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Saturday

Bette’s personal trainer Harrison was at the house promptly at 7:00am on Saturday morning. Even after their late night of lovemaking at the beach house Bette was up and ready for her regular Saturday morning ritual of working out, walking Riley, taking a shower then preparing her Saturday morning breakfast treat. This time she was making breakfast just for Tina since Angie wasn’t home.
She found a recipe called “Breakfast Ham Focaccia”. It was a combination of focaccia bread, cheese and roasted red sweet pepper topped with cooked ham slices and scrambled eggs. She made coffee and orange juice, picked a flower from the garden and prepared a breakfast tray for two. They didn’t have to be at their cooking class until 1pm so Bette took full advantage of having Tina to herself for the next several hours.

They enjoyed breakfast in bed and since Tina hadn’t scheduled a spa treatment for that day Bette took care of her. They still had some massage creams and oils left over from their weekend get-away. They gave each other massages as they were both feeling a little pain from having made love on the floor the night before.

The massages coupled with an aromatherapy essential oils soak in their spa tub was enough to ease the aches. Tina sat in the tub with Bette sitting between her legs and leaning her head back against her shoulder. Bette rubbed her hands up and down Tina’s legs as they talked about the building and the renovations.

Bette had done some research on reputable architectural design firms in the area and had narrowed their choices to two, one of which was a firm co-owned by Candace Jewel the board of trustee member that she had met at Phyllis’ faculty and donor party a couple of weeks prior.

The woman was predatory and obviously attracted to Bette. During the social whenever Bette glanced her way she would see Candace devouring her with her eyes. Candace had flirted the entire evening but Bette rebuffed her advances. Bette made it very clear that she wasn’t interested but she was cordial since Candace was on the board and they would likely have future interactions.

Bette had learned later in the evening that Candace was an Architectural Designer but it wasn’t until she’d done the research to find a firm that she’d made the association. Candace had tried to corner Bette and monopolize her time throughout the evening but Bette made it a point to excuse herself every time. She even got Leigh to help her distract the woman; so whenever Leigh saw that Candace was getting too close she would pull Bette away to talk to another potential donor. After all as Bette had told her staff in their meeting earlier that week they were attending the function for a specific purpose and they needed to stay focused on their agenda; get commitments for donations. Spending time with a lecherous board member was not the way to donor’s pockets so it was a perfect excuse for Bette to keep Candace at a distance without seeming rude.