***

“Hey Shane I just wanted to give you a heads up that we have
figured out what we are going to do.  I
know you’re rocketing up here, slow down don’t bust a gut to get here.  I’ll meet you at the diner when it’s done.”
Vince says finishing up by flipping his phone to hang it up.

Vince was already at the San Francisco International
Airport waiting for Helena‘s jet to
arrive.  He was in the private jet hanger
waiting for the maintenance crew.  San Francisco
International had a large section for private jets.  A new facility had recently been built to
facilitate this fleet of jets comings and goings.  This building housed the flight control, a
changing room with showers and a cot for the pilots.  On the other side of the building was a
beautiful waiting room for any passengers that may have to wait.  The maintenance crew which would be
responsible for the change over worked out of the back of this building so this
was where Vince had gone to.  There were
a few guys in the crew that Vince knew and he wanted to talk to before they
began doing anything in the way of prep for Helena‘s jet.

***

Bette picked Tina up at precisely 5 o’clock. 
During the few hours at work Tina didn’t accomplish anything more than
mull over how they were leaving Anna at this time of uncertainty.  The gravity of these thoughts brought Tina
into a funk as she spent the entire afternoon going back and forth in her mind
the pros and cons of leaving Anna at this exact moment.  The end result of all the mulling over was a
very tense Tina.

Bette recognized how tense Tina was before she even opened
the car door to get in.  Other than a
quick hello Bette remained silent waiting for Tina, giving her space to open
up.  They were well along in the ride
home before Tina broached any conversation. 
“Hey Bette thanks for picking me up.” Tina adds a slight smile with her
words.

“Sure thing Baby.” Bette responds pausing before she goes
on.  “Hey I have a few things to do
tonight before we leave tomorrow.  I was
thinking we could just pick up carry-out tonight what do you think?”

Tina nodded her head “Ok I have a few things myself to get
ready so carry-out would be great.” 

That was about the only interaction between them on the way
home.  Once arriving both Tina and Bette
began knocking their to do items off their perspective lists.

Tina began going around the house making sure all of Anna’s
clothes were in the proper place, checking her supply of diapers, formula,
cereal and all other Anna related necessities. 
Feeling that they were in short supply, Tina made a list of required
items and quantities.  Moving into
Bette’s home office Tina tapped on Bette’s shoulder. 

“Babe could I talk you into running to the store for a few
items?” Tina asks once she has Bette’s attention.

“Sure let me finish pulling down these emails first OK?”
Bette responded without taking her eyes off the computer screen.  Bette turned back to the computer screen
fully engrossed in the project at hand.

Tina set the list down on the desk and left the room.

***

Having just landed Helena
continued to relax in the oversized leather chairs as her jet taxied to the
private hanger.  Helena exited the jet the moment it came to a
rest.  Making her way over to her car, Helena‘s intention was to
go to her hotel, grabbing a shower and a change of clothes, and then making her
way to collect Samantha.  The plan was to
have the jet serviced and ready to go when she returned. 

Vince makes his way over to the jet after Helena departed.  With one of the maintenance crew in tow,
Vince opens the electrical panel behind the cockpit door.  Once the panel is opened Vince detaches a few
wires and then crosses them hoping to get the desired effect.  After a few moments the distinctive smell of hot
electrical is emitted through the cockpit. 

Vince looks to the crewman watching.  “Well should that do it?”

“Oh yeah.  It’s going
to take a good three hours to diagnose this problem and then another five to
six to fix.  I think we can safely say
this jet isn’t going anywhere tonight.”

“Well that’s what I wanted to hear.” Vince says smiling as
he hands the guy a wad of cash and makes his way out of the jet.