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I Fall Behind pt.12
“Bette,” she spoke, voice low and serious, “It’s not
my place to tell you who you should or should not associate with. God
knows I myself have been guilty of consorting with the wrong sort of
people, with people of questionable reputation. And I know the price
one has to pay for that.”
Bette gaped at Helena, not believing what she was hearing.
“I know how utterly irresistable these people can
be. I will confess that I’ve been out with Tina Kennard…” Bette’s
outraged gasp stopped Helena, but not totally. “… I’ve been out with
her, in a shall we say, a professional transaction? You must
understand, I had just flown in from England and a friend of mine
thought it would be a nice welcome present…” Again, Bette’s gasp gave
Helena pause, but not for long. “.. a nice welcome present for me She
imagined that I was feeling lonely and homesick.”
Bette had a deep frown and her mouth had fallen
open. She was staring at Helena in horror, unable to speak. She wanted
to scream to the woman to get out. She wanted to make a fist and let it
fly. She wanted to run out of the office, run out of the CAC, run out
into the street and just… run.
“As I was saying, this sort of people are
inescapable. They are part of our society and we cannot avoid them. But
I hope you know what sort of entanglements they are for, what kind of
interactions they are capable of.” Helena looked closely at Bette and
mistook her open-mouthed stare as one of incomprehension. She
sighed deeply and realized she must be clearer to avoid
miscommunication.
“Bette, I hope you are aware that Tina Kennard is a
woman of loose morals, someone who would go to bed with any one who
could give her money. I hope you were not.. associating with her under
false assumptions. You cannot have any meaningful relationship with
her, by virtue of the fact that she makes it into her profession to
feign love, to feign desire.”
Feign love, feign desire? Bette felt weak. She had
to be alone. “Helena, I need to take the day off. I… I just
remembered I had to do something for Kit. An errand.” Bette noticed
disconnectedly that her speech sounded wooden and robotic. She
distantly saw Helena smile warmly, nod and felt her hand on her
shoulder. “I’m fine,” Bette responded automatically.
She walked on stilts out the CAC and got into her car. She felt something… at the same time, she was numb.
TBC
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(78 votes, average: 3.45 out of 5)
just when things looked like they were going to get better… enter the bitch… and bring bette down… love this… now make bette think… tina liked/loved her years ago… when she first saw hew… have her just think if that… plaeas continue
do we need hellno f*** everything up when bette is already so insecure? i hope tina can still change bette mind and make her believe in love…didn’t giggle today but love the story immensely
Your doing a GREAT JOB with this story..PLEASE GIVE US ANOTHER SOON….THANKS..
god, what a night. 2 mimosas too quickly and oh my head. i was off and on. hows the weekend gf. im still pouting?????k 7. WTH. i was feeling it. i will hate hellno no matter who writes her. please fergz get her away from me. please post soon, k? thanks.
you gota stop playing with me right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bloody Helena! Not to mention the various others in Bettes head! Argghh! Great drama. Keep it up. :D
7..7..7 they were lookin good n then her comes that doubt and oo ya helena!!
why oh why time and time again HELENA must sppear to stir trouble?!…oh pls do not torture us 7!..post soon(“,)
oh no! I knew this would happen! How is Bette going to get over Tina with all those people? This thing will happend all the time
Leave it to Helena..that bitch! It was sort of a sad chapter to see Bette like that but she will overcome it all. Thanks! albeez..sweetie..did you do too much last night? ;) where are you?
Damn drama again wich Helena’s the one to start it. Ok post soon please, thanks!
Your writing is absolutely wonderful!! “She walked on stilts out the CAC and got into her car.” I could totally see that…what a fantastic description!! With your words, I am right there in the room, on Bette’s shoulder, hearing every word, feeling every vibration of emotion rolling through her body. Thank you!
OK! Helena step out Bitch! do your on thing! LOL! Hey that was great Thanks for update!!