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S. O. (Esss Ohhh)
Tina continued talking to Henry, but felt calmer than she had a right to be, given the stakes. Henry was insisting again that he wouldn’t be able to take care of the kids. He went on and on about needing to get to Stockholm since his business suddenly depended on it. He didn’t realize that he’d never brought this part up during their previous arguments, in New York, when Tina had first talked about traveling to Montana for this location shoot.
What was the use?
Everything they’d been arguing about was clearly about something else. What he’d been saying was code in Henry-speak that he would pull away if Tina didn’t choose him.
He didn’t have the guts to say so, but Tina now saw that she’d known all along that he was forcing her to make that choice, and that he wanted out if things didn’t go his way. He wanted out of the marriage. Out of being a dad to their two kids. Out of the life they’d built in New York.
Yes, that had to be it. What other explanation for all this rage, all this nastiness spewing out of him, could there be?
Maybe he’d started to cheat. Maybe he really couldn’t handle being a dad to kids who weren’t white like they were. Maybe the kidnapping had shocked him to a realization about that. Maybe it was all of those reasons, and he just couldn’t tell Tina.
She’d refused to see it before but she had to see it now: gone was the college boyfriend she’d fallen for and married as soon as they’d graduated. No, Henry wasn’t the man she thought he would grow into once he found his footing. Maybe, as his mom seemed to have tried to warn Tina, Henry hadn’t been ready to be a husband, or to be a father when they’d told her about their plans to adopt.
And maybe this Montana trip was a way for the fates to make her see she and the kids had another path.
Jay stood next to her and held her hand as she talked to Henry. It was comforting, and oddly exciting, holding hands like this with the beautiful brunette. Jay’s unique half-smile, half-frown, and large brown eyes captured all her attention. She saw the fork on the road looming, again, but not as fearfully as she’d once considered it.
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Thanks for the chapter!
Great to see new part of the story.
And Tina – this is Bette! You just need to jump on her and Oh wait, you just almost did it:)
Tina says (innocently): “almost did what?”
????
Hm, maybe we’ll find out in next chapter?:)
So happy to see the update. Thanks
Just had to say that I was so happy to see a new chapter to this story! Love your attention to detail and YES to more teasing from those two.
Thanks for posting!
I personally luv the early, teasing phase when you just know you’ve clicked with someone
the fighting phase, um, not so much.
Would love to see this story continued by the way! I think about that ending often. That chemistry!! Hope you’ll consider x
Hi JBLH,
Yes, will continue this. Taking a while, but getting there! Hope you’ve had a good holiday. Happy New Year!
-S
Thank you for the reply and I’m so happy to hear this news!!! Happy New Year and I can’t wait to see where this story goes.
Happy writing!
So great to have a new chapter, thanks ever so much. Always wonderful to read about their love blossoming, and right now it is on a rampage. Yay!!!!! Tina will get all her stuff together, take care of her children and tell henry to go straight to hades and beyond. He is too much of a d–k to tell her he wants out, just not much of a man, his mother had already told her so. Tina should have listened to her and run like hell. I think he has already found someone to keep him warm at night, whether it is Stockholm or New York. Good riddance to him, he’s not worth piss. She needs Bette in her life for a love that is total and complete and when the children are there they will look like a truly complete family. Can hardly wait for all this to unfold. Thanks again for posting.
Speaking of Stockholm, for some reason, I thought you’d appreciate the following one liner from Ken Dodd (RIP):
“Just read a book about Stockholm Syndrome. It started off badly, but by the end I really liked it…”
Side-splitting ????
Not picking on Swedish friends and readers out there, of course.
Thanks for commenting. Now let me get a pot for H to p*ss in, bec that’s all he deserves, right?
Welcome back skydancer!
I missed you and your story!
They met and bonded immediatley, there was a instant connection.
Henry is a asshole and it wouldn’t surprise me if he is cheating around Tina’s back. Dump him and start a family with Bette.
It is clear that Lena is history as possible lover, but i do hope she will continue to be a friend for Bette.
Fantastic update, please don’t let us wait too long for the next chapter!
So does anyone here have an ex-SO whose fine with being just a friend, after things went south between you two? For real, I mean.
I hadn’t and i doubt about possibility of this.
That’s why i always be sceptical about IC version friendship between Bette and Alice in TLW and that Alice truly cared about B&T relationship.
Hi, it’s been a long time since your last post, are you consider to continue this very interesting story?
Hi Z, yes, it has been a long time. I’ve had the next few chapters in draft, but haven’t had time to finish them. Meanwhile, a few things happened IRL, so life sucked for a while, and I wasn’t writing anything. Then a new story wormed its way into my head, in a way I couldn’t ignore so I’ve been writing that one out. May post that sooner than the next chapter for this one, and I hope you’ll like it.
Take good care, in the meantime!
S
Ok, thanks for the explanation. Then i’ll be waiting for your new story or update for this one!
Oh no, it’s been 3 1/2 years since the last entry. Please don’t tell me that COVID-19 impacted your writing.
I love this new/different story line!! When TJ arrives the intersection with Bette (Jay) will just add more and more to the story.
And, don’t forget the LA airport lounge conversation that Bette heard period to her departure. Another line of this great story!
Please write/publish more, PLEASE!