Tina: (whispering) “Kit…, I missed you, but I can’t use my home phone, why you didn’t use the number I gave you?”

Kit: “I lost it, baby”

Tina: “I will give it to you again”

Kit: (turning and smiling to Bette) “how are you doing baby sis?”

Bette: (glassy eyes) “surviving”

Kit’s face becomes sad and hugs her sister tightly, while Tina’s hand caressed her ex-girlfriend arm.

Kit: “I’m sorry for being distant Bette, I was very sad with all that mess”

Bette: “I missed you, how are daddy and mom?”

Kit: “complaining knowing nothing about you two, but we’ll talk in another moment; we have a party to attend”

As Kit releases them from her hugs, the rest of their friends approach to greet her and Tina; in the other side of the room, Candace was talking to Marina, who is now standing to meet the singer and her old friend, the blonde.

Candace: “who is the blonde?”

Marina: “she is Dr. Christina Kennard, perhaps you heard about her, she works at Genetics in Cambridge, she is the biochemist who works with epigenome, she researches evolution and genetic medicine”

Candace: “hmm, I didn’t know that Bette knew her”

Marina: “well…, they do…, Bette herself is also an authority on evolution and ecology”

Candace: “I didn’t know they were close…, indeed, I didn’t know that Bette has someone close to her”

Jenny: (annoyed hearing the conversation decides to pull Marina toward her friends and cut Candace short) “yes, they are very, very close”

Around the door, Maura is hugging Tina, who at the same time is looking alarmed the malicious and warning expression in Jane’s face which makes Bette smile while observing the innocent fear in the blonde’s expression.

Tina: (pushing Maura away) “hi Jane… how are you?”

Jane: (smiling) “I’m fine, what about you…, you seem a little… unease”

Tina: “I’m not used to parties…, but I do this for Alice…”

Alice: (approaching and taking Tina aside) “thanks for coming Tina…, but… didn’t you have someone else to come with?”

Tina: “Al…, he is my friend…, didn’t Howie have a new boyfriend?”

Alice: “well…, yes… he has… but…”

At that moment Helena Peabody approaches looking intensely at Tina, which is rapidly noticed by Bette, standing few feet away.