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Eternal Flames—Chapter 3
The words hung in the air like a bomb. Bette felt her chest tighten, but she kept her expression neutral. “This isn’t about me, Darren. This is about what you’ve done to Tina and Carson.”
“Carson.” Darren’s face softened. “How is he? How is my son?”
“Your son is confused and scared because his mother has been falling apart for days,” Bette said sharply. “Your son doesn’t understand why his father hasn’t been coming home. Your son needs stability, not more lies.”
“I want to see him. I want to explain.”
“Explain what?” Tina’s voice was getting louder. “That you lied to his mother for his entire life? That you have another wife? That everything he believed about his family was a lie?”
“Tina, please. I know I fucked up. I know I hurt you. But I love you. I love Carson. I’ll leave Emily. I’ll get the divorce. We can make this work.”
“Make what work?” Tina stepped closer to the door, her hands shaking. “You want me to what, wait around while you clean up your mess? Trust you to do the right thing this time?”
“I’m asking for another chance.”
“You’ve had ten years of chances, Darren. Ten years to be honest with me. Ten years to choose me. And you chose to lie every single day.”
“Because I was scared of losing you!”
“So you decided to lie to me instead?” Tina’s voice broke. “Do you have any idea what this has done to me? Do you have any idea what it’s like to find out that your entire life has been a lie?”
“I never meant for it to happen this way.”
“But it did happen this way,” Bette interjected. “And now you need to deal with the consequences.”
Darren turned to her, his eyes flashing with anger. “You know what, Bette? You’re right. I lied to her. I hurt her. But at least I tried to be with her. At least I didn’t run away when things got complicated.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“It means that she never looked at me the way she looked at you,” Darren said, his voice bitter. “It means that I spent ten years competing with a ghost. I always knew she was in love with you, Bette. I always knew that what she felt for me was second best.”
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I love Carson and i hate Darren.
Bette is afraid, hurt and fearful, i hope she will lower the walls around her heart sometime in the future. Tina has to prove she is serieus in both heart and words but the most important thing for now is to get things resolved and i think Helena will be the best to help her.