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Say Nothing Chapter 1
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Bette stopped her pacing as the phone began to ring. She looked at James and held up her crossed fingers hoping that it was Giselle. Bette pressed the speaker button. “ Good morning, The Porter Gallery.”
“Good morning madam, is this Ms. Porter?” The accent was femininely French.
“Yes, good morning Giselle.”
“Good morning Ms. Porter. I am very sorry to have kept you waiting. I hope I have not disrupted your day by my delay.”
“No, not at all Giselle. I have you on speaker phone. My assistant James is with me this morning and I wanted to include him in our conversation.”
“Good morning James.”
“Good morning Giselle.”
Bette relaxed and immediately slipped into work mode. “Giselle, as we discussed last week, I am very, very interested in showing Ms. Kennard’s work in my gallery. You had indicated that you would broche the subject with her. Were you able to speak with her about this possibility?”
“I was, Ms. Porter. She wondered if you were the same Ms. Porter who had challenged her concerning Da Vinci?”
“Well, yes. No, well, ….. I certainly hope that she did not see our conversation as a challenge to her knowledge or eye for art. It was simply a thought provoking conversation…….”
“No Ms. Porter”, she smiled as she remembered the conversation. I do not think she actually felt you were confrontational.”
Bette’s eyes lit up and she mouthed the word “CONFRONTATIONAL.” James just slowly closed his eyes as if that would in any way help that whole conversation go away.
Right back into work mode for Bette. “Giselle, did she indicate at all that she would remotely consider my offer to show her work in my gallery?”
“Ms. Porter, her immediate response was that she never shows her work in the United States, why should she consider your offer over the many others she has received and turned down?”
Bette was now in that posture that only Bette Porter can achieve. The one where she is steadily walking back and forth in front of the conference table. Arms crossed confidently but not defiantly across her chest. Speaking low, articulate and sure. “Because The Porter Gallery is the ONLY gallery qualified to exhibit her work in the manner it requires. The Porter Gallery is the premier contemporary art gallery in the US and as such, the only gallery she should consider to exhibit her work here.”
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Hmmm…what else will Bette convince Tina to do???? Great story line djrk.
Yes! A fantastic beginning from a fantastic author! This is a great take and I can’t wait to read more from you!
Bette was really selling her gallery and herself. Hope she can sell herself to Tiba also. thanks
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!! post soon im daying to them meeting. bette will fall in a sec in seeing tina
Cant wait to see tina under the charms of bette.
This is a fantastic story DJRK! We are hooked and it sounds so promising! We look forward to your next post. Can’t wait for B&T to meet. It seems we will see some fireworks there. PPS Lucero & Marsha (JC’s Salsa Aunties)
Bette the ICE PRINCESS, that is awesome. Now to bring on the BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS to melt the ICE PRINCESS’ heart, then we are in for an awesome ride.
looks like another winner here… love this beginning and who better then bette porter to convince tina kennard… looking forward to read more…PPS
What a great beginning you are giving us. I can’t wait to read the next chapter. pps
Hello djrk… well that was quite a start you got there… I love the prospect of Tina as an artist… a creator… and for Bette this opportunity will only allow her to showcase her passion and desire for Art… but most importantly for life… I feel it would be so beautiful to see Bette go to Tina in France and experience the ‘life’ of art with an artist… and through this art and this love they ‘might’ just develop something that has been missing within both of their lives… a soul to share their passions with… who cares about everyone else if Tina found ‘the’ one person who could see her art and read her soul she would be complete… and if Bette could be the inspiration for the art that she loves so dearly then she would forever be immortalized in that which she loves… I can feel a very cat and mouse game coming on here… and it would also be interested if another gallery might jump in and try to claim ‘Tina’ for themselves… keep on rocking this one out of the part, sincerely, JC
a brilliant start, can’t wait to read more!! ppvvvvvvvvvvvvs!!
Wow. this is soooo good, You have only post one and I love it, I really like this Tina I mean she is a artist, wow.pps
Great start can’t wait to read the next chapter
Well I’m hooked! PPS I love the idea of Tina being an Artist
This is interesting and like it!
The chokehold this has me in. Ahh I’m so happy you wrote this I love your take on their beginning and the way you wrote Bette and Tina in it an amazing story from an amazing author