Bette’s stomach was acting up again. It had been acting up for nearly fifty years, especially on planes. She checked that her seat belt was secure and leaned
back feeling incredibly tired. Bette had  aproblem with heights and throughout the entire flight didn’t look out the window once. Travel was the onw thing wrong with being an Art Critic.
Three years ago she had given up the gallery business to help with Angelica’s tantrum problems. Bette had been partly to blame for that however. So much love, patience, blood, and tears were put
into creating their child that when Angie was finally born…Bette knew she could never be a good disciplinarian. She thought this immediantly when first holding Angelica, two hours old
and utterly wrinkly. Bette’s life had at that moment changed forever….everything that seemed important was ***** now, just *****. All that mattered now was that bundled little form of life Bette was cradling.
And so time went by and Bette recorded every minute of Angie’s life. through photos, scrapbooks, etc…if Angelica drew a picture or even brought home a newsletter Bette saved it.
Saved everything and stored them in boxes that were now piling up in the attic. And finally Bette knew that crazy love parents got. Her entire nervous system jumped when Angelica fell
for the first time. Tina had to convince Bette two days straight to let Angelica try out walking again. Don’t even mention other people. Bette had to mentally restrain herslef from killing
the first grade teacher who told Bette Angelica was bossing others around. Bette saw no evil when it came to her child. She  mentally recorded their time together too. Like when they
spent two hours trying to rent disney movie, munching Oreos when watching them. Even the endless nights of no sleep when Angelica was a baby was worth just one smile. Bette spoiled
her so much that it wasn’t suprising, at least to Tina, that Angelica started to get angry if things were not done her way. It got so bad one night when Angelica refused to eat unless she
could stay up later that Bette forced to admit there was a problem. Tina always hated how Bette sided with Angelica no matter what that she was relieved when Bette finally opened her eyes.
So spending hours reading on child psychology Bette started to apply the techniques in order to curb Angie’s manipulative ways. At first Angelica was angry at Bette for being a “turncoat”.
It broke Bette’s heart and she even quit the gallery business to help Tina, something T would always be grateful for.