Helena sat in the Planet, staring into her coffee. Another job application, another rejection letter. She wondered how long Peggy would sit and watch as her daughter turned into something she would hate. Desperate and self-pitying. She could, if she really tried to be objective, see why Peggy had done what she had all those months ago – letting Helena free to make her own mistakes in the world and learning to live without the Peabody millions. But Helena wasn’t in the mood to be objective. What sort of mother, she wondered as tears pricked her eyes, would leave their daughter to rot? Let her sleep on the couch of a friend, let her suffer rejection after rejection in the pursuit of a job. Let her feel so low she didn’t know where to turn, where to ask for help. Helena was pleased she had Alice to talk to, pleased that her friends in LA hadn’t turned their backs on her when she lost her fortune – as she secretly feared they would when Peggy cut her off. But at this precise moment in time, as Helena studied the cold coffee in front of her, she didn’t care about that. She just wanted her old life back.

Bette walked into the Planet and spotted Helena sitting away from the other customers, almost hiding herself away. Her heart did a little jump as she saw her former rival. She studied Helena from afar – ripped jeans, an old T-shirt, her hair falling loosely round her shoulders. Pensive and thoughtful – and utterly beautiful. Bette smiled to herself, how she admired and secretly thanked Peggy for cutting Helena off financially. She allowed the beautiful person, once hidden behind power suits and wealth, to emerge. When she first started thinking about Helena in this way, it had taken her by surprise. She was supposed to hate Helena – or at least only tolerate her. But in the last 12 months her feelings for Helena had grown into something else, something that took a fair few months to get her head round. She wasn’t sure exactly when it happened, but suddenly she looked forward to seeing her, would casually ask the others to invite Helena to any nights out she planned, would go out of her way to visit Alice on the off chance that Helena would also be at home. She found the "new" Helena to be funny, thoughtful, caring and utterly charming. At first she wanted these feelings to stop. Then she allowed herself to enjoy her secret fantasies, knowing nothing would come of them. Now she desperately wanted to look after Helena and allow Helena to look after her.