“Thank you so much, that means a lot to us.”

Mr. Racine moves on and Tina comes and stands by Kit and Bette.

“How are you guys holding up?”

*deep sighs*

“I’m doing good. How about you baby sis.”

“I’m fine, I’m just so drained that’s all.”

“Is there anything I can get for you?”

“No I’m okay, is Missy watching the kids?”

“Yeah she is.”

At that moment they see a Caucasian lady come in through the door.

“Hey Kit who’s that?”

She looks over there.

“I don’t know, maybe she’s lost. I’ll go over there and see if she needs any help.”

“No Kit you stay I’ll go over there.”

“Thanks”

While Tina goes over to the lady another person comes over to them and leaves their condolences with them. Then Tina goes back over to them.

“Bette I’m not sure who she really is she just asked for you. Do you want me to?”

“No it’s fine I’ll be right back.”

She starts heading over to the lady. As she’s walking she takes a closer look at this woman and she sees some features in her face that looked like hers but she couldn’t really tell because the woman was wearing a large black hat.

“Hi, I’m Bette Porter, how can I help you?”

Bette could see water forming in the woman’s eyes and that’s when she knew, those eyes had haunted her in dreams after her mother left. She thought that she had passed as well but she was wrong. She didn’t know how to feel at that moment. How does one talk to another that they had not seen in over forty years and thinking that you were the reason why they left, how?

“Liz?” she says in a shaky voice.

She could feel her heart hurting more than ever, this was her mother, her mother that she wished had been there to hug her when she fell, comfort her when she was hurting, and just be there when she needed her. After her father had brought her up the other day she had to leave the room because she didn’t want him to see her crying. Now after actually seeing her mother she closed her eyes and began crying. Maxine didn’t really know what to expect when she decided to see Bette, but after she heard that Melvin had died she just knew she had to see her. She moved closer to her and finally hugged her. Then at the moment Bette’s chest felt like it was caving in. There was just too much emotion going through her from seeing Melvin dying, the funeral, and now seeing her mother.