It was a good thing that Bette did not believe in suicide. However a river seemed a very inviting blanket compared to entering her own bedroom and sleeping alone. So instead she slept on the couch, ate take-outand somehow made it through until now. Her work suffered though, she could barely work properly and Franklin was giving her ***** looks againnot to mention the police. Thankfully Candace did not press chargeseven though she beat Bette up toorotten bitchshe must have been talking.
Bette found solace in being aloneshe kept the gang at a distance, even Alice. Though last night thinking about T Bette felt the stirring of desire, she pretended not to notice the looks some of local women were giving her.
.then the phoneand Bettes world came crashing down again..
It was Alice.
umm Betteare you doing okay?…
yes im fine Aliceeverything is under controlim fine..whats up
Ummmjust checking on you..you know you can always talk to one of us.
I know thatim fineAlwhats upwhy are you calling so late?…
..
Alice
Ok I have to go now bye
,,,wait wait wait im you tell me nowyou ***** tell me if anything is up
.wellhave you seen Tina yet?….
..
Bette?…
.nowhy?…
..well..
..look you tell me anything that has to do with Tina ok?……now spit it out
..well its been a month since you two broke up and well..
well what
Bette Tina is dating again..i mean Nathan is nice but-
.WHATTINA IS A DATING A MAN!!???
..Bette wait wait dont hang up!….

Bette did not even see the roadall she saw was redblood red washing her vision until she was gripping the steering wheel with white finger and biting her lip so hard the healed cut opened again and blood dribbled a little on her chin. All Bette could think.Bette could not even thinkshe made muffled noisesshe squealed through her closed mouth and banged the dashing board when the red lights came on.
.Nathan.Tina..Nathan..Tina.NathanNathanNathan..
Her mind was a choir that chanted these names over and over again, thinking clearly did not come easily she knew control was gone.over with.
now where did she hear that name? Nathanahhh yesTina mentioned an ex-boyfriend in the past whom she almost marriedif they were the same person-Bette knew it didnt matter..she was going to kill them both.
Days earlier Alice made the mistake of telling Bette the apartment where Tina was stayingmaking sure Bette promised not to go there. Now Bette was on her and almost ran over a dog parking. She flew out of the Saab and kicked the dog in the ribs..it yelped all the way down the street with its tail between its legs. Bette started pulling at hedges on her way to the doorwith green vegetation clasped in her hands Bette kicked the door in.it was unlocked..
What followed next was shameful and as soon it was over Bette wished she didnt do it. But it was insanity that was eating away at Bettes brain right now and all she felt was an incredible angry and dangerous jealousy. And so flew into the townhouse room and immediately smacked right into the wall causing her the fall down.Tina was in the living room working at the coffee tableshe looked up in surprise and started to get up when Bette fell down
Bette.are you ok?….
Bette heard nothingthere was nothing to hear in her mindall she saw was her Tina ***** a man a man!!!!!!!!…but why?? Why would Tina do this?
It didnt matter.Bette didnt care and frankly was in no condition to reason with anybodyshe scrambled up and barreled into the living room grabbing a vase on the way and throwing it Tina, she ducked and the vase broke against the wall dripping wetBette grabbed the coffee table and flipped it over all the wile sobbingly screaming incoherent words.Bette suddenly started to choke on her own spit and sank downexhausted and heartbrokenTina warily watched her and caught the wordNathanwhy was she repeating that word?
Bette may be a deranged ***** but Tina went to her side..held her..she felt Bette flinched massively and thought Bette would push her away.instead she sobbed and got Tinas pants wet with her tearsBettes hands laid helplessly on the floor her head in Tinas lap
there there Bette calm down..Tina genuinely felt sorry for her, eventually Bette got up and walked aimlessly in circlemumbling she was going to go Tina followed her and tried to get her to drink tea she lie downto calm downBette was relatively calm but Tina didnt like what she sawshe saw Bettes shoulders fall down and her head hang.what on earth happened?…Tina repeated that question. Bette looked up to herand said in the most defeated voice Tina had ever heard
.Its ok Tina.ii-iI accept that youve leftplease dont touch meBette said with her hands up stopping Tina from going nearerBette turned around and mumbled an apology she stumbled out in the coming dark
.and the next time Tina would see her, it would be in the hospitaland Bette would never be the same again.