“Nighty mama.” Angelica says.

“Goodnight mama.” Evan also says.

“Good night, sleep tight okay. I love you both, so much. See you tomorrow and remember Evan?” Bette asks.

“10 days.” Evan says and smiles proudly.

“10 days. See you tomorrow.” Bette says and waves.

“Okay, babe, I’ll call you back as soon as I have these two down. Love you.” Tina says.

“I’ll be waiting. Love you too T.” Bette replies with a smile. She disconnects. And Tina takes the kids into the bathroom. Angelica did her bath earlier, so Tina made her brush her teeth while she helps Evan with the bath.

“Only 10 days.” Evan says and looks at Tina.

“Yeah, only 10 days sweetie. Are you looking forward to it?” Tina asks.

“Yes. I miss mama.” Evan replies.

“I do too.” Tina says while she finishes washing Evan and then putting on his little boxer and then his pajama. “Are you finished Angel?” Tina asks.

“Yes, mommy.” She replies.

“Good girl. Come on, let’s get you into bed.  Evan brush your teeth good okay?” Tina says as she lifts Angelica up.

“I will.” Evan replies.

“How’s your stomach now sweetie?” Tina asks.

“Good.” She replies.

“That’s great.” Tina says and kisses her forehead as they walk through the door to the bedroom. She then lay Angelica down in her bed. “Sleep tight sweetie. Love you.” Tina says and leans down and kisses her forehead again.

“Love you.” Angelica replies. Tina smiles. She tucks her in and then walks out and into the bathroom to help Evan. He just finishes brushing his teeth.

“Done mommy.” He says and gives the brush to Tina.

“Good. Let’s go then.” Tina says and smiles. ‘I am so lucky that they both are so well behaved.’ Tina thinks to herself as they walk into the bedroom again. 5 minutes later she switches off the light and make her way back into the office. She click on the ring button. Moments later she hears Bette’s voice.

“Hi, baby. They went down okay?” Bette asks.

“Yeah. I was just thinking that we’re so lucky that they both are well behaved.” Tina says and smiles.

“Yeah… I miss you guys so much. It’s so lonely here at night. I can’t wait until you get here.” Bette says and looks longingly into the camera.

“I miss you too, the kids does too. Evan told me that he misses you.” Tina says and smiles.

“It’s nice to hear him call me mama.” Bette says.

“Yeah it is. It’s good to see that he’s having a good time here. That he seems happy here. We did the right thing.” Tina says and nods to add to her statement.

“We did… So are you counting the days too, like I am?” Bette asks.

“Yeah I am… It’s the nights here too that are the worse. After the kids are in bed and after the call with you ends. It’s a lot of room, empty space. The house isn’t the same without you in it.” Tina says a little sad.

“I know the feeling.” Bette replies. Thinking back to the time where she lived there without Tina. How empty she too felt then.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to bring that up.” Tina says, apologizing when she thought about what she said.

“Don’t worry about it. It’s over and we’re together again. And we’ll not live in that house anymore. We’ll create a new house, and that will never be empty.” Bette says and smiles.

“I like the sound of that.” Tina replies. She sees that Bette yawns a little.

“Oh babe, you should get to bed. It’s late for you. We’ll be home at 3 tomorrow, so you can call then, or a little after, so we’ll get sorted a little first. That will be ten or something your time, right?” Tina asks.

“Yeah, something like that. Okay, I’ll call around then. It will help me a little. Get me a good nights sleep.” Bette says and smiles.

“Yes. So talk to you tomorrow. I love you babe, sleep tight and sweet dreams.” Tina says and throws Bette a kiss. She sees Bette “catch” it and smiles.

“I love you too baby. Sweet dreams to you too. Bye.” She says and then they both hangs up.