Tina was beginning to get over the surprise of having Bette call her.  She had thought they were done after the last fiasco.  Did she want to go through this all again especially now?

"I… I …”  In that split second she knew she had to see Bette in person and it might as well be now.  “Oh okay what time do you get in?"

With Tina’s consent Bette feet hop a little jump which mimicked her heart.  "My plane lands at 4:30. Why don’t we say 7 that way I can get in and settled …."

Bette smiles with her thoughts looking at her watch it was already 5:40. It hadn’t taken her long to get through customs and catch a cab. But she wanted to shower off her travels before Tina arrive so she needed to get on with it.

Following Anthony who was carrying her bag, Bette enters the hotel to start the process of checking in.  For a while in her life this hotel was her home away from home. She’d stayed here every time she came to Boston. 

As a cardiac surgeon, Bette had perfected a technique which now bore her name.  This technique had special applications with pediatric patients which offered hope through surgery to help them survive into adulthood.  Bette became their hope which in turn meant she was in high demand.  This demand had Bette traveling through out the world primarily teaching her technique as well as developing others that would open her career to twists and turns she never imagined when she originally started out in medical school.  The honors and prestige she has obtained have both worked together to push her career to ever higher heights.  These heights have left her in rare air letting her meet or exceed any vision she ever had for her professional life.  These visions had also been shared by her Father who pushed and tugged at her in ways no other could. 

In today’s world Bette spends more time dealing with political issues then surgical ones.  As a member of the World Health Assembly, her career has come a long way but much of this success came at a cost. A personal one and to Bette’s shame Tina falls into that category.   Bette sits just below the Director-General as his right hand woman so to speak on the Executive Board.  It even surprises Bette when she realizes where her career as taken her.  This realization is what fills her heart and keeps her going fueled with this silly notion that here in this role she reaches far more people.  She improves the life and well being of sick and needy then she ever could alone as a single surgeon.  This quaint belief is what keeps her going and fills her soul.