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Give Me A Chance
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Melvin sat on a couch left behind by the previous owners and watched Bette proudly walking around the gallery wearing her reading glasses one minute to make notes, sketches, or lists on her legal pad then putting them atop her head as she envisioned how the space would be transformed into a showcase for her mother’s watercolors and the emerging artist that had yet to be discovered.
He’d always admired Bette’s beauty; so, like Maxine in her physicality and enthusiasm.
“Your mother would be so proud. You know she left strict instructions with Evelyn Sanders to collect all her watercolors and preserve them for you but not the oils. Do you know why that was?”
“I think because the oils were her livelihood. Most were commissioned or donated to raise money at auctions and charities. The watercolors were her real passion; she painted in that medium just for fun not profit.”
“You know I met your mother at one of those charity events. I bought one of her oil paintings at auction. It’s still hanging in my office at the law firm.”
“I know. She told me the story.”
“What did she tell you?” Melvin asked amused to hear his ex-wife’s version of their meeting.
“She said that you outbid some poor old lady by $10,000 just so you could get a date with her.”
Melvin laughed out loud. “Is that what she said.”
“Yup. Said you were smitten.” Bette teased.
“That I was. She was the most beautiful woman I’d ever laid eyes on, but it wasn’t just her physical beauty, there was just something about Maxine Wolff that drew me in and stole my heart. It’s no secret I was a philanderer in those days but my marriage to Shirley was one of convenience. We both knew it was over.”
“It was still an affair Daddy.”
“No, Baby. What your mother and I had wasn’t an affair. She was truly my one love. She was my heart and my home.”
“So, what happened? If you loved her so much why did you cheat.”
“That’s not a question that I can answer for myself or for you Elizabeth but like you I didn’t set out to hurt my wife. I got caught up in something that got totally out of control. I don’t excuse it. I’ve lived with the pain and regret ever since.”
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Love when n Author takes the reader back in time because it always feels like stepping into some else skin reminding myself how swiftly lives can be re-routed to flow on a different path.
Smooth chapter Bat
DumplinT – thank you. You are so right how one moment or one decision can change the entire course of your life. I appreciate you reading and commenting.
Hi! Thank you for the chapter!
Sorry, but i need to say it – how stupid Melvin need to be to have sex with whore without condom?
Zhenya, thank you for reading and commenting. Totally agree, Melvin was very irresponsible. He shouldn’t have been with her in the first place, but unprotected sex with anyone outside of a committed relationship is taking a chance.
Hi,
Thanks for the post.
Hasn’t made me like or have any sympathy for Melvin.
Look forward to the next post,
Happy Easter:-)
SG
SassyGran – thank you. Happy Easter to you too.
I know it’s hard to like Melvin given his past behaviors but he is repentant and hopefully we will see some good deeds and selfless acts before he leaves us. Thanks for loyally reading and commenting.
Hey Bat,
My apologize for commenting so late. Have this week night shifts.
Like father like daughter, both could not cope with the stress and pressure and fell prey to someone with whom they could temporarily escape. Only Melvin was so stupid to get a STD and lost his manhood and couldn’t give Maxine what she so much wanted, a second child.
Both betrayed the woman they see as their love of their lives, but Bette fought hard and long to prove to Tina that she is worth the second chance and i am very happy that Tina is willing to work it out so they can be a family.
Great chapter!
Bibi28, I just posted this last night so you are not late. Thank you for your comment as you summed it up perfectly.
Bette will see the parallels in their behavior and their lack of coping skills and hopefully learn a lesson that escaping your troubles in the arms of another is destructive not only to relationships but to lives. She is fortunate that Tina is giving her a second chance.
I didn’t write it into this story, but if you recall on the show after Bette cheated with Candace she also had a one-night stand that she picked up in a bar when she was in NY. I decided to use a similar scenario for Melvin.
Thanks again for your insight and for loyally reading and commenting. Hope the night shift isn’t too hard on you.
This was a fantastic chapter. Never would I have guessed the reason for the demise of his marriage to Maxine. He was a very weak man and an idiot to have unprotected sex. Can not blame Maxine at all for leaving him, she did the only thing she could given the circumstances, poor thing. Just hate that she had to be written out so soon because Bette needed her so much. You have done miraculous work writing this story and explaining everything the show did not and glossed over her childhood. Thanks for making this all clear.