As Tina pulled into the driveway she remembered leaving her house key on the table before she left last night. Then she recalled the spare key underneath the flower pot for emergencies so their friends could come and go if need be. Placing the key in the lock she pushed the door open not certain of what she would find.

Not a thing out of place the house looked as if she and Bette had got up this morning and left for work as usual. However the bedroom might look much different. The bed had not been slept in and a few picture albums were scattered across their big king sized bed. I guess Bette didn’t spend the night with Candice instead she took a walk down memory lane. Well it’s a little late for that thought Tina as she began to open drawers and remove her clothing. Next she took her things from their closet and neatly placed them inside the boxes she had brought in from her car. Placing her jewelry box from the dresser and a few pictures from the albums into another box she was finished.

Looking at the empty spaces in the picture albums where she had removed some pictures she compared it to her life now. That’s how she felt empty. Carrying the couple of boxes outside to her car she realized she had one last thing to do. Entering the house she went straight to the bedroom pulled off her commitment ring and laid it on the bed side table on Bette’s side of the bed.

Blinded by her tears she backed out of the driveway for the last time and pointed the car toward the bank.

Withdrawing half of the money from their joint account her next stop was to cancel her cell phone plan and then she headed out of town viewing the out skirts of L.A. from the rear view mirror. She planned on calling Shane, Al, Kit, and Dana once she got settled in her own place and found a job, but for now they would just have to understand she had to do what was best for her and that was to make a clean and final break from Bette and their friends to start her life anew.