This isnt a disagreement, Danny.  This is my life.  This is who I am, Tina said shaking her head.  We cant just agree to disagree about whether or not Im going to *****.  Is that what you think?

            No, I dont know, Danny shrugged, panicking a little.  Suddenly, this wasnt going well.

            Dan, you packed my bags for me, screaming at me the whole time, and threw them out onto Mom and Dads front porch.  Thank God for Bette.  If I hadnt been able to call her, I dont know what I would have done.  She talked me through getting a flight back to LA.  *****.  She had to do it for me.  And you show up almost ten years after doing that to me, and, yeah, I wanted to see you.  Yeah, I missed you, but Im not compromising for you.  You dont just get to say my bad can we never talk about it again.  Tina would rather not have brought any of that up, but it had to be said.  Bette is not just my best friend.  She’s not my roommate and I know thats what youre pretending in your head.

            Dan smiled his guilty smile and looked away.  Caught.  He talked a good game, but Tina could always see through it.  I know that.

            Look at me.  Danny met Tinas eyes.  Bette is my wife.  She is everything to me that Ann is to you.  The mother of my child.  The person who takes care of me when Im sick.  My biggest fan.  And shes been there for me, Dan.

            When I havent, Danny finished for her.

            You werent just not there for me, bro.  You.  Threw.  Me.  Out.  She said each word as its own sentence.  And with each word Dannys head hung lower.

            And that is the worst thing that I have ever done, Danny said softly, unable to look at his sister.

            No, Dan, thats one of them.  Then you got married without me.  You had children.  Without.  Me.  I have a niece and a nephew that I have never met.  Dan!  She surprised herself with the volume of her voice.  Now that she was talking about it, her emotions were just pouring out of her.  She snapped her mouth shut and took a couple deep breaths.