Destined Souls : Chapter 7

Previously…..

Bette turned and walked on with a heavy heart once again that day.

The buzz of her phone brought her out of her trance.

“Lets just get this over with. Jesus, can’t I even get one fucking break just this once?” She flipped the phone open without giving much thought to it. She was just too exhausted for that.

“Hello……”

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“Hello….” Bette answered tentatively hoping beyond hope to hear Tina’s voice once again on the other end of the phone.

“Hey Stranger” The soft voice purred and flowed over through the phone to Bette’s ears. Bette closed her eyes and swallowed the disappointment.

“Jacky, hey. How are you doing?”

“Why do I feel like you are not happy to hear my voice?” came the question. But Bette knew it was not really a question though. It was a mere statement of fact.

There was that slight hesitation, a single beat of moment before any answer came forth.

“What? No..no Jacky, of course I am glad to hear your voice” Bette replied suddenly feeling very exposed and guilty.

Jacqueline Richards had always been good at knowing her. How could she expect her to miss this. Just the tone of Bette’s voice could tell her the whole story.

“Tell me over dinner tonight” was all she said.

Bette closed her eyes and swallowed the lump caught in her throat. She wanted to talk with someone. Getting everything out in the open would make everything that much more simple and real no doubt, but was she ready to hear it? Was she ready to face the truth? The truth she believed that would no doubt break her heart. Above all was she ready to talk about this with Jacky after everything that had happened between them? Knowing how Jacky felt about this? She didn’t think so.

“Um..Jacky..I am sorry but I don’t think I can make it tonight.”

“Bette…come on I know you clearly have something on your mind and if I know you well enough then I know that you are going to drive yourself crazy overanalyzing it and it would most probably be over nothing!”