“Yeah, kinda. Kallie likes her, and she likes her camera. I think she thinks it’s a toy. And she adores Jenny.”

“I still think that’s weird,” Bette muttered. I shrugged.

“I don’t care, Kallie loves her and she’s good to her, so I don’t see a problem with it. They babysit for us every now and then, although Alice and I don’t really go anywhere. Maybe to a movie or something,” I said with a shrug. “We don’t even really want to get out of the house. She’s such a good baby that we don’t need to. We just like letting her spend time with Jenny since she loves her so much.”

“I’d keep an eye on that if I were you,” Bette said. “When Shane’s here with her, I don’t see a problem, but I wouldn’t leave her with Jenny alone.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” I asked, a little exasperated. I knew Bette wasn’t Jenny’s biggest fan, but it irked me a little that she seemed to be telling me who I could have around my child.

“I just don’t know how well Jenny would be able to care for her on her own. She doesn’t really have any experience with that and she’s really not the most stable person on earth…” she trailed off, seeming to think the conversation was over.

Looking back on it, I probably should have just let it go and chalked it up to Bette’s superiority complex, but I didn’t. “Look…Kallie loves Jenny, and no matter what your feelings toward her might be, she’s never given me any reason to distrust her.”

“I’m not saying she has,” Bette replied. “I’d just be careful.”

“I’m being as careful as I know how to be,” I retorted. “Just because you don’t get along too well with Jenny doesn’t mean I can’t. She loves Kallie and Kallie adores her, and I don’t see any reason to keep them apart just because Bette Porter holds a grudge longer than she needs to.”

Bette looked like she was going to say something nasty in response to that, but she didn’t get the chance. I just calmly asked her to leave the house, and that I’d call her at some point in the future. Bette looked pretty pissed off, but she agreed. Kit and Tina were obviously aware that something was up, and they both looked at Bette like they weren’t very surprised. Still, I wasn’t in the mood. Kit made a phone sign with her hand and raised her eyebrows at me, and I nodded that I’d call her later.