At the same time Tina was fighting her own internal battle. Much as Bette had tried to give nothing away, Tina knew that she was worried. Her eyes gave her away. And she couldn’t afford to have Bette mistrust her, because it would dig away at the heart of their relationship. But it also killed her to know that she would be the bearer of bad news. She weighed up her options over and over in her head. Either way she was going to hurt Bette, whether it be by hiding things from her or by telling her the truth. But in the end she had to know the truth. Tina just wished she had a firm answer to give her, rather than leaving her with the unknown once again. Having completed her checks, she knew she had to make a decision. She couldn’t avoid Bette forever. Taking a deep breath, she made her way to her lover’s cell.

Hearing a knock on the door, Bette was roused from her thoughts.

"Can I come in?" Tina asked meekly.

"Sure" Bette couldn’t meet her gaze.

Tina entered the cell, closing the door behind her. "Are you ok?"

"Well apart from the fact that I’m banged up in here, with no idea what’s going and knowing the person I’ve trusted is hiding things from me, yeah I’m great" Bette retorted.

"Bette please" Tina moved towards the bed "I’m not hiding anything"

"Sure. That’s why you’ve been avoiding me"

"Please understand babe….not everything I have to say is going to be easy for you to hear. I needed to work out the best way to tell you" Tina searched Bette’s face for any hint of a reaction.

"Just tell me" Bette said simply.

"Can I sit down?"

"Go ahead"

Tina took a deep breath "Bette, the information you gave me about Franklin. It was right"

Bette could hardly say that she was surprised "So what happens now?"

"There’s more. He…he had someone helping him. Someone that made it look like you embezzled that money"

"Who?"

Tina paused and looked Bette in the eyes "Jodie" she said quietly.

"What the fuck?" Bette stood up angrily "That fucking bitch….I’ll kill her, I swear to god"

Tina jumped up and clutched her lover’s arm reassuringly "Please don’t make threats like that babe, especially not in here"

"Well what do you expect? I’m stuck in here because of her. So what the hell do I do now?"

"Your solicitor…she’s working on it. Trust me babe, things are going to work out"

Before Bette could say another word, they were interrupted by the crackling of Tina’s radio. She was being called to Miss Stewart’s office immediately. She turned to Bette "Babe I promise you I will come straight back, even if it’s after lock up I don’t care, I’ll be back"

Bette could only nod, the fear finally creeping into her eyes.