Bette: Oh, Melvin. Why did you have to make things so hard?

Tina: Do you think we could have some water? Bette and I need to take a break here.

Harriett:  Why don’t two go into the backyard and walk around a bit and stretch your legs. I will see about lunch. It should be about ready. It’s a nice day to be outside.

Harriett called the house keeper to get Bette and Tina some water and to show them to the back yard. She also told the house keeper to have some facial tissue ready and to proceed with lunch.

Bette went outside and began to cry and then to sob hard. Tina went over and held her close and rubbed her back and was crying with her.

Tina: Just let all go Bette. Let all out.

Bette: Why did Melvin not want to tell me this?

Tina:  He was ashamed that he withheld this information for all these years. He really discovered all of this when you were at Yale. It was not like you two were seeing each other on a regular basis. You were moving on with your life and he never found the right time to tell you. And then years went by…. Yeah, he should have told you.  But he didn’t.

Bette continued to cry and the housekeeper came out with the water and tissue. Bette looked away so that she would not be seen. Tina accepted the water and offered Bette the tissue. Bette was mopping her face and blowing her nose and then she accepted the water.

Tina: Bette, you do realize that if Melvin had told us on his death bed, that it may have been too much for either of us to handle?

Bette:  What do you mean?

Tina: Melvin was dying. You and I were separated. We were going to have a baby any moment. Your job was a mess. There was all that crap with Helena. Kit was not too happy that you had your dying father in your living room. And she was dating that Benjamin Bratt – a married man. And if you add on to that a “oh, by the way; your mother is still alive and you have another sister. And I, Melvin, have known for fifteen years.”