Jodi let herself into Bette’s house carrying an empty box and an empty duffle bag. She tossed the key onto the table. ‘How could she have been soo blind’ she thought. She wandered around the house looking at her surroundings closely. ‘Tina is everywhere’  she just never chose to see it before.  From the furniture, the paintings hanging on the wall to the placement of the coffee cups she was there. Bette had not changed a thing since her ex had moved out.  Jodi remembered back now how she had once moved a table so Angie and she could do a puzzle together and the look on Bette’s face when she had walked back into the room was one of pure terror.  Bette had immediately put the table back.  Jodi thought at the time that Bette was just being anal but now she understood it clearly. 

With a heavy sigh Jodi went into the bedroom to collect her clothes and folded them into the duffle bag.  She then stepped into the bathroom and placed her toiletries into the box. Looking around the bedroom once again, Jodi noticed Bette’s gray Yale t-shirt laying on the bed. She had seen Bette sleep in that shirt countless times. 

“Go Harvard. Yale sucks” Jodi whispered as she took in Bette’s scent from the shirt. She was about to tuck the shirt into her duffle when she saw a dark figure near the front door. 

‘Damn It Bette. You could have at least let me get my things and get out of here with some dignity’ she thought as she dropped the shirt onto the floor and went to leave with the box in her hands, the duffle over her shoulder, and her head held high. 

“Oh my god. You scared me!”  Tina exclaimed as she watched Jodi walking towards her from the bedroom.  She definitely hadn’t expected to find Jodi here and was in shock.  She could immediately tell that Jodi had been crying so it was safe to assume Bette had in fact ended things with her.

“Tina, this is just fucking great….. Did you come to gloat? I don’t need any help getting my things thank you very much” Jodi said angrily as she tried to get past Tina to rush out the door.