‘Only if you leave out the gross stuff, I don’t think I want to hear that!’

‘Okay well, I was dating this guy named Eric and…’

‘hold on there, you were dating a MAN?’

‘Yes baby, I was straight before your mother came along’

‘Anyway, this one night he took me to this art opening at he Bette Porter Gallery and from the first moment I said your mother, I knew I loved her, it was strange because before Bette I never even looked at a woman but my god, she was something, anyway so then we got invited to one of her artist dinners and there I lost my earring and to this day your mom still thinks I dropped it on purpose but I swear I didn’t, it was fate and then I went back later that night and she kissed me and I was hooked, never in my life had I fallen inlove and it was happening so fast.’

‘So it was love at first sight?’

‘Yes, but I was so scared Angie, I was scared about what my family, Eric and friends would say, first came Eric, I broke things off with him the night your mom kissed me, I still to this day don’t think he knows it was because I had fallen for a woman then my work friends who took it surprisingly well, then came….’

‘my grandparents?’

‘I took Bette with me to meet them so they could see how happy I was and how much we loved each other but as soon as I sat them down and told them, they pretty much said ‘your lover or us’ and I picked your mother’

‘Wow, I never knew mom, does my grandparents….do they know about me?’

‘Yes baby they know, I called them when you were born and told them that Bette and I had a healthy baby girl and well they said they would love to meet you IF I came down to see them and not bring Bette with me’

‘I can’t believe I didn’t know this….so what happened, if you are Momma were so in love how is it that I live with you for 4 days and Momma 3? what happened to this ‘Great Love’ you call it? Why aren’t we still a family?’

‘I think maybe you should wait until you sit down with both of us for that, ohh look your mother is already out the front….’

To be continued