Work was hard for Bette tonight, a murder happened, and sleep was low on her lists of priorities the next few days. It was a hard case, and a brutal one. But after 5 days with not more than 7 hours of sleep in total, they got the guy to did it.
Bette had talked to Tina a few times since she got home from Chapel Hill, but this case had taken its toll on her. She was exhausted. She went home to sleep. It was two days since she talked to Tina now. She had sent her a text, asking how she was doing, but she hadn’t gotten a reply yet. She was starting to worry a little.

She called her brother up to ask if he could maybe check how the case was going.

“This is Michael Porter speaking.” He answers his phone.

“Hi, Mike, it’s me. How’s it going?” Bette asks.

“Hi, there Bette, it’s all good. So what do I owe the pleasure of your call?” He asks.

“Well, I was hoping that you could maybe help me out a little.” Bette starts.

“Okay, with what?” He asks.

“I was wondering if you could maybe look into the case against Eric Collins for me. See if he’s still in jail?” Bette asks carefully.

“Why are you interested in him?” Michael asks.

“My friend I told you about, is his wife. He’s been abusing her for years, physical abuse. It’s Megan’s teacher, Mrs. Kennard Collins. She’s been living in hell for about 4 years. She’s finally been able to leave him and press charges against him. He was not happy about that and attacked her one last time and broke her nose. He has to stay in jail.” Bette says.

“Oh, I’ve met Mrs. Kennard Collins lots of times and I’ve never seen anything suspicious about her.” Michael says.

“She’s been hiding it well, but also, he never hit her face and so on, didn’t want anyone to believe. But her body tells another story. She was all bruised up and broken ribs and older fractures to her ribs.” Bette says.

“Oh poor woman. What did you say her husband’s name was again?” He asks.

“Eric Collins He he’s let out, he’s going to go after Tina and there’s no telling what he’ll do to her and to their son.” Bette says.

“Okay, let me look into it. I’ll call you as soon as I know anything okay?” He says.

“Thank you.” Bette says with a smile. “I haven’t heard from her for a few days, I’m just worried.” Bette adds.

“I understand, I’ll call you as soon as I know something.” He says and they say goodbye for now.

 TBC