Chapter 16

Now that she’d turned Jenny’s criminal case over to Maddie, Alex was focused on the dissolution of the Wentworth-Porter Gallery partnership. She called Bette to schedule a meeting but instead of goi […]

Bette was introduced to Alex Corbin by a mutual friend Coleman Alt when she needed a lawyer to negotiate the purchase of her first art gallery. Bette and Cole dated briefly when they were freshmen at Yale before […]

Tina walked into the house after a long day of meetings with lawyers to find Bette and Angie in the kitchen belting out the chorus to the popular Mexican song Cielito Lindo playing on the stereo while preparing […]

“Bette Porter.” The brunette answered her cell on speaker as she needed both hands to hold Logan in place while she changed his diaper. He’d already squirted her hand and now kept turning his butt over whene […]

After being away for six weeks in Bridgeport, CA coming home to Angie with Logan was a joyous occasion. The couple cocooned in their home for the first month as they adjusted to family life with an infant and […]

After leaving Emma’s office, Tina checked in with Bette to let her know that she wasn’t coming straight home. As was her custom when things weighed heavily on her mind she headed to the beach for a run. She kep […]

Bette and Tina with Andrea’s help spent the next couple of weeks planning and preparing for Logan’s birth and eventual adoption. Maggie made the trip to Bridgeport to meet the couple and to get Marci’s writt […]

Marci stood in the bedroom she shared with her two sons taking a last look to make sure she hadn’t forgotten anything. It was furnished with an adult full-sized trundle bed which was pulled out for guests when s […]

Margaret Glasser had been a social worker for twenty years supporting vulnerable individuals and families through difficult times and safeguarding them from harm. Ultimately, she saw her role as improving outcomes […]

The plaque on the office door read Andrea McLellan, Director Nursing – NICU

Once Bette and Tina entered the office and she closed the door Andrea asked them to “Please have a seat.” indicating the visit […]

Hi all,

As you can tell this is not the next chapter, but it’s a request to help me with some ideas. I’m writing how Marci ended up in Bridgeport and why. I have some ideas but you all are so much more cre […]

Giving birth in California was a turn of events that Marci could not have imagined when she decided to give the baby up for adoption. Granted she’d registered with a national adoption agency, so nationwide a […]

Bette asked to speak to James in her study while Tina helped Angie with her bath and got her ready for bed. She told him what had happened with Marci not showing up at the bus station, and then getting the phone […]

Emma is in her office early on Monday morning when her private line rings. “Dr. Rothman.”

“Good morning Doc. It’s Tina”

“Tina. Good morning. This is a pleasant surprise. How are you? How’s that little one tr […]

The night before, Bette and Tina were laughing and dancing and competing against their friends in a dance-off at the Hit club, where Kit and Sonny hosted the Children, Youth, and Family Service Dance Marathon on […]

“I can’t believe how close we came to losing you. I will never let you go back to that dark place where you felt so alone. I will always be by your side. My God Bette how could I have been so blind to what was goi […]

Bette and Tina gave up the notion of going back to sleep, even though they had only gotten about three hours before the phone calls from Andrea.

Bette left a voicemail for Joyce. “It’s Bette. Sorry to dis […]

The appointment with Dr. Wilson for their 8-weeks check-up was so different from their first experience as parents to be. Tina was just as far along into the pregnancy, but the previous two months had been spent […]

Joyce Wishnia had been Bette and Tina’s lawyer alternating between the two women for over seven years. She was recommended to them by their friend Alice who kept a top 10 list of everything; Joyce was ranked n […]

Bette and Tina had suffered many disappointments throughout their 15 years as a couple, but when they stood at the Trailways bus station waiting for the young mother of the son they were adopting to get off the […]