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Laid Up: Another Season 3–Chapter 25B
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It sounded like the secretary was giving Bette a reference for Tina. “That’s nice.”
“Well, if you’d hold for just a moment, I’ll page her.”
“Uh. . .All right.”
Tina’s assistant was away from Bette’s call for about thirty seconds when she heard the click of the phone being picked up again. “Ms. Porter, Ms. Kennard is on her way.”
Again, a minute hadn’t passed before a breathless Tina took the phone. “Bette?”
“Hi, Tina. Bette Porter,” Bette said professionally.
“Yes, I know.” Tina laughed. “How are you?”
“I’m well. Thanks. And you?” Bette hated small talk. She liked getting to the point.
“Great.”
Bette could hear the same cheerfulness in her voice that she had noticed over the weekend. The woman just seemed to be naturally happy. “Uh. Sorry to bother you at work, but you know your earring that looked like it was going to slip off at my gallery. . .”
Tina interrupted, “Oh, yeah. I know it. I guess it did slip off somewhere. I’ve lost it and it was one of my favorite pair. I can’t very well go around with just one, so unfortunately, I’ve shelved the other one.” Tina sighed.
“Then I have good news for you. I found it here,” Bette said. It had been one of her cleaning people who had discovered the earring in a corner of the main exhibition room.
“Really? Oh, great. Great.”
Bette grinned, happy to hear that she had made Tina happier. “If you like, I could drop it in Overnight for you?”
“Umm.” Tina thought for a moment. “Why don’t I come down to Venice? I think I can free up my schedule for lunch today. Is that convenient?”
Tina could have said lunch, coffee, dinner, a midnight meeting at Fatburger, or anything. Bette would have been there. “That sounds absolutely perfect.”
“Good. I have to get back to this meeting. It’s not a good thing when the boss is away too long—my staff gets restless and I fear what a few of them can come up with when I’m not around.” Tina laughed again.
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Oh. My. God. That was freaking awesome, but WHO TOOK BABY A?!? Already, it seems like a hours ago that I was laughing at Al and Dane and the armpit licking, and Bette whooping as she left the retreat, and wondering what Carmen was gonna do after she ran out of beers to pour out, and hoping Henry didn’t yell once that EEG showed Tina’s been dodging the pills, and hoping that Steph didn’t get too crazy with the vengeance, and that Hels would hear some news about Dylan and that Peggy would help her daughter track Dylan down, and fanning myself over that call of Bette’s that didn’t quite make it to voicemail, and cheering on Al and Carmen’s rescue of Dana from that Aryan-esque creep-all freaking bloody AWESOME- because all I can think about now is that SOME NUTJOB-Steph? Josh? Marcus?-TOOK ANGELICA! For the love of all things, I so hope you’re posting soon, Portia. But still, this was so good I have to say it thrice, AWESOME! Thank you for the chapter. I literally cannot wait for the next chapter. Cheers
Loved the quote: Gladwell who told a story that a friend of his told him: ‘to a worm in a jar of horseradish, the whole world is horseradish.’ … Glad you’re turning S3 & S4 horseradish into something far more palatable… ;-)
This was beyond belief, every time you post you amaze me, your writing is without fault, exceptional, brilliant, outstanding. My head is swimming…I see the season being what it should have been, thankyou. I know you take a while between posts, obviously it takes time to write…but plspls if you could don’t leave us hanging too long…really it’s going to kill me to wait…but I will, every patiently…THANKYOU PORTIA
Bette’s struggles at the Buddhist retreat, her desperate, heartbreaking attempts to communicate with Tina, that amazing “voicemail,” and all the other storylines are a tour de force, pure and simple. How totally cool to discover that you drew on Ossie Davis’s own words in your wonderfully rich portrayal of Melvin. Missing Baby A, needless to say, is a cliffhanger extraordinaire. A huge thanks for the effort you’ve put into this awesome story.
thanks! the time and effort that must go into this is unbelievable. please know how much i look forward to one of your updates.
What an absolutely brilliant story you continue to weave! I am awed that you are able to develop each character so fully. Loved, loved, loved your description of Bette lost in her memories of their reconnection during the ultrasound and subsequent afternoon delight. So sizzling hot while tender at the same time. Great read, Portia!
oh no, not the baby…what a cliffhanger…please,please keep the baby safe and get bette home asap…great as always
what a chapter… there was so much… stephine is a nut case… henry is at times not all there either… and i’m glad tina is getting better… all those meds… damm… enough is enough… but now to the important part… WHO THE HELL TOOK ANGIE… i hope it was maybe alice or shane and they just turn around with her in their arms… it better not be josh… if it is… well he will be dead in the next chapter… PPS…
First, I must say thank you for this extraordinary chapter. I’ve been home sick for three days and barely able to focus on anything but your 82 pages (damn, 82 pages!) kept me awake and reading. For some reason I had thought that you were finishing this story with this chapter (I don’t know why I thought that) so I was really excited to see that this wasn’t the end. I know how much time and effort it takes to write just two or three pages so I am truly impressed with this magnum opus!!
I’m leaving a comment in advance as there’s no way I can read 82 pages right now. FUCKING AWESOME! I didn’t even have to read the chapter to know that. lol
Wow!That was awesome! by far this is the longest psot I have ever reading! If your not thinking about a book please do so. You have some awesome talent!!! As for Baby, the suspects were set-up perfectly! Stephanie, Josh, Marcus. But you know I somepoint I had a feeling this would happen and for some reason I had Theresa as the perptrator! Can’t wait for the next chapter!
Amazing, this chapter was just amazing the journeys you take us on in Bette’s memory are priceless. The advice her father gave her to the different expereinces between her parents have all been such amazing insight. Excellent. I just needed to tell you what an awesome job you’ve done. Thanks for writing it.
i can’t wait for the next chapter either this story is the bomb i enjoy stories that includes most of the gang..the arm licking was funny, weird but i thought it was cute lol :) grrrrrrreat work you do danish so well!!!
Fabulous! Please don’t let anything happen to Angelica, especially cuz her mama B is on her way home. I don’t know how either women could cope without her. Bring Dylan back for poor Helena. And tell Carmen to get that stick out of her butt :). Love, love, loved it! Can’t wait for more! Thanks Portia