—-

Bette walked in The Planet with Benny and Claude holding her hand and Angelica walking a few feet in front of her. Alice’s eyes grew big when she saw them. Bette walked to the table where Shane and Alice were sitting.

“Hey, guys.” She greeted them. Angelica, Benny and Claude sat down on a chair while Bette did the same.

“Uhm, Bette, you have three kids with you…” Shane said slowly.

“Yup, these are Angelica, Benny and Claude.”

“You mean as in my Earth daughter Angelica?” Alice said.

“Yes…” Bette said smiling then she turned to the kids. “What do you three want to eat?” She asked them.

“PANCAKES!” The three yelled. Bette chuckled.

“Okay, I will get you all pancakes. Hey, guys, Tina will be here soon. Just so you know.” With that, Bette got up and walked to the counter. Kit had a puzzled look on her face.

“Bette? Who are those three little kids that are with you?”

“Those kids are Angelica, Benny and Claude.”

“Angelica? Your daughter?” Kit was shocked.

“Yeah…”

“She is black and blue. How did that happen?”

“Henry.” Was Bette’s cold replay.

“Really? You’ve been to the police, right?”

“Yes, we’ve gone to them.”

“You went with Tina?”

“Yeah, it’s our daughter so we went together. Her house is still not finished and there is no room for the kids so I’m keeping them.”

Kit and Bette talked for a while and Bette ordered the food. Just then, Tina walked in. When the kids saw her they ran to her, yelling ‘Mommy!’ Tina hugged them and then walked to the table where two of her oldest friends sat. Shane stood up and smiled at her.

“Hey, TK. Long time, no see.” She said and hugged Tina.

“Hey, Shane. How are you?” She asked the skinny person while she sat down.

“Good, very good.” Shane replayed. Bette walked back to the table with the food and placed in front of the kids.

“Hey, Tina.” She said to the blonde-haired woman.

“Hello, Bette.”

Bette sat down next to Alice and Angelica. Alice still hadn’t said a word and that was rare. Tina chose to ignore it and began talking to Shane while Bette was talking to the kids and helping them cutting their food. While Tina was talking to Shane, she learned that Shane had met Cherie again and they were now together for almost 3 years and had a daughter that was now 6 months. Shane had carried the little girl named Daphne because Cherie couldn’t have kids anymore. Tina was surprised that Shane would ever want to do that but was very happy for Shane.