Chapter 2- Cry for Help

Three weeks earlier: At the Planet.

The girls are into their morning ritual. Not much has changed since that night of Provocation except that Bette will not make an appearance. This had become a topic of conversation between the three of them as Alice and Shane were getting ready to leave to start their day.

Shane: "I think we need to reconnect with Bette. I want to check her out. We really haven’t talked with her at all. I want to go over there come with me Alice … Dana."  

Shane had interrupted their goodbye. "Gee guys really dont you think?"

Alice: "I think she needs to stew in her own juices a little longer. I still feel like strangling her for even looking at that damn carpenter. And after all its not like she has tried to reach out to any of us."

Alice had seen Bette at her apartment and had been force to make her leave by calling the police after repeated requests for her to just leave.  "If I know Bette she’s working on some plan and to be honest I just don’t want to deal with her right now. You know Tina is still crying herself to sleep each night. I just don’t know how to cope with both of them at this moment."

Shane: "Dana what about you. Come with me?"

Dana: "Shane you go I really dont know what to say to Bette. I got a lot on my own plate right now with Tonya, training and Australian Open coming up. I bet Bette knows what shes doing. Have we ever known her not to be in charge doing exactly whats on her agenda?"

Shane pulls into Bette driveway. As Shane walks up the drive she thinks I really don’t think Bette is home this looks so dark but her cars here. Going up to the front door and knocking. No response from within. Let me just go around back. Looking in the sliding glass doors, Shane is able to see what looks like a hurricane hit the inside of the house. What the ***** is going on Shane says to the air as she finds the key under the fake rock in Tinas herb garden.

As she enters, Shane can see the whole living room has been tossed as if an earthquake took the room and shook it. "Oh My God what a mess."  Broken glass everywhere, the stereo is smashed, CDs and DVDs stroon everywhere. The television looks like someone took a hammer to it or more accurately a booze bottle as the cabinet case is in little pieces around the area.

As Shane advances thru the rubble that is Bette and Tina’s house she is looking for signs of Bette. Looking in the kitchen she spots many empty tequila bottles. Wow I bet someone has a hangover. Moving on to the bathroom, she sees no sign of life. As Shane moves on to the bedroom its deathly quiet. Shane looks around and then she spots Bette. There on the floor curled in a ball in the corner of the room is Bette. As Shane approaches Bette she first notices the pill bottle tossed beside Bette.

Kneeling down, "Damn shes barely breathing. Damn you Bette" Shane yells as she starts slapping Bettes face to try and get some response from her.

"Damn you Im not going to let you die."

For as mad as Shane was at Bette, Bette is still family and Shane loves her. So with that Shane immediately dials 911 on her cell and proceeds to begin CPR as Bettes breathing falters. BREATHE DAMN YOU.

Kit seeing Shane’s truck as she was riding her bike by thought she would stop. Kit had talked on and off to Bette the last few weeks. She started out on this ride with the intention of seeing Bette but just didn’t know what to say that could help her. Bette obviously wanted Tina back. Kit noticed Bette was a little more desperate, out of control with every encounter not to mention the amount of alcohol Bette was consuming. Maybe Shane can talk some sense into Bette. Kit comes walking into the room just as Shane begins mouth to mouth.

Kit: "What the *****."