Tina stared at Bette. She was lying suddenly so peaceful on the floor, both hands over her head resting near her hair. Tina managed to knock Bette out with the vase that fell over in their scuffle, she smashed Bette on the temple and she fell on Tinalimp. Tina pushed her off and felt her pulseit was still fast like a rabbit but eventually evened out. Tina stared at the floor breathing fast, she felt her throat and could feel it start to bruise alreadyshe coughed a littlesore. Jesus Christwhat the ***** just happenedafter ten minutes Tina found rope and tied Bette hands togethershe was still knocked out coldand sat beside her to thinkshe picked up her phone but clicked it back into placeshe couldnt call the police. She thought about Bettes face what she was screamingit was chilling.
All the while in the seconds Bette was choking Tina she was staring into Tinas eyes but what Tina saw there was not Betteshe was someone elsesomeone filled with fear so scaryTina shivered as she recalled what Bette was screaming into her faceYOU WONT PUT ME IN MY ICEBOX IM GONNA KILL YOU IM GONNA KILL DADDY YOUR ENDING THIS MINUTE!!!!….on and on she went about daddy. Tina felt her throat again and started to cry.it must be trueit must be true.she tied Bettes hands because she didnt want her to go crazy again what if she didnt see Tina but saw daddyTina waitedand waited for Bette to wake up.

And eventually Bette did. Opening one eye first then the other.seeing Tina staring down at herher eyes filled with worry. Bette tried to sit up but felt that her hands were tiedeverything came back to her.o god she was tied up o god daddy” was going to ill o god he was gonna gonna.Tina then held her whispering.shhhhh Bette its meits only Tinadaddy isnt here its me Tina T
Bette calmed down soon after and Tina untied her.silence filled the room. Both looked at each other..Bette looked downt was here T would make it all better.swallowing Bette looked and with fear tears and submission in her eyes Bette looked at Tina and said.

.I was raped.

It took Tina a few days to convince Bette to go to the police and even then Bette said she would go to a lawyer for consultation. Any trace on her disappeared as Bette washed herself raw when she met daddy on the street. And this time it was Bette who was comforting Tinashe was almost inconsolablecrying crying and crying again Tina couldnt believe what horror her Bette went throughwhat was going to go through. She couldnt forgive herself for not trying to find Bette after she barreled into her room and threw the table over. If only.
Now it was days later and Tina eventually left Bettes house. She stayed for a couple of dayscooking for Bette talking to Bette…hugging Bette and convincing her to do somethingdaddy obviously did this more than once and was going to d it again. Bette got the shivers all over again thinking about daddy doing this to another womanto T. And so she turned on every light and locked every conceivable entrance to her house and left. Being outside felt unfamiliarshe hadnt been out for ages. Instantly she stepped back near the houselooking every which waythen she hit herself on the thigh…dammit…Bette get a hold of yourselfyour okshe wasnt but she was telling herself this to convince her frozen body to walk to the Saab. She didand zoomed down the streetbreathing slowly…Yoga breathingTina taught her this yesterdayT. God it was great having Tina stay overthey slept side by sideTina holding Bette making sure the demons did not creep in her mind too much. Bette felt herself get bettershe felt strength coming backold Bette coming backall because of Tina. Tina gave her strength.
Now driving downtown Bette wondered which lawyer she should go to. Bette didnt want to go to her own lawyershe felt weird telling him thisit didnt feel right. Eventually she pulled on the curb in front of Sweeny, Brooks and Haywood Consulting Services. Getting out she walked with head high to the door.dammit daddy is gonna get nailed down fastshe saw his face she saw his faceshe knew how he looked like she could recognize him.the *****.
The secretary directed her Haywoods office after going in there to inform him that Bette was there. She gave the secretary her full nameanxiously waiting to go in.the secretary waved her in and left to her desk. Bette closed the door turned around and was face to face with daddy. So daddy was a lawyernot surprisinghe was dressed like one and was surprisingly articulate in his whispered threats. It was a paradoxa horrible irony that gripped Bettes stomach. However daddy just smiled and waved her to the chairdid he even recognize her…was this daddy?…welcomeplease sit downgetting out a legal pad Haywood wrote Bette Porters name on the sheet and looked up in her facenow please tell me the reason why you need consulting?
Bette just stared all she did was starethey both stared AT EACH OTHER.HE MUST HAVE RECOGNIZED HER HE MUST HAVE. ALL THE Yoga breathing all the assurances from Tina EVERYTHING that helped strengthen Bette up to this point disappearedshe was frozen more than frozen she was ice. A beep came next and the secretary informed Haywood she was leaving for lunchHaywood said have a good oneand then stood up and locked the doorBette just stared at his empty chair.why why why why why? This was impossible what these ***** coincidences werethis was the twilight zone the ***** twilight zone.she felt daddy behindhe put his arms on the chair and started to whisper.
.did you forget that I warned you…
Before Bette could jump up before she could scream before she jump out of the closed curtain window daddy threw the chair sideways and Bette fell to the ground. But Bette was strong…that was a factshe stood up before daddy could go over to her and let loose an uppercut that tore his tooth loosethey both watched the white thing fly out of his mouth and land under the deskthere was silence both stared at each otherBette couldnt believe she just punched himand then two things happened. “daddy suddenly lunged and Bette lunged sideways…suddenly panicking wanting to get out to run screamingshe felt like she was going to choke on her tongueshe couldnt scream.
daddy grabbed her waist and flung her to the groundblood from the hole in his gum dripped into her eyestemporarily making her blind.he boxed her ear with all his strength and Bette went deafher eardrum shattered and she felt blood dribble out of it. daddy flipped her over and pressed against her ripping her pants apart with his other hand grabbing fistfuls of her hair and pressing her face to the carpet.Bette was blind with painher head was going to explode. daddy whipped his ***** out and with his free hand spread her buttocks apartand he used all his strength to sodomize her. He thrust hard and Bette could feel blood pool around her hips. The pain was indescribable. she screamed silently and everything flashed before her eyes.the pain was gonna kill her she though it was gonna kill her.daddy was talking.stupid ***** you like that huhcall me daddy call me daddy little girlgod you feel so good so tight I like ityou like it huh o god you ***** ***** love your ***** so tight so goodgo god you ***** ***** you-like-that-hub huh huh?…..after this you know what I gonna do im gonna cut your ears off im gonna cut your eyes out im gonna cut your ankles off and make you walk on the stumpso god little bitchfuck meoooand then the door opened and the secretary walked inricotta cheese in her hands.

………She dropped it and began to scream scream scream and scream.