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    Reprisal Reprised- Chapter 18 (Part 1)

    Story written on December 16, 2005 by Skipton.
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    “You’re really considering this, aren’t you?” Shelly asked.

     

    “And why wouldn’t I?” asked Bette.

     

    “I don’t know, it just seems pretty quick to be thinking about doing something like this right after getting this place up and running.”

     

    “Seems to me like this might be the perfect time” answered Bette as she took a sip of wine from her glass, “for the reason that you just stated.”

     

    “I wasn’t aware that I had stated a reason” Shelly said as she too tasted the wine. 

     

    “Perhaps not intentionally, but the truth of the matter is that we, and I do mean we, have gotten this place” gesturing with her hands around the gallery, “up and running, and therefore, perhaps can now consider expanding our horizons.”

     

    “I never knew that you were into expansion” said Shelly as she thought about what Bette was saying.

     

    “Nor did I” she responded honestly, “but if an opportunity presents itself, who are we to allow it to pass us by.”

     

    “What’s next?” asked Shelly.  “Paris, London, Milan?”

     

    “We’ll stick to a little closer to home for now” smiled Bette as she drained the contents of her wineglass.

     

    Removing her feet from her desk, she began to shut down her computer and organize some of the piles of paperwork that were on her desk.

     

    “Going somewhere?” asked Shelly, watching Bette pull her things together.

     

    “Yep” answered Bette without elaborating.

     

    “Care to share?”

     

    “Nope” she said as she popped the laptop from the docking station to place into it’s bag.

     

    “Oh really” said Shelly, smiling at Bette’s mysteriousness.  “You know that by not telling me, it’s only going to egg me on harder to find out what you’re doing.”

     

    Looking up, Bette smiled at Shelly and said, “I know that you must have more exciting things to do with yourself than try to figure out how I’m going to spend my Wednesday evening.”

     

    “Sadly” she said with a smile, “I really don’t.”

     

    “Well then, that only further serves to confirm that expansion in our work duties could not have come at a better time” she said with a wink of her eye as she grabbed her jacket and pocket book and walked towards her office door.

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    3. ok i want more and more..cant get enough of that story…Bette is really hard with Tina she say things to hurt i hope Tina be brave and dont ever think on given up on them..cant wait for more of that dinner..thanks Skip..amazing as always :o)

    8. So, I’ll have to spend the rest of my weekend with my heart ripped from my chest, crushed and bleeding, tossed into the bushes of a southern California patio garden. Thanks, Skipton you’re a peach…(hugs)

    12. Bette figures if she hurts Tina that she’ll give up…but she hasn’t broken Tina’s resolve. Tina just needs to keep focus on the goal — she already knows how Bette is going to try to throw her off. Funny, they know each other so well…yet it’s harder for them to even speak to one another. Each anticipates the other. Please continue.

    13. I for one DO NOT have a probably reading 20 pages of this story, so whatever you have please bring it. I love the dialogue. You can feel the emotions, it’s like your right there.

    14. Skip,You always have the ability to move me through your words and powerful imagery. Your dialogue is always on point w/the characters and so much more meaningful than the show. I so want to read more.

    15. great beginning for them, i think tina, the gardener can make the garden (bette’s heart) look beautiful and in love again…i hope their journey back together won’t be too long and painful

    16. Such dialogue – such tension – such a writer. I think you are getting better with each chapter and you were damn good to start with. Thanks for the pleasure of this story.

    20. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this great chapter. I’m glad to see that you seem to have found a nice rythm of writing.And BTW, 20 pages would be quite a treat!But as usual, we’ll be very patient and follow your lead.

    21. Tks for 3…Now if you would like a poll…3 vs 20…I’m sure we’d win and you would be posting 20…so pls we don’t mind really post it all….tks!!!

    23. thank you skip for a great story -one would have to say that Bette was devastated by Tina’s flight and yet she hasn’t cut her off completely but she sure isn’t making it easy for Tina. Perserve Tina.

    24. I love the long & drawn out tortured dance these two do ( or conversation if you really want to call it that!) Do please write MORE! & no need to hurry the story along – I’ll eat up all the angst you care to write – LOVE IT!

    27. Skip 20 pages I would love, In fact I think that you should write a book I won’t be able to put it down. I don’t understand how people are putting Bette down, I think Tina is lucky that she is talking to her, although I do want them to Kiss and make up, great chapter as always

    31. I love your style, your stories, can’t wait to read anything you want to write. thanks for always delivering such quality. Your stories take me away from this bleak cold winter in waiting.

    32. Oh, I feel for Bette and for Tina to still persevere in her hopes of winning Bette back. It will be a long and painful journey indeed. Love this line from Bette: “Whether or not you have to endure the death of the beauty that it once was, just to watch it fade away in front of your eyes, dying a slow death from the lack of touch that had once made it so beautiful.” It pretty much sums up her feelings and her fears if she lets Tina in and there’s a chance she’ll have to go through that again. **Big Sigh** I see that no one’s complaining about the 20 pages. That would really be a treat and a great X’mas gift, Skip. Thanks again.

    37. skip….oh my gawd! Excellent writing…I have absolutely NO problems reading 20 or 200 pages of your writing. Thank you for this chapter, and another plea here for part 2 to be posted very soon. It looks like a long road ahead for B&T but I am so invested in this journey of theirs. Santa, please let Skipton write for TLW, or the TLW spin off!

    38. I just read all of your chapters tonight and I LOVE it! It’s like all the other posters are saying, it’s sad, heartwrenching, lovely, funny, and every other emotion rolled into one. Please continue!!!

    40. Skip this is not like you, your not a tease. So why begin now I have already said that I know it would be a pleasure to read your work every single day. So lets start posting those pages already. As for the story even though there is so much angst between them its still the most intense feeling ever.

    46. I think it was a great way to have Bette start talking about how she felt when Tina left, b/c they weren’t just talking about plants. I’d take twenty pages anyday. Thanks for your writing.

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