That’s oldold trick, pretending to get something behind her” teased Alice taking another cherry.

“No, I really had my cell on the table behind herI had to call the nanny to tell her I wasnt coming home”

“Ok, okand? Dismissed Alice, wanting Helena to go into details.

“And what?…” asked Helena pretending to sound surprised by the question.

“What happened?” Asked Alice  with a excited tone in her voice

we did itit was amazing” standing up, pacing the room, Helena added “..there is no way she is straightno way”

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It was getting late, the sun was setting and she still had that feeling. It was tightening her guts , making breathing difficult. It wasnt just that she finally made a decision, or that she was scared to death. It was something else. In a way, she was going against nature, her nature. She was leaving unresolved issues behind. She didn’t call Alice, and she was feeling like she should, she didn’t call Kit whom she definitely should had,, she didnt call Barbara who, to that moment had left three messages on her cell,  and most important, she didnt call Tina. She didnt call Barbara because she knew what could come after that, it was too tempty, too easy. The sex had been great, hot, fun, invigorating. Just what she needed, but there was something in Barbara she liked. Unlike Candance, who was just lust, with Barbara she felt something else, something she might like, something she might like to persuade, to try. Barbara was everything she needed right now, she was not only open and honest about herself, her marriage and what she wanted for her life. She was also independent, fun to be with and extremely sexy. And she lived on the west coast which made things even more perfect. But It was too easy. She not only had Angelica, and Dana, and her friends, she had Tina too. She loved Tina.

 And  It wasnt like she didnt want to call her before leaving, she tried a couple of times. She picked up her cell and stared at it unable to do it. She was frozen. And now, hours later it was too painful to even think about it. She had nothing to say, she had so many things to say that she didnt know how to start, where to start. She dint know how to say it, how to tell Tina. Seeing the mountains in the horizon Bette sighed. At least she was almost there. She jumped on the car without a plan, didnt know where to go, just knew she needed to leave the city, needed to move away from everything, But the moment she left the city, the moment she realized that she was on her way to the north, she knew where she was going. It was as if a mayor force was driving the car, as if fate was pushing her in that direction. Taking the second road on the left, leaving the old post office building behind she felt it again. The almost forgotten excitement, Xmas morning, first day at school, first kisses. Turning the engine off, Bette waited. Waited for almost two minutes before she heard Scout barking, and as expected, right behind it, a confused figured came out of the house. Slowly, the figure walked the few meters between the house and Bettes car. Blocking the warmed sun with the hand, the figure tried to find out who the driver was. Stopping right at Bettes side, leaning forward, with a smile on the face, the now happy figured said, looking right into Bettes eyes.

“What took you long?”