Tina surprised: ‘Henry?’

Henry glared at Tina through his drink induced misted eyes…. Swaying slightly as he tried to regain his balance.

Henry: ‘Surprised to see me are you?’

Tina: ‘Well a little bit….I thought we had said all we needed to say’ She glanced over her shoulder, hoping Bette would come to her rescue.

Henry moved forward slightly: ‘That’s before I saw that whores car parked at the front of your house’

Tina blanched at his language, ‘I really don’t see what that has to do with you… it’s over between us Henry. Get over it’ She went to close the door, but Henry jammed his foot into the door, stopping her closing the door in his face.

Tina: ‘Hey get your foot out…..’ she tried to close the door, but Henry smashed the door in on her…. Causing her to fall back into the house.

From inside Tina’s bedroom, Bette heard the commotion, and struggled to get dressed.

Henry took another step towards Tina: ‘Your sleeping with that whore again aren’t you?’

Not waiting for a response from Tina he lunged at her.

Bette came running out of the bedroom as Henry struck Tina across the face, a mind numbing, bone crunching hit… Tina screamed with pain, as she fell to the floor her hands cradling her face.

Bette: ‘what the fuck…..’ she screamed at the monster in front of her. She closed the gap between them in a matter of strides. She pushed him out of the house, using all her strength, her anger and her fear. Using it as an anchor to rid the house of this man.

Henry stumbled back, fell down the stairs to the pavement.

Bette strode down the stairs, she pulled him up by his shirt front and pushed him again, he tripped again on to the grass….

Bette screamed: ‘you fucking animal, your no man…. You’re an animal…. How can hit a woman, you vile piece of shit’

Henry tried to speak:’ you don’t know… you’

Bette: ‘shut the fuck up you don’t talk to me…. You hit my woman…you hear me…MY WOMAN. Get the fuck outta here…. And don’t you dare come back…’ she turned her back to go back up to the house. She saw Tina at the door holding her face in her hands, blood pouring through her fingers….