“Probably not. She was all upbeat yesterday, you know if she did she’d be all cooped up in the studio ignoring everybody. So I don’t…” Alice’s conversation was interrupted by Bette re-joining the table. Alice scurried to hide the offending paper she suspected Bette hadn’t seen yet.

“Don’t bother Alice I received mine hand delivered by Tina two days ago.” Bette said a she sipped from her coffee.

“So you know that the wedding is…” Alice stared at her friend trying to find the right words without sounding to harsh.

“Four months from now?” Bette said while looking at her friend as she nodded her answer “Yes. I know that they’re getting married.” Shane and Alice stared at Bette looking for some sort of sign of pain or anguish at the thought but what they saw was completely the opposite of their expectations.

Shane’s eyes were locked onto Bette’s somewhat asking her why hadn’t she told Tina of Justine’s infidelities. Bette eyes scrambled about before she picked up her bag and announced her departure. Shane wanted to follow her and see what made Bette change her mind, but she knew what ever battle was going on inside of her , didn’t need her input as well. Shane sat and watched as friend walked out of the Planet with her back straight and her legs taking long strides. Bette wanted to remove herself from Shane’s glare as quickly as possible.

Bette got to the studio and was business as usual. She greeted her artist with a warm smile and hug. They chatted for a while about the direction they wanted the album to go and how they wanted each song to flow nicely throughout the entire. Although occasionally her artist got a little flirtatious with her she chose to ignore it for the sake of the music. Truth be told Bette couldn’t see herself surrendering physically to any woman with all the instability going on in her life. While she was strikingly gorgeous she just couldn’t release herself enough to go there with any woman.

After a long conversation and Bette politely deflecting every one of her mild advances Bette spoke “Ok lady gets started.” they both rose and she added a little switch in her hips to catch Bette’s eyes. It worked but unsurprisingly she had no effect on her.