“Yeah, his grades are all good. He’s top of his class in some of the courses.” Michael says with a smile. “I still can’t believe that he didn’t go into law school. I would’ve hoped that he would follow in my footsteps, instead he turns to you. I blame you for that.” Michael says and smiles at his younger sister.

“I’m sorry, but law is boring, police work and the things he’s learning about now, is much more exciting.” Bette says with a grin.

“Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard you say that before. But law is safer.” Michael says.

“That might be, but, you’re stuck behind a desk all day, while I’ll get to travel around, meet new people all the time, all though the circumstances aren’t always the best, but you know what I mean. Not one day are the same. It’s exciting and inspiring.” Bette replies. Just then her phone indicates that she has a new text message. She opens it up and reads. It’s from Tina.

“Hi, I want to say thank you again for your help yesterday, it means the world to me. You truly are an angel. Thank you.” Tina writes.

Bette smiles as she replies:

“Hi, I was glad I was there to help you J How are you and Evan this morning? Did you get much sleep?” Bette writes and hit the send button.

The reply comes back a minute later.

“I had trouble sleeping, when I finally fell asleep it was only an hour before Evan woke up. So I’m still a little tired, but still, I’m okay.” Tina replies

“Good, I’m glad.  Time heals all wounds, isn’t that what the experts say…” Bette writes and looks up, to see that everyone is watching her.

“What?” She asks as she raises her shoulders.

“Oh, nothing, is there someone special?” Michael asks straight out.

“No, only a friend. The one I told you about, which I helped yesterday.” Bette says.

“She must be kind of special, because you are smiling with a big goofy grin.” Maryann says and chuckles.

“Well, yes, she is special, but it’s not what you think. She’s a friend and she’s going through some really serious stuff at the moment.” Bette says as she looks down on her phone again and continues to write.

“So, you have any plans for today?” She finishes off and sends it.

A few minutes later she receives a reply.

“No plans, just me and Evan. I was going to go to the park, get some fresh air. You want to join us?” Tina writes.

“I’d love to. I’ll just finish up breakfast here, and then I’ll come over. I’ll be there in about 40 minutes.” Bette replies.

“Great, see you then.” Tina replies.

Bette’s smile was big as she lay the phone down and continued to eat. Michael, Megan and Maryann all looked at each other and smiled. They knew that Bette has been alone for a long time and they hoped that she would find that special one soon.