Previously:

I looked at her with pleading eyes “Do you love me?”

“It doesn’t matter” Bette said quietly averting her eyes to the window.

“It matters to me” I said weakly “Do you?”

“Tina…you and I…it can’t happen” Bette said sadly shaking her head.

“Why?” I whispered.

“You’re human” was all Bette said.

“That’s not a good enough reason” I said stubbornly.

“It is” Bette said softly “We live our lives on different hours, different worlds even… and you’re so young Tina, I don’t want you to miss out on anything because of me”

“Like what?”

“Kids for example” Bette said.

“What if I don’t want kids?”

“It’s not just kids Tina…there’s so much in life you have yet to experience and I don’t want to deprive you of that”

“Bette” I said looking into her eyes “I love you”

“I have to go” Bette said wiping her eyes as she started walking towards the window.

“If you leave now don’t ever bother coming back” I said as tears made their way down my cheeks.

She stopped in front of the window and turned to look at me.

“Don’t say that…” she said pleadingly “Please…”

“No” I said sternly “If you leave now I don’t ever want to see you again”

“Tina…” Bette pleaded.

“No” I said shaking my head as my tears kept falling.

Bette slowly turned and made her way out the window. I let out a sob as my knees gave in and I fell to the floor burying my head in my hands.

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Chapter 4

I walked in to my boss’s office at work and sat down quietly, waiting for her to speak. She looked at me with a serious and quite worried expression.

“Tina” she said seriously, clasping her hands together “I had a meeting with the board earlier this morning and as your name came up we came to the conclusion that it would be in everyone’s best interest if you took some time off”

“Time off?” I asked scrunching my eyebrows “You’re letting me go?”

“No no” she said quickly “We’re not letting you go we just feel that it would do you good to get some time away from work…frankly we’re quite worried about you”