Philip walked back into the living room to see Crystal comforting Tina and walked over to the two.

”What’s wrong?” Philip mouthed to his wife.

Crystal shrugged her shoulders as Tina clutched her pillow tightly trying to get her sobs under control.

Philip knelt down beside Crystal and rested his arm on her knees. They both sat silently until Tina brought her hands up to wipe her eyes. Tina looked up and saw Philip staring at her.

”I saw her Philip” Tina managed to say through quivering lips.

Philip scrunched his face and looked at Crystal shrugging his shoulders then shook his head at Tina not knowing who she meant.

”I saw her” Tina said again as she continued to wipe tears.

Philip thought for a minute then it suddenly became clear who Tina was referring too.

”Oh Tina. Do you mean Bette?” Philip asked looking at Tina with anxious eyes.

Tina nodded her head and began to cry ”She’s married” She managed to say as her sobs increased

”Tina? I’m really sorry but did you think she wouldn’t be. I mean it was 10 years ago today you both were supposed to meet at the fountain..That’s a long time for her not to have been with someone” Philip tried to reason without trying to upset Tina any further

Tina sucked in breaths as she tried to choke back tears. ” I know. It’s just hard. I wanted to be with her. I have loved her for so long. I guess it wasn’t meant to be. How do I forget about her? How do I stop?. How do I let go?”

Crystal looked at the two shocked that Tina was crying over a woman that she never mentioned before.

”Tina? How come you never told me about this woman Bette before. For her to have this affect on you I figured she would have come up in conversation or something” Crystal asked as she took Tina’s hand and gave it a comforting squeeze.

Tina wiped her nose and sniffed as Philip handed her a couple of tissues.

”It’s not exactly something I could bring up causally without getting all emotional. She’s so beautiful Crystal, When I first saw her at the fountain 20 years ago, I literally stopped breathing. I knew I wanted to get to know her so I approached her and told her if she threw a penny in the fountain her wish would come true. I gave her the penny I was going to throw in there because my wish had come true without me even offering the penny up to the fountain.” Tina explained and stopped when she had to fight back more tears from falling.