It had been a busy 2 weeks for Bette, which Tina was secretly grateful for, she was afraid that Bette would go stir crazy sitting at home all day while she was at work.

Luckily for her, Bette was working hard at opening up her own gallery again. Bette had had a smooth journey so far – she had secured a space, hired James to help her (totally tripping the CAC up again) and best of all, Peggy Peabody had made a re-appearance.

Tina smiled to herself as she thought of the first time she heard Bette talk about Peggy – Crazy, batty as hell, richer than the top 10 richest men in the USA and an absolute art fanatic. Peggy had come into Bette’s life when she was younger, recognizing Bette’s talent and helping her when Bette first started out. However, due to her daughter’s various issues, Peggy retreated from the world and went into seclusion to try and help her daughter. Bette had a few years later, joined the CAC. Now, Peggy was back and willing to help finance Bette’s gallery, she was even providing the first exhibition, which was a collection of the works she had amassed over the years.

Bette had introduced Tina to Peggy earlier that week, and Tina immediately was drawn to her. Yes, she really was eccentric like no other, but she had a generous heart of gold and was rather motherly. She obviously had a soft spot for Bette and that alone elevated her in Tina’s eyes. Upon hearing that the two were engaged, she decided to expedite the opening of the gallery so that Bette and Tina would have a stable income before their wedding and she offered the use of her house for their bridal shower/combined hen party.

Peggy’s excitement was way too contagious and so naturally, they accepted the offer. Alice, Carmen and Kit were happily planning the bridal shower, ignoring Bette and Tina’s warning not to take things too overboard. Shane however, promised to tone down as much of it as she could.

Tina then turned her thoughts to the opening of the gallery. What a day! Bette had been all over the place before the opening, she had even gone ahead to the gallery to do the last minute checks and when Tina had arrived, she bore witness to Bette’s nerves out in full force. However, Bette took one look at Tina and her tirade aimed at the caterers ended.