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    Uncharted Territory

    ‘Uhm…. was I supposed to count?’ Last week when we took Maddy to the zoo, she figured out whom she should ask things that she wants. With her irresistible cuteness she easily wrapped Bette around her finger and if I didn’t stop her, Bette would have probably bought everything in the souvenir shop for her. ‘Even if I did I would lose count right this moment.’ She says as the careful spring sun plays with her eyes that don’t miss a stitch of my suit jacket or skirt under my coat.

    ‘She tricked you again didn’t she?’ I smile bending just in time to catch Maddy who’s enthusiastically jumping into my arms, still feeling Bette’s eyes on me. ‘You look like a true cowgirl.’

    ‘Can I go again?’ Wrapping her tiny arms around my neck she kisses my cheek before pointing at her favorite pony.

    ‘Of course…’

    ‘Not.’ I quickly end Bette’s tendency to say yes to everything ‘Let’s go watch the boats. Here’s your ice cream.’ Hiding a smile I put her down and arch my brow at Bette. Waving at the ponies and enjoying her ice cream Maddy hops in front of us in the direction of the Grand Bassin in front of Palais du Luxembourg. In the distance the back and forth springing pop of a tennis game intertwines with laughter of tourists at the terrace of the small café under the trees.

    ‘Tell me how did it go?’ Bette asks without losing sight of Maddy.

    ‘I’m still taken aback a little but the job is mine if I want it.’

    ‘If?’ She lays her hand around my middle and leads me around a small group of people listening intently to a tour guide. ‘Sweetie come here.’ Taking a tissue out of her back pocket she sits down on one of the green metal chairs next to the Medici fountain and cleans Maddy’s hands and face playfully. A feet away there’s a father launching a sail model boat onto the pond, in a chair next us a business man is reading the paper. Maddy’s giggle and Bette’s laughter overrule the splashing fountain and I can’t resist looking at them interact any longer. She would be the perfect mother. ‘Tee, what do you mean if? I thought we talked about it.’

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    1. Another great chapter. Enjoyed Bette & Tina’s interaction with Helena and Winny – very entertaining, at the same time it revealed so much, as Helena said about the night being therapeutical. Very well-written.

      My favorite line –
      “When I asked her to marry me I knew I would only ask that question once and only to her.”

    2. Bette and Tina need to have some long discussions…. they need to have discussions about their expectations of the other. What role will their careers take in their personal lives? Do they really want children and if so when? Where would they like to live and why? What are their hopes and dreams? What is it that they most fear? How can they remind each other how important they are to one another – beside lots of sex.

      They need to have one discussion about the past and then put it away…. take ownership for their own mistakes and choices. Become aware of the signs that things are not right and need to be adjusted. Put their lives on a reasonable schedule – no more of this move to a new city, getting a new job and trying to have a baby all in the same year. They need to schedule some family time and some couple time. And they need to learn to communicate… almost to the point that they empty their minds to each other and hold nothing back. They need to share the duties of house and family together… neither of them totally responsible for say the cooking and the laundry. Joint project builds connection…. and they need connection.

      In this chapter, Bette describes what marriage means to her – a life time commitment to one person. That says to me that Bette will never instigate a divorce… if there is to be a divorce, Tina will have to start the process. And even if divorced Bette will never marry again. Those are truly remarkable sentiments for a person in this day and time. Of course if divorced, Bette might see other women. She just won’t purpose to another woman. That is how she feels at this time. I believe she is sincere and I also think that Tina is hearing this for the first time. She probably had no idea how Bette felt about marriage. I find Bette’s sentiment admirable….

      Thanks for the chapter…

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