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I Will Not Let You Fall
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Soon her depression had decreased significantly, the nightmares had disappeared. On her latest visit to her therapist Bette had indicated that she hadn’t felt depressed for three days after the last session. She had found it much easier to concentrate, she had slept and ate better. The only residual symptoms had been the uncertainty about the future, emotional loneliness and passiveness, as well as the constant thoughts of Tina who was still in town but remained estranged despite Bette’s second text-message attempt to get her to talk. Dan had concluded it was time for Bette to minimize her use of the antidepressant, but not to get off of it completely yet. He also had recommended Bette to reduce the frequency of the therapy to one time per week.
One late August day Bette was enjoying lunch at a cafe in Auckland as she sat at the outdoor table and basked in the sun. It was warm and rainless compared to the rest of the season. Bette had dropped by the cafe on her way from an automobile sales centre where she had finally purchased a car. In her twenties she had loved driving her Lexus convertible before she crashed it, so to bring herself some sense of home and pleasure she had opted for a black luxury Lexus sports car this time.
When the waiter carried away her empty dishes, Bette crossed her legs casually and took out one of Shane’s historical fiction novels that she had brought along. Turning the book over, Bette read the description:
It’s 1826, and Amber Dawson has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders
of her stepfather and his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Amber is innocent, others think her
evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Amber claims to have no memory of the murders.
Bette snorted with wry laughter and shook her head at the irony. ”You gotta be kidding me,” she muttered to herself and opened the book.
She was reading it as she savored her Earl Grey tea when she heard lively voices approaching. Glancing up, Bette saw a group of women entering the outdoor space of the cafe. She was ready to drop her gaze back toward the book when she suddenly spotted Tina among the group. The blonde seemed to slow down for just a second as she looked at Bette too, her eyes hidden behind her sunglasses. Bette felt her heart rate pick up its pace. She watched as Tina quickly turned her head away and occupied a farther table together with the three other women whom Bette recognized as Kate Arden, Shane’s girlfriend Molly and someone else she didn’t know.
Bette took a sip of the tea and looked down to her book. The waiter came back and offered her more tea, which Bette considered for a moment before agreeing to it. She was not going to freak out and rush out of the cafe like some hysterical mess. She was going to enjoy the tea and the book like Tina wasn’t there, even though she found it hard to concentrate on the storyline now. Merry voices came from the other table and the sound of Tina’s warm laughter washed over Bette’s whole being. Closing her eyes, Bette swallowed hard but still maintained her composure. At some point she managed to abstract her mind from the reality as she delved deeper into the book.
Forty pages and three teapots later, out of the corner of her eye Bette saw the women standing up from their table. While the other three women headed toward the exit, Tina deviated from the course as she approached Bette. Waiting, Bette once again grew agitated but felt entitled to hide it to remain calm.
Sunglasses were no longer covering Tina’s hazel, emotionless eyes as she looked down at Bette with ice-cold indifference and said, ”We can meet up tomorrow to talk, if you still want to.”
Bette stared at her for a moment. ”I do.”
”I’ll call you then,” Tina responded before turning on her heels and walking away.
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Damage for Bette and Tina relationship seems beyond any repair.
Sorry, but i don’t know what else to say about this chapter
You are so cruel !
Please post the next chapter soon, although I am not sure if I will enjoy reading it, but because I so hate cliffhangers!
SG
Enjoy the story? Really? This is a very difficult story to read. Especially in these challenging and frightening times. I have stuck with it but probably will not read any more. It is simply too depressing.
Well, I think there is hope here for Bette and Tina. If Bette can admit that Tina had a right to live her life as she saw fit when she was in prison. After all, it was Bette who told her to get on with her life and not visit or contact her again. To me, Bette’s response by having sex with her sister when she found out about Tina and Helena was far more harmful as it was deliberate retaliation for some perceived wrong and she was in a committed relationship with Tina. Where Tina may have acted unwisely, it was not meant in a malicious way. Bette’s behavior was a deliberate attempt to hurt Tina.
Thank you for writing this. I hope to see more of this story. I am so glad to see therapy helping Bette. I really want these two to work things out. I want Bette to become the best person she can be. She needs to relax and mend her relationships with all those people she has hurt.
Thanks you.
I don’t know. From one side i understand that only author can decide in which direction turn her story or when and how finish it, but from another – six years, more than 55 chapters and we come to the story where Tina feel absolutely nothing towards to Bette?
It’s just too hard read this for me as Tibette fan.
Angel 1981 you said it so much better than me. For those who have stayed with this story it is just too hard.
They touched bottom and they will rebound. Bette has to reach deep inside herself to come to grasp with how much she’s hurt people over the years and herself. I think this chapter is the one that brings us to a ultimate happy tibette ending.
I agree with you!
They have reached the bottom and now they can only take tiny steps up!
I’m so sorry you guys are disappointed with the story, but I understand. I know it’s depressing, but I had to show that Bette was suffering the ramifications of her dark side. I promise it will get better for both Bette and Tina in the next chapters.
To be clear, I’m not disappointed. I was sooo delighted to see another chapter from you after waiting for sooo long to see where you would take this story. I look forward reading more.
Hi Valerie,
I am not disapointed!
I still love this story much and will follow it till the end.
It was hard to read about Tina’s lack of feelings, but she seems to have closed down emotionally and not only her feelings to Bette but in generally.. I thought she went to a therapist too? She needs a Dan too!
So glad Bette went to a therapist and it is funny it always is Dan Foxworthy who is the therapist. She seems to be more healthy and stable. She really did hit the bottom and is slowly climbing up. It was the right thing to do to give Tina her passport and drivers licence so she could go home. Why didn’t Tina go home, she misses her family so much? I think because deep down she still loves Bette.
Glad that Bette has the support of Kit. Yes Bette was very harsh and cruel, but she deserve the support from the others as well. They knew about Bette’s criminal past and she send them away for their own safety and made sure they could start over. It little more understanding and support when Bette came there very traumatized would have been welcomed. I am disapointed in them. They should have helped Bette, instead they left her.
I understand completely why Tina left, what Bette did was totally wrong and she shouldn’t have done it.
I still believe Bette & Tina can build a healthy relationship, so please give us that ????
I hope you will be able to post soon.
Stay save and healthy ????
.this is my fav story, please don’t be too cruel and split Bette n Tina in this story…reading that Tina had lost her feeling to Bette is devastating.. i love them when they are together…they were so much in love to one and another.. and now i am sad :(
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Wow Val really great chapter so much emotion Bette is finally seeing herself and healing from her past. Most of all shes feeling again. Her heart still beats for one lost woman who is struggling herself..
it would be good to know her thoughts through all of this is she finding piece. Is she finding her way towards Bette maybe if Bette said what she was feeling now.. and apologize for her actions maybe tell her what happened. I know she still loves Bette but I can see why she had to lock those feeling away . Bette pushed her to it she had to protect her heart from more hurt.
They both have a long ways to go. Thank you truly enjoy your story.. dont stay away so long.
I really like this crime drama. My native language is also not English, but it is written all well, I read easily and with pleasure. A big request not to give it up, write on. We are all looking forward to continuing.