The hands of her watch reading 2:00 pm seemed to mock Bette as she closed her eyes trying to prepare herself to put a final end to the nightmare that Jodi had started what seemed months before–in actuality it had only been a few weeks Bette reminded herself. Her thoughts were interrupted by the sudden touch of a hand on her shoulder. What the hell!!! Anger boiled anew through Bette-it would be just like Jodi to come early and try to persuade her to drop the whole thing without a scene now that she knew that Bette was aware of the truth!

"You can stop right now Jodi it’s not going to work. I will not sweep this whole fucking mess under the carpet… Bette began to respond before her deep brown orbs snapped open to see not Jodi looking down at her where she sat behind the wheel of her car but rather Tina’s concerned expression.

Tina had almost immediately lifted her hand from Bette’s shoulder when she felt her lover’s body tense at her touch and she feathered it gently through Bette’s wind blown curls as she spoke softly, “Baby I’m sorry I didn’t think I just wanted to let you know I was here."

Relief that threatened to overwhelm her to the point of tears welled up inside of Bette as she responded by reaching up to pull Tina’s face toward hers. The intensity of her relief was more than evident to the blonde as Bette’s lips crushed against her in a kiss that took her breath away. Slowly Bette pulled away, unclipped her seat belt and patted the passenger seat of her car, motioning T to join her. As Tina rounded the car and slid into the leather seat Bette spoke, “I’m sorry T, I thought you were Jodi trying to get me to back off from what we discovered."

The idea of Jodi trying to seduce Bette caused jealousy’s screaming siren voice to become an almost unbearable din inside Tina. Somehow she managed to wrestle it under control. All I need is 3 minutes with you Jodi–3 minutes to deal with you my way! Tina thought. As her eyes locked with Bette’s Tina was surprised to hear how calm her voice sounded as she spoke, "Would she do that–try to persuade you using ummm physical means? After everything that has happened between you I can’t imagine that she would want to touch you."