Bette sighed again. She was waiting for Joyce Wishnia to meet her at the Planet. They planned on going over points of interest that needed to be discussed prior to the initial court hearing in regards to joint custody of Angelica. After Bette had left the Whistler with Angelica, with every intention of leaving forever, Tina had been adamant about not letting Bette see Angelica. Bette had tried not to be over bearing, but it was getting more and more difficult not seeing Angelica, it was getting too much for her to handle.

‘What the hell had I been thinking?’ Bette thinks to herself. ‘Daddy is probably rolling around in his grave after the stunt she pulled.’  ‘You are an intelligent, motivate woman, Bette why must you insist on doing things in the most stubborn of ways?’

Bette shakes her head, ‘yeah, yeah daddy. I know’ Bette muses, ‘I wonder where I get it from?’ Bette grins, knowing she gets it from her father. Bette sighs again she misses him.

Taking a sip from her tea, Bette looks up at the noise of the door opening hoping it was Joyce. No such luck, but the brunette smiled anyway, because it was Alice and Helena that walked in.

‘I never thought I’d see the day, where I would actually smile when seeing Helena ‘

“Porter! Whatcha’ doin’?” Alice jovially called to Bette. With a perfectly shaped eyebrow raised, Bette replied “Waiting on a lawyer.”

Helena had a look of understanding cross her exquisite features.

“Ahh. Are you getting ready for the custody hearing?”

“Yes. And I’m really nervous.”

“There’s no reason why you should be. You’ll get joint custody, Bette. I’m positive.” Helena reassured Bette by placing her hand on Bette’s shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.

Bette smiled and thought back to how Helena saved her life by being able to talk her through Bette’s idea of “adventures with Angelica”  It was Helena of all people that she called when the implications of what she did start to sink in . It was Helena who talked her through her emotions, reminding Bette that Angelica deserved a better life than being raised on the run. Helena gently pointed out as to how Bette had felt when she and Tina had lost their first baby. This statement brought the distraught mother a large dose of reality. Because no matter what, the miscarriage had been hard on both herself and Tina. She knew she could never put Tina through that again. Once this realization had set in, so did panic. Tina was never going to let Bette see Angel ever again. Bette began to panic.