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Echos of the Past Chapter 3
Kat walked up to the table overhearing Shane’s statement. ”Hey boss, I know of this guy. He is a dog whisperer. He runs this place for training difficult dogs. I can get you his name and number. I hear he does miracles with dogs.” Kat said as she placed two glasses of milk and two more coffees on the table. Shane gave her a nod yes. As Kat proceeded to take everyone’s order, Shane looked towards the entrance.
Bette followed Shane’s gaze. ”James,” she smiled and waved.
”Wow, you didn’t tell me she was a looker,” Shane said following the couple with her gaze as the couple made their way to the table.
Alice smiled when she saw James approach. She stood up and gave him a hug. ”Long time no see stranger.” Alice said, then looked over at Julie. ”Hi I’m Alice,” extending her hand to Julie, then withdrew it when she realized Julie was blind. She shot Bette a quizzical look.
James could feel Julie’s grip tighten. ”Hey everyone, this is my friend Julie. Would you all mind introducing yourselves,” he smiled as he started to guided Julie to an open seat.
”Why don’t you two sit over here. Angie, switch with me so I can sit next to James and Julie.” Angie furrowed her brows as she stood. Bette mouthed, thank you.
”I’m glad you changed your mind about coming.” Bette said looking over at Julie as the last of the close nit group introduced themselves.
”I had to practice the friend thing,” Julie gave a warm smile and continued, ”And I think it would have killed James to hold on much longer to some clue he found on your guys’ treasure hunt.” She said giving James a smile.
”Treasure Hunt?” Alice looked at Bette. ”Give it up Porter, what new art treasure are you hunting down now?”
”It’s not something new. It is actually quite old, and if we find it…” James said excitedly. He then with a great deal of enthusiasm began outlining the new venture he and Bette had under took.
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Nice chapter…. now we know a little more about Bette. She is obsessing over finding this painting project. She misses her younger days when risk were never factored in to her decision…. don’t we all. However, some of us realize that not evaluating the risk can be dangerous to our well being. That is what happens when you gain a spouse and a child and a profession in which you are in charge. Its call accepting adult responsibilities.
Despite what Bette thinks, she is still that young woman she was in college. She had just allowed common sense to rule rather than excitement and adventure.
I’m concerned about this virus…. no help in New York, Shane is short staffed and much of Tina’s production is shut down. The curtain is about to drop on their public lives. Hopefully they can operate from home for a while and have some time to gain a real understanding of what split Bette and Tina up and what they need to do to have a secure long term life together.
Love to see more….. chapter too short….
Good chapter. We all make choices, don’t we? And many of us reach a point where we revisit those exciting times when we were younger. That’s natural. And, Bette had an exciting life to be sure. It’s fine that Bette has found something that so excites her and reminds her of that time as long as she keeps it in perspective. She can’t let it get away from her. As Martha says she has responsibilities. And the virus is coming. Well done.
Martha and Billy
Thanks so much for the feedback. I am really trying to stay true to their ages and weave in some of the complex issues we go through as we age.
Reflection and regret are probably the two biggies. I am glad you are enjoying this story. It is different for sure, but I do plan a surprise at the end.
K
This is a great chapter, Supe. It advances the plot and fills in some background info to explain motivation and decision making. You are the first to tackle THE virus so kudos to that (unless I missed someone else writing about it?) and I imagine that will play a bigger part as we continue through the story. It’s a good way to force them being together and spending time dissecting what went wrong. Keep writing – you mentioned some new techniques, can you share what you changed? I have some theories but want to see where you were headed with that. Looking forward to more!
Hi SK,
Great update & the story is starting to take shape.
We all have introspect at a certain time in our lives & it seems that Bette is at that stage at the moment. And is Tina’s concern for the changes she sees in Bette foreshadowing of things to come??
Covid – courageous of you to tackle. Proteonomics also included it in her story – Lockdown – which she started last May. It is a challenging topic & cheers to you for attempting to include it in your story. And how will Covid affect their relationship ?
So glad you included James in the scene at Dana’s!!
Looking forward to how this all plays out.
Great job.
Interesting so far – lost painting, Tina in BY with COVID and now Alice? Waiting for more
Great Chapter just too short!
Story really starting to take shape and looking forward to the ‘journey’
Thanks for posting more soon please.