”You go away out of the blue and spend half an hour in some car that screams I have mafia in me. You have two phones, you…”

”Stop right now, Tina” Bette interrupted. ”I told you I was talking to a friend, the car screaming I have mafia in me is totally the creation of your own imagination. The bad, very bad creation. I have second phone exclusively for work contacts, because I have a lot of them and I don’t want to clutter up my main phone with them. A bullet in the compartment might have been left there since the times when we were opening Helena’s nightclub. We were threatened with one of our competitor and I bought a gun for the self-protection purpose. That’s it. Do you have any more questions?”

Tina puffed her cheeks and let out a healthy amount of air. ”See, Bette? I know so little about you that I just can’t help myself but fall into stupid conclusions so that I look like a paranoid freak”

”I understand” Bette answered distantly, running a hand through her hair. She was shameful of the heap of lie she just fabricated. She had never guessed she could be such a liar.

”Bette, I need to know you a little better. You seem to be a secretive woman, I’ve noticed that. And I respect that, for real. But I wish you would let me in just a little bit more, okay? As far as I remember I am the woman whom you confessed your love to. Just like you are this woman for me. I just want to be allowed not only into your heart but into your mind too. At least a little bit more. Is that really so criminal?” Tina finished with a sweet smile, taking Bette’s hands into hers.

Bette laughed softly as her eyes watered slightly. God, what am I doing to this woman? What am I doing to her? She asked herself, looking at Tina lovingly. ”I love you so much…” She whispered.

Tina bent forward and captured Bette’s lips. She took her face into her hands and after prolonging the kiss for some more time the blonde broke the contact, touching their foreheads together. ”I love you very much too” Tina breathed out.

Bette peppered kissed on Tina’s smooth hand. ”I’ll text you or call you depending on the time when I’ll be free. Come to me tomorrow evening?”

”Yes” Tina murmured. ”I will miss you”

”I’ll miss you too, bye” Bette crooned, watching Tina getting out of the car.

”Bye, baby”