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The Conversion
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Tina: Bette? Are you okay? Have you gotten over the stress of helicopter travel?
Bette: I’m fine now, thanks to you. I just need to be still for a little while and then my energy level will return. This is rather an impressive place. I don’t think I have thought about Camp David and what it would be like.
Tina: Well, it certainly gives a completely different ambiance than the White House does.
Bette: So, tell me about yourself? How did you end up in Austin Texas?
Tina: Sure. I was born in Phoenix Arizona. I am the youngest of three siblings. I have a sister Carolyn and a brother Rob. My parents were divorced when I was 14 years old. That is when my mother move Carolyn and I to Atlanta Georgia. Carolyn lived with us for only a couple of months before she went off to school in Tempe Arizona. Rob was then in school at UCLA. After the divorce, I think Rob pretty much decided he didn’t want to have much to do with his parents and by association, his siblings either. You see, the divorce was the result of my father having an affair with this woman at his work. She was pregnant with his child and in that day and time, pregnancy required marriage. So, to escape the humiliation of my father’s activities, my mother decided to move to Atlanta. So, I went to high school in Atlanta, then chose to go to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. I majored in literature and in theater arts there. After college, I moved to Los Angeles and got a job with a movie studio as an assistant to an assistant of a producer at Sunset Studios. Well, during my stint with that studio, I met this entertainment lawyer, Eric Anderson. After dating for about three years, we were married. Eric turned out not be a very good entertainment lawyer so he got a job as a corporate lawyer whose headquarters was in Austin Texas. So, with Eric, I moved to Austin. Well, evidently Eric had different views of what marriage should be than I did, because he found himself a sweet young thing and wanted a divorce in order to marry her. After moving to Austin, that is where I started my writing career. When he asked me for a divorce, I had yet to publish the first book. I was still in the research and development stage. Anyway, I retained this really good divorce lawyer and was able to obtain 50% of everything Eric owned. And my lawyer made sure that I received total distribution of those assets within a year of the divorce. The retirement account was divided and set up in my name. The house was sold and the proceeds split. The investment accounts and everything else was divided and distributed. I remember my lawyers’ words: “Tina, you get it now or you will never see it. Do not depend on your ex to do the right thing at some point in the future. That seldom happens.” Anyway, my lawyer was excellent at getting things settled. That was 12 years ago. So, I purchased a condo in Austin and concentrated on my writing and that’s been my life.
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Jeez!?,
I’ve only read the first paragraph and am welling up….how do you do that?
I can’t think of a time when they are not together.
I’ll continue reading now, tough beginning though
I’ll comment on the flip side
Thankyou for all your incredible stories Martha…your a f@@king Rockstar
Well, what a story, I really enjoyed it.
I love how they meet, their time at Camp David and the natural progression they took together.
Try really are perfect for each other and your story certainly reflects that.
I still can’t bear to think of them not being together!
Thank you so much, a beautiful story.
I look forward to the next one.
Janice24,
First of all this story is an alternative time and life for our Bette and Tina. The story is being told by a woman who is older (85 years old) and has experienced a full and joyful life with the woman she loved. They have had more than 40 years together even though they didn’t meet until they were middled aged. I like that they took the time to get to know one another for a few days before charging into a romantic relationship. I like that Bette insist that Tina think about her own life and if she is prepared for the changes which will occur as they start to see each other romantically. Bette wants Tina to make her decision about her life knowing the possible downside. For me, that shows immediately how much Bette respects and cares for Tina right out of starting gates. I also like that Bette insist they talk about things fully as they go. She seeks out Tina’s boundaries and comfort level before they do anything. This is why their relationship is so strong…. they hide nothing from each other.
From the idea to publication, I took 4 days… I enjoyed writing this story because I could see that both Bette and Tina would go from a mundane life to a life of love and devotion within a matter of weeks. And it would result in a lifetime of happiness. Isn’t that what we all want in our lives?
Thank for reading and for commenting on this story… until I saw your comments, I didn’t think anyone had read it…. Thank you for your support and encouragement…
OMG! How did I let this gem get past me. I loved every word. I would love to read something else from you, thank you so much for your talent.
OneStorm1 – Thank you for reading… I published this a little more than a year ago and I posted it this year on Achieve of Our Own. I do have three long book stories which is a single series and one other one shot which is about the same length as this one. I then not to writer about angst and problems between Bette and Tina. I think there are plenty of authors who present those kind of stories. All my published stories are on this website. Go to the story search page, put my name in under author (Martha3128) and they are all listed.
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