“No… She left to attend a luncheon.”

“Oh…” El mumbled as he dug deep into his pocket as he continued, “Well, I found her earring in my car. She probably dropped it last night. So… I guess I’m here to return it to her. Would you please pass it to her?”

“Yeah, I will.” Bette took the earring from his palm, confused over why he wouldn’t return it to her on his own. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m fine. Just feeling kinda…” He paused, “Never mind, I forgot what I was about to say.” He paused again. “So uhh… How are things working out between you and Helena?”

“Good… Thank you for asking.” She thought that El was referring to the argument that they had.

“That’s nice to hear. Well, you guys are good together.” El gave a tight smile. “Okay, I should get going. I’ll see you when I see you or something…”

Bette was now feeling completely lost. She had no idea what was going on nor understood the things he said.

“No, wait!” Bette called out loud, causing El to come to a halt.

“Yeah?”

“I don’t understand what you’re saying? What do you even mean by you guys are good together?”

“Huh?” El was now puzzled.

Was Bette genuinely clueless or was she trying to rub it in his face.

“You guys aren’t together? Didn’t you just say that things were working out between the both of you?”

“No…” Bette furrowed her eyebrows, “Are you sure you’re okay? Because the last time I checked, Helena’s your girlfriend.” Her tone dropped on the last sentence.

“No…” El furrowed his eyebrows, “We broke up last night, she went to look for you and…” It was too painful for him to complete that sentence.

Bette was now feeling very confused. Helena didn’t mention a single word about the break up, she even made it sound that she had a pleasant evening with El.

“She didn’t tell you?”

Bette just shook her head, dumbfounded.

“Well, I have to go. I hope things work out for you both.” He gave another tired smile. “Goodbye, Bette.”

She watched him disappeared down the corridor as she tried to process the news that she had just heard. Did it mean that Helena have had feelings for her all this while, even when she was El?

“Fuck…” She cussed under her breath. Helena must have misunderstood things between her and Sierra.

Bette quickly unlocked her phone and sent a text to Sierra.

To: Sierra Rhymer

Hey, I’m free tonight. Do you think we could meet up somewhere?

From: Sierra Rhymer

Yes.

It was time to stop running away from the problem and time to clean up this big mess.