Bette was awakened at noon by the ringing of her telephone.

Bette:  “Hello?”

Mother:  “Hi Bette”

Bette:  “Oh hi.”

Bette was overwhelmed with guilt talking to Samantha’s mother.

Mother:  “Do you think I could talk to you today?”

She had a serious tone.

Bette:  “Sure:

Mother:  “Ok how’s here about 1?”

Bette:  “Ok that’s fine. See you then.”

Bette felt so scared when she hung up the phone.  What if Samantha told her parents?  What if she changed the story and made it out that Bette had seduced or even worse, molested her.  Bette immediately jumped out of bed and showered and dressed.  By 12:45 Bette was completely ready to go and sat on the couch awaiting 1 o’clock.

Mother:  “Hello Bette. Come in”

Bette:  “You sounded rather serious on the phone is there something wrong?”

Mother:  “Well yes in fact there is.”

She stood there looking at Bette for a few seconds.

Mother:  “Samantha is graduating soon and we want to have a party for her.  We don’t have a pool in our yard and”

Bette was so happy she wasn’t being brought up on charges she interrupted.

Bette:  “And you want to use mine for the party?”

Mother:  “Yes actually.”

Bette:  “Sure I would love for you to have the party at my house.”

Mother:  “Well I know how much Samantha likes you”

Bette:  You have no idea

Mother:  “You’ve been so nice to her, it would really mean a lot to her.”

Bette:  “Think nothing of it.  Now let’s discuss when and how shall we.

Bette and Samantha’s mother sat and chatted about party plans until 3 o’clock when Samantha returned home from school.  Samantha was a bit nervous when Bette and her mother abruptly stopped their convo when they saw her.  Bette and Sam greeted each other, a little coldly, and Samantha went to her room.  She was terrified that maybe Bette had told her parents. 

That night Samantha snuck over to Bette’s again and gently knocked on her back door.  Bette opened it and allowed her entry.

Samantha:  “You scared me today being at my house.”