I mailed you to ask you if there was any way we could talk to each other confidentially. I just found out something that changes my entire life and puts the past few years in a completely different life. I don’t know what I should do, what is the right thing to do. I can’t talk about it to anyone else because it has to remain a secret and I can’t talk to Kit because despite the fact that I now live with her, I don’t have the feeling she knows me well enough to fully understand how this affects me.

I totally understand if you don’t feel like doing this, because you don’t want to or because you’re scared that someone will see us and talk about us and you might lose your job over some ridiculous person assuming things and not checking if they are real. Not that I think you’re scared. I mean, it’s not like I think you’re scared easily, or that I think you’re weak or something. I hope you don’t misunderstand me.

Sincerely yours,

B Porter

Tina smiled at the apologies because they were so typical of Bette, but the second paragraph made her frown her eyebrows. What could have happened? She was curious, but more importantly, it seemed to bother Bette and she wanted the girl to just have a nice holiday. She responded immediately.

From: Christina Kennard
To: Elizabeth Porter
Sent: Monday July 13th 2009, 9:21 PM
Subject: RE: Sorry

Tina Kennard

She wondered if she should go back to Jesse now or wait for a reply. She knew she wouldn’t be able to concentrate on the movie as long as Bette hadn’t sent her another mail, so she decided to wait. She checked out a few sites, waiting impatiently. Sure enough, a few minutes later, a new mail popped up.