Tina (shaking her head): My Gods…

Helena (closing her eyes): So in, the end she tried to do the right thing?

Tasha (rubbing Alice’s back): Unbelievable…

Shane (standing up): As misguided as she was…

Peggy (absorbing everything): Bloody hell, you girls sure know the meaning of the word loyalty.  

Carmen (reaching for her): Gods…

Papi (still unsure): Well then what the hell were they doing there? They surely knew if any of them had come on the property we could have opened up a whole can of ass whooping…

Kit (picking Angie up): And then some…

Lisa (smirking): You see I was wondering the motives too (leaning back) Tina did you know you filled out another insurance form as well as Bette the night of the party…

Tina (shock): What?

Everyone looked at her and started asking questions at once.

Lisa (sipping her coffee): Money was the motive for Dusty and Catherine. Kelly’s was a little more complex and Lidia’s was, well we can take a wild guess (looking at her blackberry) excuse me. Hey! I’ll ask her I’m getting to motives at this point. (Closing her phone) Tina you listed your sister as the beneficiary as well as your daughter. Bette you listed Kelly Wentworth as yours.  

Bette (angrily): Bullshit, after what she pulled, tried to pull…

Dylan (wide eyed): This just gets better and better….

Helena (shaking her head): Why? Surely they knew that Bette and Tina were much stronger even if Tina saw the tape. Yes, initially we all came to the same conclusion. However, if you look at it quick like then yeah it does seem like Bette’s going down on that little tramp. But if you watch it slow you can see Bette is doing nothing of the sort.

Kit (wincing): And I’m sorry I jumped to conclusions.

Alice (proudly): See, I told you Porter wasn’t the same pootie chasing dog slut puppy…

Angie (piping up): Momma what’s a…
Tina (growling): Alice (looking at Angie) don’t say it. That’s a no, no word…

Tasha (glaring): Alice Potty Mouth Pieszecki….

Kai (adding the final motive): And you’re salary at Shaolin was another factor. For both you and Helena. I think Dusty planned on kidnapping Helena for ransom.  

Dylan (angrily): Drawing and quartering…

Bette (squeezing her shoulder): Drawing quartering, lynching, burning at the stake.

Tina (shaking her head): Bette, Dylan (warning.)

Dylan (smirking): Sorry well not sorry but…

Papi (writing down the excavation company number): Here just in case. Although I do tend to agree with you. Mummification would work just as well…

Bette (sipping her wine): Especially the brain scrambling thing with a red hot poker.

Tina (glaring at her): Bette, Papi, Dylan behave.

Peggy (looking at her): That’ll be the day.

Carmen (rubbing her face): So money, blackmail, kidnapping and murder. All over what….

Peggy (folding her hands): It goes back to greed, lust, jealousy and anger.

Lisa (smiling): Precisely. And Jenny got mixed up with the wrong people for the wrong reasons but for good intentions.

Papi (disgusted): Dam bitches.  

Kit (looking around): Surely she knew that she wouldn’t get away with it.

Shane (leaning back): She did for a while…

Dylan (guilty): Yeah some of us did fall for it…

Helena (looking at her): Stop blaming yourself…

Tasha (nodding): Yeah we all had a hand in it one way or another.

Shane (slamming her hand on the table): Dammit…

Tina (shaking her head): She was misguided, confused but trying to do the right thing.  

Bette (reaching across the table): In the end yes…

Alice (fighting tears): What a mess…
Angie (climbing in Alice’s lap): No mess, no cry…

Tasha (reaching across the table): Don’t cry honey. She’s at peace. It’s over…

Kai (nodding): Yes it is.

Peggy (looking around): Now we have to pick up the pieces and put them back together. We’ll go on, like before but we’re stronger now. We know what we can lose, what can happen and just how fragile and precious life is and can be.
They looked at her and raised their glasses drinking to that and to Jennifer Shecter wishing her peace and happiness.

tbc
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