Tina giggled playfully,

“No … they were just kind of ‘together’ looking, like they were sharing secrets … or something”

Tina could read the jealousy on Bette’s face as she walked towards her, wrapping her arms tightly around Bette’s waist, “I think it’s nice that they’re close,” she mumbled, her face buried in the crook of Bette’s neck, “after all she’s got very few people to talk to out here and things are getting serious … y’know …” Tina pulled back, “everyone Lottie knows here is connected to you in some way, that’s got to be hard …”

Bette nodded, knowing she was right, she slipped her forefinger under Tina’s chin, lifting her head gently as she leant in for a soft kiss, “I missed you at lunch …”

Tina mumbled into the kiss in agreement causing Bette to smile,

Bette pulled back, thinking, before bringing both arms up to rest on Tina’s shoulders, “Can I kill her though?” asked Bette, deadpan, “If she ever makes a play for my little sister …??”

Tina nodded, “Absolutely … I’ll even help!”

Bette grinned, kissing her on the nose, “When’s Angie back …?”

Tina glanced at her watch, “Anytime now … Stacie’s Mom usually has her dropped off here by six …”

Bette nodded, “I’ll call Kit then, before dinner, see if she can watch her tomorrow night,”

“Baby-sis!!!!” called Kit down the phone in her usual extravagant manner, “How are you … I barely got to say two words to you today … all this Helena nonsense”

Bette sighed, “Kit it’s hardly nonsense … this is Helena’s personal life Jenny’s gone and published in The New Yorker …”

“Girl … you know that’s not what I meant …” said Kit, annoyed by the way Bette always jumped to the wrong assumptions when it came to her, “Anyway …” she said, changing the subject, “how was Virginia?”

Bette paused, “It was okay … we met with Mom’s lawyer and Lottie’s been talking about having me be involved in the Trust … be an executor like her,”

Kit nodded despite that fact that Bette couldn’t see her, “Are you gonna?”

“I dunno … there’s a lot to think about … you know I was never named in either will, the whole family pretty much disowned her when she married Daddy …” said Bette sadly,