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Another Left Turn – Chapter 4a
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‘I feel like I’ve been talking a lot,’ Tina said, taking another sip.
‘You have.’
‘I don’t want to run out of time.’
Wendy glanced at her wristwatch. ‘We have about thirty minutes.’
‘Okay.’
‘I’ll tell you when we’re down to ten.’
Wendy had a faint accent of something European. Irish maybe? She had a soft, kind face, barely made-up. A pair of tortoiseshell half-moon glasses hung from her neck by an amber-beaded chain. She was sitting in a leather armchair across from Tina, who was in the middle of a huge crimson damask sofa. A blue and gold Kilim rug was between them. A small coffee table with a water carafe and glasses. The obligatory box of tissues.
Tina sat back, pulling a cushion behind her for a little support. Wendy was immobile. The old-fashioned air-con quietly whirred.
‘You were telling me about your previous therapies,’ Wendy prompted.
Tina nodded. ‘Right,’ she said. ‘Well . . .’ And she ran through the list: Foxworthy (LA, couples), Foxworthy (LA, solo), Foxworthy (LA, group). Hollingsworth (New York, couples), Freeman (New York, solo). She grew quiet.
‘How did you find those sessions?’ Wendy asked.
There was a long silence. Tina could feel the pulse in her neck beating as she made her decision.
‘I found them pointless,’ she said. ‘Or should I say, I made sure they were pointless.’ Wendy waited. Tina took another drink, wiped her mouth on the back of her hand and added, ‘I never, ever, not once, told those people the truth.’
***
Picking a dog up off the street . . . What could possibly go wrong? Well, Shane McCutcheon was now a world authority on this question. In the space of seventy-two hours, the dog – Buddy – had:
broken two lamps
swallowed her earbuds
peed in the pool
sat on her head
chewed her Oakleys
wrecked her trash
So when Angie arrived for her weekend stay, Shane greeted her through a crack in the door. Behind her, a noise of slobbering and scratching could be heard, punctuated by the odd yelp.
‘Hey . . .’ Shane said. ‘Just gimme a . . . he’s . . . the dog’s a little—’ She closed the door. ‘Buddy! Quit that! I said no!’ Angie’s eyes grew round: she had literally never heard her Uncle Shane sound rattled. Then she heard Shane’s voice receding and the chaos seemed to stop. A moment later the door opened again.
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Thank you for the new updates!
Bye, Carrie, we will not miss you. Good for Tina what she decided to talk about that she was raped by her sister, by for me this interrogation never where cannon, so i not going to more talk about that.
By the way – i’m not watching Gen Q besides parts with Bette and Tina, and briefly Bette, when she mention Tina, so when Shane from aunt became uncle?)
Thanks for commenting, Zenhya. In GenQ, Angie calls Shane ‘uncle’ as kind of a joke?
Thanks for reading even tho you don’t agree with everything. I appreciate it. :-)
Hi Largo, hope you’re feeling better!
I actually felt a little bad for Carrie, people should learn not to get involved with either Bette ot Tina… Still, happy to see her go ;-)
I remember being worried when I first read this that Bette and Dani were gonna start something with this trip, I’m so happy you didn’t go this route. There’s anough drama between Bette and Tina without adding anyone else to the mix.
I just love the way you describe things, characters and spaces, it really help me get into the story. I especially felt it here with Wendy and her office.
On to the other half of this chapter
Hi Noa – I am feeling a bit better. Very kind of you to ask. :-)
I’m glad you enjoyed the descriptions of Wendy’s office. I enjoy daydreaming about things like that. And yes, Carrie had a very rough ride with Tina. I felt bad doing that to her but at least there wasn’t any cheating a la Jodie.
Thank you for commenting x
Finally, Tina getting some proper therapy!
Most of TiBette’s mistakes would’ve been prevented if they just committed to some good long-term therapy. Emphasis on long-term and not something they stop after a few sessions when things get good or bad again.
Look, I’ll admit here that although I’m a TiBetter, I do ship Dani/Bette I haven’t found any actual fics that properly explore what a relationship between them would have looked like, but I can’t help but think it would have been good. I thought in S1 of GQ the writers were setting up SOMETHING between them, but obviously they chickened out of it. I really liked their dynamic, I thought they worked very well together, their similarities AND their differences were very compatible, in a strange way. I think a relationship between them would have been a very interesting one to explore – not necessarily an endgame forever relationship, but I think it would have been good for both of them. They both obviously cared for and protected each other, Dani took care of Bette, and managed and negated a lot of stress for her (which is something Bette really needs, despite her controlling/Alpha tendencies, sometimes she just needs to be taken care of and have someone to lean on), while Dani benefitted from and needed Bette’s mentorship/advice/drive/passion, without being made to feel inferior or incapable in any way.
I’m looking forward to their trip :)
Haha, yes! Danette had potential, didn’t they?? Some people felt it was icky bc of the age difference, but if they’re both okay with it then it’s really no one else’s business, is it? In the end I didn’t feel it was right bc I wanted Bette to try and do something different, to make an effort to heal from Tina’s desertion. I love what you say about how they protected one another. I loved that too.
L