As soon as Tina has made her way to the door and turns the knob, the door opens and her daughter is standing there with a big smile on her face. “Mommie” Tina kneels down, opens her arms and the girl lets herself fall into the arms of her mother. “ Oh Angie, I am so happy to see you, hug me tight, my sweetheart.” Tina says while the arms of the girl swing around her neck and she feels the tightness of them around her neck. “ I missed you so much my Angie.” She says with a sweet voice. “ Me too, mommy.” Angie replies with her mouth in the neck of her mama T. They stay in this position for a while and Bette is watching it from a distance from the other room. She feels a little sadness inside by the look of this scene, but she tries to shrug it off before Tina looks up to her. She makes her way over to the 2 persons “ Hi T. As you can see Angie is very excited about this whole trip. I hope your flight was as good as ours.” Tina looks up and in a reflex she notices how good Bette looks. She stands up, they kiss each other on the cheek, like 2 friends. “ Hi Bette, I am very excited too and yes our flight was fine, spot on, no delays and a nice car to bring us here. So the beginning of the holiday couldn´t be better and now that Angie is here, oh, and you too of course, things couldn´t be better.” Tina replies as she smiles. “ Thanks again for inviting me, I have to admit, I am about as excited as Angie.”  Tina did not get the explanation if the excitement was about the trip to Nice or the fact that they will be together for a few days. But she doesn´t ask and leaves it to that.

“How is your room?” Tina continues with the small talk while Angie starts to explore her mama T.´s suite. “ It is very nice and spacious and a good idea of you to ask for a connecting room.”  Bette replies with a soft smile. “Yeah, I asked for that as it will be so much easier for Angie to get from one place to the other without having to pass the hallway and also because of the night of the gala when the nanny comes.” Tina explains. “ Oh talking about that, I still need to buy my dress. I hope to get it tomorrow morning if that is alright with you?” Bette says as she looks around Tina wondering where Angie is. Tina sees this “Please, come in. let´s have a drink together. We have a marvelous view on the sea. Sam is having a little nap, he was very tired after the long journey so he fell asleep after the shower.” She stands aside to let Bette pass, and she gets the familiar smell of her perfume in her nostrils. Some things never change, she thinks with a soft smile. Bette walks towards the big windows to admire the view “ Yeah, I guess he must be, he is only little and I noticed that even Angie is tired.” She says on her way. They hear a children’s laughter coming from one of the bedrooms. “ I guess Angie must have woken him up.” Bette concludes. “ Let me have a quick look before I serve you a nice cool drink.” Tina responds as she walks towards the bedroom. Bette follows her with her eyes, Tina looks great in the shorts and shirt. While she hears the voices in the bedroom, she stares outside and promises to herself to make everything perfect this holiday.