“How do you know that?” Ashley asked Kaitlin “Where you on the other phone listening again?”

“No, I’ve not done that for years. She’s down stairs” Kaitlin said looking at her sister and then to her friend.

Jess never said anything, just stood up and slowly walked out of the bedroom, as though in a daze. Ashley went to follow

“Ashley” Kaitlin stopped her “Mum and mama are there, she’ll be fine. If she needs us she will call or come get us. Just give her some time” Ashley silently agreed and sat down beside her sore sister.

“What does she look like?” Ashley asked placing her head on Kaitlins shoulder

“Alice” Kaitlin answered putting her head onto her sisters

“She looks like Alice?” Ashley asked sounding surprised

“No, she is Alice” Kaitlin laughed at Ashley’s face

Jess stood at the bottom of the stairs, feeling alone but she knew she had to do this by herself. She walked into the living room. Bette, Tina and Alice all stood up and looked at her. Tina walked over to Jess and put her hand onto her shoulder

“This is Alice, your mother” Tina told her. Jess just stood there silently.

“Hi” Alice smiled “How are you?”

Jess walked over to Alice and instead of hugging her or shaking her hand, she punched her in the face knocking her to the ground. Tina and Bette stood there stunned before they tried to stop Jess hitting Alice.

“YOU FUCKING BITCH! YOU LEFT ME WITH HIM! WHY THE FUCK DID YOU LEAVE??” Jess screamed

Kaitlin and Ashley heard the commotion and dived up from the bed, Kaitlin was in front of Ashley, she wasn’t thinking about her sides even though she was still holding them pretty tight. They ran into the living room and Ashley dragged Jess off Alice and into the hall, Kaitlin helped by closing the door behind them. Bette and Tina helped Alice up.

“Are you ok?” Tina asked sitting her on the couch

“Nothing I didn’t really expect” Alice lied

Jess was sitting on the stair crying, face still full of anger. Kaitlin and Ashley stood looking at each other and then back to Jess. Kaitlin nudged Ashley towards her girlfriend but she just looked at her sister horrified. Kaitlin mouthed to give Jess a hug and slowly Ashley crept over to Jess put her arm around her, Kaitlin lowered herself in front of Jess and made her look at her.