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    Unlikely Alliance

    “She won’t get anywhere with that ploy. Her scheme with Franklin to fire me would put the CAC in jeopardy. They’d have a lawsuit on their hands that could shut it down. I’ve got two years left on my contract and they have no grounds to terminate me. If they want to get rid of me, they’ll have to buy me out.”

    “So, you’re not concerned about the job?”

    “No. I have financial resources, a solid reputation and a lot of influential people backing me. I was planning to leave the CAC to open my own gallery even before she came here. She’s created a hostile work environment, but she can’t destroy me by threatening my job. My hesitation is my family. If she comes after them then it’s all-out war.

    “She won’t hurt them as long as she feels in control.”

    “But you said Tina stood up to her which works in my favor if she’s moving away from her control. I think in time we can work out an agreement even if Tina doesn’t want to get back with me. That’s what scares me about getting involved in your custody battle. What if Helena somehow convinces Tina that I’m the bad guy who is helping to take her children away. I may end up in a custody battle of my own, and like you it would destroy me to lose my family.”

    ***

    Winnie had a strong case for sole custody of both children, but Helena’s money, determination and influence kept prolonging the proceedings. The latest hindrance being that the courts had temporarily granted visitation rights to Helena. Winnie couldn’t stop her from flying the kids out to Los Angeles now that she’d established a residence there. But as a devoted mother, she didn’t relish the idea of sending a six and four-year-old across the country in the care of a nanny, even if it was on the private Peabody jet so she brought them herself.

    They arrived on a Tuesday. Winnie dropped the kids off with Helena at her beach house with the promise that she could see them on Wednesday and again on Thursday before she returned to New York. The kids would be with Helena until the weekend at which time she was to fly them back to Winnie. Helena appeared to be agreeable to the terms Winnie had set forth for the visit.

    Comments

    1. Thank you for the chapter!

      it’s hard to comment after most ridiculous final of the most ridiculous final season ever (yeah, i’m talking about final of 8th season GoT). And i must say if we can compare with this disaster – final season of our TLW was not so bad:)

      so, after explanation about time where this chapter take place – i’m not confuce anymore.

      • Zhenya – sorry you were disappointed with GoT finale. I’m one of very few people that never watched the show in the ten years it was on, so I can’t comment.

        Thanks for reading and glad the explanation lessened any confusion on the timeline. I’m back to the present; just wanted to give some background.

    2. Hi Bat,

      Interesting chapter and a good eye opener to Helena’s character, just because she has money she thinks she can do anything and destroy innocent people.

      She is a pure evil and bitch, unfit as mother and i am glad that Winnie has the support of Bette to win the custody battle.

      The scene between Helena and Winnie was also a eye opening for Tina and the first step in admitting Bette as the mother of her child.

      I look forward to the next chapter!

      • Bibi28. Helena certainly did exhibit a pattern of behaviors in the way she approached her relationships. I didn’t care for her character on the show, but I think she helped Bette and Tina’s relationship to be better the third time around. Tina was less inhibited and Bette less controlling.

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