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            Tina
entered the bar being pulled along by her sister and her mother of all people.  She was mind boggled by the fact that her
mother, of all people was in a ***** bar.  She
had to grin; she was much more accepting now that she’d ever been.

            “Now Tina
I know that you are a married woman, but what’s the harm in looking.”  Emily said and
Tina groaned loudly enough to bring her mother
to laughter.  She and her sister were
contrasts in looks, Emily was raven haired with
blazing blue eyes, and Tina had blonde hair and
dark eyes.  There mother was right down
the middle, hazel eyes and brown hair, when people looked at them, they always
thought their mom was their older sister. 

            “Amuse her would you Tina?  It’s not every day that we get to see you,
you know.  You and Bette
never visit.”  Her mother Eliza
said with a chuckle, and Tina didn’t want to
have to, once again, defend the fact that they never visited.  Even though they found the time to visit Bette‘s
family twice a year.  A bitter boil in
her stomach began; Bette did manage to take
priority in their lives from time to time.

            “Mother…”  Tina said in
her threatening voice, and then she stopped to look around the bar.  Oh yeah, it was a ***** bar all right, from one
end of the building to another.  No LA
femme’s here to tell the truth.  Well,
there were a few cute ones; she had to admit, eyeing a very nice ***** at the
pool table. 

            A flannel wearing woman, with
a buzz cut walked by them, giving Tina the once
over and Tina almost let out another groan.  Butch, so butch that she was wearing a wallet
with a chain, Tina rolled her eyes.  Emily grabbed
her hand and pulled her to a table, their mother going to order drinks.  Tina watched
their mom moving to the bar totally at ease it was scary.

            “I do not believe that mom is
actually in a ***** bar…”  Tina
began and Emily finished her sentence,

            “Ordering her daughters beer!”  Tina giggled,
she missed Emily, they’d been very close growing
up, and then their parents had moved here, to a quieter life.  Tina had opted
to stay in LA, and continue her life, at the time, with Eric. 

            “So?”  Emily
prompted, and Tina cocked an eyebrow and Emily
slammed her cast on the table, wielding it like a weapon, Tina
jumped and laughed.