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Great Unexpectations Chapter 34
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Bette smiled. "That’s my girl", she whispered.
Richard glared at Tina for but a second. "I guess so. Excuse me", he said. He left the table and limped to the restroom to check his injury. Cora caught all of the action and smiled but made no comment. "He gets these leg cramps sometimes", Tina said. Cora nodded and chewed her food.
And then Tina was stuck. They’d made the small talk, but she was unsure of how to approach Cora with the truth. She began to fumble with her wine glass and push her food around on the plate. Cora broke the silence.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Of course", Tina said thankfully. Please. Yes. Anything. Just talk.
"Why are you pretending that jerk is your boyfriend?"
Tina sat stunned. She stuttered, "Um..we..well..um..what do you mean?"
Cora’s demeanor suddenly changed from Laura the innocent Midwest girl to Cora. The Cora who’d been abused most of her life. The Cora that escaped into a life of pornography and prostitution and drugs. The Cora that just wanted to be free of it all. "Come on. Give me a break. You mean to tell me that you enjoyed that kiss on the beach this morning? And just now. He puts his arm around you and you stab him in the leg with your fork? Seemed a bit of an overreaction if he really is your boyfriend. That’s all I’m saying. And what’s up with those names? You are not a Betsy and he is not an Albert."
Tina held up her hands in surrender. Smart kid. Too smart. She looked to the ceiling. To the hidden camera. Bette locked eyes with Tina and made for the door. "Ok. You’re right", Tina said. "I’m sorry. We have been lying to you. We’re not who we said we were. My name is Tina Kennard. My, um, friend is Richard."
"Tina and Richard. Dick?" Cora considered this alternative nickname. "I can buy that."
Richard returned from the restroom and caught the last part of Tina’s confession. Oh shit. It’s going down right now. He slowly made his way to the front door. Cora stood from the table and slid her hand into her purse. She blindly found the cool canister and positioned her finger on the spray trigger. "And we know who you are", Tina continued.
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Damn Red, you always so that!!!! Stop when it gets to the good parts. I am so loving this. Thanks PPS
Ok Red, this is what we’ve been waiting for, please do not make us wait to long. Md
I’m sorry you’re bringing “Great Unexpectations” to a close, but I love how you’re going about it. The Betsy/Albert ruse was a hoot. It figures Richard would try to take advantage. Good thing Tina’s so handy with a fork.
Sorry to see this story come to an end but so happy they found her. Hopefully when she wakes, she will listen to them and take their advice, comfort and the protection they offer. This has been a very interesting story from the start, and believe me I had my doubts, as you well remember from my comments early on, that Faye was being honest and genuine. I believe I offered an apology somewhere in there for my comments but, if I did not, please accept my apologies now, I was wrong. You’ve done a wonderful job with this story. Please post soon.
I dunno what upsets me more, that this story is coming to an end or that Cora missed her mom by a few days. *sigh* I hope Cora stays, and lets them all help her. “Bet” let “Albert” off too lightly, with only a fork jab. That doesn’t matter though, once she sees to Cora, I think Bette is going to give Richard a thorough pummeling. Or at least I hope so. I take it Kit and T have something really good worked out (I have an idea what it is), I’ll be waiting to see. Great chapter, red, post when you can. Thanks!
u really had me going there. more when u can. Thx.
Hopefully Cora will forgive her Mother,and can peacefully morn her passing. Now it up to Bette and Tina to protct her from other evil thing that is lurking in the background. thanks so much for posting
shit, i’m kinda afraid to have dinner with you. stabbed in the leg? if i pass the salt instead of the peeper do i get a bread knife in the eye? another great update red but you and your damn cliffhangers. i’m curious where you’re going with this and don’t worry ladies, red is such a stickler for details that she’s got a long way to go before she can wrap all of this up. oh, she’ll threaten us and swear it’s almost the last one but it will drive her nuts to finish hap hazardly so don’t worry there is plenty of story left! lol. ok, red post when you can and you better have an even better story to tell after tonight…
Excellent update. Eagerly awaiting the next :)
They finally find her and now they have to tell her that her mother is gone. It sounds like Cora really did love her mother but was unable to live with all that had happened to her in her life. I hope that she allows Bette and Tina into her life. It would be nice to see her around the gang. I hate to see this end and I hope that you will continue to write after you have finished this story.
Brilliant, as always, red. This continues to be one of my favorite stories. Emotional as it was, this chapter also had me cracking up… Betsy and Albert, lovely couple! I wouldn’t have guessed at the onset that I would have felt sad that Faye didn’t have the opportunity to right things with her daughter. Look foward to reading Cora reaction to their story. Thanks for such a wonderful read!
This is so freaking good and we all waiting for this moment, so emotional and hope Caro will let B&T and R to help her and get her life safe. Please post more, thanks!
Great story …..still. Nice to see that there can be drama without it being between B&T.
As usual you’ve outdone yourself. However, the cliffhangers are killers. :) I am glad Cora didn’t take off before they could start to talk to her. I feel so bad for her and hope she will let them help her.
Great chapter! Tina stabbing Richard with a fork & him limping off was soooo funny. Hope B&T&R can help Cora now that they’ve found her. Thanks!
oOoO c’mon you gotta post soon, i read the whole thing in one night n now i want to know how it ends, its been awesome xx