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Time Heals All Wounds, Ch. 3
“Yeah, wellyou don’t count,” Shane replied.
“Gee, thanks,” Carmen said, kicking Shane lightly under the table.
Shane looked down at the table. “Maybe we should wait, anyway. It’s probably better to wait until Bette and Tina and the baby are settled, and until Tina’sbetter.”
“She needs help, Shane,” Carmen said bluntly.
Shane exhaled noisily, wishing she didn’t have to have such a conversation about one of her oldest and best friends. “I know, Carmen. She’s depressed, and I can’t blame her. Jenny died saving her, and that’s a lot of ***** to put on one person. Tina probably feels guilty.” She paused. “I know I do,” she said under her breath.
“What was that? You do? Why?” Carmen demanded.
Shane looked away, not wanting to get into this right now. “Look, let’s talk about this later or something.”
Carmen reached across the table and turned Shane’s face back toward her. “No, now.”
Her throat tight, Shane looked back down at the table. “I feel guilty. Jenny shouldn’t have died. I should have been there. I should have *****’ been there. If I had been there, I could have saved her.”
Carmen reached across the table once more and lifted Shane’s chin, forcing her to meet her gaze. “You don’t know that, Shane.”
Shane’s eyes were shining with unshed tears. “God damn it, Carmen, just listen to me. What kind of friend was I? I wasn’t there when she needed me. I fucked up. If I’d been there, I could have helped save Tina, and then I would have died instead of Jenny. Or maybe we both could have helped and we all would be alive instead of everything being so fucked up like it is now. I just can’t help but think ‘what if?’”
“You can’t play the ‘what if?’ game. Wondering what could have happened won’t change what did happen. You can’t torture yourself,” Carmen insisted, taking Shane’s hand into her own. “Besides, if you’d been with Jenny, what could have happened to me? Maybe I could have needed help, and you wouldn’t have been there to save me.”
Shane just sat silently, a tear slowly slipping out of the corner of her eye and running down one graceful cheekbone. After a moment she said, “And I feel so guilty for taking this money when I don’t deserve it. I wouldn’t even be getting it if I had been there to help Jenny.”
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(31 votes, average: 3.45 out of 5)
Thanks for another great update, FF. The scene that Shane talked to Jenny at her tomb touched me. I think that Al/Dane and Shane/Carmen are just so wonderful matches even though I got some hints of their breaking-up. Let Tina get out of the guilty.
I hope that Shane will throw the number away!
great update!!
Evertone is feeling guilty. Tina is depressed she does need help. but Bette and Angies needs her also. Lets get this all straighten out . Let Shane help Bette get her own gallery started. thanks
This is crazy and they all need help!
Alright, you posted! Problems, what problems? This was a fantastic chapter yet again, I’m totaly hung up on Danish and Shane’s stories. I’ve always love the friendship between Shane and Jenny and I’m really enjoying what you’re doing with them eventhough Jenny is dead.
I hate to say this but I think Bette should wheel Tina over to wherever Dan Foxworthy lives and let her stay with him awhile. Maybe he can snap her out of her depression.
I hope that they all sort out there problems soon and that shane will stay wilth carmen they are so good together and they same goes for alice and dana they need to sit down and talk big time please post soon i love it
“great comments! Reading them helps me push myself harder to get through the bouts of writer’s block…”
Well, we’re all behind you… and helping to push! ;-)