Bette didn’t hear anything else..she jumped in her car…and left…as fast as she

could…to Cedars…she didn’t even lock up the gallery…
She arrived and parked….then ran inside….and up to the registering window…
“Mam..there was a Tina Kennard brought in by ambulance, I think…Could I see her

please?” asked Bette..trying to speak through the tears…
“Hold on one minute..” said the nurse as she got up and walked into the back…She

came out a few minutes later….”The doctor will be out in a few minutes…they

are working with Miss Kennard now…”
“Is she okay?” asked Bette.
“I am sorry..but I really can’t say…just wait for a few minutes and the doctor

will be out to speak with you…”
Bette sighed…through the tears…she walked around in the waiting area for a

good 10 minutes, when the doctor came through the door…
“Miss Porter?” he asked..
Bette walked to him…”I am Bette Porter…How is Tina?”
“Let’s sit..” he said as he held out his hand towards the chairs…
“I don’t want to sit…I just want to know how Tina is…”
“Well Miss Porter, Miss Kennard is a very lucky lady…she is not out of the woods

yet..there is a slight swelling of the brain, a broken leg, and serious cuts and

abrasions…”
“*****..” said Bette as she put her hand up to her mouth…crying
“Mam..there is one other thing that I need you to know…”
Bette just looked at him…”You mean there is more? what else could there possibly

be….?”
“Well, Miss Kennard,I am sorry to say, had a miscarriage due to the impact of the

hit….”
Bette stood there in awe….”A miscarriage?” she said aloud…
“Yes mam…I am sorry…” said the doc..”We will move Miss Kennard to the ICU

shortly and you will be able to see her only at specified times…but when they

get her set up…you can see her for a few minutes…”
“Yes sir…” said Bette….”Um..doc…what floor is the ICU on…so that I can go

on up and wait for her there…”
“3rd floor…” said the doc…”I can let them know that you will be waiting to see

her..”
“Thank you…” said Bette as she finally decided to sit in the chair…’a

miscarriage…’ she thought…’another miscarriage..oh my god, how will I tell

her? or should I even tell her? *****…’
Bette removed herself from the seat and made it up to the 3rd floor….Waiting

patiently till someone came to get her…’what do I say? Every other time, I

always knew exactly what to say to make her feel better but now I am at a loss for

words…’
“Miss Porter?”
“Yes..”
“Mam, you can come on back now…but you can’t stay any more than 5 minutes…Miss

Kennard has to rest….”
“Thank you..” said Bette as she walked back into the ICU with the nurse…they

rounded the corner, and there she was….Tina laying in a bed, with a cast on her

leg…and her head bandaged up..tubes coming out of her…cuts and bruises

everywhere and 2 black eyes….
The tears started flowing harder…she walked up to Tina….and grabbed her hand

into her own…
“Bette?” Tina said softly…
“Yes, baby..it’s me…I am here…” Bette answered through the tears
“Bette, the food is all over the car..you might need a fork to get it..if you are

still hungry…” she whispered…
Bette laughed at Tina’s humor after just surviving a terrible accident….
“Tina..I am so glad that you are okay…I will take very good care of you..I

promise..”
“I think….I may need it….” said Tina..
“I’m going to be here if you need me…I will be right outside those doors…so if

you need me for anything ….you just let the nurse know where I am, okay?”
“Ok…” she whispered again…
“Ok..They are walking this way, so I have to go now…but I will be here…I can

only come in at certain times..but I will be here..I promise…”
“Bette….I love you…” said Tina before she drifted off to sleep…
“I love you too, T…” whispered Bette.

Bette talked to the nurse..gave them her cell number and left to go back to the

gallery to lock up…she remembered that she hadn’t done that…went home and

called the girls to let them know what had happened….then made her way back up

to the hospital….

The girls all arrived….Dana, Shane, Alice, and Kit….they all had questions of

which Bette had no answers too…Everyone waited around until the next morning,

when they could see Tina….Bette hadn’t told them too much about what was going

on…nor did she spill about Tina being pregnant and losing the baby in the

accident…*****, she didn’t even know if Tina knew….Tina hadn’t even found out

that she was pregnant yet….her appointment wasn’t until the following week…
After going in first, Alice pulled Bette aside…
“Bette, why didn’t u tell us that Tina was Pregnant?”
“How did you know?” asked Bette.
“While I was in there with her, they came in and told her that she had lost the

baby in the accident….”
Alice wasn’t able to finish before Bette had already ran into the back…she

stopped short of Tina’s room…Tina was sobbing….she stood, almost

paralyzed…her feet glued to the floor….until Tina called for her….
“Bette..” Tina yelled…
Bette snapped out of it, and ran to Tina….she took her into her arms…and held

her…
“Bette, I am so sorry…” cried Tina…
“For what?” asked Bette holding her and moving the hair out of her face…
“I cheated, and got pregnant…then lost this one too…I am not fit to be a

mother..nor a wife to you..” she sobbed…”oh god…” she cried…
Bette just sat there and held her wife….and cried the tears too…she cried the

tears for their first baby that was lost and this one….she never let herself

grieve over the loss of the first one….so this came as a double wammie for

her…not to mention, her wife’s near death experience..
“It’s okay…Tina…we will get through this….shhhh..Don’t cry baby…” she said

trying to assure Tina…
“No…I have lost another baby…you don’t need me…I am no good…”
“Tina…stoppit…listen to me….you didn’t cause this…just stoppit..now…we

have to focus on getting you better, and getting all upset is not going to make

things better right now…just calm down…we will be okay…ssshhh…” said Bette

as she held on tighter…

tbc……..