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Tipping Point – Chapter 6
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“Just as soon as I get off this call.” Kit promised.
“Thanks, Kit. I’ll call you again later, ok?”
“You go take care of Tina now.”
“Bye Kit”
“Bye Bette”
Bette placed her phone on the arm of the chair and reached out for Tina’s
hand again, anxious to feel the warmth in her wife’s skin, needing to confirm
she wasn’t dreaming. With nothing to do but wait, Bette finally allowed herself
to relax. Too exhausted to fight them anymore, tears traced down her cheeks as
she kissed her wife’s hand and silently offered thanks for the fact that Tina
lay breathing before her.
CHAPTER 6:
As Bette lay beside her sleeping wife she thought back over the nine weeks that had passed and with hindsight knew she’d been naïve. She’d sat there beside Tina as she lay in that hospital bed in Malaysia and thought that because Tina’s physical injuries would heal that everything would go back to normal. All they had to do was get on a plane and leave Kuala Lumpur and what remained of the Regal Hotel far behind. Truth be told, the Regal Hotel and all that had happened there seemed to be seared into Tina’s memory, a mental
prison from which she couldn’t escape. Sleep eventually claimed Bette for the few hours left before the morning dawned.
Bette felt Tina jump in her arms as the shrill alarm heralded the start of a new day. Bette reached over the blonde and switched it off.
“Sorry” She mumbled as she flopped her head back down on the pillow and nestled closer to Tina’s back enjoying the warmth she found there. Just as she was getting comfortable Tina pulled away and sat up without saying a word. Bette watched as Tina stood and padded across the floor to the bathroom, disappearing behind the door.
Their morning followed what had become a standard routine post Malaysia. They moved around each other like ghosts, Bette too afraid to challenge the status quo and Tina seemingly happier to be left in silence.
Over her morning coffee, Bette contemplated taking the day off work but there were too many meetings that she couldn’t cancel at short notice.
Thoughts of Tina intruded throughout the day, by mid-afternoon Bette surrendered to the concerns that wouldn’t be allayed. She looked up the number of Tina’s therapist on her cell and dialled the number from
her desk phone. As she’d expected Sandy was with a client but her receptionist had promised that Sandy would call her back.
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HackGirl thank you for coming back to finish this story. I re-read the six chapters to refresh my memory but certainly had not forgotten it. Looking forward to the next update.
Thanks for returning. You’ve been missed. This story is different but engaging.
So glad you updated. Really interesting story. Thanks
Thanks so much for coming back to finish this story.
Great update. It’s wonderful when our longtime writers come back to us. Now if a few others would come back that would be fantastic. Bette will have her hands full trying to get Tina to go into residental therapy. Thanks for posting.
Work will likely have to take a back seat in Bette’s life for a few days until she convinces Tina to get the help that she needs. As always, really glad to see a post from you, HG. Thanks for the chapter. :)
How the hell did I miss this story? Great and different, tnx for update!
It is going to take longer than a few days for Bette to convince Tina to go to rehab. Thanks for the update. You know I love your writing.
Well hello stranger…I saw that you commented on my story, (up at a ridiculous hour…don’t know why) then I went and looked up what you had written lately. I was about to write to you to say “where’s chapter six”. I literally logged on to message you about this story. Eerie. You must have felt the universe contract in its request for a continuation…
The missing returns; thought we lost you thrilled to have you back
Missed your story.Thank you for the update.Hard times for our girls.PPS.
Thank you for posting a new chapter. You’re stories are wonderful. So glad you will see this one through to the end because I’ve missed this and want to see how this ends.