Tina: "Bette I am still in love with you and want another chance for a life with you.  I want you back Bette, I want my family back."

Bette: "Tina, why now and why should I? I trusted you with everything before and you let me down. Why would I put myself in that situation again? I have the best part of us, Angelica.  Now that the adoption has gone through not even you can take that away from me again. I am actually happy Tina. I once again I have my friends, things with Kit are fantastic and Jody and I are making progress. I probably never marry again, but I enjoy having Jody in my life. My priority is our daughter."

Tina: "Oh Bette what have a done to you baby. Please give me a chance to show you that I love you and to get us back to that good place, please baby."

Bette: "Tina, we are once again friends and trying to be good parents for Angelica. After all that we’ve been through its enough of a relationship. I don’t understand why you are pushing for more. Let me remind you what has happened between us to drive us apart."

Bette: "We lost our son and we were both devastated. I beat myself up for not being at Dr. Wilson’s when you found out. I held you all night when I got home and we were both so sad, so hurt. You shut down on me and I was hurting too. We began to drift apart. I tried to reach you and I couldn’t. I wanted to help you and I needed you too, but you weren’t there. You pulled so far away I thought I’d lost you, that you were going to leave me. Things got truly ugly at the CAC and I started to spiral. I didn’t bring those worries into our home as I thought it was too much for you and that I could handle things. As it turns out I couldn’t handle them without you by my side, and I didn’t know how to get you back by my side. Candace offered a refuge and I took it. A horrible decision, but I felt so worthless at the time and she made me feel good about myself and I didn’t have to carry everything, she took charge, took care of me. That was not fair of me it was wrong in so many ways. However, when I tried to apologize and explain you just went off in a rage. Tina, you assaulted me you hit me and during that awful sexual encounter you bit me causing me to shriek in pain.  I felt so low and you made me feel like I was the lowest scum on earth. Then you left me and wouldn’t even see me or talk to me. I was so alone, remorseful and I had no one. I was still vulnerable and yes I went back to Candace. But once I realized I still loved you, wanted a life with you I got my act together and publically declared my feelings for you. Once you again you attacked me physically, you dumped a table over on me, hot beverages and all. Good thing I got out of the way of most of it. Tina, I understand you’re hurt, rage and shame, but a pattern started, and not a good one. We never lashed out physically at each other."