“Wait I am so confused with all this” Louise said “You gave me so much shit when they wanted to sign Jess saying I was wasting her life remember?”
“Look let’s all calm down” Kelly said
“No no you stay out of this Kel” Louise snapped “Your daughter has went through hell trying to get you to accept her musical decisions and she never gets the interest and now you show her you sing, you write and you play are you having a fucking laugh Bette? You also told me music was a waste of space and you couldn’t get a job within it!”
“Louise” Bette started
“How could you do that Bette? Jess has tried for nearly 7 years for your approval and still doesn’t have it, you tolerate it” Louise stated
“It’s hard for me to explain.”
“You didn’t buy into the label for Jess you bought in to ease your guilt” Louise snapped
Bette turned from Louise and left the room. A few seconds passed before Carmen decided to follow Bette.
“Bette wait please” Carmen said following Bette “What is going on?”
“My dad hated music, everything to do with it, I gave it up for an easy life and in return I ended up hating it too” Bette explained
“Why would you do all this to Jess though? You’re the only person’s approval she cares about and deep down you know that”
“Yes I do and I played on that” Bette explained
“Your blessing meant everything to her” Carmen said
“I know and I struggled to give her it because I was jealous and because she’s my baby girl and I adore her, she’s everything to me and I spend all my time worrying about her”
“You need to give Jess more credit she’s not as silly as you think she is”
“Oh I know Jess is not silly” Bette said
“Why would you give Lisa and Mason encouragement all the time and not Jess?”
“Because Jess needed it and I was jealous she was living her dream when I gave up on mine”
“You let her do it though; you let her eventually go on tour and still didn’t give her any encouragement” Carmen said confused
“I had to or I was going to lose her, it broke my heart her going on tour I felt like I was losing my little girl, but I wouldn’t get in the way of her and her dreams.” Bette explained “Truth be told I am so proud of her and all her achievements she has the fight and the determination I didn’t have, and I did exactly what my dad did to me only difference is Jess fought me every step of the way.”
“Because she’s yours and like you she had dreams and character and determination, you taught her all those things Bette, Jess idolises you and needs your approval for everything, can’t you see that?”
“I can and that’s why I’ve let her know the truth”
“You need to put this right with her, because you’ve potentially lied to her for 23 years” Carmen said
“I know” Bette agreed