“All this playing at being the tourist sure does work up an appetite. How about we get something to eat? said Tina.

“Is this how you seduce your women? You take them to art galleries, make them walk miles around foreign cities and then, when they are at their weakest you ask them out to dinner?” replied Kate.

“I’m still your boss, you know.”

“Sorry…I didn’t mean….”

“Kate, it’s OK, I was teasing and now that you mention it that might not be a bad tactic in the future.” laughed Tina.

After this morning’s minor melt down at the gallery Tina and Kate had taken in the view from the London Eye and then spent the rest of the afternoon shopping in Oxford Street. The conversation had remained strictly away from the subject of Bette Porter while Tina had peppered Kate with questions about her past and what had brought her to work in the movie business.

“What would you like to eat, my treat?” asked Tina

“And to what do I owe this honour?”

“Because I just wanted to…..”

“You really need to work on finishing those sentences.” said Kate.

“Do I do that a lot?” asked Tina, worried.

“Not a lot, but sometimes and besides it keeps me on my toes trying to figure out the bit that’s missing off the end.”

“So back to my original question, what would you like to eat?”

“Italian?”

“Sounds good to me and would you believe it I actually managed to complete two whole sentences.” laughed Tina.

Tina and Kate walked around the West End for a while before coming across an Italian restaurant that they both liked the look of. Time passed easily by during the first two courses as war stories from the various movie sets that both women had spent time on were shared. In the break between their main course and dessert Kate started to glance furtively at her watch knowing that the time was getting close to 9pm. Just as she was beginning to wonder whether Bette was going to make her nightly call Tina’s phone started to ring. Tina reached for her phoned and stared at the caller display.

“Are you going to answer that?” asked Kate

“Kate, you know who it is.”