”Helena has crisis at her club, so she left. She also asked to tell you ”sorry” and that she’ll call you or something” Bette explained to Alice.

”Oh”

Bette looked helplessly at Tina when she heard how disappointed Alice sounded. Tina shrugged her shoulders.

”I’ll drop you off at your house”

”Nah, I’m fine”

”I said I’ll drop you off, Alice” Bette insisted. ”I need to bring Tina home anyways”

”Okay”

Bette put money out of her pocket and tossed some on the table. ”Tee, do you want anything else? More coffee? Alice?”

Both declined.

”Then let’s go” Bette said and stood up if a little hastily. She had become aware of the fact that she forgot her business phone at home and it made her unsettled.

”Bette, is something wrong?” Tina asked her girlfriend, noticing the change in her demeanor.

Bette threw the door wide, letting Tina and Alice before her into the street. She followed them closely, ushering them to her car. ”No, everything is okay, baby” The brunette smiled charmingly, opening the car door for her girlfriend.

She then swiftly bypassed her car to get into the driver seat, but before she did so her eyes caught the sight of Dominic’s black GMC standing right across the street. Bette swallowed as Dominic lowered his backseat window and gestured to come up, closing the window right away.

”Fuck…fuckfuckfuck” Bette sweared and bent down, speaking into the car. ”Girls, I’ll be back in a minute, stay in the car okay?”

”Where are you going?” Tina demanded, furrowing her brows in concern.

”I need to speak with my friend. Be back, Tee” The brunette said rapidly in response and shut the door. She jogged onto the road with her arm outstretched, stopping some cars in motion. When reaching Dominic’s GMC, she opened the door and jumped inside. Brunette’s panting filled the silence in the car as she looked around. Here on the backseat sat her boss, Dominic, behind the steering wheel sat his driver and in the front passenger seat sat some man Bette couldn’t recognize.

She looked indignantly at Dominic. ”What the hell are you doing here? You gonna follow me around the city now?”

Her boss’s face remained emotionless. ”I called you, you weren’t answering. How come?”