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Round n Round We Go (Ch.16)
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She came out of the car, but didn’t follow the boy up. Instead, she stood next to the door and waited for me to come around.
I reluctantly approached her, and sensed that she probably had something to talk about. It wasn’t like I didn’t want to hear her out, but I just wasn’t sure I was ready to let go my anger. I didn’t know without the anger, what I might be feeling.
Under the dim moonlight, she looked into my eyes. “Can we talk?”
“I don’t know if I’m up to it, Tina.” Very honestly, I answered, and reached into my pocket for a cigarette. But I ran out. “Damn it.”
She suddenly fumbled something out of her purse. A bag of Davidoff Superior Lights. Since when she packed cigarette? I frowned. She handed it to me and smiled nervously. “I’d really rather you quit, Bette. But uh, this has the lowest level of tar…yeah…”
“It’s lady’s cigarette.” I read the wrap. Interesting, I was used to smoke really strong ones, Marlboro, mainly. Nevertheless, with curiosity, I lit one, took a breath. The minty taste was so light that it barely reached my throat. “That’s something new.”
“Umm, I just… I just want to say that it was nice, you with Angelo.” She glanced at her watch and started walking away. “I hope someday we can talk about things. Goodnight, Bette.”
I didn’t respond to that, neither did I move until she disappeared into the hallway.
It turned out to be a strange day, a bit light-hearted, a bit playful. I couldn’t possibly decipher the meaning behind her gesture. And as I drove with one hand on the wheel, the other playing with the cigarette package, I brought it up to my nose and sniffed at it for some unbeknownst reason. Somehow there was a lingering trace of minty soap on it.
In my grandmother’s garage, I lit another three or four cigarettes, and reviewed my day.
Pictures and fragments flashed through my head: grandmother and aunt Victoria in the living room, sunlight in the afternoon, old Lincoln with shiny paint, the idiotic man at my son’s school, Tina’s blonde hair, Michelangelo’s brilliant drawing, her smile, his food-war antic, her dramatic voice, his embrace, her hands on my arm, his big watery eyes, and her hazel eyes, and her giving me warning looks, her glancing at me, her blushing, her playing with the watch, her approaching me, her standing next to the car, her handing me the cigarette… all of a sudden, all I remembered was about her…
I closed my eyes, too tired to fight it. The vague figure of a 18 year old blonde girl and that of a fully grown woman slowly swirled in my head, and merged, and separated, then came together, and overlapped…
Sometime in the night, I stirred awake in the car, and rubbed my eyes, startled to find wet droplets streaming wildly down my cheeks.
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I know what you’re thinking. It’s just complicated, sad, messy.
But it’s inevitable. For Bette, she sometimes can be very stubborn, so that she could protect herself but also be oblivious to other things.
Let’s just say that the emotions are waking up.
And you are probably worried for her well-being. She’s shown quite the dangerous syndromes. You’ll see what I have stored for the future.
I’ll try not to be away for too long.
Peace.
So sad how things have gotten for Bette. Glad that the three had a good evening together. I love this story! Thank you!
That was a good evening. I couldn’t help but grin every time I picture Bette with the kid. She can be a little childish sometimes too, but she has the potential as a great mother.
Thank you for reading. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Very sad, indeed! And something is telling me that Bette’s hand tremors and headaches are the signs that something is really, really wrong with her brain… I can’t even utter the ‘C’ Word, I hope I’m mistaken..
Nicely done, though! Can’t wait to read more.
Oh my god you’re commenting on my story! I loooove yours!
Ah, don’t worry, I don’t have the gut to give Bette such a sickness, She’s not well that’s true. But I’ll fix it too.
Thank you so much for the support! It’s a lot coming from a writer I admire.
I want Bette to release all her anger at Tina and go off, just get it out her system because honestly I feel like Bette, I honestly dont think its fair that everyone is all nice with Tina when clearly she destroyed her lover heart and betrayed they’re blood, all of plan to extort money or whatever and now she’s happy cool laiding with the family argh! why do Bette always get the pain in these stories argh!..oh I know because she care about Tina more than herself I need Alpha Bette with Tina and mama Bette with Michaelangelo…but then a happy ending when its all said and done haha..I cant wait for their conversation
Your wish is my command. :) Bette’s angry, she is, no matter how hard she tries to not show that in front of her son, she’s gonna lose it when she and Tina are alone.
She just needs a trigger…
You’ll see how she gets worked up, and release the emotion all together.
Thanks for commenting! I always love your comments.
Sad very sad. Thx for your post!
It is, sad indeed. Thank you for the comment. Please continue to read!
This is sad wish they can talk and work thing out. Glad they have a good time and hope to see more of it. Please post more, thanks
I think there’s a lot that had happened, and when neither one of them intended to talk about the past, more issues build up and when one of them lose their cool, it’s gonna be some avalanche.
Thanks for commenting!
You have me worried about Bette, looks like she is serious ill.
Loved the dinner with them.
I hope they will talk soon and get this mess out of the way and start the family they are to supposed to be.
Bette is not well, I could tell you. But not so badly ill.
Her health issue is what I’m going to write about later. Now they have a lot of issues to work out.
I like the idea of starting a family again. Yet, it’s not gonna be easy. I am working on it!
Thank you for reading. I hope you’ll enjoy more.