“Thank you for sharing that with me Tina. Eric sounds like a very special person and it’s obvious that you care a lot about each other.”

“We do. Right or wrong this works for both of us.”

***

Later in the evening Bette excused herself from Tina’s company.

“Tina could you excuse me for a little while. I need to call my sister. If you don’t mind I’m going up to the roof.”

“Sure. I’ll just watch a movie if that’s OK?”

“Of course. I have some DVD’s in that cabinet or you can rent something ‘On Demand’. I’ll be down in about an hour.”

“OK. I’ll probably watch the movie in my room then go to bed. I’ll see you in the morning.”

“Good night Tina. Thanks for making dinner.  I’ll make breakfast in the morning.”

“I’ll look forward to it. Good night Bette.”

***

Bette poured a glass of wine and took it with her cell phone to the roof. She sipped the wine and lay back on the lounger. She closed her eyes and thought about her life and what it would mean were she to adopt Marcus and Fran’s baby. Could she juggle family life and career? Would she be the best choice to parent this baby? She didn’t doubt she would love the child and she certainly could provide for him or her. She had Peggy supporting her and she knew the baby would have a good life. Other than Peggy she needed to speak to the one other most important person in her life as she contemplated this decision. She dialed her sister’s number in Chicago.

“Hello”

“Kit hey it’s me.”

“Hey baby sis what’s going on?”

“Are you busy?”

“I’m never too busy for you. You sound a little down. Is everything OK?”

“Yeah. I’m fine. I just have a lot on my mind and I needed to talk to my big sis.”

“I’m here baby. What’s on your mind?”

“Kit do you remember Marcus Allenwood?”

“Dreamy eyes? Of course I remember him. Did something happen? Is he OK?”

“Yes he’s fine. It’s just that he got his girlfriend pregnant and they decided to have the baby but neither one of them is ready to be a parent so they are giving the baby up for adoption.”