Taking a couple of deep calming breaths she knocked softly on the door. She heard the sound of a small child quickly approaching from the other side then the soft admonishment of Tina’s voice reminding her of safety first before answering the door.

A few seconds later the door opened and in one glance Bette’s eyes took in Tina’s form from head to toe along with that of the child she had met earlier today balanced on her hip.

“Bette, come on in.” Tina said with a smile on her face.

“Please would you care for a glass of sweet tea, or something else to drink? Dinner will be ready shortly.”

“A glass of tea would be perfect Tina. You have a lovely home.”

“Make your self comfortable and I will be right back with your tea.” Sitting the child down she turned on her heal and went toward what Bette presumed to be the kitchen from the wonderful smell filtering to her nose from that direction.

Angelica stood very still and studied Bette with curious eyes. After a moment she walked across the room and selected a toy from the box in the corner of the room. Walking back to the sofa where Bette sat she climbed up beside her and offered her the toy smiling at her with that recognizable Kennard smile that Bette could never forget.

Bette sucked in a ragged breath and briefly closed her eyes as it became clear in her mind that Tina was the birth mother.

“You want to play with me?” said Angelica offering her the toy in her hand.

“That’s a very pretty doll. What’s her name?” ask Bette accepting the toy from the child’s hands.

“Katie just like mommy’s friend.”

Bette couldn’t help but notice how much Angelica and she had in common physically. Not only was their skin tone the same but they had the same hair and eye color too.

Looking around the room she saw photos of Tina and Angelica scattered through out the area.

Tina returned with their tea and a glass of juice for Angelica sitting the tray down on the table beside the sofa she said, “Has she been talking non stop while I was gone? She does that sometimes when she meets some one new.”