“Kit that’s why I called she is not ok. A couple of weeks ago she was arrested for drugs and was ordered into a treatment program at Mountain Lake Hospital, located in North Carolina.”

“Tina she was ordered into treatment programs in L.A. too, but every time she got out she went right back to using.”

“Kit Mountain Lake is an exclusive rehab hospital and Bette has been referred here for treatment, but Kit she has been referred as a pro bono case by the court. If she does not comply she goes to prison for 5 years.”

“Oh Lord my baby sis would never make it in prison Tina we both know that. Bette would harm herself before she goes to prison.”

“Kit there are some really good doctors here at Mountain Lake.”

“Sounds like you have done a lot of research on this hospital Tina. Hey did Bette contact you? How do you know all this Tina?”

“Kit I am the head psychiatrist at Mountain Lake and it is my decision if Bette will be accepted here as a pro bono case.”

“Tina you have to make sure she becomes a patient there.”

“Wow Tina you’re a doctor now? Sounds like life has been good to you.”

“It has Kit but I have worked really hard to get where I am at.”

“There’s one more thing Kit…I would be the doctor treating Bette for her addictions.”

“Tina I know Bette won’t open up to you. Hell she wouldn’t do it when you were a couple and she sure as hell won’t do it now.”

‘Can’t you pass her case along to someone else?”

“I don’t know Kit. It’s something I will try to look into but it will mean explaining our past relationship to the board. Kit since moving here I have explained my past to no one. I wanted a fresh start and that is what I created for myself. Hell I even changed careers to get out of the public eye.”

Although Tina knew this was not the whole truth. Now was not the time to reveal her other secret.

“Please Tina do every thing you can to help her after all you once loved her so please help her now. You don’t realize the nights I have laid awake worrying that I would get a call telling me she was dead. I always told myself that as long as I didn’t get that call she was ok where ever she was.”