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Summer Vacation. Chapter 5
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“Which question was that Al? There were so many” she teased, downing her espresso in one
“Boyfriend or girlfriend?” asked Alice, laying her hands out flat on the table in demand of an answer this time.
Lottie chuckled, giving a slow and deliberate shake of her head, “Neither”
Alice held up her hands despairingly, “Pick one, if you had to choose!” she said, desperate to know at least the tiniest fact about her.
“I don’t know Al,” she answered seriously, “there’s never been one, guy OR girl … I guess I’ve never held out much hope for interpersonal relationships.” she added, sadly
Alice frowned, a light smile crossing her face, “Well then … I mean we’ve got to change that” she said, nodding suggestively.
Lottie burst out laughing, “Alice …” she said, leaning forwards, “You’re crazy!”
Later that evening Lottie sat crossed-legged on her bed gazing out of the window as the sun set against the Hollywood hills. Her sketchbook lay open in front of her containing a half sketched drawing of the disappearing sun. Her mind wasn’t in it, thinking instead of Tina at Bette’s gallery and Alice’s comment about relationships.
She reached for the phone, dialling then hanging up and doing so twice more before she just let it ring …
“Hello Daddy”
In Philadelphia Bette sat stretched out on her father’s porch swing watching the kids up the street play softball, in one hand she gripped her glass of whiskey, the other cradled the phone to her ear.
“He seems so much older T …” she said with a sigh, “so much older than I remembered”
“I’m in Los Angeles Daddy,” Lottie continued, “please don’t be mad … I had to come find her” she sniffed, forcing back tears, remembering how emotions would win her no favours, “it’s my right Daddy … my right to find her.”
“Sometimes I forget” Bette continued, “that he was an old man even when I was a child” she said, taking Tina on the trip with her down memory lane. “we gave him some grief, Kit and I … Kit more so than me,” she laughed, “still he stuck with us always … for better or worse” she paused, “what about when I lose him T? … I’m scared … he’s the only parent I’ve ever had” she said quietly, emotion forming in her throat … “T … baby don’t cry … baby please don’t cry” she sobbed, tears rolling down her cheeks.
Lottie stared down at the well loved photograph in her left hand, struggling hard to reign in her emotions, “I love you Dad … really I do, but it doesn’t work anymore” she stopped as tears fell free from her eyes. “no I won’t tell you … you can’t stop me anymore …”
she watched as the sun finally dipped out of sight, “goodbye Dad”
to be continued ….
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Maybe an unknown sister
your still killing me… and if you left any clues … well i missed them… unles lottie was talking with melvin while bette was talking to tina on her cell… ok waiting for the next chapter
I think maybe Bette had a child and the father raised her, I dont believe that Melvin knows about it. Lottie is just trying to find out about her other parent. It happens all the time when the child get older. thanks
wow u’ve got me going on this one…all signs makethis Bette’s daughter BUT i have a feeling not!!!! Is Lottie’s dad, Bette’s brother through their mother, Maxine…or is Lottie Bette’s half-sister through Maxine and this mysterious dad????? I gotta know soon, pleaszzzzzzzzzzz
Give the girl a car. Everyone in LA has a car. She can affor a hotel for the summer, but no car, no realistic. Thanks for sharing!
Maybe Tina feels like Lottie is trying to take her place somehow. I’m definitely sucked in, so PPS!
You are driving your readers…me included…crazy trying to figure out how Lottie might be related to Bette. I for one give up and will just wait until you tell us.
i’m getting really worried about that lottie person, she’s bothering me a little though i don’t think she’s evil or anything but she’s seriously disturbed, sort of LOL…i hope bette gets home soon
I love this story! Bette needs to come home before Tina loses it. If that is Bette’s daughter then will this put a riff in their relationship? I mean Bette had all these years to tell Tina…and I remember you had Kit say something about Bette going to Paris when she was 19 and Melvin didn’t know where she was….oh the suspense I love it!
Who really is Lottie!
Intriguing. Can wait to see what the relationship is between Bette and Lottie. Hope this info is coming soon.
cant wait for there more and bette/lottie to meet where we can see where it leads to…p.p.s.
I feel like Tina. Who is this Lottie person? She can’t be Bette’s daughter, can she? Has Lottie patterned her life to follow Bette’s. You really have us guessing. Keep Posting.
Gotta tell you, I love this story, and the storyline, and the whole mystery around who Lottie is, etc, but honestly, what I love the most about this story (and maybe your writing in general as i hope to find out with more stories of yours) is the way you portray Bette and Tina’s relationship. There are a lot of amazing authors on this site and a lot of them have done a fantastic job in describing the life-long relationship that B&T indeed have in our favorite fanfic land, but there is something very special about your B&T… They are so “together”, and real life-partners at so many levels. I mean, the very fact that you start this story with them both on opposite sides of the country and still make them appear closer and more in love than ever is simply amazing, and so addictive may I add! I really love your style and some the tiny details you integrate here and there… like this feeling of Bette that Tina gets everytime she enters one of Bette’s galleries… Tiny detail, but oh so meaningful! Thanks, and please post soon!
damn whooooooo is Lottie?????????????????????????????