“I’m MaxineLiz’s mother.”

At that moment Tina’s mouth dropped, she was now standing in front of the woman who brought her Bette into this world.

“I’m sorry you’re Maxine Porter or ?”

“PetersMaxine Peters.”

“Fucksorry excuse me”

Tina turns and runs her hands through her hair. ‘That’s why she was so distraught. I thought she was dead.’ She turns again.

“How did you find her?”

“Well I always had ways of finding people and when I heard that Melvin died I wanted to see her since Melvin wouldn’t allow it. He pulled out all the stops to keep her from me.”

“I don’t know what to say”

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Inside 15 minutes later

“Baby girl talk to me please.” Everyone stayed in the office making sure Bette was okay.

“Kit didn’t you see her?”

“Yeah I saw for a moment before she walked out.”

“What the hell she left?”

“No, she was about to when Tina went out to stop her. Bette what’s going on?”

Bette cried into her hands again. It hurt so much to say her name but she knew that she had to fill them in. She wiped her eyes.

“That woman that Tina is with is Maxine.”

“Who the hell is Maxine?”

“My mother”

Now it was everyone’s turn to drop their mouths.

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“When did you get here?”

“I got in this afternoon.”

“Are you hungry or have you check into a hotel yet?”

“No, I’m not hungry and I haven’t check in yet, I was going to fly back tonight. Honestly I wasn’t sure what to do” She began to cry again.

Tina couldn’t just stand there and watch her cry. She wrapped one are around her. Maxine had no idea who this woman was either but she was more than glad for a little comfort.

“Uhh this may be a little out of the blue since you don’t know me but there is a little park near by and I was wondering if you’d like to go and sit for a while. We can wait for Bette to get herself together.”

“I’d like that.”

“Okay let me call them.” She takes out her phone and calls Kit.

Still a little dazed from the information just given to her she is snapped out of it when her phone rings.

“Kit here.”

“Hey Kit it’s Tina. How is she doing?”

“Uhh she’s doing a little better, but Tina we just found out”

“I know Kit”

“But Tina you didn’t let me finish.”

“Kit it’s okay I know, we are going to the park for a little while and we’ll come back when she’s feeling a little better okay?”

“Okay but she’s still in shock.”

“Okay, I’ll call you later.”

They both hang up.

“Okay we can go in my car it’s just right across the street.”

“Okay”

TBC

(I know this was a total cliffhanger but I wanted to get something out to you ladies. I hope you liked it, let me know what you think, good or bad;)