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Eternal Flames—Chapter 2
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Before Bette could respond, she heard footsteps on the stairs. Tina appeared in the doorway, her hair damp from the shower, wearing clean clothes for the first time in days. She looked fragile but more like herself.
“Hi, baby,” Tina said to Carson, her voice softer than it had been in days. “What are you and Bette talking about?”
“Dinosaurs,” Carson said immediately. “And how you and Bette were best friends. And you would cry when looking at your picture”
Tina’s eyes met Bette’s across the room, and Bette saw a flicker of panic there. “Did you eat dinner, sweetheart?”
“Grammy made me a sandwich. Are you going to eat with us?” He asked Tina
“I’m going to try,” Tina said, moving to ruffle his hair. “Why don’t you go wash up? Grammy says dessert is almost ready.”
Carson gathered his toys and scampered off, leaving the two women alone in the kitchen. Tina moved to the counter, her movements careful and deliberate.
“Thank you,” she said quietly. “For being good with him.”
“He’s a great kid, Tina. You should be proud.”
“I am. I just… I haven’t been showing it very well lately.” Tina turned to face her. “He told you about the picture, did he?”
Bette nodded. “He’s observant.”
“It’s from senior year. The camping trip we took before graduation. You probably don’t even remember.”
“I remember.” Bette’s voice was soft. “You were afraid of the dark, so I stayed awake all night talking to you.”
“You sang to me. That stupid song from the radio that you hated but I loved.”
“I can’t believe you kept that picture.”
Tina was quiet for a moment, then moved to sit across from her at the table. “I kept a lot of things, Bette. Letters you wrote me when you were away at camp, ticket stubs from movies we saw, that ridiculous friendship bracelet you made me in eighth grade.”
“Tina…”
“I know. I know it probably seems pathetic to you. But they were all I had left of the best years of my life.”
Bette studied her face, seeing the vulnerability there. “Why didn’t you ever reach out? Really?”
“Because I was ashamed. Because I knew I had thrown away something precious, and I didn’t know how to ask for it back.” Tina hesitated. “And because I was scared you’d moved on. That you’d found someone who deserved you. I don’t think I could have dealt with knowing that you were with someone else when I could have been the one with you if I wasn’t so stupid” she says then looks at Bette
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Progress has been made, i agree with Bette.
Carson sounds as a really sweet loving boy who loves his mother very much and want her happy.
Tina needs to be careful, Bette warned her she isn’t ready to tell about her private life and still she asked it twice already, maybe not intentionally but still, she needs to be patient.