Bette was shaking her head, "The video game stuff was put in by Logan, Sandrine.  He, my friend George, and a bunch of other guys started bringing in stuff.  At one point I think it became a group project.  They’ve already replaced a few things that they said were passé."

"Right now, I think you either need a PhD in computer science to make sense of what’s in this room.  Or have an 11 -year old boy sort it out for you!  Thank goodness everything seems to be wireless or something, because things are still hidden from view at this point," she added with a laugh.  "What’s funny is all that Tina and I want to do in here is watch a DVD from time to time, but I think even that’s old-school because Logan says he has us hooked to some kind of online video on demand service."

"Men," Sandrine said with a sigh.  Martin was shaking his head, laughing again.  "Well… you better not get used to all this, Yves.  There’s none of this in your boarding school in England!"

"Yes … just bland food and…," Yves was starting to say.

"Now, now, no complaining, alright?," Sandrine responded quickly.

Martin covered Yves ears as he whispered to Bette, "He hates the food in his school."

"What can you do?," Bette answered in a whisper. "He’s French!"

She turned back to the iPad screen, and waved goodbye to Sandrine, "I’ll go and check about our dinner, Sandrine, so let’s talk soon.  Tell me how your pregnancy is going…. and don’t worry about your boys.  They’ll be ok here!"

Sandrine laughed and blew Bette an air kiss, "Au revoir Bette!  And thank you, again, for having them over."

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Bette was latching an earring on as she waited for Martin and Yves to come out and join her by the door.

"Whooeet- whew!" Martin wolf-whistled as he caught site of Bette, whose neck was still slightly bent over as she secured the earring. 

"Lady you are hot, hot, hot!," he added, covering Yves ears again as did so.

"This gown ok?," Bette asked, as she twirled around. "I don’t have a lot of ballgowns, and this is the only black-and-white one that I have…."

"Oui, oui," Yves answered, with a smile, looking at her starry-eyed.