But Bette combined with Tina?  He took a drink from the glass of orange juice the waiter had brought over. Whew!  It was going to be an interesting couple of hours. He hoped he wasn’t sweating too much.

Bette and Tina had elected to go with the full brunch menu, including the unlimited mimosas on offer.  He felt that he needed to keep his wits about him, though, so the orange juice would do just fine, thank you very much, he told the waiter.  The waiter smiled at him, as he glanced at the women, then looked back at him.  Silent high-five to the flushed gentleman.

Bette was saying “… so Tina and I are really grateful that you managed to orchestrate things behind the scenes, and helped us get together this week.”

Mike shook his head. “Bette… Bette… I owe you so much more.  My team… the government… all those families who we are now getting in touch with… they owe you so much more.”

But he was really happy for her.  He saw how much she and Tina cared for each other, from the looks, touches, and silent communicative glances that they shared.  They kept the quick kisses they exchanged to a minimum, but he could feel their sexual energy as soon as he got to the table all the same.  In their presence, he imagined himself to be like a scientist observing two exotic, beautiful creatures circling each other.  Plus they were positively glowing – must have been quite a surprise Bette had given Tina in her hotel room!

“So… have you managed to see any of the sights, Tina?” he asked, friend-like.  Tina blushed, looked at Bette, smiled back at him, said nothing and took a drink from the champagne glass holding her mimosa.

Mike realized his error.  “Mi-i-i-ke,” Bette said, elongating his name, in mock disapproval, as she shook her head at him.

He cleared his throat again, “Anyway… I was wondering whether we can talk about what we’ve decided to do.”

Tina looked at Bette and they mentally switched to business-mode.

She pulled out her tablet, clearing a space for it to lay it down in front of her.  She began tapping on it.

Bette said, “Yes… so just to go over things, quickly.  On our end, Tina will be winding down her commitments with Shaolin, then will be joining Film Features shortly therafter..”