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The Adventures Of Bette Porter And Sissee Gardner Schmidt After Tina (Part 1, Chapter 2)
“I know,“ agreed Bette. “It seems everyone of us is out on a ledge.“ She glanced at me and added, “Let’s just get the fuck out of here and go find a bar. I need a drink.”
I agreed. I clicked open the doors of my Honda mini-van with a remote and we put her luggage inside, got in ourselves and chatted more about her friends, as we left the airport in search of a decent bar. I facetiously asked Bette if Helena is going to have to start eating out of a can and we had a good laugh over the thought, especially when Bette added that at least she could do it with a silver spoon!
We found a nice place to have a drink and were content to find the interior quiet with subdued lighting. We sat at a table with comfortable, leather-backed chairs and ordered our preferred drinks. We had a lot to talk about as we leaned confidentially toward each other.
“Listen to me Bette,” I began, after a quick drink of my vodka tonic. “You need to get away from all of this for a while. Away from Tina and Henry, even all that is going on with Kit and Alice and, well, just all of them. They all have their problems. None of them is happy right now. And aside from them you only know that Tina is not going to let you see Angelica without a struggle. So, I’ve been doing some thinking.”
Bette was savoring a sip of her martini. She put the glass down and looked at me curiously. “What have you been thinking?”
“Well, remember my Travel editor at the Post?”
“Yes, she‘s done very well.”
“Her name was Dawn Coyle when I first worked for her but she got married and it’s now Dawn Hartman.”
“I know and she’s worked her way up to the top as Executive Editor of the Post.”
“Exactly.”
“I’ve seen her on television. She’s very vocal and highly respected.”
“Well, she and I have kept in touch all these years and we had lunch yesterday. She told me that she had one of her travel writers back out of an assignment because of personal reasons and she’s asked me to cover it”
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The reception must be good, hence the post. Thanks Sissee for thinking of us even on your vacation. I think Bette going to Maui with Sissee is an excellent idea. She does need time to regroup. I didn’t realize Sissee’s kids were practically grown, time’s getting away from me a little bit. Have fun!
Thanks for posting even though you are on vacation. I was glad to see your post. I’m enjoying this story very much and I am glad that Bette is determined to get to see Angie again.
Bette will come back from Maui with Tina leaving Her boy toy and will be single. Joyce will fight for Bette to get Angie part time. thanks for posting on your vacation.
Sissee, this is really a short chapter (3 pages only, to be exact). I can’t wait to see what’s going on when Bette goes to Maui with Sissee. You are so good in getting Jennifer Beals’ real talent – photography – into the story. Bette will also be a good photographer, as you indicated in the story. When I read your first adventure series, I read it all within a few days (because I couldn’t stop reading them -so interesting storylines with different places mentioned), I guess I have to be patient from now on! :-) Thanks again for entertaining us fans even when you are on vacation.
Now that this story has gone into known territory, I realize what this is all about – it’s The L Word Zelig – Sissee inserting herself into L herstory.
I, like kbergin, didnt realize sissees kids had grown up. its amazing the different paths life can lead 2 people down…here sissees kids are almost grown and bettes raising a toddler. i hope they get to go on the trip. sounds like the kind of vacation i need lol
colenickel, I think we’d all love to go to Maui. For me it would be a third trip because I have a niece who lives there and she is a gracious host. I truly do love Maui and you will soon see why. It has so much to offer. Thanks for your comment. Won’t you please enjoy the island with Bette and Sissee……….
This is good, this is great, this is amazing and I have a feeling it’s going to be wicked. *sigh* Bette in bathing suit, Bette in a white blouse dancing under a waterfall…sigh okay okay I will stop with my day dreaming ;) lol So Sissee and Bette back together? I hope so!! Let them have fun on Maui and when they get back. Tina and the H factor agree to let Bette have her bunny now and then. And Howie well Howie has someone too…so everyone is happy and in love.
PS have a great vacation!
September, Thanks for your post. Bette and Sissee alone together on Maui? And then they go back To California and everything goes back to the way it was? Bette and Tina? Sissee and Howie? No, that’s not how it will work out but I hope you will read on to see what happens with our adventurous pair. Thanks for the good wishes about having a good time. I am, except it is getting pretty damn hot up here in the California foothills. Lots of vineyards to visit though, where we are in 49er’s country. Beautiful estates, lovely flowers, and a lot of tourists, each of us seeking space.
techgal, Zelig, that is too funny! Thanks for the good laugh!
Bette’s Babe. I was notified that you had emailed me. I responded and it’s caught in Outgoing mail. The same for kbergin. I see there is a letter stuck there too written to her last year. Did either of you ever hear from me? We will have to do something about that. Thanks for that lovely email. I appreciated it very much. Oh, and this is really not that short of a chapter. It depends on what the content is. If I do a lot of dialogue, those one-liners take up a lot of space.
bettyvhall, A lot is going to happen to Bette and Sissee on Maui. I enjoyed writing this Maui series. Thanks Betty.
kbergin47, My cell phone connection to my laptop does not work because of where we are. I am using the local wireless. At first I figured it was going to be a long week here without the internet but I made a connection. Yes, it will be good for Bette to get away and go to Maui with Sissee. To refresh your memory on the timeline. Bette and Sissee graduated from Yale in 1985. Kyle was born in 1986 so in 2006, he is 20 and out of the nest. Charlie is 18 and Mary is 17, bothe seniors. Thanks for being here.
brouhaha, Thank you for your comment. I am glad you are posting.