The next months passed by. At first, Tina was very hesitant about filing a complaint against her husband, afraid of his power and connections and afraid that they wouldn’t believe her – who gets raped by their own husband? She was so convinced the police officers would think she was exaggerating, being a typical woman, filing a complaint just because she didn’t feel like sex once again. Eventually, Bette managed to get Tina to the hospital to have an examination and then to the police office. Luckily, Tina was not injured physically and the police took her seriously.

Rachel had reacted just the way Bette had expected her to – she had told Tina to deal with her own shit and that she didn’t want to get involved in the mess that she had helped in creating. Naturally, Tina was devastated and it took her some time to get over Rachel. She had risked her marriage for this woman, the fact that her husband turned out to be such a bastard didn’t really seem to count as she had been oblivious to this the time they started their affair.

Bette had invited Tina to stay at her place until they came up with something, but neither really wanted Tina to leave again. They had become really close and Bette had been very supportive. She still hadn’t had the guts to tell Tina about the love she felt for her, the love that only grew stronger every day. She was convinced the timing wasn’t right, the wounds of what had happened were still too fresh.

Eric was put away safely behind the bars. This was ruining his career, he would never be the top lawyer he was ever again but it was just what he deserved. Tina hadn’t gone to see him once, despite his calls where he begged her to visit him so he could explain. Each time, this infuriated Bette. That he had the guts to call her and beg her to listen to him after what he had done to her! She saw how much pain it caused Tina just talking to him on the phone, so she took that pain away by asking her lawyer to make sure he wasn’t allowed to do it anymore.