“Please, Baby, that’s all in the past… I’m just as guilty as I placed work ahead of you to hide and avoid my pain, and my responsibilities to you and our relationship. I didn’t respect my words of commitment to you… really, I wasn’t a good partner for you at all.

Fortunately, I realized my mistakes before I did something I couldn’t come back from… except then you wouldn’t accept me back. My heart broke with your constant rejections. And then, feeling sorry for myself I made the worse mistake of letting that woman kiss me. I’m so sorry for that moment…”

“Babe, we are both to blame for letting our relationship fall into shambles, but I know what I want so clearly now, and that is you back in my life as my wife… and having the family we always planned for… and… I’m willing to go back to New York with you.” Tina said the words that Bette had prayed forever for since she had stepped into the room to assist her wife with the birth of their daughter.

Bette gazed at her wife lovingly as the tears filled them once more. “Do you really mean that, you’ll come back to New York with me?”

“Yes, I will, I know that your life is there now, and not in LA. So, this will give us a chance to focus on ‘us’ and our little family. I also want to focus on solidifying our relationship and being a good mom to our kids, but I also know that I need some work to keep my brain busy. So, in a few months when I’m ready, Peggy and I are going to open an office for the studio in New York to allow me to do script work for the film company. Does that sound like a feasible compromise to you?” Tina asked hoping that she had made a good decision for her family.

Bette’s hand went up to her mouth as the emotions came pouring out of her. Her anxiety of the past few months released into buckets of tears as she looked at her wife, feeling such relief at not having to try to figure out the next steps to their life together. She began to sob as her body released all the pent up stress and anxiety from the past ten months and Tina quickly moved over to hold her to her as closely as possible. They held each other for a long moment. Soon, they moved apart a little to see each other’s eyes and to talk.