The room from which security cameras were monitored at The Play Room was a converted file room of the menswear store that used to lease the space, plain and tightly elbowed but out-of-the-way.

It was reached only after walking down the length of dimly lit hallway in the second floor of The Play Room that could be accessed to the left of the landing of the staircase that led up to the second floor. Everything else in the second floor of the bar was to the right of the staircase, and access to the dark hall that led to the camera room was roped off.

Jules and Diane waited anxiously in the dimly lit hallway, pacing a few feet from the door of the camera room, which was shut. Bette, Brom, Spencer, and the tech were inside the room, where Spencer had made a call.

Bette suddenly came out of the room, speaking in clipped tones in mid-sentence, “… Christy, don’t worry someone will be with you to take care of Angie…”, as she shut the door behind her. She was walking further down the hallway, towards the emergency exit door, when she wheeled around to face Jules and Diane, who had quickly walked over to her, palms open, mouthing questions to her to ask about what was going on. She partially covered her phone to answer the two, “I need someone to be with Christy and Angie, while I go do something with Brom.”

Jules and Diane looked at each other, and quickly reached an unspoken agreement. “I’ll go to your place and be with Angelica and Christy,” Diane said quickly.

Bette mouthed a quick word of thanks to her and uncovered her phone, “Ok, Christy, Diane will be there shortly. I’ll be talking to her first about a few things. No one’s to leave the duplex until either Tina or I return, ok?”

After a few more exchanges with Christy, Bette clicked the call shut and slipped her mobile into her purse, blowing a breath out to pause for a second before raising her eyes to meet Diane’s.

“Diane, I don’t have a lot of time to explain things but before I do so .. um…I’d like to say something first.” Her voice wavered slightly, and her lower lip trembled a bit. Bette swallowed and breath out again, before saying, “This is for you and Jules, actually.”