Now…the matter of the sofa. It was probably one of the custom furniture that Bette had worked with Kenneth, one of the up-and-coming young designers the brunette had consulted with, on.

Uh, no.  She was not going to get in the middle of this one.

She smiled and waved at the furniture delivery guys, who signaled they were leaving.  They shut the door behind them.  She looked in turn at Bette and Logan.

“Logan, you know that we love you,” she began.  “But anything about the house is…,” she smiled.  “How can I say this? This is a passion project….”

He smiled, and drew both Bette and Tina to each side, into a group hug.

“I know, I know.  I love you both, too.  I just wanted to tease Bette.  Tina, the look of panic in her eyes was priceless.  Especially when I reminded her that she wouldn’t be able to refuse you anything you’d ask her,” he laughed, kissing the tops of both their heads in turn.

Tina laughed, while Bette blushed.  Yup, everyone probably knows that her big, big, blind spot was Tina.  And now, Angelica, also.

They each circled Logan with an arm, while smiling at the other.  I couldn’t refuse you anything, either, Tina mouthed to Bette.

Logan kept a tight side hug on both, while sighing, “You two are lucky, you know…”

Bette drew slightly away from his hug, and took a step backward, as her thoughts went back to the deep conversation they had had over chopsticks and bento boxes at lunchtime.

“…that you have each other.”

He continued quietly, in a serious vein, “This is why I love being around the two of you.  Because I can see that when you look at each other, you each see the woman you love, and who you’ll be spending the rest of your life with.  You just have so much love in your lives.”

He turned to look at Bette, a hint of tears in his eyes.  Tina had turned from him, to also look at Bette, eyebrows arched, a questioning look on her face.  What’s going on?  Tell you later, Bette mouthed to her.

Bette nodded, circling Logan again with an arm, while resting her hand on Tina’s waist.  “Yes…we are lucky, Logan.  And lucky also, that we have you.”