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    Eternal Flames—Chapter 3

    “Loving me?,” Tina said quietly. “What you did isn’t loving me, Darren”

    Darren sighed in defeat and finally walked away, Tina sank onto the couch, Carson still in her arms. The little boy had stopped crying but was clinging to her tightly.

    “Is he really gone?” Carson asked quietly.

    “For now,” Tina said, stroking his hair. “For now, he’s gone.”

    “Good,” Carson said fiercely. “I don’t want to see him anymore. He’s a liar.”

    Bette felt her heart break a little more. She moved to sit beside them on the couch, and after a moment, Carson reached for her hand.

    “Bette,” he said quietly. “Will you stay with us? Will you make sure he doesn’t come back?”

    “I’ll stay as long as you need me to,” Bette said, squeezing his small hand. “I promise.”

    And as she said it, she realized she meant it. Whatever happened between her and Tina, whatever they figured out about their relationship, she wasn’t going anywhere. Not right now. This little boy needed stability, and if she could provide that, she would.

    Even if it meant putting her own heart on the line all over again.

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    The house felt different after Darren left – quieter, but also somehow lighter, as if a dark cloud had been lifted. Carson had finally stopped crying and was now curled up between Tina and Bette on the couch, his dinosaur clutched tightly in his small hands.

    “I don’t understand why Dad lied,” he said quietly, his voice still thick from tears. “If he loved us, why didn’t he tell us the truth?”

    Tina exchanged a look with Bette over his head. How do you explain to a eight year-old that sometimes adults make terrible choices? That sometimes love isn’t enough to make someone brave?

    “Sometimes grown-ups make mistakes, sweetheart,” Tina said carefully. “Sometimes they think they’re protecting people they love, but they end up hurting them instead.”

    “But lying is always wrong,” Carson said with the absolute certainty of childhood. “You taught me that.”

    “You’re right. Lying is wrong. And what your father did was wrong, no matter why he did it.”

    Carson was quiet for a moment, then looked up at Bette. “Did you know? Did you know he was a liar?”

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    1. 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.

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