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    Love’s Recovery

    Story written on August 26, 2010 by Gumby.
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    Chapter 17 – Bette pays a visit to Maxine

     

    "We’re supposed to get record highs today, Babe, are you sure you want to fight traffic on a day like today?  You could come home and change clothes and wait the heat out, it might be better at night."

     

    "I don’t need to change," Bette shot back, "I already know what I’m going to say and if I don’t do this now, then I won’t do it for a while.  Things are busy here, Tina, I’ve got budgeting nightmares and a staff position to fill for Fall.  I don’t need this hanging over my head as another ‘to do’ item."

     

    Bette jerked open the car door as she mumbled to herself about Tina always being right.  

     

    "I should have at least worn a lighter color," Bette mumbled as she threw her suit coat in the back seat of her car.  "It doesn’t matter, I won’t be long."

     

    Bette stepped onto the beach, feeling her heels instantly sinking into the sand, making it difficult to walk. She balanced herself, removing one heel than the other, and hung them off her fingers as she continued her journey to the pathway.  She watched carefully where she was stepping, avoiding the seaweed that had been churned up and abandoned by the water on the sand. 

     

    "How fitting," Bette mumbled as she reached the first step. 

     

    Bette stepped on the first step, balancing yet again on one foot to slip her shoe back on.  She repeated the motion, set on climbing the set of stairs in her stiletto heels, making her feel somewhat more formal.  Bette had thought about calling throughout the day to tell Maxine she would be stopping by, but regardless of how many times she picked up the phone with the card Maxine gave Tina in her hand, she could never bring herself to dial the number.

     

    "You should be just as surprised as I was," Bette muttered as she neared the top of the stairs.  "I’ll give you the same consideration you gave me, Maxine, when you burst into my life."

     

    Bette stood at the top of the stairs staring at the house before her.  There was a certain familiarity to it; perhaps it was just the presence of her mother in a home.  Regardless, Bette steadied herself and approached the door, not giving it a second thought.  She knocked, rather loudly, to carry the sound over the music playing inside.  Bette stood on the back porch, turning her body slightly to look out at the beach trying to portray a woman in control and relaxed.  After several minutes with no response, she knocked once again, more forcefully, but it fell on deaf ears.

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    4. This is a really difficult situation. Bette has entirely too much emotional confusion going on right now to really listen to Maxine and I can understand why Bette wants to get this over with and put it all behind her. Unless Maxine comes up with something really compelling at this moment she won’t get another shot with Bette. She is in a really tough spot. I hope she says enough to at least make Bette think about talking to her again when she’s had more time to deal with all of this.

    5. Intense…your writing is amazing…when it’s funny…it’s hysterical, when it’s sad…it’s deeply melancholy, and when you write intense…it is waiting to exhale time!! You rock Gumby!!!

    16. Awesome as always! i think this is the only way Bette can handle this – and Maxine should have laid her cards on the table before this. Frankly, I don’t have any warm or fuzzy feelings toward her, and I think Bette’s correct to be wary of her. PPS! And Happy Birthday Sea!

    18. LOL Thanks for the birthday wishes…oh my, I ate so much chocolate yesterday, I need another year before I celebrate another birthday!!! When I was younger it was alcohol, now it’s chocolate…next year I’m using sex to celebrate…it’s so much easier on the system! LOL…….What a chapter! Your descriptions are perfection! It’s hard though, Bette is standing there like a stone statue. How do you get someone to hear you when you know they are not capable at that moment of listening? I have complete trust in you and the story you are telling. If anyone can do it, you can. :-) Thanks Gumby!!

    19. Wow. This was so beautifully written. Even though it’s a hard situation. I love how you used Maxine’s art to slightly soften Bette’s heart to listen somewhat. I hope that it will soft just enough to get her to listen and to consider forgiving her mother. And also realize that forgiveness is really for herself. The anger, resentment and bitterness, just let it go. She has to get to the point where she realizes that she does need her mother. Thanks for the chapter. PPS

    20. Damn, Bette was a little harsh and although I understand, I do wish Bette would give her mother half a chance at least. She has decided not to give any creedance to anything her mother says. Bette also has to admit that her father lied to her and kept her mother away from her by threats to her wellbeing. When she hears the bloody gory truth she will start to understand just what kind of an underhanded man her father really was and what he was capable of doing to those that loved him. All she has to do is remember how he had shut Kit out of his life and what he did to Kit’s mother and she will understand more of what her mother went through. Gosh, please let her understand and soften her heart because this is the only mother she will ever have and she has a chance to have her in her life again. Maybe Bette should talk to Peggy about this as well. Thanks for posting.

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