Shane (interrupting Bette): Cool it Bette, please.

(Bette sat back down on the couch and waiting for Shane to continue.)

Shane (continued): Tina wanted to come to you, but she saw you with that lady, Jodie and she didn’t want to get in the way of things, although you and she were becoming great friends. So she asked if Kit could watch Angie for a while because she needed to take care of herself and that was when her down spiral began.

Bette: Fuck!

Alice: I know and it was totally unlike her to go down the way that she did, but like I said before, she had these demons that she couldn’t control and it got the best of her.

Bette: Like how??

Alice (gulped): Like drugs, alcohol and sex.

(Bette closed her eyes and a tear came streaming down on her face.)

Bette (softly): Oh my precious T, my poor baby.

Shane (continuing): Al and I have been to these clubs and we’ve both seen her out of her fucking skull and with these ugly ass dykes, dancing and doing shit I wouldn’t even be doing. I mean we’ve tried talking her out of doing this shit, telling her that she was a mother and she had a responsibility as a mother to get her shit together and that we did care about her. But of course she didn’t listen to either of us and told us not to fucking tell you about this because she was not only concerned that you would try to take Angie away and hold this shit against her.

Bette: I would never do anything like that; I care about her very much as well as me loving her so much that it hurts.

Alice: Of course she didn’t know that, she didn’t know that you and Jodie were headed for splitsville and shit. She didn’t know that you held a strong torch for her. What she did think was that she made a huge mistake and hasn’t forgiven herself for it.

Bette: So, how did you find out about T being in the hospital??

Shane: Well, it was a few days later and Kit called us because for some reason she couldn’t get through to Tina or you and she wanted to know when either of you two were going to get Angie, so both of us decided to see what was up with Tina. I mean we both know you are busy with work, but it was totally unlike for Tina to neglect Angie, so something must’ve been up and unfortunately our assumptions were corrected.