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Dark Times Are Coming Chapter 4
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”Bette, I have been watching the News and I am being careful, but I can’t just drop everything. What would I look like if I just up and left. People are counting on me, I just need to get things under control with these productions.” Tina let out an exasperated breath, she could hear the worry in Bette’s tone and words. ”Baby, I’m concerned about you and Angie,” Tina paused, changing the subject. ”Angie called last night and told me about her friend Cheryl. She was very upset.”
Bette let out another slow breath. ”Yeah, Cheryl is in the hospital and her family is not saying anything. Angie has been trying everyday to talk to her, but nothing. I finally sat her down and talked to her about letting the family have their privacy… She is just worried because there’s lots of talk but no clear answers.”
”Baby, I think we’re all a little worried.”
”I know…. you’re right…. James is sick,” Bette murmured.
”Oh no,” Tina said with a worried filled gasp. ”Do they know what’s wrong with him? How’s Julie bearing up?” The questions rapidly spilled from Tina as she tried to wrap her head around the news. Tina took a deep breath sensing Bette’s anxiety. With tenderness she said, ”Are you okay?” Bette pondered an answer for this loaded question. ”Bette,” Tina said lowering her voice to a more gentle tone.
”Yeah, Babe, I’m okay. Just worried.” Bette paused, ”I don’t want to argue with you. I’m too nervous about what is going on and things only go wrong when we are not in sync. We are much stronger when we work together and…” Bette let out a long breath, ”I’m sensing we are going to need to be strong and on the same page here real soon.”
Tina opened her mouth and then shut it, this whole situation had everyone on edge she thought as she shut her eyes trying to collect her thoughts and feelings. She could feel the intense emotions emanating from Bette even though she was over 3000 miles away. Tina spoke in a voice almost too low to be heard, but Bette heard her, she always did, ”I love you.”
”I love you too,” Bette said as water began to rim her eyes. ”I’ll talk to you tomorrow. Have a good evening.” Bette then with a serious, unsmiling expression on her face, pushed the button to hang up.
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How does Kelly know what she thinks she knows? Is this really the reasons Tina left Bette? Strange…. How does Kelly know Levinsky? There has been no indication that Kelly had any contact with Laura Morgan since her Yale days. Why would Levinsky discuss the request for Laura’s books with just a casual friend. This is a woman who is in the education field where privacy and its protection is the prime directive of the institution.
How long does it take to shut down a studio or a gallery? Don’t they shut down every evening and every weekend and leave ? Get what you can to work at home and go…. lock the door and communicate by phone, text or email. Half the folks are home sick according to prior chapters so, not much can be done except to prepare to go home.
Tina’s thought about “how would it look” makes me think about Captain Smith on the Titanic. The objective is to save people from getting sick….everything else can wait. Staying on the job to do a little more will not accomplish that. Tina is dealing with something which is beyond her control. Do what is best to keep your people safe. Same goes for Dani. Of course, we do not know who made the decision to shut down the New York gallery or the European galleries. Is Dani making an executive decision or has she consulted with Bette and received her marching orders from her? She did talk to Bette and James about the books from Laura Morgan…. that was smart.
This is an interesting story…. but this Kelly thing is irritating. She’s too involved for my taste in Bette’s buisness. If I were Bette or Tina, I’d make a call to Peggy and get this woman a one way ticket to the Caribbean and then make sure she was found breaking the law so the local police could deal with her for a few years. She would soon learn what over the top really meant. She would be an old woman by the time she back to New York.
Sorry you had so much trouble posting…. hope things are repaired now.
Oh, and if these were the reason Tina divorced Bette as Kelly espoused, I find that weird that she would want Bette back. Those are things that attracted her and what she lived with for years and then divorced her over and now wants her back as if she could change who she is. I call that insanity. People have a difficult time changing who they are. She either loves Bette for who she is and accepts her for who she is or she needs to give it up and find a better life. Everyone has faults and idiosyncrasies – Bette and Tina have their own. Learn to live with them or go on your separate ways. Personally, I think they are so much better together than apart. I think that the faults each of them have can be overcome and lived with with better communication. But that’s just my thought.
Love to see more of this story…..
Hey SK,
Agree with Martha about the Kelly thing – SHE”s over the top & a pure menace to everyone. She’s dangerous & can’t be trusted to put out the trash. And how DOES she know all this stuff – it’s been 5 years according to Tina since they’ve seen each other & probably that long since Bette & Kelly were in business together.
I understand Bette’s concern for her family & this new disease – look what we have all been through in the past year plus. So it sees that James has contracted Covid – could Julie be next?
What’s with Bette & the headaches? – Stress or Covid symptom?
And Tina – you have the books now – get the hell back to LA & your family. People are dying – this Covid is no joke. Protect your team/staff & tend to your family.
Think we all agree that Tibette is much better together than on their own. Yes, they have faults, but who doesn’t? Now the question is can they cope & deal with being on the ‘same page’? Love has never been the problem – as Martha stated – communication is key. Hope & pray they can achieve that ASAP & for the long haul.
Thanks for the update.
Looking forward for more to come our way!!
Thank you for the chapter!
Yeah, very interesting spat between Tina and Kelly even if i still don’t know the reason for that.
And yeah, seems Bette’s headpain could be COVID symptoms? But maybe not, because she already had it for quite long without any other symptoms.
Zhenya
Kelly is just a sociopath who hates Bette because she is jealous of her. Kelly ambushes Tina at the professor’s office. Kelly wants to know what Bette knows because Kelly is vindictive. She will take any opportunity to screw with Bette.
K