. She could have played hardball and gone for the throat instead. Who was the other source? The killer? The friend of Bette’s? I don’t remember anyone else…I guess I’ll have to go back and re-read the chapters – like that’s punishment. Hee hee hee.
Leaving us with a little cliffhanger, are you? Oh, the sweet torture!
Gaping grammar goblins and terrible type tyrants…LOL, that had me rolling on the floor!
Continuing to send positive thoughts to you and your family.
You’re doing a great job with this story and I am always reading even though I don’t always get to comment. (Sorry.) Best of luck with your family situation.
You know, I can relate so much with the cathartic effects of writing – much more than you could think. You’re right : very often it increases the most dramatic part of us, however I’m still thinking it’s an essential process. Hard, sometimes surprising, but always relieving in a way. So, don’t regret the so personal note you wrote for us : for me, I liked to think all our answers were perhaps a bit comforting – and obviously, reading you today, I was right.
Please accept once more all my very best wishes for your dad and yourself, from the bottom of my heart.
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Well, things are very tense here now… Tina’s so understanding fears, Bette’s willing to end the nightmare as soon as possible, whatever the dangers could be, and now this crime reporter we already met before – without knowing her name…
What a waiting now ! I’m so curious to know what will be Bette’s plans… Curious but strongly confident anyway !
Many, many thanks for your marvellous story, dear talented novelist !
*** Cheer up and keep hope !! ***
Just for the pleasure to be the first here – at least I hope !
… I’ll come back to comment in a while !
I’m lost….? While off the record, I didnt get what Seattle Times, Crime Reporter Judy Dwyer was saying to Bette…..somebody help me out here.
Great Update! I’m waiting with baited breath for the next step in this process. Was the 2nd source the killer or someone from the department? Oh my, now I have to re-tread through the previous chapters to gather my thoughts on who the 2nd source could have been.
Thanks!
“I hate them all”. I recall Bette’s words from season 1. That is the way that I feel about authors that post one tiny little page that leaves you yearning for more. I don’t really hate YOU Sox. Thanks again for sharing your talent during what must be a difficult time for your family. As always, I loved it.
Thanks for taking the time, to post. Great entry. Have a great day.
GIRLS – the nurse that leaked the story to the press about bette and tina and some loving. harborview the hospitals name.
soxy thanks for thinking about us when its a difficult time. for me its the gym that helps me out. as usual this was excellent. full of emotions and hard decisions that are frightening, cuz the outcome is not certain. no its not just bette anymore.
theres alotta love on the board. we are just like one big family. thats why your words touched all. and we do understand the sacrifice all you authors give to write for us.
(i got my pins out a couple of days ago and its even harder to type now, sorry) thanks for yoor time and energy. prayers to you.
What does a bit soft mean?? Did the killer call in to say they were having sex..eeek did he watch them?!?!?!? creepy creepy creepy 8p
THANKS SOX FOR THE GREAT CHAPTER….AND THANKS FOR THINKING OF US WHEN WE KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS MORE INMPORTANT.IT’S LIKE WE ARE ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY..YOUR WONDERFUL..POST WHEN YOU CAN…….
This is scary!