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Great Unexpectations Chapter 37
Cora nodded and wiped that stubborn tear. "Don’t worry", Richard said. "I’ll look after her. I’ll make sure things are ok. You ladies know how to get in touch with me if you need anything, right?"
"Yes. We do. Thank you Richard", Bette said. Even though they’d had their tense moments, they’d also developed a healthy respect for each other. At the same time, they were not entirely disappointed to be parting ways. Bette offered her hand but Richard, bucking expectations, gave her a warm hug. "Take care of each other", he whispered. Shocked at his apparent genuine sentiments Bette could only nod. Filling in for her speechless lover, Tina said. "We will. You take care of yourself, Richard. I don’t know what you have planned for yourself but be careful."
"I will", he said. "I just have one more thing to take care of and then I’ll retreat to my little hideaway. Mrs. B. took pretty good care of me", he winked.
Richard and Cora watched as Bette and Tina went through security, removing their shoes and being waved through the metal detectors. Clearing that they looked back one final time and smiled. Cora gave a little wave as she watched them turn the corner, out of sight.
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Elsewhere…
He walked through the door, keys in one hand and cell phone to his ear. The house was its usual dark, the only light emanating from the crystal LED display of his keypad alarm just inside. He shoved his keys furiously into his coat pocket and sloppily punched in the security code. "Yeah, Joe. It’s me again", he said into the mouthpiece. "Listen. Where in the hell are you? I called you hours ago. I need those numbers before tomorrow’s breakfast. There’s gonna be a lot of deep pockets there and they haven’t capped out yet on their donations. Call me!! Or find a new job!"
The stress of running for senator was taking it’s toll. Add to that the fact that the trail on his daughter had run cold. Finally, none of his henchmen had checked in with him for the better part of the day. He slammed the door behind him and flung his coat to the floor. He fixed himself three fingers of scotch and gulped greedily. He wiped the sweat from his forehead while pondered how quickly everything was going to shit. The latest poll numbers were not encouraging and his opponent had just acquired two major newspaper endorsements. The conventional wisdom (among those who know about these things) was that he would not be receiving a congratulatory phone call the morning after the election. "Fuck them" he muttered to no one. Wiping his forehead again, he loosened his tie and took another drink of scotch. He savored the burn in his throat, waiting for the calming hum to begin. The hum that convinced him that things weren’t that bad. The hum that insisted he hadn’t wasted seventeen million dollars of his own money to finance a losing campaign. Instead of the hum he was struck with a different realization. As he wiped his forehead yet again, it occurred to him that he was not by himself in the room. "Joe? That you Joe?", he called out weekly.
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Wow what a finale, glad to see another baby on the way. Thanks for a great ending and hope too see more.
Great ending….but it left me wanting more…how selfish!!!! lol
Loved it!!!! Really thorough ending especially Mr Buckley’s demise. Thx so much for a greatly intriguing story. And my soppy heart loves the ending. Maybe
maybe, one day u’ll let us in on how Cora progressed and do a little update on B, T, A, The poopy dog [u know they can be trained to do it in the one place], new baby and Alice. maybe…see my big pleading puppy dog eyes!!!!
Thanks for this great story. I’ve loved every minute of it.
well, well, well, look who finally posted her story! it was definitely worth the wait so i won’t bust your chops too much. can’t wait to read the new one. i was a bit surprised that mr. buckley’s demise. i kinda figured it would feature a shovel, a hammer, and a ticket to tahiti. anyway, thanks for giving us this story. i know the next one will be even better!!
I have missed you and this story. I loved the ending with Cora getting some of her childhood back and Richard doing whatever was needed to make sure she was safe from the “evil dad”. I loved the banter between Alice and the locals at the beach. Heck, in our area we still stop for funerals. I do hope that you will revisit this story at some time down the road. You left us hanging with a pregnant Tina and mommy Bette.
What a long awaited welcome surprise, hope you are back to writing a bit before dissappearing again.
Bittersweet. Yhat’s what it is. We are blessed with another post, but the post is the finale. Thanks for coming back to finish. Thank you for your story. I hope you will share another s with us.
Gotta echo Spumoni – very bittersweet it is. Thank you for this amazing finale….hope to see another one from you, whether it be a continuation of this one or something else – when you can, of course…till then ;)
Great story…loved every chapter!
I just wanted to express my graditude for your story I have been guilty of silent reading but just had to let you know how much I love this story. Great journey which had me scared happy and joyful for our girls and poor Cory. Thanks
Thank you for this story. It was a pleasure to read (and I’m delighted Angie got her dog).
This was a wonderful story, red. Thanks so much for writing it. Cheers
I absolutly loved this story and hate to see it go. So I’m with Rau in the pleading for a little tidbit in the future of how Cora is doing. And how B&T, Angie and her little brother or sister (or maybe both LOL)are doing….please???But every story of you will make me read it, thank you Red and hope it won’t take too long for a little somnething from you!
Fantastic ending! Though I will miss this story I hope to see more stories from you soon.
Great story, Red!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!