”Is it anything to worry about that she still has such a high temperature?”

Tina had those typical eyes that she couldn’t stand from parents with sick children, but she knew it was inevitable. The kind of eyes that pierced Bette’s heart with pain, and this time it was Tina on the other side, the woman Bette loved.

It was so difficult.

”She could have some infection going on… tomorrow Shelman will tell you better…”

”You won’t be there?”

Bette smiled ”sure I’ll be there, but Helena you know… she asked me not to interfere, it’s like a parent interfering after all… everyone knows we’re together Tee… and Shelman is my superior, it would be weird, right?”

Tina nodded, looking down at the floor, and Bette, noticing her uncertainty, put an index finger under the blonde’s chin, forcing her to look into her eyes, Tina’s eyes shining, ”I’ll be there, together.”

The words reached Tina with the right intensity, her lip trembled slightly, she bit it so as not to show it.

”Thanks B…”

”Don’t say it….”

”Dr. Porter…” Shelman shouted loudly as he exited the room where Angelica and Tina were still inside ”it’s nothing, maybe a small infectious disease that’s taking a strange course…nothing to worry about…”

”I’m happy sir…about the tongue, it’s very red I saw it this morning…what do you think it is?”

Dr. Shelman smiled slightly ”probably a high fever, not enough hydration…many things.”

Shelman started to run for the elevators, but Bette was right behind him ”you know doctor…I thought we could do some tests for Kawasaki disease…it’s like in children up to 8/9 years old…”

Bette stopped the elevator and entered almost with him who rolled his eyes up before meeting Bette again ”I know you and Dr. Kennard are close…”

”it doesn’t matter sir!”

”it seems so…but even if he doesn’t want to admit it I can’t do anything about my job, I’ve written down antibiotics, let’s see how it goes in the next 48 hours…it was a normal visit doctor…let’s not be alarmed by a child’s flu.”

”sure, thanks for now then…sorry..” Bette took a step back and left the elevator to go back to Tina who was still with Helena and Angie in the little room, her still in the little gown.