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Laid Up: Another Season 3–Chapter 25B
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“So, Mom, please be cay-ful for Angie and yoah-yourself,” Tina reminded for the third time.
“Tina, I will. Do you think we should leave town?”
“No, no. We need to stay here. Josh Brecker cannot have that kind of control over us,” she said slowly. “We just need to watch out. Doe-ent take Angie to new places, okay?–just what you know.”
“Yes. I’ll be very careful with my grandbaby. Are you sure you’re safe at Helena’s? Isn’t it in the middle of nowhere?”
“There is a security system and guards on-call. Ah’m very safe. In fact, Ah’ll ask Helena about you and Angie staying heah, too.”
Theresa glanced back at Angelica in the car seat. She could see the top of the baby’s head as she was too young to face front in the seat. Theresa turned back to the front, tilted the rearview mirror and stared into it; she turned her head left and looked out at the various cars in the lot and the people walking through it. The hairs on the back of her neck stood up, fear had overtaken her. What if Josh Brecker was watching them? What if he was lying in wait? “That’s a good idea, honey. Does Bette know about this man?”
“Ah left her a message. Ah-I will call her tonight.”
“Well, I’ll git back to the house and gather up some things for us and call you when I’m ready. You can give me the address and what not.”
“All right. Tonight, Helena has invited auh friends over. So it might not be a quiet evening, but it’ll be fun and safe.”
“That’s fine, Tina. That’s perfectly fine.”
Tina and Theresa said their goodbyes. Tina would see them later in the evening.
Tina had spent the last couple of hours in her room trying to reach her mom. At the same time, she expressed her milk. Her pique about not being able to feed Angelica breast milk was still there, but she thought that soon she would get to hold her daughter to her breast and give her nourishment. Tina was no longer medicated. Yesterday and this morning she realized that she had accidentally forgotten to take her pills. This afternoon, she intentionally did without. She felt better than ever. Sometimes a patient knows her body better than her doctor.
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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