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Chapter 4 – Philadelphia – Day 3
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Tina: Yes, and that is a big job. But I agree with you, I want Daniel to be safe but I want him to have the tools he needs to confront the problems and the issues he encounters. And I think that we have our work cut out for us since neither of us is a male nor have we faced life as a male and go through the expectations and issues of being a male.
Bette: Well, let’s start by teaching him to be a good human being. We may not totally get the part about being a good male human being. But it will be a good start.
Tina: Yes, I think you may have something there. I think I have a basis for that. And I know you do. Damn Bette, you did it again. You came up with the answer. I married a smart woman.
Bette: Having the answer and executing the plan are two different things. We still have to execute the plan for it to really be the answer. I guess we start at Big Bear Mountain weekend?
Tina: We started on March 15th, 2010. You remember, the day we brought that baby home.
Bette: Yes, I remember. Such an amazing day. I could not get over how much he and Angie looked alike. Except that Daniel has those green eyes.
Tina: I could hardly believe that Angie thought he belonged to her.
Bette: Her living baby doll. Her brother.
Tina: How about you? Is there anything bothering you?
Bette: I’m a little concerned with Mary coming to live with us. I’m concerned that she is going to find living with other family members difficult to adjust to. I’m concerned that she will get her feeling hurt when she in not in control and in command of what happens in the house. I’m concerned that she won’t have a clue how to make a life for herself for her own enjoyment. She is at an age that change is difficult. I’m afraid she will be unhappy with us.
Tina: Well, if any of that happens, it won’t be our fault. Your mother is a grown woman who can make her own decisions. She is in good health and we are not forcing her to make this move. But I think things are going to be fine. Margaret is in the house and is close to her age. I think they will be good friends in time. It may not be instantaneous. I hope they get along well enough that we can take both of them to Scotland with us. Maybe they can share a room and get an idea if they would be compatible traveling mates. You know your mom said she would like to do some traveling and Margaret was planning on doing some traveling after her retirement. I hope this is one of those occasions where our worries were for nothing.
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Hi Martha, what an amazing trip to Philadelphia. There was so much information regarding Melvin and what they learnt if him and his life. Poor Bette, I think it’s going to be pretty difficult to explain this all to Mary and her sister as it has obviously hit her hearing all this. Tina is such a tower of strength to her, I love how they are so besotted with each other and hold each other up! I love hearing about their plans for Angie and Daniel, they are so attentive to their children and want only the best for them. The way they talk through everything with them making sure they understand .
Finally the love they have for each other, is incredibly. They way they do everything for each other, they just want to be together, all the time. Enjoying being out shopping, visiting museums, enjoying meals or just cuddling up on the sofa. They are, as you said, the other half of each other !
Loving this so much, will continue on….o hope you are also continuing on, with this story….
Take care and Thankyou, for this amazing piece of writing!
Thanks… I have always thought that the relationship between Bette and her father was the most important relationship of her life prior to Tina. I could see that she struggled to love and admire the man who always seemed to believe she never quite measured up to his standards. But in my mind, I always knew that Melvin loved his children with all of his heart. He just didn’t have the ability to show this to them. His thought was to just leave them all his worldly possessions and they would know. But the truth is that until Bette talked to Gabriel Scott and to Harriett Myers, she would never know how much Melvin loved Bette, Kit, Mary, Paris and even Tina.
When Tina points out that if Melvin had told Bette on his death bed that Mary was alive and that she had another sister, Bette would be in shock. But if he told her that he had known for 15 years or more, Bette might have taken a pillow and smothered him on the spot. The truth was there was never going to be an ideal time to tell Bette or Kit about Mary Southerland. And Bette knows this deep in her heart. She also knows that all of this is a part of the past. A past which is done and dusted. And all the what ifs and if onlys are a waste of energy. Melvin and his relationship with Bette, Kit and Tina is what it was and had its impact on their lives. For Bette and for Tina, it explains so much. It explains why Tina is a part of his will. It explains why the final distribution was 18 years after his death. It explains how he found out about Mary Southerland and her daughter Paris. It explains how Paris was educated in England during her teen years and college years. And it gives another dimension to the personality of Melvin William Porter.
Bette is going to explain most of this to Kit, Paris and Mary in a future chapter. And in their own way, they will reconcile the Melvin they knew to the Melvin to the man they found in Philadelphia.
This for me is the most emotional chapter I have ever written… deep in my soul, I feel the loss Bette feels for the relationship she never had with her father and that is more painful than the fact that she had all those years of loss in not knowing her mother and sister. The reason is because Mary and Paris are still around and there is opportunity to have a good relationship with them. But Melvin is gone and there is no opportunity to mend that relationship with him. Such as life. But as Bette Porter and Tina Kennard always do – they learn from the mistakes including the mistakes of others around them. They have learned a lot from Melvin and much of it is what not to do in life.
Thank you for reading this and commenting…. it is rather gratifying to see that someone sees this story as a gratifying piece of entertainment. There are several more chapters to this Volume and it will continue.