Justine dropped her head and her eyes involuntarily closed as she spoke with malevolence and disbelief, “Was that a threat?”

Bette was coming out of her studio her eyes were still trying to adjust to the subtle soft light that was coming from the lamps. She was heading to the kitchen when she glanced outside and saw the front end of Justine’s car, she walked closer and saw where Justine’s arm was tucked in close to Tina. And before she could reach the door Tina had Justine on the ground with her arm bent back up towards the sky and her wrist contorted in agony.

“You know I don’t want to hurt you! Why the fuck won’t you just leave me alone?” Tina was screaming over Justine’s screams of pain. Tina looked up at Bette who was paralyzed in fear of what was happening, Tina reached into her bag with her free hand and threw her cell phone at Bette, “Call a cab.”

Bette caught the phone and did was she was told, as she hung up the phone, Shane pulled into her driveway and saw what was going on. She immediately rushed over, “T, Sweetie, let go. It’s alright, just let go.“ she said as she eased Tina’s hands away from Justine who was now rolling on the ground holding onto her wrist trying to stop the shooting pains running up and down her arm.

Tina stepped over her and walked past Bette to walk into the house, she threw her bag down on the floor and started pacing the room with her hands on her hips breathing hard and fast. Bette walked in and saw where Tina still hadn’t stopped moving, she walked over to her. She still wouldn’t stop pacing until Bette stood in her way, she stopped and clasped her hands onto the top of her head, she looked at Bette and immediately looked up at the ceiling. She couldn’t look her in the eye, not right now, then she started feeling the weight of her emotions weighing heavily on her face. She tried to stop them she took in a big puff of air but her tears fell anyway. Bette grabbed her and held her tight, Tina finally let her arms fall and wrapped her arms around Bette’s neck, “I didn’t want to do that.” she said into her body.