They landed and were greeted right on the tarmac by a Lincoln Towncar with a very polite and eager young man for their driver. The ride was quiet, Bette held Tina’s hand stroking it softly until they both were asleep. Tina didn’t open her eyes until she felt the car stop and the driver softly knocked on their window to alert them of their destination. Tina softly shook Bette who was deep into her sleep. Tina could see that some of her crazy hours were definitely taking it’s toll on Bette, but she also knew that this was just the calm before the storm. Bette always threw herself completely into a new project and she would reemerge with something that was truly fierce and completely captivating.

While Bette was stretching, the driver began to unload the bags into the foyer. Bette retrieved their carrying bags from the backseat, and although the bill was settled already through The Peabody Corporation Tina gave the young man a very generous tip. As he was accustomed to, he slid it in his pocket and gave both women a nod and took off, he would later count the tip, and make a mental note to keep an eye out for Tina Kennard on his schedule.

Tina helped Bette put all the bags in the girls’ bedroom, and she headed straight for the garage. She had Miah bring his truck out of the garage in order for her to park her car in there without it being left outside. She needed to see the car. She knew that if she left it there for to long her brother would inevitably find something that he thought needed fixing. She pulled back the door and saw that it was still wrapped and the lock on the cover looked fine. She unlocked the cover and exhaled a long withheld breath. Tina was leaning on the fender with her back to the door. Bette was standing in the doorway watching as Tina seemed to reconnect with her brother’s car. She knew how much the car meant to Jack and how much of his spirit Tina felt within the car. She was there when Tina found out and she was there when Tina had to pull herself through it. It was the rebuilding of his car that acted as Tina’s own therapy sessions. She remembered spending nights with Tina when she was so emotional that all she could do was hold her until she cried herself to sleep. So many mornings she spent rebuilding Tina to at least a decent enough shape to get to class. She quickly had to dismiss the anger she felt for Justine seeming to purposely avoid Tina during this time in order not to get to emotionally involved with her. But as quick as the thought came, it went she saw now how Tina was focused on removing a minuscule piece of dust from the hood.