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She excused herself and walked purposefully back to her office. She dialled the number by heart and almost immediately heard the voice on the other end.
”Tina Kennard.”
”You have been planning for a while,” Bette said.
”It arrived on time,” Tina replied with some apprehension at how Bette might react.
”It did, and it’s beautiful.”
”Are there ripe grapes on it?”
”Delicious, ripe and so purple they’re almost black,” Bette replied.
”I had it delivered to the office because you could plant it in the courtyard at the centre of the building, or of course you could take it home and plant it in the yard.”
”I don’t have to leave it in the container?”
”Not at all,” Tina replied. ”Although you might want to have a gardener help with the transplant to minimize the shock to the vine.”
”Hmm, I happen to know someone who is quite a skilled gardener,” Bette said quietly. ”Would you help with that?”
”You know I’d love to.”
”Maybe this weekend?” Bette asked.
”Sure, but I’m having you over for dinner on Friday,” Tina reminded her.
”I know, I’m not suggesting Friday.”
”You’re the one with a hectic dating schedule,” Tina said. ”You pick what day works best.”
”It’s not hectic Tina, it’s just dinner with someone from work,” Bette said defensively.
”I’m sorry,” Tina said, trying to douse the flames of a potential argument. ”I’m trying to give up my passive aggressive ways, but it’s taking some time. Forget I said anything. What would be best for you?”
”Let’s make it Saturday,” Bette said. ”But later in the day so I can get some writing done in the morning.”
”We’ll confirm a time on Friday?”
”Sounds good,” Bette replied. ”And Tina? Thanks. I’m touched that you thought of such a perfect gift.”
”Can I tell you a secret?” Tina said tentatively.
”Okay.”
”The company I contracted to ship it over phoned me Saturday morning to let me know it had arrived and would be delivered today.”
”So that’s what spurred you to action this weekend,” Bette laughed. ”When did you become such a procrastinator?”
”I know you haven’t been able to think of me without thinking about what I did to our family,” Tina said quietly. ”But for a long time I couldn’t think of you without thinking about what you did to our family. And I had to be sure. Worst case scenario, I would have re-routed the delivery this morning.”
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Oh my God!
I am so happy that you are back!
I love your stories, i read them more than once over the years.
But i don’t have time to reread this story, have to work very early in the morning , but i hope to read it when i am back tomorrow. I am looking forward to it!
You are a incredible writer and i do hope that you will find the time to write more! For now, thank you again for returning!
I was so happy to see your name again, I love your stories, off to read now,, but please continue to post more stories.,, please post soon.
Thanks for the shoutout! You’re an incredible writer with a natural style that pulls the reader in and makes one sorry when the chapter/story ends. Your writing demands rereading many times. It’s just that enjoyable. :-)
Brilliant, thanks so much for this. 62 Pages of pleasure.
Enjoy your stories which are good to read more than once.
Look forward to keeping on swimming :-)
I love this story, as I always enjoy reading your work!
Loved it, thanks so much. You are such a good writer!
Glad you are back,I love your stories.
I certainly remember this story and I love it more now. Thanks for updating the language so the profane language is present. It’s not that I am a complete potty mouth but let’s be realistic. Several of the stories that have transferred over have blanks or asterisks instead of the actual language. In my opinion, when this happens, the stories lose some of their authenticity and the characters lose their edge. I realize that it takes effort to fill in the blanks especially in longer stories. So thanks for doing that.
I find stories harder to read with the asterisks inserted…it’s like a jolt of reality interfering with my escapism. I had to get to the task of editing them out. I do plan to work on more stories; some easier than others because of where the files are. This story was first posted almost 10 (!) years ago, so the digital file was more challenging to retrieve. I’m not much for cursing, but the occasional well placed F-bomb can really get someone’s attention.
@JKS I can’t believe this story is almost 10 years old! It reads now as fresh as it did then. I really love your stories because they are so well written with realism, humor, sarcasm and authenticity. It also helps that for us ORs (Original Readers), it follows canon for the characters and storylines. :-)
WOW, what a fabulous surprise seeing you back here, JKS! So glad you found your way back here and have even edited! Let me know if you have any questions or need any help!
Wonderful story. Thanks for sharing again!
Thanks for your effort of editing and for giving us this wonderful story again.
It’s still as beautiful as I remember it from reading your story for the first time a few years ago.
Finally I managed to finish reading!
I was slowly reading this story.
And I confess that it was a great trip.
Pretty and wonderful.!
And to think that have passed since the 10 years, but
It remains very current.
The entire universe.
Don’t remember seeing this before and it was wonderful, took me back a ways. So great to have you back giving us something to read from you. Wish other former writers would come back to us, all of you are valued and missed greatly. So many of the stories are not completed, would be so nice if they were. Again welcome back, looking forward to more. Thanks.
Loved this! I love your writing. I’m so glad I’ve come across your stories, be it years later but better late than never lol