She continued, "I know you didn’t complain to Dani or anyone in the resort about that.  And you were so nice to me when I apologized to you."

Bette shook her head, "Please don’t worry about that, Linda.  I know it was a mistake. As you can see," she motioned towards Tina, "I had all the reason in the world not to let those girls bother me.  So don’t let that incident bother you anymore, okay?"

Linda nodded her head, bowed, then exited their villa.

Tina was smirking at Bette as the brunette rejoined her at the table.  "Girls in your villa?," she mouthed a question at Bette.  Bette shook her head, and mouthed back, "I’ll explain later."

She unmuted the sound setting of her iPad.  "James, I’m back.  Okay, Tina and I are about to have a truly scrumptious breakfast.  Do you think you can get started on all of those things we just talked about, then I think we can do another FaceTime session later?  You may be able to give me a better handle of the main things you’ve found by then."

"Okay, Bette.  Based on the itinerary you sent me… should we plan to talk in about 16 hours or so, since you’ll be in Dubai then?," James asked.

"That sounds good.  Alright..talk to you then," Bette said as she signed off.

Tina was still smirking, as she sipped her coffee.

Bette smiled back at her,  "What?!"

"What do you want to tell me first… the story about those girls.  Or what you and James were talking about," Tina paused.  "I think the one about the girls is slightly more interesting," she said, winking.

Bette smiled back with a naughty glean in her eye, "Well I think I’ll tell you about the girls… if you tell me an equivalent story."

"Ummm…how can I tell you an equivalent story, if I don’t know what your story is about?," Tina responded, with an equally naughty smile.  She stood up, holding a plate of exotic cut fruit that she’d fixed up.  She walked up next to Bette, smiled, and raised an eyebrow.

Bette was smirking as she pushed back from the table and angled her chair outward, to allow Tina to sit comfortably on her lap.

"This is our last morning in this corner of heaven, baby," Tina said, with a slight pout.