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Discovering Aphrodite
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Chapter 10
“Over there…” Tina said with a raised voice and an outstretched arm.
“Right okay, I see it…” Bette said as she spied the crude sign for the Baths of Adonis.
“I wonder why it’s not a proper sign and that it has ‘good for all cars’ written on it?” Tina said, glancing at the map and back at the sign to make sure that they were actually headed in the right direction.
Bette indicated and slowed in the traffic, “I guess we are about to find out…”
“Oh fuck…” Tina said as Bette turned off the main road and they were faced with the road towards the Baths.
“Oh fuck indeed…” Bette said as she slowed the car and looked ahead at what seemed an almost treacherous ride ahead.
They looked at one another with a combination of fear and bemusement.
“What’s the worst that can happen?” Bette asked.
“Uh…, the car rolls down the mountain because the road or ledge is too narrow…”
“Or…, we get concussion from hitting our heads on the roof of the car because we have so many boulders to drive over or pot-holes to bounce out of…”
“Of course I’m assuming that rental cars come with fully comprehensive insurance…?” Tina added with a shrug of her shoulders.
Bette laughed, “other people must drive down here…, and maybe it’s not as bad as it looks.”
Tina chuckled, “and maybe it’s not as bad as it looks because we can only see one hundred metres ahead with a rocky track and a sheer drop down the side of the mountain…, maybe around the bend in the ‘track’ it all becomes a smooth ride to the Baths…”
“You are so cynical…”
“No, not cynical…, just sat in a little run about car and not a 4×4 and I’ve also not had any mountaineering training…”
Bette laughed, so grateful that their earlier strained conversation and time at the Kourian was in the past. Undoubtedly her own conversation with Kitty had made her feel so much better and she was mindful of the phrase the woman said, ‘make it one she never forgets…’ It was certainly what she intended to do over the next couple of days that they had left and regardless of how Tina behaved with her, she wasn’t going to let the ticking clock of their time together affect how she was.
“Let’s go for it!” Bette said with an air of enthusiasm, “other people must get down there and make it out again…”
“Okay, but be it on your head if we have to camp out in the middle of nowhere and end up getting hauled back out when someone realises we are missing…”
“Where has your sense of adventure disappeared?” Bette asked suddenly. She was suddenly feeling positively excitable but with a shade of negative adrenaline pumping through her veins when her eyes took in the sheerness of the drop should a wheel make a wrong turn.
“How far do you think it is?” Tina asked with a sudden gulp as the car slowly crept forward.
“I have absolutely no idea, do you think we should park up and walk?”
Tina looked down at her footwear and shook her head, “I’m not sure I’d make it with just flip-flops on…”
“Look they put a sign by the road to say it’s for cars, so it really must be…”
“Let’s just…, take our time…”
Bette eased her foot gently onto the accelerator and the car rolled on, the bumps over the loose rocky road tangible as they bounced up and down in the seats of the small town car.
Bette glanced to Tina’s hands as she noticed her grip whitening her knuckles, “you okay?”
Tina swallowed and blinked slowly as she tried hard not to look at how close they were to the side of the mountain track, “I think so…”
“The uh, sense of adventure thing was a little premature, I wasn’t being sarcastic…”
“I know, we wouldn’t have known what this road was like…”
Bette glanced out of the side window as small rocks fell, tumbling down the side of the mountain as the tyres dislodged their place. She swallowed hard as she felt the increased beating in her chest, noticing an impending corner that they were about to round. Not knowing what was around the corner, either good or bad they had to take it slowly.
It appeared to be an endless winding track of rubble, rocks and sheer drops.
Bette’s mouth was drier than she could ever remember it being, the adrenaline pumped harder than she ever remembered it pumping, her breathing was shallow and fast as the beads of sweat began to course down her back.
“I’m not sure I can do much more of this…” Bette said, not ever feeling the adrenaline pumping through her veins as it did at that moment.
Her eyes kept glancing from the loose rubble in the track ahead to the sheer drop beside her.
“It’s okay, we’re just going slow and there is more room on this road than you think, just take it easy and we’ll be okay…”
“I thought the highways in West Hollywood were a nightmare some mornings, but it will be a sheer delight to drive them in comparison with this…”
Tina listened intently, it was the first indication that Bette had given of where she lived. She stored the reference to West Hollywood away for possible future safe keeping.
“You want me to drive?” Tina asked as she sat forward, trying to see how much further they had to go before arriving at the Baths of Adonis.
“It’s okay…, I’ll just go slow…” Bette said, still trying to swallow with the dryness in her mouth that seemed destined to stay that way forevermore.
“Oh my god…, look down there…, it’s got to the place…” Tina said with more enthusiasm that she realised. She was trying to keep calm for Bette, but as soon as she saw their destination the magnitude of the dangerous road they had just been travelling down hit her. Neither she nor Bette had even contemplated for a second that it was possible they would have to drive back up the same road to get back to the main road.
“Thank the fucking lord…, I think if this road had been any longer I would have stopped, got out and left the car here…”
They came to a halt in the crude car park for the Baths of Adonis with its old wooden sign hand painted to welcome them.
Bette looked around as she parked, “you think we diced with death only to find this place shut?”
“Mmm, not sure…, doesn’t seem to be much life about.”
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Hi Jo, Glad you are feeling better. I’ve missed this story and was happy to see that you’ve decided to continue posting it. Take good care, Lin
Glad you are back.All the best for you.Grear story.
Keep typing…it was a long holiday! LOL! Great post, glad to see you’re back my friend.
To be perfectly honest I was among those that forgot “their earlier tension from the Kourian”, but that’s not my fault. I’m glad you’ve mended, just keep it that way. You did provoke a few memories for me, though. My father built something we called a camper that later would be described as an RV by commercial producers. He took 2 delivery trucks (or lorries, if you prefer), smashed them together and took the windshield from from one to make a large side window which offered thrilling views of the Colorado Rockies on one of our first trips. Not always thrilling in a good way, as you could also look down from the road into deep chasms, sometimes seeing the torn remains of trailers below and the road didn’t always have room enough for even shitty guardrails. At least the road was paved. And Adonis brought King Kong to mind. I mean Kong used the Empire State Building as penile metaphor. No wonder Fay Wray screamed. A lot.
So glad you are going to finish this story. I’m sorry you have been so ill and hope it’s all behind you now.
What a great update, thx again for continuing this story! So glad to hear you’re well, please stay that way : )
love is in the air… i’m glad you’re better and can bring back this beautiful story
welcome back, always a pleasure to read you. This story seems to have great potential, mythology and love make for a delicious cocktail.
Great to see you back. Glad you are feeling better. Looking forward to more of this story.
Best wishes with your recovery – may the road ahead be smoother.
Glad you are feeling better. I hate cold water, but with Bette there Tina will be very warm soon.
getting well into this please do another post
Hey. Where are you??? Please continue with your story. Expectation for the next chapter. hahahahaha
yay! This story is back!! =)) Well, that was a cruel place to leave us once again… TSK. Now that you’ve started you can’t stop. Please please please update soon! =))
So glad that you are feeling better!! I was hooked on this story, so I am happy to see you are continuing it. Thanks Jo!!
Yeahhhh missed this story soooo much and now your back again with a chappie!!! Luv it, pps
Yeah! Sooo excited to see you continuing this story!
So happy that you’re back writing. I truly hope that you feeling A-OK. You’ve been sorely missed.
Really missed this story. Thank you for posting and glad you’re feeling better. THank you for this.
It’s so great to see a chapter of this story again. I was hoping you would be able to post again. Thank you!
Well, I guess I have already commented on this chapter, but I just wanted to say it again. I find this chapter utterly lovely and this whole story feels like an addiction, so can you imagine how painful the withdrawal has been ? ;) Can’t wait for more of this, Jo. And before you ask, I don’t mind if Bette and Tina’s vacation lasts forever … Don’t mind at all ;) Take good care of yourself.
OMG…I almost forgot about this story. I love it and am soooooo glad you brought it back. I would love a vacation like theirs. :) Can’t wait to read more. Thank you so much!
So glad your back and feeling better, well can’t wait to see what happens next.
Helllooo Jo,Well this is quite the pleasant surprise I got on here this morning..I am so flipping excited to see u back here and Welcome back and am so glad that u are getting better..When i saw this post here this morning I literally almost peed my panties bc I was just so flabergasted and shocked that u came back…I was like holllllly mooooooses and my heart was doing some major cartwheels..I have waited for this story for sooo loooong and am so very glad that u decided to come back and write on here..this has just totally made my day and u have put such a huge smile on my face now..Thank you verrrry much for coming back and posting this story I for one so appreciate it bc your writing is so indescribable to me..it just has this special effect on me :) so thank u for returning**hugs from me to u from afar** i know this might be asking too much but do u think u might also finish or bring back Lady Slayer?? This chapter was soo good and im excited to see where u take this little tale of yours…i sooo hope that we get a looove scene in the next chapter..LOL..yea i know my mind is probably perverted but I love the way u write those scenes so I hope that u provide us with one..**blushing**..im flippen crazy..AHHHHHH…but am so glad u are back…well please post REAL SOOOON and i will be patiently awaiting for your next update..Thank you again..take care.Sincerely,Christina :) :)