But Bette remembered, as she drank the 2005 French red Bordeux wine she’d switched to after take-off, that she still had to review several prospectus of new types of mortgage-backed securities Logan had suggested she join him in investing.  Although she trusted Logan, she felt she needed to look closely at the prospectus of each before deciding to invest, as he’d suggested. However, her response to Logan’s team would be needed in a few days, and Bette couldn’t see her being able to concentrate on the prospectus while on honeymoon!

Debating with herself, at first, on whether to pull up the documents uploaded to her tablet, as she hit the full body massage button on the reclined seat setting, Bette spied a glance at Tina, preparing to explain to the blonde why she had to do some work just then.  She laughed when she saw Tina had broken out her own work, however, comprised of a couple of scripts that William had asked her to review.

Chagrined at finding each other out, they’d ruefully agreed to get through the work they’d brought with them as quickly as they could, finding that the low hum and quiet atmosphere in the elegant, spacious cabin, that seemed to be separated almost by a hermetic seal from the rest of the plane, set-up precisely the right conditions for them to continue uninterrupted working while on the flight.  Fueled by an endless supply of top-quality champagne and food and wine – they agreed even the caviar service was conducive to working away.  “Better that we get this stuff out of the way right now…then we can enjoy our honeymoon in peace,” Bette reasoned to Tina, even as the blonde began to apologize to Bette for bringing work to their long-delayed honeymoon trip.

In between cat-naps during the long flight, they managed to work through what they’d brought on board, and soon landed in Dubai not having gotten the rest they thought they’d get when Bette had planned the trip, although they were buoyed in spirit by the excellent first-class service that they’d experienced.

Tina’s thoughts turned to events following their arrival in Dubai. They were easing into a more relaxed mode while floating in the spa pool of the lounge they walked to upon emerging from the jetway, when they got an urgent call from Katy, wife of Mike, the agent who had worked with Bette before.  Mike was in trouble, she’d reported, and then begged Bette and Tina to go to him and possibly help.  Hearing the anguish in Katy’s voice, the couple decided quickly to divert from their honeymoon plans, postpone their plans again, hurriedly making adjustments while obtaining tickets to Kabul.