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“Thanks boss, I’ll bring it home for you. I know I will, you will be happy.” James
gushes, as he is almost giddy.
Laughing at James’ unbridled enthusisium “Well OK then
James. I will see you a little later.”
With that James and Bette get off the phone. Still smiling Bette goes into Anna’s room to
find her standing in her crib. The
moment she sees Bette standing in the door she smiles and holds up her arms
“Uhh Uhh” she commands. Sending Bette
the command that she wants picked up.
“Ahh I see someone is feeling better.” Bette says as she
makes her way across the room complying with Anna’s wishes.
Seeing Anna put a smile on Bette’s face as she carried Anna
into the kitchen to see if she would eat anything since she wasn’t in the mood
to eat this morning.
Irene heard the two of them in the kitchen and wandered in
from the laundry room. “Hey let me do
that.” Irene instructed as Bette was getting a jar of baby food out of the
cupboard.
Looking up as Irene entered “Hey Irene, be my guest you know
how I hate these combos of food.” Bette says teasingly. “Look how she’s feeling. I think she’s OK don’t you?” Bette asks as
she looks at Anna in her highchair.
With Anna feeling better Bette decided to give work a
go. “If her fever comes back give her
some more Tylenol and call me OK?” Bette instructs on her way out the
door. As Bette puts the car in drive
after backing up out of the driveway she pulls her cell out and dials Tina’s
number at the MYV. Her call immediately
goes to voicemail. When it comes time to
leave a message Bette is informed that Tina’s voicemail is full. Thinking that it was odd Bette than dials
Tina’s cell. This too goes straight to
voicemail but here Bette is able to leave a message that Anna is in fact
feeling better, the Tylenol having done its job. She was off to the office and would see her at
home later.
The sun was shining bright as Bette made her way into the
CAC. It was a glorious feeling to wander
in, instead of going straight to her office, Bette decided to head towards the
East gallery a while. This is a
beautiful place, the serenity that washes over her whenever she enters this
gallery puts Bette at peace.
Wandering between the exhibits Bette lets her mind roam back
to this morning and the look on Tina’s face as she realized that Anna was sick
and Bette would be taking care of her.
Was that just a look of a protective mother or was that her true
feelings coming out. Was that Tina’s
Freudian moment of truth? Did she trust
Bette with her most precious possession or not?
These two questions were on Bette’s mind and she didn’t want to dwell on
them but still they were nagging at her.
Realizing that she wasn’t going to get any answers here Bette knew she
needed to have a conversation with Tina before she went any further with the
adoption of Anna.
Happy that she was able to reason out these questions
without blowing up or retreating away from Tina, Bette knew she was ready to
have a conversation with Tina about them.
Smiling she finally turned and made her way to her office. As she gets close to James he recognizes her
footsteps and jumps up.
“Hey there boss. Has
Jack reached you? He has been trying to
get a hold of you for the last hour. I
will dial his number and put you through.” James says slightly out of breath.
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Oh my God, you spent the whole chapter on a sick Anna, and then only at the end remind us of the angst of the previous chapter?????
Geez J, now I know how the readers of my story felt when I got distracted by the salmon!!!!
Bette, forget Freud! you too J! please:)
I”m going to give Tina a “pass” on her reaction to Bette staying with the baby. As a fairly new mom, I know I go into overdrive and become a tad overprotective when my little one is sick. But then again Tina is much more level headed than me. I think Bette better have that discussion.
Tina was tired and the Mother in her kicked in. Bette does need to talk to Tina. Tina has got to remember that Anna loves
bette Little children and dog can really judge people. thank
OH NO…just when things seem to be working out for Bette, Tina, and Anna…that article from the paper is coming to haunt them, huh??? I think that you should kill off Helena, what do you think???
i think bettes in for a hell of a day. j – hmmm. i know your loving this. were all in a twiter. i know tina didnt mean it. i would have wanted to stay home also. her mouth moved before her brain functioned. thanks.
You captured the after effects of a very long and tiring day perfectly. We forget about the sore muscles, stiff joints, fuzzy head and even fuzzier thinking that results from stretching ourselves that thin.
Tina’s long day may not have resulted in a physical crash, but her weariness from the previous day nearly caused a collision of a different kind with Bette.
I’m hoping that it’s only being tired that made Tina think twice about having Bette watch Anna. I suppose it could also be that old habits are hard to break, and Tina was the mommy first and it was just instinct.
Hee hee hee. Nice that Anna comes with a ‘wail warning’. Sort of like a delayed timing device.
Bette is learning to trust on a much larger scale. She is trusting her instincts to talk to Tina and she is trusting James to run with the project. Both great steps in the right direction.
Rut roh – Tina can’t be reached and Jack wants to talk to Bette urgently…what has Helena done or what has Jack found out? Very ominous ending.
You have definitely stepped up the angst factor with this ending. Nicely done! Can’t wait.
Very good chapter. This is such an engaging story, have followed happily since the beginning.
Short, but sweet and very interesting chapter Jwet. I think that Tina’s overaction was just due to her being overly tired and the fact the she has become used to be a single parent. I glad that she checked herself and it wouldn’t hurt for them to have a little talk about it, but nonethinbg long and drawn out because that would add too much weight to something that was purely accidental.
Well, well, now the other shoe is about to drop bceause Jack will make Bette aware of the newspaper reporta about her involvement in the foundation (I am sure that Tina has become aware and this is the reason that Bette can’t get a hold of her.). Is this some of Helena’s handy work? The plot TICKNESS!!
Well I think Tina just tired and she worry about Anna that’s all and didn’t mean to hurt Bette. Ok let see what’s next!
In defense of T – she was tired and it was totally maternal instincts kicking in – I can almost guarantee it :)
Hmmm….Tina is uncomfortable leaving a sick Anna with Bette, that can’t be good.
Down Low must be refreshing her page continuously – she’s been the first on loads of comments! Has she got nothing better to do than read???
Anyway – SHSL is adorable, she’s looking out for a tired Tina and then gets it thrown back, bad Tina!
Great to read that there are still some minor differences in the relationship – it all takes time to fully accept being back in the fold 24/7 and they both have different ways of dealing with it! Great Job mate x
Another great chapter. I too will chalk up Tina’s behavior to maternal instincts. If Bette were a man I think she would still have the same reaction.
P.S- In the midst of all the angst, can we get some B&T loving????
humm i agree with aimlow..it seems that was the first time Anna got sick after Bette move back home..than i think was only Tina´s maternal instincts but it better they talk to elucidate things cuz adopition is a huge step to make…Bette and Anna are so cute together and Anna really loves Bette..ok stop play mean to me Jwet..lol..post soon thanks :o)
I agree I think Tina was just reacting to being a mother of a sick chil and tired.. What does Jack want I hope it is not a problem but I am sure with Helena there will be a big one I hope this time it is in Bettes Favor.. Post soon LOVE THIS STORY>>>>>
Jobadge that was funny.What’s up my friend?I think that it was mother’s instinct kicking in.As a mom I can understand.Bette needs to tell Tina how that comment made her feel.
Jwet, this story still captivates me.Love it.
love thai chapter jwet. Bette and Tina are communicating instead of runnin. Tina didnt mean to imply anything by her actions. just that mothers instinct kickin in.
I am defending Tina also..I have also done that to my partner. Just a natural instinct to be with the child you gave birth to. great chapter Jwet…
Ok, now I know how hard life is without a computer! My laptop crashed and finally got it fixed!
Poor Tina….a long day driving to and fron San Deigo, meetings, lack of sleep, a sick baby, a “concerned” partner (Bette wondering if Tina considers her as Anna mom), endless phone calls (VM box full???????that’s gotta be rough – even on a super bad day, we insurance people don’t get a full box); and now the editorials.
In the words of Han Solo – “how are we going to get out of this one?”.
Can’t wait to see what’s in store.
Still trying to load my favorites for internet websites…..but I’d gladly stop to read your story?????!!! Does this count as a bribe?
Thanks for sharing.
Oh Jeez, what’s going on?
Ok, aside from that I think the whole scene in the kitchen is authentic. I think T spoke out of stress and worry and not about distrust. Bette’s handling it well, though. You do a great job with these domestic scenes, I can always picture exactly what’s going on.
Looking forward to the next chapter, as always.