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Barry adds bitterly, ”Twenty fucking million dollars the Church of Mormon SuperPac spent against us…in the last thirty days!”
Laban says very firmly, letting me know they’re all still in the fight, ”Marriage equality is far from over, but we can’t win against so many well-funded opponents.”
”I can rid you of Fay Buckley. I know, she’s just one, but I came with a fundraising plan…” I reach for my purse, but Carey interjects.
”I, for one, can’t take the replays anymore!”
Barry releases a long defeated sigh. ”We’re still stinging from our failures, Bette.”
Then the table grows solemn, without another word mentioned about their nationally recognized defeat.
I’d come prepared with a strategy to bring them out of the ashes, but before I can offer even one, Nancy begins rustling papers.
She’s in her sixties, thin and strong like a Yogi, who’s let her long hair go white in braids down her back. She looks at me with steely blue eyes of Icelandic ancestors and says, ”So, we need to talk to you and Tina about your image.”
Tina sputters out a disbelieving laugh, ”Okay…, I guess.”
I reach over for Tina’s hand and brace myself for what’s coming next.
Nancy continues, ”All of us here, along with everyone else working with us in management, filed for our marriage licenses and made it through the brief window, before the opposition shut it down.”
Laban says, ”They were heading for us anyway, but watching thousands of same sex couples getting married put Dobson and VoteYesMarriage on high alert and they got Prop 8 on the ballot.”
He looks back at Nancy, who’s reading through more papers Isabelle has handed her, ”You’ve been together for…?” she asks me and Tina.
”Eight going on nine years.” Tina and I answer in unison.
”But you didn’t apply for marriage licenses?”
We shake our heads, no, to a growing sense of disbelief that crowds into the room.
My throat goes dry.
Nancy asks, ”But you and Tina did register as domestic partners with the State? Right? Before you had a baby together?”
Tina drops my hand as Nancy hits another raw nerve, ”You filed for adoption, though? You…did…do that, right?”
Waiting for a shred of legal sense to come from me, six lawyer’s disbelieving eyes stare.
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SkunkPU80 says
Were you considering jumping overboard? I saw a crazy look in your eye.”
”I really did. Wrapping the anchor around me, too.”
Gotta love these two as always another great chapter!
Bibi28 says
That was the same quote i picked out SkunkPU80!
It made me ????, Bette is hilarious and she did mean it serious at that moment.
Tina is one step further at her wish to get a ring at her finger. The proposal could be more romantic, but it fits in right along the story.
It was a fantastic update! Thank you!
Blackbird says
Bibi,
Thanks so much for your comment! Tornadoes everywhere yesterday along the route I was to travel kept me home and this story popped out.
I have a few romantic surprises for them both so, while the scene you referenced was certainly not typical of a solution, it felt right in the high-strung state of mind Bette had twisted into. I know you got that.
We’ve got some landscape ahead to enjoy what else may occur for Tina. For me, I don’t see these two as doing much of anything in a way we might expect.
Bye for now,
Blackbird
SkunkPU80 says
Yes, that quote was hilarious!!!!!
Blackbird says
Skunk,
One day we should collaborate on a story with amusing dialogue. You’re very skilled at humor writing. I appreciate that you found Bette’s emotional high wire act amusing!
I’d hope to write her onboard decompensation with a balance of humor and the deep angst she was feeling. The part that got me was her intense awareness of being erased. The vacancy that abuse had left. Once severely as a child, when her mother had disappeared, and later, when the love of her life was erased again and again in front of her, as she remained frozen.
Then wham! Up soars the phoenix.
SkunkPU80 says
Collab on a writing I’m all in!!! And love the concept!!??
proteonomics says
Hi Bb:
This is a very nice chapter, very energizing, very funny though, especially Bette in this chapter, and very nice outcome from the lawyers.
Thanks for your wonderful chapter, waiting eagerly for your update, pps
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Dainty says
Great chapter. I must go back to the beginning and read some of them to get updated on the story. Bette in this chapter was in a way very funny, with her thought of going overboard and with the anchor, then gripping the rail. Glad Tina saw that “wild look” in her eye. Happy she said Yes to the proposal. Thanks for posting.