I’m apologizing for not keeping in control of my anger  and for hurting you when I took your ring off. I’m not sorry for being mad or for those things I said to you outside. The fact of the matter is I was pissed. I was pissed that I had to sit there and see another woman, not just any woman, which at this point is irrelevant. That you would let any woman put her hands on you and you not pulling away was hurtful, not that I don’t trust you but I was right there. If someone would have told me what I saw. I would have called them a liar to their face because the Bette Porter I know wouldn’t let that happen.

Bette has her head back down, I know what you saw, But I wasn’t registering it at the time all I heard was her words of hurt, I hurt her very deeply Tina. I’m  ashamed of what I did to her. I’ve never been in love with her but I did care for her. She was a friend when I needed her but I did do her wrong. And I apologized to her and told her I was in love with you and I had asked you to marry me which hurt her even more, but I told her she will find someone who deserved her love and love her back as much as she loved them it just wasn’t going to be me. And when I went back in she was dancing with someone which I was glad to see. Tina I need you to see the change you have made in me. The person I was didn’t care who she hurt. I knew when I hurt her months ago but didn’t care to console her then. But now after being with you and you forcing me to see my actions affect others and her confronting me like that made me deal with it right then and there. But I am sorry I hurt you as well. If I had dealt with it back then we wouldn’t be fighting right now.

Don’t be silly we’re not fighting we’re discussing a matter of differences and what not to do in front of your fiancée …Tina says with her hands on her hips and her eyebrow cocked up with a slit tilt to the head hoping to let Bette see she was no longer upset with her. She continues speaking. She lowers her voice to her southern soft accent. And I do see what you’re saying about what happened. And I accept your apology. You did notice I put the ring back on? Holding her hand out a little. Smiling