Carrie came out of the bedroom to find Alice lying on the floor with Angelica balanced on her feet. Taped to the wall over the couch was Helena‘s offer. In pink pen, Carrie recognized as the color Alice had intended to use for notes in their interview last night, written across the page beneath the offer was “WHAT THE ***** IS THIS?!!!”
Carrie looked at the wall and then back at Alice, back at the wall, back at Alice. Alice, for her part, continued smiling and cooing at Angie, clearly knowing that what you say to babies doesn’t matter, it’s the way that you say it. “Hello, pretty girl, I think your Aunt Carrie is planning to sell her soul to the devil. Yes, I do. I think Helena Peabody has offered her ridiculous amounts of money to convince her to make the biggest mistake of her life. I do. But you’re still gorgeous, and thank God for that, because Mommy Bette is going to go apoplectic when she finds out that Aunt Carrie and Mommy Tina are going to work for Helena’s production company and the only thing that might and I stress might calm her down is you.”
“Ok, enough,” Carrie said, laughing. “I get it.”
Alice sat up with the baby. “Do you? Cause I don’t think you do. I told you about Helena‘s hard-on for Bette and her wackass treatment of your sister. Helena is bitter and spiteful and arrogant, but most of all she’s ***** diabolical. She was not happy when Tina went back to Bette and she made that known. I know she sounds completely reasonable and business-like when she’s talking to you, but don’t let that fool you.”
“Alice, I’m not,” Carrie said, sitting on the coffee table facing Alice on the floor. “I’m talking about it with people. I’ve run it by Tina, and my mother just now. I want to sit down with Tina and Bette. We can make our decision together. But what I need now is a lawyer. Happen to know a good contract attorney?”
Alice raised her eyebrow. “You really think Helena is going to accept a contract you design?”
“She’s gonna have to if she wants me to sign it. This will be on my terms or not at all, Alice, and my terms are that she writes checks and makes a shitload of money leaving all the work to me and the people that I hire. Otherwise, ***** her. I don’t need this.”
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bETTE IS MY GIRL,THE PERFECT ANSWER. nOW LET cARRIE TELL hELENE no THANKS
…and that was a perfect chapter! Thanks, jenny!
Whoa! Jenny that was so great I Love it OK! PLS. continue well I hope if you taking a BAR for Law good Luck! but PLS. post soon!
LOL! Yeah, I took my dog for that long delayed run yesterday…he was like a kid in a candy store!
Bette handled Tina’s situation beautifully. To ask Tina to not work with Carrie on the project would highlight her insecurity with her and Tina’s relationship. But saying how she felt, and then stating that she trusts and supports her, well that’s just the biggest vote of confidence.
And I so loved how Alice got he rpoint across to Carrie whilst talking to Angie…I could actually hear her making the cooing sounds. Well written!
Yes that was the perfect answer from Bette and the perfect response from Tina. I am glad that Tina realizes the trust and love that Bette has for her, and her answer shows how much she respects and honor Bette. I hope that Carrie is smart enough to realize that she just got her complete family back and cementing and reconnecting her bonds with her sister as well as getting to know Bette and Angie is MUCH MORE important that money. She has the rest of her life to make money. She has already lost time and years with her sister that she will never be able to recover. Great chapter, please continue.
yes i agree it was the perfect answer form bette…..
BUT… ALICE is the life saver here… her advise was the best to carrie… love this story.. please update soon
you can’t fail out of law school, because YOU have the perfect answers. Great chapter.
Bette is awesome and what a perfect answers, and now let see how Tina show Bette the another. Post soon please, thanks!
that was a great chapter. Love to see them loving and trusting
Carrie received a perfectly reasoned answer from Alice. She’ll get the same from Tina.
Sometimes young people insist upon learning from their own experiences. This may still be the case.
That was wonderful and Tina could not have given Bette a better answer. I pray she sticks to it. Caroline has to tell her fellow to stop butting into her business because HelNo is a devil in a red dress.
wow…the last part is SEXY~ LOL
“Wow that was a perfect answer,”
Yes, it was ;-)
i hope Carrie do not accept Helenas offer but maybe she is not just smart as Tina and the money can make her change her mind..but the good thing is B&T are sure about want the have now and Helena cant make nothing to disturb them..ok i think she cant..lol..great chappy post soon :o)
That was the perfect answer. And I’m glad Tina isn’t going to work on the project. I just hope Carrie doesn’t take the deal…she really needs to hear and listen to what Al told her. If she does decide to deal with the devil..I hope she doesn’t try to guilt Tina into helping her. Thanks for the chapter.
I know it’s been awhile but could you continue the story? You are a great writer and the story was well delivered.
I want to see Bette, Tina & Angelica meet everybody!
I want to know how Carrie & Tina create the movie version of the book!