Bette and Tina shared a look, then quickly turned back to the camera.

"Yeah," Marissa confirmed, "I wouldn’t say I’ve made my sexual orientation widely known, or anything much about my personal life."

Bette pursed her lips into a half-frown, half-smile. 

"Uh huh, that story’s for another day," Marissa responded to Bette’s unspoken reaction, with a little shrug.

"But, the particular issue that’s troubling me is the art we have in Geneva, and which I am hoping to move to Luxembourg without incident," she explained.

Bette was nodding her head, "Art that you have in the Geneva Freeport that you are moving to the newly-opened one in Luxembourg, you mean."

Marissa raised her eyebrows, nodding.

Bette continued, "Well, off the bat I’d think there are three things you need to be certain about: insurance, taxes, and how the Luxembourg facility is set up to protect against fire, theft, planes crashing into it, and other things."

Now, Marissa couldn’t help herself, "Are you in the art business?"

Bette shook her head quickly.  She and Tina remained silent, however, when Marissa followed up with an open-ended question about needing to know so much more about art nowadays than just owning them.

After a pause, Marissa saw that she wasn’t going to get more out of either one concerning their backgrounds in art, so she pushed ahead.

"I do have some insurance.  They’re getting more and more expensive, but I’m not sure how well I’m covered there, " she admitted.

"Did you consider one of the Swiss firms that have taken over a lot of remote disused military bunkers that were blasted into alpine rock? Insurers will give you a lower premium than what they charge to insure art stored in freeports," Bette asked.

"I didn’t consider that," Marissa admitted.

"Well, before you jump to any conclusions," Bette added quickly, "although those places have a lower risk of fires burning up your art, or planes hitting a facility like that, you’ll have to ask your lawyers to look into how lower insurance premiums will tip the balance against tax advantages that freeports can offer."

"Taxes?," Bette asked next.

"Yeah, I’m really worried about that, and I’m waiting for a set of scenarios from the law firm I’ve hired, to help clarify that for me," Marissa answered.

"And the features offered by the Luxembourg Freeport?," Bette asked.

Marissa was shaking her head, "I’ll have to go over what’s involved…. but, wow, I must say, again, that you know your stuff."

Bette pursed her lips, and looked at Tina, who gave her an encouraging smile. Again, not a word from the two, as they jointly turned their gazes back at the camera.

Marissa looked back at them thoughtfully, then asked, "Bette, Tina, if you’re free tomorrow, would you care to come over for dinner at my place? Just something casual.  My partner gets back early tomorrow morning … in four hours or so, actually.  So dinner will be just the four of us.  And casual. Perhaps you could have a look at the package Luxembourg is offering.  Wouldn’t hurt to have an independent "eye" consider things. And we’d love to hear any other thoughts about this whole thing…"

Bette cocked her head to one side, then looked at Tina, eyebrows raised. After a beat, Tina responded, "Sure, Marissa. Thanks for having us."

Marissa laughed, "You two…."

"What?," Bette asked, smiling back at the camera, then turned to kiss the top of Tina’s head, as the blonde leaned her head on Bette’s shoulder.

"So connected," Marissa answered, in a wistful tone. "I’m officially jealous," she added jokingly.

Bette and Tina looked at each other, shaking their heads slightly and sharing a secret smile.

Since they were going to meet with Marissa and her partner the next day, Bette decided to end the call.

"Well… this has been interesting, Marissa.  And It’s been nice meeting you. We’ll see you tomorrow, then, and continue talking about all this?," Bette said.

"Yes, tomorrow." Marissa responded, "I think you should do this for a living, by the way."