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Private Duty—Chapter 1

”Shhhh. Don’t cry” Bette pleaded softly and pulling Tina into a hug.
Tina pulled away
”No! I don’t deserve your compassion! I’m sorry. I need some air!”
Tina got up and quickly went out the back door leaving Bette helpless on how to ease Tina’s conscience.
”Shit” Bette muttered needing some air herself.
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Tina sat stoically on the bench outside leading to the flower garden in front of the guest house thinking back to the day a 10 year old Bette first arrived at her house when they lived in North Carolina.
Over 20 years ago:
”Come in Elizabeth. Don’t be shy. This is going to be your home now” Theresa said holding Bette’s hand and leading her inside the house.
Bette froze and wouldn’t go any further. Theresa felt resistance on her hand and sighed when she turned around to see the frightened look on Bette’s face. She knelt down and put her hands gently on Bette’s arms.
”Elizabeth? Sweetie? I know it’s scary to be in a new place but we are glad you are here. Your parents wanted us to take care of you in case something happened to them” Theresa explained
”Hi!” A voice called out behind Bette. Bette turned around and smiled when she saw it was Tina
”Hi!” Bette replied
”You want to come swing Elizabeth?” Tina asked bouncing back and forth on her heels to her toes
”Yes” Bette said then turned back to Theresa ”Is it ok Ms. Terry if I go swing with Christina?”
Theresa nodded and Tina grabbed Bette’s hand running toward the swing set
Theresa folded her arms and sighed at the two laughing as they began to swing.
”She’s going to be ok Theresa”
Theresa turned to see her husband behind her.
”I hope so Harris. Losing Melvin and Maxie in that car accident just devastated her. Her sister didn’t even come to the funeral. She has no other place to go. At least she and Christina have gotten to know each other these past few months. It will make it easier for her to adjust” Theresa said wiping away a tear from her eye.
”Yeah. I know. We need to get her enrolled in Christina’s school. It starts soon. I still can’t believe Melvin and Maxie wanted us to raise her if something happened to them. I don’t want to let them down” Harris said honestly.
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I remember this so pleased to see it back and look forward to you continuing it and completing it.
Happy New Year, stay safe
SG
Happy New Year to you SG! You stay safe!
This is a good beginning…. but please do not abandon your other story….. I so want to see what happens to Bette and Tina in that one as well as this one…..
I am going to have to start taking notes on all the stories that are in progress… I love reading them all, but I get somewhat frustrated when they suddenly end with no ending…. I get particularly frustrated when the story goes on for many months and chapters and then suddenly just stops – then years go by and nothing. And then suddenly the author will start to write again and starts one or two or three stories with no mention of the saga which I have been waiting for for months perhaps years. And the strange thing is that the stories are good and seem to be so close to completion. Another couple of chapters maybe????
Totally understand your frustration Martha!…If you are referring to Stolen Hearts it only has one chapter remaining for that book. I should post it soon. I have not decided to do a sequel. It would depend on demand. As far as Soul Dancing that one is far from over. This one however I have been writing on and it’s almost finished. It could warrant a sequel..but again.. that would be up to you the readers
Thank you for the comment!
I completely echo your comments.
A Happy and Healthy New Year Martha
Gr8 story. Sometimes forgiving ones’ self is a monumental task. Breaking patterns of self-hatred take more than a little bit internal tenacity. Tina will ultimately have to let Bette help her through the guilt and pain. And even Theresa will have to let Bette show her kindness.
Looking forward to more chapters!
Great story.. I hope to read more, please.
I remember this story and i am glad you have almost written all the chapters and yes i would love to read a sequel!
And of course I will read the other stories!
Happy New Year!
This is a really good chapter. Great beginning to a very intriguing story. Bette is very forgiving.