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Laid Up: Another Season 3–Chapter 25A
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Kit nodded, embarrassed now for prying.
Marcus stared at her. Bette and Tina seemed fine and normal, but the women in their lives—Tina’s mother and Bette’s sister were neurotic and nosy. The idea of Angelica being in their company even if it was infrequent bugged him. “So my daughter’s last name, etcetera?”
Kit looked at Angus, then at Marcus.
* * * * *
5:30pm
It was five-thirty and Tina had reached the point where she was thinking the worst. She redialed her mom’s cell phone and again got no answer. She called the landline at her house and no answer. She kept going back and forth between the numbers and her heart was beating faster and faster. Her face was warm, flushed, and she was certain pink with concern. Tina’s neck swiveled left and right, the tendons bulging, strained, and tight when she gritted her teeth. Where were her mother and her daughter? Josh Brecker was out and about, angry, threatening revenge, and they were missing. God, she thought, what if something has happened to them? What if he’s hurt them? She dialed the cell number again.
“Hello?”
“Mom?”
“Hey, Tina,” Theresa said cheerfully. “Did you just call, honey? I couldn’t get to the phone.”
“Yeah, where hah you been?” she demanded.
“Umm, Angelica and I drove out to Santa Monica and we walked the boardwalk. There’s a lot of stimulatin’ things out there for her. The carousel, carnival games, all kinds of color. I thought she’d love it.”
“Mom, whah didn’t you answer the phone? I’ve been worried.”
Theresa could hear the frantic tremors in Tina’s voice. “Why worried, Tina? You sound like you’re having an anxiety attack? Honey, do you still have those? I’m comin’ over to the Center right now. I’ll be right there. Stay calm.
“I’m not there. I am at Helena’s beach house. And I’m not having a panic attack.”
“Okay. Why are you at the beach? It’s dinner time almost. I thought we’d have dinner together.”
“Mom, where are you?”
“I’m drivin’ down Santa Monica Boulevard. Almost at. . .” Theresa looked up at the green street sign. “Barrington.”
“There’s a parking lot. You can probably find a space. Can you pull over? I need to talk to you.”
“Oh my God, what’s wrong?”
“I’ll wait.”
Theresa made a left turn and found an open space. Her heart’s pace was that of someone running a marathon. “Okay. I’m parked.” Theresa put her hand on her chest, over her heart, trying to remain steady. “What? What is it?”
“Mom, do you remembuh the orderly at the Center named Josh Brecker?”
“Josh Becker?”
“No, Brecker.”
“I don’t think I met him, dear.”
“Mom, I’m staying at Helena’s because Henry thinks it is safer.”
“Safer? Tina, tell me what’s goin’ on?”
* * * * *
END CHAPTER 25A
NOTES: Thank you Robbeedee for reminding me that Bette had said that Marcus already had a child.
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I don’t think I can wait til Monday…….pls pls tell me tina will be ok…What is it w/you writers and your cliff hangers….omg, there goes my weekend…..
Oh, the wait for each chapter is torture, but such bliss when a new chapter arrives. Love this so much that I am very impatient for the next installment. Thanks so much.
Yes, you posted! Love you so much. Shane and Carmen are so caliente together, love their energy as a couple. I hope that Shay will not put a damper on their sex life because the way you write it is mindblowing. HOT, HOT. HOT.Looking forward to Moday!
First-rate prose, rich characters, compelling storylines, and awesome cliffhangers. What more could a reader want? Thanks for posting! Counting the hours till Monday . . .
Fabulous as ever, Portia. Marcus needs to back off. Bette is so not going to like this when she comes back home. And she needs to pick up her voicemail, soon. Carmen… I dunno. A little support for Shane would be good, but she has a point. She’s laid it all out there, at least, so Shane can’t say she din’t see it coming if Carmen is less than enthusiastic when Shay gets to LA. I’m so stoked you posted, can’t wait for Monday. Thanks!
“Safer? Tina, tell me what’s goin’ on?”… Yes, we all want hear it, and to get the scoop on part 25B! ;-) Thank you again, Portia – amazing.
“”Mister Allenwood’s termination of parental rights is in order” …I don’t believe I’ve read sweeter words today! You capture the original voices of all the characters so faithfully and expand upon them, making them so much more lush and full-bodied. I would imagine that it would please the actresses greatly to read what you have done with the paltry characterizations that they have labored so mightily to give life to. You are their ally, you give the characters soul. I hope they can know that somewhere, justice is being done to the original concept. Really, I can’t thank you enough for this fully-realized work. It’s a shame you aren’t the one doing the scripts for the series. But, it would be so out of the spirit of what you do to be negative, I rejoice in your wonderful work!
This is such a great story. I go through long periods where I keep a book mark on the current page. I’ve been running through them lately and Iam psyched I have another chapter to go, and from your author notes, a long one…my favorite! Anyway, thank you so much for your time and devotion to the story. I, by the way, love the t/b storyline and as far as I am concerned, you can’t have too much of them.
nice job loved the danish conversation!!!! more danish:)
Brillant…can’t wait til Monday :)
Hey Portia, Am grinning from ear to ear at your mention. Sweet! Now I really need go read your wonderful words. I adore the fact that this is only 1/4 of what you have written and is still 23 pages long. Heaven on earth as i sit down to read your magnificent melodrama. Be back later with my thoughts. Many thanks from Your Loyal Fan.
Thanks so much for this story. I found it late and kept reading and reading to catch up. I’ll be sorry to see it end but can see how much work has gone into it. So many story lines and characters to follow. Thanks again! Lin