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Stronger Bonds
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Bette arrived at Peggy’s home at 10:00 am sharp. She was always punctual. It was one more thing that endeared her to Peggy who didn’t like to be kept waiting. Bette had never been to the Peabody beach house and she was in awe as she pulled into the circular driveway after driving through the security gates. This was no beach house. It was a 2 story, 10,000 square foot mansion with its own private beach.
“Good morning darling. You’re right on time as usual. Did you have any trouble finding the place?”
“Good morning Peggy.” Bette hugged the older woman in greeting. “No, I didn’t have any trouble and traffic wasn’t too bad this morning. Peggy this place is magnificent.”
“Thank you. Let me give you the tour. It is one of my favorite Peabody properties. I plan to live here when I move to LA permanently. It really is too large for me by myself, but I suspect I will be entertaining quite a bit. It has 8 bedrooms each with a private bath and we also have two additional full baths and two ½ baths. The master and two bedrooms are on the ground floor which is perfect for me and the kids. The other five bedrooms, the media room, the game room and a full gym with showers, sauna and steam rooms are on the second floor.
Peggy continues as she and Bette tour the formal living room, dining room, and den with fireplace and now enter the kitchen.
“Oh, my Peggy l could do some serious cooking in this kitchen. This is amazing. Look at all the technology. I bet the meals practically cook themselves.”
“Well almost. They do get some assistance from my chef. Douglas I’d like you to meet my
daughter Bette Kennard-Porter. Bette this is Douglas. I’ve already spoken to him about Angie’s birthday.”
“Mrs. Kennard-Porter I’m very pleased to meet you. I look forward to assisting in any way I can. Just provide the menu and how many people we are expecting. I will take care of the rest.”
“Thank you, Douglas. It’s a pleasure to meet you. We’ll probably start making those birthday plans in mid-July. Angie’s birthday isn’t until August.”
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Okay, so Helena is in prison and may get out in two years. Peggy still has not told Bette and Tina exactly what is in the will but has intimated that they will get a significant portion of her estate. Of course Winnie will probably get a significant portion as well. So how will Helena support herself? I’m sure she has no job skills and with a criminal record, she is going to find employment difficult. The way she has treated people in the past, its going to be difficult for her to develop any kind of permanent relationship. Helena’s life is not going to be easy in the future. Of course, there is always a chance that Helena will see the error of her ways and change her life. But I do not see this with this Helena.
This is the first time Angie has been in a situation where she was not the oldest child nor was she the center of attention. And it appears that at the center, she and Wilson and Jang Yin were all put in separate groups. So Angie did not carry the roll of leader of pack. This is a new experience for her and I wonder how she will respond to it. Hopefully she will respond positively.
Love how Bette and Peggy interact together. I just hope that Peggy will take some time to interact with Tina on her own as well. Although Peggy has a favorable impression of Tina, she needs to know Tina and see the qualities she brings to the relationship with Bette and to forge her own relationship with Tina as an individual.
Now, I cannot believe that Bette is going to give up on being the bumper car champion. Bette really is maturing in a responsible parent. Sometime you win more if you just let it go and acknowledge you cannot win them all.
Love this story….. keep the chapters comming….
That Helena thing might be terrifying, she will have no money but she’ll have some connections with bad people …
Thanks for the post.
Please don’t let Bette and Peggy sideline Tina.
Happy to know where Helena is and await her Story,
Along for the Ride as always!
SG