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“You’re an unfit mother Helena. Now more so than ever. I support Winnie’s petition for sole custody, but if you really want to be a part of their lives, I can talk to her about reasonable supervised visitations. They are here in Los Angeles if you want to see them.”
“I don’t want to confuse them. I’ve said my good-byes. They can decide if they want to see me when they are old enough to make decisions on their own.”
“I’m sorry you feel that way Helena. Those children love you.”
“And I love them. They just don’t belong to me anymore, but what does belong to me is that $10million dollars that her crooked lawyer swindled out of this. What the hell damages have I caused that would cost $10 million dollars? I’m a pauper because of her.”
“Yet you are still throwing money around. What’s this I hear about you buying a movie studio?”
“Shalon-Peabody. It’s an investment.”
“It’s an enticement Helena. Just like that Theatre Company you bought for Winnie. Is it a coincidence that the woman you set your sights on was a movie executive before she became a director at the youth center? It wasn’t enough that you gave them a $100K grant for a $30K project, you also had to buy her a movie studio to dangle in front of her; to rope her in and make her indebted to you?” You can’t buy people or love Helena. When will you learn that? Tina has no interest in directing movies and I have no interest in a money pit. From what my accountant tells me this investment of yours is losing millions, with no chance of recovery. We’re getting rid of it.”
“You could have told me Mother. I don’t like being blindsided like this.”
“Neither do I.”
“May I get you something?” The waiter interrupts to get Helena’s drink order.
“Have a Bellini darling. I’ll have another.” Peggy smiled up at the server.
Helena is outraged but knows better than to go up against her mother especially being caught off guard and unprepared. She knew it was time to retreat and got up from the table to leave.
“We’re not finished dear. Please sit down and give the young man your drink order.”
“I’ll have a Bloody Mary thank you with an extra shot.” Giving her mother the evil eye.
“Coming right up.” The waiter senses the tension and makes a quick exit.
“What else is there to discuss? You’ve made it very clear that I have no choice in the matter.”
“The studio was a bad investment. There is no negotiating; case closed. There is a second matter to discuss.”
“Are you taking away my house and car too?”
“Well, from my understanding you’re about to be evicted from that fancy Malibu mansion for falling back on the lease payments, and is it true that you’ve hocked the car?”
“Where are you getting your information?”
“It’s my business to stay informed dear. I heard it was a little matter of a gambling debt? But that wasn’t what I wanted to discuss. Darling I know everything that’s been going since I left, including your little power play with Bette Porter and the CAC grant.”
“I knew we’d eventually get around to your precious Bette Porter. I told you that the CAC grant request that she prepared was not up to par. Choosing the worthiest grant recipients was my decision to make.”
“I’m not questioning your authority dear; I’m questioning your judgment and your intentions to get Bette fired.”
“That’s up to the board. She deserves to get fired if she can’t deliver on her responsibilities.”
“And you’ve made sure of that by sabotaging all her efforts haven’t you. Well your little puppet is no longer heading the board so you can forget about Franklin and Leo helping you. They’ve both been fired and you’ve been removed as a member.”
“You can’t do that mother.”
“It’s already done dear.”
Helena picked up her Bloody Mary and drained the glass. She was so screwed.
“I’d be careful with the drinking on an empty stomach. Would you like to order lunch? I do have someplace to be.”
“You can’t just show up out of the blue and fuck with my life mother.”
“Isn’t that what you did to both Winnie and Bette. Payback is a bitch isn’t it dear.”
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Hi! Thank you for the chapter!
But i can say even a bitch Helena always will be Peggy’s daughter. She loves her. And Bette for Peggy – only acquaintance with common love for art, who she first met only year or two ago. Yeah, Peggy saves once Bette’s job in CAC previously, but why she would do it again and humiliate her daughter with it?
Zhenya. I agree Peggy loves her daughter, but Helena is not just a bitch. She’s malevolent and she’s purposely attacking Bette and Winnie out of vengeance. I don’t think any mother would tolerate that behavior if they can do something to curtail it. Peggy is just giving Helena a taste of her own medicine. She has no morals, and it’s her sick jealousy that put Bette in the position where her job is threatened, so if Peggy has the influence to fix it, she’s doing the right thing. Thanks for reading and commenting. I appreciate your insight.
In case Winnie i agree – Peggy needs to interfere because her granchilds involved.
But about Bette – why she needs to save the job for not very familiar woman again? She already saved her job year ago. If i was on the Peggy place i might think that maybe Bette just not very fit for this job, if she needs constant help.
Zhenya. In my story Bette and Peggy have a very close relationship that goes beyond the job. They have known each other for many years and have bonded where Peggy has filled a maternal role for Bette. Also in my story Peggy has never saved Bette’s job before and the only reason she is involved now is because Helena and Franklin are sabotaging Bette. In the show Peggy only interfered once to support Bette so that the museum would exhibit Provocations. If you recall Franklin fired Bette at her father’s funeral and Helena was behind it. Peggy wasn’t even in the country and didn’t know what was going on. I agree if Bette was not good at her job then Peggy shouldn’t use her influence but that is not the case in my story. I particular like Bette and Peggy being very close in my stories and she is almost always a mother figure for Bette. That is just the way I see her. Helena is not one of my favorite characters and I don’t favor her in my stories. Hope that helps to explain why I have Peggy taking Bette’s side in this. Thanks again. I appreciate the comments, and the different perspectives.
Thank you !
Hello Bat, loved the two chapters. Just caught up. So happy to read that Peggy has intervened for Melvin and Bette, especially for Melvin’s health. And Helena is a super bitch and is getting exactly what she deserves, as Peggy said, payback is a bitch. And no one can dish it quite like Peggy P. Now that Helena has been taken care of, please send her back to London or New York to get her out of everybody’s hair and lives, especially Bette and Tina. Wonderful chapters, hopefully there will be more to drag Helena thru before Peggy is finished with her? Thanks for posting.
Thank you Dainty. Glad you liked the chapters and Helena’s payback. I’m pretty much done with her in this story as I don’t want to make her a central character. I just wanted to get her out and create a friendship between Winnie and Bette that will be further bonded by their relationship with Peggy as a grandmother to their children. I did consider sending Helena back to London, but I think the criminal element that she’s involved with will be punishment enough.
Great couple of chapters, Glad to see this fic moving along, now Helena is getting some of her own medicine. She may have to go on the run before her gambling debts catch up with her.Can’t wait for part 3.
OneStorm1 thank you for reading and commenting. I know it took me a long time to get back to this story and to start posting again so appreciate you sticking with me. I do plan to finish this one, as we are getting close to the end. I’m very tempted to make Helena suffer but I’ve decided not to spend any more time on her in this story.
Well, you could make her suffer just a little bit more just so she can see that she can’t treat people like her playthings ; )
Hi Bat,
Playback is a bitch, i love Peggy Peabody!!! Don’t ever mess with her, she knows everything, so yes the Hell bitch is screwed!
I am so glad that Peggy is such a fan and maternal figure in Bette’s life, not only because she helps and protect her, she really sees Bette as a daughter.
Lovely woman with a good heart who helps the people she cares about, like helping Melvin to get the best doctor.
I am looking forward to the next chapter!
Bibi28 – thank you so much for reading and commenting. You’ve expressed exactly how I see Bette and Peggy’s relationship and Peggy’s heart for people. I just like writing their relationship as mother/daughter otherwise Helena’s jealousy wouldn’t have manifested in the way it has. I’m working on the final part of this chapter. Will post when I’m happy with it.
Hi BAT,
Life a little hectic just now but still reading and enjoying!
Again, thanks for coming back to this Story, I’m always interested in your take on the L Word characters.
I must also admit to finding the Comments and your replies compulsive reading!
Thanks again look forward to more.
SG
Hello SG. Thank you for taking the time to read even when life gets a little hectic. I appreciate your comments. I do try to bring out slightly different characteristics than we saw in the show because I always felt that some of the situations the actors were put in were not true to their characters and more for drama or to please a certain audience. I too love comments, and read them as part of the stories. Even after I finish a story I go back and read comments. As a reader and a writer it’s helpful to understand different points of view. Sometimes I do get too involved and I have strong opinions but that goes to the credit of the authors that keep us so engaged. I’m working on part 3 of this chapter. Hope to post this week.