“Aww, come on Bette,” She finally stopped laughing. “You know Tina is not that type of person, she doesn’t have it in her to cheat. Let alone cheat on her wife and mother of her children. You know better than that, don’t you?”

“I do.” Bette said while her mind and eyes went dark and traveled down to the floor as the number one prevailing conclusion came to the forefront of her mind. “But what if it’s worse?”

“Like what sweetie?”

“What…” she stopped and squeezed her hands tight. “What if she doesn’t love me anymore?”

Justine never saw that question coming in a million years. She never thought that Tina would ever instill these types of doubts and fear into Bette. Even when they fought just as friends their love for each other usually over came what stood between them. They were together through what was undoubtedly the worst of each other’s lives and still they stood together, but now Tina was wavering and Bette was still trying to hang on to the “us” in their relationship. Justine didn’t have an answer for Bette, she couldn’t say anything to this woman who was sitting in her kitchen thinking the very worst of her wife. All she could do was take her hand and let her know that through whatever she’d always be there for her.

　

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Shane was worried about Tina she seemed rushed and panicked on the phone and now she wasn’t answering her cell phone and worst of all neither was Bette.

“Babe I’m going over to check on Tina and Bette.” Shane whispered to Carmen in order not to fully wake her up.

“Ok baby, be careful.” she sleepily answered back. Carmen knew that Shane was mostly a night owl, through the years she would often find Shane floating in the pool smoking a cigarette thinking about everything and sometimes nothing.

Shane drove over to their house and only saw Tina’s car in the driveway. Before she could drive off she noticed Tina was sitting on her front porch practically in the dark nursing a beer. She parked the car and approached Tina who hadn’t moved yet and or acknowledged Shane’s presence.