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Heartbeat – Chapter 3
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The receptionist checked the log sheet. “Yes, she came in a few minutes ago. Unless you’re family, you can’t go in there.”
“I’m more than family I’m her assistant.” James replied.
“You still can’t go in there, assistant or not.”
“Can you please let her know I’m here? She needs to know that someone is here for her. She doesn’t like hospitals.”
“Okay, I’ll tell her nurse to tell Ms. Porter that you’re here. In the meantime, you can wait in the waiting area.”
“Thank you.” James gathered Bette’s belongings and turned to walk to the waiting area. A familiar blonde caught his eye. Even though it has been years since he saw her, he knew that walk and the swing of the blonde hair anywhere. “Tina?” He called out and chased after her.
Tina walked down the hallway and stopped. She heard someone call out “Tina”. It’s been years since anyone had called her by that name. No one at the hospital knew her by that name. “Tina” she heard it again. She turned and saw a man running towards her. “James?” It had been eight years since she saw Bette’s loyal assistant. She remembered exactly the last time she saw James. It was about a month after Provocations. A month after Bette found out she had cheated on her, cheated on her with Oscar. She had gone to the CAC to speak with Bette one last time to beg and plead, on her knees if she had to. James came out to the parking lot and informed her that if she didn’t leave the premises, Bette was going to call the police and charge her with trespassing and harassment. The was the last time she saw Bette or any of her friends. Alice told her Bette was giving her the afternoon to collect her things at the house and that if she didn’t collect them it was going out with the trash. She had gone to the house and packed whatever belongings she could in her two large suitcases and packed her car. She wrote Bette a brief note saying that she was going to do what Bette asked her to do and that was to leave her alone and she asked for Bette’s forgiveness. She went to the bank and withdrew her share of the money from their joint bank account and left Los Angeles. She never looked back and watched as the skyline get smaller and smaller in her review mirror. It took Tina five days to drive from L.A. to Raleigh, North Carolina. Doubt creeping in her mind from time to time during her drive. When she finally arrived at her cousin, Agnes Kennard’s home, she was exhausted and slept for 24 hours, always asking for Bette in her sleep.
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Well, if she wasn’t having a heart attack before, she’ll have one now. ;-) Very invigorating start! (I know – it’s chapter 3. I take awhile…)
And so the picture becomes at least somewhat clearer. Still lots of questions that I know will be answered soon. ;) Thanks for the post. :)
Wuuujjjuuuu!!! Love it!!!
Ok, I’m not confused anymore.
love it… I understand now very good…
Give that bitch the boot and fast!! So Tina can play doctor w/Bette…think she may need a fulllll examine!!
so the mention of twins…was not so much tongue in cheek… how often though do people choose new partner based unconsciously or not on the looks of their former love… I like that…no wonder Bette is stressed..That Andrea looks to be a right piece of work…and BTW..TONI..tut tut and you know why!!! xxK
Damn it, is there a chance there is the third “Tina” somewhere, because I don’t want these two anywhere near Bette.
Thank you for another excellent update. Love it
WOW! Cool story… I love the twists and turns as well. The thing about relationships is that they are hard word and it takes two to make them as well as break them. I love looking at them on a spiritual level. Maybe the first time wasn’t the right time for them to be together. We’re all human and making mistakes is what we do best for our learning. Fate and destiny have brought them back into the same space and forgiveness is a cool thing. We shall see what happens next.
Good read! Hope to see more soon.
Ok don’t ask me how but was already anticipating since the first chapter that B&T weren’t together (that the wife of President Porter mentioned, was not gonna be T). Like nearly everyone else, the second chapter also had me thinking that it was T in the cab (physical description and her reading a script and mentioning James as a “go-between” screamed T, however her attitude once knowing B was in the hospital was first clue that it was hopefully not T). Introduction of Christina, before knowing she was in fact our T, was confusing because all the signs pointed to her possibly being T but with the introduction of the blonde in the cab had me wondering if this was going to be sci-fi story with the characters from parallel dimensions crossing over. Learning that T was the one to cheat is not frequently tackled and interested to learn more about this B&T backstory to find out what led up to this occurence and if there were any consequences (read: pregnancy, a child – whether by Oscar, Marcus’ donation or some other source?) following it. Shall be interesting to see how this story unfolds and learn more about B & Andrea’s history, the reason of their impending divorce and whether Andrea will let go now that she’s met B’s T?! Thank you for this new story and PPS!! :D
I knew I’m going to love this story. Well done. Very well done.
OMG, this is really a mess; an estranged wife and a lost love both at her bedside. Who will Bette call for and who ill she send away. My money is on Tina, always. Thanks for posting.
great stuff. i like how this is playing out and the twists. i was a little confused in the beginning but it is all starting to fall in place. i understand why bette would want to try to move on as well but it always takes a close brush to death to add clarity to what is truly important to a person. i can’t wait to see how this plays out. andrea sounds horrible when she actually seem torn between business and her wife. but who knows how much she could have possibly suffered living in the shadows of another. although tina cheating with oscar sounds awful, at least she had the decency to stay away out of respect to bette. i still wan the golden couple back together. bring it on! :)
Really good start,love it.Thank you.PPS
Wow ive been away from ff for so long i forgot how awesome it could b! Ur story has got me hooked plz dont let us wait too long =)
This is so good and love it
ok maybe im a little slow because im still confused, but its getting very interesting