Emma smiled “I hope to God you never appear in the witness box with evidence against someone I am trying to get off”

Bette laughed “ That as crossed my mind – as long as it is a fair fight and we can be friends afterwards – and Ti doesn’t have to take sides “

“I think we will cross that bridge when we come to it but we will have to set some boundaries. But yes – she was sleeping with her for months and also planning to screw my law firm as well”

“Did you know?”
“About the sex or her betrayal?
“Both “

“Yes and I suspected. I deliberately changed some locks and after I left Tina’s apartment when I told her I went and had all the locks and codes changed in the building and revoked her access pass and booted her out of the computer systems”

“That took some courage “

“I had been made a fool of and I was hurting. It was the only thing I could do. I was powerless to stop her leaving me but I was going to stop her screwing me over”
“She didn’t like that Tina knew about the pre-nup”

“I can imagine “
“But Kate had told Rosemary who told me – so it would have come out. Kate hasn’t spoken to mom in months – she is pretty hurt”

“I appreciate your parents support – I even had a very good dinner with your dad last week”

“It’s good for him to talk shop and mom has a limited interest in some of his cases”

“I regret falling out with him at college “
“Now “ Bette poured more wine for them both “That is another subject that we should agree not to discuss – it was all we seemed to talk about. Tina and I aren’t interested in why you and dad fell out. Really for any one of us to be happy we all have to put the past to bed and damn well leave it there. You have been through a horrible experience but you are doing so well – lesbian cruises can only do you good, and yes redecorate and get a couple of cats and date again. The past is only holding all of us back”