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“Did you know that she is seeing someone else ?” Niall asked Tina as they stood outside

“She told me the other day “

“Who is he ?”

“I have no idea “ Tina said “That is between you and her “

“How did I have everything and mess it all up ?”

“Because maybe it wasn’t what you wanted “

“You think ?”

“I don’t know – its hard to fathom your own parents out but I do know from being with Bette that I know what would sabotage our relationship and you seem to have gone out of your way to bomb everything. Tell me something honestly “

“If I can “

“Is it what you want – to have her back or is it a refuge from the chaos. You didn’t want her back when you had Gemma – all you wanted was to get your hands on the cash from the farm. You really think anyone wants to be sloppy seconds – especially when they are your wife. You did humiliate her and you pissed all of us off and acted like the idiot that I know you are not “

“I don’t know what I do want Tina “

“Well you need to figure it out – why don’t you take some time out and have a holiday on you own or something. We all get lost sometimes – there is no shame in that. You just have to see that you are lost and do what you can to find yourself again “

“I think what I need is to do some mindless farm work – is the farm really doing well ?”

“Yes – she gets Bette and I to run our eyes over the books now and again. I guess she’s not used to doing it on her own. Its doing well – she has a great couple of people in helping her- and she is trying new stuff”

“Like what ?”

“Keeping pigs and curing her own ham and bacon. She brought some over for us and its just getting better – that’s definitely a line that she could expand “

“I still have a  right to my share of the farm “

“My advice is that the very last thing you start talking to mom about is money. It looked from the outset that Gemma was trying to get her paws on the farm”