“Bette, look at me. What happened? Tell me, please.”

“I saw Tina with someone else” whispered Bette.

“Oh…” Jacky was at a loss for words knowing how Bette still felt about Tina.

“Yeah. With a baby. ” was all Bette said as her eyes watered up.

“Bette..hey..come on, don’t cry honey” Jacky didn’t know what to do to comfort her dearest friend. She pulled her close and held her, gently rubbing her back as Bette cried softly.

“Bette did you talk with her then? Did she see you?” Jacky was so full of questions at that moment, trying to figure it all out, somehow trying in her own way to negate the fact that Bette had told her just now.

“No I couldn’t wait.” Bette replied hesitantly

“Please tell me you didn’t just leave without even talking with her!” Jacky said incredulously.

“Jacky..I..I just couldn’t stay there! You don’t know how I felt. How hard it was to see her with someone else and no less with a child.”

“So what you are telling me is that you were jealous?”

“Jacky! Do not go there okay! You don’t know anything” Bette said angrily letting Jacky know that she had crossed the line.

“Well then tell me what it was that made you run away like that without even attempting to know what the real truth was?” Jacky shot back.

“I knew this was a bad idea. I should go.” Bette said while attempting to get up.

“Bette, come on. How long are you going to run away from facing the truth. Why are you torturing yourself like this? You don’t even know what the real situation is and you are already jumping to conclusions, ready to change your life, swallowing back the disappointments and pain without actually trying to find a solution to fix the problem in the first place. Why do you hold yourself back this way? Stop living such a guarded life for once and live for your heart, with your full heart try to embrace life with all the passion that you have within yourself and see what difference that will make in your life, Bette.”