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The Return Chapter 4
Bette had been struggling with her partnership at the Gallery. Tina had seen the strain it was putting on Bette but felt Bette was strong enough to manager her own problems. Kelly and Bette eventually had a falling out regarding the Galleries. Tina suspected there was more to it but Bette never said anything and Tina never asked. Bette brought the issue of a buy out to Tina and they had discussed what the impact would be to their family. By then Tina had very little interest in what Bette was doing so she was agreeable with whatever Bette decided. The money was huge. Combined with Bette’s inheritance from her father, Bette didn’t need to work ever again.
Bette then proposed moving back to Los Angeles. This had caught Tina off guard.
”T, you are flying to Los Angeles a couple times a month, I don’t see the problem with our home base being in Los Angeles. There really is nothing holding us here. Our family is in Los Angeles and your studio has offices there too. It is a win win situation.” Bette had argued.
”Bette, I have built my career on the East Coast. You know what my job entails. Los Angeles doesn’t have the opportunities like New York. Most of the successful films got their start in New York. I am in development, not production.” Tina had argued defensively.
”Technology pretty much allows you to work wherever you want and you can still fly to New York when you need too for whatever is necessary. Being near our family would help us so much. Angie is at the age that it would be good for her to have her extended family around. Fuck!” She paused, ”It would be good for us,” Bette had insisted.
Tina’s resolve diminished as it always did when Bette decided firmly on a course of action and the discussion closed. Bette started planning the move back to Los Angeles. Tina felt her feelings had been dismissed, which resulted in her feeling more small and the resentment grew. Tina stopped talking and became more passive aggressive. Things were tense between the two during this time. She delayed their move for months, always having excuses when it was time to plan. Finally Bette just moved them.
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Sorry, too sad for me. Can’t accept not happy finale for Tibette in any stories.
Excellent background story…..your rendition of this background for the ten years is the only thing that even makes some sense as to what happened in the then years since TLW. I’m not sure about the molestation by the sister. I have never accepted that as canon for the story. That was just too bizarre for me. As for the breakup and the divorce, yes that is the way I imagine it. I don’t see them having a lot of screaming fights, just basically drifting apart until on day Tina thinks she needs to get away for a while. And then she get hung up with her job and meets Carrie and all of a sudden she’s being carried away by the stream of life and away from Bette and from Angie. Tina becomes so engaged in her life and her schedule, that she simply fails to do any real self examination as to what it is she wants in life or how to resolve her prior life with Bette. So she does what is easy – she ignores her past life or as least avoids it. So Bette is left with a failed relationship which has no closure and no real understanding as to why it broke up. That is the reason Bette is having difficulty moving on.
As the author, you are the one who will have to explain this. And you have had a real good start with this chapter.
Thanks for this chapter….. Keep it coming…. i think your doing great.
Thank you for your thoughts. I had put a lot of thought into what the writers did and without a back story it just isn’t believable. I am a social worker by profession and the molestation stuff I jus couldn’t let go of, but that is just me.
Took me some time to catch up but I’m intrigued with your story line. You said, you are a Tibetter, right? So I trust that you will present a better solution/ending for the Tina and Bette situation than the LW GenQ did. Your background story already is!
Please keep writing, I’ll keep reading and commenting ;-)