“What?”

“You heard me, Bette.”

There was a long pause as the world flew by outside of the car.

“I can’t believe you just said that.”

“Why not? Did you go through labor? I don’t fucking think so.”

“OK, I’m going to ignore this because I know you’re just going through a hard time right now.”

“This has nothing to do with that! Right now, legally, you have no rights over her. You’re not her mother.”

Better slammed on the brakes, not caring that people were honking angrily at her.

“What the fuck are you talking about? We used a black donor so she would seem more like ours, I went along with you to doctor visits, I’ve spent almost all my time over the last year caring for Angelica. Don’t you fucking tell me she’s not my child!”

“You know, maybe Melvin was right, maybe…” Tina trailed off.

“Maybe what, Tina? Go on, say it! Maybe what?”

There was a loud knocking on Bette’s window and a large man surrounded by a group of other people stood staring angrily in.

“Hey, lady! Can you have this little fight somewhere else? I got places to be!”

Bette opened her mouth, ready to retaliate angrily before giving up. She just wanted to see her baby again.

“Yeah, sorry.”

“I just… I wanna know if there’s any way I can regain their trust. I mean… I totally fucked up, all right? Like, majorly fucked up. I invaded their home and their privacy, their life, and I’ll never be able to forgive myself, but I want them to forgive me. They were my friends. And… and I…”

“You…”

“I… I don’t know. Jenny was right. A… about the whole violating women thing. I asked my sisters. They all had stories. It was fucking awful, I just… I just wanted to kill those boys, I can’t explain it, because I knew I did the exact same thing.”

“Well, Mark, our hour’s up, but I would love to talk to you more about this next week, if I may.”

“Sounds good.”

Shane sighed and got up, disappointed that she was interrupted from the day’s rerun of the Daily Show. She opened the door, still glancing at the TV so she wouldn’t have to miss any of the action. She looked to the open doorway to see who was there.