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Chapter 17 – Only together, only forward

”Do you have a resentment against Tina that you can easily name right off the bat?”
”No”
”And if you do introspection? Do you think there will be any hard feelings?”
”I think so. But these are not the resements that I remember every day or scroll through in my head. We have been together for a long time, we had quarrels, misunderstandings, and bad situations. But love forgives everything”
Salma nodded and made a note in her notebook. She had only known Bette for a short time, but she had already realized that the phrase ”love forgives everything” could very clearly describe the life and character of this woman.
”Love forgives everything, but does it endure everything?”
”What are you implying?”
”I’m not implying anything, Bette, I want to know what you think about it”
”I think that love is not a fragile substance if it lasts for so many years, but it can be very difficult to cope with problems and they sometimes overshadow all the good things, as if the sky is overcast. This does not mean that you stop loving this person, but giving and accepting love at some point becomes painful. I never thought that I could live without Tina and for me this is the defining circumstance of love, and everything else is changeable”
”What’s changeable?”
Bette shrugged her shoulders, for her it was obvious. ”Everything. Environment, work, problems, fears. All of this is changing, but I know one thing that will never change is my love for her”
”Have you always felt this way?”
”When I was younger, I also knew that my feelings for her were undeniable, but sometimes there were doubts that we really couldn’t belong to anyone but each other. You know, when we broke up and started seeing other people. It was always the wrong thing to do. Now the fact that my feelings for her will never change is probably the only thing in my life that I am 100 percent sure of. With her, I feel happy even after we’ve been through painful, terrible periods”
”Can we talk about your relationship after Oli’s death? If it’s not too much for you today”
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This story is very sad, yet inspiring. From the depths of despair can come hope if one will just look for it. Bette and Tina have both repressed their feeling of loss and hurt for a long time. And although this loss is something they will never get over they must learn to live with it and to put their lives into a loving and caring relationship with each other and with Angie. Its time to acknowledge the loss, feel the pain, heal each other and learn how to go forward as a result. Loss of a child is devastating. Dealing with it even more difficult. It can tear families apart… these two need each other… I believe they have made a good and positive start. They just need to get to the point where they turn to each other every time, when in need of comfort and solace and to be present when those times arise.
Thanks for the update….
Thank you for reading, Martha!
I really like your phrase “from the depths of despair can come hope if one will just look for it”
I think it makes a lot of sense.
Hi Ada,
This was so good, i almost don’t have words to describe how this chapter touched my heart.
I don’t have children and can’t imagine what a devasted loss it is when your child suddenly dies, but you did a excellent job to describe what Bette and Tina went through when they lost Oli.
I have full confidence in that this therapist will help Bette and Tina to come to terms with the loss of Oli and give it a place.
For the rest, I can only say that I fully agree with what Martha has written in her comment.
This is definitely one of the best chapters you have written!
I know I don’t always write a comment but I’ll follow your story from the beginning and through to your last chapter!
Thank you, be careful and stay healthy!
Thank you so much for such wonderful words, Bibi!
Although your comments are not frequent, they are always very interesting to read. The feedback is really important to me, and the fact that you gave it this time is so nice. I hope that you will enjoy the continuation of this story no less. Thanks and be careful too!
Ok, it was not easy chapter also.
I like the story about how Tina’s cold reaction on Kit’s death might be subconsciously reaction and even revenge for Bette’s reaction for Oli’s death. I think it’s very trustworthy. – as the story in s3 when i think all Henry story was Tina’s subconsciously revenge to Bette for carpenter.
Yeah, when viewing s3, I had the same thoughts.
Thank you, Zhenya!
Wow! Such an emotional chapter and very well articulated. The depth of these characters is never ending. Great chapter.
Thank you very much! This is so important.