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“I cried a lot too, especially when you tried to take my child away from me,” Bette said.
Tina let her arms drop and stepped away while trying to maintain some control over her rising anger.
“You tried to take her from me, Bette,” Tina said evenly. “I thought we were working towards an arrangement when you dropped the bomb that you were seeking sole custody.”
“I was acting irrationally because of the circumstances,” Bette tried to defend herself. She knew there was no defending what Tina was about to bring up.
“And you kidnapped her when we were in another country!” Tina said, still incredulous at the recollection.
“I brought her back within hours of your discovery that I even had her Tina, I wouldn’t characterize it as kidnapping,” Bette said weakly.
Silence followed as they both processed things they hadn’t discussed at all, except through lawyers years earlier.
Tina finally sighed and realized they were both going to have to admit some drastic errors in judgement if they hoped to move on.
“We’ve both done things that were nothing short of crazy because of the hurt we were experiencing,” she said quietly. “You don’t always act in a rational way when your world seems like it’s turning upside down.”
“I didn’t want to hurt you,” Bette said. “Everything I did was to help me feel better. I couldn’t stand the emptiness anymore and kept looking for a way to make it better.”
“I was doing the same thing in a different way,” Tina replied.
They were both exhausting at the topic of conversation but knew how important it was.
“We can’t keep trading hurt to make us even,” Bette said. “If we’re going to have a chance, it has to be a fresh start. I don’t know if I’m ready for that yet.”
“I’m patient,” Tina said. “And I’m willing to talk about anything that will help us feel ready for whatever we can have together.”
“I’m never indifferent to you,” Bette said thoughtfully.
“No, that’s never a word I’ve used when I’m thinking about you either,” Tina replied.
“That’s a good thing isn’t it?”
“If we didn’t care, it wouldn’t matter what happened,” Tina agreed. “But we obviously still care. A lot.”
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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