“Are you saying you want the sex to stop?”

“What happens when one of us meets another person?” She says with a serious tone.

“Are you seeing someone?” I question and raise an eyebrow at her.

“No, but one day I will and then what?”

“I’m not the one who started this.”

“We both started this, Bette.” She says grabbing the kettle from the cupboard below me and moving over to the stove.

“I thought we were having fun?”

“It was fun, Bette.”

“Was?” I question her use of wording.

“We can’t keep doing this and you know this.” She stops what she is doing to turn and look at me. “And you can’t keep using the kids to come over just to do this.”

“Are you stopping this because you feel one of us is going to start getting the feels for one another again?” I ask.

“Bette..”

“I’m joking.” I let a soft chuckle escape my body.

“I guess I was more to blame for the start of this than you were, but I guess I never realized how this can affect the kids. If they were to catch even the slightest touch from us..”

“Mom?”

Our heads turn to see Angelica stepping around the corner with a piece of paper in hand.

“Hey Angel.” I say.

She walks over to me and leans close to my shoulder and I wrap my arm around her waist.

“Homework all completed?”

“Yes.” She says nodding.

“What’s that your holding?

“I was waiting to tell the both of you at the same time so I figured now is my chance.”

“What is it, sweetie?” Tina says with her voice leaning on a bit of concern.

“I won the National Young Arts Competition for Visual Arts..I won a scholarship of 10,000 dollars..” She says handing me the paper.

My mouth drops and I look over at Tina whose eyes are widen with shock before I look down at the paper that bolds the letters of her name with the winning title.

“Angelica..when? How come you never mentioned this to us?” Tina asks, her voice in shock.

“Because I wasn’t sure if the drawing I submitted was worth it but I saved my change in my piggy bank and got enough money to enter. I wasn’t going to tell you guys if I didn’t make it but..I did.”