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Chapter XXXIV – Empire State of Mind – Counterblast
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Bette glanced at the waiter who’d approached to clear their dessert dishes and coffee cups, “We’re going to be here a while longer. Can you please make sure we aren’t interrupted?”
The waiter looked in Christopher’s direction and then back again at Bette. He pursed his lips and nodded his understanding.
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A month later, Jackson rapped on Bette’s open office door. The brunette greeted him without looking up from the tablet that she was scanning quickly, “Hi Jackson, I understand that you wanted to block some time off in my calendar this afternoon?”
He smiled and approached her desk. There were papers strewn over it, and a light was blinking in her deskphone, indicating that there was a caller waiting to be put through to her.
“Bette I know that you’re really busy,” he started.
“It’s been just crazy here, Jackson, and, with Tina entering the homestretch of her pregnancy, I really don’t know how I’ll be able to manage everything!” she exclaimed, eyes still stuck on her tablet screen.
Jackson continued, “I understand. But I’m going to need some “quiet time” with you for this one.”
Bette looked up and eyed him. Jackson rarely demanded attention like this. Even the most intricate matters concerning Peter’s holdings, and that Peter had passed on to Bette or to her foundation, were handled between them quickly, because Jackson was so good at “packaging” issues for her in a manner that allowed her to understand things quickly and help her make a decision that he could then carry out.
She set her tablet down and asked, “You asked for an hour to be blocked off, right?”
He nodded and pursed his lips.
Bette had been reviewing her calendar when he’d entered her office and saw that she’d been overbooked for the rest of the afternoon. Actually, she’d been overbooked for the rest of the week, because she’d planned on taking the first few days of the following week to be with Tina. If she set aside an hour with Jackson, it would blow her schedule for the rest of the day, and the week, probably.
Her staff would likely stage a revolt in protest, she thought to herself, smiling inwardly, yet again. But, this time, they can take their frustrations out on Jackson!
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I would like for your next story has more passion and romance, I’d like tina bette conquers again and grow your love, thank you for all your stories you’re the best!
Looking forward to the next book. Thanks, enjoyed them all so far.
Thanks for completing this story. Look forward to more.
The end was a long time coming, but the journey was worth the wait !
Thank you for all your time and effort. Thank you for your gift. The one that was given you, and the one you gave to us in return.
…another chapter perhaps…
A trip to bountiful….. ;)
Love the way you put a story together. Looking forward to your next one.
Oh no, this can’t be the end!
I followed it from the beginning till the end and there is so much more to tell.
Thanks for telling this amazing story.
I hope that you can find the time to write another book.
For now, thank you so much!
You deserve applause !!
Thank you for this wonderful gift
that is: Empire State of Mind, do not want
believe that is the end, only one
break, because there are new empires
which must be explored.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart
for having made us travel with Bette and Tina.
A bear hug
ALL STARS.
Thank you so much for this wonderful story, I cant wait for more from you.
Have really enjoyed writing this story and have truly appreciated your thoughts, comments, PMs, ever since “Let It Happen” in the other site, through “Love Soul Heaven Hell,” and “Empire State of Mind.” You’ve played a bigger role in shaping the whole story than you may have realized and have been patient through all the ups and downs and twists and turns. (does anyone remember the near universal consternation concerning Tina cheating in the first book? And the anxiety about having them exposed to mortal danger in a war-zone in the second book? But then I think you all loved the resolution to the problems they had in the first book via Aristophanes. And enjoyed the party scenes in the second and third books.) I know it was a gamble to take the story in the unexpected direction it took in the third book — but I sensed that, as readers, you were looking for more. Any readership that thought I used Plato at just the right moment of a story like this would appreciate a bold story about the last thing one would expect to find here, right? Gold, of all things. So thanks, again, for the challenge, patience, and appreciation.
All props to Jacky and everyone behind the scenes. You ladies, without a doubt, are gold.
Thanks for the journey. Absolutely loved it. I hope there’s more to come, like maybe “Empire of Gold.” I can see infinite possibilities. Please continue to share your talent–it’s off the charts.