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Los Angeles – 9AM

Tina (yelling): Judith! Edith! You are going to be late!

The kids were going to their friend, Faith. They didn’t have to go to school since it was weekend. They would go with that girl and her parents to an amusement park.

Judith (yelling): Yeah, yeah, we are coming!

Tina sighed; her two 14-year-old daughters could be a little irritating sometimes although she loved them with every fiber of her being. She could still see the two little twin girls of three years old when they adopted them, she and her ex-husband, Leo Martin. She and Leo were still civil to each other, they had to take care of the kids together but they weren’t the best of friends.

Two years ago, they divorced because it just wasn’t working, it wasn’t working for over five years but now they finally realized that this couldn’t keep going anymore. It was Leo that actually filed for divorce. Tina knew that she was the biggest reason for the failure of this marriage. She was stupid for going back to man. That was a really dumb thing to do as a lesbian, her friends told her that but she didn’t listen. In the beginning, they were harsh towards her but after a while, they were okay with it and they loved Judith and Edith.

The girls came running down the stairs. Edith looking quite Shane-ish today and Judith very, very girly as always.

Edith: We’re going to go.

Tina: Remember, be home by 6PM or you two are grounded, understood?

E: Yeah, yeah, chill Mom.

Judith: Come on, let’s go.

E and J: Bye, Mom.

T: Bye, girls.

She sighed and sat down at the table, taking a script but not quite being able to concentrate. Her mind wandered back to 12 years ago. To Bette. She remembered being in Rome with her, walking hand in hand through the city, laughing, talking and enjoying their life. When it was night, their hotel room was filled with love, passion. Tina shuddered and opened her eyes.

Occasionally, this happened, her mind would go its own way and somehow it always ended up with Bette. She knew she would always cherish the moments she had with the woman that vanished 10 years ago. She had forgiven Bette for her deeds and now also saw her part in Bette’s cheating. She still didn’t say that what Bette did was right but at least she understood. She felt a sadness overtake her. She wondered how Bette’s life would be right now. Would she be single or have a partner? Would she have kids? Where was she actually? Tina knew for certain that Bette wasn’t in the US anymore. She knew Bette. If she wanted a break, she took a real one. From everything. Tina sighed.