“Bette, “Hearing her name took her away from her thoughts, “Apologies if I’ve disturbed you, you look to be awake.”

“Yes, I am sleep will not find me this night.”

“We are the same, “Gaia says sitting next to her, “What thoughts fill your head?”

“Proper words to find to tell Tina the truth about hidden past.”

“You’re going to tell her?”

“Yes, I must it is time, I’ve spent what feels like a lifetime fearing nothing but to see the pain in her eyes once I speak of my past I fear its approach and fear it greatly.”

“Ah, I see our struggle is the same as I too fear the pain shed upon wife informing her Urena is no longer of this world.”

“And what of involvement with she, Kelly and I do you seek to speak on that matter? If so, I would like to render proper apology to Cybele as well.”

“There is no need, you laid with her before becoming my wife remember, “she smiles sarcastically.

“Yes, much to my regret.”

“You cannot be blamed for being weak.”

“Know Cybele held no meaning.”

“My wife was a lousy lay?”

“No! No, “she says defensively, “You mistook meaning!”

“So she did satisfy all desires requested?”

“Gaia, I did not mean——-, “Gaias sudden laughter prevented her from completing her sentence it was then she realized she was jousting with her.

“You greet me short of mockery you’re never going to let me forget are you?”

“Never, “she says still laughing, “Not in this lifetime or the next.”

“Are you sure I can call you sister and not enemy, “she asks returning her smile.

“Title of sister will forever be.”

“When we return home I would like to extend invitation to you and Cybele to my home for a meal.”

“I gladly accept invitation.” As Bette and Gaia enjoyed another shared moment it was stilled as they both gazed upon Kelly as she walked past them a few feet away.

“I should have stilled her life when I had the chance I grow tired of seeing that fucking cunt, “Gaia says.

“Evil, in its rarest form she almost saw me to ruin.”

“Whispering words of poison as she spoke words of my wife hoping to place wedge between us, she almost succeeded.”