You did the right thing Tee when you left and never told me of her existence. Never feel guilty for doing the right thing. I am thankful you were strong enough to walk away. People always thought I was the strong one little did they know it was always you Tina.

As I said before I have no right to ask but if she does not already know who I am please never share with Angelica that I am her other parent. I am afraid she would grow to hate me for not being there for her. Let her only memory of me be as someone who was once your friend another lifetime ago.

The check is for anything you might want to use it for in regards to Angelica. I am headed to Denver as you read this and hope to land that new job. From what I understand I will be working in a position similar to the same capacity in which James once worked for me.

Ironic isn’t it that someone with a Yale education would fill that type of position but we all have to start somewhere. You see Tina I truly did destroy everything including myself. I will send more money along as I can but it might be a month or two until I can get settled.

The ring you can keep or give to her. I just thought it was time to send it back where it belonged. I bought it for you Tee and it has only left my possession one other time until now, but someday Angelica might want someone to have it that truly deserves it along with her heart.

Good bye Tee and love her in the way that only you can and I know she will grow up to be a beautiful, proud, and strong woman. You both are very special people and the world morns because there are not more like you two out there. I know I do.

Forever Bette

Tina dropped the letter from her hands and sobbed heart broken tears. But when she finished crying she realized her soul felt as if a weight had been lifted from it. I guess that’s what happens when a secret is no longer a secret especially one you have felt the weight of for years.

But she realized that she wasn’t the only person hurting in this situation after all these years. Bette was moving on again to start over and hopefully this time she would find true happiness and peace. Knowing that these two things comprised, the greatest success in life that, we can place hope in for someone we love, she wished these things above all others for Bette in the future.