“Oh, don’t… Don’t worry about that, it’s not important” Bette admitted, swallowing. She couldn’t believe how nervous she was feeling. No one ever did that to her. She was asking a child to forgive her and she really meant it. The kid turned around to face her mother and Bette, “Can we go back to the house now?” Bette looked at Tina, waiting for a response.

            “We can, yeah” the blonde smiled. Bette raised her head to the ceiling thanking God, even if she wasn’t that much of a believer.

            “Great! I’ll get dressed” the child ran to the closet to pick up some clothes.

Bette looked at Tina and handed her the ring. Tina smirked and raised an eyebrow and took it from her hand. The contact gave them a strange feeling. It was a kind of electric shock. The two of them stared at each other for a bunch of minutes, but then Bette left the room. Tina followed her and they found themselves in the living room.

            “That was really nice of you, Bette” Tina admitted.

            “Yeah, well, don’t say it to anyone. I don’t want it to ruin my reputation” she said jokingly, making Tina laugh. The brunette was soon captivated by a painting, placed above the fireplace. “Are you the artist?”

Tina nodded.

            “Wow, that’s good. I mean it’s amazing. You ever thought to make it a profession?” she said, walking across the room, looking around, admiring others artworks.

            “I wanted to. I also started the academy, but then I got married. I had Angie. Some years later my husband left me and well… I had to find a job to be able to take care of her. Everything is for Angie now” she said, smiling weakly. Bette just looked at her, “It must’ve been really hard” Tina lifted her eyes to look at her, when Angelica came running to them, “I’m ready, let’s go home!”

At the word ‘home’, Bette turned around and stared at the kid. A little while later she turned to face the blonde who just shrugged.

            On their way back at the house, they seemed like one of those cute families that have just been out and enjoyed some time together. As Bette pulled into the driveway she exited the car and went to the back side of the car and pulled out Tina’s and Angelica’s suitcases. “Oh, don’t forget Hamlet!” Bette said in a cute voice to Angie, as she handed her the teddy bear. “How cute!” Tina thought to herself. Then they entered the house together. They really look like a real family. And “They really look like a real family” was exactly what a man thought, while hidden in his car. He’d been there, surveying the whole scene from afar. The man, earlier that day knocked at Tina’s door apartment when Maggie saw him. He asked her where Tina and Angelica were and since she knew who it was, she decided it was safe to tell him the truth. He was Angelica’s father and, in Maggie opinion, he should’ve known where his child was.