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Laid Up: Another Season 3 – Chapter 26C
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In the previous section, the police had put out an Amber Alert for Angelica and are looking for Josh Brecker. Bette was in a limo on the 405 Freeway onher way to WeHo from the airport. Shane was on her way to California from the Sacramento airport; Helena was sad and pouty because Dylan had disappeared.
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Helena finished typing her message to her studio assistant, Melissa. She was determined to get contracts completed and signed for projects before her mother could shut the studio down. She was just about to log out of her email account when she received a message announcement. She looked at the corner of her screen and looked at the sender’s email address. She didn’t recognize it. The email address was not only unfamiliar, but it was from overseas. The address ended in ‘es.’ She squinted at the screen. Helena wanted to open the email out of curiosity, but was in no mood to put a fatal error virus on her Mac.
“Is somethin’ wrong?” a waitress said as she passed by.
“I don’t think so, no.”
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1:25pm
Vogel stood in the living room when Kit came barging into the house, looking frantic and out-of-sorts. “Tina!” Kit ran to her, pulling her into a strong comforting hug that only served to bring Tina to tears again. “Oh, Tina. Tina, Tina. How you holdin’ up, baby girl?”
“It’s awful.”
“I know.” She broke from the embrace. “Here’s your phone.”
“Thanks.” Tina took it.
Detective Vogel reached for the blazer she had thrown over a chair when she had first arrived at the Porter-Kennard house. Her plan had been to wait for Bette, but they were losing time and frankly, there wasn’t much, if anything Bette Porter could add to what they knew. She walked over to one of the uniforms, a man of about 6’2” and lean, short platinum blonde hair cut short, but not so short you forgot that before he was a cop, he was no doubt a surfer-dude. His eyebrows matched his hair and his skin had the healthy, tanned glow of a guy who knew that ‘twenty minutes and turn’ was the proper basting time for his weekends of sunbathing on the beach. He sported what Alice Pieszecki always called the ‘1970s gay man’ moustache—full and well-trimmed, and it reminded her of that old joke–Why do gay men wear moustaches? Answer: To hide the stretch marks. If law enforcement didn’t work out and he had a voice, he could easily slide into a vacant spot with The Village People.
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i am once again left speechless at your incredible ability to weave a tale. i actually yelped in excitement when Angie was safe but at the same time, believe it or not, felt somewhat sorry for Josh. only your writing could evoke that somewhat schizophrenic sympathy.I’m also a bit worried at the introduction of Jodi into the story but hope that after all that we’ve been through with Bette and Tina to date, she will not pose a threat to their relationship.as for all of the other characters and their stories, i am finding them entertaining and interesting as well which is not usually the case when reading as i’m pretty much just a Tina/Bette fan. this again, is testimony to your ability to ability to entertain.thanks again for the story and the time and effort that must be involved. looking forward as always to reading more.
WOW. you put so much into this everyone was weitten about. Could have done without Jodie tho. thanks
I’ve spent the past two days reading the whole thing, and honestly? It’s great. Really, really great. The characters are well written and adhere to canon, your reweaving of the events of Season 3 into this alternative version is not only really well done, but in my mind — preferable. As for the Jodi issue, if she’s like every other non-core character in your work (herself, but changed), I’ll be very happy to see where that goes. I do wonder, though, moments after Bette is reunited with Tina and her baby for the first time in weeks, she wanders off to talk to Jodi? That seems a little… I don’t know, inhuman? But, hey, if that’s my only complaint in 26 chapters, consider it an amazing feat. I’m a huge Danish fan, and I’m happy to see you keeping the love alive. Would love to see more of that relationship in your writing, but generally I think the chapters are fairly good about being even with their time. You’re prolific. Are you really spitting out this much in three days? Because if so, that’s incredible. I mean, really, really exceptional. Thanks for writing this, it’s a great read, and I can’t wait to see more of it.
more sharmeeeeeen!!! pleasee!!..excellent chap, so glad angie’s ok, hope you post soon
Thank goodness Angelica is safe. I’m glad Boden was there. Um, not too excited about Jodi showing up in this story :). Can’t wait for the celebration…hope everyone gets a little ‘private celebration’ time :wink:. You’ve really spoiled us this last week Portia. Thanks for this wonderful fic and don’t be gone too long :)
Nice way to weave Jodi and Big Bear into the story – and loved that Bette denied ‘gush’ing. Great stuff, Portia.
Bette better mess up of jodi!! yeah for angie being okay… now it’s time for the port-kennards to get on with their lives. tina needs to finish her rehab.i wonder what else steph. did what else is she hiding??? great update!!:)
Ahhhh… I can breathe now. That was tense, but Baby A is safe, finally! I’m so glad there was a third person there and Boden clocked that whining maggot Josh. Although, I think Bette would have ripped him apart eventually anyway. Hels is leaving, which is a shame, but her heart’s somewhere else… So! Ol’ Steph’s about to get her comeuppance, big time. I hope Peter gets his money back, as well as his furniture. I’m dreading the stuff coming out that was on that list of hers. Girl needs help, if she can survive prison. This was so good, I can’t wait for the next post. thanks Portia.
glad angie is ok…can’t wait for shane to get home and face the wrath of carmen…things need to change