Chapter 14 
When I pulled into Bette & Tinas driveway,
it was just before 7:00 P.M.
As I climbed out of the car, I reached into the back seat for the wine,
I bought for them. And a little gift, I thought Angelica would like.
I was a little nervous, the little time I have spent with Bette,
I have really enjoyed. I really wanted to get to know her; I
hope she feels the same way.    Bette answered the door,
and welcomed me with a smile, Hi Becky Please come in, I am so 
glad you could join us for dinner, Tina is just changing angel, she will be right out,
I will just put this wine on the table Thank you for bringing it.
You are very welcome, I am really happy to be here, I have been looking forward to seeing your little girl, I bought her this little bunny, I fell in love with it at the store
Oh she will love it, that was very thoughtful of you. I smiled when I saw Tina
walking into the room carrying Angelica. Hello Becky. This is Angelica,
your niece  Hi Tina, she is beautiful, I can see both of you in her.
Tina laughs Everyone says that, she leans down and whispers,
I will let you in on a little secret, She has Bettes stubbornness, thats for sure
As she laughs. Hey, I heard that T, Bette raises an eyebrow at her as
she walks back into the room and puts her arm around her family
and gives them a hug, Tina smiles that impish smile of hers at Bette
and leans in to kiss her, I was just kidding Babe Ha Bette,
I looked at them and I could feel the love the two of them had, I
t was beautiful. As we all sat down for dinner, Bette asked me about John
my husband. So, Becky, you said on the phone last night, that you are married
to a man named John and have been for 26 years, If I am not prying, Where is he?
Bette asked My husband has been in the Air Force for most of our married life, 6 months ago, he was assigned to Washington, he is one of the Presidents
pilots for Air force One. Whenever you are picked to be one of the pilots,
you are expected to live in Washington and to be on call 24 hours.
The security is very high tech , and one of the conditions are that
you are required to stay there 12 months at a time,
It has been hard for us not seeing each other, We talk, everyday,
and I go to see him as much as possible, When he was selected,
we talked it over, and I knew what an honor it was for John to be picked,
and he really wanted to do it, I am so proud of him, but I do miss him
Later, Tina, dinner was wonderful, I love lasagna, thank you
your welcome Becky, I am glad you enjoyed it. Tina turned to Bette
and said she was going to get Angelica ready for bed,
she bends Angelica down to Bette for a hug & kiss.
Bette kisses her little angel. Ok T thanks as she watches them walk away.
We were both really quiet after Tina left. I decided to start the conversation
on our mother. Bette, have you made a decision about seeing Marissa?
Bette slowly got up and walked to the fireplace, She had her back to me,
but I could see her running her fingers over a picture that was there,
she was very quiet for so long, I started to get worried that she wasnt
going to answer me. She turned to me, with tears slowly running
down her cheeks, she handed me a picture she had been caressing,
this is one of the last pictures of our family together, before she left.
I took the picture and looked at it with her, yes; it is good to remember
the good times. Your family looked very happy. Bette looked up at me
with a tear stained face. We were until my Father screwed it up,
and kept her away from me all these years. He was a hard man,
and it was his way and no other way. I can understand my mother
staying away, while I was younger, but when I became an adult,
and I moved here to LA, Why didnt she come to me? Bette asked me
I looked at her, and I said, Marissa felt it was too late, you were happy,
you had been doing well without her for many years, so she decided
to stay quiet. I guess Bette. We all choose our paths in life.
We dont have to agree, but we cant change the past either.
So what do you say Bette. Are you going to see her?
Bette continued to stare at me until finally, she said
Yes, I want to see my mother again. I know I looked at her
with tears welling up; I was so happy that she made that decision,
for her sake as well as our mother. I went and hugged her,
I could feel our tears mingling together, and I could start to
feel a bond with this woman, and couldnt help but think,
What will happen tomorrow, when Bette and Marissa
see each other face to face after all these years. Bette and I decided,
she would meet me at the hospital the next day, near dinner time,
So she could see Marissa, I hugged her and Tina good bye,
and slowly drove home. I was exhausted, in the last 6 months;
I have had so many draining conversations, with my Mother,
Dana and now Bette. As my thoughts went to Dana,
I wondered if her friends have read their personal letters yet,
I hope they have, Dana wanted to leave them with some closure of her
, I hope they all have found comfort in her letters.

When Jenny looked at the clock, she saw it was late, she had been
doing her rewrites on her book, most of the day and night.
She went to New York right after Danas funeral a few days ago.
As her thoughts were on Dana, she remembers a parcel post
she received earlier in the day from Shane. So, she walked over
to the counter and opened it. It was a letter addressed to her,
on a slip of paper Shane wrote Jenny, This is from Dana,
her last thoughts to you, if you need to talk, you know where I am. S

TBC Jennys letter Bette meets her Mother