Bette: Thanks T. I love you both. Bye bye Boo.

Angelica: Bye Momma.

Bette leaves and Tina gets Angelica ready for preschool.

Bette: Good morning Arthur!

Arthur: We’re all set for our guests today. Mandy pre printed their badges and we put their names up on the welcome sign.

Bette: Thanks for making them feel welcome.

Mandy: Wow, look at you boss lady! Congrats again you must still be on cloud nine.

Bette: Good morning Mandy. Yea, that feeling will linger for a while.

Mandy: Oh the boys say thank you for the passes. We’re going to the movies on Friday night.

Bette: I remember those days of youthful enthusiasm. My father would say “those movie passes are burning a hole in your pocket”.

Mandy: Well he’d be right. The boys have definitely earned a movie night, so we’ll do McDonald’s then the movies.

Bette: Well you’ll have two very handsome dates that night.

Mandy: Yes I will.

Bette: Are we all set for this morning?

Mandy: Everything is all set up in the conference room. Agenda at each position, museum packs for each of our guests and breakfast has arrived as well.

Bette: Do you think you can swipe a coffee and muffin for me to have before the meeting?

Mandy: I can and I have. They are both on your desk.

Bette: You rock.

Mandy: Yes I do.

The ladies laugh. Bette enjoys her breakfast while catching up on her emails and messages from yesterday.

Hector: Good morning Bette. I hear congratulations are in order?

Bette: Yes, thank you Hector. We couldn’t be happier.

Hector: It’s amazing you had to go through that. It’s obvious how much you love that little girl, you are definitely her mother.

Bette: Well, that’s the legal process. I’m glad it’s over now and went in my favor.

Hector: My kids are so excited for our trip, thanks again.

Bette: Well be sure to thank our guests, they are hosting us.

Hector: The presentation is ready to go on my laptop, so we’ll be ready for our 9am start.

Bette: Thanks.

Bette is left in peace to finish going through her emails.  She is surprised to find one from Helena.

Dear Bette,

It is with pure joy that I send you this congratulatory email. I was thrilled to hear that the adoption went through successfully for you. While we have moved on to become good friends I know our start was not the greatest. Clearly we’ve moved on from that start. I wanted to formerly express my regrets for my part in causing you so much grief and pain. While I fancied Tina and at the time Angelica as conquests, the truth was they were never available to me. They belong to you Bette. Always have and always will. It really didn’t take long for me to see that, though it took much longer for me realize I couldn’t change that. Tina is indeed your life partner and Angelica is your daughter in every sense of the word. Mother was always so fond of you and I took that as a slight to me. Now that I’ve gotten to know you I understand why mother was so drawn to you. You, Tina and Angelica are family to us Bette. We are better people for having you in our lives. You have no idea how happy you’ve made Mother by allowing her to become apart of your family. Many look at what we have and say “I’d love to be a Peabody”. You have looked at what we are, not just what we have and built these amazing relationships with us. You have no idea how much happiness you’ve brought my mother. If she could go to family court and adopt you, she would. Mum sees us both as her girls, so let’s make the old lady happy.