“Wow, Alice!”

“You know I can work the lesbian phone tree! You got your stuff? 

“I’m still working on it.  And what about the other thing?”

“All set—you know I’ve got it together!” 

“It’s getting late—I’m afraid I’ll miss her!”

“Well, I called the airline, and the plane is running late—it won’t even land for another hour or so—bad weather in Chicago!  So that buys us some more time if we need it!”

“Why would we need it?  Isn’t everything set?

“I threw in an extra thing that’ll be a surprise even to you!”

“Okay…well, I’d better keep writing…”

Fifteen minutes later, they picked up Angus at The Planet.  Kit leaned into the car and told Tina, “I’m short-staffed, so I can’t come.  I hope your plan works out—you two belong together, and you’d best use what you two learned from all the hell in your lives these past few years!  I packed you guys a basket of goodies, too–stuff I know you both like!  Good luck, Tina!”

They zipped the rest of the route to the airport, with Tina furiously scribbling some notes.  “I can barely understand this stuff—how the heck am I gonna read it without stumbling?”

Alice said, “If it’s from your heart, you won’t need the notes!”

Papi piped in, “Hey, chica, you know this baby is loaded!  Flip up that panel, and you can type up and print whatever you’ve got there!  I don’t know how any of that sh*t works, man—maybe Alice can help if you can’t figure it out.”

“What am I?  Chopped liver?” Angus inquired.

“Oh, no, man—you know I love the ladies, but you’re okay—just take good care of your woman, dude, and you’ll always be cool by me!”

“Papi, you’re a lifesaver!  Thank you!”  Tina gushed with much gratitude.

“Hey, believe it or not, I believe that true love exists, and from what I’ve been told, you two’ve got just that.”

As they pulled up to the airport, Alice said, “Great!  We got here with plenty of time to spare!  I had a contingency plan in case we got stuck—Tasha has some friends on the LAPD, and if we had needed it, I had a police escort on standby!”