“Oh, absolutely” Alice replied.

            “13.000” the blonde smirked. Some money could be useful, after all.

            “Out of the question!” Bette snapped.

Tina gave them a sympathetic look, clearly mocking them “I wish you luck” and turned around to leave the house.

            “No, wait! Okay” Alice quickly said, “Deal” the brunette gave her another ‘what?!’ look, but her friend totally ignored her.

            “Perfect” Tina turned to face them.

            “I now pronounce you wife and wife” Alice said proudly.

Bette just left the room and huffed.

5

Chapter

Porter + Kennard= Family Porter-Kennard

            They spent the whole evening and night studying their roles, to make sure the little recital would appear as real as possible. They started with their date of birth, then continued to learn about every detail of each other’s lives. The more they knew about one another, the more real the thing would look. Bette learnt about Angelica’s and Tina’s hobbies, gifts and flaws. And so Angie and Tina did about Bette’s. They did the same thing with the servitude just to make sure everyone knew just one version of the ‘story’, without spill something and ruin the plan. Everything was going on smoothly, despite the fact that sometimes Bette would lose her patience, and getting up from the couch she would say: ‘I am tired of this bullshit’. But, fortunately Alice had always been able to convince her to go on and that everything would be over soon.

            “Alright, so, where were we?” Alice said.

            “We were talking about Angie’s birth” Tina replied.

            “Oh, right. Um, this one is difficult…” Alice said, tapping her chin with her fingertips.

            “What if we say that we decided to use an African-American donor, that way she would looked like our child and that I am the birth mother?” Tina suggested.

            “Great! Bette, your wife is a genius!” Alice said, making the brunette to roll her eyes. “What else do we need to do?”

            “I think that’s all” Tina added. “Oh, wait. Where will we sleep?”

            “Angelica will have her own room. And you, um, you should sleep in the main bedroom with Bette”

            “What?!” both women screamed.