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Part 10 – Footprints
As she waited patiently Angie thought about getting up and checking in the other rooms to see if anyone else was around but she’d spent enough time in hospitals, clinics and treatment centers while she was ill to know not to wander off on her own in a strange place. She decided it was best to just stay put, lay quietly and watch and wait for Bette to wake up.
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Opening her chocolate brown eyes to meet Angie’s hazel green ones peering over the pillow Bette smiled as she yawned and stretched. Feeling a little pull in her lower abdomen reminded her of the childbirth just a few hours earlier. She was fortunate to have had a vaginal birth with no tearing that required stitches and without significant complications. Unlike Tina’s distressing birth experience that necessitated being transported to the hospital in an ambulance and having an emergency C-section for Bette labor presented no risk to her life or that of her baby.
In contrast she’d had a leisurely drive to the birth center with her family; was met at the door by her doctor and had an uneventful natural birth. She was awake and alert during the entire birth and didn’t require any drugs compared to Tina being unconscious for several hours after the surgery that was necessary to safe her child. Bette knew she was blessed to have had an easy time and also grateful to be the first to hold her baby. Bette was also the first to hold Angie. Kit was next followed by their friends as they welcomed the child into the family circle before Tina ever met her. Missing out on that initial bonding opportunity and the trauma of the life and death experience might have had a lingering effect and could explain some of Tina’s insecurities and fears about losing Angie.
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Knowing some of Bette and Tina’s past, after delivering the placenta and checking Bette’s blood pressure and heart rate Dr. Perez had also discretely observed her emotional state and noted there was no inkling of postpartum depression. When trying to make sense of the weeks and months of contention between the couple following Angie’s birth Dr. Perez speculated that Tina might have suffered with postpartum depression that possibly went undetected, undiagnosed and untreated. Dr. Perez wasn’t about to let that happen with Bette. Successfully delivering the baby was just the beginning of her responsibility to the new mother. She would continue to be involved in Bette’s overall health and well-being by keeping close watch, but there didn’t seem to be any indicators that it was a concern.
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Oh yes, that was a amazing chapter.
Angie truly loves her little brother, she is so cute! .
And you made my heart flutter with some hope for a Tibette reunion, with the last few lines.
Please make my Tibette heart happy.
Thanks for a beautiful story!
Still feels like Tina doesnt belong anymore, even in the “framily”. And she definitely doesnt belong with Bette.. That ship has sailed, and its not a bad thing.
Enjoyed the update, thanks
Cute do I see a Tibette reconcilation……
Thanks for a very nice Chapter.
Please can we have Tibette reconciled with this new edition to their family
Look forward to your next post.
Thanks! This was so beautiful and touching in the end! We all have forgiveness in our hearts. Tina will always belong in Bette’s life. We all deserve a second chance! Miracles do happen. PPS
Hi BAT! Thanks for the update. You know that I like B and T to be together but given the circumstances that had happened between the two of them… mmm.. i think I wouldn’t really expect more. Personally I couldn’t accept what Tina has done to Bette. Letting Bette to be imprisoned for how many years! WTF! I think Bette will always be an Ex-con and that doesn’t suit well for me.
You can always forgive but forget? i doubt it. The scar is too deep. But of course TiBette love has always been different most esp. in fan fics. Somehow it surpasses everything.
I’ll still hold on to your story coz I love it.
XOXO
Scribe
Amazing chapter! Truly a family.
I hate to see them like this…the hurt the fights the cheating is all bad…but when they move on from each other that’s the worst pain to me..it feels like the greatest love is over…sigh… I hope for wonderful outcomes but I don’t think that’s gonna happen with them together
and ‘a big disappointment when the stories do not finiscono..siamo here to wait and I think we deserve respect because of your fans. excuse the outburst.
Bat, are there more chapters to this story, I can’t find them listed anywhere but when I go the”next post by author” I have found another but now I can not find it anymore. Please tell me there are more and where to find them. Thanks.
I enjoyed the story development on this particular story. I am a Tibette fan, but in this story, I don’t agree that they should be together. From Bette’s talk with Shane, she acknowledges the problems of the past and doesn’t blame Tina but takes responsibility for her part in the problems. Tina has yet to do that…until she does, any relationship with her would be unhealthy for Bette and undesirable. You mentioned possible post partum for Tina and it is obvious that she needs therapy to come to grip with her her part in their sad saga. Bette would do well to steer clear of her and not risk her health and sanity and that of her family with Toxic Tina. I do hope you will complete this story…without the sugar-coated ending.