James hesitates to answer, he shouldn’t tell Bette about her brother’s death, because Tina is afraid her beloved brunette could be hurt for those people…, but James thought, is not for Tina to decide, it is Bette’s right to know.

James: “Coleman was very in love with your brother and Marcus asked him to spy on Imhotep, and apparently they were caught…, well, Marcus was caught and he covered for Coleman, who didn’t know, then, that Imhotep’s people had him…, next thing we know is that Marcus was dead; well, Tina caught me asking questions in Imhotep and I told her my suspicions about you brother’s death, she said she was also interested in what had happened to him, she gave me some contacts and we start talking about our findings, then I told her about Coleman; as him, she wanted to know if your brother’s death was linked to her uncle; we investigated and we included Coleman in our team, this is how I got involved in this thing”

Bette: (with a sudden sadness in her face and glassy eyes) “what did you find in your investigation?”

James: (looking at Bette’s eyes, calculating the tone of his answer) “well…, we believe that…, your brother may have been the first victim…, they want all of us out of their way…, including Tina”

Bette: (closing her eyes) “… why Tina didn’t tell me that?”

James: “she is very worried about you…, she knows how you could react…, she said that in these conditions your intelligence shuts down while your sense of revenge switches on, she explained it to me, something about a molecule that activates some of your genes in detriment of others…, how did she call it…?”

Bette: (now smiling thinking about her ex’s comments) “okay, stop, James…, I know her…, well I guess you know that she and I have been seeing each other once in a while”

James: (smiling) “sure, and I’m glad for you both, even though you can’t go public”

Bette: (sighing) “I can’t see her, I can’t even talk to her, not even by phone…, but you can; I want to tell her that we need more people to help us, I’m worried about her, besides, so many of us could be affected by what Imhotep is scheming, so I want you to give her a message, tell her that she has to talk with Maura…, and perhaps with Jane too; tell her to explain everything to them even about the possible murder of my brother, Maura will know how to help her and she will be in contact with me and with you too, I trust them we know each other for more than 10 years, they are very discrete, besides, Maura has a special feeling for Tina”