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Tipping Point – Chapter 4
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“The woman you love is gone…” The words reverberated though Bette as she repeated them over again in her mind. She hoped that it would get easier but each time was like Tina was driving a knife into her chest.
Bette raised her head slightly to look over the blonde who slept peacefully beside her. Laying there in the dark she contemplated what it meant if Tina was right. What if the woman Tina used to be was never coming back? What then?
Bette’s mind drifted back to the day Tina had left for Malaysia. It was painfully ordinary, they’d got up like any other weekday. Bette had tended to Angie while Tina organised breakfast. Bette had liked the cornflower blue button down shirt Tina was wearing but hadn’t bothered to share the compliment, her mind was already on what lay ahead of her at work. Tina would drop Angie with Kit on her way to the airport, she had a midday flight to Kuala Lumpur via Singapore. A ten day work trip, it was nothing particularly out of the ordinary, they both travelled for work from time to time. Tina was excited about this one, her first trip to Asia though Bette knew that being away from Angie would be hard for her wife.
They hugged and kissed goodbye.
“I love you.” Tina whispered as she hugged Bette tightly.
“I love you, T” Bette replied before kissing her wife’s cheek. “Safe flight”
“I’ll call you when I get there.” Tina offered with a small smile.
True to her word, Tina called when she’d reached her hotel some twenty hours later. Nothing was out of the ordinary until the second last day of the trip.
That evening, Bette had just put Angie down when there was a knock at the door. Bette opened it to find Shane on her doorstep, ashen faced.
“Shane” Bette said slightly bewildered by the young woman’s unexpected arrival.
“Bette, where’s Tina?” Shane asked as she strode into the house uninvited.
“She’s in Malaysia, she’ll be back on Saturday.” Bette responded as she shut the door and turned to face her guest, “Is there something I can do?”
“Kuala Lumpur, right?” Shane asked as she paced the living room floor.
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I am in a panic as is Bette. Is Tina okay or has she died in this inhuman terrorist attack?
Glad you’re back. This story is very exciting.
Thank you for posting. Just so intriguing. Thank you.
I know it’s fiction, but touch wood, malaysia has had no incidence of terrorist attack, and there’s no Regal hotel in Kuala Lumpur too. There IS a Mandarin Oriental though…:)
Glad your back. I really liked the beginning and look forward to more… soon please.
Great to see another chapter of this very interesting story. Thanks for posting.
So good to see you back. Waiting eagerly for updates, as and when you can.
I somehow missed the last chapter. This is very different, so painful but so well written. PPS!
I can’t imagine what Tina is going through, but I am hoping that if this happened to me that I would rather be a live mother and wife than a dead victim. Bette was right, the shooters were trained animals bent on killing everyone and anything in their path. Tina wouldn’t have been a hero…just a dead victim like all the rest. This is a very painful story, but very VERY well written. Thank you!
Glad you are back.PPS.
Holy hell, not a good development
Another extraordinary post. Thank you for sharing.
The tension, both present and past, is palpable. Always glad to see a post from you, HG. Thanks