“I know what you mean.” Bette said as she rolled her eyes and tried not to become angry again at Justine’s antics.

“You on the other hand I love like my own child. You always seemed to be an honest person and you showed a tremendous amount of respect and honesty for me and my wife, that’s rare these days.” he said as he took another puff from his cigar.

“Well thank you sir, I do appreciate the observation.”

“You know I always wanted a little girl.“ he said as he looked over to Bette to see her smiling at his statement, “Yup, I always loved the idea of having a daughter, they’re precious little beings. I was determined the first child we were going to have was a girl, I had theses dreams of proudly walking with her everywhere and hearing her call me daddy with that little sweet voice, all the little things a father dreams of for his daughter. But God saw fit to give me four beautiful boys before he gave me my angel. That being said, be honest with me and tell me you’re nothing like your cousin. And that you won’t break my baby’s heart. I don’t know if she’ll withstand a betrayal of that magnitude. She deserves better than that as you and I both know.”

Bette smiled a little bit, never in her dreams did she think she’d being having “The talk” with Tina’s father, it was a little disconcerting at first but like he said before honesty and respect were key to their relationship. “ I know first hand what Justine did and I know what the damage has done to Tina. I see it everyday, the toll it takes on her every movement through out our relationship. And I promise you I would never do anything to hurt her. In no way am I at all like my cousin. She epitomizes every trait I despise in a human being.”

“Well those are some bold words sweetheart, I sure hope you mean it.” he said narrowing his eye on Bette as she looked him in his eye unwaveringly.

“I most certainly do.” she answered with a steady voice.