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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

     

    "Well you were certainly too close to Tina for my comfort when you weren’t being honest about who you are."

     

    "I didn’t hurt them," Maxine said, but put her hands up as if she were surrendering.  "But it wasn’t fair to do that without talking to you first, that was my mistake and I take ownership of it."

     

    "Believe me, I’m blaming you."

     

    "Well for a while I thought you were blaming your sister," Maxine said.  "It wasn’t Kit’s fault."

     

    "I blame Kit for her own actions," Bette said.  "And I blame you for yours.  I just don’t want there to be any misunderstanding between us on that point."

     

    "So you came here to tell me that you don’t want me in your life."  Maxine rose from the stool and uncovered a different watercolor painting that needed some finishing touches.  She held a brush, steady, in her aging hand and began to make broad strokes across the canvas to highlight the orange hues at the bottom of the picture.  Maxine could feel Bette’s eyes on her every movement and knew that art would at least be a possibility for them to bridge the gap.  "I can only assume that you speak for Tina and Angelica as well?"

     

    "We’re a family, Maxine, you aren’t breaking that up."

     

    "Do you think I want to?"  Maxine turned to face Bette in shock.

     

    "I think that this has the potential for some drastic changes to my relationship with my wife and daughter, and that I won’t tolerate.  Tina asked me to give you a chance and hear you out, that’s what I’m doing here."

     

    "You’re not ready to hear me out, Bette.  I can see it in your posture."

     

    "I’m as ready as I am ever going to be."  Bette leaned against the stool, crossing her feet in front of her as she locked eyes with her mother.  "It’s really now or never for me Maxine.  That love you talked about between Tina and I is what got me here, so she’s no longer an avenue you need to use and exploit.  This is your shot to tell me what you want to tell me and then, after this, I can only assume that we’ll go back to living our respective lives."

     

    "Is that what you want, Bette?"  Maxine blinked back her tears, knowing her one and only shot was now upon her.  "To cut me out of your life without truly being open to listening to what I have to say?  You don’t want Tina to know this part of your life?  You don’t want Angelica to have a grandparent that would do anything for her?"

     

    "Take your chance, Maxine," Bette said through clenched teeth and a posture so rigid she felt it in every muscle in her back.  "You’re on borrowed time." 

     

     

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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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