Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Two O’Clock in the afternoon, Saturday

In a cramped bedroom, in an equally cramped apartment, Megan Gonzalez Porter sat on her laptop. A laptop that she bought herself with money that she had saved up from working as a receptionist at a bank. She was only seventeen years old, but she was ambitious and smart and very stubborn. That’s why she didn’t let her mother’s requests for her not to search out her sisters. Megan was the offspring of Melvin Porter, a wealthy black business man from the other side of town. She was born illegitimately due to an affair he had with her mother, Lupe Gonzalez. He hadn’t been in her life, but he had set up a college fund for her. She had heard through the grapevine that he had two other daughters, both significantly older than she and both born to two different women. Somethings stay the same, don’t they, she thought. Once she found out that her father had died, it only intensified her efforts to find the two women Melvin had fathered before her.

She found them through a private investigator. Kit and Bette Porter. The private investigator only gave her the location of the two women. West Hollywood, California.

And her she was, Googling her sisters. She typed in "Katherine ‘Kit’ Porter." A website came up, describing Kit Porter’s accomplishments and laced with a couple of pictures.

"Kit Porter (53), a legendary jazz and blues musician from North Philly, now resides in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California. Though focused on her career, she is also the owner of The Planet, a cafe by day and a nightclub when the sun goes down. Kit has one son, David (32), a doctor in residency in San Diego, California." Megan read aloud, "Nice." She clicked a picture.

It might have said she was fifty-three but she sure didn’t look it. She had a youthful glow about her and she was definitely a beauty. Megan was a little lighter than she was, but she could tell that they had similarities. She then Googled "Elizabeth ‘Bette’ Porter." There were several articles about her, her galleries, and her accomplishments. There were also a few articles that talked about some of her downfalls.