Bette rubbed her face and took down the rest of her wine. She took a seat at the table facing Justine and looked at her cousin. She had become a very different person over the years and now she was calm and centered. She set her attention on the stem of glass she was twisting between her fingers as she smiled at the thought of Justine.

“I never thought I’d be in place in my life where I didn’t know what was wrong with my wife. She’s been my best friend since college, the one person who can read me based on my eyebrow. And now,… now I don’t know her. She’s keeping secrets from me and it’s killing me with what my minds comes up with.” Bette began to rub her hand over a tight fist, needing to hit something with all her might.

Justine saw how tight Bette’s body was and knew that look that burned within her eyes she was thinking the absolute worst possible thing. But she had to ask anyway, “Like what?”

Bette’s eyes snapped their attention back to Justine and she saw how Bette knew what she was thinking but she needed to get it out anyway. “What if… what if she’s having an affair?“

“Please.” Justine said in disbelief and sat back against her chair.

“Have you seen some of the women that hang around her office. They all seem to fall down and bow to her every request and whim.” Bette saw how Justine just raised an eyebrow at her rant and she continued. “This one woman whose son went through the Electrician’s program and now runs his own company, came with him when he donated 100,000 dollars to “Jacks”. She practically shoved her breasts into Tina’s face at every photo op. When I pointed it out to Tina she pretended not to notice.”

“Maybe she hadn’t noticed.” Justine knew right away that was the wrong thing to say to Bette.

“Justine, I know my wife. I know she looks at other women I am not blind nor am I stupid. Tina, for as long as I’ve known her has always been a breasts woman, it’s who she is, and for her to not notice a pair a boobs when their in her face is something she has yet to conquer.” Bette saw the blush and hidden smile on Justine’s face and she started to laugh to. For the first time that day she laughed out loud and couldn’t stop laughing. Not that it was that funny but the situation called for some levity of the spirit.