Through Alice, Bette learned that Tina was working again. Alice was the only one who would talk to Bettethe rest of the gang shunned her like the plague..even Shane and that hurt her the most. Work became Bettes life, sometimes she worked 14 hour days and came crawling home and slept in her clothes. Work distracted her, kept her sanekept her in controlat least until now.
Bette woke up in bed one morning and saw one single golden hair on Ts pillowshe carefully picked it up and caressed her cheek with it..sobbing into her pillow. Tina was rightBette was pitifulbroken by her own faults and the consequences by her actions she drove herself to the brink of physical exhaustion. Even Franklin expressed concern even though things went by smoothly and great with Bette working her ***** off.
Well the morning Bette found the hair she took a long driveand ended up walking along a green park..sitting at a bench..the bench T and she used to go to many times. Bette touched the burn on her chest…it was small but it might have well been a gouging wound. Bette berated herself for hours later..maybe she didnt deserve T..but thinking about their seven year unionBette panicked and desperately wanted Tina backbut she would have to think long and hard on what to say first..how to say it..and to be truthful and unselfish..she was elfish and self-centeredstupid *****..Bette started to hate herself more and more these last couple days.
Sitting on that bench Bette suddenly smelled something familiarlooked up and saw Candace. It was that spicy familiar smellit scared the ***** out of Bette and looking up she thought she would scream..Candance sat down and put her hands up
woa Bettecalm down pleaseim worried thatsI havent heard from you
Bette almost bit her tongue in half to keep her from kicking this womans ***** but there were people in the park and Bette didnt want a fineshe stared at the ground and mumbled under her breathCandace, T dumped meim scared im lost and I want her back not you..please please dont start with meputting her head on her hands Bette tried to shut the image of Ts face that one disastrous night away
Silence from Candace
Bette continuedCandaceI know you gave me a choice I know you did and It was my bad but dont-*****-start-with-me.I a mess I need help I dont know how to get T back ..I want her but why do I want herdo I want heryes I dobut I can t express whyCandace please just go awayBette was so close to tears one or two squeezed out, Jesus she creed more these past few weeks than in her whole life.
Then Candace spoke
.BetteI knowI know I gave you the choice and know what you took that choicethings must have been horrible between you and T for u to make that choice and im sorry you bore the brunt of your break-upI wont talk to you again but I have to say that you are quite simply the most wonderful woman I have met
and with that Candace touched bette’s head and caressed her hairjust in time for Tina to see while driving by in a rental carspeeding away Tina cries herself to sleep that night and feels like Bette is gone foreverfor real
But after Tina drove away Bette snapped out of her stupor, Candaces touch triggered the sleeping lioneverything came bumbling upagainand againand finally Bette jumped up startling them bothand for a brief second they stared into one anothers eyes until Bette gave Candy a knucklecheese sandwich.
the blow burst blood vessels in Candaces nose and red liquid washed down her brown skinher hands flew up to hold her nose and Bette grabbed Candaces hair, banging it over and over on the benchCandace screamed and punched Bettes stomachBette flew back and Candace jumped on top of her spilling her blood all over Bettes face. Bette started to box Candaces ear and she pie-faced Bette..sending her own blood spillingboth of them rolled over and over on the grass pounding the ***** out of each other until the cops cameBette was choking Candace who was trying to poke Bettes eye out when the police caught Bette for real this timeboth of them.