We went into the office and sat down across from him.

"Now, let’s discuss why you have these trust issues," Will said.

"Well, she cheated on me two years ago," Tina said.

I cringed at the bluntness of her words and said, "well, she cheated on me too."

"So are you worried one of you will cheat on the other?" Will asked.

"Yes," Tina said, "I’m sorry baby, but you have a history and then that thing with Kelly."

"But I didn’t sleep with Kelly," I defended trying to hide the annoyance.

"I know that baby, but I can’t be worried about you with her every time you go to work, she’s your business partner!" Tina said.

"What about you Bette?" Will asked, "why don’t you trust, Tina? Same reason?"

"No," I said, "Tina will never cheat on me. I don’t know why I can’t fully trust her, I just don’t feel like I can tell her everything."

"You haven’t told me everything?" Tina asked, I could see the pain in her eyes.

"Don’t despair Tina, that’s why you’re here," Will said, "you build your trust in Bette, and she builds her trust in you and be able to tell you everything."

Tina sighed and said, "so what do we do?"

"First thing is first," Will said, "when you get home tonight, I want you to try an exercise. It’s called ‘Lead me blind.’ The exercise consists of one of you wearing a blindfold all night and the other guiding her to do everything. It consists of pure trust. For this exercise I want Bette to be blindfolded."

"Me?" I repeated in surprise.

"Yes," Will said, "you are a woman who likes to be in control, and if you can trust Tina to let her control you, then you are showing how much you love her, and therefore building her trust in you as well."

"Seems like a win-win situation," Tina said hopefully, "we’ll do it."

Will smiled encouragingly and said, "good luck."

I sighed deeply and gave Tina an approving nod. Oh this is going to be fucking hell…

……………………………

Helena:

"I never thought I was going to see you again," I said looking over to Dusty who was lying down next to me, "I thought you were going to stay on the island."