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    The Sins Of The Father

    Story written on April 24, 2019 by BAT2012.
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    In the days following Maxine’s death Melvin and Bette heavily leaned on Evelyn, Charlie and his wife Eva to get them through the hard times. It was in the weeks and months after the funeral that the loss took its toll on father and daughter. Even though he’d promised Maxine on her death-bed that he’d

    In the days following Maxine’s death Melvin and Bette heavily leaned on Evelyn, Charlie and his wife Eva to get them through the hard times. It was in the weeks and months after the funeral that the loss took its toll on father and daughter. Even though he’d promised Maxine on her death-bed that he’d take care of their little girl, he failed her in death as he’d done in life.

    No one could fault Melvin when it came to taking care of Bette’s physical needs. He renovated the space in his home where she’d spent the first three years of her life. He knocked down walls to adjoin her old room to a guest room and designed a master bedroom suite with private bathroom and play/study area. He arranged to move all her personal items from Maxine’s house and with Evelyn and Eva’s help they went through her mother’s belongings making sure that Bette got all the mementos that were left to her including her mother’s watercolors. The proceeds from the sale of Maxine’s house went directly into an investment portfolio for Bette, along with the payout for life insurance and her inheritance. The millions from her mother was held in a trust until she turned 21, but she never lacked financial support from her father.

    Melvin hired Maria, the live-in nanny and extended the hours for the house-keeper and cook to full-time, so Bette had everything a child required to function in her daily life taken care of. What he didn’t provide was a healthy mental and emotional state or physical love. His child didn’t get hugs and kisses or even touches like hand holding. He rarely said I love you. He neglected showing outward expressions of affection and words of encouragement. Even though Bette knew he loved her she was missing the unconditional love that she’d always experienced with her mother.

    Most detrimental to her familial bonding was forbidding Bette to see Kit who at the time pregnant with David. Bette didn’t even know she had a nephew. What he did infuse in her young mind was strict discipline and unrealistic expectations. It never occurred to him that Bette was being conditioned to feel his love congruent with her accomplishments. The better she performed the prouder he was. Mistakes and defeats had to be overcome, but he never set the example. He never owned up to his mistakes giving them a false sense of perfection in a father that was very flawed.

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    1. I am glad Melvin finally admits his faults and behaviour to his daughters and is trying to make amends with them.

      Good that he will go to another oncologist to see if his cancer is treatable.

      His children deserve to know a changed father who will love them.

      Thanks for a great chapter and the insight of Melvin’s life and thoughts.

      • Bibi28 – thank you for commenting. Yes Melvin is certainly at a turning point in his life. I guess it’s never too late to make amends. Hopefully his cancer treatment will not only prolong his life but make the time he has left with his family more fulfilling with love and gratitude.

    2. You are quite right, I don’t like him any more than I did and I hope you do not write him off before he changes his Will to include Tina and child!

      Thanks for posting this BAT, like it that you have given David a nice Character.

      Looking forwarded to future posts, nice to have you back, missed you!

      SG

      • Hi SassyGran – You are one of the reasons I wanted to come back to finish this story as I really appreciate loyal readers that stick with us, even when we stay away for a while. I was thinking of you when I wrote this chapter and knew that Melvin wasn’t going to earn any points with his behavior but hopefully he will make good on his ambitions for the future.

    3. Thank you for the new chapter!

      About Melvin – i always think that although he almost all his life he was against his daugher sexual preference – he had excuse. He grew up in different times were almost everyone not tolerant homosexuality. He just was man his era. For me Bette’s behaviour against Tina when they had meetings with him was much worse. Especially at those dinner in s1.

      • Zhenya, thank you for commenting. I agree totally that Bette’s treatment of Tina when her father was around was much worse. I was very disappointed in that entire episode when he came to visit and they told him about the baby. I can understand some of Melvin’s societal views because of his age but there is no excuse for being an ignorant sob. His treatment of his daughters and Tina was inexcusable. I’m trying to make him accountable in this story, but also giving him a chance to make amends.

    4. You have written a Melvin.I could begin to like now that he has come clean with both of them and Tina. Hopefully, his change of heart will go a long way in helping him have a better life for as long as you give him. Maybe he will have those treatments that will prolong his life for a time and give him some quality time with his family before his death. It would be wonderful fr him to see Angelica grown up a few years and to see how smart and lovely she would become and that And that Bette and Tina could have a wonderful life as well as Kit and David. How I wish we could have seen these revelations on the show, how wonderful that would have been. Thank you for making him a better man. Can hardly wait for the next chapter to see where you take us. Wonderful writing. Thanks again.

      • Hi Dainty, so nice to hear from you. Thank you for going back and reading previous chapters and commenting. I know the Melvin on the show was impossible to like, but I think he had real regrets on his death-bed. Had he lived perhaps he would have changed, at least that’s what I hope to convey in this story. Next chapter should be ready soon.

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