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“Oh my God, Kit. That was amazing with capital Ah…” Alice stressed her point with a moan of utter pleasure. The girls guffawed once more at her antics. Bette locked eyes with Tina again. Shane notice the subtle eye contacts throughout their dinner and was getting more uncomfortable by the minute. She didn’t know how much Tina has found about the incident.

“Seriously, Kit. I almost had an orgasm when you said there’s more.” The cheeky blonde licked her lips in delight whilst caressing her abdomen grinning like a cat that ate the canary.

 “Why, thank you Alice… I thought it would be a nice touch after I walked into your playful foreplay here with Shane just now…” It was meant to be another teasing but Alice quickly got the message as Shane shot her a glare stopping her from answering the silent chiding Kit gave them. They had totally forgotten about Bette’s condition and the danger they put her in. At one point just now, Alice almost knocked Bette over in her clumsy effort to jump onto Shane.

“I’ll just head in there to clean the dishes… Come here!” Shane grabbed Alice into the kitchen, leaving Kit alone with Bette and Tina, sensing the awkward tension and figured that the three of them needed time alone. Tina continued to stare at Bette as she sipped her sparkling juice. Tina noted that the girls were especially careful with Bette tonight. Kit had blown a fuse when she caught Bette right before she stumbled to the ground thanks to Alice’s small action stunt to dive onto Shane. Not only that but Kit fussed a lot more on Bette’s consumption than she normally would. The older woman also opened a new bottle of sparkling juice just for Bette while everyone else drank beer. Shane didn’t even have a small cigarette break. Kit cleared her throat loudly to bring Tina out of her current daze and from staring at her curious sister.

“Kit, I… um… I was thinking…” Kit regarded her baby sister with all her attention. Bette looked up and glanced very briefly towards Tina before meeting her older sister’s stare.

“I was thinking of moving back- to my house…” Kit fought hard not to shout her objection. Angus warned her about controlling Bette too much. He being the silent bystander of their recent interaction managed to catch Bette’s annoyance at her scrutiny. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves and tried hard to think of a valid reason to deny Bette her freedom at this choice…

She found none at the moment…

“OK,” Finally, Kit answered her sister’s request with a soft resignation.

Bette grinned widely and hugged her sister with gratitude. Freedom…

"Thank you…" At last.