Then he grinned, "so I suggest you plug those details into your tablet, phone, etc., then lose the paper!"

Bette took a drink of the gassy water, while Tina continued, "Anyway… since she’s reached out to you already, I just wanted to share that Liz had asked if we could help Marissa and her partner out, with whatever serious issues they seem to be having with their art holdings."

"I didn’t tell Liz about you or your art background, or the gallery, Bette," Tina added. "She just concluded that you or I had some serious chops when it came to art. Then she asked, pleaded, really, if we could help that couple."

Bette held out her hand, and smiled at Tina. 

"Well…. as we promised each other in the Maldives… We make decisions together right?  And help each other deal?," Bette asked.  Tina nodded, then raised one eyebrow in a questioning manner. 

"On the one hand," Bette started to say, "there certain risks of somehow exposing to someone like that what I know, or some of my background in art…I just have a feeling that whatever Marissa and her partner will need won’t be that simple.  Her holdings are probably extensive, and housed in a freeport or two, somewhere in the world," Bette started to explain.

"Well… if it had been us, and there was someone out there who could help us with a difficult stressor that could jeopardize a pregnancy that we desperately wanted," Tina responded, "I’d be extremely grateful if that person just heard us out, even."

Bette smiled, "I know, T."

They shared a smile, and reached an unspoken decision. "Okay … why don’t you and I talk to her later, together?," Bette suggested.

Tina nodded, "After we put Angie to sleep?"

Just then, the computer voice announced someone had rung the bell down in the ground floor of the mansion building they shared with two others.

"Hi Rose," Bette greeted the visitor, who was holding Angie’s hand in one hand, and her son Jason’s in the other.  Bette tapped an app in the living area control panel that unlocked the front door of the building. "Just walk on to the elevator, and press D."

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Later that evening, Helena called Bette just as the brunette and Tina finished reading to Angelica.  After quickly putting Helena on hold, Bette signaled to Tina that she would take Helena’s call while Tina finished tucking Angelica in.  "I’ll join you in your office right after," Tina whispered, as Bette gave Angelica one more kiss goodnight before leaving their little girl’s room.