“Don’t you see it Tina, she wants you to leave feeling the way feel towards her as you do about Bette. I know it sounds a little crazy but…

“No Alice its all really starting to come together. I just wish I knew why her and Bette have such hostility towards each other.”

“Maybe this is the type of conversation you should have with Bette tonight. And let her know what your thinking.”

“No I can’t do that to her before she leaves for Cuba. She deserves better than that from me. I’ll just wait the two weeks for her to get back, I can wait that long.”

“Can you?” These questions were really gonna play hell on Tina’s mind. But she felt like she owed it to Bette to at least wait that long. Hell it was so many days Bette just and held her as she cried. Tina knew there was nothing she could do to repay her for that amount of comforting she provided.

Seeing all the emotion and worry on Tina’s face made Alice come to at least one solid conclusion since she’d seen Tina. She decided that it was a good idea not to tell Tina the one thing that solidified her trip to Georgia this summer. She just had to wait until Bette was in Cuba and tell her then. With Bette being here she could worry herself to death about worrying Bette to death. This way she could tell her and let her deal with one thing at a time. But when was it ever gonna be right to tell Tina that she knew who her real father was?

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“Hi is this Alice?”

“Yes it is who may I ask is speaking?”

“My name is Vanessa” from the silence on the other end of the line Vanessa could tell Alice had no idea who she was “Vanessa Kennard. I’m Tina’s mother.”

“Ohh, ok is there something I can do for you?, Is everything alright?, How’s Tina?” Alice’s mind was flooded with pangs of concern for Tina’s well being.

“No, no, no, Tina’s fine, I guess. She’s…”

“What do you mean you guess, isn’t she there with you? What the fuck did you do to her?”