“Shit”

“What did you tell her?”

Bette was getting irritated by Tina’s tone

“What do you mean what did I tell her? I told her the truth I said, no”

Bette took a deep breath

“Why are you so upset at Tina?”

“I just…”

‘I don’t know’ Tina finally said

“Are you upset because she knows about us?” Bette asked

Tina remained silent Bette felt hurt

“Is that it?” Bette asked

“No, Bette don’t be silly, I just don’t want to hurt her”

“You guys broke up back in New York right?”

“Yes”

“So what the big deal, are you not planning to tell her we’re a couple again?”

Tina was silent she was feeling guilty for feeling guilty, she rubbed her forehead with her hand.

“Bette that’s not it, I just don’t want her to think I went right from her to you, it wouldn’t be right I care about her a lot, and I don’t want to hurt her.”

“Well I’m sure you can apologize to her for moving on, or being with me or whatever you want to apologize to her for she’s on her way to the studio, I’m going to go home”

“Bette…”

Tina heard the click of the phone on the other end.

“Fuck” Tina said as she hung up her phone.

Chapter 42

Tina sat there thinking she had tons of work and got nothing done, she had handled the conversation with Bette all wrong, Bette had totally misunderstood the reasons she  was upset.

Tina dropped her head on the desk.

“Having a stressful day are we” Tania her assistant asked standing by the door.

“It’s started out so great, and I just fucked it up” Tina said

“Well I just got a call from security Jessica is here I told them to let her in, I hope that’s ok?”

“Yes of course, Jessica will always be welcomed here, and before I forget have them add Bette Porter to their list, and I need them to issue her a pass and always forward her calls to me ok”