Bette felt a lump on her throat. She didn’t know what to do. She looked at Tina and saw the same fear on her face. Bette kept asking her self, ‘Why now? What is she doing here? Why is she talking to my daughter?’ Bette doesn’t know how to react. Unconsciously, she stood up. All the other women looked at her. Tina, Alice, Dana and Shane, who seemed to know what was going on, was praying that nothing will happen. They all gazed at the next table in the room. Bette paused as she neared the table. She’s trying to contain herself. Controlling every bit of temper left in her.

    "Ty, what are you doing here?" Bette asked her daughter but never breaking the contact she had with the other woman.

    "Oh, I was just talking to her," Tyler replied pointing at the woman. "I don’t even know her name." She let out a small laugh.

    "Your Momma T is looking for you. You should eat your lunch now," Tyler looked at her mother, confused. She then looked at the woman who just smiled at her. Tyler got up and took a last look on her mother, still confused. Bette continued to hide her fear and frustration as she sat beside the woman. "What are you doing here?"

    "How are you, Bette? It’s been so long, isn’t it? Didn’t you miss me?" the woman asked but there was no flirtations on her words. It was rather screaming with pain.

    Tyler went straight to their usual table but before she sat, she took a last glance at her mother from the other side of the room. "Does Momma B know that woman?" Tyler asked addressing the question to no one.

    "She’s your Momma B’s-" Alice wasn’t able to finish what she was supposed to say when she saw Tina looking at her.

    "She’s your Momma B’s friend, Ty," Tina continued what Alice said.

    "Why didn’t you invite her to our table. She seemed to be alone," Tyler said now looking at Tina.

    "Why were you with her?" Tina asked dismissing what her daughter seems to suggest.

    "Oh, she asked me a question about the menu then I got interested in the book she was reading. It was really nice," Tyler explained now concentrating on her food and paid lesser attention to the women in front of her. All women seemed to notice the heat building up between the two women on the other side. Both trying to contain their temper. Tina wanted to get up and approach her partner but decided to remain as calm as she could thinking about her daughter who is eating in front of her.