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Posthumous Wisdom (16)
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“No it all got messed up. Jodi was here this weekend and to cut a long story short I felt bad spending what little time we had together with Tina so we’re doing it tomorrow night.”
“Oh, well make sure you have plenty of tissues” Shane stated softly
Sensing the sadness in the younger woman’s voice Bette looked up at her and enquired “I take it you opened yours?”
“Yep, it’s been quite the eventful day to tell you the truth. I was so scared to open that letter. You know as far as Dana knew when she wrote it I was in this great relationship with Carmen and I hadn’t made the biggest mistake of my life.”
“Is that really how you see it?”
Shane set her beer bottle aside and leaned back on her hands looking up at the sky. Her mind was clearly turning and her companion knew to wait patiently for an answer. Despite being a woman of few words, when Shane did speak about her emotions she was usually brutally honest.
“No, I suppose not. Not marrying Carmen wasn’t the biggest mistake of my life. Doing what I did to her that night though, leaving her there to find out the way I did, letting her wonder what it was all about, that was pretty much the worst thing I’ve ever done to another person. The really weird thing is I know overall the choice I made was the right one. Having Shay with me this year made me realise how much I still needed to grow up and get my priorities straight. I’m fairly certain if I had just choked down my doubts and married her we still wouldn’t be together today. I just wasn’t ready to be that person then. The worst part is I don’t think that person who I was at that time could have handled the situation any differently. They say hindsight is a wonderful thing, I suppose it really is if it means not just that you can see the consequences of your previous actions but that also you could go back and relive them as the person you are now, not the one you were then.”
“Seriously Shane you should ask Tina if she knows any T.V. studio bosses that would let you pitch a show to them – Just Ask Yoda. It’s scary how insightful you are. Whatever about being able to work it out about everyone else’s lives the fact that you can apply it to yourself – unlike the rest of us you are never going to have to pay for therapy. Just lie yourself down on your couch and give yourself a hundred dollars for listening to your own advice.” Bette joked.
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that was great and I can’t wait to see what will happen next please post soon great update and I am glad that you are taking your time with alice’s package thank you and again great update I love it
speachless that shane opens up. so insightful….excellent…pps
Fantastic – sad and yet heart warming. Your writing is quite brilliant and can’t wait for more soon.
sorry i havnt commented before but i love this story its amazing, and that last line…oh my god im so gona cry i cant believe it why would you do that to me?lol please tell me this is going to turn out like they wrote on the ourchart forum where dana couldnt cope with the cancer, faked her death and comes back like a year or so later?lol poor alice! ur story is great and i hope you post very soon!!
I’m awed. i really don’t know what to say except i love it and PPS:D
pure genius. I MISS DANA
You are doing such a wonderful job with this story. All of the characters have come to life for me. Thanks. Lin
WOW!!! Such powerful writing. I’m awestruck. I love the honesty of emotion in the conversation between Bette and Shane. I think they are both finally forgiving themselves for the mistakes they made in their lives. And those flashbacks of the love between Dana and Alice moved me to tears. I love it all. Can’t wait for your next installment.
Wonderful! Loved the Bette/Shane scene. They have such an interesting dynamic. Love, love, love the letter and pictures (and the flashback on the habit with marking the pictures). I’m looking forward to the next chapter (and the other layers to Alice’s letter). Thanks so much for the update!
Holy fricken hell…what a brilliant chapter, really beautiful. The relationship of Shane and Bette has always facinated me and where the show just hints at it, seeing it more fully explored is great to read.