Chapter 38

Bette woke up feeling great, it had been a while since she had woken up feeling happy, the smile on her face, was proof that the decision to return to California was the best decision she had ever made.

She looked at the clock and saw it was 8:15 am a little earlier than she would have liked to get up but she was eager to call Tina and set up their dinner date.

Bette called room service and ordered breakfast, she didn’t have any plans this morning or any pressing commitments or meetings she had to attend she was going to spend the morning organizing her life for the next 2 months she was going to find a place to temporarily live in until her house was ready, she might have to go back to Melvin’s for awhile, since living out of a hotel for 2 months was going to start getting very expensive going back to live with Melvin wasn’t something she was looking forward too.

She took a quick shower while she waited for her food.

She changed into a pair of faded Levis her favorite and an old t-shirt that Tina had left behind also her favorite.

Her food had arrived she poured herself a cup of coffee and decided to call Tina.

She dialed the number that was still very familiar to her even though she hadn’t called it in years, she held her breath as she heard the phone ring.

“Hello”

Bette heard a groggy voice answer the phone, and one thing was for certain it was not Tina’s Bette didn’t know if she should hang up, she hoped she had dialed the wrong number, or maybe Tina had a new number all those thoughts better than the obvious one of Tina spending the night with another woman.

Bette took a deep breath as she heard the voice over the phone speak again.

“Hello, anybody there?”

Bette now recognized the accent and figured that to be the voice of  Helena, Bette felt anger, jealousy and sadness all at once she pushed her feelings aside knowing she no longer had a right to feel any of them. She took a deep breath and found the strength to talk.