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Out of Closet (B&T time-travel romance), Ch. 8
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Meanwhile, in another dimension
Place: Los Angeles, CA
Year: 2005
(Previously) Franklin went back to his desk and picked up a massive volume with torn and worn covers.
“This is all I was able to find out so far,” he ran his finger down the page of an old volume of ‘History of the Orange County’ to get the right information.
“Here it goes,” he said, clearing his throat before he began reading, “Melvin Porter (1820-1890), a wealthy landowner in Orange County, found his wealth during the Gold Rush in 1848. He invested all his money in land grants, built farms, factories and railroads and became one of the richest men in California. His wife, Maxine Porter (1830-1905), was famous for her love of arts. She always patronized local artists, organized annual art festivals and opened several art galleries in the valley. They had two daughters, Katherine ‘Katie’ Porter (1851-1886), talented singer, who was married to David Palmer, died from complications following childbirth, mother of David Porter Palmer; and Elizabeth ‘Bette’ Porter (1859-1885), a promising artist, never married.” He stopped and drank a glass of water, as if he just read the entire book.
“This is all?” Tina asked, slightly disappointed at the lack of information. “How can you be sure that my miniature has anything to do with this family?”
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“Be patient, Tina, and let me finish,” Franklin said, but not in a rude way, as he finished drinking, “there was a footnote connected to Elizabeth’s name and it says that she was a promising artist and was preparing several paintings for her mother’s annual art festival in 1885, but most of them were left unfinished due to her untimely death. The inserts have two paintings associated with Elizabeth Porter. One, your miniature painted by unknown artist that was photographed in 1985 by an art historian who was editing this book; and another was the painting of Porter’s mansion, apparently painted by Elizabeth for her sister Katherine’s wedding. The painting was entitled ‘Home is where your heart is.’ This painting is in the collection of Katherine’s great-great-great granddaughter, Katherine ‘Kit’ Porter.”
“The singer?” Tina asked surprisingly, thinking of a small world they were living in.
“Oh, yes, the one and only Kit Porter, who used to be famous in 80’s,” Franklin nodded in agreement, “I didn’t make the connection earlier…good for you, Tina. At any rate,” he continued, “there’s probably not much of the legacy left of the Porter family, anyway. Ms. Porter…Kit…was heavy on drugs at one point and had drinking problems, that sort of stuff…well, you know how one can get in that kind of occupation…so I can only assume that the painting of the house could’ve been sold or lost.”
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Thanks for the update, I really enjoy reading it. I can’t wait for more, please post soon. :)
OK, now what do you mean ” this story doesn’t attract many readers ” ? How is that possible ? Are you sure you’ve been “promoting” this fic right ( lol ! ) ? I mean, seriously, I’m genuinely shocked to read this. I love this story, I really do and I find it very enthralling… And everytime you post an update, after reading it I find myself thinking : ” damn it, this is so short !!! She can’t do this to us ! This is called “torture”, B&TF ! ”
OMG that was definitely a cliff hanger! Did Eric get out somehow and made Bette pay for his arrest? Can’t wait until your next update…you have my interest in this story!
Bette seems to have died a horrible death. I hope that they can find that love again in a safer time period.
oh what a way to end this chapter… please update SOON???!!!
LOL… Okay, now, who is the big tease???… Ahahah… This story is getting better and better. I’ve always loved slow building and unconventional Tibette stories, and gotta say that I’m served with this one! I love this, B&TF, and I can’t wait to see what happens next and to follow the adventures of Chris(Tina) and Eliza(Bette). I think you have great stuff in store, and this is getting really exciting. I wonder how Bette died, and I can only speculate about how B&T will finally meet. Oh, and this thingie with Alice is more than intriguing… Thanks for everything (not only talking about the fic) and please, please, please, continue reposting this fic, pretty please! K ;)
This story is amazing despite what you might think my talented friend, you wrote it incredibly as a beginner and now look at you, you are one of the biggest and most talented writers on the site with the mistakes and without them, you are what you are Hun and we love you for that. Thank you for this beautiful chapter, believe me any chapter that has Bette and Tina in it turns out to be amazing and so full of everything. Can’t wait for the next post, so please don’t be long posting it. Love
it’s great to see this story back again and to be able to read and remember how this plays out. great writing and thanks for taking the time to re-share with us again.
That was great!