Helena’s words was making Bette feeling better… they remain silently seated in their homes, holding the phone for a few minutes.

            Thanks Bette, said Helena after a few seconds of silence.

            Why are you thanking me? I’m the one calling you to tell you about my worries Helena.

            I know it, but you call me, you trusted me calling me… I’m going to call my mom I don’t think it will be very clever waiting to have her more angry… good night Bette…said Helena.

            Night Helena. Good Luck with your mother.

            Helena was feeling ok, Bette trusted her enough as to call her. Helena was worried she didn’t know why her mother was calling her. If it had been for business the layer would have made the call, but that insistence…

            Hi mommy

            Almost 9 Helena, why did I pay for all those expensive schools? Didn’t teach how to answer a fucking phone call without waiting for hours? That was Peggy’s greeting to her daughter?

            Sorry –said Helena wishing she could vanished right there and then- I know it’s late mother, but I saw you were calling just a few minutes ago…

            Yes,… I’ve calling you because you are the only person Bette Porter and I have in common, so I decide to call you to ask you if she’s ok, I couldn’t get in touch with her for the last weeks, and I’m worried…Peggy was calling her daughter only to get in touch with Bette, that was a loving and caring mother.

            Helena, for a few seconds, felt again the anger against Bette growing up inside her, but it was no her fault, it was Peggy’s unable to care about her own blood but awfully worried for a fucking stranger.

            No mother. I haven’t heard from her in the last weeks but I think she’s ok as long as Alice did not said a word –lied Helena- and I’m ok thank you mother.

            Oh, darling sorry, it’s just that I’m worried with all the custody stuff… said Peggy…

            (Bloody Hell and she never paid attention to my children’s custody case… thought Helena) I’ll tell Alice you were worried for Bette, that’s the best way to get her… don’t worry… I have to leave you mother it’s getting late… bye.

            Bye honey…

            Helena didn’t wait any longer and left the phone in the table close to throw it against the wall… what a selfish mother she had…  Helena loved her children with all her soul and she could not understand why Peggy was so far away from her,… maybe Peggy paid for all that expensive schools, but she never was the mother Helena needed when she was ill, or when she was a teenager or when Helena was fighting for her children’s custody… neither was at that moment. She never was with Helena when Helena needed her.