“And yet look what I did Kit. Look what I did to the only person who has ever truly loved me one hundred percent.”

Kit said nothing.

“Why Kit?”

“Come here.” Kit finally pulled Bette into a hug and Bette fell heavily against her sister.

“Why Kit?”

“I don’t know Baby Sis. I don’t know.”   

Kit wished she had the answers to her sister’s “whys.” However she has long come to accept that nobody did, not even Bette herself.  The best she could give was a hug and that was the most she has been doing for the past six months.

“You know what I’ve just come to realize.” Bette stayed inside the hug.

“What’s that?”

“I would have left me too. I would have left me too Kit. I would have seen myself and I would go running in the opposite direction.”

“Bette…” Kit sighed.

Bette pulled back from the hug and Kit shook her head when she saw that Bette was battling to hold back tears.

“I have to get going. I’ll see you later.  I’m just gonna go to this award show and…”

“Are you sure you wanna do that?”

Bette hesitated at the question. She tried to read Kit’s face, see why Kit thinks she shouldn’t go to the show.  She didn’t want to go, but she felt the need to go. There was just not enough time to make Kit understand or see her side of all this without telling Kit about the conversation she had with Dr. Wilson.

“I really don’t want to, but it feels like the right thing to do. If our paths cross and Tina doesn’t want to talk to me then…I won’t blame her. I’m not trying to disrupt her life.”

Kit nodded.  

“She’s being honored, Kit.”

“I know, but…” Kit stopped her self. She really had nothing more to say in regards to the past six months that has not already been said, at least a thousand times already. The best that she can do now is to see her sister through the chaos that has become Bette’s life.

“Okay. I’m sure she’ll be happy you showed up.”

“Later.”

“Yeah. Good luck and I’ll call you later.” Kit regretfully watched as Bette got into her car, pulled out of the parking lot and disappeared out of view before she turned and headed back to finish lunch with her father.