Reclaiming Our Yesterdays

Tina was sitting in the hospital. It was 10PM, she was tired and worried. Bette was in surgery. Her love was driving home from work when another car hit hers. She had broken her arm and had hit her head on the steering wheel, the airbags hadn’t popped out. Bette had swelling in her brain. Tina didn’t even have time to talk to Bette before she got into surgery. The doctor had warned her that when she talked to Bette it was highly possible she wouldn’t remember her or their life together. Tina couldn’t believe it. How could somebody possibly forget a relationship of 23 years? She told herself she would only believe it when Bette would say her she didn’t remember her. It would be heartbreaking but the doctor had told her it would only be temporary. It could be from a few weeks to maximum a year. Tina was also thinking about their five kids. Her daughters: Angelica (15) and Charlie (13) and her son: Rhett (11) would probably understand the situation but Isabella (9) and Nicola (9) would be confused. The kids were now with their nanny. Suddenly Kit walked in the waiting room.

“Hey, girl.” Kit greeted her. Tina looked up.

“Hey Kit.”

“How is my baby sis?” Kit asked concerned.

“She has a broken arm, bruises all over her body and face. The doctor says she may have lost her memory.

Kit sat down.

“Oh my God. She won’t remember anything?” Kit couldn’t believe it.

“They say so. It can last for about a year. A damn year.” Tina said.

“How are they going to fix that?” Kit asked.

“They can’t really do anything. When she is better I need to show her things from our house, tell her about her life, talking about the kids…”

“Oh Gosh, the kids… Where are they?” Kit wanted to know.

“With the nanny.” Tina told her.

Kit frowned. “Do they know what happened?”

“I didn’t have a chance; I’m going to tell them tomorrow.”

“When will Bette be out of surgery?”

“In about 2 hours. She has two fractures that’s why it takes that long. I have called The Gang to tell them what happened and that they will visit when Bette is a little better. The kids will stay with Helena and Dylan. They have an army of nanny’s so they just hired a few more and the kids like the Peabody-Moreland kids. I don’t think it was good to leave them with Shane because she is alone and I don’t think Alice and Tasha can handle our 5 kids on top of their own 3 little ones.”