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Southern Comforts—Chapter 4
Bette nods. “Well. If you did not remember..My mother died when I was very young and my father’s boss Mr Harland McMurray and his wife Ms Olivia took me under their wing so to speak. My father did not know how to raise a daughter properly so Ms Olivia taught me the ways of charm and grace. She is from South Carolina as well as both my parents”
“Well then I guess father was right. You do have southern roots”
Bette nods “Very strong roots..Just because my parents left the South did not mean the South left them and even though I was born in Pennsylvania those southern roots extended to me”
Tina nods as she takes another sip of coffee. She sighs as she sets the cup back down on the saucer. Bette notices her pensive look
“Is something troubling you Tina?”
Tina straightens herself in her chair “I guess I must be a great disappointment to my family for them to send me away with you like they did. A stranger they just met and yet they just allowed me to go off with you without any reservation. They think more highly of you a complete stranger than they do of their own daughter and sister. Even Maggie was urging me to go with you”
“Tina..Your mother and father love you..And Mary and Frances do as well. Maggie thinks of you as her own. They all love you. Do you not see how your behavior has affected them. They only sent you with me so I could help you. But I can not help you unless you are willing to be helped”
“I guess I have been rather selfish and a little Tasmanian devilish about things” Tina giggles slightly giving Bette a guilty look “And I certainly haven’t given you an easy time. But I’m beginning to think you are not as bad as I have tried to make you out to be. It just annoyed me that my family took to you so quickly. It was infuriating to hear Bette this and Bette that….I mean really” she scoffs slightly as Bette chuckles
“So are you saying that you are willing to listen and learn from me so we can send you back home as a prominent socialite ready to dazzle and entrance those in your presence as well as find the right suitor for your hand?”
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Zhenya says
Thank you for the chapter!
Things starting to improve between them and i hope Tina could give to Bette a some room on the cot :)
jlr921 says
Thanks Zhenya!
And that would be interesting provided Tina does indeed earn the right to sleep on the cot!
Martha3128 says
Well, Tina has turned a corner. No sense acting put out by being on the this trip or Bette will not be the only one having a miserable time. Common sense says relax, go with the flow and get along with Bette as best you can and you will soon be on your way home. And if you do a good job of getting along with Bette, she will give a glowing report to her parents and Tina will have her debutant ball secure. But, Tina is obviously not one to use common sense. There is something else that is motivating Tina and her behavior – curiosity! Bette is a unique character – attractive, intelligent, comfortable in her own skin, and admired by all she meets. She has a masculine flair but is most definitely a woman. She is a buisness woman, who is well travelled and has been entrusted with her family’s buisness. This woman is a curiosity to Tina… yet she just has not stopped to consider all she knows about Miss Bette and what she doesn’t know and more importantly what does she want to know? If Tina has any intelligence whatsoever, she should be thinking that Bette Porter could be a very important person to have in her life as a friend at least.
This is an interesting story….. the reason for Bette to be in Charleston, South Carolina is a little thin but this fiction and I will let that slide. I’m just going to assume that Bette needs to be in Charleston to make a sales call for the steel her family produces in Pennsylvania just as she made at Kennard Plantation and now Tina is with her as a favor to the family. It was obvious by the barbeque at Kennard Plantation that war is coming. But with this chapter, war is here. These two are headed for real danger.
Thanks for this chapter…. I like the turn in Tina’s attitude. She still needs a little more fine tuning to be the lady she thinks she is. Her questioning needs to polished so that she presents her inquiry without being blunt and insulting. Hopefully we will see some improvement as time goes on….
Please write soon….. thank you…
jlr921 says
Thanks Martha for the comment..Enjoy your insight as always
And the reason for Bette to be in Charleston is exactly what you said. Her reason is to coordinate the amount of steel they are calling for and arrange transportation. It is a business deal even though they have been commissioned and there is a contract she has to deal with. I just did not go into detail in this chapter..More will be explained next chapter as I have planned
And Tina is a rough gem right now to slowly be polished
Thanks!
Billy says
Really like this story. Bette is fascinating. Tina is thawing. She may get the cot. But she’s going to make Bette be uncomfortable? Hmmmm. Who is her perfect suitor? Is there any doubt??
Bibi28 says
Love this story!
And Billy, i have no doubt at all who is Tina’s perfect suitor ;-)
SassyGran says
Thank you for this chapter. Look forward to more soon please.
SG
kiwipit says
Thanks for posting, jlr. It seems that being away from her family lets Tina come into herself. The mask of the spoiled brat dropped and already she’s able to have decent, adult conversations. I’m curious to see Tina grow on this little journey. Just hope they will be safe should war break out, especially Bette as a Northerner.
pps
wkm says
Such a different story. Love it. Thanks for posting