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Foundations – Chapter 5
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Tina banged the phone down for the third time that afternoon, looking murderously around her home workspace. Bette and Angelica were gone for the day, at work and pre-school respectively, but Tina had elected to stay home. Too late she had realized that there was a meeting that she probably should have been in on. Now she couldn’t get through to her associate producer Dan, at all – she either got kicked to voicemail or his dippy assistant’s line. The assistant didn’t know where he was and neither did reception. She’d left a terse voice message over an hour ago and a text message as well. No reply yet.
Tina flipped sullenly through the planner on her Blackberry, until something caught her eye that made her heart stop for a second. The meeting she missed today wasn’t just any meeting. It was the meeting where they were going to sort out final approval for a movie Tina wanted to produce. She didn’t trust Dan to pitch it to the bosses in the right way, not at all. Feeling her heart beat faster, she closed her eyes and tried to count to ten, trying to calm down so as not to upset the baby. She had worked hard on this one, and everything was in place – except the money. She couldn’t believe she had flaked on this meeting, of all meetings. And no one had called her and told her to get her ass down there! What did she pay her assistant for?
She knew now what had happened, and why Dan was keeping himself scarce and not getting back in touch with her. Dan had failed, and Tina would have to see yet another of her pet projects slip away from her. This wasn’t right.
Tears pricked at her eyes. You brought this on yourself, you lazy bitch. You didn’t feel like going to work and now look at what’s happened, Tina condemned herself. She was filled with self-loathing in this moment. She allowed her emotions to run riot and resentment flooded over her. Resentment at the child she was carrying, and the pregnancy that kept her so emotional and tired some days she couldn’t face working.
She let the poison sink in for a moment before bursting into helpless tears. It wasn’t the baby’s fault, it was her own. She had no right to blame him for her own screw up. He was innocent. But the people that weren’t innocent in this were going to hear from her, oh yes.
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well since you said “fast food” fish taco, i fear tina made the wrong choice in dining establishments, apparently she doesn’t know the deliciousness that is rubio’s!? mmm, i’m getting hungry just thinking about it….thx for this & pps
OMG….you had me LMAO…..”sugar,water and purple”?!! and the fish tacos…oh lord i was rollin!!!! poor Bette! PPS…PPS…PPS…PPS… ;-)
Tee hee!! That was really funny! I loved how Tina opened up to Bette and how Bette responded! PPS!
Great chapter, O’Malley! Vis-a-vis Maury, I must confess, I lost all respect for Connie Chung once I found out she was married to him. All their embarassing over-sharing about their attempts to get pregnant just turned me off!Did you know that Maury was once a respected serious journalist, the son of a very good sportswriter? And Jerry Springer was once the mayor of Cincinnatti? Well, sex sells, somewhere. Loved this chapter. The ambiguity that Tina feels and expresses is real. Thanks for showing that pregnancy is not all sunshine and roses. I want a burrito!
Oh – and you captured the Maury/Jerry ambiance perfectly! Your characters responded in character as well! Thanks!
ROFL at the maury nightmare, fish tacos and grape soda,lol… poor bette!!awesome update:)PPS
“The fish taco…” – See?, told ya those things were vile. ;-)
When Bette is feeling better I think Tina has some making up to do! Loved it:) PPS
I bet Tina will be more picky about where they eat after this I loved the sugar water and purple. thanks
This was great. Loved it! PPS.
Hahahaha…Great update O’malley. Poor Bette…she’s really suffering the Daddy blues of this pregnancy!
Way to go, Kennard! Loved the whole taco-purple-stomachache thing, it got me laughing hard. As for the pregnancy-job thing, well, life is not all about roses. Love your insight and the way you write :)
I just started reading this story and find it and your writing delightful. PPS.
Hilarious…I got hooked on Days of Our Lives, well, one actress actually…when I was pregnant many moons ago & like Tina I couldn’t wait to get back to work either even though I adored my baby. Great omalley. I needed a good laugh. PPS.
Maury Povich–love how you got down pat his alleged hug that is really a death grip to keep the guest from runing off stage. And–since YOU brought it up–have you ever wondered if the women with dozens of potential baby daddies just want multiple trips to NYC and are probably getting guys to pay her $50 to be named so they could get a trip to NY, too? OK, OK. No more tabloid TV talk. Loved the chapter. Thanks for giving us Tina’s spin on the work vs. home dilemma. Oh and uh–could you maybe, just maybe, only if you want to of course, but you might want to consider–Bette on Rachel Ray. Bette’s head spinning in circles as she tries to figure out what is going on as RR changes subjects with every sentnce, and Bette desperately trying to ge a word in. Good times.
What a great story and great interactions between B and T. This is so carefully written and cleverly crafted. The small dramas of everyday relationships writ large and meaningful. I’m really impressed AND best of all really AMUSED. Thank you.
I am so happy that Tina opened up to Bette and Bette’s response was so supportive and loving. I am looking forward to reading more.